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TF'er getting ready to switch from fresh to salt water aquariums. Post your advice/aquarium pics here |
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The Impossible fishtank |
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Massachusetts teen chases the Holy Grail of video gaming: a perfect run of Super Mario Brothers. Sorry, ladies, he says he has a girlfriend |
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IPods help doctors recognize heart problems |
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Germans unveil new bovine flatulence pill, announcing that the earth is now safe from cow farts. Cows reportedly relieved, as the old method employing a cork and a hammer was rather unpleasant |
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Global warming is caused by high school sports teams using artificial turf |
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You know that coworker that always eats alone? Yeah, that one. You may want to keep an eye on him |
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A look at how the packaging for the super-collectors-edition of Halo 3 is made |
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Instead of sulking about melting ice caps, Canada and Denmark react in a different way to "global warming": they send warships and plant flags, determined to profit from this little shift in climate |
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| (Some Guy) |
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Aerogel is world's lightest solid, has 2200 Fahrenheit melting point |
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Scientists develop way to project interactive, 3-D images onto a free-floating mist, which will of course be used for new work-related technologies. Also, porn. Lots and lots of porn |
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New study shows chocolate can improve blood vessel function. Somewhere out there a scientist is opening a box of chocolate covered money |
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New "paint" provides wireless network protection without encryption |
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6000-year-old pieces of the Earth's crust located |
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Taiwan offers a 'freeway' for butterflies |
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Lemon smell helps improve driving, driving lemons still stinks |
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I don't lack self-control around food. I'm just stressed at work |
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If you care about the environment, for Gaia's sake buy a Hummer and not a Prius |
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Popular Mechanics takes a tour of the Airbus A380 and interviews the German pilot to whom the French already surrendered the plane (w/ video) |
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Study says one third of American households are not putting enormous amounts of material into the tubes |
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International Mission To Study Sun returns spectacular images |
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Girls who develop early tend to have sex with older boys, leaving boys their age dateless. Teachers rush in to fill their gaps |
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British spies have invented a gadget that can read the computer glare on a terrorist’s face from more than half a mile away |
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Study finds that married people suffer less stress at work, probably because it feels like a veritable vacation compared to the stress they suffer at home |
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In response to Pam's boobies, Australian plastic surgeons are now having to import 1000cc implants from the US to meet overwhelming demand |
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Scientists develop flexible polymer-based battery that charges in minutes, good for up to 1,000 recharges |
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| (Some Guy) |
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Quick tweak to speed up Firefox's page loads |
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New printer to print "10 times faster, 20 times cheaper, all at once." |
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The Apple iPhone hasn't shipped yet, but it is available on eBay |
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Port humor: The USB Humping Dog joins USB Pole Dancer |
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Verizon pwns Vonage so bad they had to halt trading their stock on the NYSE. Woo hoo woo hoo hoo |
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Breast enlargements the most popular plastic surgery procedure in 2006 with 329,000 procedures performed. That's 658,000 boobies for those keeping score at home |
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Spam-sending botnets spread to nearly 1.2 million machines in March. Your dog wants a bigger p3n1s |
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Norvell executive brags that Novell is a big financial backer of the Free Software Foundation, now forced to eat crow after the claim turns out to be bogus |
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Scientists develop 3D scanner to determine if someone is truly obese (with vague pic of boobies) |
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FCC may drop plan allowing cell calls in-flight due to... *shakes Magic 8-ball*... wireless industry comments about how they might disrupt ground networks. Uh-huh |
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Americans need to let their emotions show more often, according to this study sponsored by Kleenex. No, really, there's an ad-like quote from a Kleenex rep in the article |
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Global tuberculosis is on the "threshold of decline" and will shortly be nothing to worry about. Well, except for those untreatable strains of it floating around |
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That smoothie with 5000-percent DV of vitamin C may not be such a good thing for you |
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Jurassic crocodile unearthed in Oregon. Scientists believe that geologic processes transported it 5000 miles from where it was let off the Ark |
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Never seen before images of the sun show hot particle on particle action |
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The long-awaited pink Zune will be here May 1st. Mark your calendars |
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The world's fastest street-legal cars |
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Skyscrapers in Minnesota will turn off their lights at night so they won't attract migratory birds. In other news, there are skyscrapers in Minnesota |
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IGN lists the top ten games that require the most skill to beat. WoW, sadly, fails on both of the essential criteria |
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"Corporate vengeance can take many forms, but few tactics are as powerful as the migration authorisation code, known as the MAC. This precious formula is used by broadband companies as a tool to punish defecting customers" |
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Carl's Jr. franchisee in Phoenix to convert fleet of vehicles to run off their own restarurants' vegetable oil |
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Biofuels boom spurring deforestation that puts far more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the entire world's fleet of cars, trucks, planes, trains and ships combined. Here comes the science |
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Scientists suggest new drug ranking system. Expected to be a major improvement over asking fellow Farkers what they're taking |
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Rare owlet found in Peru. The sighting "is considered a holy grail of South American ornithology." Let the Fark cliches roll |
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UK gamers who waited in line 36 hours to get their hands on a PS3 had their patience rewarded with free high-definition televisions |
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Scientists finally solve the mystery of why Uranus has two poles in it |
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Oracle sues SAP for "corporate theft on a grand scale." SAP countersues for "asshattery on a grand scale." Touche |
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FCC may drop plan allowing cell calls on planes. Corpus allineum extraction specialists hope they leave the plan alone |
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Federal agencies banning Vista upgrades. Still working on Windows 98 upgrade from Windows 3.1 |
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The plague is making a comback. Bonus no vaccine and becoming resistent to most antibiotics. EVERYBODY PANIC |
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NBC and Fox will team up to create a "YouTube killer." No word if it will play on your Microsoft Zune and PS3 |
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Motorola replaces CFO, sashes Outlook, gives evil eye to PowerPoint |
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Molecular keys to saliva unlocked leading to easy disease detection, further loogies |
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Top 10 tech-related YouTube videos: "Medieval Help Desk" and the MadTV Jobs/iPhone spoof are classics |
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Airbus says it's ready to begin production on its new military transport; plans to announce first round of production delays tomorrow |
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Giant squid may be headed for the microwave oven |
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Businesses to soon begin podcasting important meetings to help keep nanosecond attention span of the iPod generation |
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Finally, someone has created a way for attractive people to find sexual partners |
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Waiting two minutes longer to cut the umbilical cord will strengthen a baby's health, make him more of a momma's boy |
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HP to hack its customers. Hide the shemale vids |
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Gore to Congress, "The planet has a fever," proposes more cowbell |
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Billionaire space tourist pays for inflight meal that includes quail in Madeira sauce, duck confit and capers, chicken parmentier, apple fondant and a semolina cake with dried apricots, all created by Alain Ducasse. Enjoy your Tang, NASAnauts |
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Mn grlz uzng txt msgs 2 thrtn othr grlz |
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Chemists start breaking molecules the old fashion way -- by pulling them in separate directions |
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Raytheon develops processor that outperforms Intel Quad-Core by factor of 10. Gamers rush to join military for first look |
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UFO scientists believe Gene Roddenbury must have been briefed on "Star Trek" by extraterrestrials posing as humans in 1957. This will make your head hurt |
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7-Eleven and Starbucks coffee hold up well when compared to SoBe, Red Bull, Monster energy drinks. In other news, submittttter is vibbbratttting |
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Thieves steal dyslexic student’s laptop, not noticing that: C) It can only be used upside down, B) it's made by some obscure, unsellable company, and C) the keys are in those oh-so-appealing primary colours |
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New spacesuit to be tested in Utah, presumably to determine its ability to withstand weak beer and hundreds of wives |
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Gamer clan claims to steal 10 Xbox Live accounts every day |
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The legend and back story of Leeroy Jenkins, an article not into the whole brevity thing |
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NFL to Youtube user: "All your football clip are belong to us." YouTube user: 'I'm a law professor and you're PWNED. Deal with it" |
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Increased speed of database searching allows matching of criminals' fingerprints, solves 30-year-old murder mystery |
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Google twins powers activate: Shape of a basement ape, form of a wet blanket |
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Navy admits sonar harms whales. When reached for comment, Shamu stated, "MMMMMmmmMMOoooOOOOaaaaaaaaawwwwwHHhh~~~" |
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Hundred residents of a Russian village have refused to switch to new passports because they believe the documents' bar codes contain satanic symbols |
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The 10 worst PCs of all time. Nerd fight in three... two... |
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Super Mario Bros. theme actually has lyrics |
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Dell unveils plan to sell cheap-ass electronics to Chinese. Plans for refrigerators to Eskimos, coal to Newcastle are pure speculation |
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Shuttle Atlantis, damaged by Florida hail storm, may not launch until May |
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Meet "the most influential chef in America": Dan Coudreaut, McDonald's USA's director of culinary innovation |
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Diet high in fat increases risk of cancer in women; decreases chance of getting laid |
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German scientists are developing a pill to stop cow farts in an effort to reduce methane emissions that hurt the ozone. *may increase the chances of spontaneous cow-combustion |
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It's a little late, but people are finally starting to ask whether the PS3 just might, maybe, possibly, be a dismal failure |
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Television maker identifies software glitch that can make sets freeze during transmission. If Keanu's lips aren't moving, workaround is to unplug the set & give it 20 minutes, otherwise he's just brooding |
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Bad news: Research finds girls in sweaters do better in math exams than do girls in bikinis. Good news: more research expected |
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Spiders love to snuggle. Wait, what? |
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Chinese People's Liberation Army selects new target of liberation: China's indigenous population of Internet-addicted fatass teenagers |
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New Zealand scientists attempting to breed sheep with four nipples instead of the usual two, which would result in more fertile flocks, improved threeways |
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Japanese media warns that Tamiflu causes pyschiatric behavior and suicide in teenagers. One good recall and we can wipe out this emo nonsense for good |
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Researchers say that stem cells can transform sports medicine and help a knee grow |
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Scientists develop method to extract hydrogen from seawater using only sunlight. Suck it, big oil |
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Scientists: Massive meteorite found. Expect fo find a huge pile of dinosaur bones nearby |
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Can't afford an H2? This guy's found a cheaper way to overcompensate for his shortcomings |
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Scientists discover burrowing dinosaur, which never should have gone extinct |
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Just when you thought the internet couldn't get any classier, K-Fed starts his own search engine. Popozoogle? |
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American crocodile has come back from the brink of extinction. Looks like subby is going hunting for some new boots |
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Spacex Falcon launch webcast now live, launch scheduled for 5:05 PM Pacific |
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Remember floppy disks? This is why you shouldn't copy them |
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Nowadays, there's a whole bunch of 'Tubes out there: There's GodTube for the conservatives, then there's BeastTube for the besitality lovers. I'm gonna be sick |
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MeowChatters: People who roleplay online as their cats -- in chat, blogs, forums and email. I'm in ur brane, steelin ur sanitee |
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Brits finally locate someone dumb enough to hand out patents for all the crap that's already been invented |
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I.T. consultants are laughing all the way to the bank |
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Robotic birds patrol Liverpool, scaring pigeons. They still won't help Perseus defeat the Gorgons, though |
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End program 'John Backus' |
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Top 10 uses of an iPod you'd never expect |
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While GM's automobile division suffers, their malaria-resistant mosquito division is growing by leaps and bounds |
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The first commercial compressed air car is on the verge of production. Suck it, Big Oil |
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Certain models of LCD televisions freezing when tuned to CSI and Grey's Anatomy |
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Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will only produce tiny water droplets, roughly the size of Al Gore's tears of joy, as emissions. Here comes the science |
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Microsoft, ever the front runner in business innovations, begins customizing software for small businesses |
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Researchers study "pervasive psychological phenomenon" of mind-wandering; other research shows this type of research safer than research on what makes psychopathic killers tick |
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Scientists debate whether Earth's temperature should be taken orally or rectally |
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Success in mapping 248-dimensional object. Deep Thought still claims answer is 42 |
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New ideas to fight global warming include: Man-made volcano that shoots sulfur into the air, artificial "trees" that suck carbon dioxide out of the air, forcing Al Gore to shut the hell up |
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DeLorean dealership opens in Chicago area. Option packages include all leather interiors, turbo charger, flux capacitor |
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New mobile phone designed for the over-50s includes loudspeaker, large display, emergency help button and GPS directions to nearest Farmers' Market |
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Hollywood has ruined global-warming hysteria, according to some leading scientists in the field of hysteria... or something |
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Scientists create rabbits that glow in the dark. Still no cure for cancer, but at least you have a couple of farking nightlights |
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Study finds that women are more motivated to stay out of the sun by warnings about wrinkles than warnings about skin cancer |
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Indiana's attempts to promote an online fitness program defeated by fatasses in comfy chairs in front of their computers |
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AOL introduces IM plug-in so users can physically locate buddies. Skynet heard remarking that it's a nice first step |
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Qualcomm, Broadcom agree to drop suits and start using the same number of "m"s in their names |
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