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Mostly links from around the web, presented with quotes and commentary. Sometimes I write long-form pieces too.

Posted on 20111016

What do the “1 percent” actually do?

via Salon.com > News

This originally appeared on New Deal 2.0.the numbers hereJobs and Income Growth of Top Earners and the Causes of … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111016

Virgin Galactic Lands Deal With NASA

via socalTECH.com – Southern California High Tech News

Mojave-based Virgin Galactic, the commercial spaceflight firm started by Richard Branson, said Friday that it has signed a deal … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111016

No-Charts: Puppies, Pee, and Pinocchio

via GOOD

      Here are our favorite No-Charts submitted this week. Think you can do better? Visit our Labs page and … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111016

Why the world’s biggest supercomputer will use graphics chips (video)

via VentureBeat

Steve Scott, chief technology officer for Tesla graphics chip products at Nvidia, was feeling pretty good this week after the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111015

Yahoo seeks new CEO — uses the same firm that found Carol Bartz

via VentureBeat

We’ve all heard insanity defined as doing the same thing and expecting different results.
Today, Yahoo‘s board is … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111015

iPhone 4S’ Siri Gives Strange Replies

via TAXI Daily News

Writer Joshua Topolsky has been testing the new iPhone 4S’ Siri smart assistant.

He asked Siri all sorts of questions, such … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111015

Microsoft’s First Act As The New Owner Of Skype (MSFT)

via SAI

Microsoft closed its purchase of Skype late last night.
Almost immediately, it nuked Google from the Skype install on … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111015

SecondMarket Can’t Sell Any Facebook Shares For The First Time Ever

via SAI

SecondMarket failed to sell any shares of Facebook in its weekly auction for the first time ever, Michael Arrington at … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111015

Instacast Podcast Client Now Syncs via iCloud

via Gadget Lab

ICloud, schmiCloud, right? Who cares about syncing boring old word processor documents anyway? But why not take a quick look at … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111015

Infographic: All The Genetically Modified Food You’re Eating

via Fast Company

GMO crops have infiltrated 80% of all the packaged food in the United States, and no one has told you. Here’s why.Genetically … Read More >>

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