Day: January 9, 2013

Story

Jon Stewart Fought Through A Cold To Deliver A 20-Minute Riff On Gun Control

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Brett LoGiurato Comedy Central Jon Stewart caught up last night following a lengthy hiatus and delivered a substantial riff on curbing gun violence in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.  Stewart, who has spoken out on the topic of gun control multiple times in the last year, battled a cold that left his voice raspy throughout the nearly 20-minute long segment. He opened the show…

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Economy

How A Chinese Economic Crisis Would Unfold

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Mamta Badkar Improving Chinese economic data have many experts saying that the economy has bottomed out, and that the possibility of a hard economic landing is off the table. Societe Generale analysts expect Chinese GDP to increase 7.4 percent this year but think there still is a “non-negligible risk” of a hard landing in which GDP growth falls to less than six percent. Remember a hard landing refers to four consecutive…

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Pure News

Up To 50 Injured As Commuter Ferry Has Hard Landing In Lower Manhattan

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Michael Kelley Up to 50 people have been injured as a commuter ferry from Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, met a hard landing on Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan. First responders are currently treating injured riders on Pier 11. At least one person is in critical condition. Watch the live coverage from MyFoxNY here. It appears that the riders, several of whom were standing as they prepared to leave the boat, were tossed on impact. The ferry has no…

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Story Tech

I Raised My Kids On the Command Line…and They Love It

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As reported on LifeHacker. byJohn Goerzen Two years ago, my son Jacob (then 3) and I built his first computer together. I installed Debian on it, but never put a GUI on the thing. It’s command-line, and has provided lots of enjoyment off and on over the last couple of years. The looks of shock I get from people when I explain, as if it’s perfectly natural, that my child has been able to log…

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Microsoft Story

Downgrade Your New Windows 8 Computer to Windows 7 for Free

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Whitson Gordon If you aren’t a fan of Windows 8 but want a new laptop that comes with Windows 8 preinstalled, you’ll be happy to know you can actually downgrade it to Windows 7 withouthaving to reformat. Here’s how. Maybe you’ve given Windows 8 a fair shake and it just isn’t working for you, or maybe you’re so against upgrading that you don’t want to buy a new computer until you know you can…

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Science Space Story

Rogue Planet Confirmed Orbiting Around ‘Eye of Sauron’

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As reported on Wired. BY ADAM MANN LONG BEACH, California – Astronomers have confirmed that a controversial exoplanet called Fomalhaut b actually does exist and have calculated its potential orbit. The results show that the object is even stranger than scientists could have imagined, dubbing it a “rogue planet.” The uncertainty about this object started in 2008, when scientists released an image taken with NASA’s Hubble space telescope of a tiny dot of light in the debris…

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What Did Google Earth Spot in the Chinese Desert? Even an Ex-CIA Analyst Isn’t Sure

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As reported on Wired. BY NOAH SHACHTMAN China’s Mystery Complex Location: 39.6 N, 76.1 E Photos: Google Earth Overview. Nov. 16 2011. Site. Oct. 17, 2009. Site. June 21, 2011. Foundation of Largest Building. June 21, 2011. Closeup of Large Buildings. Nov. 16 2011. Site of Middle Structures. June 21, 2011. Middle Structures. Nov. 16, 2011. Western Structures. June 21, 2011. Western Structures. Nov. 16, 2011. View as gallery   Late last month, former CIA analyst Allen…

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Article

It’s official: 3D is dead

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As reported on The Verge. By Vlad Savov The tech industry’s annual hot air balloon show is gone, and the world’s a better place for it There’s something about 2013’s Consumer Electronics Show that’s different from every other iteration this decade. You might not realize it immediately, for it’s marked by the absence rather than the arrival of a new technology, but it’s there and we’re all sensing it on a deep, subconscious level. And it…

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Panasonic Debuts 20-inch 4K Windows 8 Tablet: Less Than Half An Inch With Stylus Input

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Panasonic showed off a new tablet device at its CES 2013 keynote today. The Windows 8-based device is less than half-an-inch thick, with a 20-inch screen with 4K resolution for ultra-crisp images. The device is clearly aimed at the professional market, and a promo video Panasonic showed featured a photographer talking about how it can help him with his workflow. The tablet has pen input, and is not only…

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Space Tech

Another Major GitHub Outage – This Is Not Good For Its $100M Enterprise Push

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEX WILLIAMS GitHub had another outage this afternoon. This is getting old. How can GitHub be taken seriously in the enterprise with these kinds of outages? GitHub started showing exceptions at 3:14 PST. By 3:20, GitHub announced on its status page that a database spike caused the service to have a major outage. It makes no difference if GitHub for Enterprise runs on-premise. With this kind of outage, credibility is a question mark. GitHub has suffered…

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