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5 Steps That Will Curb Gun Violence (And 5 Ways They Will Fail)

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As reported on Wired. BY SPENCER ACKERMAN Guns for sale at a Houston, Tx. gun show, 2007. Photo: Flickr/M Glasgow   Updated, 5:35 p.m. Suspected terrorists can’t fly on planes, but they can buy guns. The feds can track sales of fertilizer, but not semi-automatic rifles. Brick-and-mortar gun dealers perform background checks, but online ones often don’t. These are three of the many odd aspects of the gun trade that are now being reconsidered after the massacre…

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Why Spree Killers Kill Themselves

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As reported on Wired. BY ADAM LANKFORD   Photo: gcfairch / Flickr   With the Sandy Hook shooter dead, we may never fully understand why he gunned down 26 random strangers at a public school. Even when such killers have survived, their self-explanations have done little to shed new light on acts the rest of us can only grasp as psychotic. Inevitably, we are left with the bare facts of the attacks themselves to frame our understanding.…

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Gamers call for an online cease-fire in wake of Sandy Hook massacre

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As reported on Polygon. By BRIAN CRECENTE Consider it a moment of silence. A group of gamers is asking players of the many nonstop virtual wars of online shooters like Call of Duty, Battlefield and Halo to put down their controllers for a day in a moment of gamer solidarity out of respect for the lives lost in Connecticut last week. The 24-hour Online Cease Fire isn’t meant to draw any links between the very real violence of…

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Why the criticism of a leaked climate change report is premature at best

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As reported on The Verge. By Kimber Streams Whether or not global warming exists is still a hotly contested issue for some, despite the overwhelming scientific support for it. Now, the fifth Assessment Report (AR5) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is has emerged as the latest epicenter in the debate. A draft of the report, which isn’t due until next year but is freely available to reviewers online, has been leaked in its entirety by…

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Microsoft left ‘surprised’ by Google’s Exchange ActiveSync announcement

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Google announced last week that it plans to drop Exchange ActiveSync support for new devices on personal Gmail accounts from January 30th. While Microsoft has remained quiet on the issue affecting Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Phone Gmail setup, the software maker has now responded to Google’s announcement in a blog post. Microsoft’s Dharmesh Mehta admits that the company was “very surprised” by Google’s announcement, indicating that Microsoft does not have immediate…

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AOL To Pay $1,056 Bonus To All Employees To Celebrate $1.056 Billion Patent Sale

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOHN BIGGS Like Scrooge after discovering the True Spirit Of Christmas, AOL is offering a shiny half-crown (worth $1,056) to the little boy (its employees) as thanks for bringing the prize Turkey from the Poulterer’s this holiday. The $1,000 cash bonus is a celebration of the company’s $1.056 billion patent sale it made earlier this year. I rarely, if ever, comment on internal AOL stuff but this is a nice gesture at…

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Leaked BlackBerry 10 screenshots reveal new UI, Siri-like voice interface Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Nicole Lee It’s a little over a month until BlackBerry 10‘s official introduction, but that hasn’t stopped leaked screenshots of the OS from circulating on the web. Some folks on theTinhte Vietnamese forums, which also revealed hands-on video and gallery of the BlackBerry 10 L-Series, have just released pictures of RIM’s revamped phone UI. Most notably, the images provide a sneak peek at a new “BlackBerry Hub” all-in-one message center along with an intriguing voice interface that reminds…

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Apple releases WiFi compatibility update for late 2012 Macs

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As reported on Engadget.  By Mark Hearn Earlier today, Apple released a WiFi update for late 2012 Mac systems. The new software improves compatibility for devices on the 5GHz band and requires that your machine be running OS X 10.8.2. Qualified users looking to expand their system’s connectivity can snag the 1.49MB update through the Apple Menu’s Software Update tab, or by visiting the source link below.

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Pentagon Sets Out to Create the Ultimate Wireless Network

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As reported on Mashable. by Pete Pachal 3G? Pathetically slow. WiMax? Not good enough. LTE? Still lacking. The U.S. military has looked at all current wireless standards as well as the ones on the drawing board (such as LTE-Advanced) and apparently concluded that they’re all not up to the challenge of supporting troops in the years to come. So it’s taking the matter into its own hands.DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is setting out to create an…

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GOP Lawmaker: ‘I Wish To God’ The Sandy Hook Principal Had An Assault Rifle

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Brett LoGiurato Fox News Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Republican from Texas, said Sunday that he wished Dawn Hochsprung, the principal of the Sandy Hook Elementary School, had been armed on Friday with an M-4 assault rifle to counter Adam Lanza, the alleged shooter who killed 20 children and seven other adults. “I wish to God she had an M-4 in her office locked up — so when she heard gunfire, she pulls…

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