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1) Fox's Twitter TV Experiment Tweets Its Way to Epic Failure
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/BjlQX-MHPmI/Fox_s_Twitter_TV_Experiment_Tweets_Its_Way_to_Epic_Failure
When Fox revealed its plan to broadcast reruns of Fringe and Glee with a live Twitter feed overlay, I said they had to be really really careful. But Fox didn't listen. From user comments online it looks like the experiment earned itself a big FAIL.
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2) Plan Would Pay Japanese Families To Have Kids
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/UmgFaKsMu_4/Plan_Would_Pay_Japanese_Families_To_Have_Kids
Yoshiko Sato would love to give her only son a brother or a sister. But money struggles and Japan's cost of living have pushed the mother to wait. A proposal to pay parents about $3,400 a year per child has got her thinking seriously about expanding her family.
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3) 9 Upgrades To Turn Your PC Into A Monster
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/OyKzauchPlI/9_Upgrades_To_Turn_Your_PC_Into_A_Monster
Turning your PC into a killer gaming rig isn't easy, not to mention expensive, but that's never stopped a hardcore gamer. To get the best out of the latest games, there can't be a weak link in your system, so a fantastic processor, graphics card and RAM are essential.
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4) How Wired.com Built Beer Robot, Our DIY Kegerator
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/ZXjKAQ9ZKQM/How_Wired_com_Built_Beer_Robot_Our_DIY_Kegerator
This is the story of Beer Robot, an ugly old fridge that grew into a super geeky kegerator. It started out innocently enough. After work one day at the local brewpub, three Wired.com staffers had a revelation: ?What our office really needs is a kegerator!?
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5) Antibodies found that prevent HIV from causing severe AIDS
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/nyf7VtqsaXc/Antibodies_found_that_prevent_HIV_from_causing_severe_AIDS_2
After nearly two decades of futile searching for a vaccine against the AIDS virus, researchers are reporting the tantalizing discovery of antibodies that can prevent the virus from multiplying in the body and producing severe disease.
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6) Report on handling H1N1 cases: Use masks with airtight seals
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/0hFsjW9i_co/Report_on_handling_H1N1_cases_Use_masks_with_airtight_seals
An advisory panel is recommending a major step up in protection for health workers dealing with patients suspected or confirmed to have H1N1 influenza.
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7) Woman Sues Bank for Lax Security After Hacker Steals $26,000
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/sKRU_yvj__w/Woman_Sues_Bank_for_Lax_Security_After_Hacker_Steals_26_000
An Illinois district court has allowed a couple to sue their bank on the novel grounds that it may have failed to sufficiently secure their account, after an unidentified hacker obtained a $26,500 loan on the account using the customers? user name and password.
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8) Red Hat builds one API for many clouds
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/AeIreXVK8sY/Red_Hat_builds_one_API_for_many_clouds
Red Hat has launched a project to create an application programming interface that will let developers write applications for use across many kinds of clouds.
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9) The World's Most Unfortunately Dressed Bank Robber
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/7Oxss5rEfeI/The_World_s_Most_Unfortunately_Dressed_Bank_Robber
Anyone Seen Richard Simmons Lately? A bank robber the FBI has dubbed "Sweatin' to the Oldies Robber" has robbed several Houston banks in one of the worst outfits ever caught on tape.
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10) Top 10 Meals That Gamers Enjoy
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/jTGCQgg-Xtc/Top_10_Meals_That_Gamers_Enjoy
Gamers are a very busy bunch; there isn?t much that can be squeezed into our busy schedule. There are a few things we have to squeeze in though; toilet breaks, drink breaks and of course meal breaks. So what makes a good gamer meal?
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11) Ecuador vs. Chevron: Evidence of a Fix, or Video Entrapment?
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/rhr_BY9L4L0/Ecuador_vs_Chevron_Evidence_of_a_Fix_or_Video_Entrapment
The lawsuit, the largest of its kind, has lasted 16 years, pitting U.S. oil giant Chevron against residents in the Amazon jungle of Ecuador.
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12) Anger uncorked at bottle maker Sigg over BPA
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/Nmk22Lpo5og/Anger_uncorked_at_bottle_maker_Sigg_over_BPA
Now this shocker from Sigg Switzerland: Bottles made by the company before August 2008 had "trace amounts" of BPA in the epoxy liners. Sigg officials knew it since June 2006, but didn't announce it until last month.
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13) Big chunk of space junk misses space station
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/PUVp9QB19rY/Big_chunk_of_space_junk_misses_space_station
A big piece of space junk safely sped by the international space station and shuttle Discovery, missing by less than a mile.
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14) The Onion Keeps On Embarrassing Newspapers
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/RoRgJ1hk-_0/The_Onion_Keeps_On_Embarrassing_Newspapers
The Onion, America?s Finest News Source and easily one of the best destinations for quality satire if we ever visited one, strikes yet again. Not only is it wiping the floor with real journalism on Google News Spotlight, but it is also lovingly feeding the dinosaurs satirical stories that wind up getting reported as actual news.
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15) Human Brain Could Be Replicated In 10 Years
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/-eLb7SfP6Ck/Human_Brain_Could_Be_Replicated_In_10_Years
A model that replicates the functions of the human brain is feasible in 10 years according to neuroscientists in Switzerland. "The only uncertainty is financial. It is an extremely expensive project and not all is yet secured."
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16) Nokia Launches Beta Of Ovi Development Kit
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/Ak45Yn3C4xo/Nokia_Launches_Beta_Of_Ovi_Development_Kit
Nokia has released a test version of the software development kit for its Ovi application platform.
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17) HTML5 Drag-and-Drop API Is no Panacea for Developers
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/bLnVtZ7dFYw/HTML5_Drag_and_Drop_API_Is_no_Panacea_for_Developers
Developers have been pining for drag-and-drop support in webapps pretty much since the first servers came online. But now, with HTML5 nearly here, true drag and drop support is about to become a reality.
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18) Cops Save $3K / Yr with Anti-Idling Technology for Cop Cars
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/HB2Mvc7_kQA/Cops_Save_3K_Yr_with_Anti_Idling_Technology_for_Cop_Cars
Police cars are often left idling because if you stop the engine, you run the risk of having all the electronics and lights drain the battery. But all this idling comes at a cost in wasted gasoline, unnecessary air pollution, and even increased theft risk.
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19) Scientists propose new hypothesis on the origin of life
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/xHw8o2uuqR8/Scientists_propose_new_hypothesis_on_the_origin_of_life
The Miller-Urey experiment, conducted by chemists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey in 1953, is the classic experiment on the origin of life. It established that the early Earth atmosphere, as they pictured it, was capable of producing amino acids, the building blocks of life, from inorganic substances.
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20) Tetris Changes The Brain, New Study Shows
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/sEbZhDCXmwY/Tetris_Changes_The_Brain_New_Study_Shows
Researchers at the Mind Research Network today announced the findings of a scientific study that used brain imaging and Tetris to investigate whether practice makes the brain efficient because it increases gray matter.
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21) New Rule Prevents Teachers from Getting Drunk on Weekends
http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/news/popular/~3/b7VuA-rtv48/New_Rule_Prevents_Teachers_from_Getting_Drunk_on_Weekends
More than 10,000 have signed a petition calling for the scrapping of rules which require them to uphold 'public trust' in their profession outside school.
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