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Major Networks Sue Dish Network for Killing Commercials Automatically
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Not too long ago Dish Network announced that it had a new, and very also feature, called Auto Hop on its Hopper DVRs. This cool feature would go in after recording your favorite primetime television programs and delete all the commercials so you could watch without having to be bothered to… |
May 25th, 2012
Transformers 3 Extra Awarded $18.5 Million after On-Set Injury
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Back in September of 2010, when the Michael Bay helmed Transformers: Dark of the Moon… movie was filming, a 26-year-old woman who was hired as an extra was severely injured during a scene. The woman’s name is Gabriela Cedillo, and she was injured when a cable snapped that was towing |
May 24th, 2012
NYPD Arrests Designer for “Planting False Bombs,” But He Was Just Putting Up Art
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The name Takeshi Miyakawa might be familiar to you if you’re into contemporary art. Miyakawa is a huge name in the art scene with his unusual installations and thought-provoking works of art.… |
May 22nd, 2012
Some Players Reportedly Beating Diablo III in Seven Hours
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We have been waiting for a long time for Diablo III…. The game was launched just hours ago, but it was first announced on June 28, 2008. That’s a long time for fans to wait. Yet in another disappointing turn of events, some players are reporting that they beat the |
May 15th, 2012
Study Proves Beer Makes You Smarter
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Guys this is fantastic news, the next time someone gives you a hard time for drinking too much beer, tell them you’re simply feeding your brain. As it turns out, in some quantities beer is apparently brain food. The magic number for your beer brain improvement appears to be a… |
April 15th, 2012
Amazon, Netflix Pump Up Streaming Catalog Size with Marketing Speak
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When my wife subscribed us to Amazon Prime, it promised a huge number of movies and TV shows – 17,000 to be exact. Anyone that’s ever gone on to the website looking to stream a movie or TV show has probably been like me and wondered where exactly all that… |
April 14th, 2012
Man “Recovering Well” from Most Extensive Face Transplant in History
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An American man has had what doctors say is the most extensive face transplant in history. The man’s name is Richard Lee Norris and years ago he suffered massive facial injuries in a gun accident. The accident destroyed most of the man’s lips and nose as well as his jaw… |
March 28th, 2012
Debris Forces ISS Crew into Escape Ships
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There’s suprisingly little empty space left in low Earth orbit these days. This is in part due to the ever-growing number of satellites orbiting the planet. Most of the debris orbiting the planet includes defunct satellites or chunks of satellites left from crashes with other satellites. Huge debris fields were… |
March 26th, 2012
Bird Man Video Maker Admits It Was Fake
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I want to get this off my chest off the top: You bird man, you bastard you! Now that that is out of the way, Dutch filmmaker and animator Floris Kaayk has admitted that video that went viral earlier this week of a man claiming to fly with bird-like wings was… |
March 23rd, 2012
FAA Promises a “Fresh Look” at Gadget Use on Flights
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The FAA cleared the iPad and other devices for use in cockpits of commercial aircraft by pilots late last year. The approval was made to reduce the load on pilot by allowing them to have digital copies of charts and flight manuals rather than roughly 30 pounds of books with… |
March 19th, 2012
