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Apple Attorney Attacks Tablet Bounty -- InformationWeek

Valleywag offers $100,000 for evidence of anticipated-but-unconfirmed Apple tablet computer; Apple cries foul. Is Valleywag inciting theft, or just offering to pay paparazzi? Is revealing an idea the same as stealing it? How much must Apple pay to keep its workers silent?
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FAIR

FOUL

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Did Apple's Law Firm Confirm The Tablet?

An interesting bit of drama unfolded on the Internet when Gawker Media recently offered $100,000 for pictures and/or information of the unannounced Apple tablet. Predictably, Apple's law firm has struck back, issuing a cease and desist letter to Gawker Media. How much can be assumed by what Apple's lawyers say?
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SURPRISING

NOT

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Wozniak Uses Both Android And iPhone

Steve Wozniak, the fella that helped Steve Jobs get Apple off the ground, loves his iPhones, but has found a new affection for Android. Which two foot soldiers in the Android Army has Wozniak selected?
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HUGE

MINOR

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A Deluge of Donations via Text Messages - NYTimes.com

If we wouldn't leave a child drowning in a pond we stroll by, why do we ignore the one out of sight? Perhaps it's simply too hard to know what to do. Can small change change the world?
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MOURN

MOVEON

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As Haitians Flee, the Dead Go Uncounted - NYTimes.com

Is this where the destruction becomes unthinkable? The chain of family now utterly disrupted, without any chance to identify and honor their dead, Haitians have no past.
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GRAMMAR

SENSE

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Kindling Warms the Heart in Buffalo

To the rest of the world, Buffalo is Siberia. Part of a gulag of rust-belt cities, hamstrung together by uncouth ways of living. Grammatically challenged, this writer wonders whether he will ever be making any sense at all.
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WOW!

MEH

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Woolworth's stores in UK form precise geometrical pattern

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Matt Parker, based in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Queen Mary, University of London, has analysed the locations of the 800 Woolworths stores to reveal precise geometric patterns. This was based on the work of Mr Tom Brooks (a retired marketing executive of Honiton, Devon) who found similar patterns in prehistoric monuments across the UK.
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INTERESTING

BORING

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Pedestrians, Too, Are Distracted by Cellphones

“I ran into a truck,” Ms. Briggs said. It was parked in a driveway. Distracted driving has gained much attention lately because of the inflated crash risk posed by drivers using cellphones to talk and text.
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COOL

LAME

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Facebook group 'I'm With Coco' plans rally outside NBC Tower

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Now, courtesy of Mitchell's social networking, O'Brien's biggest Chicago supporters will hold a rally at 4:30 p.m. Monday on NBC's Michigan Avenue doorstep to deliver a message to the network. "NBC, I think, has already made their mind up," said Mitchell, 27, a Los Angeles-based freelance illustrator. "Maybe (the protest) is more of a thing to show that there's a lot of Conan fans."
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WOW!

MEH

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LG Display Reveals News-Worthy, Flexible E-Paper

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LG Display Co., Ltd., a leading innovator of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) technology, announced it has developed the 19-inch flexible e-paper – the world’s largest.
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