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XIHA Life- "the world’s first truly multilingual social network"

This is a social network for people who speak more than one language. From the article: "While the site does cater to an international audience, it isn’t “multilingual” in the sense that it breaks down language barriers - the site doesn’t have any translation features. Instead, users tell tell the site what languages they know (and which ones they prefer), and the site will only present the messages or posts each user understands"
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9 year old with rocket arm banned from pitching little league

...for safety concerns, ostensibly. Jericho Scott has a 40 mph pitch. He's obviously a superstar. They banned him from pitching because they're worried he'll hurt someone. "He throws so hard that the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told his coach that the boy could not pitch any more. When Jericho took the mound anyway last week, the opposing team forfeited the game, packed its gear and left, his coach said... The team was 8-0 and on its way to the playoffs when Jericho was banned from pitching... parents expressed safety concerns... Facing that kind of speed" is frightening for beginning players, Noble said."
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Couple meet in Second Life, real life, man walks, woman goes nuts

... and poses as a postal worker, lays in wait with taser, duct tape, and a BB gun. The guy walked into his apartment and fled when he noticed a laser on his chest. "In early August, Jernigan allegedly drove to the victim's Pennsylvania workplace and attempted to kidnap him at gunpoint... she returned two weeks later to track down the victim's Delaware address, and posed as a postal worker to do so. After four days of searching, authorities said she found residence in the Whitney Presidential Towers on the 7100 block of Society Drive in Claymont.. "
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Scented Laptops (with floral imprints), how will they do?

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Click more for pic. Asus is releasing a line of scented laptops. The flavors include Floral Blossom, Musky Black and Morning Dew. " The laptops come with a 13.3-inch screen, an Intel Core2 Duo processor, an integrated Webcam, up to 320GB of hard drive space, and up to 4GB of DRAM support. They also have a fingerprint scanner for secure access. Pricing and availability on the models have not yet been announced. As far as we know, you will not have to pass a sniff test to buy one."
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'Idol' adds a fourth judge

Scoot over, Simon Cowell. "American Idol" is adding a fourth critic to its panel of judges. ADVERTISEMENT Grammy-nominated songwriter Kara DioGuardi will sit alongside Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson when the eighth season of "American Idol" premieres in January, the Fox network said Monday.
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'Hari Puttar' vs. Harry Potter

Warner Bros. has filed a lawsuit against Mumbai-based producer/distributor Mirchi Movies related to the title of its upcoming film "Hari Puttar -- A Comedy of Terrors," which Warners feels is a tad too similar to its franchise about a certain young wizard. ADVERTISEMENT The case is being
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QinetiQ Breaks Unmanned Solar Plane Record

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These guys put together an unmanned solar plane that stayed aloft for over 83 hours. Who knows.... someday we might be all flying on unmanned solar planes.
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Chinese Olympics: A Stunning Success?

Well the olympics are over and it appears to have been a stunning success. I mean apart from the secret execution of thousands of political dissidents (people who want to vote).
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Neighbors Ignore Screams of Stabing Victim: Would You?

In New York City a woman screamed while being stabbed to death at 2am. Neighbors waited 30 minutes before calling cops. What would you have done? A)Waited B)Called cops immediately
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Demandbase: B2B sales lead generation and mgt., pay as you go

They just raised $8M. "allows users to manage their leads through a web interface and have them automatically distributed to their email or CRMs... allows users to monitor passive visitors to their site and generate sales leads by analyzing incoming traffic.." So it sounds like they monitor web traffic then sell email addresses?
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