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Melinda Gates Apparently Takes The Whole Apple-Microsoft Rivalry Quite Personally
Don’t mention the iPad! (NewsFeed mentioned it once but we think we got away with it!)
Thanks for the Memories: Sony to End Production of Walkman Tape Players
NewsFeed is fairly young, but it distinctly remembers rocking out to New Kids on the Block with an old-school Walkman cassette player. Now those days are finally gone.
Angry Birds Halloween Edition: Can the U.S. Close The Time-Waster Gap?
Will this virtual ornithological-porcine violence be the final nail in the coffin of the American economy?
Can Twitter Predict the Stock Market?
Next time you play the stock market, it might be worth checking out Twitter beforehand.
Feeling Claustrophobic? The Internet Is Soon To Have Two Billion Users
A report from the International Telecommunication Union has predicted that there will be two billion web dwellers by the end of this year.
Justin Bieber Hair For Everybody: The iPhone App No One Asked For
Who says the U.S. economy is in trouble? We lead the world in iPhone app innovation!
“Free Public Wifi” Networks: Neither Free, Nor Public, Nor Wifi
Beware: This network may look promising as it pops up in public places like cafes or airports — but it could leave your computer vulnerable.
Reading While Eating for October 11: A Bunch of Kid Stuff
The best way to celebrate this Columbus Day while stuck at work? A nice assembly of links.
Jetpacks Are Here (And Are Now On Video)
It’s the Zapruder film of 21st-century technology!
Zuckerberg A Hero Or A Villain? Depends How Old You Are
The Social Network, the story of Mark Zuckerberg’s founding of Facebook, was the most popular movie in America this weekend. Was is the story of a socially-impaired jerk who abandoned all human connection for fame and fortune, or …
The Future Is Now: Jetpacks, On Sale, $100,000 (Or $215 For 10 Minutes)
Movies from the ’80s and ’90s left the American public with certain cruel desires for seemingly unattainable things – the hover skateboard from Back to the Future II, a dinosaur island à la Jurassic Park, the jetpack from Rocketeer.