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FriendFeed Traffic Is Actually Up Since The Facebook Deal; Thanks Largely To Turkey

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FriendFeed. You remember it, right? It was that awesome service that Facebook acquired in August 2009. It was a smart deal all around. Facebook got an awesome team of developers and product people, w…

New FCC white space rules: inside the Satanic details

The other shoe has dropped at last on the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to unleash unlicensed broadband, or “white space” gadgets, on the rapidly evolving high-speed Internet device market. The FCC has released its Sec…

“WiFi On Steroids” Is A Go. Now Google (Or Someone) Just Has To Build It. Please Do. Fast.

About two and a half years ago after “losing” (but really winning, because it was forced open) the FCC’s 700Mhz spectrum auction, Google set its sights on another goal: the opening of the so-called “white space” (which Google had actually bee…

If They Hate Us, Why Haven’t They Killed Us Yet?

Here’s a Venn diagram of the US population, the world Muslim population, the overlap, and al-Qaeda. The al-Qaeda dot had to be sized up tenfold in order to be visible.
If Islam were really a blood-soaked religion and most Muslims really backed al-Qa…

Okay, Now Facebook Has Officially Made It. They Have A Turkish Music Video

Facebook is big — massive, really. But I don’t care if a social network has 100 million users, 500 million users, or a billion users — and I don’t care if there’s a major Hollywood movie coming out about it. You haven’t made it until you ha…

Panthers' talk about a new stadium continues troubling trend

One of the things that Florio Jr. and I enjoy about driving down I-77 through Charlotte is that the path provides a great look at Bank of America Stadium, where the Panthers play their home games.  The stadium, which still…

Jay Mariotti arrested on a felony charge in L.A.

So we were perusing the Twitter feed of Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco to see if any of his recent entries reflected evidence of concussions symptoms (he has yet to post any messages exclaiming, "Hue!"), and we noticed an entry from…

Underwhelming so far, Panthers may have a star in making

(By Tom Sorensen, tsorensen@charlotteobserver.com) When a defensive coordinator prepared for Carolin&squo;s wide receivers last season, he started with Steve Smith. Then he moved to the others. He did this after opening the media guide to find out …

Canon Fixes 5 Year Old Camera For Free

There was a defect with CCD chips on Rob’s camera, so Canon fixed it for free. Rob would just like us to let people know that he had a great experience with Canon.

Rob says:
I usually read stories about negative comments about com…

High Alcohol Content Beer War Continues With 60% ABV Brew

Hot on the heels of last week’s news about the 55% alcohol content beer (which also happened to come packed in roadkill), a Dutch brewer has upped the ante with a brew purported to contain 60% alcohol by volume.

While the 55% beer …

15 People Kidnapped For Filming A Beer Commercial Without Permission

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I don’t think I’m ever going to go to Mexico again. That place is lawless

So, Mexico is apparently pretty @#$%ing intense. A total of 28 people were kidnapped by machete-wielding locals who objected to Grupo Model…

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