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Is This Badass or What? Free Fall From Edge of Space

14. October 2012

FREE FALL FROM THE EDGE OF SPACE See Original Article ===>Here Red Bull Stratos, a mission to the edge of space, will attempt to transcend human limits that have existed for 50 years. Supported by a team of experts Felix Baumgartner plans to ascend to 120,000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and make a freefall [...]

Forget Apple, Forget Facebook: Here’s The One Company That Actually Terrifies Google Execs

19. August 2012

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See Original Post ===>Here It’s very easy to get caught up in the Android versus iPhone duel and Google’s recruiting battles with its newly-public Silicon Valley neighbor, Facebook. But neither one of those companies worry Google executives as much as another that is actively taking money out of their pockets. This company is from Washington, [...]

SEC shuts down alleged $600 million Ponzi scheme

19. August 2012

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Read Original Post Here NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Federal regulators announced fraud charges Friday against a company they said was operating a $600 million Internet Ponzi scheme “on the verge of collapse.” The Securities and Exchange Commission accused ZeekRewards.com, its parent company, Rex Venture Group, and Rex Venture head Paul Burks of luring more [...]

Shocked NBC viewers watch as Olympic water polo player’s breast is exposed underwater after fight with U.S. opponent

3. August 2012

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See Original Article ===>Here It may have arguably been the first time in this summer’s Olympics a tape delay would have been useful. On Wednesday NBC’s underwater camera captured a women’s water polo player briefly exposing another player’s breast to shocked reaction from viewers watching live at home. ‘You see a lot of suit grabbing [...]

10 Insanely Tough Games

15. July 2012

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10 Insanely Tough Games See Original Post ===>Here Think you’re good at games? Sure you do. Who doesn’t? The only thing gamers love more than playing is bragging about their skills. If you can brag about beating all 10 of these terrors, however, you’re in a league of your own.

Y! Big Story: Lesser known truths about Fourth of July

4. July 2012

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See original post ===>Here Indianapolis fireworks (Livescience) A divided nation? How very American of us.

Google, Amazon lead rush for new Web domain suffixes in bids to ICANN

14. June 2012

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See Original Post ===>Here Amazon and Google are staking claims to large swaths of the Internet under a new system for labeling Web domains, bolstering their ability to control traffic as the Web expands beyond the realms of “.com,” “.gov” and “.org.”

LinkedIn Password Leak | Users Update Passwords

6. June 2012

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LinkedIn confirms password leak, encourages users to update passwords See original article here (CBS News) Following reports that 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords were leaked on a Russian hacker site, the company confirmed Wednesday that “some of the passwords that were compromised correspond to LinkedIn accounts.” LinkedIn is a professional social networking site, where users can post [...]

Time Bomb? Banks Pressured to Buy Government Debt

1. June 2012

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See Original Post ===>Here US and European regulators are essentially forcing banks to buy up their own government’s debt—a move that could end up making the debt crisis even worse, a Citigroup analysis says.

Box office report: ‘The Avengers’ scores biggest opening weekend of all time with $200.3 mil

6. May 2012

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See Original Post ===>Here Image Credit: Marvel Studios Puny Potter. Disney’s The Avengers smashed the opening weekend record by earning $200.3 million this weekend, according to studio estimates.

Zuckerberg Facebook IPO to Make Him Richer Than Ballmer

4. May 2012

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See Original Post Here Facebook Inc. (FB)’s $11.8 billion initial public offering will cement the status of 27-year-old Mark Zuckerberg as one of the world’s richest men and put his social network among the highest-valued companies in the U.S.