Saturday Night Live May Finally Hire Another Black Person
movieline.com — If you're keeping score at home -- and you probably are -- it has been seven years since Saturday Night Live hired a new African American cast member, an unhappy distinction that proved to be quite the hindrance two years...

Batman...and The Penguin (PIC)
i.imgur.com — Is it true that Batman is just a reflection of his arch-enemies?

Another oil rig explosion, and the science of dispersants
boingboing.net — Another oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded today. All crew members survived. Right now, nobody knows whether or not the explosion caused a leak in any of the seven wells that the rig collects from. There have been reports of an oil slick on the water near the fire, but that could just as easily be from the finite amount of oil stored on the rig—which would still a spill, but a significantly less problematic one. Other than that, there's not really much information out about this right now. If anybody's learned anything from Deepwater Horizon it seems to be that you're better off, PR-wise, if you don't have to correct everything you say two days later. To give you something to chew over in the meantime, though, Deep Sea News has been doing a really interesting series on the science (such as it is) of oil dispersants. It's interesting, not just because of the basic facts, but also because it gets into the details of why we don't know more. Dispersants must be applied successfully and have a high

Toshiba Recalls 41,000 Satellite Notebooks Due To Burn Hazard
hothardware.com — Zing! Burn! Ouch! We know, it's too easy, but we just had to. Sony, HP and lots of others have dealt with burn-related recalls in the past, and now it's Toshiba's turn. Today, the company has issued a voluntary recall on their T Series notebook computers due to a

DGA Files Complaint Against Fox News For Illegal Contribution To GOP Candidate
huffingtonpost.com — Keeping up its war with Fox News, the Democratic Governors Association on Thursday filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission accusing the network of making an illegal in-kind contribution to gubernatorial candidate John Kasich (R-OH). The complaint, clocking in at seven pages and signed by the DGA's Executive Director Nathan Daschle, makes some far-reaching charges.

Twitter Mobile Usage Skyrocketed With Official Apps [STATS]
mashable.com — Since Twitter acquired Tweetie and rolled out an official iPhone client, the company has focused more and more on improving the mobile experience across all smartphone platforms.Twitter CEO Ev Williams wrote just now on the company blog that mobile usage of the site is up 62% since in just over four months, and 16% of all new Twitter users are starting out on mobile devices as opposed to web signups (this number is up from just 5% earlier this year).In the days before Twitter started issuing official apps on a platform-by-platform basis, the company wasnt seeing the kind of mobile adoption it had hoped for. Williams wrote, Even though there was a plethora of third-party Twitter apps, people were having trouble finding and selecting one because none were called Twitter. This kept them from using Twitter at all.The company adopted a new strategy for mobile; rather than leaving all the mobile app development to third parties, Twitter decided to consolidate efforts. In the short term, this caused some consternati

Online Career Education in Business Computer Applications
aboutonlinedegrees.org — Most students entering the business of business computer applications will enter the profession with an associate degree in the area. Here they will fill basic data entry positions where they focus on the transfer of information from one point to another.

A Brief History of Windows Programming Revolutions - funny
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Israel: Soldier admits to looting Turkish aid flotilla ship
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$100 REWARD. To the first person that can obtain a KWA HK MP7 Airsoft rifle by 3:00 pm September 3rd in the Phoenix area.
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