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Probably not a big shocker that the minds behind Facebook are a little dweeby. Proof positive? They've incorporated an old video-game code into the site...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facebook's Secret Code | 12/8/2009 | See Source »

...deal affects only a neglected and unprofitable sliver of the book market. Competitors like Microsoft and Amazon aren't trying to digitize library books - Microsoft started a rival effort but dropped it last year - "and so the fact that they don't want these books accessible isn't a shocker," he said. "The vast majority of people I talk to are very excited about the idea that this content is going to be unlocked and opened up." Clancy acknowledged criticism that some parts of the settlement may be too broad but said changes would be "targeted and surgical." While...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Antitrust Battle Over Google's Library | 10/31/2009 | See Source »

...Tuesday, won't come as a surprise to most Afghans, who have long considered his brother, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, to be an American puppet. The revamped allegations that Karzai frère is deeply involved in Afghanistan's annual $4 billion drug industry isn't much of a shocker either - on the streets of Kabul and Kandahar, the name Wali has long been synonymous with someone who can get away with a crime because he has friends in the right places. Diplomats, counternarcotics officials and commanders from the International Security Assistance Force, NATO's military wing in Afghanistan, have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Karzai's Problem Brother: Drugs, Spies and Controversy | 10/28/2009 | See Source »

House also quits his job. And the moment House leaves the room, Foreman (shocker) asks Cuddy to let him run the department. Cuddy asks him to take this case to see if he can handle the pressure. At that point, FlyBy was seething. But we also knew where the title of the episode came from...

Author: By SIDDARTH CHANDRASEKARAN and FlyByBlog | Title: Recap: Epic Fail | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

House also quits his job. And the moment House leaves the room, Foreman (shocker) asks Cuddy to let him run the department. Cuddy asks him to take this case to see if he can handle the pressure. At that point, FlyBy was seething. But we also knew where the title of the episode came from...

Author: By SIDDARTH CHANDRASEKARAN and FlyByBlog | Title: Recap: Epic Fail | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

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