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Today John McCain announced he has picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. In its morning broadcast, NPR reported that McCain's choice showed up on Wikipedia (and the AP) before it had been officially confirmed as fact. This isn't exactly an irregular event in wiki world, considering the content is created by millions of users, but it says a great deal about the power of the Internet. Read more
Music junkies, take note: today Spotify introduced an integrated HTML5 app platform to round out the online music experience. Since Spotify partnered with Facebook, their user base has grown to over 10 million listeners who subscribe to friends' playlists and cultivate our own streaming music library. Like an iTunes app, any third party can develop and submit an app for Spotify's approval to be Read more
Ryan Phillippe hit the streets in NYC last night filming Damages on location. He's been cast to portray an Internet activist, loosely based on WikiLeaks Editor in Chief Julian Assange, for the fifth and final season of the primetime drama. Ryan's not the only notable star joining the cast as Jenna Elfman's also committed to a reoccurring role. Work took a backseat to partying on Tuesday night Read more
Jeff Bezos revealed a new Kindle this morning at a press conference in NYC. The Kindle Touch looks to be about the same size as the previous generation, but it will come sans keyboard but with an infrared touch eInk display — the infrared layer will sit on top of your eInk display so it doesn't interfere with reading. Additionally, the Kindle Touch will include free cloud storage and come Read more
Fridays will finally be back to normal with the season four premiere of Fringe tomorrow night at 9 p.m.! If you've been waiting all Summer to see what the heck happened to Peter Bishop, gather a few fellow sci-fi nerds and plan on making a night of it with your own premiere party. And since Walter Bishop is arguably everyone's favorite character, why not theme things out in his honor? Below, a Read more
The Steve Jobs-approved biography written by Walter Isaacson isn't set to hit shelves and Ereaders until March 6 2012, but you can preorder the book now, thanks to Amazon. The book, titled iSteve: The Book of Jobs, details the life and times of the Apple founder, giving readers unprecedented access to Steve's daily life, family, friends, and colleagues. While there isn't much more I need to know Read more
Angelina Jolie was seen Saturday making her way through an airport in Luqa, Malta. She took off with Brad Pitt and their kids after spending the last few weeks on the Mediterranean island, where he was shooting the zombie movie World War Z. Angelina racked up some frequent flier miles going from Malta to places elsewhere in Europe, making philanthropic trips to Italy and Turkey. She, Brad, and Read more
Depending on how religious your family is, Passover Seders can either run from 30 minutes to well over two hours, not including the festive meal. While you might have been happy to spread your four glasses of wine over a two hour reading of the Haggadah prior to your tots, now you need to find a way to occupy your lil one throughout the service. In addition to bringing your dining out standbys Read more
