Tag Archives: this Week

The Reason Personality Tests Go Viral Will Blow Your Mind

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Please tell me the web personality quiz is NOT making a comeback. Maybe the popularity of these quizzes never even declined. After rolling my eyes many many times this week, I eventually caved in. I...

Google Buys Nest Just As Internet Of Things Suffers First Global Cyber Attack

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Following this week’s announcement that Google has agreed to purchase connected home device maker Nest for $3.2 billion there has been a lot of speculation about whether Google can be trusted with...
    






Did Target Malware Teen Take A Piece Of The Pie?

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Security firm IntelCrawler has released evidence supporting the identity of the programmer behind the BlackPOS malware that infected Target and other major U.S. retailers as the 17-year-old Russian...
    






Wind Energy Of No Use In The Pacific Northwest

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I am all for a diverse energy portfolio and truly believe we can get to the 1/3-1/3-1/3 mix that we’ve put forward by 2040. A third fossil, a third nuclear and a third renewable would be sustainable...
    






Utah police officer kills wife, mother-in-law, and children

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It's a sad week in Utah.Just three days after the disturbing murder-suicide in Syracuse that involved a mother and her two daughters, a police officer also killed his family of four. 34-year old...
    






What Windows 9 Must Do To Avoid Flopping Like Windows 8

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Windows 8 is a flop. It is a painful thing to say about one of the most ambitious operating systems ever released, but the stats don’t lie. It has taken half the OS market share Windows 7 did in its...
    






FDA Grants Earlier Than Expected Approval For Medtronic’s CoreValve

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The FDA today approved Medtronic’s CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system for patients with severe aortic stenosis who are unable to undergo conventional open-heart surgery....
    






The Partridge Family’s Dave Madden dead at 82

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The world lost another great actor this week. Actor and comedian, Dave Madden, best known for his grumpy role in the 1970's sitcom "The Partridge Family," died at a hospice center in Jacksonville on...
    






Steam Matters For Indie Developers – ‘Day Z’ Offers A Million Reasons Why

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As Day Z racks up a million sales in four weeks, Steam once again demonstrates its ability to make a game – even when its creator is warning casual players not to buy it yet. Dead Reckoning PC...