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  • Language and cognitive systems guru Kurzweil asked to head Google engineering

    Ray Kurzweil becomes a Googler, named Director of Engineering Alexis Santos, engadget.com Come Decem­ber 18th, futur­ist extra­or­di­naire Ray Kurzweil will be join­ing Google’s ranks as Direc­tor of Engi­neer­ing to work on projects that involve machine learn­ing and lan­guage pro­cess­ing. Specifics regard­ing those projects, how­ev­… http://flip.it/K9Okf Related articles Ray Kurzweil’s Goal at Google is to enable…

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  • Romney Ad Named ‘Lie of the Year’thedailybeast.com PANTS ON FIRE Well, at least he won some­thing. Mitt Rom­ney’s pres­i­den­tial cam­paign was award­ed “Lie of the Year” on Wednes­day by fact-checking web­site Poli­ti­Fact. The Pinoc­chio moment: the claim that Barack Obama “sold Chrysler to th… http://flip.it/ODboh

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  • Romney Ad Named ‘Lie of the Year’thedailybeast.com PANTS ON FIRE Well, at least he won some­thing. Mitt Rom­ney’s pres­i­den­tial cam­paign was award­ed “Lie of the Year” on Wednes­day by fact-checking web­site Poli­ti­Fact. The Pinoc­chio moment: the claim that Barack Obama “sold Chrysler to th… http://flip.it/ODboh

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  • Romney Ad Named ‘Lie of the Year’thedailybeast.com PANTS ON FIRE Well, at least he won some­thing. Mitt Rom­ney’s pres­i­den­tial cam­paign was award­ed “Lie of the Year” on Wednes­day by fact-checking web­site Poli­ti­Fact. The Pinoc­chio moment: the claim that Barack Obama “sold Chrysler to th… http://flip.it/ODboh

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  • Big Tech: Mary Meeker Says We’re Giving Up Our Possessions for the Internet

      Michael V. Copeland, wired.com Analyst turned VC Mary Meeker sees a lot to be excited about in tech (mobile), and much to be worried about too. http://flip.it/sMiw8 Big Tech: Mary Meeker Says We’re Giving Up Our Possessions for the Internet Related articles Disrupt or Die. Are You Working With The Social Agency Of The…

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  • Congress Promotes Dangerous Anti-vaccine Quackery

    Phil Plait, slate.com [Note from the author: This is not my first vaccine rodeo, and I expect some interesting remarks in the comments section. As always, I have copiously linked key phrases in this article to more information backing up my claims. Please read them… Congress Promotes Dangerous Anti-vaccine Quackery Related articles The “no compassion”…

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  • I’m Tim Ferriss, and This Is How I Work

      lifehacker.com Tessa Miller View Profile • Google Plus • RSS When we kicked off the How I Work series in August, we encour­aged read­ers to tell us whose pro­duc­tiv­i­ty tips and tricks they were dying to know. No one has been more… http://flip.it/zcWep I’m Tim Ferriss, and This Is How I Work Related articles Tim Ferriss…

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  • Review: The Hobbit Is Insanely Gorgeous at 48 Frames Per Second Hugh Hart, wired.com Watching The Hobbit at 48 frames per second makes one thing crystal clear: the movie looks like nothing you’ve seen before. http://flip.it/EPLua

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  • Review: The Hobbit Is Insanely Gorgeous at 48 Frames Per Second Hugh Hart, wired.com Watching The Hobbit at 48 frames per second makes one thing crystal clear: the movie looks like nothing you’ve seen before. http://flip.it/EPLua

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  • Review: The Hobbit Is Insanely Gorgeous at 48 Frames Per Second Hugh Hart, wired.com Watching The Hobbit at 48 frames per second makes one thing crystal clear: the movie looks like nothing you’ve seen before. http://flip.it/EPLua

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  • Marijuana Vending Machine Maker’s Stock Skyrockets

        Mike Epstein, mashable.com Based on this month’s elec­tion, the idea legal­iz­ing mar­i­jua­na seems more pop­u­lar than ever. Two states, Wash­ing­ton and Col­orado, have legal­ized pot at the state level. With the legal mar­i­jua­na mar­ket look­ing stronger than ever, th… http://flip.it/cTo9v Marijuana Vending Machine Maker’s Stock Skyrockets Related articles Ready For Marijuana Vending Machines?…

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  • Steve Ballmer’s Nightmare Is Coming True

      yahoo.com Almost one year ago today, we laid out the night­mare sce­nario for Microsoft (MSFT) that could lead to its busi­ness col­laps­ing. After lay­ing it all out, we con­clud­ed, “For­tu­nate­ly for Microsoft, none of this is going to happen.” We wer… http://flip.it/GwzT7 Steve Ballmer’s Nightmare Is Coming True Related articles How Steve Ballmer Became…

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