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Siri #8

14 Oct 2011

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Siri Mistake #8

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • A Drug Ban may save India’s Vulture’s from extinction.
  • France has halted the “three strikes” policy due to a data leak.
  • A Life supporting ‘super-earth’ has been confirmed.
  • Netflix has become the biggest percentage of Traffic in the US.
  • AT&T is allowing side-loading of applications.
  • Yale has suspended a fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon, for five years.
  • The Smoke Detector at the site of an Aurora Fire was missing.
  • Pakistan is contemplating on blocking Facebook.
  • The Fukushima Japan earthquake may have caused the Nuclear Meltdown.
  • PSN Logins have been exposed AGAIN.
  • The 13-year cicadas may be arriving soon.
  • The Red-crested Tree Rat has re-appeared after 113 years.
  • An Ignored Exoplanet may be a watery world.
  • The Department of Homeland security boss is claiming “very, very, very few” people get pat downs. Reality is 1.8 Million per month.
  • Australian Researchers have taught robots how to create their own spoken language.
  • A New Study is suggesting that Earth’s solid Core is melting.
  • Google has confirmed a flaw with Android and has rolled out a server-side fix.
  • In 1873, Levi Strauss created the Blue Jeans.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • The TSA Has frisked a baby because the stroller set off the ‘explosives’ detector.
  • Google Storage is now available all Developers.
  • Google has made the Chrome Webapp Store worldwide.
  • Google has unveiled the Acer Chromebook for $349.
  • America’s smallest turtle is becoming scarce.
  • Sunlight may turn Jet exhaust into toxic particles.
  • Samsung is creating a ChromeOS Desktop similar to a Mac Mini.
  • Tree Frogs have provided new answers to Amazon Diversity.
  • Senators have questioned AT&T on the T-mobile merger.
  • A Firmware hack can transform your 2009 Mac Pro into a 12-core behemoth.
  • A Jury has found former Galleon Hedge Fund manager Raj Rajaratnam guilty of insider trading.
  • An Ancient Supernova is firing gamma rays.
  • Four Months after agreeing to the Comcast-NBCU merger, Meredith Baker is leaving the FCC to join Comcast.
  • The FBI is stating that customers might sue if they knew companies were helping with Wiretaps.
  • US Researchers have identified the first human lung stem cell.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Seagate has broken the areal-density barrier with 1TB hard drive platters.
  • It was 19 years ago that Wolfenstein 3D was released.
  • Indiana may cut funding for Planned Parenthood.
  • ColorWare is now painting iPad 2′s.
  • Nintendo Wii will be price dropped to $150 as of May 15th.
  • EMI is taking control of its digital licensing.
  • AT&T Has officially confirmed the HP Veer 4G for May 15th.
  • An Experiment has confirmed hints at Dark Matter.
  • Sony has responded to Congress with an ‘Open Letter’ regarding their PSN hack.
  • The FCC has torn down the Epic Red Camera.
  • CNET has been accused of copyright infringement by distributing LimeWire.
  • GMail now allows you to store 25,000 contacts.
  • Barnes and Noble may release a new E-reader on May 24th.
  • If you updated your Windows Phone out of cycle, there’s a fix to allow sanctioned Windows Phone updates.
  • Chicago alderman want to force all cell phones to have a text message switch on them.
  • Michael’s Craft Stores have warned of a Data Breach in the Chicago Area.
  • 52 years and $750 Million managed to prove Einstein was correct.
  • LastPass has had a security breach.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Lynn Hauldren, the face and voice behind Empire Carpet, has died at the age of 89.
  • AT&T will begin selling ‘cell-towers’ in a suitcase for $15,000 to $45,000.
  • WikiLeaks has released documents related to Gitmo Terror suspects.
  • SurveyMonkey has purchased online-forms company WuFoo.
  • SpaceX is hoping to put a man on Mars in 10-20 years.
  • A Tennessee Bill would require teachers to not discuss homosexuality.
  • A 500-year-old book has appeared in a small utah book store.
  • Kraft is threatening a cooking teacher, for teaching students to cook beyond Mac & Cheese.
  • Some Orchids can fool flies, by faking a infection.
  • Facebook has released the ‘send’ button.
  • A Massachusetts town is considering lifting a 29-year ban on coin-op games.
  • DNA could act as antenna.
  • A Solar Powered Car has gotten 2200 MPG from the Sun.
  • A Scout Cabin built in 1929 is now a historic landmark.
  • Researchers have built a synthetic synapse circuit.
  • Social Activity can prevent cognitive decline.
  • Sony is going to release two Honeycomb tablets later this year.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Salmonella has prompted a recall of cucumbers.
  • Pope Benedict XVI is going to call the space station.
  • Space.com has an explanation on how to http://wcd.me/hSvgxO Space Shuttle Endeavor’s last launch.
  • The DS Lite has been discontinued at Gamestop locations.
  • The Large Hadron Collider is now officially the most powerful accelerator in the world.
  • The US army is using Android to build it’s Smartphone platform.
  • The Understanding of most regarding Climate Change falls in-line with Party Lines.
  • AT&T has admitted that it cannot handle iPhone and iPad traffic.
  • Windows 7 has sold 350 Million licenses in 18 months.
  • A 275 Million year old Lizard may have had the first toothache.
  • William J. McCarter, who led WTTW, has died at the age of 81.
  • A Minnesota middle school is giving an iPad 2 to every student.
  • A Tornado has hit the St. Louis Airport.
  • Norio Ohga, former Sony President and creator of the CD has died at the age of 81, due to multiple organ failure.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

Current News:

  • A Court has ruled that the Government cannot charge for both hacking, and hacking email.
  • Sprint is ending instant rebates and moving back to mail-in rebates.
  • Just like iOS devices, Android is tracking users as well.
  • Righthaven keeps defying a court order.
  • A Tennessee Woman was revived after her heart stopped at a concert.
  • AT&T has submitted some bullshit on how ‘important’ T-mobile is for AT&T.
  • The UK has issued a smog warning over London.

Historical News:

  • In 1342, Pope Benedict XII, dies.
  • In 1558, Mary Queen of Scots marries the Dauphin of France.
  • In 1620, John Graunt, the first demographer, is born.
  • In 1731, Author Daniel Defoe dies.
  • In 1743, Edmund Cartwright, the inventor of the Power Loom, is born.
  • In 1800, The United States congress allocates $5,000 to establish the Library of Congress.
  • In 1916, the Irish Rebellion Brotherhood begins a rebellion in Ireland.
  • In 1916, Ernest Shackleton launches a rescue of the Endurance.
  • In 1940, Author Sue Grafton is born.
  • In 1942, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley is born.
  • In 1947, Author Willa Cather dies.
  • In 1953, Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
  • In 1961, The Swedish Ship, Vasa, was salvaged.
  • In 1967, Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies when the parachute for his spaceship fails to open.
  • In 1970, the First Chinese Satellite, the Don Fang Hong I, is launched.
  • In 1993, The IRA detonates a truck bomb in Bishopgate, London.
  • In 2004, Estee Lauder, the cosmetic pioneer, dies.
  • In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI holds his inaugural mass.

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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • A Judge has unsealed some documents that might undermine Righthaven cases.
  • The Pirate Bay has begun aiding researchers with P2P usage.
  • Like Europa, Titan may have a giant subsurface ocean.
  • Microsoft has relased Office 365 Beta to the public.
  • An 81 year old, and War Veteran has run the Boston Marathon.
  • Orangutans utilize simple tools to catch fish.
  • Did A SuperNova mark a 17th Century King’s Birth.
  • The Wisconsin County where votes were ‘found’ has had irregularities for years.
  • Iran is claiming that the US and Iraq built Stuxnet.
  • A Magnetic field determines whether a solar flare erupts or fizzles.
  • Premature Births can be detected by a blood test.
  • The Chicago Sun Times has won a Pulitzer prize for local reporting.
  • Samsung has sold it’s hard drive unit to Seagate.
  • Fidel Castro has resigned from the Cuba Party Leadership.
  • HBO customers will soon be able to watch on iOS and Android devices.
  • The Windows Phone ‘NoDo’ update has begun rolling out on AT&T.
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Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • iPad 2 resellers are still camping in New York City.
  • Toshiba’s Honeycomb Tablet is priced at $450.
  • A Valparaiso sixth-grader was handcuffed over spilled milk.
  • Chicago’s Mayor-Elect, Rahm Emanuel, is promising that the school day will get longer.
  • 45.5% of testers managed to crash Ubuntu’s Unity desktop.
  • Radioactivity has risen in the Sea off of the Fukushima Power Plant.
  • AT&T has scheduled the Windows Phone, ‘NoDo’, update for the Samsung Focus.
  • China is aiming to build the world’s largest rocket.
  • Mom’s who exercise during pregnancy have stronger babies.
  • A nine-month plan is set for the Fukushima Japan Power plant.
  • Jesse Jackson, Jr. now believes that the iPad is the cause of job loss in the US.
  • The TSA is claiming that if you ‘complain’ about the TSA, you’re a terrorist.
  • John F. Kennedy’s Secret Service Detail has opened up and claims there is no conspiracy.
  • Medicines are less effective in space.
  • Phillips is exiting the Television market.

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Daily Run Down 04/17/2011

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

Current News:

  • 56% of a user’s first Wikipedia edit good.
  • There is more evidence of a link between Diabetes and Parkinson’s.
  • A new Security Proposal could eliminate passwords.
  • The Federal Trade Commission has sued a fake news site that is selling selling diet products.
  • President Obama is stating that the White House technology is woefully out of date.
  • Windows Phone 7-certified micro SD cards arrive at AT&T stores.
  • Some Marengo High School Students have built a life-sized Trojan Horse.
  • William N. Lipscomb Jr, a Nobel Prize Winning Chemist has died at the age of 91.
  • The Inability to detect sarcasm may point to dementia.
  • Google Video will shutdown on May 13th.

Historical News

  • In 485, Greek Philospher Procius Lycaeus dies.
  • In 1080, Harald III, King of Denmark, dies.
  • In 1397, Geoffrey Chaucer tells his Canterbury Tales for the first time.
  • In 1492, Christopher Columbus signs the Capitulations of Santa Fe.
  • In 1521, Martin Luther speaks to an assembly, refusing to recant his teachings.
  • In 1524, Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York Harbor.
  • In 1741, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase is born.
  • In 1820, Alexander Cartright, the creator of modern Baseball, is born.
  • In 1837, American Financier J.P. Morgan was born.
  • In 1882, George Jennings, the creator of Public Toilets, dies.
  • In 1905, the Supreme Court decides the Lochner v. New York case, stating that ‘right to free contract’ is implicit in due process.
  • In 1942, Henri Giraud escapes Festung Konigstein.
  • In 1949, 26 Irish Counties officially leave the British Commonwealth, becoming the Republic of Ireland.
  • In 1969, Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
  • In 1970, Apollo 13 returns safely to Earth.
  • In 1976, Henrik Dam, Danish Biochemist and finder of vitamin K, dies.
  • In 1990, Civli rights leader Ralph Abernathy dies.
  • In 2003, Sir Paul Getty, philanthropist, dies.
  • In 2003, Robert Atkins, nutritionist, dies.

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