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Help others raise money for causes they care about. | Pepsi...

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Really worthwhile cause.

"You can no longer trust data or information when facts are played hob with like Wikipedia or when..."

"You can no longer trust data or information when facts are played hob with like Wikipedia or when everyone on the web who reads an opinion and treats it like fact. Back in the day, an opinion was something ventured with caution and usually with great thought and deliberation by someone who knew something. Now, it's just the shit that pours off these mountains of lava of stupid remarks. I've led a terrific life and really have no complaints, but boy am I glad I'm not going to have to live thr...

Spring Design's Alex eReader is one of those products that...

Spring Design's Alex eReader is one of those products that probably would have gotten a lot more attention had it managed to come out before Apple's iPad. However, as it stands, the $399 Android-powered device, which features both a 6-inch e-ink display and a 3.5-inch, 16-bit color touch-screen LCD, is scheduled to ship in the middle of April and threatens to get overshadowed by the iPad's arrival on April 3. (via Alex eReader set to ship two weeks after iPad | Crave - CNET)

Link Ink: Ryan Philippe Loves Steve Rogers, Ghouls Get Garters...

Link Ink: Ryan Philippe Loves Steve Rogers, Ghouls Get Garters and Darth Vader & Jabba Are Strippers - ComicsAlliance | Comics culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews

New Project with Kevin Mellon from IDW Publishing and Namco.

Churning under the twisted streets and elaborate architecture of Washington DC is a dark force: The Thrum. As the forces of darkness threaten to engulf the nation's capital, one of The Society's most promenade members, Frederic Farley Farnhan, is far more focused...

"The roll call of newspapers shedding comic strips is growing, from the Portland Oregonian, which..."

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The roll call of newspapers shedding comic strips is growing, from the Portland Oregonian, which shed 10 strips last year, to the Washington Post.

The cash-strapped Washington Times recently went a step further, eliminating its Sunday comics section entirely.

The savings can be enormous. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., told readers that reducing the comics section by one page would save $300,000 a year.

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- Comic Strips Get Cut From Newspapers - ABC News

"Upwards of $1 million a day is expected to be spent on health care television ads this week, as..."

"Upwards of $1 million a day is expected to be spent on health care television ads this week, as interest groups work overtime to try to influence Congress before the House votes on President Obama's top domestic priority."

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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time - Blogs from CNN.com

Beyond evil - the insurance companies have blood on their hands as they let the poor and unemployed die in the streets. Imagine for a moment if all this money being poured into the effort to fight...

""Facebook is a service that enables developers, like you, to make applications social..."

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"Facebook is a service that enables developers, like you, to make applications social everywhere, on as many platforms as possible, and we get some very interesting cross-platform properties," Davis said at the beginning of his talk. The company's Facebook Connect technology has been extended from third-party Web sites to the iPhone and now gaming consoles like the Xbox 360.

"We're working very closely with the console makers—Sony, Xbox, and Nintendo—and we've done integrations with all...

Fifty-three percent of social gamers surveyed for the study,...

Fifty-three percent of social gamers surveyed for the study, overseen by ComScore and Offerpal Media, said they are enthusiastic about alternative, or indirect, payment methods as a way to earn virtual currency for free, rather than having to pay for it directly. (via Social gamers accept marketing for virtual currency | Software, Interrupted - CNET News)

"What I think a lot of people don't realize is that Longbox is what is called a silo, a closed..."

"What I think a lot of people don't realize is that Longbox is what is called a silo, a closed environment, a portal that tries to sell you something to experience in a locked company-defined software. And yes with heavy DRM.
Why would anybody buy something from Longbox when they can buy a platform specific version of the same comic directly from the publisher? Because we all know that every publisher is going to be releasing their own titles on the iPad, iPhone and computers any time soon (ID...

When Apple's much-anticipated iPad launches in the United...

When Apple's much-anticipated iPad launches in the United States on April 3, the media slate's highly organized e-book application will feature "Comics & Graphic Novels" among its top-tier categories, Forbes.com reports. (via Apple's iBookstore designates 'Comics & Graphic Novels' as top-tier category | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment)