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Paperblog Editor's Pick

• World Wide Web Turns 20, Mega LOLz Ensue

  

  The World Wide Web has just turned twenty; here are the top ten contributions it has made to human knowledge. Hint: porn. Read more

  The 08 August 2011 by   Periscope
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• French Engineer Suggests Harvesting Icebergs as Solution to Drought

  

  It's just so crazy it might work: Could towing an iceberg to drought-stricken Africa solve the area's water crisis? Read more

  The 08 August 2011 by   Periscope
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• Take the Power Back

  

  With a mostly blank cover page and a quote from Ayn Rand, Ecuador’s largest newspaper, El Universo, protested the court’s ruling against its directors and forme... Read more

  The 08 August 2011 by   Center For International Private Enterprise
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• Sun to Rain Death from Above in Solar Storms

  

  The next Armageddon: Solar storms to knock out electrical systems, telecommunications, satellites, so stock up on tins of tuna and baked beans now! Read more

  The 08 August 2011 by   Periscope
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• US Credit Rating Downgrade Rocks European Markets, European Central Bank Responds

  

  Standard & Poor's credit rating downgrade of the US has begun to bite the European markets. To try and ease the pressure, the European Central Bank has... Read more

  The 08 August 2011 by   Periscope
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• S&P; Downgrades US Credit Rating: Whose Fault Was It?

  

  John Boehner and Barack Obama. Well, it happened: Just like it warned, credit ratings agency Standard Poor’s downgraded US government debt from AAA to AA+, th... Read more

  The 08 August 2011 by   Periscope
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• Tel Aviv (Israel) Stock Exchange in Terminal Dive?

  

  NEWS BULLETIN: in the first hour of post-S&P-downgrade; trading today (yeah, I didn't realise the Muslim bourses who have Friday as their Sabbath work Sunday... Read more

  The 07 August 2011 by   Freeplanet
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• Russian President Medvedev Fingers Condoleezza Rice for the Georgia Invasion of...

  

  I mean, he did it in a very subtle way, like this, "Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili and I had been having talks, for a long time, about ways to avoid... Read more

  The 06 August 2011 by   Freeplanet
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• Humble Indie Bundle 2011 – Only Three Days Left

  Ever wonder why software costs so danged much? Well, it’s because not only is there the cost of paying developers to code the software, you also need to pay... Read more

  The 06 August 2011 by   Steveliu
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• Planning Your Back to School Fundraising

  

  Well we’re half way through summer. Both the kids and parents are thinking of how long they have before school starts. Lets take a minutre to go over some of th... Read more

  The 05 August 2011 by   Mregina
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