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8 Month Old Hears Mom For The First Time

This is why I love the wonders of technology. This eight-month old, born deaf, is hearing his mothers voice for the first time!

Want To Be Ready for iOS 5 Tomorrow? Get iTunes 10.5 Now

If you’re not already running on the developer build of iOS 5 (whether you’re an actual developer, or a cough-cough-yeah-for-sure-I’m-totally-a-”developer”-shut-up-and-give-me-iOS-5), tomorrow’s the big day. After roughly 4 months of Beta builds, iOS 5 is finally launching to everybody.

Before you can dive in, though, you’ll need iTunes 10.5 — anything less just won’t do the trick. Looking to ensure that their servers don’t eat it too hard with tomorrow’s launch, Apple has opted to make the iTunes bit of the equation available this morning.

It’s been a while since 10.5 began rolling out in Beta capacity, so here’s a quick recap of the big new features:

• iTunes Match: For $25 a year, iTunes Match will give you legal digital access to any songs you own (be it through legal means or not). Match won’t actually launch until late October, but support is built into 10.5.
• Patches a number of Windows-specific security issues
• WiFi syncing support (when paired with iOS 5)
• Purchase history (for books, apps, etc) through iCloud

If you’ve got a beta build of iTunes 10.5 already up and running, you’ll need to reinstall manually to move to the final release (the Beta considers itself “Up to date”, though it’s set to expire in around 3 days.) Otherwise, you can update iTunes through the usual means, or by downloading it manually here.

Via TechCrunch

Good Ways to Get Rid of Bad Breath

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Halitosis (the technical term for bad breath) can ruin a first date as quickly as that plate of garlic fries. Typically caused by odorous food, indigestion, or bacteria growth, this invisible beauty blunder is both irritating and unhygienic. We list the best tips, tricks, and products to keep your breath as fresh and kissable as possible.

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THE DESKTOP WALLPAPER PROJECT: A TRIBUTE TO STEVE JOBS BY JON CONTINO

During a lull in dinner last night, I checked Twitter to see what was going on, to read what people were saying about Steve Jobs. As I flicked the screen of my iPhone I noticed that my buddy Jon Contino had tweeted “Steve” and then a link. I was curious, so I clicked and I saw the image you see above, a fitting tribute from I guy I respect to a man we both respect. There isn’t a lot to say, only that I wanted to share this because I thought it was touching and well done. It comes in desktop sizes, and of course, iPhone and iPad sizes as well. A big thanks to Jon for sending these to me late last night. 

Download Wallpapers At Following Resolutions (right click>save as…)
1280x800
1440x900
1680x1050
1920x1200
2560x1440
IPHONE
IPAD 

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October 5th, around 8:45 PM. Cops beating up and pepper spraying people at the occupy wall street protest. 

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How unequal we are: Top five facts about the top one percent

1. The top 1 percent of Americans owns 40 percent of the nation’s wealth

2. The top 1 percent of Americans take home 24 percent of national income

3. The top 1 percent of Americans own half of the country’s stocks, bonds, and mutual funds

4. The top 1 percent of Americans have only 5 percent of the nation’s personal debt

5. The top 1 percent are taking in more of the nation’s income than at any other time since the 1920s

Via ThinkProgress

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Did Facebook Just Pull A MySpace?

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What Facebook did last week was brilliant. Instead of taking the time and effort to try to build their own ”best” music and media services, they opened up the back door and let almost everyone in.  And who “everyone” is can change as new services that grab fan attention come online.

But with so many choices and a plethora of new features, is Facebook in danger of getting too complex and its pages overcrowded?  Did Facebook just pull a MySpace?

One of Facebook’s draws has been it’s simplicity and ease of use and that’s particularly true for the masses that Facebook has attracted in the last year or so. They open up the possibility of massive music discovery.  But will a user get frustrated and just give up (for example) when they’re signed up to Spotify and their friends want to share music on Rdio or MOG? 

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Half of Americans Think Space Shuttle Retirement Bad for US, Poll Finds

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Half of all Americans think the retirement of NASA’s iconic space shuttle fleet is bad for the country, according to a new poll.

Fifty percent of Americans think mothballing the shuttles will end up being bad for the nation, while just 49 percent believe it will be good or have no effect, according to the poll, which was conducted by CNN.

With the shuttles grounded for good after the end of Atlantis’ STS-135 mission, NASA now has no way to get its astronauts to space. Atlantis landed in Florida today (July 21) to cap NASA’s 135th and last mission after three decades of shuttle flight.

NASA will book seats on Russian Soyuz spaceships in the short term, a prospect that many Americans aparently find unappealing. The poll found that 75 percent of Americans think the country should develop another spacecraft capable of carrying astronauts into orbit.

And this will indeed happen, most people believe. Eighty-seven percent of poll respondents have faith that the U.S. will develop another crew-carrying craft.

NASA does not plan to rely on Russia forever. The space agency wants private industry to develop vehicles that can ferry astronauts to the International Space Station and back, perhaps as early as 2015.

Most Americans seem to favor this commercial crew model, according to the poll. Fifty-four percent of respondents want private companies to run most American human spaceflight activities in the future, compared with 38 percent who prefer government to take the lead.

The firm ORC International conducted the poll for CNN from July 18 through July 20, interviewing 1,009 American adults by telephone. The poll’s sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.

This story was provided by SPACE.com, sister site to LiveScience. Follow SPACE.com for the latest in space science and exploration news on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook.

 
Via: LiveScience
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Global Warming: Scientists vs. Climate Skeptics (Infographic)

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