Tired of all the respectable tech hacks (i.e. John C. Dvorak & Co.) making their typical end-of-year predictions we've decided to make nine predictions for 2009 from a users perspective. For starters we feel that Sun Microsystems is toast...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
What Carriers Aren’t Eager to Tell You About Texting
TEXT messaging is a wonderful business to be in: about 2.5 trillion messages will have been sent from cellphones worldwide this year. The public assumes that the wireless carriers’ costs are far higher than they actually are, and profit margins are concealed by a heavy curtain.
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
Top 10 Biggest Bogus Tech Rumors of 2008
2008 may have been a down year for the economy, but it was a banner year for unfounded tech rumors. Here's a look back at the biggest bogus tech rumors of 2008.
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10 embarrassing moments in tech
Technology is sometimes a complex concept, such that it can lead to some embarrassing moments.Whether it's an infamous presentation that went awry, a product that shipped long before it should, or just a goofy marketing gaffe, these low points in tech serve as a good reminder: make sure your stuff works.
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Thursday, December 25, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Digg: New Twitter feeds!
Digg announces new Twitter feeds across several Digg topics, so you can get popular stories delivered right to Twitter. This provides another way to customize the types of stories you receive from Digg.
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PETA One-Ups Burger King, Releases Gore-Scented Body Spray
After last week’s flame-broiled blatant marketing ploy by Burger King, PETA has come up with their own: a meat-scented perfume that smells like rotting flesh.
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Monday, December 22, 2008
Scientists discover new forest, species on Google Earth
Conservationists have found a host of new species after discovering uncharted new territory on the internet map Google Earth.
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
YouTube Unveils Unique View Counts
YouTube has just released a new feature for its analytics platform that allows content owners to see how many unique visitors are watching their videos.
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Burger King issues cease & desist through Twitter
User whoppervirgins should stop using that name. But the best part? "What is your motivation by the way?"
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The 15 Richest Fictional Characters According to Forbes
From crime fighters to crime lords, our annual listing of fiction's wealthiest is as diverse as its honorees' money-making ventures. This year's selections include a duck, a fairy thief and an oil tycoon from the Ozarks.
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
34 Basic Tutorials To Get Started With Digital Photography
"Here’s a compilation of the best photography tips and tutorials found on the web. Starting with basics to make your first purchase, all the way to the inner workings of your camera."
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Hilarious Poker Ad - A Straight Flush Beats Four Queens
Cool Hand Poker offers a very unique lesson in poker hand rankings - a straight flush beats the stuffing out of four queens. If you want to win, know your hands, play at Cool Hand Online Poker.
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Blurred Out: 51 Things You Can't See on Google Maps
For all of the places that Google Maps allows you to see, there are plenty of places that are off-limits. Whether it's due to government restrictions, personal-privacy lawsuits or mistakes, Google Maps has slapped a "Prohibited" sign on the following 51 places.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The A to Z of 2008's Great Ideas
For the eighth year in a row, we have compiled an alphabetical digest of ideas, from A to Z that helped make the previous 12 months, for better or worse, what they were.
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The Top 10 Scandals of 2008
This was a particularly tumultuous year. A scandalous list of the individuals that notably contributed to the cultural maelstrom of 2008.
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NY Times' NSA Whistleblower Reveals Himself
It's been three years since The New York Times first broke the news of the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program, based on information provided by an anonymous source.
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Officer Who Shoved Bicyclist Indicted Using YouTube Footage
The police officer who seemingly randomly picked a bicyclist out of a critical mass crowd to tackle has been indicted for falsifying records and could also soon be charged with misdemeanor assault.
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Man sprays 'toilet-papering' teens with urine
WILLMAR, Minn. – A 50-year-old man who told authorities he was fed up with teens toilet-papering his house decided to defend his property — with a squirt gun filled with urine
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McCain Campaign Sells $20 Info-Loaded Blackberry to Reporter
Private information at bargain prices. It was a high-tech flub at the McCain-Palin campaign headquarters in Arlington when Fox 5’s Investigative Reporter Tisha Thompson bought a Blackberry device containing confidential campaign information. It started with a snippet we read that The McCain-Palin campaign was selling it's equipment at a discount.
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Friday, December 12, 2008
A Visual Guide to the Financial Crisis: The Bailout
Here is a visual guide to understanding how the bailout is funded and a couple of financial experts’ take on how it could be funded.
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
Google Announces 2008 Year-end Zeitgeist
As the year comes to a close, it's time to look at the big events, memorable moments and emerging trends that captivated us in 2008.
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'Dark Knight' Score is Now Officially Oscar Eligible
"The Dark Knight"The executive committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' music branch has reversed a decision on the original score from "The Dark Knight" and deemed it eligible for an Oscar in the best original score category. The branch initially ruled Nov. 10 that there were too many composers involved in the score.
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So My Dentist Sent Me This Innocent Email... Oh Wait
Well, actually the email wasn't sent to me, but this is funny regardless. Though, I can't say I blame him.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
A Gallery of 35 Humorous Halo 3 Screenshots
I love Halo 3 for many reasons, but one that flies under the radar most times is the ability to take screenshots incredibly easily. Hardly any games these days have that feature, and if they did, I’d be able to make hilarious galleries like this one for all of them.
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50 Skills Every Real Geek Should Have
The highest echelon of geeks will be able to do everything in this list, and this is by no means a full categorization of the complete geek skillset – only what we consider to be the most indispensable abilities
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Monday, December 8, 2008
QVC Scam - Blogger is being sued for complaining!
Blogger Donn Edwards blogged about how he was scammed to attend a timeshare sales pitch and are now being sued by Quality Vacation Club for "loss of income". Here is a collection of blog posts regarding this issue.
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Sunday, December 7, 2008
Saturday, December 6, 2008
"I Made A Fake Facebook And Had 100 Friends In 4 Days"
Facebook is by far one of the top social networking sites on the Internet, with millions of users, but how secure is it? Or rather how security conscious are the people that use it?
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Awesome Old Lady Goes Berserk Firing Guns in an Xbox Ad
Looks to be an audition for one of the early Xbox 360 commercials (the banned one with everyone play shooting each other). The old lady can't quite grasp the concept of shooting an imaginary gun...
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Kevin Rose's Top 10 Gifts For Geeks
It's that time of year, all of us are looking for great gift ideas. Here is my top ten gifts for geeks - happy holidays!
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs
Digg has sent a cease and desist to the company behind USocial.net, the website pictured above. Should we be surprised? The site is publicly advertising its service that lets you buy votes in mass quantity on Digg, Stumbleupon, and Propeller.
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Surgeon Does Amputation With Instructions Texted by Friend
A British surgeon has told how he performed a shocking amputation on a teenage boy in the Congo following instructions texted to him by a friend. "I had never done this operation before but I knew a colleague in London who had so I texted him. He sent me two very long text messages back explaining how to do the operation step by step."
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Teacher Sells Ads On Tests To Cover Printing Costs
Left to fend for himself after budget cuts, His tests cost over $500 a year to print, but this year he only got $316, one calculus teacher resorted to selling ads on quizzes and tests to cover his printing costs. $10 for quizzes, $20 for tests, and $30 for a final.
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Monday, December 1, 2008
The Simpsons mocks (m)Apple
Few have been spared the satire of Matt Groening's long running animated sitcom. Last night, The Simpsons took on Apple, or uh, Mapple for a full 6 minutes of lampoonery -- a pretty harsh ride at a two-joke per minute pace. It all starts when the Springfield mall gets its very own Mapple store...
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Friday, November 28, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
"Let me google that for you..."
For all those people that find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than google it for themselves.
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Man Arrested For Singing "Spider-Pig"
Things not to do when you're arrested for assault - keep singing 'Spider-Pig' from The Simpsons Movie when in the back of the Police van. Result? 8 months in jail for the assault, and a further 3 months for singing.
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The largest cruise ship in the world makes history (PICS)
It has everything you could ever wish for and more. The world's largest cruise ship has touched water for the first time as it prepares to sail into maritime history.
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Top 14 Top Gear Moments
Hecklerspray grudgingly concedes that Top Gear is a fantastic TV show. It’s so good even people who aren’t particularly interested in cars like it. For God’s sake, even their mums like it. In fact, it’s so good, it can even afford to have that annoying, smug, pubic-haired twit Jeremy Clarkson in it - and still be good.
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Twitter Rejects $500 Million Takeover Offer From Facebook
Facebook offered to buy Twitter for $500 million of overvalued Facebook stock, Kara Swisher says. Twitter rejected the offer for several reasons
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Sunday, November 23, 2008
Photoshop FAIL: Spot the Missing Body Part
Another fantastic example of what happens when the power of Photoshop falls into the wrong hands.
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Vatican forgives Lennon for 'more popular than Jesus' remark
More than 40 years after Christians were infuriated by the Beatles' claim that they were "more popular than Jesus", the Roman Catholic Church has made peace with the Fab Four.
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died
Yesterday I came across a slightly mysterious website — a collection of Polaroids, one per day, from March 31, 1979 through October 25, 1997. There’s no author listed, no contact info, and no other indication as to where these came from. So, naturally, I started looking through the photos. I was stunned by what I found...
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Friday, November 21, 2008
2 Pictures, 2 Kinds of Goodbye (PICS)
A snapshot of loss, captured in time. On this U.S. Memorial Day weekend, let us never forget the sacrifices made by those willing and proud to serve our country in its defense.
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
The Chinese Want To Buy the Big 3 Automakers
It appears that the Chinese car makers SAIC and Dongfeng have plans to acquire the Big 3: "A take-over of a large overseas auto maker would fit perfectly into China's plans. As reported before, China has realized that its export chances are slim without unfettered access to foreign technology. The brand cachet of Chinese cars abroad is, ...."
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Burger King Drops Wallets with $100 Bills in Them
According to reports from bloggers, the wallets contain actual cash, ranging from a $1 bill to a $100 bill, a gift card to Burger King, a “Drivers License” featuring The King, and a map of Chicago or Orlando area Burger King’s.
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Kid Plays Guitar Hero with Bike
Guitar Hero/Nerd displays his...heroism by creating a Guitar Hero course on the streets of his hometown.
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"Let me google that for you..."
For all those people that find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than google it for themselves.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Twenty-Nine Automotive Fails (PICS)
No surprise really, we've all seen the way people drive on a daily basis. So now, let us present to you this, the 29 fails of an automotive nature.
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Armstrong fears for his safety at Tour de France
Lance Armstrong fears he could be attacked by spectators if he returns to the Tour de France next year.The seven-time Tour champion, who is making a comeback after three years in retirement, said in an interview in The Guardian on Tuesday that he is concerned about his safety.
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Monday, November 17, 2008
WTF?! Is It Just Me or Is That a Mac In A Vista Ad??
A Microsoft Vista promotional booklet that had an image of the ideal happy family computing on a laptop. What stood out was that the laptop looked awfully similar to the Macbook Pro! In fact I am 90% sure that its a Mac!
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Never Try to Steal a Law Student's Laptop
The student was willing to let the intruder take his wallet and guitars. Then the robber made the mistake that ultimately landed him in the hospital -- he went for the laptop.
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
Isolated Paraguayan Tribe Wins Wins Lawsuit They Didn't File
Two Brazilian companies have been rapidly clearing land the Totobiegosode live on, and have destroyed nearly 15,000 ares. Activist groups have undertaken a fight to stop the companies, and have done so without the knowledge of the Totobiegosode. The Totobiegosode are the last group of uncontacted natives in South America.
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One BIG fish!!
Doug Killam, associate fisheries biologist in the state Department of Fish and Game’s Red Bluff office, holds up a massive Chinook salmon carcass found late last week on Battle Creek near Anderson. DFG scientists estimate the fish weighed 85 pounds dead, and even more when it was alive.
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
7 Games South Park Should Spoof
They've done Warcraft. They've done Guitar Hero. Here's what they should do next.
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Canada Fines Company for Advocating Carpooling - WTF??
The ridesharing website PickupPal was fined by a Canadian court in a case brought against them by bus giant Trentway-Wagar. Its beef was that it is unfair they have to meet labor, environmental, and equipment standards to haul passengers when services like PickupPal can arrange rides without doing any of that. No DIY carpooling in Canada...
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Gorgeous Aerial View of the Island Bora Bora [PIC]
Bora Bora is an island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The island, located about 230 kilometres (140 mi) northwest of Papeete, is surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier reef. In the center of the island are the remnants of an extinct volcano rising to two peaks.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Google is now tracking Flu trends!
Turns out that traditional flu surveillance systems take 1-2 weeks to collect and release surveillance data, but Google search queries can be automatically counted very quickly. By making our flu estimates available each day, Google Flu Trends may provide an early-warning system for outbreaks of influenza.
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McDonalds Japan Goes No-Brand with Quarter Pounder Shops
Generic packaging, minimalist decor, a two-item menu - and not a clown in sight! McDonalds Japan is testing the waters of no-brand marketing with newly opened Quarter Pounder stores in Tokyo.
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The Faces Behind TV's Cartoon Voices (PICS)
If you thought it was weird to see Fred Armisen playing Barack Obama on SNL, wait until you see who plays Cleveland on "Family Guy."
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Monday, November 10, 2008
Nirvana Baby Re-Creates Classic Nevermind Cover Image
Spencer Elden, the baby on the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind, has re-created the cover. He's wearing a bathing suit this time.
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Friday, November 7, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Google Must Play By Old Rules to Scan Books
For Google to believe that it should have free access to copyrighted material has pissed off many. Now Google is making a settlement that shows it must play by the old rules.
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You just got binary Rickrolled by MTV
Upon further inspection of the source of MTV UK's new splash page, one will notice a rickroll comment sitting there... in binary
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How to Repair the Biggest Science Experiment in the World
Physicists are close to finalizing a repair plan for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle accelerator located at CERN, near Geneva in Switzerland.
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4 Apps that will/might keep your wife from killing you
Prepping a close one's computer for a catastrophic event is kind of like stockpiling supplies for a fallout shelter. When the proverbial bomb drops, you'll be safe - as long as you've got the right provisions.
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The Muppet's Animal Caught Speeding, Driving Police Crazy
Yes, the photo above is real: It is Animal—from The Muppets—driving a British Audi while speeding through a German road. The famous pink drummer is driving the police there absolutely crazy, because he keeps doing it again and again. Or better said, the real driver is, using a low-tech approach to take advantage of a weak point of the radar cameras
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Largest Alaska Paper, Anchorage Daily News Endorses Obama!
"Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, brings far more promise to the office. In a time of grave economic crisis, he displays thoughtful analysis, enlists wise counsel and operates with a cool, steady hand. The same cannot be said of Sen. McCain... On the most important issue of the day, Sen. Obama is a clear choice."
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Obama Addresses Crowd in Downpour; McCain Cancels
John McCain canceled a Tuesday morning rally at Memorial Stadium in the Philly suburb Quakertown. Back in the city meanwhile, in driving wind and rain on the campus of Widener University in Chester, Senator Obama was greeted by thousands of supporters {...}
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Dear Rappers: Please. Stop. Acting.
"In honor of Coolio's new TV show, "Coolio's Rules," here are ten of our favorite tactical errors made by rappers-turned-actors."
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15 Hot New Technologies That Will Change Everything
Memristor circuits lead to ultrasmall PCs. Intel and AMD unleash massively multicore CPUs. Samsung TVs respond to your every gesture. These and other developing technologies will fundamentally change the way you think about--and use--technology.
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Why the Rich Are Losing Their Share of the Nation's Wealth
Economic populism is back, with attacks against inequality and the “greedy rich” back in style. But at the very moment that the public is outraged over the rich getting richer, the rich might actually be losing their share of the nation’s wealth.
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BP Pipeline Bursts in Alaska
Amidst just announced 10Billion profits, BP announced that the Prudhoe Bay pipeline burst due to corrosion.
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MTV smacks YouTube, posts almost every music video ever
Do you sometimes find yourself wishing that there was a place you could go to just watch music videos? Back in the 80s, MTV served that purpose.MTV is looking to redeem itself in the music video department, however, by launching a new site Tuesday called MTV Music that opens up the company's massive video archive and puts it on the web for free.
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19 Creative Halloween Advertisements
Here you can see how different companies conveyed their marketing/promotion message for their products or services for the Halloween Season. They wanted to celebrate events and occasions with their customers like they did for Halloween. So, you may say this post is an exclusive post for Halloween.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
RIAA Website Wiped Clean by “Hackers”
Apparently the RIAA is so busy suing consumers that they forgot to hire a decent programmer. With a simple SQL injection, all their propaganda has been successfully wiped from the site.
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Google Gadgets in Gmail
People spend a lot of time in email applications, so it makes sense to have links to other applications and useful information next to the email. Some would like to see their bookmarks, others would find useful to have their agenda and the list of to-do items.
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