Monday, October 27, 2014

Oh Say, Can't You Sing?

The Inside Story Of A $1 Billion Acquisition That Caused Cisco To Divorce Its Closest Partner, What You Missed This Weekend, Lead Singer Of Staind Botches National Anthem At World Series Game 5, The Truth Behind Matthew Shepard's Murder, These Robots Use Static Electricity To Move Just About Everything, The Decline Of California Agriculture Has Begun
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Monday, October 27, 2014
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IT BEGINS LONG AGO, IN THE YEAR 2012
The Inside Story Of A $1 Billion Acquisition That Caused Cisco To Divorce Its Closest Partner
businessinsider.com
Tech giant EMC said last week that it's ending its wildly successful joint venture with Cisco, known as VCE. This is the most recent — and most serious — step in the slowly unfolding divorce between the partners.
DIGG PICKS
What You Missed This Weekend
digg.com
U.S. troops withdraw from Afghanistan, retailers are fighting back against Apple Pay and other things you may have missed this weekend.
YOU HAD ONE JOB
Lead Singer Of Staind Botches National Anthem At World Series Game 5
digg.com
Apparently, nu-metaler Aaron Lewis — who was hired specifically to perform the national anthem — does not know or did not remember the words he was supposed to sing.
LATE-BREAKING TWIST
The Truth Behind Matthew Shepard's Murder
theguardian.com
Matthew Shepard's horrific death at the hands of redneck homophobes shocked America and changed its laws. Now a different truth is emerging, but does it matter?
POWERED BY CARPETS, BALLOONS, DOORKNOBS
These Robots Use Static Electricity To Move Just About Everything
theverge.com
Did you know that the same forces that generate static electricity can be strong enough to pick up and move boxes, crates, and other objects? A robot startup named GrabIt is making mechanical "hands" that use electrostatic attraction to gently pick up and transport objects.
DRY SPELL
The Decline Of California Agriculture Has Begun
slate.com
If there's one thing that struck me during my month-long drought-themed road trip through the American West earlier this year, it was the colossal scale of agriculture in California's Central Valley. Now it seems there's nowhere to go but down.
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2000 DEGREES, .008 MPH
Image: This Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the lava flow front of from an eruption that began the June 27, as the front remains active and continues to advance towards the northeast threatening the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii.
This Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the lava flow front of from an eruption that began the June 27, as the front remains active and continues to advance towards the northeast threatening the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii. Credit: AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey
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