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Social networking war heats up

Things are getting mighty interesting in the social networking space. Just a week after FaceBook and Microsoft teamed up, everybody else seems to be springing into action. Yesterday, Google launched their OpenSocial initiative. OpenSocial is basically an application framework for social networking, just like what Facebook has. The difference? OpenSocial is open for everyone.
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Christmas shopping season starts now

It’s November already. Each year, the Christmas season gets earlier and earlier. Don’t be surprised if you start hearing holiday songs right now. How can you avoid overspending on holiday gifts? Spend some time at the Save Buckets website, and you could save some money. You can search over a million different products and get discounts of up to 20%.
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A lightsaber in space

Mace Windu Star Wars EP II: Attack of the Clones FX Lightsaber

There are many children of the 70s and 80s who dreamt of being a Jedi Knight — going off into space, wielding a lightsaber, fighting the evil empire. Well we know at least today, the first 2 are possible.
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Time to clean up the garage?

My wife and I drive a car each. We don’t have much space to park, but we can fit both cars in our garage. How long that will last, I don’t know. Over the past ten years that we have been staying in our present home, we have accumulated a lot of junk — I mean, objects of sentimental value.
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