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From here. Derek Thompson captions:
I’m sympathetic to the argument that taxing “bad” food is too blunt an instrument to use in the war against obesity (food isn’t like cigarettes,…
▼ASUS Cine5 Crams Five Channels Into Slender PC Speaker [Asus]:
▼Sony Answers Wii Remote With PlayStation Move:
Sony has named its forthcoming PlayStation 3 motion controller “PlayStation Move.” The controller is Sony’s answer to Nintendo’s Wii Remote and Microsoft’s Project Natal for…
▼Sony Motion Controller is Called PlayStation Move, Launches Fall 2010 (Hands On!) [Playstation Move]:
▼From here. Derek Thompson captions: I'm sympathetic to the argument that taxing "bad" food is too blunt an instrument to use in the war against obesity (food isn't like cigarettes, because we don't need tobacco to live, etc...). But let's be clear: the federal government already has a tax policy affecting what we eat, and it dramatically distorts the price of our food ... and the size of our w...Expand this post »
▼Sony has named its forthcoming PlayStation 3 motion controller “PlayStation Move.” The controller is Sony’s answer to Nintendo’s Wii Remote and Microsoft’s Project Natal for Xbox 360 — a way to use motion to play video games instead of (or at least in addition to) buttons. The controller was originally announced at the E3 interactive entertainment conference last year, but it was not named. Si...Expand this post »
▼ASUS calls the Cine5 "the world's most compact five-channel speaker," but who cares about that when the thing actually looks good and supposedly provides ultra-realistic surround sound? Sadly we don't know when it'll be available or for how much. [Asus] More »Expand this post »
▼Tropicana Hit By Grocery Shrink Ray, Introduces Half-ish Gallon Of OJ:
The same crappy weather that has Wendy’s declaring a only-if-you-ask-for-
▼Citi Demands You Pay $0 Or They Will Foreclose On Your House:
In these tough times, homeowners with difficulties paying their mortgage dread receiving that letter from the bank informing them that their loan is in default. Except for Consumerist reader…
▼Don't Buy Your Crack With Monopoly Money:
If there’s one thing every crack dealer hates, it’s being paid in Monopoly money. A 33-year-old man in Wichita, KS, was pulled over by officers last week and found bleeding from the head. He told…
▼Lunch Madness: Come Down With a Case of It!:
If you’re the kind of person who goes out for lunch more often than not, keeping the spark going can be a real chore. Sure, that burger place across the street from the office is something you know….
▼Air Force warrant officers: What do you think?:
The Marine Corps, Navy and Army all have warrant officer positions for technical specialists or experts in a career field.
The Air Force, however, stopped appointing warrant officers in 1959 when…
▼Lawmakers push for big VA budget increase:
Despite plans to give the Veterans Affairs Department a 7 percent budget increase at a time when most federal spending is frozen, key congressional committees are pushing for even bigger veterans…
▼Behind the Fence at Britain’s Atomic Bomb Factory:
When researching a book on atomic weaponry, my co-author and I toyed with the idea of visiting Aldermaston, the home of Britain’s Atomic Weapons Establishment. No luck: We made an…
▼Rethink alcohol ban in war zones, Webb says:
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., a Vietnam veteran and former war correspondent who now chairs the Senate panel that oversees military personnel policy, seemed to endorse the idea of letting troops in war…
▼Schwartz: We’re sticking with tanker RfP:
The U.S. Air Force does not plan to modify its request for proposals in the KC-X aerial refueling plane program despite the withdrawal of one of two expected bidders, said Gen. Norton Schwartz, the…
▼This Fuel-Injection System Might Increase Fuel Efficiency By Up To 50% [Cars]:
▼Sony Motion Controller is Called PlayStation Move, Launches Fall 2010 [Playstation Move]:
