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The gadget maker has hired Jim Mergard, a 16-year veteran of Advanced Micro Devices who was a vice president and chief engineer there before he left for Samsung. He is known for playing a leading role in the development of a high-profile AMD chip that carried the code name Brazos and was designed for low-end portable computers.

“Exclusive” is a way to dupe readers into taking you seriously, into believing that yours is the only page upon which they can devour the freshest and the latest. But that’s a lie. It always has been.

Jonathan Poritsky take a look at the history of the word exclusive.

Just picked this up. I’ll have a review later on, but if it’s all that it’s supposed to be, this could be the ultimate delay for guitar players.

Kobo, maker of inexpensive e-readers, has acquired indie software developer Aquafadas, maker of digital publishing software.

Two new Slingbox models were released last night. I’ve never had one, but I want the 500 model.

Shawn Blanc in his review of the Hidden Radio, a project he backed on Kickstarter.

Taiwan is asking Apple Inc. to blur a map image of its new $1.4 billion early warning radar station that can detect aircraft and missiles coming from as far as western China.

So Maps is good then.

OnAir in-flight mobile service is considered international roaming, and is billed appropriately. (First, your carrier has to have a roaming agreement with OnAir.) This AT&T page suggests OnAir calls are billed at $3.49 per minute, for example. Text messages are $0.50 each.

That should cut down on the needless yammering.

Facebook Inc is testing a feature that lets users of the social network create “wishlists” of home furnishings, clothing and other retail products, laying the groundwork for what some believe could be an eventual push into e-commerce.

Makes sense since so many people are on Facebook.

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It is the easiest, the fastest and most secure way to get to your computer.

Wired:

Watch as Oracle Team USA CEO Russell Coutts, a four-time America’s Cup winner, flips an AC45 in a practice race last summer. The AC45, named for its length, is 70 feet tall, 22.6 feet wide and weighs 3,086 pounds. Now consider that the boats racing in next year’s Cup finals are twice as big and have a top speed north of 30 knots.

The big cats are back on the Bay.

I’m not a fan of Larry Ellison but I think he deserves props for livening up the America’s Cup Series. As much as I loved the “old boats”, these new ones are like F1 race cars – hi-tech and dangerous. I’ve seen some of the racing on TV and the new “yachts” are amazing and the new rules are designed to make the racing a real live TV sporting event. I wish Ellison luck.

A metal singer got drunk and made a video with his cat, and this is the result.

Nice.

While there is certainly a ways to go, it is clear that the company is indeed moving quickly to address issues and improve coverage for the flagship 3D mapping and imagery features in the app.

Great news.

Vice:

Maritimers communicate with one another like young twins that invent gibberish language. For starters, Maritimers speak at a speed that can only be compared to an episode of Gilmore Girls cast with leprechauns on crank.Here are a few tips if you ever want to try and converse with someone from Tatamagouche.

I had tears in my eyes reading this. I love my home province but there’s no doubt – we talk funny sometimes.

If you’ve hung around The Loop’s Publisher long enough for him to have sucked back a few Heineken, you’ll have been lucky enough to hear some of these. And I’ll admit to talking way too fast at times, too.

Hat tip to the @beardsdaughter for the link!

Fascinating.

HP this morning lost one of the few Wall Street analysts that was still giving it the benefit of the doubt. Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu downgraded his recommendation to neutral, telling us that HP’s balance sheet is so awful, the company’s stock is really worth negative $2.

Actually, less than worthless.

Evan did my business cards for me and I love them. Superb quality.

This is just all kinds of wonderful.

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That was awesome. […]

A compilation of some atrocious-looking logos from black metal bands.

I’ve been using this one lately for my App.net account.

According to court papers revealed recently, Apple offered to license Samsung’s 3G/UMTS technology for 33 cents per unit before they got to trial. Samsung wouldn’t agree to the deal.

Wow. Just wow.