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		<title>Windows 7 SP1 beta leaked, OS tweaks coming late 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shf</dc:creator>
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Windows 7 SP1 beta leaked, OS tweaks coming late 2010
April 8, 2010
by shf
REDMOND, Wash. (FASTLAUGH.com) — With the launch of Windows 7 now several months old, and nearly one-third of users having reported problems with upgrading to Windows 7 claiming that the process is buggy, it&#8217;s time to get ready for a new fiasco from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Y2K redux, Sony&#8217;s PlayStation 3 units crippled by 8001050F error likely due to calendar rollover screw up</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shf</dc:creator>
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Y2K redux, Sony&#8217;s PlayStation 3 units crippled by 8001050F error likely due to calendar rollover screw up
March 1, 2010
by shf
FOSTER CITY, Calif. (FASTLAUGH.com) &#8212; Demonstrating a cautionary tale of the extraordinary power being ceded by humanity to advanced technology, and being wielded by seemingly innocuous calendar bugs to thoroughly disrupt daily life in our technology-dependant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tehranosaurus Wrecks Twitter</title>
		<link>http://fastlaugh.com/shf/tehranosaurus-wrecks-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shf</dc:creator>
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Tehranosaurus Wrecks Twitter
by shf
December 18, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (FASTLAUGH.com) &#8211; Iranian Cyber Army 1, Twitter 0.
Twitter challenges rematch, proposes best two-out-of-three.
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		<title>Octopus has got a lovely bunch of coconuts</title>
		<link>http://fastlaugh.com/shf/octopus-has-got-a-lovely-bunch-of-coconuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Octopus has got a lovely bunch of coconuts
December 15, 2009
by shf
SYDNEY (FASTLAUGH.com) &#8211; Marine biologists in Australia revealed a stunning discovery this week &#8211; an octopus in Indonesia that gathers coconut shells for shelter and then later reuses them as a form of currency for bartering in the underwater economy prevalent in that part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7 installation bug resolved</title>
		<link>http://fastlaugh.com/shf/windows-7-installation-bug-resolved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows 7 installation bug resolved
December 10, 2009
by shf
REDMOND, Wash. (FASTLAUGH.com) — With the launch of Windows 7 now several weeks old, nearly one-third of users have reported problems with upgrading to Windows 7, claiming that the process is buggy.
The most common gripe is that the half-day upgrade process gets to the 62% completed point and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google claims naming rights to still nameless decade</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google claims naming rights to still nameless decade
December 9, 2009
by shf
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (FASTLAUGH.com) &#8211; With only three weeks remaining until the end of the 00&#8217;s, Americans are still clueless when it comes to agreeing what to call the past decade despite having had ten years to figure it out.
The Zeroes? I don’t think so&#8230;
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google announces bid for Voice of America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shf</dc:creator>
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Google announces bid for Voice of America
November 26, 2009
by shf
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (FASTLAUGH.com) &#8211; Following months of speculation after the Obama administration&#8217;s unprecedented bailout of the U.S. economy, and the U.S. experiencing an increasingly testy financial relationship with its Chinese bankers, it was announced late yesterday that the administration will immediately begin divesting several key [...]]]></description>
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