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Programming Error Results In Radiation Overdoses
4:00PM Rosa Golijan | In attempt to get better data, a hospital overrode default protocol on a CT scanner over a year ago. Now they’ve realised that they made a little mistake and have been giving people eight times the acceptable doses of radiation. More »
Software
Amazon’s Unfortunate Windows 7 Freudian Slip
2:00AM Jack Loftus | Surely this is some kind of innocent SEO-related keyword slip, right? I mean, Microsoft definitely doesn’t want one of the biggest online retailers in the world billing it’s new OS as Windows Vista 7 Home Premium, right? Right?! More »
Peripherals
Oops! Best Buy Selling A Palm Pre Case With ‘iPod Sold Separately’
7:00AM Adam Frucci | Here’s something Palm execs can’t like to see: a listing for a Palm Pre holster on BestBuy.com that says “iPod sold separately” on its image. At least the picture is of a Pre, right? [BestBuy.com; Thanks, Rob!] More »
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Zune Guy Makes Yet Another Fantastic Life Decision
7:32PM John Herrman | Zune Guy — arguably the greatest fanboy of our time — has decided to finally commit his acrimonious separation from his namesake to ink. So what does he do? He integrates the Zune logo into a tattoo of Dick Cheney as the Devil, where it serves as a makeshift inverted pentagram on the veep’s forehead. As far as tattoos go, this not-quite-complete piece of agitprop is a minor improvement and much easier to explain — after all, Cheney isn’t the most popular guy in the world, and people have at least heard of him. More »
Software
Microsoft Confesses Vista Mistakes (Off the Record)
5:20AM Jesus Diaz | Maximum PC has a very long article on the failures of Vista, which culminates in a “frank conversation” with an anonymous Windows Product Manager. Of course, he says the errors are all in the past, that they are all fixed now. Or are they?
Regulars
We Can’t Wait for the New iPhone G3
8:30AM Mark Wilson | “It’s even faster than the old iPhone G3.” More »
Science
How to Implode a Tanker Car in Under a Second
12:45AM Adam Frucci | Here’s a tip for next time you’re emptying a sealed storage tank on a train or a truck: make sure you properly vent it! If you don’t, it’ll implode in an amazing fashion, which might make for an entertaining video but will probably get you yelled at and fired. But hot damn, who knew tanks could crumple themselves up like a soda can like that? [Neatorama] More »
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