{"id":9704,"date":"2011-07-18T20:44:16","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T01:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=9704"},"modified":"2023-12-24T09:08:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T15:08:38","slug":"noisecast-roundup-07182011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/07\/noisecast-roundup-07182011\/","title":{"rendered":"Noisecast Roundup: 07\/18\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/07\/noisecast-roundup-07182011\/skulls\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9710\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-attachment-id=\"9710\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/07\/noisecast-roundup-07182011\/skulls\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skulls.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"skulls\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skulls.jpg?fit=602%2C339&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skulls.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9710\" title=\"skulls\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skulls.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/skulls.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, it&#8217;s another roundup. Yay. Let&#8217;s get to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5822357\/confirmed-all-non+african-people-are-part-neanderthal\">Confirmed: All non-African people are part Neanderthal.<\/a><br><em>&#8220;Though it&#8217;s worth pointing out that from now on, if someone says, &#8220;I hate the whole human race,&#8221; they&#8217;re technically only talking about black people. That may or may not be racist.&#8221; &#8211; Courtesy of Tom Haflinger.<\/em><wp-block data-block=\"core\/more\"><\/wp-block><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allthingsd.com\/20110718\/borders-to-shut-down\/\">Borders Books is shutting down.<\/a><br><em>Whatevs.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winrumors.com\/microsoft-offers-250000-reward-for-rustock-botnet-information\/\">Microsoft offers $250,000 reward for Rustok botnet information.<\/a><br><em>&#8230; hmm&#8230; will any information do?<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2011\/army-tests-android-iphone-windows-phone-7-combat-scenarios\">U.S. Army testing Android, iOS, and WP7 on the battlefield.<\/a><br><em>Can&#8217;t get AT&amp;T signal in New Mexico and Texas. You probably think I made a joke. Read the article. Wow, spotty AT&amp;T coverage, how shocking. SHOCKING I TELL YOU, that it&#8217;s only New Mexico and Texas where the coverage is spotty. I choose to believe that&#8217;s because they were only tested in New Mexico and Texas.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allthingsd.com\/20110716\/cyberwar-its-not-fiction-anymore\/\">Cyberwar: It&#8217;s not just fiction anymore.<\/a><br><em>Well duh. Everyone knows that Mathew Broderick saved us from thermo nuclear annihilation by playing tic tac toe, in that one documentary.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allthingsd.com\/20110718\/apple-blows-through-mother-of-all-ipad-backlogs\/\">There is no longer an iPad backlog.<\/a><br><em>Oh thank god. My life was on hold. I was worried that everyone on the planet was going to only have one iPad, but now we can feed their addiction and get themselves moar applez.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allthingsd.com\/20110718\/amazon-tries-taking-the-kindle-to-school-again-with-textbook-rentals\/\">Amazon launches Kindle textbook rentals.<\/a><br><em>You know what? Honestly? I don&#8217;t care. I graduated. Tell me how it works out for you suckers, sucker.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winrumors.com\/microsofts-windows-phone-team-working-on-a-top-secret-project\/\">Microsoft&#8217;s Windows Phone team working on a top secret project.<\/a><br><em>G-14 classified. And oh yes, there will be blood. <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgr.com\/2011\/07\/18\/nokia-may-slash-prices-across-entire-cell-phone-line-this-fall\/\">Nokia may slash prices across entire cellphone line this year.<\/a><br><em>Does not include WP7, obvi. So I shrug. Today I shrug a lot. Why? Because meh that&#8217;s why. Now stop asking stupid questions. Why are you even here?<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgr.com\/2011\/07\/18\/apple-to-launch-low-priced-iphone-for-350-iphone-4s5-end-of-summer\/\">Apple to launch low-priced iPhone for $350, iPhone 4S\/5 end of Summer.<\/a><br><em>Are we tired of the Apple news yet? Should I just start calling this the Apple roundup from now on?<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naughtyamerica.com\/\">Scientists discover the overriding purpose of the internet.<\/a><em><br>This is a bit surprising, but this makes sense. Also, congratulations to the class of 2011.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guy is always good for a laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Times I Tried To Be A Hipster?&quot; Tales Of Mere Existence\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zt1Z7TYztcA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech roundup: Neanderthal ancestry surprise, Borders bites the dust, and Android joins the US Army &#8211; plus weird news, Apple rumors, and internet&#8217;s true purpose 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