School is OUT....

Pictures of a Pandemic

Explaining Biden's Gaff

The Numbers....

The Closings...

Wingman.

What Are Little Netbooks Made Of?

Why Netbooks can be so Small.

The Plain and Simple Answer:

SSD's or

Solid State Drives

No Moving Parts, and Thin as a Pancake.

And the Capacity Keeps going Up and Up,

while the Cost keeps going DOWN.

That's what little Netbooks are made of.

And the reason they are the

Fastest growing segment of Computer Market.


You could call Netbooks

Smartphone's bigger brother,

with more screen real estate.

And with access to programs on "The Cloud",
you've got a very powerful tool in your hand.

Wingman.

Just a PogoPlug and an Nvidia ION? Think Again!

PogoPlug

Looks like a mini-wall brick adapter,

but it's So Much More...

Plug in a USB Hard Drive (say a Gig or 2) or a usb Thumb drive, for less demanding Needs.

Connect a CAT-5 network cable and Presto:

You've Got a Internet Storage Device to All Your Files and Audio and Videos at home...

Think about it.

Your own Cloud.

engadget's review: http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/06/pogoplug-review/

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Nvidia's ION Netbook

is stuffed with Geeky Goodness

and coming (Maybe) next Month.

(Jon Thinks This One's a Winner)

Link: http://www.i4u.com/article24391.html

Keep those Eyes Off the I4U Gasget MODEL Gallery...

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Great Things Still Come in Small Packages...

Wingman.

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iPod Gadget Pictures worth a 1000 Words

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Nine Pages of

iPod Touch GADGETS

for Wingman

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Wingman IS a Tech Joiner..

I'm on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Photobucket, Blogger, Skype, GoogleTalk, GeoCommunity, LinuxQuestions and del.icio.us and a bunch of others.

For Quick Contact USE TWITTER.

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By the Numbers, Please.....

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By the Numbers, Please.....

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On ZDNET: Windows 7 rc now available for unsanctioned download Link:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2595

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AppleInsider: Apple and Verizon in Talks for 2010 iPhone

Link: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/26/apple_and_verizon_said_in_talks_for_2010_iphone.html

Tiny Url: http://tinyurl.com/dae44u

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G.E. Says it can put 100 DVD's on one (1) Disc using Holographic Staorage.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/business-computing/27disk.html?_r=1

TinyUrl: http://tinyurl.com/c6fwdt

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Google reminds us it's

Samuel Morse's

Birthday Today.


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SwineFlu Creeps Closer...
20 cases in US.

BBC: Warnings as swine virus spreads. Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8020676.stm

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In 1954, White Christmas (the Movie) debuts in

APRIL of that year....
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That's by the Numbers

I'm the Wingman...

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wo Firsts for Computer Heavyweights:

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Two Firsts for Computer Heavyweights:

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Apple Hits 1 Billion App Store Downloads.

Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/163785/apple_hits_1_billion_app_store_downloads.html

Tiny Url: http://tinyurl.com/cr9o56

TinyURL Score: 83 to 25

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At Microsoft, Things are Looking DOWN...

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Microsoft Loses Money for

First Time in

23 year History.

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/23/microsoft-quarterly-reven_n_190770.html

TinyUrl: http://tinyurl.com/ctdvge

TinyUrl Score: 89 to 25
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This is a Screen Capture of the

Apps on my iTouch (sic),

on page 7 and page 1 of 9

Wingman, with Gadgets Galore.....

Suddenly, All the World's A-Twitter....

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Suddenly, All the World's A-Twitter....

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Like the Days when IBM joined the PC market and "legitimized it". I guess it was a bastard before...

Oprah, Larry King and yes, even Ashton Kutcher has "Legitimized Twitter".

Hell, it's been around since 2006. but the MEDIA, Always late to the Party

has "Found" a "New" Darling...

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For those interested in the FACTS about Twitter check out this Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter ------------------------------------------------------------

List of Twitter Services and Applications from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Twitter_services_and_applications

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I'm a Twitterer @ http://twitter.com/bigbopper.

When I signed on a username was "safer" than a Real Name, so I picked bigbopper.

Through the ensuing years, Twitter kept gathering Steam, especially at the Yearly SXSW (South by Southwest) confab in Texas.

A few months back, Pundits were afraid that Celebrities like Britney Spears would dilute the quest to gather followers.

For some reason that did not happen.

But lately the gutting of the pipelines by CNN anchors has clouded the waters of this handy microblogging tool.

Then came Kutcher-King Challenge and "CNN the Amoeba" that consumes "latest" Tech Tools jumped in.

A few days later, Oprah, "the Queen of All MEDIA" stumbled in, and Shaq politely Twitted to her she was posting in ALL CAPS, a no-no.

What this onslaught of Media and Star Power will have on Twitter is still in Question.

But it more than likely can't be good.

Example: It took Leo Laporte, a popular Tech Podcaster almost 2 Years to gather x number of followers.

It took Oprah 2 days to Double that...

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Twitter Fan Wiki: Link:

http://twitter.pbwiki.com/Apps

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Yes, the Wingman Posts Tweets occasionally; they appear
on the top right Twiiter BAR, under the You Tube Video Bar.

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2 New Search Tools From Google...

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2 New Search Tools From Google...
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Link: http://www.dailytech.com/Google+Releases+Creative+New+Image+News+Searches/article14924.htm

From 90 to 25

TinyUrl: http://tinyurl.com/cu22ky
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The First is called

Similar Images

and it allows you to
search for images using
pictures rather than words. Click the
"Similar images" link under an image
to find other images that look like it.

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And the Second new service is called:

News Timeline.

This search engine provides refined time searches for news only (crude time-specific searches are already in Google's base search engine, but often return inaccurate results for when the page was published). The result is that you can specify a time period of a specific day, week, month, year, or decade, and get news results tagged with specific keywords from that time period.

This search in particular should be a godsend for tired college students looking to get their Sociology or History reports done. To bring the Apple theme full circle, the new search was actually designed by Andy Hertzfeld, a former member of the original Apple Macintosh design team, lured away by Google. He pointed out at a special news conference that the search not only encompasses web articles, but scanned books, print newspapers, and magazines.

(From Link above)

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Wingman, Searching the Searchers

Just in, hide your Twitter Tweets with "SpreadTweet" , story in New York Times,
linked here: http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/spreadtweet-makes-twitter-look-like-excel/

Starter Setup for Windows PC Newbies

A New PC

comes with just about everything

you need to become a Real Geek, right?

Wrong!!!

• How about an advanced, Safer Internet Browser---You need Firefox.
• A Free Office Suite for Word Processing, Spreadsheet +--You need Open Office
• A Powerful All-purpose Video Player--You need VLC, Video Lan Client
• The Best Internet Search engine--You Need Google or at least Yahoo!
• How about a very powerful Encyclopedia--You Need Wikipedia
• Curious about the Movies? Try IMDB Internet Movie DataBase.
• For TV Clip goodies there's a Wild Bunch of Players like You Tube Hulu
• 
  

Overdosing on NBA Playoff 2009

Let The Games Begin,

NBA Playoffs

2009

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The NYT was not too happy with the "Lakers" Performance, but the 8 games played this weekend was a treasure-trove of NBA Action.

================================================== NYTimes_Lakers_Win_First_Game _Of_Playoffs

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/sports/basketball/20lakers.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print

TinyUrl: http://tinyurl.com/dyzopc ==================================================

Chris Snider Design page
has some pretty good
Logos for the NBA

Link: http://chrissniderdesign.com/NBAlogos.html ==================================================

Wingman, Game watcher too.

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The "Not-So_Great" Twitter Challenge 2009

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Poor Leo,

He's gotta talk About

Twitter THIS Week!

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TWiT, like iPhone, has a small i, and Stands for This Week in TECH. A nice catchy and fitting name for a very popular MP3 Podcast about the current goings-on in Technology.

One of Leo Laporte's biggest hangnails is the Microblogger Wunderkind called Twitter.

That sounds too similar to TWiT:
his Show.

Up until recently, Twitter was Best Known for being the Most Popular "Cloud" program that has yet to make "money".

Tough Problem in these Tough Times.

Well this Week, Twitter Became the Most Talked about "Thingy"

by Two unbelievable "Celebrity Stunts", yes Stunts.
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First and foremost was the

Ashton Kutcher-Larry King
Media-hyped Challenge.

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Stupid URL to the story (not Linked on purpose!)

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090415/on-the-net-twitter-kutcher/images/1db04644-0bbf-458e-927f-8600090fccf3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/15/ashton-kutcher-vs-cnn-for_n_187263.html&usg=__sPx4mrPepgh32uix22hx03bW3HM=&h=512&w=383&sz=38&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=xqINBrqwW80ryM:&tbnh=131&tbnw=98&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dashton%2Bkutcher%2Band%2BLarry%2BKing%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

That's 446 "Freakin" characters of STUPID!

Run through the Twitter inspired TinyURL and it becomes:

http://tinyurl.com/dmocpd

and that's just 25.

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The 445 characters would be 3.18 tweets because "Tweets"

(twitter messages are limited to 140 characters each.)

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The Kutcher Challenge was a Face Off of Popularity between Kutcher and Larry King to see "Who" could reach 1,000,000 "followers" First.

A Day or so later, Ashton had won the Challenge and was the Larry King Show to accept his "Prize" a Pair of Larry Kings trademark suspenders.

Check the Video Bar Top Right...

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Not to be out done by this Self Promoting Stunt,

the Queen of Media,
Oprah
manufactures here own

"Media Circus" ,

by becoming a Live "Twitterer" on her

Oprah Show.

It's pretty sad when "Puff-Cakes" become supporters of
"New Technology" that's been around for OVER TWO YEARS.

Yep, Leo's going to have to

Talk about THIS ONE.

Wingman, shaking his Head....tsk..tsk...tsk
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Also sadly, Oprah's First Tweet was corrected (pawned) by Shaq,

a Media-Savy Basketball star...

Obviously, to be continued, unless we run out of

Celebs that Need "the Spotlight"

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3D_Professor: Check out Nvidia Quadro FX3800

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3D_Professor: Check out Nvidia Quadro FX3800
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Link: http://www.3dprofessor.org/Reviews%20Folder%20Pages/3800/3800P1.htm
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From MysticGeek's column at The How-To_Geek
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Easily Change Audio File Formats

with XRECODE

Link: http://blogs.howtogeek.com/mysticgeek/2009/04/06/easily-change-audio-file-formats-with-xrecode/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/ckhrch

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Ashton Kutcher, Larry King and Now Oprah....

When did Twitter become a

TECH Trophy Wife?
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Wingman...

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NEWSCIENTIST Space and Physics and Math

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Star Crust is Strong!
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Link: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16948-star-crust-is-10-billion-times-stronger-than-steel.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
Stupid Link number 2...

130 characters down to 25 characters thanks to
TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/ctkpbk

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String Theory: A Beginner's Guide

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Link: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16950-string-theory-a-beginners-guide.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/dyxg4j
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World's highest energy laser begins operating
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Link: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16940-worlds-highestenergy-laser-begins-operating.html
TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/d53fr6
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Wingman is Reading Kaku's Book and I'm
now on FriendFeed as justernie

The Current State of the iPhone Jail Break

iPhone Touch

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PCWORLD_article_
on_iPhone_Jailbtreaking_

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LINK: http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,163031/printable.html
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TinyUrl
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http://tinyurl.com/dc45zh
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Bottom Line: It's Still Happening...
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Wingman

TV.COM Most Popular TV Shows:

1. Lost
2. House

3. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Video Clip episode: Born to Run
http://www.tv.com/video/?v=18733 (Key phrase: "Will You JOIN Us?")

4. Heroes
5. Smallville
6. Desperate Housewives
7. Family Guy
8. NCIS
9. Grey's Anatomy
10. Gossip Girl

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Failed BANKS List

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Refdesk's Link to

Failed Bank LIST
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Link: http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html

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On the Right side of my Blog I have a List of Favorite MC2 Links,
it's right after the Top 7 News Roll Bar.

On the MC2 Links is REFDESK.COM, which is in my opinion THE
BEST resource for School Children of ANY age.

RefDesk stands for Reference Desk, and has links to Search Engines, Dictionaries, Encyclopedia's, Newspapers, and valuable Government sites up the Wazoo.

It's SOTD or Site of the Day is a frequent look-see by me.

Today, that SOTD links to a List of Banks that have Failed because of the Economy.

Check it Out,

Wingman.
Thanks Hannah Montana Fans for killing "Observe and Report", this weekend.

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TV and the Movies: In MAY 2009

TV and the Movies: In MAY 2009
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First off, about "Observe and Report", this is the kind of movies you get when you insist on calling Crap a Comedy and hope nobody notices...
I hope Hannah Montana Fans show up for this one...

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May is the start of Summer
(for Movies, that is).

MAY 1, 2009

GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST - Starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE - Starring Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber

MAY 8, 2009

LITTLE ASHES - Starring Robert Pattinson and Javier Beltran

STAR TREK - Starring Chris Pine and Anton Yelchin

MAY 15, 2009

ANGELS AND DEMONS - Starring Tom Hanks and Ewan McGregor

THE BROTHERS BLOOM - Starring Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo

MAY 21, 2009

TERMINATOR SALVATION - Starring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington

MAY 22, 2009

THE LIMITS OF CONTROL (Limited) - Starring Tilda Swinton and Gael Garcia Bernal

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN - Starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson

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DVD Release Schedule

(From MovieTone
Link: http://movies.aol.com/movie-release-schedule/may )

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May 2
Title Cast
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Iron Man Robert Downey, Jr. / Jeff Bridges
Made of Honor Patrick Dempsey / Michelle Monaghan
The Cry (La Llorona) Christian Camargo / Adriana Dominguez
Fugitive Pieces Rosamund Pike / Stephen Dillane
Mister Lonely Diego Luna / Samantha Morton
Redbelt Chiwetel Ejiofor / Tim Allen
Son of Rambow Bill Milner / Will Poulter
Trumbo Joan Allen / Brian Dennehy
XXY Ricardo Darin / Ines Efron
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May 9
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Speed Racer (2008) Emile Hirsch / Christina Ricci
What Happens in Vegas Cameron Diaz / Ashton Kutcher
Battle for Haditha Elliot Ruiz / Falah Abraheem Flayeh
The Fall Lee Pace / Catinca Untaru
Noise (2008) Tim Robbins / Bridget Moynahan

OSS 117:
Cairo, Nest of Spies Jean Dujardin / Bérénice Bejo
A Previous Engagement Juliet Stevenson / Tchéky Karyo
Surfwise Dorian "Doc" Juliette / David Paskowitz
The Tracey Fragments Ellen Page / Ari Cohen
Turn the River Famke Janssen / Jaymie Dornan

May 16
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The Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian Georgie Henley / Skandar Keynes
Reprise Espen Klouman-Hoiner / Anders Danielsen Lie
Yella Nina Hoss / David Striesow

May 23
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Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Harrison Ford / Cate Blanchett
The Children of Huang Shi Jonathan Rhys-Meyers / Radha Mitchell
The Edge of Heaven
(Auf der anderen Seite) Baki Davrak / Tuncel Kurtiz
How the Garcia Girls
Spent Their Summer Elizabeth Peña / America Ferrera
A Jihad for Love Muhsin Hendricks / Mazen
War, Inc. John Cusack / Hilary Duff
Uwe Boll's Postal Zack Ward / Dave Foley

May 30
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Sex and the City (2008) Sarah Jessica Parker / Kim Cattrall
The Strangers (2008) Liv Tyler / Scott Speedman
Bigger, Stronger, Faster Christopher Bell
The Foot Fist Way Danny R. McBride / Mary Jane Bostwick
Savage Grace Julianne Moore / Stephen Dillane
Stuck (2008) Mena Suvari / Stephen Rea
The Unknown Woman
(La Sconosciuta) Kseniya Rappoport / Michele Placido

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My Favorite TV Shows Are:

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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
24
Heroes
House M.D.
Burn Notice (on USA Network)

Wingman, Watching the MEDIA Too!

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Bumptop 3D Desktop Software

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Bumptop 3D Desktop Software
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Link: http://krisabel.ctv.ca/post/Review-e28093-BumpTop-3D-Desktop-Software.aspx

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Get Your Bumptop (For Windows) Here:

Link: http://bumptop.com/download.php

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Apple Flash Order Rocks Market
(For New iPhone???)

Link: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/721/1051721/apple-flash-rocks-market

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Wingman, Watching the Watchers...

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