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'Benjamin Button' trailer sparks curiosity in Brad Pitt film

By Patrick Goldstein

The trailer for 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' is everything it should be.

 

 

Sun-loving frogs aid fungus fight Sunbathing tree frogs may hold the key to understanding how a deadly fungus is wiping out amphibians around the world. Clarion call to save amphibians Bullfrog linked to fungus

 

 

 

'Shake-up' for internet proposed The net could see its biggest change in decades if plans to open up the address system are approved this week. Warning over net address limits

 

 

Radio digital switchover proposed

Plans to move all UK radio stations to digital broadcasts are put forward in a report by a government working group.

 

 

Sure, the Lolita Effect may be real. But little girls do also spend time reading books, jumping rope, and playing ball... more»

 

 

“Dark,” the TV weatherman said. “And we’ll have continued dark throughout the evening.” George Carlin is dead. Last talk with Jay Dixit... more» ... appreciation by Charles McGrath ... HBO clip

 

 

Bits: The High-Tech Job Capital Is … New York?

By ERIC A. TAUB

The New York metro area tops the country in the number of high-tech jobs, according to a national study by the AeA, a technology trade group.

 

 

 

Vancouver Sun

Gates' big send-off
CNET News - By Ina Fried REDMOND, Wash.--If you ask Bill Gates what life will be like when he stops working full time at Microsoft, he'll have to get back to you.
After Bill Gates, five possible futures for Microsoft InfoWorld
Ballmer heads the new age of leaders stepping into the breach Seattle Post Intelligencer
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The Gossip Girls Lindsay Lohan’s “Labor Pains” Wardrobe Display The Gossip Girls - Swapping between of selection of sexy outfits, Lindsay Lohan continued work on the set of her new movie “Labor Pains” in Hollywood on Monday (June 23).