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There’s a “quirky” new mag started by recent Duke graduates called mental_floss. One reviewer called it a “liberal arts education in installments.” Available only in print, check out their site for more info. Here’s a rundown of their latest issue: The SAINTS & SINNERS Issue The best pairs are always …

Media geeks head to Amsterdam for confab and hash bars: The annual International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) brought few breakthroughs or major partnerships, because this year key players are trying to do less rather than more. U.S.-based Microsoft, which last year boasted its first customer for its interactive TV middleware software …

Spanish porn company Private Media Group offers to buy Napster for stock valued at about $2.4 million: In a statement issued from Barcelona, Private Media said that it had offered to acquire the Napster trademark and napster.com Internet address for one million shares of Private Media common stock. Private Media …

An interview with, and profile of Springsteen guitarist, solo artist, producer, activist, and Sopranos star Steven Van Zandt.

The Sopranos returns after 15 months.

One of the complaints about the conflict between the baseball owners and players was that it was very difficult to sympathize with the millionaires against the billionaires, or vice versa. Well, this list takes it to another level: Bill Gates lost almost 20% of his fortune this last year, but …

I am not a numerologist by any means – just a bunch of stupid superstitious piffle – but it is rather astonishing to find that the NY Lottery drew 9-1-1 on 9/11. Creepy.

If you think of Jan “The Juice” Herman as just an entertainment reporter, think again. See his report on two pilgrims to New York’s 9/11 commemorations: The shadow of 9/11 that fell across the nation a year ago Wednesday has darkened our souls in different ways. For Hasmukh Patel, a …

Noisy-Le-Grand leader Lars Murray explains why MP3s and CDs aren’t an either/or proposition: Vitals Tech: MP3-enabled portable CD-player 5-disc MP3-enabled DVD changer 25-disc CD changer (not MP3-Compatible) Rio 500 (Busted serial connection) Speakeasy DSL at home, T1 at work Limewire Pro (RIP Audiogalaxy) Cassette tapes (20-year library of mix tapes) …

Blogcritic Veshka dispells a few superstitions: Friday the 13th: Well, might as well start with this. This one’s half biblical, half witch hunt. First part, it is believed that Adam and Eve were given the boot from the Garden on a Friday, and that the flood started on a Friday, …