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Pro Golfer Decorates Bag with Motivational Tweets for British Open [PIC]

Defending British Open champion Stewart Cink also happens to be one of golf’s most engaging personalities on Twitter, where he has more than 1.2 million followers. With that in mind, Nike Golf came up with a clever idea: decorate Cink’s golf bag with tweets from fans for this year’s tournament at St. Andrews, which started on Thursday.
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Samsung’s Galaxy Apollo smartphone is coming soon, looks like an M100S to us

In the off chance that the Galaxy S isn't your cup of tea, the second-hottest Android device Samsung has released so far is undoubtedly the M100S over in its domestic Korean market, a 3.7-inch hottie with a 5 megapixel cam, 802.11n WiFi, and Android 2.1. It's not just for South Korea, though, as evidenced by this shot that's popped up over on Samsung's British site showing a device known as the "Galaxy Apollo" that looks suspiciously identical to the M100S. Frankly, we're still dying to get a glimpse of this Bluetooth 3.0-equipped M120S at some point -- but in the meantime, we suppose this puppy will have to do. No word on a release date, but Sammy's site claims that it's "coming soon." [Thanks, James] Samsung's Galaxy Apollo smartphone is coming soon, looks like an M100S to us originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:50:00 EDT
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Fashion Mag Turns to Facebook to Find New Stylists

E-retailer Yoox and British style magazine i-D have launched a Facebook application and contest to celebrate the styling talents of their customers and readers, respectively. The Facebook app lets users assemble men’s and women’s outfits from Yoox ’s online catalog of medium to high-end designers. Users can arrange items in a collage and customize background colors and styles, then save the outfits and submit them to the gallery for voting. Users also have the option to post their ensembles on their Facebook walls to solicit feedback and votes from their friends.
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Free Music Monday: Tune in for 10 Free Downloads

Howdy, music lovers! Thanks for checking out this week’s edition of Free Music Monday , in which we give you 10 free tracks in honor of the #musicmonday tradition on Twitter. We hope you enjoy this edition’s eclectic selection of free tunes we’ve collected. If there’s a genre you’d like to hear more of, drop us a line in the comments. And if you’d like to appear in a future edition of Free Music Monday, please check out the submission guidelines at the end of this post
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Scientist Infects Himself With a Computer Virus [VIDEO]

The University of Reading’s Dr. Mark Gasson has an unusual distinction: he’s the first human to become infected with a computer virus . After corrupting a small electronic chip with the malware, the British scientist inserted the device into his hand and was able to pass on the virus to external systems.
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Why Much of Your Favorite TV Content Still Isn’t Online

Radhika Marya is a multimedia journalist and pop culture enthusiast, with newspaper and radio experience. She will receive an M.S. degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism this month. It’s no secret that TV watchers are moving online
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Tim Ferriss: 7 Great Principles for Dealing with Haters

Dealing with negativity online can be tough, which was why we were all ears when Tim Ferriss , author of The Four Hour Work Week , took the stage at The Next Web ‘10 event in Amsterdam to discuss how to learn to love haters. While Mashable recently offered you advice on how to deal with negative feedback specifically in the social media realm , Ferriss takes the concept a step further with advice on how to contend with — and benefit from — criticism across all platforms. We caught up with Ferriss backstage at the event to find out more about his seven principles for dealing with haters. Read on for some interesting ideas and let us know which work for you — as well as your own strategies — in the comments below. 1.
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Hulu’s UK Expansion Grounded for Now

Hulu ’s plans to expand to the United Kingdom appear to have been abandoned, meaning the service will likely remain exclusive to the United States for the immediately foreseeable future. The Telegraph reports that the expansion to the UK failed to come to fruition because negotiations with British broadcasters fell through. At one point last year, insiders believed a deal between Hulu and ITV was possible, but even the ITV discussions have ended, to say nothing of any hopes for content deals with the BBC. Both ITV and the BBC operate their own web video distribution sites — the ITV Player and the BBC iPlayer — so they’re not in a rush to make deals they fear would undermine their own projects by sharing content. ITV executive Ben McOwen Wilson told the paper that, “Hulu is a major success in the US but the UK TV market is a different place
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Look at Sick People to Give Your Immune System a Boost [Body Hacks]

According to a University of British Columbia study, looking at sick people can boost your immune system. (Hanging around them does not.) That means you're better equipped to fight a cold after merely looking at the picture in this post. (You're welcome!) More
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Now in Production: The First Google Android Car

The first car equipped with Google’s Android mobile operating system will hit the streets this April 23. It’s called the Roewe 350 , and it will launch at the Beijing Auto Show. Roewe vehicles are luxury cars made by Chinese car company SAIC (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) using technology purchased from British company MG Rover, which has been owned by both BMW and Ford in the past. The 2.1 version of Google Android — the same that Google used in the Nexus One and Motorola Droid — is installed on the vehicle’s GPS computer. You can use the computer for directions and traffic reports just as you can with many other GPS devices.
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