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What is the real version number of Windows 8?

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This seven/7 pages OCModShop article looks into the past and the current Windows versions -- "Today Microsoft launched its latest version of its iconic Operating System (OS): Windows 8. There have been many version of Windows over the years, and one can't help but wonder what justifies this version number. Microsoft and other technology companies have over-written and re-named their product history before, so we take a good hard look at all the previous operating systems to see if the numbers add up.

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Incredibly Small: Best Microscope Photo(graph)s of the Year (2012).

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Wired (one very long web page with all of the images) shows "Incredibly Small: Best Microscope Photos of the Year -- Every year for nearly four decades, Nikon has received hundreds of entries in its Small World microscope photography contest. Every year, the images are more amazing, and this year's winners -- selected from nearly 2,000 submissions -- are undoubtedly the best yet. Super-close-ups of garlic, snail fossils, stinging nettle, bat embryos, bone cancer and a ladybug are among the top images this year. The first place winner (above) shows the blood-brain barrier in a living zebrafish embryo, which Nikon believes is the first image ever to show the formation of this barrier in a live animal..."

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The History of Graphics Interchange Formats (GIFs)

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HardOCP shares a Mashable airtlce on "The History of graphics interchange formats

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Mapping The Entertainment Ecosystems of Apple, Microsoft, Google & Amazon

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MacStories have an article, with images, titled "Mapping The Entertainment Ecosystems of Apple, Microsoft, Google & Amazon" -- "...

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Cats That Look Like Pinup Girls

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Adland.tv shared a funny web site titled "Cats That Look Like Pinup Girls".

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Star Wars Archives

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Star Wars Archive is pretty much what it is with images, videos, etc. from Star Wars.

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Which one do you prefer more?

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35 factoids on Atari 2600.

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Blue's News shared a Yahoo! Game blog on Atari 2600's 35 factoids you might not have heard about...

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The 30 Best Fanmade Videogame Movie Posters

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Dorkly showed six/6 pages of "The 30 Best Fanmade Videogame Movie Posters".

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The Avengers Celebrate Their Victory

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Dorkly, with cussings, shows what if The Avengers would be like on Facebook.

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Han Clapping

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This silly Savage Chickens comic strip shows Star Wars' » read more | login to post comments

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Lowest Common Denominator

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Brevity shows its amusing comic strip on the lowest common denominator on television/TV/telly.

Dang math(ematics) and nice rug! :P

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If We Assume's The United States (U.S.) of Starbucks

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Blue's News and The Huffington Post/HuffPost Food shared an If We Assume's The United States (U.S.) of Starbucks article with images of Starbucks statistics and U.S.' locations -- "... Another chain restaurant by which we might measure our lives, particularly in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), is Starbucks. This Seattle-based-behemoth has played an integral role in the coffee culture around the world, and along with the Nerd Triumvirate (Microsoft, Boeing, and Amazon) has secured our city's place on the global stage.

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Ten/10 Landmark Moments in Animation History

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Neatorama tells the ten/"10 landmark moments in animation history".

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Drugs work on a resume.

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11:31AM [Mousey] http://i.imgur.com/BIb1h.jpg
[11:32am] [WorkerAnt] lol
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Jesus and the wine...

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In Search of the Living, Purring, Singing Heart of the Online Cat-Industrial Complex

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Your crazy overlordy read the hardcopy Wired article titled "In Search of the Living, Purring, Singing Heart of the Online Cat-Industrial Complex" about cats/felines/pussies/kitties and the Internet. It can be read on its web site: "six pages/one long page.

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Ten/10 Films Surprisingly Created Without Computer Generated Image (CGI)

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Blue's News share a ten/10 pages (one/single page) Flavorwire article, with embedded video clips and images, showing "10 Films Surprisingly Created Without CGI -- We live in a movie universe where the Michael Bays and James Camerons of Hollywood are crafting their on-screen worlds with the help of incredible computer-aided technology.

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