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Microsoft is launching the Windows 8 powered Surface Pro tablet on February 9th. This baby supports existing desktop applications as well as the Windows 8 ones. The Surface Pro has a slick design and a 10.6-inch screen. It's pen support and a Full HD display with an Intel Core i5 processor makes it's specs much better then the previous tablets.

Director Quentin Tarantino definitely has a creative eye, and is certainly one of the most unique directors in the film industry. Quite often he makes some very bold moves in the film industry, in fact, that is what he is most famously known for, bizarre and interesting scenes all put together coherently. Let's take a look at some.

According to an Air Force power point briefing provided to POGO, earlier this month at 0815 on April 10th, the controls on an F-22A at Langley Air Force Base showed that the aircraft's canopy wasn't locking. After several attempts at opening and closing the canopy, on the final try it locked and jammed--trapping the pilot inside. According to the briefing, the 27th Aircraft Maintenance Unit then "consulted Lockheed Martin and the F-22A System Program Office to determine alternative methods to open the canopy and extract the pilot."

Beyonce got close and personal with Barack and Michelle Obama after singing the American Anthem at today's Presidential Inauguration in D.C. Michelle insisted on thanking her personally, and later admitted that if she could be a celebrity she'd be Beyonce. Well clearly Beyonce's got herself a couple of fans here!

From the first ever mobile telephone made in 1956, to the present day.

As debates over education reform make their way to the headlines, teachers are pointing fingers at poor classroom design and poor classroom funding. Apparently they've done their homework, because new studies are proving, left and right, that the classroom design itself is in fact a deciding factor in the amount of information a child is able to take in by 25%, according to the journal Building and the Environment. In a full year span, that amounts to a full year's academic progress!

The study was conducted over the 2011-2012 academic year on 751 students in 34 classrooms spread across 7 primary schools in Blackpool, Eangland. 

After collecting data on the students performance levels going into the school year, the researchers, comprising faculty from the University of Salford School of the Built Environment in Manchester, England, as well as collaborators from the architecture firm Nightingale Associates, ranked each classroom on a 1 to 5 scale for 10 different design parameters: light, sound, temperature, air quality, choice, flexibility, connection, complexity, color, and texture. Each of these parameters were broken down into a few considerations. Light, for example, included the amount of natural light entering the classroom, as well as the teacher’s ability to manually control the level of lighting; flexibility took into consideration how well a given classroom could accommodate pupils without crowding them, in addition to how easily its furniture could be rearranged for a variety of activities and teaching approaches.

A rocket attack in Aleppo, fighting at a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus and two car bomb explosions south of the capital. Big deal, right? Well it turns out that these events have marked the conclusion to one of the bloodiest weeks in the Syrian civil war. When will these wars end? Was our survival of the 2012 Apocalypse even real? Can it be leading to something even worse? Seems like if any of these questions answer yes, the insanity in Syria is a warning or the rest of us. 

With no real help to turn to besides your local shrink, this generation is sure going to be a lonely one.

The famous advice columnist behind the much adored "Dead Abby" stories has passed away at age 94. 

After 50 years of giving advice to women in distress, we've all gotten used to the idea of leaning on someone. Now that both of the advice twins are up in heaven, what are the rest of us supposed to do? Those other columnists never seem to have anything witty to say or any real usable advice! Looks like we're at a loss now, at east until she get reincarnated (hopefully into something/someone useful).

After just 4 years in office, but many more in politics, Barack Obama has been displaying all the classic signs of stress: his hair has become grayer than ever, the wrinkles above his brow are prominent, the plumpness of his cheeks has melted and become more like a set of flaps than a smile bump. It's tough tobe Barack, especially with a country as divided as ours about certin key issues regarding foreign policy (as we know not his strongest suit). 

Isn't it maddening when you watch a movie and then you are left thinking about it days, even weeks later? Drives me insane! What about Inception!? Is it real? Did Cobb return to his family? Did he die? UGH! We'll never know. Here are a couple movies that left you pissed off at the end because you don't know what happens next, but also brilliantly stunned.

When it comes to plugging your music device into your dad's old speaker set, you don't look as cool as you did in the 90s. These days there are all kinds of seriously groovy speakers out there that will impress everyone from Tough Tommy to Sexy Sarah from next door. 

One of the behind-the-scenes documentaries included on the discs shows off some behind-the-scenes photos of Tom Hardy as Bane plus some concept art on what Bane almost looked like. Because of his trademark mask, Bane was always going to be a difficult character to adapt into Christopher Nolan’s universe. (Remember how he looked like a Mexican wrestler in ‘Batman and Robin?’) But with all the options they had, it looks like Nolan and crew made the best choice.

Kim's one hot mama, and she wears anything well! What's your fav. Halloween costume on her?! I love the pirate and princess Jasmine. (She totally looks like her!)

I always, always, always lose my USB Flash drive. I keep on thinking, "if it was on a key chain, or maybe if it looked cooler, even if the color was more noticeable..." then maybe I'd remember where I'd put it. Not until now did I know that there are so many wonderful options for USB Flash drives out there.

Do you love showering in the dark, but can't help getting all bruised up from not being able to see the shower walls? Or maybe you've just always wanted to "taste the rainbow." Well now you can wash in the rainbow! There are many of these ultra swag shower heads available for sale online, making your search for awesomizing products easier than ever.