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Feb 20 2009 10:49am EDT

First Bytes: Young Republicans, Oscars, ISPs, Nanotechnology

John McCain's blogging daughter says the Republican party needs to join the twenty-first century and learn how to use the InterWeb. [The Daily Beast]

Win your office Oscar pool with predictions from fivethirtyeight.com's statistical wunderkind, Nate Silver. [New York Magazine]

A new bill would force internet service providers to retain user data for two years. [Ars Technica]

Good things come in teeny tiny packages. Nanotechnology scientists have figured out how to cram 250 DVD's worth of content onto a quarter-sized device. [Slashdot]

by Alexandra Fenwick


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