October 9th. Tenth month, ninth day. Ten times nine is 90. Ninety... seconds... on The Verge. It's episode 75, which is divisible by 3, 5, 15, and 25. You know what else is divisible by 3, 5, and 15 (but not, in the interest of transparency, by 25)? That'd be 90 — as in, 90 Seconds on The Verge. It's somehow all related, and yet, it's also not. The numbers add up, but in another way, this is all just scribbles of a mad man looking to write a description for an episode... an episode, of course, of 90 Seconds on The Verge.

Stories of the day:

• Windows Phone 8 pre-orders to begin on October 21st
• Microsoft confirms cash for Xbox content in Windows 8, Microsoft Points remain for Xbox 360
• iPod touch starts to ship, available in some retail stores around the world
• Lytro adds manual controls as its camera hits stores worldwide

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