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| Posted: 04 Jul 2008 08:50 PM CDT Apple is quietly grooming talent. Pity whoever has to follow Steve Jobs at Apple. Not every great company stumbles into oblivion after the departure of a visionary founder. The problem: Jobs has left once before, and until he came back, it looked like Apple would be one of those companies. |
| Led Zeppelin Says 'NO' to Guitar Hero! Posted: 04 Jul 2008 08:35 PM CDT Despite the success of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, you won't see Led Zeppelin's iconic tunes pop up in either game any time soon, according to the Wall Street Journal. The band, specifically Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, is not comfortable giving gaming companies access to the group's master recordings -- a necessary step in adding the band . . . |
| Olympics a Bust for Beijing Business Posted: 04 Jul 2008 08:34 PM CDT Even as Beijing prepares to welcome the world for the Summer Olympics, some of the city's foreign residents are planning their farewell parties. China's epic economic transformation has, in recent years, swelled the city's expatriate population to an estimated 250,000. |
| Global TV Speaks the Truth About Rogers iPhone 3G Price Plan Posted: 04 Jul 2008 08:30 PM CDT Global TV in BC's segment about Rogers pricing vs AT&T. One of the best segments revealing how Rogers is profiting off Canadians. |
| Ubuntu 8.04.1 has been released! Posted: 04 Jul 2008 08:20 PM CDT The first Long Term Support updated image for Ubuntu 8.04 has been released. This release contains all the security and bug fixes in the two months since it was released, including Firefox 3 final. If you tried 8.04 and had an issue with a bug, you may want to give it another try. |
| At Yahoo, a Threat from Within Posted: 04 Jul 2008 08:10 PM CDT The central complaint revolves around slow decision-making, a long-standing issue. New services still must run a gauntlet of meetings and approvals that can delay them for months. "It was difficult to get things done," says Greg Yardley, a product manager who left earlier this year. |
| Exclusive Dark Knight Cover [PIC] Posted: 04 Jul 2008 08:10 PM CDT The cover is on the upcoming July 15th issue, so look for it on newsstands soon. If you need something to get you interested in reading the actual cover story, check out this bit about Heath Ledger. "Director Christopher Nolan calls Ledger's acting in the film 'fearless.' |
| Up Close View of the Space Shuttle's Main Engine Posted: 04 Jul 2008 08:00 PM CDT Visitors to the National Mall get an up close and personal view of the space shuttle's main engine thanks to the display provided by the Stennis Space Center. |
| The Miraculous Machine that Can Reproduce Itself Posted: 04 Jul 2008 08:00 PM CDT The RepRap is a printer of three-dimensional objects. It's like the desktop printer you might have at home, but instead of printing on paper, the RepRap makes hard copy in three dimensions out of plastic from models designed on a computer. It's an extremely powerful technology that could give people the ability to create virtually anything. |
| Less than 10% of High School Seniors in Texas Are 'In Shape' Posted: 04 Jul 2008 08:00 PM CDT Results of a new state physical fitness test confirmed fears that Texas children, especially teenagers, are seriously out of shape. The fitness assessment of 2.6 Million students, concludes that only 30% of third-graders reached healthy performance levels in all six areas tested. By the 12th grade, less than 10% made passing marks. |
| Survey: 10,000 Laptops Lost or Stolen at Airports Per Week Posted: 04 Jul 2008 07:50 PM CDT More than 10,000 laptops are lost or stolen each week at U.S. airports, says security industry executive Richard Stiennon in a blog for NetworkWorld.com. He cites a survey conducted by The Ponemon Institute, a monitor of privacy and security issues. |
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| US War On The Third World: 40 Years of CIA Activity Posted: 04 Jul 2008 07:40 PM CDT John Stockwell, former CIA Station Chief in Angola in 1976, working for then Director of the CIA, George Bush. He spent 13 years in the agency. He gives a short history of CIA covert operations. He is a very compelling speaker and the highest level CIA officer to testify to the Congress about his actions. He estimates over 6 m people were killed. |
| The iPhone's cross-border price clash Posted: 04 Jul 2008 07:30 PM CDT "The summer launch of the iPhone in Canada was supposed to be a time for Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. to celebrate. Instead, the company with exclusive rights to the hottest new tech gadget finds itself on the defensive, stung by public criticism over pricing." |
| Optimize Ubuntu 8.04 for Speed Posted: 04 Jul 2008 07:20 PM CDT So what if Ubuntu is a fast operating system?... There is always room for some more tweaking... |
| Posted: 04 Jul 2008 07:10 PM CDT OK, so you have $5,000 burning a hole in your pocket, and you're itching to do something with it. Here are some ideas. |
| How Ironical.. The Pirate Bay Sues Anti Piracy Agencies Posted: 04 Jul 2008 07:00 PM CDT The Pirate Bay, the world's largest bit-torrent tracker allegedly claims damages against anti-piracy agencies. i mean, how weird can things get? |
| Five to face Concorde crash trial Posted: 04 Jul 2008 06:50 PM CDT US airline Continental and five people will stand trial over the 2000 Concorde crash near Paris which killed 113 people, French judicial officials say. |
| Viacom's Statement on YouTube User Data Controversy Posted: 04 Jul 2008 06:30 PM CDT "It is unfortunate that we have been compelled to go to court ...YouTube and Google have put us in this position by continuing to defend their illegal and irresponsible conduct and profiting from copyright infringement, when they could be implementing the safe and legal user generated content experience they promise." |
| Obama asks Americans to step up, volunteer Posted: 04 Jul 2008 06:10 PM CDT Continuing to press the themes of values, faith and patriotism, Sen. Barack Obama exhorted Americans on Wednesday to volunteer for public service, pledging to dramatically expand opportunities for those accepting his challenge. |
| Posted: 04 Jul 2008 06:00 PM CDT Some of Apple's top executives, including Steve Jobs, have once again been accused of bad faith in backdating company shares. Simultaneously, Mac web share is nearing eight percent in one report, K-12 educational material has reached iTunes U, and Microsoft has shipped the second edition of Remote Desktop Connection for Mac. |
| Body's Own 'Cannabis (Marijuana)' Is Good For The Skin Posted: 04 Jul 2008 06:00 PM CDT Scientists from Hungary, Germany and the U.K. have discovered that our own body not only makes chemical compounds similar to the active ingredient in marijuana (THC), but these play an important part in maintaining healthy skin. |
| Rogers Is Confusing the Canadian Public Even More Now Posted: 04 Jul 2008 05:50 PM CDT Wow, what value!...Rogers' spokeswoman Liz Hamilton said consumers can decide what's best for them.Hamilton said consumers can pay $30 a month for a lower-use data plan to $100 for six gigabytes, which she noted is for heavy use such things as streaming video."They don't have to take the value. |
| General: Attack on Iran would trigger war Posted: 04 Jul 2008 05:40 PM CDT Any strike against Iran's nuclear facilities would be regarded as the beginning of war, a senior Iranian military official says. |
| Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears Posted: 04 Jul 2008 05:40 PM CDT A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy. |
| Kinetic Energy for Formula One Posted: 04 Jul 2008 05:20 PM CDT An innovative fuel-generating system could bring car racing into the green era. |
| Most incredible sand castle ever made [PIC] Posted: 04 Jul 2008 05:20 PM CDT If there's a castle-shaped bucket that large in the world, I fear the mad who can upturn it. |
| CO2 Pollution Could Erase Coral Reefs for Millions of Years Posted: 04 Jul 2008 05:00 PM CDT Coral reefs, nature's most lively architecture, could come tumbling down and it could take millions of years for them to return, if carbon dioxide emissions aren't cut quickly, scientists warned today. "What we're doing in the next decade could mean that for the next two million years, there are no coral reefs in the ocean." |
| Best of George W (Compilation) Posted: 04 Jul 2008 04:50 PM CDT |
| Meet Father of the 'God Particle' Posted: 04 Jul 2008 04:50 PM CDT Peter Higgs, a 79-year-old might be a shoo-in for a Nobel prize for the fundamental particle he proposed in 1964 - known as the Higgs boson or, more colourfully, the God Particle - but he is a reluctant rock-star scientist, too self-deprecating to even refer to the particle by name. He prefers to call it the "boson named after me". |
| New Apple touch patents, body part sensing, fingernail input Posted: 04 Jul 2008 04:40 PM CDT "...In what's considered the definitive overview of Apple's attempts to patent its multi-touch interface..." MacHappens |
| Police In Horse..errr...Hot Pursuit Posted: 04 Jul 2008 04:40 PM CDT They were just in a hurry to get to their barn raising party. |
| 150mph Police Chase w/ Stretch Cadillac Limo Posted: 04 Jul 2008 04:30 PM CDT Hell I can say "meow". I can say "moo", for twenty bucks I'll call the guy a chickenfucker. |
| Would Robin Ruin The Christopher Nolan Bat-Movies? Posted: 04 Jul 2008 04:20 PM CDT Christian Bale has promised we'll never see Robin in one of the new Bat-movies, telling a reporter: "If Robin crops up in one of the new Batman films, I'll be chaining myself up somewhere and refusing to go to work." Could a Dark Knight sequel benefit from having a little plucky kid acrobat jumping around and cracking jokes, to lighten the mood? |
| Favre dismisses report of comeback Posted: 04 Jul 2008 04:20 PM CDT Brett Favre dismissed an ESPN report that he's considering coming out of retirement as "all rumor." Favre responded Wednesday to the ESPN report by telling his hometown newspaper Web site, SunHerald.com in Gulfport, Miss., that "it's all rumor." |
| Mutant Chronicles Teaser Trailer Posted: 04 Jul 2008 04:00 PM CDT The teaser trailer for Mutant Chronicles has made its debut over at Thomas Jane's official site. The film is directed by Simon Hunter also stars Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki, Benno Furmann, Sean Pertwee, John Malkovich, Anna Walton, and Luis Miguel.No release date is set for the film but it should be sometime in 2008. |
| Posted: 04 Jul 2008 03:50 PM CDT A grim little infographic. |
| Warning: The Most Gratuitous Headshots Video Ever Posted: 04 Jul 2008 03:50 PM CDT The world of gaming would be a sad, sad place indeed without the noble headshot. We decided that the time was long overdue to pay tribute to the headshot, and have thus put together the most gratuitous overload of exploding crania we could fit into a single two minute video |
| NSA Spy Judge Defends the Law, Congress to Strip His Power Posted: 04 Jul 2008 03:40 PM CDT Just days before the Senate will convene to give a final blessing to President Bush's secret, warrantless wiretapping program, a federal court judge ruled that his legal justification for the surveillance has no legal merit. He's the same judge Congress is trying to save the nation's telecoms, such as AT&T and Sprint, from having to face in court. |
| Tesla Building 225-mile Electric Sedan Posted: 04 Jul 2008 03:30 PM CDT In that magical year for electric car 2010 – Tesla plans to have a 5-passenger electric Sedan out and on the road. The Model S is to have a 225 mile range on a single charge, not too shabby! But as is the case with Tesla vehicles, buyers had better have padded wallets as the price is expected to be around $60,000, and likely to higher near release. |
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