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| Mark Shuttleworth: GNOME usability hackfest Posted: 25 Oct 2008 10:10 PM CDT There's a revolution coming as we throw out the old "files and folders" metaphor and leap to something new, and it would be phenomenal if free software were leading the way. |
| Keyboardist Merl Saunders dies at 74 Posted: 25 Oct 2008 10:00 PM CDT Keyboardist Merl Saunders, the gentle lion of the San Francisco music scene best known as co-captain of guitarist Jerry Garcia's solo excursions outside the Grateful Dead, died Friday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, after fighting infections. |
| Biden Slammed During Florida Interview Posted: 25 Oct 2008 09:40 PM CDT Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden gave it to Florida WFTV anchor Barbara West Thursday when she asked him a slew of questions straight out of John McCain's talking points.West began the interview by asking whether Biden was "embarrassed" by Barack Obama's association with ACORN. Watch the interview. |
| Why you should watch the NFL in London Posted: 25 Oct 2008 09:30 PM CDT A year after the success of the first ever NFL regular-season game outside the Americas, almost 90,000 American football fans will flock to Wembley again on Sunday to watch the New Orleans Saints face the San Diego Chargers. Many more will tune in on TV or listen on digital radio, but why should you? Here experts and big-name fans tell you why. |
| GPS Lands Man in a Van Down By The River Posted: 25 Oct 2008 09:20 PM CDT A Polish white van man who was too sure of his sat-nav ended up neck-deep in a lake after ignoring road signs warning of a dead-end ahead. The road hasn't been used for a year after it was flooded out when an artificial lake was created. It was dark and the un-named driver had been drinking, but he still managed to miss three warning signs. |
| Palm Failed with Foleo. Will Apple Do Better? Posted: 25 Oct 2008 09:10 PM CDT Despite amazing advancements in mobile computing technology, the industry has failed to solve the oldest and most central problem of mobility: How to add a larger keyboard and screen to a tiny cell phone. Palm tried and failed with the Foleo. Will Apple get it right? |
| I See the Failure of the Health-Care System Every Day Posted: 25 Oct 2008 09:00 PM CDT Dena Rifkin, MD: "I've asked patients to come to the emergency room because of disturbing symptoms or lab-test results, only to have them tell me that they fear a denial letter and the ensuing insurance fight, should the ER evaluation reveal that nothing is wrong." |
| Energy Storage Discovery Could Lead to Unlimited Solar Power Posted: 25 Oct 2008 08:50 PM CDT Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a new way of storing energy from sunlight that could lead to 'unlimited' solar power. |
| So When Will Banks Give Loans? Posted: 25 Oct 2008 08:40 PM CDT The dirty little secret of the banking industry is that it has no intention of using the bailout money to make new loans. |
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| Scientists dismayed by vanishing of 7 whales Posted: 25 Oct 2008 08:20 PM CDT "This is a disaster," Ken Balcomb, a senior scientist at the Center for Whale Research on San Juan Island, said Friday. "The population drop is worse than the stock market." |
| Is holding out for Windows 7 a gamble worth taking? Posted: 25 Oct 2008 08:00 PM CDT With more and more information about Windows 7 coming out almost daily, I'm getting increasing numbers of emails from people wanting my advice on whether they should skip Vista and hold out for Windows 7 or make the plunge now and make plans relating to "7″ once the OS is out. |
| Todd Marchant Scores Amazing Goal In Mid Air [VID] Posted: 25 Oct 2008 07:30 PM CDT Some serious tricks right there...everyone was like WTF? |
| The Guardian Gives Readers the Whole Story via RSS Posted: 25 Oct 2008 07:30 PM CDT The Guardian's decision to move to full feeds makes it the "first major newspaper in the world" to offer its RSS content as full-text. |
| Pennsylvania Republicans Send False Anti-Obama E-mail Posted: 25 Oct 2008 07:20 PM CDT A new e-mail making the rounds among Jewish voters in Pennsylvania this week falsely alleged that Mr. Obama "taught members of Acorn to commit voter fraud,'' and equated a vote for Senator Barack Obama with the "tragic mistake" of their Jewish ancestors, who "ignored the warning signs in the 1930's and 1940's." |
| The Most Depressing Webcomic I've Read Today [COMIC] Posted: 25 Oct 2008 07:10 PM CDT Maybe some coma patients really feel this way.... sad. |
| 19,683 Tech Layoffs And Counting Posted: 25 Oct 2008 07:10 PM CDT This has been a brutal month or so for tech layoffs. According to our Layoff Tracker, there have been 19,683 job eliminations at tech companies announced since mid-September, and we're not even counting the 24,600 people at Hewlett-Packard who are being eliminated as a result of its merger with EDS. |
| Ohio Woman Gives Birth to Triplet Granddaughters Posted: 25 Oct 2008 07:00 PM CDT Not only has a 56-year-old Ohio woman given birth to triplets, but they're her own granddaughters. |
| McCain aide: Palin's 'going rogue' Posted: 25 Oct 2008 06:40 PM CDT Several McCain advisers have suggested to CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with what one aide described as Palin "going rogue." ... "She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," said this McCain adviser. "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else." |
| ACLU: 2/3 of US population lives in 'Constitution-free zone' Posted: 25 Oct 2008 06:40 PM CDT Nine out of the top ten US cities and two thirds of the country's population lives in a "Constitution-free zone," according to a new campaign by the ACLU. |
| PC World - Spammers Hack Servers to Infect Legit E-Mail Posted: 25 Oct 2008 06:20 PM CDT Spammers are getting around improved filtering systems, according to Cyberoam, a division of Elitecore Technologies.Instead of sending e-mail from a known spam IP address or infected bot server, spammers have found ways to do so from legitimate mail servers and domains, Cyberoam noted. |
| Tom Cruise Not a Total Douche at Matt Lauer's Roast Posted: 25 Oct 2008 06:00 PM CDT Tom Cruise was not only a good sport for showing up to roast Lauer, he really killed. Guy was hilarious and self-deprecating. He joked about how he and Lauer were actually best buddies and went everywhere together, how they pranked Willard Scott, and how they talked on the phone four times a day (and he had slides to go with it). |
| Posted: 25 Oct 2008 05:50 PM CDT 1. Never ask a woman if she wants to have sex by asking her if she wants to have sex. |
| Steve Forbes to CNN: Fed created global economic crisis Posted: 25 Oct 2008 05:40 PM CDT According to Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief of business magazine Forbes and former Republican Presidential candidate (1996 & 2000), the Federal Reserve created the conditions that lead to the worldwide economic crisis that we are in. |
| China to invest $445bn in rail system Posted: 25 Oct 2008 05:30 PM CDT The investment is part of plans to extend the country's railway network from the current roughly 125,502km to nearly 160,900km by 2010, Shanghai's Oriental Morning Post reported. |
| Posted: 25 Oct 2008 04:50 PM CDT Despite our increasing technological sophistication, we can't help falling for email about Bigfoot, giant mutant cats, doomed tourists, and deadly butt spiders. |
| Can Sports Avoid This Recession? Posted: 25 Oct 2008 04:50 PM CDT Today, sports economics are inextricably tied to the fate of deep-pocketed corporations. |
| Embedded Linux - Linux Operating System for Microcontrollers Posted: 25 Oct 2008 04:40 PM CDT Linux has become very popular because it was launched as a free open source project developed by a group of very passionate programmers. It can run on different systems, from PDAs to basic computers. Now it is described as a fully portable and versatile OS. Embedded Linux refers mostly to Linux Kernel which is the basic of every operating system. |
| Seriously!? What Does a Film Producer Really Do? Posted: 25 Oct 2008 04:10 PM CDT Matty Simmons is the producer of National Lampoon's 'Animal House' and the 'Vacation' movies. But what does a producer actually do? He attempts to explain... |
| Seat costs $150,000 (beer not included) Posted: 25 Oct 2008 04:00 PM CDT Luxury stadiums are on the rise. A top seat can cost $150,000. But who will pay it? |
| 5 Indispensable Halloween Specials Posted: 25 Oct 2008 03:50 PM CDT Submitted for your perusal are these five classic examples of old school animated specials. Before The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror changed the game, they were all we had. And we loved them in spite of their unbridled cheesiness. |
| How the SuperSonics became Oklahoma City’s 1st big-time team Posted: 25 Oct 2008 03:40 PM CDT How the Seattle SuperSonics became Oklahoma City's first big-time team — and what that might mean for the N.B.A. |
| The Complete Mammal Family Tree [pdf] Posted: 25 Oct 2008 03:30 PM CDT High resolution map by Dr. Olaf Bininda-Emonds (1.6MB). |
| Adelman: Why a Staunch Conservative Like Me Endorsed Obama Posted: 25 Oct 2008 03:20 PM CDT I've considered myself less of a partisan than an ideologue. I cared about conservative principles, and still do, instead of caring about the GOP. Granted, McCain's views are closer to mine than Obama's. But I've learned over this Bush era to value competence along with ideology. |
| Top 10: Court battles in sport Posted: 25 Oct 2008 03:00 PM CDT Sir Allen Stanford met his match this week when a ruling by a court of arbitration almost led to the cancellation of his $20 million Twenty20 between England and his Superstars team. |
| Garage Sales on Rise With Economic Downturn Posted: 25 Oct 2008 02:40 PM CDT Garages and yards of Manteca, Calif., offer a crash course in kitchen-table economics each weekend.... As the classified ads put it, everything must go. Socks. Christmas ornaments. Microwave ovens. Three-year-old Marita Duarte's tricycle, sold by her mother, Beatriz, to a stranger for $3 even as her daughter was riding it... |
| `We blew it' on global food, says Bill Clinton Posted: 25 Oct 2008 02:30 PM CDT Former President Clinton told a U.N. gathering Thursday that the global food crisis shows "we all blew it, including me," by treating food crops "like color TVs" instead of as a vital commodity for the world's poor. |
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| Stoners, Vegans and a Junky Elephant Conquer BitTorrent Posted: 25 Oct 2008 01:30 PM CDT An animated Norwegian movie featuring sex, violence, stoners, a junkie elephant and even vegans, has been panned by UK critics. However, much to the dismay of the distributor, file-sharers don't agree with this assessment and have downloaded it 500,000 times, which the movie's producer thinks is 'Great!' |
| Real Madrid: Ronaldo pursuit over ''forever" Posted: 25 Oct 2008 01:00 PM CDT Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has insisted his club's pursuit of Cristiano Ronaldo is officially over. |
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