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| Google's DMCA takedowns leaving Blogger users high and dry Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:50 PM PDT The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is supposed to balance the rights of copyright holders and online authors, while protecting Internet service providers from getting caught in the crossfire. But Google's policy for handling DMCA notices seems to leave bloggers with scant hope of getting improperly removed content restored.  |
| Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:30 PM PDT About 1,500 steelworkers shouted slogans and held posters as they protested over alleged unpaid wages in Sofia, Bulgaria, Monday. Workers want the Socialist-led government to find a buyer for the insolvent plant as layoffs loom at Kremikovtzi.  |
| Survey : Women should be hit for wearing sexy clothing Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:30 PM PDT One in seven people believe it is acceptable in some circumstances for a man to hit his wife or girlfriend if she is dressed in "sexy or revealing clothes in public", according to the findings of a survey released today.  |
| YouTube to block UK music videos Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:20 PM PDT YouTube is blocking all premium music videos to UK users after failing to reach a new licensing agreement with the Performing Right Society (PRS).  |
| New! TorrentFreak TV Episode 6 Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:10 PM PDT After a two month break, TorrentFreak TV returns with a brand new episode and a new host. This week's episode includes a recap of of the Pirate Bay trial, Vuze's secret and some BitTorrent speed tips.  |
| Dreaming of cutting the subscription TV cord Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:00 PM PDT As big Hollywood studios and TV networks put more of their content online, ditching expensive subscription TV services is quickly becoming more realistic. But how?  |
| Study Shows That Apes Can Plan Ahead Just Like Humans Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:00 PM PDT A canny chimpanzee who calmly collected a stash of rocks and then hurled them at zoo visitors in fits of rage has confirmed that apes can plan ahead just like humans, a Swedish study said Monday.  |
| Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:00 PM PDT It's time to stand up to the teachers' unions. The Democrat's spending bill would end vouchers in Washington, D.C., where the public schools are among the most underperforming and violent in the nation.  |
| Warming Isn’t a Big Worry at Skeptics’ Meeting Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:50 PM PDT The International Conference on Climate Change brings together political figures, conservative campaigners, scientists, an Apollo astronaut and the president of the Czech Republic.  |
| Hacking Your VCR Yields Monster Results Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:50 PM PDT Funny Video on Wired.  |
| Vista to XP 'downgrade' lawsuit revised Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:40 PM PDT A US woman who is suing Microsoft for allegedly charging her extra to downgrade from Windows Vista to XP had the lawsuit revised late last week.  |
| Surfing: The Bliss of Shore-Pounding Waves (PHOTOSET) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:30 PM PDT Clark Little goes to great lengths to get capture these breaks from right inside the wave.  |
| Linux : Open source microbloggers you should follow TuxRadar Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:20 PM PDT This is the first version of this list - there are probably dozens of important geeks missing. Please help us fill it out by sending a shout to @tuxradar on Identi.ca or Twitter if we've missed someone, and make sure you send a few words about what they do. Please also get in touch if someone listed below is on Identi.ca as well as Twitter.  |
| Fox News' Chris Wallace Lies to Defend Rush Limbaugh VIDEO Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:20 PM PDT On Fox News, host Chris Wallace blatantly lied when he falsely claimed that Rush Limbaugh never said he wanted President Obama to fail, but rather he wanted Obama's "policies" to fail. However, Limbaugh never said "Obama's policies."  |
| Gray Wolf Will Lose Protection in Part of U.S. Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:10 PM PDT In a blow to environmental groups and a boost for ranchers, the Obama administration announced Friday that it would take the gray wolf off the endangered species list in Montana and Idaho, though it left the predator under federal protection in Wyoming.  |
| CGI Boobs: 7 Special Effects The Stars Want to Keep Secret Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:00 PM PDT Warning: Contains CGI enhanced Kevin Bacon penis.  |
| How the Cell Phone Service Oligopoly is Robbing Us Blind Posted: 09 Mar 2009 01:50 PM PDT Due to high barriers to entry, the cell phone service industry has a very limited number of players. As a result, the few big players are able to charge whatever fees they want, without significant loss in subscribers. Here's a look at how you're being screwed by the phone companies.  |
| Top 15 Most Memorable Movie Stoners Posted: 09 Mar 2009 01:40 PM PDT Rotten Tomatoes - From Brad Pitt smokin' weed out of a honey bear to the boys of Pineapple Express, these clips give me the munchies.  |
| Soaring Seawater Farms for a Self-Sufficient Dubai Posted: 09 Mar 2009 01:40 PM PDT Italian architects Studiomobile have conceived of a Seawater Vertical Farm that draws upon local resources to create a sustainable source of food for a cleaner, greener and more self-sufficient Dubai.  |
| Nissan GT-R: R35 + M35 = First Nissan GT-R Wagon! Posted: 09 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT What you're looking at is an 'R35' Nissan GT-R front end welded to the back two-thirds of an M35 Nissan Stagea. It's called the 'StaGT-R' and it's on show at the Nagoya Auto Trend show. Now, this isn't not the first time the head of a GT-R has been frank-chopped onto a Stagea -– it's a popular swap in Japan -– but it's the first we've seen for the  |
| Posted: 09 Mar 2009 01:30 PM PDT Some of the biggest comeback tours...  |
| Hillary Clinton comes to Europe, Brings the Stupid Posted: 09 Mar 2009 01:20 PM PDT Hillary Clinton raised eyebrows on her first visit to Europe as secretary of state when she mispronounced her EU counterparts' names and claimed U.S. democracy was older than Europe's.Clinton added: "I have never understood multiparty democracy."  |
| Conflict Over Spying Led White House to Brink Posted: 09 Mar 2009 01:10 PM PDT This is the first of two stories adapted from 'Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency,' to be published Tuesday by Penguin Press. Original source notes are denoted in [brackets] throughout.  |
| Eminem firm loses iTunes royalty lawsuit against Universal Posted: 09 Mar 2009 01:00 PM PDT Universal Music has prevailed in a case that would have otherwise given millions more to artists for the sale of their songs on digital download services such as Apple's industry-leading iTunes Store.  |
| Philips'Master LED Bulb: Enlightened When On or Off Posted: 09 Mar 2009 12:50 PM PDT This July, Philips will release an LED bulb that's ready for mainstream consumption, the Maser LED.  |
| Acid Oceans Magnify Climate Change and Disrupt Food Chain Posted: 09 Mar 2009 12:40 PM PDT Ocean acidification driven by climate change is stripping away the protective shell of tiny yet vital organisms that absorb huge amounts of carbon pollution from the atmosphere. They are an important part of the ecological chain and also provide a bulwark against global warming by storing carbon in their calcium-based shells.  |
| Frank Schaeffer Explains How The GOP Fucked Us All Posted: 09 Mar 2009 12:40 PM PDT MUST SEE - Frank Schaeffer, author of the book _Crazy for God_, on the D.L. Hughley show. Frank, whose father founded the Religious Right, explains how the GOP fucked us all, and what a grim future the GOP has because of it.  |
| The Story Behind The "Two-Handed" Professional Bowler Posted: 09 Mar 2009 12:30 PM PDT "I remember, during my very first shot, coaches watched me and they thought I was just mucking around, hey came right over to me and told me that it was for real now" said Jason Belmonte, the two-handed now professional bowler. "That was a bit of a kick in the gut..."  |
| 20% of US Soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan Suffer Head Trauma Posted: 09 Mar 2009 12:30 PM PDT The number of U.S. troops who have suffered wartime brain injuries may be as high as 360,000, Defense Department doctors said Wednesday. The estimate of the number injured represents 20 percent of the roughly 1.8 million men and women who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, where blast injuries are common from roadside bombs and other explosives.  |
| Apple touch-screen netbook in Q3? Posted: 09 Mar 2009 12:20 PM PDT Boom: Apple netbook in Q3 -- that's the rumor being spread by the Commercial Times / DigiTimes tag-team of electronics tattlers. Apparently, Wintek will supply the touch-panels to Quanta computer who'll be tasked with assembling Apple's netbook...  |
| Dignity is 0.2% Off at Circuit City [PIC] Posted: 09 Mar 2009 12:10 PM PDT Here's another sign from the depressing liquidation battlefield that is currently Circuit City stores across the U.S. Sad as this whole thing is for the employees, there are some taking it in stride.  |
| Schmidt: Google does not want to buy Twitter right now Posted: 09 Mar 2009 11:50 AM PDT The ongoing guess work and dead reckoning over whether the search giant Google will soon buy micro-blogging site Twitter was ended by Google CEO Eric Schmidt on Saturday. On PBS's Charlie Rose show, Schmidt made it clear that they are "unlikely to buy anything in the short term".  |
| George Will: Government Turning U.S. Into a Corn-Fed Nation Posted: 09 Mar 2009 11:40 AM PDT After World War II, the government had a huge surplus of ammonium nitrate, an ingredient of explosives -- and fertilizer. Since 1945, the food supply has increased faster than America's population. Much of the too-ample flesh of Americans comes from corn, as quarter of the 45,000 items in the average supermarket contain processed corn.  |
| Older Men May Have Less Intelligent Kids Posted: 09 Mar 2009 11:40 AM PDT While men, unlike women, can continue having children into old age, there could be a price to pay in terms of their child's intelligence.  |
| Posted: 09 Mar 2009 11:30 AM PDT If you a fan of action sports you definitely going to like this, I love to see good photo sequences specially if it catches the right moment of some trick being done, it's great to see and this is done a lot on action sport magazines, check them out!  |
| New Building Design Withstands Earthquake Simulation Posted: 09 Mar 2009 11:20 AM PDT Researchers at the University of Michigan simulated an off-the-charts earthquake in a laboratory to test their new technique for bracing high-rise concrete buildings. Their technique passed the test, withstanding more movement than an earthquake would typically demand.  |
| Posted: 09 Mar 2009 11:20 AM PDT John Cole posted this graph a few days ago. See that column on the far-right edge? That's where Obama proposes the marginal top-rate should be. It's also the rate conservatives believe is so outrageous, that they're accusing the president of "socialism." It's all quite silly, but the graph adds some helpful context to drive the point home.  |
| Mourners pay tribute to radio legend Paul Harvey Posted: 09 Mar 2009 11:00 AM PDT CHICAGO – The son of radio legend Paul Harvey used his father's words for the eulogy Saturday at a public funeral service in Chicago, the city from which he launched his national news and commentary show. "A great tree has fallen," said Paul Harvey Jr., quoting his father's send-off for President Franklin Roosevelt.  |
| Why Dreams Are So Difficult To Remember Posted: 09 Mar 2009 11:00 AM PDT By listening in on the chatter between neurons in various parts of the brain, researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have taken steps toward fully understanding just how memories are formed, transferred, and ultimately stored in the brain--and how that process varies throughout the various stages of sleep.  |
| The History of Street Fighter (IGN) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 11:00 AM PDT They are Russian wrestlers and tonfa-swinging Englishmen, American boxers, Indian mystics, New York brawlers, crazed jungle monsters and quiet masters of the martial arts.  |
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