Once again in the run-up to a national election, we are visited with alarming news. A monstrous plot, red alert, high drama playing on all channels and extreme measures taken to tighten security. This has worked twice before. It could work again this fall unless gullible Americans snap out of it.
Warning - This article is reported as possibly being inaccurate. This is of course because it is such a controversial topic. I still advise you to read it and be the judge of it for yourself.
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Bush's Political Survival Depends on Terror Threats.
Oil Prices Drop on Mideast Cease-Fire
Oil prices dropped nearly a dollar Monday as traders anticipated the upcoming Mideast cease-fire and responded to the positive news that BP would be able to maintain half of its production at a large oil field in the U.S. state of Alaska.
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What happens when lightning strikes an airplane?
It is estimated that on average, each airplane in the U.S. commercial fleet is struck lightly by lightning more than once each year. In fact, aircraft often trigger lightning when flying through a heavily charged region of a cloud.In these instances, the lightning flash originates at the airplane and extends away in opposite directions.
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Fox to offer TV downloads on MySpace - CNET News.com
Media giant expected to announce plans to distribute movies and TV shows from the company's network of Internet sites.
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Dell to Recall 4.1 Million Exploding Sony Batteries
The batteries are Dell-branded but contain Sony (Sony!) battery cells. Dell has received six reports of batteries overheating, causing damage to furniture and personal belongings, the Consumer Product Safety Commission reported. There were no injuries caused.
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Monday, August 14, 2006
Thailand Plans to Give 1 Free Laptop Per Child
"Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has announced that an ambitious project to provide low-cost laptop computers to all of Thailand's millions of elementary school students will begin in October."
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Sunday, August 13, 2006
User-Generated Content Drives Half of U.S. Top 10 Fastest Growing Web Brand
Not really news but nice to see the numbers... Nielsen//NetRatings, announced this week that user-generated content sites, platforms for photo sharing, video sharing and blogging, comprised five out of the top 10 fastest growing Web brands in July 2006.
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Gallup Poll: Most Recent Bush Quarter Worst for a President Since 1992.
George W. Bush's most recent quarter, his 22nd in office, was the worst of his presidency and the worst for any president since 1992, based on his 35.8% average approval rating during that quarter. It also ranks in the bottom 20 quarters out of the more than 240 quarters Gallup has measured for all presidents since Harry Truman.
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Researchers zero in on why western diet makes children fat.
High calorie, low fiber diets are causing children to become obese and they are suffering from adult diseases at greater rates. While the answer is obvious, there is more to it than the simple explanation.
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Introducing Windows Live Writer
Microsoft launches Windows Live Writer, a new publishing tool for authoring rich blog posts on Windows Live Spaces, Wordpress, Typepad and other blogging services.
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The Physics of Black Holes
Old but interesting if you're in to this type of thing - No bungee will help me, since bungees can't keep Sunday from turning into Monday. I have to hit the singularity eventually, and before I get there there will be enormous tidal forces, due to the curvature of spacetime,which will squash me and my spaceship, but I won't care. I'll be dead.
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Sneaky Bush Increasingly Dodging the Media
The idea that Bush could travel across the country without a full contingent of reporters, especially in the middle of a war, highlights a major cultural shift in the presidency and the news media. In the four decades since the assassination of JFK, presidents traditionally have taken journalists with them wherever they traveled. But not Dubya...
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The TRUTH about the RIAA
Some very interesting information on the RIAA and their practices.
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HD DVD and Blu-ray Are Both Losers
"Based on a new media research report that says neither the HD DVD nor its Blu-ray contender will deliver a "knock out" punch in the digital video ring, consumers may well think twice before upgrading their home theater system." Besides the fractured video market, PS3 backs Blu-Ray and Xbox 360 backs HD DVD. Sounds like a mess.
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Counter-Terrorism: Differences Between Britain and America
The disclosure that British officials conducted months of surveillance before arresting 24 terrorism suspects this week highlighted what many terrorism specialists said was a central difference between American and British law enforcement agencies. The British, they say, are more willing to wait and watch. Yet much of the same is said of the FBI.
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'Smart Pig' Technology: Keeping Oil Pipelines Clean
Metal, foam, plastic or gel, ranging from a few inches to 7 feet tall and wide as a tree - or however big they have to be to fit snugly inside a pipe - some pigs are simple scrapers. Others, known as "porcupine pigs," sport scrubbing wire brushes. BP acknowledged that the 16 miles of aging "transit" pipes had not been 'pigged' in 14 years.
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Internet Explorer Loses More Ground to Firefox: Firefox 13.71% July
While Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser has lost further market share this year, there has been a significant slowdown in the acceptance of its largest competitor, the open source Firefox browser, according to a white paper released by Janco Associates on Aug. 11.
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Saturday, August 12, 2006
Skype Outruns MySpace
"Skype's flown past MySpace. But both cases are even more confirmation that "free" rules cyber space." The bottom line of this story is free is good. We(the consumers) love free.
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Japan Feels Strain of Cheap 100Mbps Broadband
For a mere $36/month Japan residents are getting 100Mbps fiber-optic broadband and free VoIP. 5.5m have now added the faster service, in addition to 23m homes which already have 8Mbps service. But the increased demand is starting to take a toll on the tubes, which hit 158Gbps at major exchanges.
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Stress Can Shrink and Age Your Brain
New research is providing insight into how stress can shrink your brain cells and prematurely age your immune system.
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Wish Happy Birthday to Steve Wozniak
Steve WoZ Wozniak (born August 11, 1950) is a computer engineer turned 56 yesterday. His inventions and machines are credited with contributing greatly to the personal computer revolution of the 1970s. Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer with Steve Jobs in 1976 and created the Apple I and Apple II computers in the mid-1970s.
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10 Ways to make yourself a YouTube Star
But what are the prime ingredients for YouTube success - what separates a viral hit from a barely-noticed miss? Poking around the top rated videos provides a few answers.
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Google Deal Bails Out MySpace
It solves what were becoming serious monetization problems for MySpace and ships a truckload of feather pillows to Google to pad its AdSense revenue, a crucial part of its overall profits.
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Friday, August 11, 2006
Molecular janitors help explain Alzheimer's
The finding helps explain why Alzheimer's is a disease of aging. More importantly, it suggests a new weapon: drugs that give nature's cleanup crews a boost.
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RIAA Asks Judge for Blanket Gag Order - The Digital Music Weblog
RIAA member companies have pulled a long list of legal stunts. This trumps them all in my opinion. To put it in plain and simple English, what Sony BMG have asked is that the court remove the 1st amendment rights of the defendant and the defendant's council in order to save them from public scrutiny of their own words during deposition.
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Muslim community provided tip off that stopped bomb plot.
The tip came from someone who became concerned about the activities of an acquaintance after the July 7 London bombings. That allowed British intel to infiltrate the group and stop their plans.
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Notebooks, iPods, mobiles, books banned on UK flights
Air travellers leaving the United Kingdom on Thursday faced the strictest security measures in years: iPods, cellular phones, laptops, and even books and magazines were no longer permitted as carry-on items.
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Not the Worst President Ever, But a Definite Contender
Although George W. Bush is probably not the worst president in U.S. history (Woodrow Wilson may have that dubious honour), the president may be in contention for that title in the post-Second World War era.
Fair Warning -
Remember to check up on the facts of this article as it has been reported by Digg users as being inaccurate. In any case it is still a good read. Just check up on the facts before assuming what you read is the truth.
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Asus WL-700gE WiFi Router: Built-In 160GB Drive, iTunes, and Bittorrent
"It has a built in network iTunes client, so it'll show up as an iTunes client to your PCs. And it has a BitTorrent client that can rip down 7 streams automatically (and 10 FTP or web streams at the same time.) That's with your PC off, all downloads handled by the router. And there's a lot more. Too much more to share before the jump."
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How liquid explosives work
In light of the terrorist attacks foiled by authorities in the UK, I was left wondering exactly how liquid explosives work and how they would be deployed by terrorists. This Howstuffworks article is the answer to such questions.
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TIME: How the plane bombing plot was thwarted
"Britain's MI-5 intelligence service and Scotland Yard had been tracking the plot for several months, but only in the past two weeks had the plotters' planning begun to crystallize, senior U.S. officials tell TIME. During the past few months the plotters' attack plans had changed."
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Thursday, August 10, 2006
Poll: President Bush would lose to Kerry and Gore today
According to a survey by Scripps Howard News Service released by Ohio University which asked 1,010 "Americans to ponder their options in every U.S. presidential election held since 1964," two term President George W. Bush would lose to both Senator John Kerry and former Vice President Al Gore.
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How to Pick a Linux Distro (Distribution)
Choosing a Linux Distro (Distribution) can be a very daunting task, especially when you are new to the Linux world. "How to pick a Linux Distro (Distribution)" will be a great help and give anyone a good start into looking for a Linux distribution, especially coming from a Microsoft Windows world.
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Replace minimum wage laws with a free market in education?
Economist Walter Williams tackles minimum wage laws, shows why they don't make economic sense, and concludes by suggesting that people who want to help low-skilled workers should "do something about the rotten education that many receive".
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Bill Gates Donates $500 000 000 to AIDS Research
The Bill (and Melinda) Gates Foundation donates half a billion dollars ($100 000 000/year over the next five years) in an unexpected act of grand generosity. I can't even comprehend half a billion dollars.
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Terrorist Threat foiled to blow up aircraft
Overnight arrests have foiled threats to blow up aircraft.
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Gas station owner says state won't let him lower prices
The owners of an E85 gas station wanted to cut the price to $2, but said they had to artificially hike prices after some competitors complained Badger wasn't meeting the state's minimum markup laws.
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Rescue files with a boot CD using another OS
"Boot sector corrupt. Config.sys missing. Disk cannot be read." In other words, "You're screwed." Or are you? Just because your computer can't boot up Windows from your hard drive doesn't mean you can't boot it up with another operating system on another disk just long enough to rescue your important files.
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Why Wal-Mart wants to sell ethanol
E85 is available at only a tiny fraction of gas stations. But Fortune's Marc Gunther says the giant retailer is poised to change that.
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Survey: People only call an average of four people on their cell phones
Cell phone users spend lots of time talking into their devices, but they generally communicate with very few people. Just how few? Would you believe four?
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Skype pushes into mobile telephony market with iSkoot
Skype has taken another small but not insignificant step toward enabling it to become a user's primary telephone service: by signing a co-marketing agreement with iSkoot, a company that has developed software for mobile phones that enables them to be used to make and receive Skype calls.
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The Destruction Of American Education
Some thirty million adults in the U.S. do not have the skills to perform even the most basic tasks such as adding numbers on a bank slip, identifying a place on a map, or reading directions for taking a medication. Eleven million Americans are totally illiterate in English.
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Town Looks To Ban Sex Offenders From Public Places...
MILLINOCKET - The town is poised to become the state's first municipality to enact an ordinance banning convicted sex offenders from loitering at parks, schools and other places children gather.
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More humans infected with West Nile virus
BOISE --- West Nile virus claims another Idaho victim. A man from Mountain Home has come down with the virus. The Air Force says the retired airman is recovering off base.
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Pain at the gas pump expected to get worse
BOISE -- Gas prices in Idaho and across the nation continue to reach new record highs.
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Colbert's Wiki-ality rant doesn't faze wikipedia.com
As Colbert stated, if enough people alter the page on Wikipedia, it's fact. It should have been the biggest threat to the institution of Wikipedia to date. It was a condemnation of the site's credibility. And it didn't come from the Times, or from some retired political refugee from the Kennedy era. There was just one problem: Colbert was wrong.
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Sugary drinks are piling on pounds, new report says
An extra can of soda a day can pile on 15 pounds in a single year, and the "weight of evidence" strongly suggests that this sort of increased consumption is a key reason that more people have gained weight, the researchers say.
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Unlocking Your Teen's Myspace Profile
BeNetSafe became the latest company to get its feet wet in Internet safety on Monday, launching a web-based service that lets parents track what their kids are doing and saying on the social network MySpace.
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Wal-Mart Gives Raises, Changes Pay Scale
(AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it is raising wages at nearly a third of its 4,000 U.S. stores and introducing wage caps at all stores in an effort to remain competitive and meet a need for workers and managers as it continues to expand.
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Fed skips an interest rate increase - The Federal Reserve kept rates steady, warned of future rate hikes.
Central bank holds key rate at 5.25%, but it warns it will move to keep inflation in check. Stocks tread water. Crude oil holds just below $77 as supply worries. Wal-Mart to up wages at a third of its U.S. stores.
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Primes... what are they good for?
Prime numbers have applications that are important to every body every day; this is especially the case when you are communicating on the Internet.
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Sprint/Nextel deploys WiMax.
Sprint/Nextel, the nation's largest holder of radio spectrum in the precious 2.5 GHz band, has reportedly chosen to deploy Worldwide Interoperability of Microwave Access (WiMAX) as the foundation of its technology platform for the carrier's mobile broadband Next-Generation Network (NGN) build-out.
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The Personal Computer Turns 25
Twenty-five years have passed since IBM launched its version of the personal computer. Apple may have captured the attention of early computer hobbyists with its first products, but IBM's PC made the business world sit up and realize that personal computers could be much more than toys. And Michael Dell thinks the best is still to come.
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2 gig USB Flash Drive only $30!
A 2 gig USB Flash Drive only $30 after rebate!
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Sony MyLo: Media Player With WiFi, Skype, Browser, and Messaging
Compared to most Sony gear we've seen over the past few years, the Mylo is a breath of fresh air. The media player does MPEG-4, digital audio, and pictures. But it also has a WiFi connection and a QWERTY keyboard, for chatting on Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger (No AIM support, sorry.) Wait, wait, wait! It also works as a wireless Skype phone!
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Poll Finds That Evangelicals Are Addicted to Porn
"The poll results indicate that 50% of all Christian men and 20% of all Christian women are addicted to pornography," said Clay Jones, founder and President of Second Glance Ministries whose ministry objectives include providing people with information which will enable them to fully understand the impact of today's societal issues."
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Boost your metabolism and lose weight faster
You can change your diet and workout so your body burns more calories. Nutritionist Joy Bauer shares tips on increasing your metabolism
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Monday, August 07, 2006
Bush's Approval Rating At A Sad & Pathetic %20 With Young Americans
President George W. Bush's hopes of attracting a new generation of voters to the Republican Party may be fading, as younger Americans are far more critical of his job performance than the broader population.
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Google signs $900m MySpace deal
Google is to provide search and advertising on MySpace.com and other websites owned by News Corporation's Fox International Media.
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BP Shuts Biggest US Oil Field Due to Spill
Oil producer BP on Sunday began shutting down the biggest oil field in the United States, Alaska's Prudhoe Bay, after discovering a small pipeline leak, cutting output by 400,000 barrels per day and sending oil prices soaring by more than $1 a barrel.
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Happy Birthday World Wide Web!
15 years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee publicly released his WWW project onto the Internet.
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Saturday, August 05, 2006
Sprint/Nextel To Raise Speed Limit
Sprint/Nextel will raise its data-speed limit sooner than planned.
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Holographic Storage a Reality in 2006?
"What do you do when you're getting close to the limits of 2-dimensional optical technology? Well, how many dimensions do we have to work with?"
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Microsoft has hacking groups on their payroll
"Microsoft has recruited some high-profile third-party security consultants to simulate attacks against Windows Vista. Among the pen testers are members of the "Last Stage of Delirium" hacking group that discovered the flaw that caused the Blaster worm"
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"World's Worst Internet Law" Passed
The Senate has ratified a treaty under which the United States will join more than 40 other countries, mainly from Europe, in fighting crimes committed via the Internet. "The Convention is in full accord with all U.S. constitutional protections, such as free speech and other civil liberties, and will require no change to U.S. laws."
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RIAA Sues LimeWire
The RIAA has sued the popular P2P program LimeWire in federal court today. "The labels are seeking damages, including $150,000(!) per occurrence of an illegally traded file."
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Beef Producers Not Allowed to Test for Mad Cow
A Kansas beef producer, wants to reassure customers that its cattle are safe to eat by testing them all for mad cow disease. Sounds like a smart business move, but there's one problem: The federal government won't let the company do it.
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Friday, August 04, 2006
Waitress Gets Own ID Back At Bar
A bar waitress checking to see if a woman was legally old enough to drink was handed her own stolen driver's license, which was reported missing weeks earlier.
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Bilderberg: The Ultimate Conspiracy Theory
A lot of articles blogged here on Shoutwire contains references to illuminati, fremasons, bilderberger and so on. This article can help you understand what the "builderberger society" is all about and how it fits into the big picture.
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Ten Reasons Why America's Public Schools Are Like America's Prisons
"5. Both assume one solution for every individual. US justice policy incorrectly assumes that incarceration will solve many social problems, such as drugs, prostitution, gambling, etc. The US Department of Education assumes that federal and/or state government standards should apply to every student. Both are incorrect assumptions. Nonviolent and white-collar offenders should be rehabilitated; parents and kids should have choice and options in education. One size does not fit all."
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Another Google Innovation: Google Maps Mobile
GMM already featured the same things that made Google Maps so cool - directions, dragable maps, integrated business contact info, those satellite photos so you could stalk people...but now it's got real time traffic reports too, with estimates of delays and congestion in 30 metropolitan areas in the US.
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What They're Teaching Kids - One World Gov't Brainwashing Kids In School?
They are teaching high-school kids that by 2008, Canada, Mexico, and the US will be one super-continent because of NAFTA, they are teaching it in such a way, that makes it seem like that's supposed to be the normal course of history. (coincidentally, on Interstate 35, from the Mexican border at Laredo, Texas, to the Canadian border north of Duluth. Minn, Bush is quietly contructing a super-highway)
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Is The 3rd Richest Man Willing To Emulate Buffett And Gates?
Say you're the third richest guy in the world. What should you do when the richest and second richest guys decide to spend large to make the world a better place?
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Minimum wage bill stalls in Senate
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Senate Republicans Thursday night failed to advance a bill coupling a 40-percent increase in the minimum wage with a cut in estate taxes, which Democratic leaders had denounced as an election-year ploy.
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Linux -- The next TV Operating System
The TVs aim to make accessing video and similar online content easier than with computers, spokeswoman Mina Naito. The other companies involved are Sharp Corp., Toshiba Corp. and Hitachi Ltd.
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Report: Real U.S. Deficit in Trillions
The United States' true deficit is $2.9 trillion, more than three times the $729 billion the government claims, USA Today reported Thursday.
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FCC Supports Broadband over Power Lines
"The Federal Communications Commission decided Aug. 3 to reaffirm its stance on the deployment of broadband-over-power-line technology." "By adopting this order, the FCC rejected requests by several groups, including the amateur radio community, the aviation industry and broadcasters, to either limit the service or to disallow it completely. "
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Woman forces US record industry to drop file-sharing case
A group of US record labels agreed to drop a music piracy case in the US after the alleged file-sharer argued that it could not be proved that she downloaded any illegal music. The case may set a precedent that undermines scores of other music piracy cases.
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Introduction to 90 Online File Storage Services
"You can use them to send big files, or backup your documentations. Some services can be accessed from your web browser, others may have a client program for you to auto-backup your hard drive."
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Thursday, August 03, 2006
AOL to provide 5GB of online storage for FREE
AOL is leading the industry by providing 5GB of online storage FREE for all web users.
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China Plans to Unionize All Wal-Mart Workers
China is determined to introduce trade unions in all local Wal-Mart stores, despite the retail giant's opposition to unions among its workers.
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Green WiFi: Solar Powered Routers
By using solar power to run the router, the Green Wi-Fi setup is able to function in countries with no or unreliable power. By configuring the router to limit access when power levels are low, it can run for up to a month in low sunlight. The first implementation of the programs equipment is set to happen at the end of the summer in India.
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Australia's 1,600 foot 'Solar Tower' that can power a small city
""The tower will be over there," Davey says, pointing to a spot a mile distant where a 1,600-foot structure will rise from the ocher-colored earth. Picture a 260-foot-diameter cylinder taller than the Sears Tower encircled by a two-mile-diameter transparent canopy at ground level."
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America's First Train with Fast Wireless Internet Debuts in California.
The proof of concept, which was conducted along 16 miles of track between the Millbrae and Palo Alto stations, was deemed a success when multiple people surfed the Internet simultaneously, watched streaming video, answered e-mail and completed a large file download all while maintaining continuous connectivity at broadband speed.
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Interview With The People Working To Save Your Digital Media Rights
This is an interview with members of DefectiveByDesign, the Free Software Foundation anti-DRM campaign that sent HazMat suited protesters to Apple stores.
DefectiveByDesign is targeting Big Media, unhelpful manufacturers and content distributors in an effort to save your fair use rights in the face of restrictive laws and DRM.
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Mom uses Technology to PWN Teens.
Teenagers who toilet-papered and damaged a home now face felony vandalism charges because of a mother's extraordinary sleuthing.
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Oxygen Network Studies Girls Gone Wired
Oxygen Network, in collaboration with Teen Research Unlimited (TRU), unveiled on Wednesday the results of a study on women and technology, dubbed "Women's Watch: Girls Gone Wired."
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Meebo Launches MeeboMe
Palo Alto based Meebo is a Sequoia backed web chat company that allows users to access popular instant messaging services on a web page instead of using downloaded software.
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Toyota passes Ford as No. 2 carmaker in the U.S.
"The declines at GM, Ford and Chrysler marked the fourth- straight monthly drop for the U.S.-based automakers. Asian automakers, led by Toyota and Honda, gained U.S. market share for a 12th consecutive month."
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CNN, Cartoon Network content added to iTunes
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and Apple Computer today announced that hit programming from CNN, Adult Swim and Cartoon Network is now available for purchase and download on the iTunes Music Store.
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Tuesday, August 01, 2006
U.S. stocks dip, hemmed in by interest-rate worries
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks edged lower Monday after a Federal Reserve official said there was still a 50-50 chance of an interest-rate hike at the central banks August meeting, but Wal-Mart Stores bucked the downtrend as its shares rose on an upbeat sales view.
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YouTube Overtakes MySpace
YouTube has established itself at the top of the league of the new generation of community websites by becoming even more popular than MySpace, according to research. According to Nielsen/NetRatings, YouTube's American user base grew by 297% in the first half of the year.
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Who Needs Congress or Courts With Bush?
As of July 11, President George W. Bush had said no (or, not unless I want to) to 807 provisions enacted by Congress that he signed into law. This compares to some 600 provisions challenged by all of Bush's predecessors combined. Whatever happened to following the laws passed by Congress?
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What the Heck Can Congress Do About High Gas Prices Immediately?
No it isn't $100 rebates. Congress should greatly reduce federal spending, balance the budget, and eliminate regulations that interfere with the market development of alternative fuels. All subsidies and special benefits to energy companies should be ended. And in the meantime let's eliminate federal gas taxes at the pump.
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Boston plans to have nonprofit run citywide Wi-Fi network
BOSTON (AP) - The city is considering an unusual approach to creating a citywide, low-cost wireless Internet network: putting a nonprofit organization, rather than a private service provider, in charge of building and running the system.
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Saturday, July 29, 2006
Your cell phone is so money
Forgot your wallet? You'll need a better excuse than that for passing on the check. By next year, you'll be able to pay simply by swiping your cell phone a few inches from a cash register, with a new wireless standard called Near Field Communication.
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Inflation up as U.S. economy slows down
WASHINGTON - U.S. economic growth slowed and inflation rose in the three months ending in June, the government reported yesterday, confirming earlier signs that consumers are hunkering down in response to higher energy prices and interest rates.
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In oil business record profits still disappoint
Chevron Corp. said Friday its second-quarter earnings soared to a new high, but that wasn't enough to satisfy investors whose expectations have been raised by the oil industry's recent run of eye-popping profit. The company's shares tumbled 3.5 percent.
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Republicans tie minimum wage to tax cut
Republican leaders are willing to allow the first minimum wage increase in a decade but only if it's coupled with a cut in future inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates, congressional aides said Friday.
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Digg.com Works - Warner Brothers To Cut Link With Adware Firm Zango
My recently featured article only received attention after being featured on digg. Almost 3 months after it was written, it finally gained traction - only after being featured on digg.com. So thanks to everyone at digg, you won one today.
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