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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Saturday, July 29, 2006
Your cell phone is so money
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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Friday, July 28, 2006
Minimum wage vote slated
House Republican leaders, giving in to political reality, plan a vote to raise the $5.15 minimum wage before leaving Washington this weekend for a five-week recess.
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California Heat Wave Over; At Least 139 Reported Dead
FRESNO, Calif. -- The state appeared to break out of its nearly two-week heat wave Friday, but not before it caused as many as 139 deaths and did untold damage to crops.
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Exxon Mobil profit's jumps 36 percent totaling $10.36 billion for 2Q.
Exxon Mobil said Thursday it earned $10.36 billion in the second quarter, the second largest quarterly profit ever recorded by a publicly traded U.S. company. The earnings figure was 36 percent above the profit it reported a year ago. High oil prices helped boost the company's revenue by 12 percent to a level just short of a quarterly record.
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Thursday, July 27, 2006
2GB of Free Online Backup? Yes!
Back up your files (up to 2GB) without any headaches or hassles for FREE!
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How to Win Against the RIAA in Court
This techdirt article suggests that the RIAA "will drop cases if you point out that an IP address isn't a person," and links to actual cases where the defendants won using this strategy. The logic behind this is that an IP address only points to who paid for the internet access, and not to who used it.
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The execution of a teenage girl, hung for being raped
The story of Atefah Sahaaleh, an Iranian 16-year old girl, hung for 'crimes against chastity'. Her crime? Being raped by a 51-year old man. How sickening that the 'moral police' enforcing Sharia law are the worst offenders.
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Kazaa becomes legal download service
Kazaa doesn't shine as brightly as it once did among the stars of p2p download services, but the venerable name in illegal downloads today announced, through a settlement with the International Federation of the Phonographic Industries (IFPI), that it will immediately become a legitimate download service.
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Web database of molesters becomes law
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush, joined by "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh, signed a new law Thursday that requires convicted child molesters to be listed on a national Internet database and face a felony charge for failing to update their whereabouts.
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Ten Days of Hell, and what caused it
There were thousands who were without air conditioning, lights, refrigeration, internet connections, and, well, modern life generally.What do the consumers do about it? Keep paying the bills, to the same company that let them down. They can't switch. They can't influence the production process. They are powerless in more ways than one.
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Warner Bros website distributing Zango Spyware+Kiddy Porn browser
This is really screwed up. The official WarnerBros.com website promotes Zango/180 Solutions spyware to children using colorful cartoons and games, pre-checking the "I am over 18" box for them. 180 Solutions' adware/spyware has been observed to automatically browse to child porn websites when installed. Digg this up and lets get the word out!
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Bootable copy of windows on a USB flash drive
Ever have a problem with the windows registry, or a pesky virus? have no fear, fix it with a bootable copy of windows no further away than your pocket or key chain
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The Digg This! Firefox Toolbar Extension
I couldn't find any decent Firefox extensions for digging articles that just simply allowed you to submit an article and was integrated into the toolbar. So I did what any self-respecting programmer would do and created my own. Plus I used it to digg this article.
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RIAA - Even One Song Can Get You Sued
RIAA spokesperson Jenni Engebretsen was interviewed by phone in connection with a suit filed against a college student over a 600 song collection. Her response: "There is no set threshold, no single number that would trigger a lawsuit. Uploading or downloading even one song is illegal."
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World War III?
'We're in the early stages of what I would describe as the Third World War, and, frankly...we don't have the right attitude.' -- Newt Gingrich, on NBC's Meet the Press, July 16, 2006
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Leo Laporte posts his thoughts on the "Digg vs Netscape" controversy
From Leo's blog: "The question is, do the top 10 contributors on a social networking site determine its success or failure? Of course not... Digg is what it is because of the entire community that participates there... Losing any 10 contributors would make no difference at all"
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