My New Gadgets are Here ? UK Sockets are Different
Imagine having elbow room on screen. That?s exactly what you get with the Samsung BW series of widescreen LCD monitors. Wide 16:10 aspect ratios let you multitask, with room for more than one application at a time. The extra room also makes working with graphics programs and multiple tool palletes easier. (Read on Source)
Interpreting FBI Hate Crime Statistics: CWA Vs. UCLA
The Concerned Women for America (CWfA or CWA) state in their talking points about the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crime Protection Act (LLEHCPA) that: The most recent FBI Uniform Crime Report shows that bias-motivated crimes are on the decline. In fact, less than 17% of all law enforcement agencies reported a single hate crime in 2005. A total of ... (Read on Source)
Hillary Slams Thompson Over Cuban Remark
Taking a swipe at a potential GOP presidential rival, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday criticized Fred Thompson for suggesting Cuban immigrants pose a terrorist threat.
SEO Chat Forums - Google Ranks
Date: July 5th, 2007 03:14 AM - blake_jl - Thanks Post: One last thing. Can you please let me know if I understand you correctly... Insert text for my images by having target keywords in it - Do you mean name my images so that they represent my keywords? I don't get what you mean about the in...
It?s not just Rush: Talk show hosts around the country under attack
Assault. (Read on Source)
Yanks’ Manager Pick Not as Easy as 1, 2 or 3
Tony Peña was interviewed on Wednesday for the Yankees? managerial opening and a decision may be made as early as Friday between Peña, Don Mattingly and Joe Girardi. (Read on Source)
Nokia Rails Against "Proprietary" Ogg
PC Pro: "In a Position Paper, Nokia states that the Vorbis audio and Theora video codecs are not the open, free formats that their advocates claim them to be..."
Technology and Sports: Blurring the Line Between Virtual and Reality
With its ribbons of video boards, the retractable roof and a grass field that can slide in and out of the stadium on rails, here's a safe bet: Few fans at Super Bowl I in 1967 could have imagined the technology on display at the $455 million University of Phoenix Stadium for Sunday's Super Bowl XLII. However, that's nothing compared to what might be coming.
The Art of Getting Comments - 6 Tips for Getting Comments
Every blog comes with comments and pretty much every blogger is basing their success on comments. Sure, they may say they don’t, but when you have no comments you feel like you’re just talking to yourself. So how do you get comments? 1 - Write posts that are conversational and something that people [...] (Read on Source)
Yahoo rejects joint Microsoft, Icahn proposal
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc on Saturday rejected a proposal to sell its search business to Microsoft Corp and hand over the remainder of the company to activist investor Carl Icahn.
BDI Denied Leave To File Summary Judgment Motion
NEW YORK - In his Nov. 2 status order, ephedra multidistrict litigation Judge Jed S. Rakoff confirmed a ruling by MDL Special Master James Niss, denying a defendant leave to file additional motions for summary judgment (In Re: Ephedra Products Liability Litigation, 04 M.D. 1598; Russell Wilburn v. N.V.E., Inc., No. 06 Civ. 13046, S.D. N.Y.; See September 2007, Page 6). Full story on lexis.com
B400 Series from OKI Printing Solutions Delivers the Most Advanced State in Versatility for Black-a
OKI Data Americas (www.okiprintingsolutions.com/us), which markets its products under the OKI® Printing Solutions brand, today introduced the B400 Series printers, the most versatile mono printer series with standard duplexing, rich features and fast and dependable printing at an affordable price. The line-up, which includes B410d, B410dn, B430dn and B420dn, takes the guesswork out of finding the right black-and-white printer, since OKI Printing Solutions designed each to meet the specific needs and exceed the expectations of desktop, small office, home office and very small work groups. (PRWeb Sep 10, 2008)
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My heart jumped and missed a beat
When we (self and wife) were in Atlanta, Ramya had a dental operation (to remove a painful inner tooth). I was waiting outside the operating room expecting her to come out holding her chin gingerly and saying, ga ma tut puld, and bravely smiling. Instead she came out on a wheelchair with her eyes closed (she was under sedatives) pushed by a ... (Read on Source)
Smart Insulin
An experimental drug for diabetes dispenses insulin in response to glucose levels.
With deal, Beatles songs may enter digital age
MTV Networks is expected to announce a licensing arrangement with the Beatles that may bring the band's songs to the company's popular Rock Band video game.
EGYF
Energy Finders announces to update its current Information Friday , November 07,...
Does cb2bib remove drudgery from bibliography creation?
Many academics and students share a dirty secret: They hate the drudgery of assembling bibliographies. The cb2bib utility attempts to remove some of the drudgery, at least so far as online references go. Designed primarily for use with BibTeX, cb2bib can also be used with other formats once you export the results. However, whether the application actually makes bibliographical tasks easier seems questionable.
Atmel's AT91SAM9G20 ARM-Based Embedded MPU Supported by Latest Mainline Linux Kernel
... AT91SAM9G20 Joins Entire AT91SAM9 Family on Linux v2.6.27 ) announced today the availability of ... availability and publication in the official Linux kernel is due to the well-established Linux support ...
Joost Launches A Broken iPhone App
Joost launched their iPhone application on the App Store this evening, giving users access to 46,000 Joost videos, including major television shows and films. The iPhone has a built in YouTube application already, giving them a serious head start when it comes to video on the iPhone. But archrival Hulu doesn’t yet - giving Joost a little ... (Read on Source)
PPC Mixer 1.6
PPC Mixer provides an easy-to-use method of creating keyword or domain name specific URL's for pay per click campaigns. [Update | License: Freeware 0 | Requires: Win ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista | Size: 159 KB]
One giant leap: Cambridge school children send their teddies into the stratosphere
Teddy bears are launched into the stratosphere. The UK's new space policy? No, just a Cambridge University schools project.
OpenSolaris 2008.05 vs. OpenSolaris 2008.11 Benchmarks
Phoronix: "Seven months after the release of OpenSolaris 2008.05 (a.k.a. Project Indiana) its successor was finally released earlier this week. OpenSolaris 2008.11 was released on Tuesday with many updated packages and new features. To see how this new work has affected the performance of Sun's OpenSolaris operating system, we have benchmarked both releases through some different tests."
Cattle-Ranching Goes 'Green'
John Heyneman has a problem. It's late January, and some of his cows are missing. They're stuck on the Kaibab Plateau, a 9,000-foot high Ponderosa pine forest just north of the Grand Canyon. Most of his 400 cattle made it safely from the forest, their summer home, to the valley below, where they winter. But the stragglers wandered off on land ... (Read on Source)
Jumping on the Conflict of Interest Bandwagon
After the Cleveland Clinic announced last week that it would disclose all of its physician's financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, other hospitals are following suit as not to be left behind on the ethics bandwagon. Just 2 days after the... (Read on Source)
At Creative Commons' 6th birthday
Just back from Creative Commons' sixth birthday party at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. (I think I've been to most of CC's birthday bashes. Here's my coverage from last year.) Creative Commons ? I think of it as a service that lets you fine-tune your copyright (haven't seen a more succinct definition anywhere) ? is on firm financial ... (Read on Source)
Editor's Note: Holiday Greetings and Good Wishes, and The Big Story That Got Missed
In which your faithful editors dispense good will, good wishes, and a scoop on a big Linux story.
NYSE Euronext NYX Rebound Likely
One of the benefits of living through a year like 2008, is the potential to...
Everyone's free Linux: DeviceVM's Splashtop
Cyber Cynic: "One of the neat things about Linux has always been that you can run it on just about anything: iPhones, xBoxes, PS3, you name it, you can run Linux on it. So, why not, the good people at DeviceVM thought, make a desktop Linux that came bundled in a PC's motherboard: Splashtop."
Name: SyroBro