Renzi steps down from House panel after raid on firm
WASHINGTON - Rep. Rick Renzi stepped down temporarily from the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, after the FBI raided his family's business in connection with an ongoing federal investigation. (Read on Source)
HP Adding HD-DVD/Blu-ray Hybrid Drives to PCs (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Hewlett-Packard said it will be beefing up select high-end PCs this week with options including a dual format HD DVD/Blu-ray optical drive by LG, digital cable tuners, Intel Core 2 Quad Processors, and Nvidia's GeForce 8800 graphics cards.
If Everyone Differentiates With Open Source...
CNET News: "...then is there any differentiation in open source...?"
Katrina 2nd Anniversary, US State Dept. Foreign Press Center Media Tour
(Andrew Strike, Dept. of Defense Press Liaison and Beyond Katrina Blogger, Margaret Saizan) I'm just back from New Orleans - helped the US State Department organize a media tour for the Foreign Press in conjunction with the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The tour was phenomenal for all involved and it was it was quite an experience to get ... (Read on Source)
Blog Roundup
Today's Blog Roundup is on the flip. Let me know what I missed. To subscribe by email, click here and do what comes naturally . Budgets are Moral Documents California Progress Report: Senate Republicans Held the California State Budget Hostage for 52 Days and Appear to Have Gotten Precious Little Ransom in Return http://www. ... (Read on Source)
Orchids date to time of the dinos
Ancient orchid pollen trapped in amber shows that the plants were blooming at the time of the dinosaurs.
Experts work on volcano warning
Scientists in Scotland are awarded £400,000 to create a volcano warning device to help protect Montserrat.
Window Book's Meter and Stamp Manager Tracks Postage Usage More Accurately
Window Book has announced the launch of Meter and Stamp Manager, easy to use software designed for efficiently collecting, tracking and reporting postage purchase/usage. (PRWeb Sep 18, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/VGhpci1QaWdnLVBpZ2ctTWFnbi1UaGlyLVplcm8=
Ramachandran Yet Again
title A Journey to the Center of Your Mind description "In a wide-ranging talk, Vilayanur Ramachandran explores how brain damage can reveal the connection between the internal structures of the brain and the corresponding functions of the mind. He talks about phantom limb pain, synesthesia (when people hear color or smell sounds), and the ... (Read on Source)
Sun countersuit: NetApp violates 12 patents
Sun Microsystems fires back against NetApp's patent infringement lawsuit involving the ZFS file system software.
Planar 24-inch PX2411W LCD Monitor Review
Techgage published a review of the Planar 24-inch PX2411W LCD Monitor. Quote from the review: "As 24 inch monitors invade our homes, it's important to make the right purchasing decision. What matters most? Lots of features, better image quality o...
Yard Sale Secrets Revealed Posted By : Ronald W. Firquain
Triple your yard sale profits with 16 secret tips and tricks you can put to use quickly and efficiently. Buying bulk can be really addicting. Imagine saving a few dollars if you buy a six-per-pack of a product compared to buying just one The savings that you can potentially have can be really hard to resist.
The race to chase Sahara's sand
Scientists have been sailing across the Atlantic in a bid to track down sand from the Sahara Desert.
Crave Entertainment to Preview Videogames at New York Press Day
Lineup includes family titles, sports & more (PRWeb Jun 25, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Videogames/Gamers/prweb1053094.htm
Japan's Mobile-content Market Hit US$100B in 2007
The value of ring tines, music and other content sold through cell phones in Japan broke the US$100 billion mark in 2007.
Cuil - We didn?t find any results for ?gabs?
Not so cool.. lol. http://www.cuil.com/search?q=gabs Bigger better but not listed.. Can’t seem to find any of my site indexed… Ah well.. good luck and all that.. (Read on Source)
FAQ: The DNS bug and you
You know a bug is Big News when it makes National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," the network's afternoon drive-time show.
Operation Immortality: Adam and Eve 2.0 Art Contest
Operation Immortality: Adam and Eve 2.0 Art Contest Sponsored by NCsoft® Contest Description Could your art help preserve the human race? Operation Immortality is a chance for you and your artwork to be a part of mankind's "greatest achievements." NCsoft®, one of the world's leading publishers of online computer games, has announced it will launch the "Immortality Drive" - a digital time capsule containing the greatest achievements of mankind along with select humans digitized DNA. The archive will be stored at the International Space Station to serve as a remote "offsite backup" of humanity, should we suffer a fate where, like in NCsoft's Tabula Rasa video game, mankind must fight for their survival after the earth is destroyed. Contest Theme: Adam and Eve 2.0 If the Earth did end and the human race was reborn from the digitized DNA we send into outer space, what will Adam and Eve 2.0 look like?
Open Source and the Poor Man's Supercomputer
OStatic: "IBM made a slew of announcements and predictions on open source topics at this week's LinuxWorld conference, but one of the least talked about and written about announcements was this one (Matt Asay did single it out). IBM released its HPC Open Software Stack as open source, aiming at cheaper-to-deploy, simpler supercomputers."
FAA fines American Airlines $7.1 million
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it fined American Airlines $7.1 million for variety of safety-related violations.
Get Ahead With Preview of Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex
... Get Ahead With Preview Of Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex By Praval Singh Expert Author Article Date: 2008-08-15 Come October and Ubuntu ...
Columnist Noonan Blasts MSNBC for ‘Fatuous Suck-Upping’
" I'm actually putting a little edge on my criticism just to make up for the fact that on MSNBC last night somebody said, quote, "it wasn't a speech: it was a symphony." I'm sorry; I won't even name who did it. I am here to balance that bit of fatuous -- fatuous suck-upping!" (Read on Source)
R.I.P. to FNM and FRE
Joining the hallowed grounds inhabited by ENE, BSC, and all the rest...
5 Things I Wish Linux Had
Ken Hess's Linux Blog: "I'm a fairly prominent member of the Linux Community as a writer, contributor, and longtime evangelist for the cause and there are a few things I'd like the Community-at-Large to consider on my behalf. These are five things that I wish Linux had."
Microsoft Releases Silverlight 2
Microsoft released Silverlight 2, an update to the company's browser plug-in that allows users to view and interact with rich...
Linux Clone of Microsoft's Silverlight in Beta
InternetNews: "Linux users are getting closer to full Microsoft Silverlight functionality to view rich media applications on the Web. The Novell-sponsored Moonlight project today released its first beta of its Linux implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight media framework."
Tax Rebate Rewind - Taxpayers May Get a Second Chance for a Rebate
TurboTax Makes it Easy for Qualifying Taxpayers to Claim Recovery Rebate Credits (PRWeb Dec 9, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1725414.htm
Mano A Mano: Freeney vs. Backus
Will it be another week of feasting on quarterbacks for Dwight Freeney? During the Colts' current six game-winning streak, the Pro Bowl defensive end has contributed 6.5 sacks and two forced fumbles. This week again presents a very favorable match-up for Freeney. Longtime Lions left tackle Jeff Backus has mightily struggled with outside speed ... (Read on Source)
HP adds aluminum-clad Mini 2140 to netbook lineup
Hewlett-Packard completed its shift away from Via Technologies' C7 processor with the release of an updated version of its popular Mini 2130 netbook that offers a larger screen and uses an Atom processor.
The HP Mini 2140, which will be on display this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, offers a larger 10.1-inch screen. Unlike HP's Atom-based Mini 1000, which has a plastic case, the Mini 2140 retains the aluminum case used with the Mini 2130.
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Priced starting from US$499 in the U.S., the new netbook model offers a nearly full-size keyboard, a range of storage options that includes an 80GB solid-state drive, and a choice of a three-cell or six-cell battery. Users can also choose to install Microsoft's Windows Vista or Windows XP operating systems.
Inside, the Mini 2140 ditches the Via C7-M processor found in the 2140 for an Intel Atom processor. HP didn't say which Atom is used, but it's almost certainly the 1.6GHz Atom N270 that is the workhorse chip behind Intel's netbook platform.
The Mini 2140 will go on sale later this month, HP said.
Why The Swamp Sparrow Is Hitting The High Notes
Scientists have long thought that a bird's vocal performance is a static characteristic-set once a song is learned. Yet, biologists now explain that songbirds can modulate vocal performance, when it is important to do so.
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