Woof! NYC Dog Owners Win Total Victory
Woof woof! We won! It's finally official - the courts and the Parks Department has granted total victory to New York City dog owners by making the 9 pm to 9 am off-leash policy official. Tens of thousands of dog owners banded together, lawyers and many others donated many hours of their time, and we beat those dog haters fair and square. Woof! (Read on Source)
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Commanding Your Attention
A patience and respect you don't see everyday. God bless all who serve. (Read on Source)
PRIME BEEF
MOVE over, Marcus Schenkenberg. The hot new male model is German-born Johannes Huebl. The busy Wilhelmina star (dubbed Jo-hotness by one fan) can be seen steaming up the YouTube airwaves as the title character in the video for "The Manny," Holly...
We Love to Fly and It Shows: Inside the World of Mileage Running
Wired News gives one intrepid reporter $500 and a mission: Squeeze as many airline miles as possible out of those five bills, using the tricks and techniques invented by a subculture of airline hackers called "mileage runners" who specialize in accumulating bargain frequent-flyer miles.
PS3 price cut isn't going to last?
Blog: Sony Computer Entertainment's CEO and president Kaz Hirai has confirmed that the PS3 price cut isn't going to last.
DeLorean Making a Small Comeback
The car made famous by the ?Back to the Future? movies ? and Cars.com?s top movie car for two years running ? is back. Well, not really back, but a small custom shop in Texas has bought the DeLorean Motor Company name and parts after the original went bankrupt. The new DeLorean company is delivering completely rebuilt gull-wing cars at a starting price of $42,500.
For that price, the DeLorean is completely stripped and rebuilt from the frame up using original and refurbished parts. That means the inside looks exactly like it did in 1981. For us, this screams of the perfect opportunity to revise the interior to modern-day levels and leave the exterior alone. That?s basically what Ford did with the Mustang a few years ago. The small rear-mounted engine is also fitted to original specifications. The new DeLorean Motor Co. looks to produce just 20 of these a year and sell parts for existing models. Is there anyone out there who would pony up $42,500 for one of these new retro rides?
For the DeLorean, it's Back to the Present (LATimes.com)
iPhone Crowned King of the Smartphone Hill for July
The Apple iPhone outsold any other other smartphone in July and essentially tied the sales of the most popular feature phone, market research firm iSuppli reported Tuesday. The iPhone accounted for 1.8 percent of all mobile handset unit sales to U.S. consumers during July, or 220,000 units," Jonathan Cassell, iSuppli's editorial director and manager of public relations, told MacNewsWorld.
Oil prices inch above $81
U.S. oil prices rose above the $81 level Thursday in early electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Gargiulo returns to CFL after serious injury
Calgary Stampeders defensive end Anthony Gargiulo, who broke his leg plus torn ligaments and tendons on an illegal block by B.C.'s Jason Jimenez last season, has been added to the CFL team's practice roster. (Read on Source)
SEO Chat Forums - How important is RSS for google and which part of RSS?
Date: July 15th, 2008 11:50 AM - toplisek - How important is RSS for google and which part of RSS? Post: I have the following questions: 1. How important is RSS for google and 2. which part of RSS? Should be in sitemap direct path for XML file as source for published RSS news or there is direct...
Egypt: Regime Bans Critical Book on Country by British Author
Palgrave Macmillan was informed this week that local booksellers in Egypt are now banned from stocking copies of Inside Egypt. (PRWeb Jul 23, 2008)
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Oil spill tars Mississippi River
A barge full of more than 400,000 gallons of fuel and a heavy tanker collided in New Orleans on Wednesday, spreading a rainbow sheen of oil across 100 miles of the Mississippi River down to the Gulf of Mexico. The smell of the industrial boiler oil spread for miles, according to residents, and stands out even in a city known for its industrial ... (Read on Source)
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
Musharraf given deadline to quit or be impeached
A top ruling party official on Saturday gave Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf a two-day deadline to quit or face impeachment ...
Video Game Market Gets a Case of Summertime Blues
The gains that have made 2008 a blockbuster year for the video game market continued in August; however, the rate of sales showed signs of slowing down for the month. Overall sales growth was held to single digits for the first time since 2006, according to numbers released Friday from market research firm NPD.
How Soon Until We Start Hearing Stories Of Twitter Criminals?
You may have recently heard that story of a bank robber who, rather ingeniously, used Craigslist to create a diversion so he could get away with his crime. He put up a message, asking a bunch of people to show up for construction work, and told them what to wear, very specifically. He had them gather near the bank he was planning to rob -- and then wore the same outfit. After robbing the bank, police and security then saw a mob of folks all matching the same basic description as the bank robber. So far, the guy seems to have gotten away with the crime.
However, it's only a matter of time until others start thinking about ways to make use of social media for crime. This isn't to blame social media at all (though, expect the press -- and possibly politicians -- to falsely focus on the tech), as it's just a tool. But it is worth thinking about how criminals might use these technologies, if we want to think about ways to prevent the worst abuses. Jeremy Wagstaff has an interesting post where he wonders if Twitter will become a source of info for scammers and criminals, who gather the info people reveal about themselves to use in a crime. He's riffing off of a David Weinberger blog post, which jokes about how the opposite of the Do Not Disturb sign in many hotels says something along the lines of "Make Up My Room Now." As Weingberg astutely notes, some could interpret this as actually saying: "I'm Out, So This Would Be a Good to Rob Me, Especially If You Are Squeamish about Violence."
Wagstaff wonders if the same is true about status updates on Twitter, Facebook and other social sites -- and someone announcing that they're away from home opens up an opportunity to a burglar to break in. To some extent, I would imagine that could be true -- and I'm almost positive we'll eventually read some story somewhere about a criminal using data on Twitter to do something -- but it's difficult to see how most Twitter messages are really that revealing. It's not that difficult for a potential burglar to just canvas a house and see that the inhabitants go to work every day, and they get the same benefit, totally unrelated to the status message. Also, I'd argue that what a status message leaves out may turn out to be more important than what is put in. For example, my Twitter status might note that I'm traveling and in Chicago right now... but might not mention the fact that a friend, who spent a few years in the army, is housesitting for me and watching my pets. Anyone who relies solely on the Twitter message to decide where to rob, might be in for a bit of a surprise.
In some ways, this whole thing is similar to the "fear" when answering machines first showed up. There were reports that warned people not to say "we're not in right now" as people were told that criminals might use this to figure out who to rob. Instead, they were told to say "we can't get to the phone right now," as a transparent sort of hedge. Of course, the whole thing was silly. It was hardly an efficient way for criminals to find out who to rob, and the actual risk was quite low. The same thing is likely true of any "threat" of criminals using Twitter.
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Concern in G.O.P. After Rough Week for McCain
Republicans said that they were worried John McCain was heading for defeat without a clear message. (Read on Source)
Does SciFi Hurt Space Exploration - or Help it?
Is Science Fiction Responsible for the Lack of Public Interest in Space Exploration? , SFSignal "It's not often that our real life science heroes utter disparaging remarks against science fiction. In fact, the opposite is usually true; science fiction is often cited as a source of inspiration and interest. Enter Buzz Aldrin, who caused a stir ... (Read on Source)
Titans remain undefeated
Kerry Collins threw for 289 yards and two touchdowns, and the Tennessee Titans beat the Chicago Bears 21-14 Sunday to remain undefeated despite rushing for just 20 yards. (Read on Source)
SoftLayerTM Offers Parallels Virtuozzo Containers for Dedicated Server Solutions
SoftLayer offers Parallels Virtuozzo Containers
Another Quickie: ReactOS
... only really started using Linux when I found Mandrake, and have since used Slackware, Debian, and Arch, amongst others; and most recently Gentoo and SuSE Linux 10. I have ...
Blockbuster and 2Wire delivers the MediaPoint movie streaming player
It wasn’t that long ago, that Blockbuster semi-announced plans to enter the crowded realm of movie streaming devices and sure enough, here is the device. The 2Wire manufactured device, dubbed MediaPoint, doesn’t require a Blockbuster subscription and for a limited time is “available for free with the advance rental of 25 first- (Read on Source)
SanDisk firmware update adds OGG, FLAC support to Clip and Fuze
SanDisk releases a major firmware update for two of its Sansa MP3 players, the Clip and the Fuze. Enhancements include support for Ogg Vorbis and FLAC audio files.
The future of music retail
When big chains stop selling music, where will casual music fans turn to make impulse buys?
Friday Podcast: PPC Strategies With Andrew Payne
I met Andrew Payne on the CashTactics blog where he’s leading a PPC case study. Andrew’s in stealth mode and hasn’t given many public talks yet, though he’s certainly an affiliate marketer to watch. Starting his PPC campaigns in Oct 2007, he generated over $1,000 in commissions in 4 days and has continued using PPC in his [. (Read on Source)
Henry M. dies at 82; victim of brain surgery accident offered doctors key insights into memory
For 55 years, he was known to the world at large only as HM or Henry M., the survivor of brain surgery that went catastrophically wrong, leaving him with a form of amnesia that prevented him from collecting any new memories and living in a pre-1953 world. (Read on Source)
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Peter King: Steelers continue to survive in tough games
I didn't see the indisputable visual evidence that Walt Coleman saw under the hood in Baltimore. It was close, very close, and most likely Santonio Holmes did break the plane of the goal line in Baltimore on the biggest play of the biggest AFC game of the weekend, but it was not indisputable. (Read on Source)
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