February 2009
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January 2009
Google flags entire internet as malware →
Google flags entire internet as malwareFound this as i was googling (see link below). Techcrunch reports this breaking…
Latest ATI Linux Video Driver Introduces Full... →
AMD has just announced a new and improved version of its ATI Catalyst Linux display driver, available for both x86 and x86_64 architectures. ATI Catalyst 9.1 introduces final and stable support for…
Map of Heaven (Including America Land) →
Every day is Memorial Day or Veteran’s Day in America Land. God Bless America!
The Energy Scale: 100 Orders of Magnitude (PIC) →
‘Relatively’ fascinating! Get it?… alright, never mind.
Battlestar Galactica: The Timeline →
From characters to plot twists to locales and beyond, our blow-by-blow overview of the hit show.
Lenka – Bring Me Down →
Lenka – The Show →
Sacrificing security for usability: UAC security... →
Angry Senator Wants Pay Cap On Wall Street... →
An angry U.S. senator introduced legislation Friday to cap compensation for employees of any company that accepts federal bailout money. Under the terms of a bill introduced by Sen. Claire McCaskill,…
Aerocivic - aerodynamic mods for maximum fuel... →
I started this project after the Hurricane Katrina-inspired gas price run up, as I have a long commute and, except for a few hybrids, the car companies were busy introducing models with ever poorer…
20 Worst Supermarket Foods →
Some egregious offenders in the supermarket are conspicuous calorie bombs, others are junk food masquerading as healthy food, but all 20 of these foods have one thing in common: They’ll undermine…
Israel 'hides settlements data' →
The Israeli defence ministry has concealed information about the extent of illegal settlement-building in the West Bank, a leading newspaper reports.
Giuliani: Corporate plums help keep NYC afloat -... →
First of all, it gets taxed as income. Secondly, it gets taxes again when somebody buys something with it.
A Long-Lived Privilege? →
Bush lawyer directs Rove not to talk to Congress once again
Apple Approved iPhone Inter-process Communication →
Great news for iPhone development, as Apple now allows apps to communicate with each other. Here’s how it works.
Wind jobs outstrip the coal industry. →
New data has revealed a turning point for our green energy future. In 2008, wind industry jobs jumped to 85,000, a 70% increase from the previous year, according to a report released Tuesday from the…
For Your Eyes Only Online | James Bond and Ian... →
Obamicon.Me - Home →
iPhoto '09: The Definitive Review and Tip Sheet →
If you couldn’t tell from yesterday’s facial recognition special, I’ve been immersed in iPhoto ‘09—just me and 30,000 photos. Here’s my full rundown of the app, plus tips to make it work better and…
15+ Incredibly Useful Mac Apps For Freelance Web... →
In today’s post you will find 15 incredibly useful Mac Apps for freelance web designers to get their website or application styled in a fraction of the time it took before and help them manage their…
How Gmail Destroyed Outlook →
As of this week, Gmail has reached perfection: You no longer have to be online to read or write messages. Desktop programs like Microsoft Outlook have always been able to access your old mail. There…
Google Launches Its ISP Throttling Detector, aka... →
With its partners on this project, the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute and the PlanetLab Consortium. M-Lab is designed to be “an open platform that researchers can use to deploy…
Google Chrome Accesses Hotmail by Pretending It's... →
According to weblog Google Blogoscoped, Google Chrome is spoofing its user agent at Hotmail, Microsoft’s popular but much-maligned webmail application.
50 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time →
Guitar World ranks the 50 greatest solos in rock and roll history. Do you agree or disagree, and how about number one?
CD Sales Plunge 54.6% in 2008 From Peak Year in... →
“As if the news from Wall Street, Detroit, and Starbucks was not bad enough, DigitalMusicNews.com is reporting that CD sales have now fallen to less than half the number of CDs sold in their peak…
Mars Spirit Rover is acting strangely →
For some unknown reason, the rover has had on-and-off problems accessing its permanent memory and completing standard operations like driving around taking pictures of Mars.
New things on deck… →
Not that it will be connected to this or that, but the blocks are on the table, and oh, where’s the glue?
Christine Todd Whitman: RNC chairman can signal... →
In an ideas piece, Whitman expresses her fear that the GOP remains focused on the past - namely, big government social conservatism. She recommends the party focus on low taxes with balanced budgets,…
» Mystery 25-cent charges on credit cards Dvorak... →
AT&T and Apple Discussing 3G-Ready MacBooks →
AT&T is hoping to make 3G-enabled notebooks a staple of its cellular business, and in an executive interview hints that it may be chatting with Apple to extend its reach into MacBooks or other…
Why Your Bank is Broke →
Sketch loans, financial blunders, and a string of bad bets have left America’s banks nearly insolvent. How an industry collapsed — and why only nationalization might solve it
Bush was a dress code stickler; Obama is more laid... →
Pictures of a jacket-less Obama in the White House seemed to signal a more informal culture. Thus did an ironclad rule of the Bush administration — coat and tie in the Oval Office at all times — fall…
Firefox Mobile Coming For Windows Mobile Within a... →
Adorably-mascotted Firefox Mobile ‘Fennec’ is on its way to an early February release for the Windows Mobile-powered HTC Touch Pro, according to a post on the project’s developer wiki.
Ford Loses $5.9B in 4Q, Says Still Won't Seek Aid.... →
DEARBORN, Mich. – Ford Motor Co. says it lost $5.9 billion in the fourth quarter but it has no plans to seek federal aid unless economic conditions worsen.The second-largest U.S. automaker says it…
USPS says mail deliveries may have to be cut to 5... →
Massive deficits could force the post office to cut out one day of mail delivery per week, the postmaster general told Congress on Wednesday. Postmaster General John E. Potter asked lawmakers to lift…
WTF! Bart Simpson Promotes Scientology? →
Scientologist Nancy Cartwright, who does the voice of Bart Simpson on “The Simpsons,” has recorded a message in the voice of the iconic animated character promoting the controversial quasi-religious…
Obama and his Mac →
WD Launches Monster 2 Terabyte (TB) Green Drive,... →
Today Western Digital is announcing their WD20WEADS hard drive, otherwise known as the WD Caviar Green 2.0TB. With 32MB of onboard cache and special power management algorithms to balance spindle…
National Geographic to Launch Record Label →
The National Geographic Society announced today that it will launch a full-service record label, Nat Geo Music—which also serves as the music division the company established in 2007. The label will…
I Survived the Bush Administration . . . the... →
A T-Shirt that will define a generation
Jessica Alba schools Bill O’Reilly in WW II... →
Alba and O’Reilly traded punches last week after the presidential inauguration. After Alba told a reporter that O’Reilly was “kind of an a-hole;” he retaliated by calling her a “pinhead” for telling…
Optical Illusion Girlfriend →
Elephant Larry presents a story you have to see twice to believe.
Europe’s Grass-Lined Green Railways →
One way to ameliorate climate change is to replace concrete with green, growing stuff wherever possible. Europe is showing that its green-grass railways is a good way to go. Say goodbye to…
Traces of mercury in high-fructose corn syrup →
A swig of soda or bite of a candy bar might be sweet, but a new study suggests that food made with corn syrup also could be delivering tiny doses of toxic mercury.
Obama's Energy Plan: Data Dismisses Doubters →
Michael Morris, the CEO of American Electric Power, said in regards to President Obama’s goal of doubling renewable energy in three years that Obama’s target is too ambitious. Interestingly enough,…
Griffin Technology: SmartShare USB →
Karl Rove Asks Obama Lawyers for Executive... →
Subpoenaed by Rep. Conyers to testify before Congress, Karl Rove has left the debate over whether or not he is protected from testifying to Barack Obama. Rove had previously refused to appear by…
Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism →
King Black Acid – School Blood →