Google selleth then taketh away, proving the need for DRM circumvention

Seeded on Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:46 PM EDT (Ars Technica)

It's not often that Google kills off one of its services, especially one which was announced with much fanfare at a big mainstream event like CES 2006.

google, technology, video, drm, dmca, library-of-congress

Church cancels gay vet's memorial

Seeded on Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:06 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

A megachurch canceled a memorial service for a Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because the deceased was gay.

church, navy, gay, veteran, us-news, megachurch

Examining Barack Obama's Strong Appeal to Highly Educated Americans

Seeded on Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:37 PM EDT (galluppoll.com)

Illinois Sen. and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has a much greater appeal to highly educated Americans than to those with less education.

democrats, politics, republicans, survey, john-edwards, barack-obama, al-gore, hillary-clinton

Apple's Mac Set to Soar

Seeded on Thu Aug 9, 2007 11:37 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

The fact of the matter is that this is simply the Mac's time. When we do, eventually, look back—and a decade or so from now, we will—we'll try to pinpoint the moment when Apple's Macintosh and OS X began to pick up significant steam.

technology, microsoft, apple, intel, mac, osx, windows, steve-jobs, market-share

Bridge Hero denies Bush request for photo op

Seeded on Thu Aug 9, 2007 11:23 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Among the dozens of wrenching accounts to come out of the collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis, the actions of 20-year-old Jeremy Hernandez were a bright spot: Trapped in a tipping school bus with 50 children, he kicked open the back door and began helping them …

bridge, president, george-bush, us-news, minneapolis

The Browser Scripting Revolution

Seeded on Wed Aug 8, 2007 12:34 PM EDT (ejohn.org)

IronMonkey is setting out with the goal of mapping Microsoft's Common Intermediate Language (CIL) to ActionScript Byte Code (ABC), allowing additional language implementations, such as IronPython and IronRuby, to run in the Tamarin Virtual Machine.

technology, microsoft, internet-explorer, mozilla, net, ironpython, clr, tamarin, dlr, ironruby

House Passes Changes in Eavesdropping Program

Seeded on Sun Aug 5, 2007 10:48 AM EDT (The New York Times)

The House Democratic leadership had severe reservations about the proposal and an overwhelming majority of Democrats opposed it. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the measure "does violence to the Constitution of the United States."

congress, senate, white-house, democrats, house, republicans, eavesdropping, us-news, wiretapping

Senate Passes Children's Health Bill, 68-31

Seeded on Fri Aug 3, 2007 1:02 AM EDT (The New York Times)

The Senate defied President Bush on Thursday and passed a bipartisan bill that would provide health insurance for millions of children in low-income families.

congress, senate, children, health-care, us-news

Parsing the increasingly bizarre sayings of Ichiro Suzuki.

Seeded on Fri Aug 3, 2007 12:01 AM EDT (Slate)

Three weeks ago, the Seattle Mariners signed Ichiro Suzuki to a five-year, $90 milion contract extension. It didn't take long for the 33-year-old outfielder to give the Mariners reason to believe that they might have made a bad decision.

sports, japan, baseball, mariners, seattle, ichiro-suzuki, ichiro

Kucinich receives pro-impeachment petitions with more than 120K signatures

Seeded on Thu Aug 2, 2007 11:23 PM EDT (Raw Story)

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) said his push to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney is gaining support among the American people as he collected petitions with more than 100,000 signatures supporting the effort.

politics, united-states, impeachment, dick-cheney, dennis-kucinich

Republicans Shun Debate, and Right Cries Out

Seeded on Wed Aug 1, 2007 10:41 PM EDT (The New York Times)

When the leading Republican presidential candidates started to squirm last week about attending a Sept. 17 YouTube debate, in which the public would ask questions via video, there was a surprising backlash from the world of Republican and conservative bloggers.

debate, blogs, democrats, politics, republicans, youtube, you-tube

An e-mail connection to White House wrongdoing?

Seeded on Wed Aug 1, 2007 9:25 AM EDT (CNET)

The House Oversight Committee has been investigating whether White House officials violated the Presidential Records Act by using e-mail accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee and the Bush Cheney '04 campaign.

white-house, politics, president, committee, records, karl-rove, jack-abramoff, george-bush, alberto-gonzales, rnc

Microsoft not so 'open' after all?

Seeded on Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:18 AM EDT (Computerworld)

The head of the open-source group that will decide whether to certify Microsoft Corp.'s "shared source" software licenses as open-source licenses said that more than half of Redmond's licenses appear to automatically fail the group's rules.

technology, microsoft, open-source, gpl, windows, linux, licenses, osi, shared-source

85-year-old man learns he needn't lease his phone

Seeded on Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:23 PM EDT (CNET News.com)

Lloyd Overlock never had much reason to think about his telephone. The 85-year-old Hermon resident just paid his bills and knew the service was there if he needed it.

verizon, odd-news, at-t, telephone, lease

Mr. Gonzales's Never-Ending Story

Seeded on Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:53 AM EDT (The New York Times)

President Bush often insists he has to be the decider — ignoring Congress and the public when it comes to the tough matters on war, terrorism and torture, even deciding whether an ordinary man in Florida should be allowed to let his wife die with dignity.

congress, white-house, politics, president, justice-department, george-bush, alberto-gonzales, impeach

Democrats Agree on Overhaul of Lobbying

Seeded on Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:04 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Congressional Democrats reached tentative agreement Friday night on a major overhaul of lobbying rules that would for the first time require lawmakers to identify lobbyists who assemble multiple donations and turn them over to candidates.

congress, senate, democrats, politics, house, lobbying, jack-abramoff, harry-reid, nancy-pelosi

Firefox 3 gets full-page zoom

Seeded on Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:48 AM EDT (Ars Technica)

The much-anticipated page zoom feature has finally landed in Firefox 3 nightly builds. Firefox 3 will now be able to zoom the entire page, including images as well as text, just like Opera and IE 7.

technology, opera, firefox, gecko, ie

ENERGY STAR Certification Updated for Computers

Seeded on Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:29 AM EDT (floppyhead.com)

On July 20th, ENERGY STAR's new specifications for computers went into effect.

technology, energy, global-warming, environment, saving, apple, climate-change, computer, dell, lenovo

ACLU Calls on Congress to Assert its Constitutional Role

Seeded on Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:55 AM EDT (No End in Sight: Immigrants Locked Up for Years Without Hearings | American Civil Liberties Union)

The American Civil Liberties Union called on Congress today to reaffirm itself as an equal branch of government and vote to hold White House officials in contempt for refusing to cooperate with legitimate congressional subpoenas.

congress, constitution, politics, president, american, liberty, aclu, constitutional-role

Key Democrat pushes Iraq pullout without deadline

Seeded on Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:01 PM EDT (Reuters)

Murtha said some Republicans on Capitol Hill, backed by the White House, have advocated reducing U.S. troops in Iraq to 70,000 from the current level of nearly 160,000.

iraq, congress, white-house, defense, politics, house, pullout

What happens in a fair fight?

Seeded on Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:05 PM EDT (Daily Kos)

Why is a fair fight so dangerous to the Right? Because the American people don't trust them on anything. Which party do voters trust on these issues? Nat. Security Taxes Education Abortion Immigration Economy War in Iraq Soc. Security Ethics Healthcare

poll, issues, politics, gop, republican, trust, democrat

Samsung prices combo Blu-ray/HD DVD player at $1,050

Seeded on Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:03 PM EDT (CNET)

Samsung announced final official details on two expensive Blu-ray players today, including the HD DVD-playin' BD-UP5000 we wrote about before, and a new home theater-in-a-box (HTiB) that incorporates a Blu-ray player, the HT-BD2.

technology, dvd, samsung, hd-dvd, blu-ray, bluray

Ron Paul teams up with Dem candidate to end war

Seeded on Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:49 PM EDT (Raw Story)

Ron Paul, a Republican Presidential candidate who is opposed to the war in Iraq, believes that lawmakers can reach across the aisle to pass legislation that will bring American troops home as soon as possible.

iraq, politics, u-s, george-bush, joe-scarborough, dennis-kucinich, ron-paul

Brown drops 'war on terror,' redefining the fight

Seeded on Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:01 AM EDT (International Herald Tribune)

When terrorists tried to blow up civilians in London and Glasgow, Gordon Brown, the new British prime minister, responded in his own distinctive way.

britain, terror, terrorism, tony-blair, george-bush, world-news, prime-minister, gordon-brown, al-qaeda

Why the Apple Store is crushing the competition

Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:50 AM EDT

My mother wanted to join the digital music age, and upon seeking my advice, I suggested an iPod nano for her. She knew nothing about MP3 players in general, so I offered to go shopping with her.

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