I Freed Myself From E-Mail’s Grip
I can totally relate to this guy. Can you?
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The Bulb Hoarders.
The government wants your old-fashioned energy-hungry incandescent tungsten light bulb gone, and gone soon. But some people are willing to go to great lengths to hang onto the lights they love.
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Firefox 3 gotcha: No more yellow address bars
One of the first things I noticed using Firefox 3 was that the address bar for HTTPS (encrypted) pages was no longer yellow. As the old joke goes, it’s not a bug, it’s a feature. That is, the decision was made for the address bar in Firefox 3 to always be white.
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Cell phones rules changing for Calif. drivers
To Celeste Tyler and her teenage friends, text-messaging is as effortless as tying their shoes.
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Horny for Ubuntu 8.10: first look at Intrepid Ibex
The first alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10, codenamed Intrepid Ibex, was made available on Saturday. This preliminary Intrepid prerelease includes updated packages, a new version of the Linux kernel, and an experimental new visual style.
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Yahoo’s board takes its case to shareholders
Yahoo Inc. is starting to meet with its major shareholders in hopes of fending off activist investor Carl Icahn.
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Tesla Motors, Schwarzenegger to Make WhiteStar Manufacturing Announcement
Tesla just sent out a media alert that says the company will be making a big announcement on Monday afternoon concerning a significant development in Tesla’s manufacturing strategy for the electric vehicle startup’s next car, a sedan code-named WhiteStar.
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eBay told to pay $59M to fashion brand for fakes
A French commercial court Monday ordered eBay Inc. to pay more than $59 million to a high-end fashion company because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site.
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Pistol Cams keep cops honest
If a cop points a gun at you, remember to smile. No, not to keep the officer from pulling the trigger (though it couldn’t hurt), but because you might be on camera.
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AP Interview: Ex-Intel head pushes electric cars
Former Intel Corp. Chairman Andy Grove has a knack for sensing when circumstances should force changes at a company or an industry — and how to respond.
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Paper Prototyping (in Web Design)
As interfaces become ever more complex and development schedules seem to get shorter and shorter, you may find it useful to give up your user-interface modeling software for awhile in favor of something simpler. All you need is paper, pens, scissors, and your imagination.
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Rhapsody Agrees DRM Is Dead; Launches MP3 Store
Streaming music service Rhapsody has joined the likes of Wal-Mart, Amazon, and Napster by launching an MP3 store.Its move to offer unprotected music downloads has been anticipated since last Fall when Real Networks joined forces with MTV and Verizon. The Rhapsody MP3 Store offers music from all four major labels (Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, [...]
GLaDOS GPS voice pack just wants to help you find your way. To the morgue.
Filed under: Gaming, GPS
An enterprising nerd by the name of Ryan VanMiddlesworth is clearly a bigger Portal fan than you, since he’s cobbled together a GLaDOS-simulating voice pack for Garmin Nüvis. Just don’t try to prevent “GLaGPS” from constantly trying to divert you to cake-related points of interest, else you may find yourself tossing your [...]
Grou.ps Pulls In $1.1 Million, Opens Up Code To Take On Ning
Grou.ps, a startup based in San Francisco, has secured a $1.1 Million Series A financing round in a deal led by Golden Horn Ventures. Grou.ps will also now be open-sourcing a restricted version of its code, with a view to spreading its collaboration tools. This move is based around the idea of commoditizing the [...]
Governator to Help Announce New Tesla Sedan Tomorrow
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is holding a press conference tomorrow with Tesla Motors, makers of some of the coolest electric cars on the planet, to announce a 4 door, 5 passenger sedan slated for release in 2010.Not much information right now but rumor has it that it will be called the Whitestar and should be [...]