V: A board has ruled that an openly gay U.S. sailor will not be discharged over the now-repealed Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy.Openly Gay Valley Sailor Not Discharged – KMPH Fox 26 Central San Joaquin Valley News Source in Freswww.kmph.comThursday, Petty… Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2011
V: Time Warner Cable ganked its iPad TV streaming app for the iPad because its content producers thought they could charge higher for an iPad experience. Sooo, only about two-thirds of the channels are now available through the app.
V: Time Warner Cable ganked its iPad TV streaming app for the iPad because its content producers thought they could charge higher for an iPad experience. Sooo, only about two-thirds of the channels are now available through the app.Time Warner Cable Ju… Continue reading
V: CNN has a nice segment about GE legally dodging taxes through "creative accounting." Do we really want the cream of the intellectual crop of our civilization devoted to figuring out how to wriggle out of responsibilities to share the burden?
V: CNN has a nice segment about GE legally dodging taxes through “creative accounting.” Do we really want the cream of the intellectual crop of our civilization devoted to figuring out how to wriggle out of responsibilities to share the burden?CNN.com … Continue reading
V: Not to kick ‘em while they’re down, but Faux Noise is down 20% in viewership compared to last year. Okay, maybe a little kick: "It looks like people are turning to REAL news."
V: Not to kick ‘em while they’re down, but Faux Noise is down 20% in viewership compared to last year. Okay, maybe a little kick: “It looks like people are turning to REAL news.”Glenn Beck Has Lost 30% Of His Viewers So Far In 2011 (FOX News Lost 21%)w… Continue reading
Operation Syria’s Facebook Wall 2011-03-31 23:17:26
Syria Offers Changes to Ward Off Protests
www.nytimes.com
Analysts said they were doubtful that the changes, coming a day after President Bashar al-Assad pointedly refused to make concessions, would amount to more than window dressing.
V: The top domain-name regulator has rolled out a new top-level domain, .xxx, which ushers in a flood of new top-level domains such as .nyc, .redcross, .law, and others. This transition is expected to dramatically reduce the importance of .com as a top-level domain.
V: The top domain-name regulator has rolled out a new top-level domain, .xxx, which ushers in a flood of new top-level domains such as .nyc, .redcross, .law, and others. This transition is expected to dramatically reduce the importance of .com as a top… Continue reading
V: Hacker News reports RIAA website brought down for about five hours by Operation Payback DDoS.
V: Hacker News reports RIAA website brought down for about five hours by Operation Payback DDoS.Anonymous Hackers Shut Down Music Industry Website Over $75 Trillion Lawsuit ~ THN : The Hackers Newwww.thehackernews.comThe Hackers News is an online Hacke… Continue reading
V: A new study finds air travel’s main impact on global warming is through the water contrails left behind forming insulating clouds.
V: A new study finds air travel’s main impact on global warming is through the water contrails left behind forming insulating clouds.Contrails impact climate more than planes’ carbon emissionsarstechnica.comWorried about the carbon emissions of airplan… Continue reading
http://www.bahrainrights.org/en/node/3857
http://www.bahrainrights.org/en/node/3857Bahrain: Human right defenders, bloggers and political activists at high risk | Bahrain Center for Hwww.bahrainrights.org2 Sayed-Yousef Al-Mahafdha Active member of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), Ho… Continue reading
V: Google has rolled out a "+1" button for search results, ads, and pages. Apparently, they’re also rolling out a pseudo-social network to back it up for recommendations and friend suggestions which honestly reminds me of StumbleUpon more than anything else.
V: Google has rolled out a “+1″ button for search results, ads, and pages. Apparently, they’re also rolling out a pseudo-social network to back it up for recommendations and friend suggestions which honestly reminds me of StumbleUpon more than anything… Continue reading
Operation Libya’s Facebook Wall 2011-03-31 22:50:22
Libya: Rumors fly of more defections | StarTribune.comwww.startribune.comTRIPOLI, LIBYA – Anxiety seized the Libyan government Thursday over the second defection in two days of a senior official close to Moammar Gadhafi, stirring talk of others to foll… Continue reading
V: Firefox got a boost today with its "Do Not Track" option when the Associated Press decided to be the first to jump onboard with the new initiative.
V: Firefox got a boost today with its “Do Not Track” option when the Associated Press decided to be the first to jump onboard with the new initiative.Mozilla’s Do Not Track header gaining ad industry supportarstechnica.comThe AP News Registry service h… Continue reading
http://liveword.ca/go/tyf
http://liveword.ca/go/tyfBahraini regime’s telecom censorship backfires, drawing criticism from western partners but only b.liveword.ca Continue reading
V: Cool story, bro: Colombian drug runners built a fully functional, kevlar-coated submarine for smuggling cocaine into the U.S.
V: Cool story, bro: Colombian drug runners built a fully functional, kevlar-coated submarine for smuggling cocaine into the U.S.» Authorities in Awe of Drug Runners’ Jungle-Built, Kevlar-Coated Supersubswww.wired.comThe drug cartels’ subs—called a q… Continue reading
V: TED talk on cracking the Stuxnet virus. I’m watching it now, but it comes highly recommended.
V: TED talk on cracking the Stuxnet virus. I’m watching it now, but it comes highly recommended.http://video.ted.com/talks/podcast/RalphLangner_2011_480.mp4video.ted.com Continue reading