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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:21:06 +0000 - Apple and Linux computers appear to be exempt from China's mandate that a controversial Internet filtering program be shipped with all computers sold in the country. PCs that do not meet the software's technical requirements are excluded, according to one manufacturer. And as of now, there is no version of the web filter software for Mac or Linux.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:30:01 +0000 - Without sending users on some sort of boot camp, changing the preconceptions of users may seem a daunting task. But there are ways to ease the pain of learning Linux.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:00:48 +0000 - Security experts have discovered a flaw in the way Apple's iPhone handles text messages, prompting the company to ready a patch to fix the issue.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:02:20 +0000 - Double Vision is one of the best web browsers for this kind of thing - it lets you view and interact with two applications at the same time, without having to switch windows again and again. So, you could be working on your presentation and watching your favorite video or even better - a related tutorial at the same time.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:00:14 +0000 - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thieves are increasingly going after iPhones and other smartphones but victims now can fight back with technology.One device allows a user to remotely activate a loud siren designed
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:40:01 +0000 - Do you like your privacy? I bet you do. What about being able to read all kinds of stuff on the internet without having to hand over your credit card number -- do you like that, too? I bet that's another yes. But which do you like more? You'd better figure that out quickly, because, if you don't, Congress just might decide for you.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:00:03 +0000 - Moblin is an Intel-created open-source operating system for netbooks and people who use them. On a technical level this means Moblin is built for the Atom x86 chip found in many netbooks, while on a practical level it means Moblin is an Internet- and multimedia-focused operating system.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:20:03 +0000 - Companies like Google and IBM are trying to lead the world in cutting-edge, efficient data centers. Not to be outdone, on Tuesday Yahoo announced they're hoping to change to future of data centers as well. The company unveiled plans to build one of the world's most efficient data centers in Lockport, NY and the details do sound pretty exciting.
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:40:02 GMT - Sony Computer Entertainment America was granted a patent on Friday for a "hand-held [sic] device with touchscreen and digital tactile pixels." It'd be a stretch to say any of this is explicitly indicative of a PSP 2.0 or PSP phone, but it is interesting to note that "game device" is listed as one of the potential applications,
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:25:43 GMT - From WWI session: See what team Blizzard had to say about the newfound power of the Zerg Queen, the upgraded Protoss Mothership and the reason behind de-emphasizing heroic classes.
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:45:22 GMT - This video is a product of Tobacco Free Florida, This funny anti-smoking ad uses a first-person shooter game to reach the 11-17 year old demographic.
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:00:23 GMT - Crytek’s CEO Cevat Yerli is an interesting guy. He says PC gamers are the biggest pirates ever with a ratio of 20 to 1 for pirated games. He also blamed the high system requirement for Crysis on a “naming convention issue,” apparently “very high” should have been ‘ultra high”and “high” should have been “very high” and so on.
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:20:03 GMT - Blizzard announces the highly-anticipated Diablo 3. Thousands of nerds lose control of their bodily functions and nerdgasm.
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:10:03 GMT - Three gamers, seven games, fifty-five hours, all for the sake of the children. The trio is broadcasting their Super Mario Marathon live all weekend via UStreamTV, kicking off at 3PM Eastern and going until all the games are completed or they go crazy and turn on each other.
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:00:03 GMT - Anyone who’s played GTA IV remembers that infamous rape scene in the game, which allowed to accumulate points and…what’s that? You…you don’t remember that? Oooooh, that’s right, because there wasn’t one. Well, try explaining that to Connecticut Senator, Gayle Slossberg (D).
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:43:39 GMT - It is the 4th day and the mysterious ice is cracking even more, we cannow clearly see a pair of eyes staring back through the sky. Also thenewest Purple Monster graphic reveals more then just its body...
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:10:09 +0000 - And you thought that Asteroids movie was a far-fetched idea? "Fringe" co-producer and writer Brad Caleb Kane will be writing a movie based on Fisher-Price's View-Master toy. Kane later confirmed the news on his Twitter adding that, "it'll be like the old 80's Amblin movies: Goonies, Young Sherlock… In that vein."
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:10:02 +0000 - Soulja Boy had some frustration to get off his chest on Wednesday night, so he launched into a 2-hour Twitter tirade about "crackers" and his struggles as an artist.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:00:01 +0000 - In an interview with Radio 4's Front Row, the Sweeney Todd star said his children had watched more of his own films than he had. "I prefer to walk away with the experience as opposed to walking away with the product," he explained. Depp is in London to promote new film Public Enemies, in which he plays the gangster John Dillinger.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:30:01 +0000 - An unofficial and totally free high-concept Lord of the Rings prequel made for under $5,000. The film remains true to the style of Peter Jackson's films and the world of J.R.R. Tolkien telling how Aragorn tracked down Gollum between The Hobbit & The Fellowship of the Ring.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:40:01 +0000 - Every once in a while, I write down a piece of advice I'd like to pass on to my kids one day. (In fact, these pieces of advice may soon form an 11Points list.) The addition that sparked this list: Take each yearbook photos as serious as life or death.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:40:16 +0000 - The recent recommendation by an FDA advisory panel to do away with acetaminophen-containing prescription painkillers raised many questions for consumers. Here are some answers.......
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:42:48 +0000 - Scots have an unhealthy approach to sunbathing and the highest risk of contracting skin cancer in the UK, researchers have warned.The study by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society found some had even used baby lotion and even chip fat to get a tan.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:50:02 +0000 - What the heck?! Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the U.S. with 1.4 million employees. 53 percent of its employees are uninsured, and 36,000 are insured through Medicaid. So WHY would they want to pay healthcare for all these people?!
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:30:01 +0000 - Fast food, processed foods are high in calories.But, at least according to the former Surgeon General, companies produce these foods specifically to induce craving for more -- which ultimately alters brain circuitry to cause some heightened level of physiological need.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:00:02 +0000 - There is so much you can't know about your spouse when you get married, like that one day she will want to eat her placenta.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:10:01 +0000 - Deaths from Marijuana v. 17 FDA-Approved Drugs featuring hundreds of credible pros and cons including scientific marijuana
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:10:01 +0000 - “On the Fourth of July most accidents happen because of stupidity,” Ben Abo, a veteran emergency medical technician, says. “That is my job security.”
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:10:01 +0000 - The fact is that while your doctor may see you every once in a while, you live in your body every single day, and that makes you the best judge of your own health -- if you know what cues to look for. Here are 16 ways to play doctor detective – on yourself.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:20:01 +0000 - An HIV/AIDS vaccine developed in Canada has passed safety tests in animals and the researchers are awaiting approval to begin human trials in the U.S.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:51:41 +0000 - Hotel de Glace is a very unique hotel in Quebec, Canada, that’s made of ice and snow. With a total surface area of more than 32,000 square feet (3,000 square meters), it’s no surprise that this ice hotel is grand and has 36 rooms, suites (one has a fireplace!), a bar, and a chapel.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:30:02 +0000 - Would you trust a glass floor that’s an inch and a half thick when suspended 103 stories in the air? People in Chicago today can find out at the Sears Tower.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:20:03 +0000 - Are you tired of busy cities, crowded streets, high rents and almost non-affordable mortgage? Well...there are places in the world where you can live well for less. The cheapest places to live are also some of the most beautiful and exotic destinations. So why not to pack your bags and dreams and move to one of these paradise locations?
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:20:02 +0000 - National Geographic PIC Gallery: Before it reopens on the Fourth of July, get an insider's eye on the Statue of Liberty; the inside of her face, the little-known ladder to the torch, her invisible to tourists toes and more. Visitor access to the Statue of Liberty's crown reopens on July 4th for the first time since 9/11. Happy Independence Day USA!
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:50:01 +0000 - Recent trips to the airport have left me in amazement at the seeming decline in airline provisions and the imposition of new fees on almost every service of value to travelers.Here is a handy guide to each airline's pricing for additional services to help you know for what you are going to have to pay, before you buy your ticket.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:01 +0000 - There are railway stations around the world that offer more than hot beverages and gloomy stationary stores. A select few are actually so nice they're almost part of your holiday.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:10:01 +0000 - It was planned to be built 30 years ago, back in 1970s. It was called the “super string transportation system” and was claimed to come to replace the existing rail road technologies.
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:20:01 +0000 - Travelers are getting back to the basics, seeking to experience the world on a budget and taking the time to explore their own backyards. For many, that means hitting the road.
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:15:18 +0000 - From the Space Academy for Adults to next month's Comic-Con 2009 in sunny San Diego or a Lord of the Rings movie location tour in New Zealand, there are plenty of vacation opportunities for those who believe -- oh, say a few days of live action role-playing games -- beats a week at the beach.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:26:00 PDT - Never say never, but this may be the first blog ever posted live from the monumental earthwork on the edge of the Great Salt Lake called Spiral Jetty.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:25:00 PDT - The victim, a 26-year-old woman, is in serious but stable condition with a wound to the shoulder. Some media outlets are reporting robbery as the motive, but police say it's too early to tell.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:14:00 PDT - Reports say a blown transformer knocked out power to the Fisher Plaza data center, which is home to the Bing Travel servers, among others.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:11:00 PDT - Martin Veitch at CIO.co.uk riffs on how certain football clubs resemble software companies, to good and painful effect.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:54:00 PDT - Hacker who originally unlocked the iPhone has let loose a jailbreaking app for the iPhone 3GS ahead of the iPhone dev team. For now, it's Windows-only, but a Mac version is supposedly on the way.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:43:00 PDT - Three just-published patent applications hint at the company's future plans. But it could be a while before we see any of the functionality built into iPhones or other Apple devices.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:00:00 PDT - q&a From puzzles and chess to ciphers and antivirus software, Zulfikar Ramzan talks about how he got into the computer security business and where it's headed.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:00 PDT - At the U.S. Army's Dugway Proving Grounds facility in the Utah desert, researchers look for ways to protect soldiers against "bugs" that could easily kill or sideline them.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:00 PDT - Mozilla's latest version plays catch-up with the browser competition. Also: the latest in Windows 7 news, and a Yahoo data center in a new shade of green.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:54:00 PDT - Open source has a role to play in cloud computing, but it's likely not to be the vanquisher of old, proprietary dominance.
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:19:54 GMT - Publisher goes Super Saiyan, grabs five-year exclusive license for games based on license across all major consoles and handhelds.
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:01:54 GMT - MMA Underground forum reports mixed martial arts organization will disavow any competitors that sign up for Electronic Arts' new brawler.
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:04:01 GMT - Universal comes out on top of bidding war to bring Atari arcade classic to theaters; producer of G.I. Joe, Doom films attached.
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:18:56 GMT - EA Dice's multiplayer-only downloadable shooter arrives on Xbox 360 July 8, PS3 a day later for $15; PC edition slated for September.
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:28:40 EST - Front Page: 'Creature' musical makes its debut in Hollywood -- Universal has been keeping its classic monsters in the spotlight with film reboots. Now the studio is adding a tuner to the mix.
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:46:13 EST - Front Page: Paramount pic tallies '09's best box office in 2 weeks -- Paramount's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is on the verge of becoming the highest-grossing pic of the year at the worldwide box office --all in less than two weeks in release.
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:55:38 EST - Front Page: Film companies dubious of specialty pickups -- With the first half of the year in film festivals behind us, it's hard not to notice the nearly complete lack of specialty film pickups by studios.
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:23:11 EST - Front Page: Won Oscar for 'A Streetcar Named Desire' -- Karl Malden, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning character actor who was best known over his six-decade career as the star of TV series "The Streets of San Francisco" and a series of American Express commercials, died of natural causes Wednesday at his home in Brentwood, Calif. He was 97.
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:00 EST - Front Page: Bening, Moore, Ruffalo set to star in film -- Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hutcherson and Mia Wasikowska are set to star in "The Kids Are All Right."
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:23:03 EST - Front Page: Studio lays off 31 production staffers -- The shakeup at the top of Paramount Pictures continued Tuesday with the layoffs of 31 production staffers, including a number of division heads.
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:04:04 EST - Front Page: 'Ice Age,' 'Enemies' light fuse on July 4th sparklers -- "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" and "Public Enemies" hope to light up the Fourth of July frame.
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:31:18 EST - Front Page: Broadway musical plans fall tour -- Broadway tuner "The Little Mermaid" will shutter Aug. 30, after a run of less than two years.
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:18:22 EST - Front Page: Actor moves Smokehouse Pictures to Sony -- George Clooney has parted ways with Warner Bros., moving his Smokehouse Pictures shingle to Sony.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:18 PDT - HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Celebrations including fireworks
cause almost 10,000 injuries every year in the United States, but taking
certain precautions can help keep you and others safe while enjoying the
key summer holiday tradition.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:17 PDT - HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Inside your ear, there are glands that
produce a waxy oil called cerumen. This helps protect your ear from dust,
germs and other foreign substances, but too much wax buildup can trigger
hearing loss.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:16 PDT - HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Before some people develop full-blown
diabetes, their blood sugar is above normal, but not high enough to
qualify for a diagnosis of diabetes.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:15 PDT - HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers say they've found
a major cellular flaw that may drive the rapid spread of relapsed lung
cancer.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:14 PDT - HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis
might someday meet its match in two drugs now used to treat Parkinson's
disease, suggests a new study.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:13 PDT - HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Older people in the United States
scored better than their counterparts in England on a memory and awareness
test, possibly because of differences in levels of depression and
education and the fact that American adults receive more aggressive
treatment for heart disease, a new study suggests.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:18:59 PDT - AFP - The World Health Organization (WHO) and developing nations called Friday during a swine flu summit here for measures to ensure poorer countries have access to a future A(H1N1) vaccine.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:14:25 PDT - Reuters - An Indian court ruling to decriminalize gay sex will boost the fight against AIDS, but a powerful stigma against homosexuality and uneven quality of healthcare will still hamper efforts, a top AIDS worker said.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:53:14 PDT - AFP - The World Health Organisation still expects the swine flu pandemic to subside in the northern hemisphere over the summer, despite its persistence in the likes of the United States and Britain.
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:34:19 PDT - AFP - The Croatian government on Friday announced the country's first swine flu case in a woman who had recently returned from Australia.
27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +1000 - Looking for a trip that is equal parts history lesson, Greek Island cruise and epic journey? Let Odysseus be your tour guide.
13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +1000 - The only thing more Kentucky than the thundering hooves of the Derby is the swirl of ice in a julep. Sip your way through thoroughbred country.
22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 - Wish you could step back in time and holiday like it's 1959? Then head to New York State's Adirondacks for a real retro vacation.
16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 - There's more to Canadian cuisine than maple syrup, you know - and British Columbia's the region to show you exactly how much more.
09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 - Wales has waved bye-bye to bland and become a gourmet great in the last ten years. Wales author David Atkinson recommends his favourite places to eat and drink.
09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 - Environmental issues are at the heart of tourism in Wales. David Atkinson, author of Lonely Planet's guide to Wales, reports.
2009-07-04T00:02:00+00:00 - theodp writes "Three Amazon inventors set out to correct what they felt was a real problem: that 'out-of-print or rare books ... typically do not include advertisements ... the content is fixed and, therefore, has not been adapted to modern marketing.' Their solution is spelled out in newly-disclosed Amazon patent applications for On-Demand Generating E-Book Content with Advertising and Incorporating Advertising in On-Demand Generated Content. From the patent apps, here's what the future of reading may look like: 'For instance, if a restaurant is described on page 12, [then the advertising page], either on page 11 or page 13, may include advertisements about restaurants, wine, food, etc., which are related to restaurants and dining.' So, what would a delightfully-tacky-yet-unrefined Hooters ad do for your Hemingway experience?"
2009-07-03T23:11:00+00:00 - cin62 writes "The number of Internet scammers offering fake versions of the anti-swine flu drug Tamiflu has surpassed those selling counterfeit Viagra, reports CNN. Since the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, was declared a global pandemic last month, there has been an increase in the number of Web sites and junk emails offering Tamiflu for sale. 'Every Web site that used to sell Viagra is now selling Tamiflu. We are pretty sure that the same people are making the Tamiflu as are making the Viagra,' said Director of Policy for the UK's Royal Pharmaceutical Society." This news fits in nicely with a report Wired ran a couple weeks ago about the hysteria behind H1N1.
2009-07-03T22:22:00+00:00 - jadoon88 writes to share a series of old Atari 7800 games that have been unofficially open sourced. "Remember Dig Dug or Centipede or Robotron? They used to be favorites when Atari's 7800 series was still around. Since the era of those consoles is over, and a different world of interactive reality gaming has taken over, Atari has unofficially released source code of over 15 games for the coders and enthusiasts to admire the state-of-the-art (because this is what it was back then). During those times, nobody would have imagined in their wildest dreams the games that Atari's developers floated into the gaming thirsty market and instantly swept across continental boundaries. But things changed soon after that and a company once regarded as one of the most successful gaming console manufacturers and developers faded away in the pages of our technology's hall-of-fame."
2009-07-03T21:30:00+00:00 - one-man orchestra writes "I'm the sole programmer of a small, multi-platform, commercial audio program (a spectrogram editor). After over 6 months on the market, I realized that the program would never just sell itself, and that I need some real marketing done for it. Being a one-man orchestra is becoming increasingly difficult; I only can devote so much time to marketing, my skills in that department are lacking, and I'd much rather spend more time coding. Despite my lackluster part-time marketing effort, I still manage to make a modest living out of the sales. My logical assumption is that with someone competent taking care of that part, revenue could greatly scale up. But what's the right way to go about doing this? What type of people/company do I need to contact? What to expect? What to look out for?"
2009-07-03T20:38:00+00:00 - Hugh Pickens writes "Retired University of Tennessee Professor Dr. John Reece Roth has been sentenced to four years in prison after he allowed a Chinese graduate student to see sensitive information on Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones. In 2004, the company Roth helped found, Atmospheric Glow Technologies, won a US Air Force contract to develop a plasma actuator that could help reduce drag on the wings of drones, such as the ones the military uses. Under the contract, for which Roth was reportedly paid $6,000, he was prohibited from sharing sensitive data with foreign nationals. Despite warnings from his university's Export Control Officer, in 2006, Roth took a laptop containing sensitive plans with him on a lecture tour in China and also allowed graduate students Xin Dai of China and Sirous Nourgostar of Iran to work on the project. 'The illegal export of restricted military data represents a serious threat to national security,' says David Kris of the US Department of Justice. 'We know that foreign governments are actively seeking this information for their own military development. Today's sentence should serve as a warning to anyone who knowingly discloses restricted military data in violation of our laws.' During his trial, Roth testified that he was unaware that hiring the graduate students was a violation of his contract. 'This whole thing has not helped me, it has not helped the university,' said Roth. 'And it has probably not helped this country, either.'"
2009-07-03T19:47:00+00:00 - Techdirt has an interesting look at copyright and the idea that an author is the originator of a new work. Instead, the piece suggests that all works are in some way based on the works of others (even our own copyright law), and the system should be much more encouraging of "remixing" work into new, unique experiences. "Friedman also points back to another recent post where he discusses the nature of content creation, based on a blog post by Rene Kita. In it, she points out that remixing and creating through collaboration and building on the works of others has always been the norm. It's what we do naturally. It's only in the last century or so, when we reached a means of recording, manufacturing and selling music — which was limited to just those with the machinery and capital to do it, that copyright was suddenly brought out to 'protect' such things."
2009-07-03T18:55:00+00:00 - A recent eulogy for open source's relevance to cloud computing by Redmonk analyst Stephen O'Grady caught the attention of Matt Asay, who breaks down the difficulty of this David and Goliath problem. "In a world where horsepower matters more than the software feeding those 'horses,' in terms of the entry cost to compete, and where big vendors like Amazon and Google are already divvying up the market, the odds of a small-fry, open-source start-up challenging 'Goliath' are slim. It's not a new argument: Nick Carr has been suggesting for some time that only a few, big companies can afford relevance in this hardware-intensive business. Given this fact, O'Grady thinks the best we can hope for (and he thinks it's pretty important) is 'a loose coalition or confederation of [open-source] projects and vendors that will together comprise an increasingly viable top to bottom alternative to some of the cloud providers today.' He includes projects like Puppet (Reductive Labs) and Hadoop in this mix, but is careful to point out that he doesn't see a full-fledged, open-source alternative seriously challenging the closed platforms of Google, Amazon, Salesforce, and the other mega-clouds."
2009-07-03T18:02:00+00:00 - Many outlets are reporting on the recently released results of the various experiments and observations of NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander. Most notable is the discovery of nighttime snowfall on the planet, lending credibility to the idea of a hypothesized active water cycle based on earlier data collection. "The papers rely on evidence from a variety of the instruments on the lander, and the description of the data provides an impressive catalog of the various ways that Phoenix could prod and query the Martian pole. In the months before Martian winter shut the lander down, it managed to dig a dozen trenches, taking soil samples from each. These samples went into wet and dry chemistry labs, had their conductivity tested, and were even examined using an atomic force microscope. Meanwhile, cameras and a LIDAR system (a laser-based range detector) scanned the surroundings. The overall conclusion is that the northern pole has an active water cycle. This had been suggested by a variety of evidence from orbital sensors, as well early images returned from Phoenix. It's also not a huge shock, given the seasonal growth and retreat of the polar ice cap. Still, Phoenix provided some significant details on the cycling of water in the area where it landed."
2009-07-03T17:11:00+00:00 - 1sockchuck writes "A major power outage at Seattle telecom hub Fisher Plaza has knocked payment processing provider Authorize.net offline for hours, leaving thousands of web sites unable to take credit cards for online sales. The Authorize site is still down, but its Twitter account attributes the outage to a fire, while AdHost calls it a 'significant power event.' Authorize.net is said to be trying to resume processing from a backup data center, but there's no clear ETA on when Fisher Plaza will have power again."
2009-07-03T16:20:00+00:00 - An anonymous reader writes "Now that some little time has passed, and the hype has died down a bit, I'm wondering if anyone has taken the $500 plunge and gotten a Kindle DX. From the academic-paper-reading-geek perspective, is it worth the money? How well does it work with PDFs, and is it easy to get them on and off? I haven't been able to find any good reviews on the interweb that address its usability as I would like to use it."
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:20:00 PDT - Runes of Magic (PC) New server kicks-off weekend of celebration including in-game fireworks, item shop specials, online item quest and more.
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT - ACQUA DI GIO colognes for men by Giorgio Armani were launched in 1997. This designer fragrance is a sharp blend of aquatic aromas. ACQUA DI GIO colognes for men by Giorgio Armani fragrances are recommended for casual wear.All Giorgio...
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Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT - Eternity Moment, by the design house of Calvin Klein was introduced in 2004 as a fun, flirty fragrance for women. Luxurious, and senseous this feminine scent is a dazzling oriental, floral aroma. A romantic blend of Asian fruits with...
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT - ESCADA MAGNETISM perfumes for women by Escada were launched in 2003. All Escada Perfumes, Colognes and other products we sell are name brand originals, produced and bottled by the original manufacturers. These are the exact fragrances you...
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT - BOSS fragrances for men or women by Hugo Boss were launched in 1985. This designer fragrance is a flowery blend of flowery aromas. BOSS colognes for men by Hugo Boss fragrances are recommended for casual wear.All Hugo Boss Perfumes,...
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT - BEYOND PARADISE perfumes for women by Estee Lauder were launched in 2003. All Estee Lauder Perfumes, Colognes and other products we sell are name brand originals, produced and bottled by the original manufacturers. These are the exact...
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT - ACQUA DI GIO colognes for men by Giorgio Armani were launched in 1997. This designer fragrance is a sharp blend of aquatic aromas. ACQUA DI GIO colognes for men by Giorgio Armani fragrances are recommended for casual wear.All Giorgio...
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT - Escada has taken the essence of their unique style and created a new fragrance - a reflection of pure feminine magnetism. Magnetism is sexy blend of leafy, green notes scattered with fresh blossoms and a touch of fruit warmed with soothing...
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT - Armani Code fragrance is for the man who commands attention. This sexy and bold blend captures the essence of distinct style.
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