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North Korea says satellite launch coming 'soon' Posted: 03 Apr 2009 05:45 PM PDT YahooBuzz / Yahoo!News North Korea says satellite launch coming 'soon'   — AP - North Korea said preparations to launch a satellite were complete Saturday and liftoff was imminent, as U.S., Japanese and South Korean warshi...

Analysis: Which URL Shortening Service Should You Use?, w/open letter to twitter clients Posted: 03 Apr 2009 04:28 PM PDT Twitter / Searchengineland Analysis: Which URL Shortening Service Should You Use?, w/open letter to twitter clients  —

Huge Antarctic Ice Shelf Headed for Collapse Posted: 03 Apr 2009 02:48 PM PDT Newspond / Digg Huge Antarctic Ice Shelf Headed for Collapse  — (PhysOrg.com) -- The Wilkins Ice Shelf is at risk of partly breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula as the ice bridge that connects it to Charco...

Rumor: Zynga making more than 50 million on virtual goods Posted: 03 Apr 2009 02:37 PM PDT VentureBeat / Venturebeat Rumor: Zynga making more than 50 million on virtual goods  — While Asian web companies are making millions if not billions of dollars on virtual goods, it hasn't been clear how the business model is panning o...

Mooch Takes Aim At GameStop With Video Game Swapping Market Posted: 03 Apr 2009 02:00 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Mooch Takes Aim At GameStop With Video Game Swapping Market  —  Mooch is a new video game trading site looking to help users trade games directly with each other, allowing them to bypass middleman stores like G...

Facebook's Newest Funding Source: You Posted: 03 Apr 2009 02:00 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Facebook's Newest Funding Source: You  — Facebook is testing a new virtual gifts product that allows users to give credits to other users. The idea is that you can give other users these c...

Some Raise Alarms as Google Resurrects Out-of-Print Books Posted: 03 Apr 2009 02:00 PM PDT NYTimesTechnology / NYTimes Some Raise Alarms as Google Resurrects Out-of-Print Books  — A legal settlement giving Google online rights to out-of-print orphan books is being challenged in court.

Murdoch Calls Google, Yahoo Copyright Thieves Posted: 03 Apr 2009 01:08 PM PDT AskNews / Wired Murdoch Calls Google, Yahoo Copyright Thieves  —  Wired News - Found 1 hour ago Rupert Murdoch, the owner of News Corp. and The Wall Street Journal, says Google and Yahoo are giant co...

Web 2.0 Expo: Time to hit refresh? Posted: 03 Apr 2009 01:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Web 2.0 Expo: Time to hit refresh?  — The dominant conversation at the San Francisco confab was how to innovate and thrive in the new economy. Here's a suggestion: change the way confer...

DIY 'e-bombs' a threat to airliners Posted: 03 Apr 2009 12:45 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews DIY 'e-bombs' a threat to airliners  — Terrorists could build electromagnetic pulse weapons with cut-rate equipment available online.

Eye chart can help diagnose Conficker Posted: 03 Apr 2009 12:45 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Eye chart can help diagnose Conficker  — April Fool's Day passed with much angst over and little action from the Conficker worm, but that doesn't mean it's not a threat. Quickly determine ...

Times co. threatens to shut down Globe Posted: 03 Apr 2009 12:28 PM PDT Twitter / Boston Times co. threatens to shut down Globe  —

"World s Fastest Broadband at 20 per Home" Posted: 03 Apr 2009 12:28 PM PDT Twitter / BitsBlogsNytimes "World s Fastest Broadband at 20 per Home"   —

Open Thread: Should Newspapers Charge for Online Content Posted: 03 Apr 2009 12:22 PM PDT GigaOM / Gigaom Open Thread: Should Newspapers Charge for Online Content  — At a cable industry gathering earlier this week, News Corp. founder and CEO Rupert Murdoch opined that more newspapers should take a cue from the W...

FBI Seizes All Servers In Dallas Data Center Posted: 03 Apr 2009 12:15 PM PDT Slashdot / Slashdot FBI Seizes All Servers In Dallas Data Center  — 1sockchuck writes "FBI agents have raided a Dallas data center, seizing servers at a company called Core IP Networks. The company's CEO has posted ...

Wikia Death Proves Google Is Search-Startup Killer Posted: 03 Apr 2009 12:15 PM PDT Techmeme / BlogWired Wikia Death Proves Google Is Search-Startup Killer   —  Wikia Death Proves Google Is Search-Startup Killer Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales' open source, human-powered Google killer died a quiet death Tue...

Portable Ubuntu for Windows Posted: 03 Apr 2009 12:10 PM PDT Del.icio.us / Allenown'sBookmarks Portable Ubuntu for Windows  —

CD Turntables Are Patent Pending, Possibly The Product Of the Century Posted: 03 Apr 2009 11:52 AM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo CD Turntables Are Patent Pending, Possibly The Product Of the Century   — Pete Verrando has himself some CD turntables and, as you can see in the images, these beauties are patent pending. The question is, do these actua...

It's Time To Start Thinking Of Twitter As A Search Engine Posted: 03 Apr 2009 11:48 AM PDT Twitter / Techcrunch It's Time To Start Thinking Of Twitter As A Search Engine  —

Google force feeds Web 2.0 to US gov Posted: 03 Apr 2009 11:37 AM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister Google force feeds Web 2.0 to US gov  — And it comes right back up... Web 2.0 Expo When uber-Googler Andrew McLaughlin joined the Barack Obama Transition Team, charged with prepping the...

Can Yahoo Out-Google Google in Image Search? Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Pcworld Can Yahoo Out-Google Google in Image Search?  —  Okay, not a lot of difference above. But Yahoo's new preview page is superior to Google's. (Gadgets)

Sears to Sell Eco-Friendly Men's Suits Made of Recycled Plastic Bottles Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Greenerdesign Sears to Sell Eco-Friendly Men's Suits Made of Recycled Plastic Bottles  —

Why Economics is such a popular major Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Viet-studiesInfo Why Economics is such a popular major  —

If IBM owns Java ... Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Javaworld If IBM owns Java ...  —  The Sun-IBM merger hasn't been finalized but there's little doubt this week that the deal is coming together. Many are looking for clues as to how...

Lollipop cameras to trap speeders Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / NewsBbc Lollipop cameras to trap speeders  —

This is how we roll ... Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditGadgetsUpcoming / Dornob This is how we roll ...   —

Unformat USB Drive Data Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:03 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Photorecoveryfreeware Unformat USB Drive Data  —

Bank takes TARP Money; Saves Small Businesses Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:03 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Mast-economyBlogspot Bank takes TARP Money; Saves Small Businesses  —

Good Office Chairs for Every Budget Posted: 03 Apr 2009 06:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Inc Good Office Chairs for Every Budget  —

Quantum setback for warp drives Posted: 03 Apr 2009 06:31 PM PDT NewsVineTechnology / TechnologyReview Quantum setback for warp drives  — Bad news I'm afraid -- it looks as if faster-than-light travel isn't possible after all. That's the conclusion of a new study into how warp drives ...

Large Ice Shelf Expected To Break From Antarctica Posted: 03 Apr 2009 06:30 PM PDT Slashdot / Slashdot Large Ice Shelf Expected To Break From Antarctica  — MollyB sends this excerpt from CNN: "A large ice shelf is 'imminently' close to breaking away from part of the Antarctic Peninsula, scientists said...

Broken windows theory & online communities Posted: 03 Apr 2009 06:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Diovo Broken windows theory & online communities  —

It's a Depression Posted: 03 Apr 2009 06:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / RobertreichBlogspot It's a Depression  —

Mothers, Don't Let Your Children Grow Up to Be Game Developers Posted: 03 Apr 2009 06:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Playthisthing Mothers, Don't Let Your Children Grow Up to Be Game Developers  —

Implantable Telescope for the Eye Posted: 03 Apr 2009 06:17 PM PDT NewsVineTechnology / TechnologyReview Implantable Telescope for the Eye  — A miniature telescope implanted into the eye could soon help people with vision loss from end-stage macular degeneration. Last week, an advisory pa...

How To Prepare For An Influx Of Twitter Followers Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:48 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Twitip How To Prepare For An Influx Of Twitter Followers  —

Love is... hilarious. Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:40 PM PDT RedditGeek / Youtube Love is... hilarious.   —

HYDB Stock: Hydrogen Hybrid, Corp. Achieves 50% Increase in Semi Truck Fuel Mileage From Patented Diesel Hydrogen Injection System Tests Indicate a 50% Fuel Mileage Increase Following Installation on Class 8 Semi Trucks LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:28 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Equitygroups HYDB Stock: Hydrogen Hybrid, Corp. Achieves 50% Increase in Semi Truck Fuel Mileage From Patented Diesel Hydrogen Injection System Tests Indicate a 50% Fuel Mileage Increase Following Installation on Class 8 Semi Trucks LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) --  —

Now it's electric! Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:28 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Tinyurl Now it's electric!  —

If IBM owns Java ... Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Javaworld If IBM owns Java ...  —  The Sun-IBM merger hasn't been finalized but there's little doubt this week that the deal is coming together. Many are looking for clues as to how...

This article tells you how to convert video to any video format Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:08 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Tipard This article tells you how to convert video to any video format  —

Koreans Are Going to Launch...Holy Crap! Posted: 03 Apr 2009 06:28 PM PDT RedditTechnology / KcnaCoJp Koreans Are Going to Launch...Holy Crap!  —

Mothers, Don't Let Your Children Grow Up to Be Game Developers Posted: 03 Apr 2009 06:23 PM PDT HackerNews / Playthisthing Mothers, Don't Let Your Children Grow Up to Be Game Developers  —

Install It Posted: 03 Apr 2009 06:08 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Piyadas-world Install It  —

Hoping to Make iPhone Toys as a Full-Time Job, Posted: 03 Apr 2009 06:08 PM PDT Twitter / Nytimes Hoping to Make iPhone Toys as a Full-Time Job,  —

Liberal party of Canada asking for opinion on Internet Posted: 03 Apr 2009 06:03 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / VoiceLiberalCa Liberal party of Canada asking for opinion on Internet  —  Help Canada take it's internet infrastructure into the 21st century and ensure there is network neutrality by voting. (Tech Industry News)

Cool Illuminant Lamp is Like a Creepy Posted: 03 Apr 2009 05:29 PM PDT RedditTechnology / IGizmodo Cool Illuminant Lamp is Like a Creepy  —

Dear Pentagon: Please Give Me All Your Secrets Posted: 03 Apr 2009 05:28 PM PDT MixxTechnology / BlogWired Dear Pentagon: Please Give Me All Your Secrets  — Hazing videos. Hillary's mail to the Pentagon. The military's ESP research. Those are just a few of the requests for the Defense Department's docum...

How Linux killed SGI Posted: 03 Apr 2009 05:08 PM PDT RedditTechnology / NewsCnet How Linux killed SGI   —

15 Stunning Web Design Tools And Generators Posted: 03 Apr 2009 04:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Ronation 15 Stunning Web Design Tools And Generators  —  Pretty good collection of online tools for designers (Design)

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