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• U.S. Treasury plans no GM bankruptcy next week: source
• Mozilla to breed prepubescent add-on developers
• Senate backs 91.3 billion Iraq, Afghan war bill
• Windows Live Messenger Embargoes Instituted for Some Users
• AT T considering lower-cost, capped data for iPhone, others
• Podcast: Could expanding privacy law harm children?
• Acronis revises survey results about backup habits
• Evernote Stats: One Million Registered Users, 360000 Active, 13755 Paid
• Coffee break- Laptops are Bigger in Panera Bread
• Nokia Makes Unused Patents Available to All
• Google Reveals New Product Logos
• The Next iPhone: Warp Speed, Mr. Sulu
• Default Behavior and the Internet Operating System
• APNewBreak: Virus attacks US Marshals' computers
• BioShock 2's Big Daddy revealed on GamePro cover
• Daring Fireball: The Next iPhone
• RIP, OQO: company discontinues repair service, disconnects phone lines
• Microsoft's move toward XML standards leads to 200 million penalty
• President Clinton Data On Hard Drive Lost By National Archives
• 'Super Angels' Shake Up Venture Capital
• No Museum Status For UK Home of Enigma Machine
• Indonesian imams OK Facebook
• How to Set Up a Killer WordPress Testing Environment Locally
• Jobless Guy Buys Facebook Ad To Get Microsoft Job
• Aerogel: See-Through, Stronger than steel, Light as Air
• Programming Detail
• 3d NYC Mobile Map for iPhone
• Top Ten Reasons Why Canada is a Popular Immigration Destination?
• An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
• IR35 tax proves a huge failure
• Google Almost Bought a Paper
• Worst Beta Signup Ever (?)
• Investigators demonstrate Nokia 1100's criminal potential
• Tokyo park plays high-pitch tone to teen vandals
• Kelway buys Repton
• Jobless Guy Buys Facebook Ad To Get Microsoft Job
• About four weeks ago, I found my late-’90s dot-com...
• How to Build a Business by Working for Free
• I, Cringely Blog Archive WAAS Up? (is the GPS system really going to fail?)
• First Look: M. Night Shyamalan's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'
• Is This the End for Waiters?
• Microsoft's latest aggression on ODF
• Developer Salary Levels, 2004-2009
• Dive into Python 3: Strings
• Netbook Linux gets revved up
• Data.gov Launches to Mixed Reviews
• The side is long in this one...
• How to do 3D Anamorphic Artwork Yourself
• 10 AppleScripts to make you love your Mac
• Linux-loving firms only deploy it to one-fifth of employees

U.S. Treasury plans no GM bankruptcy next week: source Posted: 21 May 2009 06:01 PM PDT Megite: Technology / Reuters U.S. Treasury plans no GM bankruptcy next week: source  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department has no plans to push General Motors Corp into a bankruptcy filing next week and the outcome of...

Mozilla to breed prepubescent add-on developers Posted: 21 May 2009 04:52 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister Mozilla to breed prepubescent add-on developers  — Straps on Jetpack Mozilla has unfurled a new API designed to expand the worldwide population of Firefox add-on developers. Whitepaper - Creating...

Senate backs 91.3 billion Iraq, Afghan war bill Posted: 21 May 2009 02:00 PM PDT Megite: Technology / Reuters Senate backs 91.3 billion Iraq, Afghan war bill  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a 91.3 billion measure sought by President Barack Obama to fund the wars in Iraq and ...

Windows Live Messenger Embargoes Instituted for Some Users Posted: 21 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT Techmeme / NewsSoftpedia Windows Live Messenger Embargoes Instituted for Some Users   —  Windows Live Messenger Embargoes Instituted for Some Users But not just the IM client Windows Live Messenger is, as a general rule, available fo...

AT T considering lower-cost, capped data for iPhone, others Posted: 21 May 2009 01:07 PM PDT AppleInsider / Appleinsider AT T considering lower-cost, capped data for iPhone, others  — Hoping to spur take up of smartphones at a time when subscribers are very sensitive to price, ATT has signaled that its willing to give these devic...

Podcast: Could expanding privacy law harm children? Posted: 21 May 2009 12:45 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Podcast: Could expanding privacy law harm children?  — A report explores how some states want to expand the Children Online Privacy Protection act from under 13 to under 18. Co-author Adam Thierer says...

Acronis revises survey results about backup habits Posted: 21 May 2009 12:45 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Acronis revises survey results about backup habits  — Acronis released a revised report on its survey about users' backup habit.

Evernote Stats: One Million Registered Users, 360000 Active, 13755 Paid Posted: 21 May 2009 12:15 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch Evernote Stats: One Million Registered Users, 360000 Active, 13755 Paid  —  Reaching one million registered users is an important milestone for any startup. At the very least, it suggests that it is pointed in the right d...

Coffee break- Laptops are Bigger in Panera Bread Posted: 21 May 2009 11:31 AM PDT Megite: Technology / Jkontherun Coffee break- Laptops are Bigger in Panera Bread  —  I work all over the place. I enjoy getting out and working while things are happening all around. I work in big coffee shops, family-run coffee sh...

Nokia Makes Unused Patents Available to All Posted: 21 May 2009 11:23 AM PDT HackerNews / Fastcompany Nokia Makes Unused Patents Available to All  —

Google Reveals New Product Logos Posted: 21 May 2009 11:15 AM PDT Mashable / Mashable Google Reveals New Product Logos  — It might be a pretty minor thing, but when it's on the scale of Google, it's a change that millions of people will notice. The company has updated...

The Next iPhone: Warp Speed, Mr. Sulu Posted: 21 May 2009 11:15 AM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch The Next iPhone: Warp Speed, Mr. Sulu  — The iPhone is still hands-down one of the best 5 tech purchases I've made over the past decade and it's probably the best. I use it every day to d...

Default Behavior and the Internet Operating System Posted: 21 May 2009 11:08 AM PDT Twitter / Avc Default Behavior and the Internet Operating System  —

APNewBreak: Virus attacks US Marshals' computers Posted: 21 May 2009 11:02 AM PDT YahooBuzz / Yahoo!News APNewBreak: Virus attacks US Marshals' computers   — AP - Officials say a computer virus has struck the computer system at the U.S. Marshals Service, causing them to shut down part of their system to ...

BioShock 2's Big Daddy revealed on GamePro cover Posted: 21 May 2009 11:01 AM PDT Megite: Technology / Joystiq BioShock 2's Big Daddy revealed on GamePro cover  —  GamePro is promising that its upcoming July issue will blow the doors off of the sequel to 2K's undersea shooter, BioShock . Of course, by the tim...

Daring Fireball: The Next iPhone Posted: 21 May 2009 10:28 AM PDT Twitter / Daringfireball Daring Fireball: The Next iPhone  —

RIP, OQO: company discontinues repair service, disconnects phone lines Posted: 21 May 2009 10:22 AM PDT Engadget / Engadget RIP, OQO: company discontinues repair service, disconnects phone lines  —  It wasn't without a lot of warning signs , but still we're sad to see the hammer drop. It looks like Model 2+ maker OQO has officially closed up s...

Microsoft's move toward XML standards leads to 200 million penalty Posted: 21 May 2009 10:18 AM PDT Google News: Technology / Betanews Microsoft's move toward XML standards leads to 200 million penalty  — The company will appeal a jury verdict reached yesterday in a patent infringement case concerning whether a "standard" idea actually belonged to so...

President Clinton Data On Hard Drive Lost By National Archives Posted: 21 May 2009 10:18 AM PDT Google News: Technology / Informationweek President Clinton Data On Hard Drive Lost By National Archives  — The drive contained snapshots of the hard drives of departing administration officials, information that had been stored on 113 4mm tape cartridges.

'Super Angels' Shake Up Venture Capital Posted: 21 May 2009 10:08 AM PDT Twitter / Businessweek 'Super Angels' Shake Up Venture Capital  —

No Museum Status For UK Home of Enigma Machine Posted: 21 May 2009 07:45 PM PDT Slashdot / Slashdot No Museum Status For UK Home of Enigma Machine  — hardsix writes "Despite the numerous films, books and plays, celebrating the brilliant achievements of the code-breakers at Bletchley Park, the UK ...

Indonesian imams OK Facebook Posted: 21 May 2009 07:45 PM PDT YahooNewsTechnology / AP Indonesian imams OK Facebook  — An Indonesian Muslim girl checks her Facebook account at an Internet cafe in Medan, Indonesia, Thursday, May 21, 2009. Muslim clerics are seeking w...

How to Set Up a Killer WordPress Testing Environment Locally Posted: 21 May 2009 07:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / NetTutsplus How to Set Up a Killer WordPress Testing Environment Locally  —  perfect development/testing setup for all mac based wordpress developers. (Design)

Jobless Guy Buys Facebook Ad To Get Microsoft Job Posted: 21 May 2009 07:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / AcesArbita Jobless Guy Buys Facebook Ad To Get Microsoft Job  —  Eric just graduated from an MBA program Monday and landed smackdab in the middle of our job-shriveling recession. So what did he do? To try to lan...

Aerogel: See-Through, Stronger than steel, Light as Air Posted: 21 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Dornob Aerogel: See-Through, Stronger than steel, Light as Air  —

Programming Detail Posted: 21 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Xabhishek Programming Detail  —

3d NYC Mobile Map for iPhone Posted: 21 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Readwriteweb 3d NYC Mobile Map for iPhone  —

Top Ten Reasons Why Canada is a Popular Immigration Destination? Posted: 21 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / ImmigrationIn Top Ten Reasons Why Canada is a Popular Immigration Destination?  —

An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth Posted: 21 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Brucemaudesign An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth  —

IR35 tax proves a huge failure Posted: 21 May 2009 07:37 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister IR35 tax proves a huge failure  — Tiny tax take Opinion Under the Freedom of Information Act the Professional Contractors Group has been able to find out how much tax the British ...

Google Almost Bought a Paper Posted: 21 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Reuters Google Almost Bought a Paper   —

Worst Beta Signup Ever (?) Posted: 21 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Eonweb Worst Beta Signup Ever (?)  —

Investigators demonstrate Nokia 1100's criminal potential Posted: 21 May 2009 07:07 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget Investigators demonstrate Nokia 1100's criminal potential  —  In case you weren't already convinced of a certain model of Nokia 1100's hackability by the exponential surge in its aftermarket value, fraud inve...

Tokyo park plays high-pitch tone to teen vandals Posted: 21 May 2009 07:07 PM PDT ReutersTechnology / Reuters Tokyo park plays high-pitch tone to teen vandals  — TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - A Tokyo park has started playing a high-pitched tone at night that only young people can hear to help drive away teenagers ...

Kelway buys Repton Posted: 21 May 2009 07:07 PM PDT TheRegister / TheRegister Kelway buys Repton  — Reseller consolidation Kelway has bought fellow London reseller Repton Holdings Plc for an undisclosed sum.

Jobless Guy Buys Facebook Ad To Get Microsoft Job Posted: 21 May 2009 07:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / AcesArbita Jobless Guy Buys Facebook Ad To Get Microsoft Job  —  Eric just graduated from an MBA program Monday and landed smackdab in the middle of our job-shriveling recession. So what did he do? To try to lan...

About four weeks ago, I found my late-’90s dot-com... Posted: 21 May 2009 07:10 PM PDT RedditGeek / LvlewitinnTumblr About four weeks ago, I found my late-'90s dot-com...  —

How to Build a Business by Working for Free Posted: 21 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Quicksprout How to Build a Business by Working for Free  —

I, Cringely Blog Archive WAAS Up? (is the GPS system really going to fail?) Posted: 21 May 2009 06:48 PM PDT Twitter / Cringely I, Cringely Blog Archive WAAS Up? (is the GPS system really going to fail?)  —

First Look: M. Night Shyamalan's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Posted: 21 May 2009 06:40 PM PDT RedditGeek / Firstshowing First Look: M. Night Shyamalan's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'  —

Is This the End for Waiters? Posted: 21 May 2009 06:28 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Chow Is This the End for Waiters?  — Futuristic computerized tabletops muscle in on order-taking duties.

Microsoft's latest aggression on ODF Posted: 21 May 2009 06:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / OoxmlisdefectivebydesignBlogs… Microsoft's latest aggression on ODF  —  "Microsoft are actually killing ODF, like the digital Nazis that they are" (Microsoft)

Developer Salary Levels, 2004-2009 Posted: 21 May 2009 06:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Earthweb Developer Salary Levels, 2004-2009  —

Dive into Python 3: Strings Posted: 21 May 2009 06:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Diveintopython3 Dive into Python 3: Strings  —

Netbook Linux gets revved up Posted: 21 May 2009 05:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / BlogsComputerworld Netbook Linux gets revved up  —  Dell and Google Android Intel, Novell, and Moblin and who knows how many vendors with ARM-powered netbooks: this summer is going to see a flood ...

Data.gov Launches to Mixed Reviews Posted: 21 May 2009 05:43 PM PDT HackerNews / Wired Data.gov Launches to Mixed Reviews  —

The side is long in this one... Posted: 21 May 2009 05:40 PM PDT RedditGeek / Youtube The side is long in this one...  —

How to do 3D Anamorphic Artwork Yourself Posted: 21 May 2009 05:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Moillusions How to do 3D Anamorphic Artwork Yourself  —  Optical illusions done on printed sheets of paper. (Design)

10 AppleScripts to make you love your Mac Posted: 21 May 2009 05:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Computerworld 10 AppleScripts to make you love your Mac   —  AppleScript's appeal is that it can control both your operating system and your applications, easily passing information among them. Soghoian esti...

Linux-loving firms only deploy it to one-fifth of employees Posted: 21 May 2009 05:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Computerworld Linux-loving firms only deploy it to one-fifth of employees  —  Half of the businesses that have deployed Linux on the desktop have rolled it out to less than 20% of their workers due to perceived and real obst...

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