Dreaming of Electric Sheep

Progress is everything. The world spins, time passes and humanity moves on, marching ever forward towards our supposedly brighter future. The past is generally bad and the new is almost always good, unless it...

Yahoo, Flickr censor porn sites in India

New Delhi: The two Microsoft bing Yahoo and Flickr too have introduced filters to prevent Indian Internet users from accessing sexual content. According to the report, Yahoo search engine and Flickr photo-sharing...

2009 World Championship Superboat Races in Key West, FL.

The Annual World Championship Superboat Races were held this week in Key West, Florida. These are some of the boats, (and some of the toys the owners have), they were AWESOME! Not sure who won yet, winners will be...

Plane engine catches fire in Paris, 8 injured

"Plane engine catches fire in Paris, 8 injured By SAMANTHA BORDES (AP) – 2 days ago PARIS — Panicked passengers scrambled and pushed to the emergency exits of an Airbus 320 preparing to carry 165 passengers...

Sodium Silicate: Putting the Clunk in Cash For Clunkers Program

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced Sodium Silicate will be used to disable the clunker cars in the cash for clunkers program, in order to stop dealers from reselling the car. Disabling the cars is vital in order for the car rebate...

AP PROPAGANDA VS FREEDOM OF THE PRESS VS CENSORSHIP

This is my comment on the increasing irrelevant AP's desperate last ditch effort to prevent it from going the way of the many bankrupt newspapers that have went before it. [See AP IS DESPARATE TO OUTLAW SEARCH ENGINE LINKING] For the last 30 years or so the AP self censored...

Fragmentation, Filter Failure, and Startup Opportunities

Recently I’ve been very focused around content accessibility and the information overload that is occurring online. It’s clear that the natural progression of the Internet has produced a normal fragmentation of the web. More simply put, there are more and more online...

Indian GSLV with Cryogenic engine will be ready this year - ISRO.

India is getting self-reliant in the satelite launching technology. According to Dr. Madhavan Nair, Chairman ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) India will be ready to lauch satelites powered by integrated  indegeniously developed cryogenic engines. India started...

Smithsonian Confirms Birds Hit Both Hudson Jet Engines

Engines from the US Airways Airbus 340 that made an emergency landing in New York's Hudson River in January were sent to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington for testing to determine the cause of the malfunction,...

FBI DIVERS' ROLE ON HUDSON RIVER

" FBI DIVERS' ROLE ON HUDSON RIVERUnderwater Search and Evidence Response Team Helped Pinpoint Lost Engine   01/23/09   This image from the FBI dive team's sector scan, or...

Crews hoist US Airways 1549 engine from Hudson River

The destroyed engine of US Airways flight 1549 has been pulled from the Hudson River today, after eight days of trying to get it out. The crews used a floating plane to put the engine on a barge and the engine itself is wrecked, with metal and wiring hanging off it and most...

Double Bird Strike: Did it crash US Airways Flight 1549?

A double bird strike by Canadian Geese brought down US Airways Flight 1549, flying from New York to North Carolina in the Hudson River today. What is a bird strike? How can that happen? How can a bird or a group of...

Ford teams with Magna to develop All-Electric Car

" DETROIT — Magna International Inc. is making a big leap into the electric vehicle age with a strategic alliance with Ford Motor Co. to supply key engine components for a new battery-powered vehicle. The...

ahoo holder urges search unit sale to Microsoft

"AP Yahoo holder urges search unit sale to MicrosoftWednesday December 10, 8:55 am ET Yahoo shareholder urges board to pursue selling search unit to Microsoft LOS ANGELES (AP) -- One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders, Ivory Investment Management LP, is urging the Internet...

Scour Search Engine Blows Away Cuil and Others, Watch Out Google!

" I’m most fascinated with Google specifically as a search engine- its seemingly limitless power over the internet and how they came to be. Google has 100 and so products available and some of their...

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