Bear runs marijuana growers out of secret Utah camp

Barry, you're gonna love this one. Just be sure to read the commentary on the original article."PANGUITCH, Utah — One Utah community is cheering a special bear — but don't call him Smokey. Investigators say a...

Mazel Tov! Israeli weddings introduce ATMs

This is an idea that will catch in many parts of the world especially for Catholic "first-communion" and "confirmation" as kids prefer getting cash."Mazel Tov! Israeli weddings introduce ATMs Thursday, 10 July 2008 17:51 A new...

Lawsuit over Murakami-Louis Vuitton prints

"A luxury boutique in the middle of an art exhibition was supposed to be controversial -- but not a legal matter.The temporary retail space allowed in October by the Museum of Contemporary Art has become the center of litigation, though. A class action suit brought Monday by...

Cuba Puts Computers on Sale to Public

As Raul moves Cuba into the 21st Century many continue to wonder where its all headed. Salaries continue to put the luxury of a home PC or a weekend at a hotel resort clear out of reach for most Cubans. "Cubans are...

E-paper edging closer to everyday use

This paper uses "compounds" that are sensitive to various wavelengths of light and change color and eventually disappear. So, you could print out something to read on the train on the way to work, and then print the evening paper to read on the way home. That is my...

Ga ga meets Dada: Fine art for toddlers

It's becoming more common for young parents to invest in artwork more edifying than that of Barney and Blue's Clues, according to a feature in today's Globe and Mail.This is positive news indeed, methinks. ...

Heathrow fingerprint plan suspended

Heathrow's new Terminal 5 is set to open in less than 24 hours from now. But their plans to fingerprint all passengers travelling through or from the new terminal were suspended today. " Airport operator BAA claims...

Fakes sold for top dollars

" For lovers of fine art, it was a veritable field day. In art shows and galleries across the nation and around the world and over eBay, a trove of limited edition prints by master artists started going up for sale as early as the summer of 1999. There were two 1968 Pablo...

Thousands of Fake Prints Sold, inc Picasso, Miro, and Dali

People have paid up to $50,000 for counterfeit prints with fake artists signatures, the fake prints have been sold at art shows and on Ebay."A ring of art counterfeiters has sold thousands of prints since 1999...

FBI to Build $1 Billion Biometrics Database

A few years ago there was talk of virtually everything and everyone being RFID-tagged and trackable anytime and anywhere. Well, forget that ancient technology because the FBI is spending a billion dollars and taking...

Memjet New Color Printing Technology 60 pages per minute

"New Color Printing Technology is the First to Deliver High-Speed, Quality Color at a Breakthrough Price/Performance Page-wide technology, backed by 1,400 U.S. patents, is available for OEMs targeting home, office, photo-kiosk and label markets The new Memjet™ color...

Pimp my rice paddy

This is a story about the farmers in an agricultural district in Japan called Aomori, who make brilliant land art installations using different varieties of flowering rice. It is reminiscent of Darko Friz and his...

US Wants More Fingerprints from Visitors

The Department of Homeland Security is at it again. The body that exists solely to reorganize itself is determined to know even more about anybody who wants to visit American shores.  I wonder exactly how many terrorists-- not just people with similar names as suspected...

MS Salesforce Automation Meets PWC Tickertape :: Symblogogy

"It's weird, a throwback to a time where typed communications were the standard. The Dow Jones Index stock trades were once communicated over a wire to a machine that printed out each transaction within minutes of...

Iditarod Librarian: "Strangers are coming in!"

McGRATH, ALASKA -  The famous Iditarod Race has begun but the focus of attention has shifted somewhat to  the Iditarod Librarian who blogs in this remote area of south central Alaska.Although "strangers are...

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