ICE seizes 1,635 counterfeit items from vendors

This is why we all pay so much more for the real thing Counterfeit knock offs! Thank ICE for shutting down these kiosks. We see them all over the malls from handbags to sunglasses. Everytime vendors sale knockoff...

Street hawkers protesting in Nepalese capital

Nepal's street hawker are protesting against home minister's order of eviction from the capital Kathmandu. Vendors were swept off the streets by the latest order of the minister. Hundreds of street vendors and petty shopkeepers in different parts of the capital...

Yahoo Music Offers Refunds for Taking Music

Well, it looks like those people who bought and use Yahoo's online music service won't be completely screwed - Yahoo is offering a refund. While this doesn't quite answer the question of what will happen to legally-owned music they've already paid for on the service and want...

Vancouver tightens screws on homeless paper

The Olympics are really exposing some of the darker impulses in Vancouver.  Now there's an effort to keep a local paper off the streets.  Megaphone, has been distributed in Vancouver for 16 years."City...

"Ride the Mountain" Brings Choppers Into Big Bear Lake :: Oblate Spheroid

"Ride The Mountain event comes to Snow Summit resort parking lot for two days. Image Credit: Big Bear Choppers "Ride the Mountain" Brings Choppers Into Big Bear Lake, California. This weekend will see an...

Street protests vs rice prices start

And then it has happened.  The stiff cost of food has brought people, especially the poor, out in the streets to vent out their dismay.  " Children of street vendors joined their parents in a noise barrage here Wednesday to express their dismay over not being able...

Clinton campaign's new strategy ... vote for Chelsea in 2016

"The souvenir vendors outside Hillary Clinton's campaign appearances have added a new badge to their wares that reads "Chelsea in 2016" with a picture of the former first daughter."Chelsea in 2016? What about Socks in 2012? Seriously.

Bill that would ban registered sex offenders as ice-cream truck vendors stalled

"An Inland lawmaker's bill to prohibit sex offenders from operating ice-cream trucks is in doubt after a contentious committee hearing Tuesday.The bill by Assemblyman Paul Cook, R-Yucca Valley, was inspired by the July 2007 discovery of a sex offender driving an ice-cream...

How I use ISO images

"What is ISO?An ISO image is an archive file of an optical disc using a conventional ISO format that is supported by many software vendors. ISO image files typically have a file extension of .ISO but Mac OS X ISO images often have the extension .CDR. The name ISO is taken...

CES has jumped the shark

Robert at Infoworld is absolutely right about CES.  There wasn't anything that was truly exciting and new.  There was incremental improvement in fidelity, size, speed and usability in many new devices...

Wal-Mart "forcing" suppliers to go green....

Wal-Mart is certainly in a position to demand Green products from their suppliers, they have the muscle.  Does it help our society's consumption problem?  No.  How "green" and "sustainable" can society be if we continue to believe in a business/lifestyle that...

China Toy Recalls Hit Barbie

Though Barbie herself is not deemed unsafe, perhaps neighborhood boys across North America should round up all the Barbies and shave their heads. You know, just to be sure...""As a result of the company's ongoing...

Mobile Malware: The Next Major Tech Threat?

With the massive spread of malware to among computers via internet and storage devices, it is observed hackers or malware writers targeting mobile devices to spread the malwares.A recent report from Symantec indicates that malware writers are increasing their efforts in the...

New street treats approved for Ontario

Street vendors play an important cultural role in Toronto. Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, the only way Torontonians know it's really spring is when the sausage vendors return to the streets. Now the...

Record £500,000 price for beach home

"A three-bedroom mobile home on the beach front in Abersoch on the Llyn Peninsula is up for sale at £500,000. While one estate agent said the price tag must be a record high, they did not believe it would impact property prices because it is aimed at a unique buyer. But...

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