Someone Tries to Sell Belgium on EBay

"Someone Tries to Sell Belgium on EBay By PAUL AMES – 1 day ago BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — Hidden among the porcelain fox hounds and Burberry tablecloths on sale at eBay.be this week was an unusual item: "For Sale: Belgium, a Kingdom in three parts ... free premium: the...

Rip CDs onto your MP3 player – no PC required

"Interesting post over at gizmag…….still awaiting information on release dates and pricing. But, this should be a hot item. I wonder if it will make it in time for holiday gift-giving (and receiving)? " The Micoder is a simple device that converts audio CDs into MP3...

MSNBC Newsroom Booed Bush State of the Union

Another reason to not trust the transparent unprofessionalism at MSNBC. I have been pointing out that the whole production team from Dan Abrams down is making a mockery of objective news. that is why they are last...

CNN Reporting Explosives Found in Car in South Carolina Near Navel Weapons S...

 Update: From www.abcnews4.comNo Link to Terrorism Goose Creek - Two men are being held in the Berkeley County Detention Center after police find explosive making devices in their car.  There are...

Curious Cephalopod Capture Creates Controversy :: Oblate Spheroid

"On a day when “Live Earth – The Concerts For A Climate In Crisis” is trying to bring awareness to the perils of the Earth going through its process of climate transition from cooler to warmer to cooler...

Google Base data API

Google Base is a place where you can submit all kinds of content for Google to host and to make searchable online. You can describe any item you post with descriptive attributes, which can be labels or specific information about the good or service....

The Biomass Downside Of Biometrics :: Symblogogy

"Many security systems use a confirmation “second entry” in order to verify the clearance of an individual through a specific pass gate in a secure environment. In a biometric secure system, however, a...

Engagement rings are men's property: Australian court

An Australian woman who threw away a $15 000 engagement ring has been ordered to compensate her ex-fiance for the lost ring. At one point, she tried to give the ring back but was then told is was hers to keep by...

It's Springtime For Symbology - Everything Is Coming Up Color :: Symblogogy

"In an announcement released at the beginning of this week, Microsoft announced that it has reached a licensing agreement with a Swiss agency charged with administering the ISAN numbering system. What makes this...

BEE Afraid, Be Very Afraid! :: Oblate Spheroid

"Here is an item that is really troubling, in that, we here on Earth do not know what may get to our human population first - famine (lack of food) or disease (animal flu crossover). The bee populations...

Terror Jamming: Security Guru's Airline Threat Contest

I am not affiliated with this project, but I find it fascinating. Basically, Schneier is inviting the public to come up with their own far-fetched-yet-plausible "terror threat" along the lines of the Heathrow...

The Real Survivor Fiji - Legitimate Corruption vs. Illegal Government :: MAXINE

"As time carries on, questions about the legitimacy of a "takeover" Government to rule, as cream rises to the top of a container of milk, begin to come into focus. A news item about reports that there have been...

Nepal: Maoists’ death threat to editor

Now, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists have begun threatening media persons and journalists as well. Although the top brass of the Maoists would go on denying such charges, while they will order their cadres to...

Is It Time For Associated Press To Ignore Paris Hilton?

"So you may have heard: Paris Hilton was ticketed the other day for driving with a suspended license. Not huge news, even by celebrity-gossip standards. Here at The Associated Press, we put out an initial item of some 300 words. But it actually meant more to us than that."

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