Ubuntu Launch Hampered by Site Crashes

I like to think that this was an online version of a Rolling Stones ticket rush. I checked out Ubuntu's website, and it seemed to be working fine. I am a Mac user personally, but I plan on learning more about Linux firsthand*."Ubuntu's website has been flaking out on and off...

Free novel writing software - yWriter Novel Builder

For someone who writes, anything that will help has got to be a good thing.I can't recall where or how I found this little gem, but I like it. It's along the lines of software such as New Novelist, but it's...

The Mobile Web Becomes Right Sized :: MAXINE

"As the mobility age becomes more of age, it was only a matter of time that the visual side, the display side of the web, started to deliver content for the small format screens like the ones found in ones...

Alanis' Lovely Lady Lumps

Alanis' Morissette's piano ballad parody of the Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps" has already seen 2.5 million YouTube viewers. The video was released to the Canadian singer's website with no fanfare, only a simple...

PWC/PWH Becomes Commercially Practical :: Symblogogy

"What you may see here is a code that offers something a little bit different than the average code. The Trillcode, developed by LARK Computers of Romania (Yes!, Romania) allows the user of the code development...

The Heaven's Gate cult suicide: 10 years later

Most of the stories following up on the tenth anniversary of the mass suicide of Heaven's Gate cult members are focusing on "survivor" Rio DiAngelo, or on the "Weren't these people nutty???" angle. This piece,...

AttorneyGate -- Bush, Nixon, and A Constitutional Crisis

"It's even odds at this point if Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will make it past Friday without filing for unemployment. The 24-Hour Cable News Channels are covering "Attorneygate" almost non-stop, and yet the...

James Lee Burke movie ‘In the Electric Mist’ to start filming in April in...

"Jones plugs ‘In the Electric Mist’ JANUARY 29, 2007 - 12:47 PM Tommy Lee Jones is set to topline the feature film version of James Lee Burke’s novel “In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead,” adapted by Mary Olson-Kromolowski and Jerzy Kromolowski. Jones will...

The Real Survivor Fiji - Human Rights Or Human Writes :: MAXINE

"Human Rights Or Human Writes - The country of New Zealand has a problem. They are giving support to the nation of Fiji and some of its support money is going to support the Fijian government's Human Rights Commission. The problem comes, now that the Fiji Government is a...

Americans willing to shell out for healthcare, poll says

Popular thought in the US may be moving towards a health care system similar to the one in Canada, if these polling results are any indication. Another sign of where peoples' priorities lie is in promises...

Adobe to take Photoshop online

"Hoping to get a jump on Google and other competitors, Adobe Systems plans to release a hosted version of its popular Photoshop image-editing application within six months, the company's chief executive said...

Found: Tolstoy's short version of 'War and Peace'

At 1,500 pages, it is truly an epic. But the original was 600 pages shorter, with a surprising ending. Now it is to be published, sparking controversy

Hackers Liberate PSP

I love stories like this. Sony has released a product which is inherently flawed: users can't take advantage of its full potential, because Sony wants users to only use Sony movies and Sony games in their handheld. This is silly, because Sony does not distribute that wide a...

MS Vista for (Almost) Everybody

As a Mac person, I find Microsoft's "security" excuse to be cute at best. Are they saying, by extension, that their lower-priced software is less secure? If so, why should we trust their higher-priced packages?Also, on a technical note, gaming through emulation software would...

US shock at Iraq helicopter toll

"THE shocking toll of six American helicopters shot down in Iraq within three weeks has sparked a Pentagon inquiry into the use of surface-to-air (Sam) missiles against the aircraft. “Is there a concern? Yes, there is definitely a concern,” said a Pentagon official about...

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