MySpace vs. Facebook: Did Rupert Murdoch buy the wrong social network?

"Littlejohn at Advertising for Peanuts wonders whether users will get turned off by the social networking darling's shameless ad-whoring (kind of like friend-whoring?) but we doubt it. If there was going to be a meaningful reaction to MySpace's games of homepage dress-up, it...

Firefighter Buried With Full Honors

" May 11, 2007 Maine - Selby Beebe-Lawson spent 10 years watching her husband overcome major recurrent depression and debilitating anxiety with hard work, profound faith in God and a deep love of people whom he worked tirelessly to serve. That's why she called him "my hero."...

Economic revolutions aren't always brought on by visible spokesmen or revolut...

"It isn't only agencies watching the shift. Alan Wurtzel, president-research and media development at NBC Universal, is seeing the same thing. "We are beginning to see the real impact," he says. "There are programs that are getting a huge post-viewing number. ... When it...

Three Shot Dead at Kansas City Shopping Center: "I Got to Praying"

Gunfire erupted at the Ward Parkway Center in Kansas City today. Early reports suggest that the shooter killed himself."Four people have been shot and three are confirmed dead in a shooting at Ward Parkway Mall in Kansas City.KCTV5 has received reports that the gunman is...

Facial Recognition: 85% Proven!

From a citizens'-rights standpoint, I don't think that 85% is so hot... that means a nearly one in five chance of getting mistakenly tagged as a terrorist, every time you encounter the camera. "Facial recognition cameras have been proven as a means of spotting wanted people...

1984 in 2007: George Orwell's House Surrounded by CCTV Cams

Nobody does irony better than the Brits, as this map of George Orwell's old neighborhood shows. I used to think of Islington as home of the Hope 'n' Anchor Pub, where one can catch all kinds of awesome music. Now I'll have to be ready for my close-up next time I return. The...

Bones is Hot

So the last episode of Bones was great. Not because of the crime and the ensuing investigation.

Is Describing The Sporting Event You're Watching Copyright Infringement?

The world is becoming more absurd by the day.   When did we lose possession of our own experiences?"Last year, we noted that as various professional sports leagues were becoming increasingly ruthless in claiming ownership over any data associated with a sporting...

Man Burns his Friend's Genitals in 'Jackass' Stunt

I do not even want to hear about anybody blaming a movie for two guys being stupid enough to do this.If someone is dumb enough to allow their you-know-whats to be sprayed with lighter fluid and then set ablaze, then sooner or later, movie or no movie, they will do mischief to...

Darwin Day

"Did you know today was "Darwin Day?"  I did not know it existed…it must have just evolved to the point that I finally recognized it.  I was not going to take my discovery of a website named darwinday.org seriously until I stumbled upon this within the website,...