15 hours ago

Slashdot TechnologyResource writes "More than two years ago in California, a police officer wrote Shaun Malone a ticket for going 62mph in a 45-mph zone. Malone was ordered to pay a $190 fine, but his parents appealed the decision, saying data from a GPS tracking system they installed in his car to monitor his driving proved he was (Read More)

3 days ago

Mashable! There are a lot of players vying to become your gateway to rest of the web: Facebook Connect, OpenID, Sign In With Twitter, MySpace ID, and Google Friend Connect just to name a few. It’s Facebook Connect however that seems to be leaving all of the other connect methods in the dust. This includes Google Friend Connect, whi (Read More)

4 days ago

java.blogs Recent Entries A few nights ago as I was playing on the wave, I learned how to embed video, MP3s, websites and many other very fun things that would make any self proclaimed geek super excited.Then, my dear friend, Fernando Fonseca @fjfonseca, invited me to wave with him where he taught me that I was doing it all the hard way. I found ou (Read More)

5 days ago

Submitted by Robdiana from blog: Twitter lists have been available now for a short while and the blogosphere has been talking about them constantly. We have heard the reasoning behind much of it, like aiding user discovery and having users define their own suggested users list. Maybe I am getting crankier as I age, but I call bullshit. This has [...]. (Read More)

5 days ago

Submitted by Eyebee from Google Reader: Breakfast can help prevent strokes, heart attack and sudden death. Advice on not to skip breakfast! Healthy living. For those who always skip breakfast, you should stop that habit now! You’ve heard many times that "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." Now, recent research confirms that one of the worst pract (Read More)

6 days ago

louisgray-com Cross-Posted on my Ecademy Blog and Shared HereInformation is power - and the ability to take in more information more quickly than anybody else, all in one place, is an incredible power. The Web has been built to enable all of us to share and distribute information quickly, through new posts and links.Tools like RSS (Real (Read More)

6 days ago

In the Mind of Damond Nollan This past week, many of us were introduced to Twitter lists. As with all new things, we are trying to figure out how to use the tool. For those who have not yet had the opportunity to play around with Twitter lists, take a moment to read, "Twitter Rolls Out List Feature".As of this entry, I have created only one list. The l (Read More)

7 days ago

MakeUseOf.com Over the past months, we’ve written quite a few PDF manuals for you, on all kinds of diverging subjects. Initially available only for subscribers, there are now multiple manuals released every month, for everyone to enjoy. After releasing 15 manuals and nearly half a million downloads we thought it was about time to look ba (Read More)

6 days ago

mashable Confused about how to use Google Wave, the new Google product that combines messaging, wiki-like features and group collaboration into a single app? You’re not alone.To clear up the confusion, we recently published Google Wave: A Complete Guide, a feature-length article that explains Wave in plain English.Now Gina Trapani (Read More)

Oct 27, 2009

Submitted by Eyebee from Google Reader: Heather says:I only have a tolerable picture of these earthy, savory delights. I was so excited about the meal that I forgot to take a picture of the mushrooms before we ate. I haven’t been to Outback in a long time, but I have missed their optional mushroom side. There was just something about those mushrooms simmered in w (Read More)

Oct 27, 2009

Mashable! Another new virus is spreading through social networks, this time, via Facebook. This one – known as Bredolab – masks itself as a “Password Reset Confirmation Email,” appears to come from Facebook, and attaches a file that purports to contain a new password. That file is actually a trojan horse that will download a host o (Read More)

Oct 25, 2009

TechCrunch There is a lot of chatter about TweetMeme’s rather robust growth to over 18 million unique monthly visitors on Compete.com. That puts them ahead of well known sites like LinkedIn and gmail.com with 15 million and 9 million visitors, respectively, on the service). In fact, Tweetmeme currently sits as the 68th largest site on (Read More)

Oct 25, 2009

Mashable! So, we’ve come to the end of the road. The service that hosted the first website for a generation is set to close down tomorrow. If you’re a GeoCities user, you’ve been given plenty of warning, but you can still hop over there and get your data out today before current owner Yahoo turns out the lights. Meanwhile, the Arc (Read More)

Oct 26, 2009

Submitted by Eyebee from blog: You wake up face down on the pavement. You put your bra on backward and it fits better. You call Suicide Prevention and they put you on hold. You see a “60 Minutes” news team waiting in your office. Your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles. You want to put on the clothes you wore home from [...]. (Read More)

Oct 25, 2009

Submitted by Eyebee from Google Reader: Heather says:Television is a far cry from real life, even reality shows offer warped versions of an experience. Editing can remove context from a comment to make it appear more insulting or rude than intended or mistakes can be hidden with a simple do-over. We all screw up. Sometimes it’s simply a spazzoid moment -I can gua (Read More)

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