Boing Boing:
Marc Owens's augmented reality project "Avatar Machine" puts its users in VR helmets that display the world around them as though they were playing a third-person game, so that their own body is seen from behind. Owens theorizes that "The system potentially allows fora diminished sense of social responsibility, and could le (Read More)
All Things Digital:
Terrifying? Inevitable? Harbinger? In any case, it’s a first: Police in Long Island, New York have arrested a man for not using Twitter.Someone named Justin Bieber, who apparently is a teenage singer, was supposed to appear at the Roosevelt Field mall on Friday, but didn’t because the crowd had become too unruly. Police ask (Read More)
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for abortion rights, Kennedy said in a newspaper interview published Sunday.The decision by the outspoken prelate, reported (Read More)
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WASHINGTON — A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.The bill would extend coverage to roughly 31 million who lack it, crack down on insura (Read More)
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WASHINGTON — Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag.Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operations, others say. The chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is always fair game for criticism and second-guessing, usuall (Read More)
Huffington Post:
As Marshall McLuhan said, new media generally do not replace old media. For example, radio remained important even after television came to dominance. On the other hand, by the time Western Union ended its telegram service in 2006, the cultural role and importance of telegrams had changed ... and shrunk. So, after we have (Read More)
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Despite carving out a niche for himself as a leading progressive voice in Congress, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) rarely goes in for headline-grabbing proclamations or sharp political rhetoric. So on Sunday, when Brown stated his concern that some of the president's economic consultants were too focused on Wall Street at (Read More)
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The drinks industry has warned many pubs could close with the loss of thousands of jobs unless a series of planned tax rises is reversed. (Read More)
Business on HuffingtonPost.com:
With jobs a major concern for so many, more people than ever are considering the life of an entrepreneur. As one who has been an entrepreneur for 25 years (since getting out of law school), I have some insight.Being an entrepreneur is exhilarating and debilitating. It is a path to enormous personal satisfaction ... and pa (Read More)
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Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), reaffirmed on Sunday that he will support a Republican filibuster of any health care bill that includes a government-run insurance option.Appearing on the "Meet the Press," the Connecticut independent said that neither he, nor anybody else believed the current version of legislation will (Read More)
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Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod's "Shift Happens (Did You Know?)" series tracks the progression of globalization and information technology in a way that shows just how exponentially fast the world is changing. They put into perspective the age of information overload we're living in, in the hopes of helping us understand the (Read More)
Gawker:
RobPatz and K-Stew are doing it, a lot, instead of promotions. Jay-Z doesn't want to piss off Beyonce. Christie Brinkley: psycho. Diddy: birthday boy. Marv Albert Vs. 50 Cent? Fight of the year! Presenting your Sunday Morning Gossip Roundup: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart decided to opt out of going to The Box for th (Read More)