Remember the woman who was arrested for recording two minutes of Twilight in a movie theater? Turns out that after spending two days in jail, she decided to sue the movie theater in which she was caught. More »
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You love sporks. You love multitools. And now? Look on with a delicate blend of respect and astonishment that the two coexist, in blissful harmony that is the CRKT Eat'N Tool. More »
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Looks like the folks over at TechCrunch somehow got their hands onto an unreleased version of a Google Voice desktop app. It's apparently called "Gizmo5 by Google," which fits with a previous acquisition, and works rather well. More »
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Apparently we've been so damn preoccupied with the impending robot insurrection that we didn't notice our primate friends polishing their photojournalism skills for when they go all Planet of the Apes on us any day now. [Telegraph via Mappeal] More »
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Friday Flyer | Announcement: Heading to medical school Friday Flyer ... in Moreno Valley and at Saddleback Memorial Center in Laguna Hills and San Clemente. Michelle is looking forward to starting medical school in August. |
According to a Fortune story, the email exchange between Jobs and an angry iPhone 4 users is fake. They said an unnamed "top Apple spokesman emphatically denied it". Apple hasn't officially made any public statements on the matter. More »
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A new directive from the EPA on what to do with recovered BP oil, toxins and waste from the oil leak was released today.
Today, the U.S. Coast Guard, with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreement, issued a directive to BP on how the company should manage recovered oil, contaminated materials and liquid and solid wastes recovered in cleanup operations from the BP oil spill. The U.S. Coast Guard, along with EPA, and in consultation with the states, will hold BP accountable for the implementation of the approved waste management plans and ensure that the directives are followed in the gulf coast states. While the states of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida are overseeing BP’s waste management activities and conducting inspections, this action today is meant to compliment their activities by providing further oversight and imposing more specific requirements. More information on the directive here.
What if BP doesn’t comply? They have already refused to do what they have been ordered to do by the EPA. EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson will visit the Gulf states tomorrow on her sixth trip there to see how things are going. Well, if she’d watch TV news, she could figure that out. I’ve been amazed at how the mainstream media is relentlessly pursuing this story, and I know it’s surprising the government too. On one of his trips to Louisiana President Obama mentioned that the government would be working on this long after the media forgot about it. It seems like the media won’t be forgetting about it, and that’s the way it should be. Until this leak is plugged, this should be the #1 story on all newscasts in the country and it should be the #1 priority of President Obama. Remember, he actually said at one point that it was.
If you want to see a heartbreaking video about why that is and what we are losing, see the video here.
More interesting than how the EPA is gradually taking control of the situation after all this time are new energy proposals.  Below are two videos of energy proposals from a real scientist, not a politician. The scientist answered a call for ideas put out by Andrew Revkin of Dotearth.   The scientist is Burton Richter, a “recipient of the  1976 Nobel Prize in physics, Richter was a signatory on a letter from 34 Nobel laureates to Obama last year pushing for a big and sustained rise in the  federal investment in energy research.” He told Revkin he was “unaware of any response from the White House.” Don’t let that discourage any people with great energy ideas from contacting the White House — it’s the Senate where good ideas go to die. Here is the energy presentation by Mr. Richter, and below that some more basic information about him and his ideas on new energy legislation. Also, he’s a Nobel prize winner*.
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Part 2 is next.
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The ugly new $100 bill has a slew of advanced security features to keep people from counterfeiting it. CNET was granted access to the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, AKA the Money Factory, to see how they're made. More »
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The owner of this bedazzled iPhone is Stockton, CA resident Maria Avila. When she got her handset back from an iOS4 upgrade at her local Apple Store, she found it chock full of a complete stranger's personal data. Curious! More »
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The announcement came earlier this month, but today's the first day that GM's OnStar eNav feature is fully operational. If you've got an OnStar-enabled GM vehicle (model year 2006 or more recent), you can search for a destination on Google Maps and have it sent directly to your car. Just like Ford Sync! And hopefully less dangerous than Google walking directions. More »
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Two updates on late night and morning news regarding the Apple iPhone 4's antenna problem: First, the "Relax, it's just an iPhone" quote was erroneously attributed to Steve Jobs by Boy Genius Report. The rest of the email exchange stands, according to them. Second update: There are now five iPhone 4 Federal class action suits filed against Apple. More »
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iBUYPOWER's new MAGIC software (that's Multi-touch Advanced Gaming Interface and Control, not my unbridled enthusiasm) lets you map keystrokes and mouse clicks to multitouch gestures, so you can control any game with your fingers. Supreme Commander 2? Not too shabby. More »
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Theories abound as to the forces behind Kin's speedy demise. And yes, ultimately the plug got pulled because it wasn't selling well. But a theory over at ZDNet holds that spats between Microsoft's internal fiefdoms doomed Kin from the start. More »
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In a move that will hopefully nudge other companies into following suit, Google is planning to increase the pay of gay and lesbian employees to cover a tax on their benefits that straight employees are exempt from. More »
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Soon you'll be able to add "travel info" to the long list of things for which you depend on Google—they just bought ITA Software, a company that organizes airline flight information, for $700 million. In a separate but not unrelated note, everyone at Kayak and Expedia just canceled their summer vacation plans. [TechCrunch] More »
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