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Endless Frontier
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How safe is your credit data? (Feb 29 2008 22:35 GMT) - There are so many ways now for people to secretly steal your confidential information. As useful as the World Wide Web is, it also has become a haven of deceit and fraud. So what happens to you financial account online? There are three credit-reporting services, as you may know, the Experian, Equifax and TransUnion. Now [... |
World Views
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In the Australian outback: A hellish Utopia (Feb 29 2008 22:35 GMT) - At a remote Northern Territory outstation, Russell Skelton reports on the desperate plight of an Aboriginal community living in squalor. In what seems like a cruel joke, the Central Desert expanse is known as Utopia.read more | digg story |
RaveLinks - San Francisco Raves & Nightlife Forum
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Heroes Costume (Feb 29 2008 22:34 GMT) - Hey ya'll. So Heros is coming up and I was wondering who's going to dress up as what...granted if anyone is dressing up as a super hero. I was thinking about being bubbles from the powerpuff girls but meh havent really deicided yet ü) What is everyone else going as? |
SFist
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Make It Work, Bonds Judge Tells Prosecutors (Feb 29 2008 22:34 GMT) - Today a federal judge told the prosecutors to "re-craft its perjury case against Barry Bonds." The judge on the Bonds case, Susan Illston, claims that they "improperly lumped multiple alleged offenses into each of four counts of its indictment of the former Giants star." Whoops. Illston slammed the Bonds indictment, which was handed up last November, as "duplicitous." According to the Chron: |
Shoutmouth | News
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'What If It Was Tom?': Black Crowes vs. Maxim (Feb 29 2008 22:34 GMT) - If you haven't heard, there is some recent controversy surrounding a Maxim review of the new Black Crowes album, Warpaint. A writer for Maxim reviewed the album and gave it only 2.5 stars out of 5 while saying that Warpaint lacked growth from the Crowes' previous works. |
Techdirt
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Judge Reverses Order, Allows Wikileaks To Live Again (Feb 29 2008 22:34 GMT) - A couple weeks after trying to shut down Wikileaks a federal judge in California, after hearing the various first amendment concerns realized that perhaps he was a bit hasty. He has now reversed the order, allowing the site to have its domain name back. So, after all of this, the site still remains up and millions more people now know that the Swiss bank Julius Baer tried to shut it down to hide various documents. The end result: not only is the disputed content still available, many more people have seen it. |
Drudge Retort
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Ricin Found in Vegas Hotel Room (Feb 29 2008 22:34 GMT) - Authorities were called to an Extended Stay America hotel around 3 p.m. PT Thursday after a man brought a bag with a small container to the manager's office. The man said he found it while retrieving items from a hotel room. "We don't know who [the ricin] belongs to or why it would be here at this time," said Capt. |
Gaming Console
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THQ Creative Director Rants On Piracy, Death Of Iron Lore [Iron Lore Entertainment] (Feb 29 2008 22:34 GMT) - When Iron Lore Entertainment announced it was closing its doors, some readers found it hard to believe. After shipping two quality products, with another promising project underway, how did several unspecified “unrelated events” put Iron Lore out of commission? Michael Fitch, Director of Creative Management at THQ, publisher of both Titan Quest titles, helps to [... |
Gaming Console
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Activision Blizzard trying to put the scare on the competition? (Feb 29 2008 22:34 GMT) - Yesterday we told you that Activision boss Bobby Kotick said that even one billion dollars in development for a new MMO couldn’t take over World of Warcraft. Now, Lars Buttler, formerly the VP of for Global Online at Electronic Arts and currently the CEO and co-founder of Trion World Network, would like Kotick to get [...] |
Gaming Console
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Next Week: Rock Band Gets ?Dead? (Feb 29 2008 22:33 GMT) - Rock Band is about to get a lot more freeform. Next week, Harmonix will slap six master recordings from the Grateful Dead onto their already-ample list of downloadable tracks. Prior to the game’s release, Harmonix promised that eighteen Dead songs would eventually land on the marketplace. Next week’ |
Resolve your troublesome problems
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Why You ll Replace Your DVD s After HD (Feb 29 2008 22:33 GMT) - Why You ll Replace Your DVD s After HD Good fortune allowed me the opportunity to run out and purchase an affordable High Definition TV recently. This HDTV s only claim to fame is that the tuner is built in and it reads and delivers the 1080i resolution that defines ?HD.? Naturally, it s reverse [...] |
Shopping news and budget info
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Handcuff Restraints (Feb 29 2008 22:33 GMT) - I have my handcuffs - You are secure! Whenever we hear about “handcuffs” we experience two basic instinctive thoughts. One is the dreaded feeling that a cop is coming to arrest us and the other - a more relieving symptom - is the presence of that “ |
Destination Guides by Zonder
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Pump It: Hitting the Town in San Diego (Feb 29 2008 22:33 GMT) - Whether you are looking to exercise your taste buds with some exotic cuisine or you are eager to try out your newly acquired moves on the dance floor, San Diego offers an eclectic blend of dining and night entertainment options. Yes, even when the sun sets, San Diego still lives up to its billing as the finest city in America.For the discerning "foodie" travelers out there, awaken your taste buds when you visit the newly refurbished Epazote Oceanview Steakhouse and Z Ocean Bar in Del Mar. |
Auction Forums
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Historic collection of Californian automotive treasures for sale (Feb 29 2008 22:32 GMT) - A historic collection of Californian automotive treasures will cross the block this June 14 as RM Auctions proudly presents the esteemed collection of the late Joe MacPherson.A motoring industry icon, Joe MacPherson was a passionate car enthusiast who spent his life devoted to buying, selling and... |
Auction Forums
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Atlanta Auction Features Art by Gorillas and Orangutans (Feb 29 2008 22:32 GMT) - Art painted by gorillas and orangutans will be auctioned off in Atlanta to help save the lives of other great apes in the wild.The Apes in the Arts event will be held March 6 at the J. Tribble Antiques at 747 Miami Circle in Atlanta. The silent auction will begin at 7 p.m. |
Auction Forums
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Californian automotive treasures for auction (Feb 29 2008 22:32 GMT) - A historic collection of Californian automotive treasures will cross the block this June 14 as RM Auctions proudly presents the esteemed collection of the late Joe MacPherson.A motoring industry icon, Joe MacPherson was a passionate car enthusiast who spent his life devoted to buying, selling and... |
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