Jan 28 2009

1983 Macintosh Dating Game starring Steve Jobs & Bill Gates

A funny look back at a 1983 Apple Event starring Steve Jobs as he hosts a “Macintosh” dating show with Bill Gates as one of the contestants.

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Jan 28 2009

Online privacy tips for teens…that adults continue to ignore

January 28 is International Data Privacy Day 2009. As part of the event, Intel has posted a list of online privacy tips for teenagers. But adults are the ones who really need the advice — as news story after news story proves.

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Jan 28 2009

THe GOP: Party of the Fat and Lazy

Republican House members have been grasping at straws, trying to find flaws with the Democratic Congress’s stimulus plan. One of the provisions they’ve attacked is a paltry million for bike lane infrastructure. Watch as Representative Patrick McHenry (R-NC) makes a complete ass of himself, and as Minority Leader Boner nitpicks.

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Jan 28 2009

Ten Best Green Jobs for the Next Decade

In this economic crisis, many people will be changing directions on their career. Here are ten sustainability-focused career paths to a new work life.

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Jan 28 2009

Transcripts, Audio Of The Blagojevich FBI Wiretaps

Released today during the Senate trial

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Jan 28 2009

4 wickedly cool new Monsters Vs. Aliens poster

Four brand spanking new stylized posters for the upcoming 3D animated MONSTERS VS. ALIENS recently surfaced showcasing some of the film’s titular monsters and aliens, each with their own cutesy tagline.

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Jan 28 2009

Life After LOST: An Interview with Matthew Fox

As Season 5 begins, Matthew Fox finds himself searching for answers to yet another great riddle: Is there life after Lost?

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Jan 28 2009

Karl Rove Asks Obama Lawyers for Executive Privilege

Subpoenaed by Rep. Conyers to testify before Congress, Karl Rove has left the debate over whether or not he is protected from testifying to Barack Obama. Rove had previously refused to appear by claiming executive privilege. With Bush out of office, Rove instructed his lawyer to ask the Obama White House whether the same privileges currently exist.

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Jan 28 2009

How Amazon.com could screw up eBooks

Amazon.com wants to own the future of publishing, and got off to a running start with its Kindle eBook reader, which launched in November, 2007. The new, improved Kindle will almost certainly be announced February 9, and could be great. But Amazon.com could get greedy and screw the whole thing up by gouging both users and publishers. Will they?

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Jan 28 2009

Rock Fans Remember the "Day the Music Died"

It’s been 50 years since a single-engine plane crashed into a snow-covered Iowa field, instantly killing three men whose names would become enshrined in the history of rock ‘n’ roll (22-year-old Buddy Holly, 28-year-old J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and 17-year-old Ritchie Valens).

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