Cody Taylor

Thanks to everyone who voted in change.org Ideas for change in America competition. Out of 7,847 ideas generated, Legalize the Medicinal and Recreational Use of Marijuana was voted the #1 idea for change (with 19,530 votes) in America!Now its time to direct our strong commitment for marijuana law reform at Obama’s official website, where ending..

Imitation is the highest form of flattery: Starting tomorrow, the Encyclopedia Britannica will be adding user-submitted content to its website in a bid to give Wikipedia a run for its money.

Daniel Tammet: “Our world is generating more information with more resources and technology now than at any time in history: through TV and radio programs, cell phones, magazines, email, websites, blogs, and other media… Being overwhelmed by a continuous maelstrom of information can be just as damaging to our minds as having too little of it…”

Tech-savvy Pres. Barack Obama quickly revamps the chief executive Web site, but finds that when it comes to technology at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, change (such as laptops for his staff) will come more slowly

netizen writes “CircleID is reporting a large-scale DDoS attack affecting all of Network Solutions’ name servers for the past 48 hours, potentially affecting millions of websites and emails around the world hosting their domain names on the company’s servers. The NANOG mailing list indicates that it is due to a very large-scale UDP/53 DDoS which Network Solutions has also confirmed: ‘There is a spike in DNS query volumes that is causing latency for the delay in web sites resolving. This is a result of a DDOS attack. We are taking measures to mitigate the attack and speed up queries.””

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Spacey developed the film with his TriggerStreet production company, with Jonas Pate directing Thomas Moffet’s script, and Spacey part of an ensemble cast that includes Robin Williams, Saffron Burrows, Mark Webber, Dallas Roberts and Keke Palmer.

The number of people on the Internet surpassed one billion in December, according to comScore. The actual number is probably higher than that (Internet World Stats counted nearly 1.5 billion Web surfers worldwide as of June 30, 2008).In any case, only between 15 and 22 percent of the world’s population is on the Internet. We have a long way to go.

The Parents Television Council is livid that Britney Spears‘ cunningly titled “If U Seek Amy” is getting radio play, despite the fact that the title and lyrics essentially say “F-U-C-K Me.”