August 19, 2008
Library-worthy MP3 players and review dates
CNET Reviews - “Many city libraries are now offering audiobooks as free downloads…but there’s a catch. Find out what it is below.”
Microsoft experimenting with a pause button for incoming e-mail
Webware - “Microsoft Office Labs has launched a new product called E-mail Prioritizer that will not only sort through your in-box to figure out what’s important, but also give you an…
Infamous blogger now prowling Palo Alto as regular reporter - San Francisco Chronicle

Infamous blogger now prowling Palo Alto as regular reporter
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 31 minutes ago
He’s also working on a side project, a live video news site called…
anamul : as a librarian I have never been the copyright police BUT I for once think I will be.
anamul : as a librarian I have never been the copyright police BUT I for once think I will be.
Bloomberg Offers Windmill Plan
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is seeking to put wind turbines on New York City’s bridges and skyscrapers and in its waters as part of a push to develop renewable energy.
German Officials Seek Stronger Online Privacy Laws
German politicians called for tougher privacy laws after officials revealed personal and financial information on millions of Germans was readily available for cash on the Internet. The scandal over…
Wine tastings via Twitter

A few years ago we wrote about technology-enhanced wine tastings offered by Vinotek and VinoVenue. Now a new Massachusetts-based retailer of off-price wines is taking the technology aspect a…

Google outpaces search market growth
In July, U.S. searches rose 3 percent to 8 billion over the last year, according to Nielsen. But Google’s searches in the U.S. increased faster at 16 percent.
The 10 Videogames Which Should Be Porn
The day Ron Jeremy played Hornio in the 1993 Nintendo porn spoof Super Hornio Bros. was the day video games got a little bit sexier and a whole lot more weird. Since then, there have been a number of…
RIAA Says Muxtape Hosting "Illegal Content" (Portfolio)

Portfolio:
RIAA Says Muxtape Hosting “Illegal Content”  — Sam Gustin has learned that Muxtape, the music sharing site that went down yesterday citing “a problem” with the…

Signing Books Without All the Heavy Lifting
It would be easy to think that top-selling authors are a lot of lazy louts. First, as The Guardian points out, you had JT LeRoy hiring stand-ins for public appearances, then Margaret Atwood cooked up…
Daughtry, Everclear to Rock Democratic Convention
Source: [b]Reuters[/b]

August 20th, 2008
[b]Daughtry, Everclear to rock Democratic convention[/b]

In this presidential election year, partisan politics have ruled the roost. But the Grammy…
New York City agrees to pay (Iraq war) protesters $2 million (lawsuit settlement )
Source: [b]Reuters[/b]

NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters) - New York City has agreed to pay a $2 million settlement to protesters arrested during a 2003 rally against the Iraq war who said their civil…
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