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Paultards thumb noses at GOP with counter-convention [Ron Paul] (1)
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Across town from the Republican National Convention, 10,000 supporters of anti-war Texas Republican representative Ron Paul are expected to show up for tomorrow's final day of Rally for the Republic, an event to promote "the great American principles of individual liberty, constitutional government, sound money, free markets, and a noninterventionist foreign policy." Call him crazy - he's crazy! — but Ron Paul voted loudly against the invasion of Iraq and got re-elected in a Republican ...Shared by Ben (5)Contribute comment -
This American Life: Something for Nothing (3)
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Kris called me down to the kitchen this morning to listen to This American Life. While she baked a molasses cake and canned applesauce, I sat at the table and took notes on the show, which featured four stories about people trying to get something for nothing. Hands on a hard body The first story was about a “free” truck. Each year, a car dealership in Longview, Texas gives away a vehicle in a one-of-a-kind ...Contribute comment -
Apple to deliver "interactive album" (7)
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Filed under: iPod Family, iTS, Internet Tools, iPhoneHere's something to look forward to. The band Snow Patrol have announced the pending release of their first "interactive album," A Hundred Million Suns, for iPhone and iPod touch via the iTunes Store. So what's "interactive" about it? According to the band, users will be able to access content like lyrics, additional images and artwork plus video from the iPhone and iPod's touchscreen. The album's project manager called ...Contribute comment -
The Google Alphabet (17)
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Brady reprises the Google Alphabet (the first word auto-populated by the newly integrated Google Suggest for each letter in the alphabet).Shared by adang001 (9) Andreas (7) baardoa (30) Ben (5) Ben Shoemate (23) Ben Turner (67) Denis (8) Gauravonomics (53) George Tziralis (9) Gregory Go (44) hyderabadblues (5) Juan Diego (38) MasterMaq (23) Mike (9) rob (12) Ryan S (45) Tac (17)Contribute comment -
MySpace's Tom Anderson Was A Real Life “WarGames” Hacker (270)
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Late last year we discovered that MySpace cofounder Tom Anderson, arguably the most popular individual on the Internet with 240+ million MySpace friends (he is added by default to every MySpace account) was actually 37 years old, not the 32 that he continues to claim on his MySpace page. Now we’ve learned a much more colorful part of Anderson’s history: In 1985, when he was fourteen and in high school in Escondido, California, Anderson was ...Shared by Aaron (26) AaronTN (36) abhi (2) adam (1061) Adam (3) Adam (9) Adam (16) Adam McDonald (30) adamkcarson (10) Adrian Bacon (20) AJ (19) AJ (190) Alberto (2) Alex France (139) Alex Ryan (17) Alfonso Martinez (14) Allen Thompson (14) Andreas (13) Andrei (6) Andrei Vladescu-Olt (19) andrew reedy (14) Andy (10) Angel (7) Angel (14) angel (268) Anthony (11) aNTwNHs (80) Archit T (17) Armando Alves (29) arturo.servin (10) Avi (742) b (45) Beglen (11) Ben (96) Ben (5) Ben S (40) Ben Soto (0) Benjamin (1148) BIGODE (23) Bill (17) bittin (210) Brajeshwar (23) Bret Taylor (14) Brian (26) Bryan Waters (2) Buzzworkers (23) Cai Chen (1048) Calvin Robinson (19) Carl (5) Carl Dunn3 (15) Carlito (10) Cesar Noel Quinon (16) charlie anzman (114) cheflove (254) Chris (34) chris (5) Chris C (1) Chris Lee (4) Chris Ryall (19) Chris Stamas (9) chrisco (3) Christopher (22) Clint (22) Corwin Hoover (1) crazyjaf (44) Creeva (41) Dan (78) Dan Driver (1) Dan Kearns (29) Danny (4) DarkBls (73) dave (1) Dave (5) Dean Clark (155) Dennis Gonzales (18) Digg Boss (641) Dileepa (26) Dion Rodrigues (43) DIOSA | Communications (0) dmkinteractive (18) dobata (377) DOCBook Howto (124) Drew Olanoff (144) DrFu (22) Dustin DeKoekkoek (7) Eater (20) El_Greco (27) Eoin (14) Eric Herboso (12) Eunice (12) evo (11) FaceySpacey (3) faizal (11) Fernando (27) g b (41) Gavin (23) George Syson (15) guy (626) Harold Cabezas (3) Heather (7) hikbi (109) HollowMarkeD (65) Humberto Gonzalez (43) hyderabadblues (5) Iain Baker (6) Jack (91) Jacob (31) Jacopo (4) Jake (0) James (18) James Frye (6) James Fuller (20) Jase (13) Jason Joo (73) Jason Sares (11) Jawa Buddhavarapu (29) Jawad Shuaib (11) Jay (58) Jay Springett (20) jayce (60) Jean-Baptiste (2) Jeff (59) Jeff Q (8) Jeffrey (2) Jens Christian Freund (17) Jeremy (108) Jim Reppond (4) Joe (104) Joe Smith (6) Joe Wang (0) Jonathan Washburn (3) Jordan Calhoun (8) Josh Chandler (15) Jrod (68) JUSTIN (13) Justin Laramée (10) Katie Fellows (37) Kevin Rose (14) Kim, Yi-chul (14) kmohr25 (22) Koka Sexton (15) Kristen (218) kskobac (17) Kyle (2) lasean (3) Laughing Squid (17) LeapsandBounds (15) Lee (53) Leena (1121) Leo Laporte (15) Manuj Darshan (9) Marcio (5) mario r (18) Mario Villalobos (1) Mark (6) Mark (21) Mark Cheverton (2) Marten (23) Matt (5) Matt (6) Matt Pierson (9) Matthew (3) Matthew Jones (3) melmyfinger (15) Mich D (169) Michael Bartnett (43) Michael Reese (28) Michael Stewart (0) Michaelk (18) Michelle Barsi (2) Mike Nayyar (199) Mike Wilton (14) minmax (9) Moah (10) mubix (18) Nate Whitehill (2) neal (530) nervioso (72) Nicholas Mercer (9) Nick (2) Nick Nogueira (20) Nigel Eccles (147) Noah J (6) Ontario Emperor (73) Pat (8) Patrick Chanezon (2) pericles (774) Peter Ghosh (5) peterpoe (10) PMinze (28) Prashanth (14) ProfVegas (181) Punksolid (26) Qazwix (9) Rabid Cow (9) Rafi (16) Rami Taibah (478) ratward (33) Rene Rattur (69) ricardo (20) Ricardo.Borelli (9) Rich (37) Rick Turoczy (66) Ritu (686) River Song (30) rmg7344 (18) Rob Spectre (41) Robert (8) Romie (13) rony john (50) Ru> (15) rveguilla (5) Ryan (20) Sadashiv (10) sadiq kassamali (41) Sam Daams (5) Sarah Austin (2) Sarah Burris (9) sarahintampa (98) Scott Whigham (1) ScrewTheMan.com (26) SD (13) sean percival (14) Sean Shaghaghi (16) Sebastian Montini (10) Seth G (44) Sham (107) Shane (13) Shane Coffey (101) shedali (5) Sherry Chupka (1) siwaporn (475) slinetty (2) SMC (204) Stef Lewandowski (5) Stephen (12) Steve (24) Steve M. (16) StevieB (71) stratus (4) StudentMfri (2) Sun Tzu (313) surftheair (8) Sylvia Giacinta (6) T. Matt Sanders (0) t94xr (17) Tal Siach (474) Thinh (198) Thomas (16) Thomas Acreon (27) Thomas Kjær Nielsen (4) tig (48) toddkitta (5) Tom Davies (142) Tomas Becklin (1) TOMHTML (22) Tony Ruscoe (14) Valerа (1) Vox (44) Web Measurement and Analytics (8) webtime (501) Wesley Donehue (231) Will (10) z00pedup (5) Zac (5) zach (7) zorburt (0) Zypher (3) тaмás (12)Explore read 12 notes- Jonathan Washburn said: props to the myspace founder. Wow.
- Clint said: ahh, good ol' war-dialing, i used to do that a lot myself. in fact that's how we all first got onto the internet. thank you [unnamed u.s. armed force]!
- surftheair said: 哈哈！这张脸看着太熟了，每个MSN账户中都有这个人。
- Angel said: El Arte imita a la vida. Casi casi podria haber sido "Wargames II". En verdad que la realidad es mas extraña que cualquier ficcion. Mis respetos al Sr. Anderson.
- Eater said: His buddy Landreth is the guy who wrote Out of the Inner Circle (one of the first 'hacker true stories' published). I have it in the bookshelf at work, if you co-worker types want to read it. It shows you just how hardcore (read: lame) that stuff was in the 80s.Anyway, weird, who would have thought Myspace Tom was a hacker kiddie back in the day?
- Michaelk said: "You're Zerocool? I thought you were black."
- Will said: No kidding, that's pretty crazy. He's going to get some cred from this.
- Jrod said: whoa
- тaмás said: was the leader of an early black-hat hacker group when he was 14 years old. In July and August 1985, between his freshman and sophomore years, Anderson hacked into a Chase Manhattan Bank DEC VAX computer system (like the one in the image below) that handled “much of Chase’s data processing and record keeping, including records of home mortgages and…portfolios of major customers such as pension funds.” He subsequently showed up to 40 of his friends how to do it.
- Tomas Becklin said: Hehe, this is just classic!
- Moah said: ha. techcrunch actually does some research?
- peterpoe said: Tom is an FBI secret agent.
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Mark Cuban 1, Loren Feldman 0 (19)
onYesterday we announced that Jason Calacanis would be interviewing serial entrepreneur, Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire Mark Cuban at TechCrunch50. The comments were mixed, and Cuban was clearly reading. And in one case, responding. When video blogger Loren Feldman wrote “Mark Cuban is not a tech visionary. He is a lucky bastard. Broadcast.com was a joke,” Cuban responded: mark cuban - August 28th, 2008 at 12:35 am PDT you people talk a lot of shit ...Shared by Alan Veeck (10) Ben (5) BillDeys (67) Brandon (6) Brian (26) cisellis (25) Convoluted (15) crazyjaf (44) EricAppel (5) fijidaddy (15) GP (36) Jake (0) Jason Nielubowicz (17) Jeff (52) Jon Erickson (7) Justin (39) Luke G (5) Matt (26) philip88 (5)
- BillDeys said: Hmm, I think this is just about the best example of giving it back as good as he's getting it AND from a guy who could really give a shit. How many flame wars would be avoided if more people had Mark's attitude?
- Convoluted said: Haha funny
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Mark Cuban 1, Loren Feldman 0 (18)
onYesterday we announced that Jason Calacanis would be interviewing serial entrepreneur, Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire Mark Cuban at TechCrunch50. The comments were mixed, and Cuban was clearly reading. And in one case, responding. When video blogger Loren Feldman wrote “Mark Cuban is not a tech visionary. He is a lucky bastard. Broadcast.com was a joke,” Cuban responded: mark cuban - August 28th, 2008 at 12:35 am PDT you people talk a lot of shit ...Shared by Alan Veeck (10) Ben (5) bhc3 (54) BillDeys (67) Brandon (6) Brent the Closet Geek (31) Brian (26) Chris (34) Convoluted (15) crazyjaf (44) EricAppel (5) GP (36) Jason Nielubowicz (17) Jeff (52) Justin (39) Luke G (5) philip88 (5) StatisticsIO (17)Explore read four notes
- Brent the Closet Geek said: I've never met him or really watched his stuff but everytime I heard about him it sounds like Loren Feldman is Douchebag 2.0, so i guess that would be Douchebg then.
- bhc3 said: Ouch
- Chris said: snap.
- Convoluted said: Haha funny
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Empowering users to map their worlds (34)
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In countries like India, great maps and comprehensive local data are hard to come by. And traditional mapping approaches are stretched to the limit in such environments, where infrastructure and local businesses are evolving at a furious pace.This need inspired us in Google India to design and build Google Map Maker, which enables users everywhere over to create rich, deep maps and fresh local data. People can mark their favorite spots in their cities and ...Shared by abhi (2) Abhishek (9) Aman (7) Aneel (32) Angus (43) Antoine (36) Ben (5) Bhavesh (36) Bryan (19) chachra (8) David Poblador (23) Dr. Ernie (59) Duk (3) FVT or FVTer (21) Goulu (20) Harun (12) hyderabadblues (5) Iñaki Arrieta Baro (6) jccamus (15) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (30) kcearns (15) Matthew (25) mecki M@c (2) Morphyoss (19) Nishith Prabhakar (24) S Anand (5) Saurabh (1) spsneo (18) Suchita (1) TheDudeAbides (2) vevck (12) Vitor (13) Wratty (126) YuSuPh (5)- Saurabh said: Finally, Google Mapmaker comes to India, couple of my IIT Bombay friends were working on this :)
- Bryan said: rather timely as I found map coverage in Crete to fall short of my needs.
- Angus said: wouldn't this be useful for landmarks anywhere, even in the USA? For example, all the campus buildings?
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If You Want To Create a Mashup, Just Ask Your Browser. Mozilla Labs Launches Ubiquity. (107)
onAza Raskin at Mozilla Labs thinks there’s got to be an easier way to create Web mashups. Today, he is announcing the launch of Ubiquity, an experiment in using natural language to invoke Web services. Ubiquity is an extension to the Firefox browser that lets you type in what you want to do—insert a map, translate this page, Twitter this block of text, search on Google—and invokes one of 30 Web services. As Raskin describes ...Shared by a.andreev (11) Aaron (25) Aashay (4) Anand L (6) AnthonyBaker (26) bddemir (4) Ben (5) Bradford (1) Burcu Sarar (7) Carlos R. Hernandez (37) Chris (14) chrisbrogan.com (24) Chuck LeDuc (6) cleiva (12) Costantino (19) Craig (4) Dan McCall (24) Daniel (9) Darko (4) Dave (29) David (6) Devlin D (5) Dieter Schwarz (10) dk (18) Dominic Hopton (3) dukz (3) dwk (23) ekaye (13) elmarco (5) emaynard (3) Eunice (12) evo (11) Fernando (4) FiZ (1) Flyhorse (4) Gelidity (19) Gerd Leonhard (31) Gil Creque (8) Gommit (28) hatch (21) Hooman (2) hyderabadblues (5) iemz (17) James (18) Jared (19) Jason Nielubowicz (17) Jitgos (7) Jordan (6) Jorge (22) Karl-Anders (1) Kat (6) Keef (0) Klemo (20) kris7topher (23) Kyle Outlaw (0) lakshmi (5) Lech Ambrzykowski (20) Luana C. (2) Luke G (5) Markus (2) Marque (0) Matteo (11) Matthew (6) maxlibris (3) Mickey (7) ModernBizzle (5) MrT (11) Nick Nogueira (20) Noah J (6) Oudi Antebi (25) Pejman (0) Pimienta (4) pixites (3) Praneet (8) Ray Weitzenberg (34) Razzu (11) retrofitweb (1) Rex (152) Rhoad Racing (6) Richard (24) Scottdwest (5) Selwin (25) Sergio (7) Seth (12) Seth (12) Sh (5) shark (17) Shaun (16) Sherry Chupka (1) spolay (7) spoon16 (37) Stef Lewandowski (5) stefan (7) Stephen (8) stratus (4) Stu (10) sumidiot (5) tamburix (6) tarun (7) TechDad1246 (8) Tomi (8) vishwas (9) Will (11) Yinka (9) yoshy (342) ziqbalbh (24) тaмás (12)Explore read 16 notes
- Oudi Antebi said: definitely one of the nicest things i've seen lately on the tech world that really make sense and solve problems
- Dominic Hopton said: The new hotness, IMHO
- Praneet said: Installed it today.. cool thing.
- ModernBizzle said: Cool name, logo, and idea!
- Luke G said: Huge.
- elmarco said: that will surely become my favorite browser shortcut! great stuff
- a.andreev said: Now this is what I always wanted in a browser!
- Will said: uber cool!
- Devlin D said: I am loving the work that Aza is doing! He is a user experience GENIUS!!!
- Klemo said: Aza Raskin at Mozilla Labs thinks there’s got to be an easier way to create Web mashups.
- Daniel said: Now this is awesome!
- Mickey said: ovo samo sto je stiglo na moj RSS reader, Mozilla novi projekat, izgleda ludo (vidi video. alpha 0.1
- chrisbrogan.com said: Can we stop always using maps to describe mashups? Is it just me?
- Noah J said: One to watch.
- Flyhorse said: This is awesome!
- Karl-Anders said: Trying now...
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Apple's tasty calculator mistake (14)
onFiled under: iPod Family, Bugs/Recalls, iPhone In a recent tip, TUAW reader Dr. Drang told us about a bug he found on the iPhone/iPod touch's calculator. According to his research, when you type π × 2 + 5 = into the calculator you get 11.283... (the correct answer). However, when you reverse the Pi and 2, entering 2 × π + 5, the answer given is 7. This error can be demonstrated by entering Pi ...Shared by Ahmed (63) Ben (5) Bwana (74) Chantal (59) chexov (6) Jason (20) jayman16 (61) johnk (0) Joshua (5) K. (4) Kevin Federline (289) lmjabreu (26) Ram H. Viswanathan (9) Randy (44)Contribute comment
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Apple's tasty calculator mistake (4)
onFiled under: iPod Family, Bugs/Recalls, iPhone In a recent tip, TUAW reader Dr. Drang told us about a bug he found on the iPhone/iPod touch's calculator. According to his research, when you type π × 2 + 5 = into the calculator you get 11.283... (the correct answer). However, when you reverse the Pi and 2, entering 2 × π + 5, the answer given is 7. This error can be demonstrated by entering Pi ...Contribute comment
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Goodbye, Tris, we miss you already (2)
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Section: iPod + iTunes, iPod touch, iPhone + Communications, iPhone, iPhone SDK & Apps You may remember my favorite Tetris clone, Tris, that was released in the App Store in the second week of August. In my opinion, it is the best Tetris clone available, and quite possibly the best free game on the App Store as of this writing. But, that’s not going to last. No, soon it will not be the best free ...Shared by bbebop (23) Ben (5)Contribute comment -
RideTheCity.com: A Google Maps App for Safe Biking (50)
onRideTheCity is a cool mash-up application that allows you to plan bike routes based on safety and speed. By typing - or selecting - a start and end location in New York City, the application will find the safest and quickest routes by factoring in bike routes for “safest” trips and the shortest travel distance for the quickest trips. The project is run by three bikers, Jordan Anderson, Vaidila Kungys, and Josh Steinbauer (Full disclosure: ...Shared by ack (17) AJ (19) Alan (1) AnthonyB415 (7) Ben (5) Bogdan Brinzarea (99) broepke (19) Brooke Adcox (9) Chad (1) Charles (12) Chris (8) Chris Nixon (20) Chris Schrier (12) Christopher Martin (65) Chuck LeDuc (6) Costantino (19) Craig (4) Dan (1) David Feng (17) Dorn (9) Dr Jones (1) Edward K (14) exists (9) Fernando (7) Goktug (16) Gregory (3) hyderabadblues (5) IanZ (3) Jack Wilson, K4SAC (6) Jason (0) Jeff (30) jeremiah (25) Joe (13) joekwon (18) jsb (6) leo (15) Lizy (4) Michael Bekiaris (7) norcalbarney (19) Noyda (10) Peppermint (7) Ricardo.Borelli (9) Roger Williams (8) Roseanne (10) SugarSmax (6) TechDad1246 (8) TNLNYC (5) weinberg81 (9) zeb (3) 이장 (39)Explore read five notesContribute comment
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RideTheCity.com: A Google Maps App for Safe Biking (62)
onRideTheCity is a cool mash-up application that allows you to plan bike routes based on safety and speed. By typing - or selecting - a start and end location in New York City, the application will find the safest and quickest routes by factoring in bike routes for “safest” trips and the shortest travel distance for the quickest trips. The project is run by three bikers, Jordan Anderson, Vaidila Kungys, and Josh Steinbauer (Full disclosure: ...Shared by
