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The 2008 political conventions of the United States (PICS) (22)
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Now that both of the national conventions for the major political parties of the United States have wrapped up, here's a look back at the candidates, how they introduced themselves to the nation (and the world), and a few images of their events, their running mates and families. (The order is roughly alternating, chronological) (36 photos total)Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, gives his acceptance speech in Denver, Colorado Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, and U.S. ...Shared by ~C4Chaos (84) Alan (28) ani625 (85) Anna Lynn (4) ariel (7) Atherton (28) Benjamin Thompson (2) Cai Chen (995) Emily (3) Guy (702) Jason Nazar (106) Jeremiah (19) Ju (18) Kim, Yi-chul (14) Krypto (7) Leena (1060) neal (469) Peety (139) rebrse (156) Shey (64) Ubqtous (22) Vox (43)Contribute comment -
Palin's Speech Raises $1M for Republicans; $8M for Democrats (9)
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Sarah Palin’s speech to the convention Wednesday night energized conservatives and inspired excited Republicans to donate a cool $1 million to the RNC's effort to elect John McCain. Bloomberg reported that Palin’s speech was even better for Democrats who got over $8 million in donations since Wednesday!Shared by Andrea (25) Camtron 9000 (20) Chad (171) Darin R. McClure (48) Jeremiah (19) Joannie (19) sean carter (83) Trevor (12) Wayne (48)Contribute comment -
Oldest Skeleton In New World Discovered (9)
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Death Metal Maniac writes "Dubbed Eva de Naharon, or Eve of Naharon, the female skeleton has been dated at 13,600 years old. If that age is accurate, the skeleton along with three others found in underwater caves along the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula could provide new clues to how the Americas were first populated. The skeletons' skulls hint that the people may not be of northern Asian descent, which would contradict the dominant ...Shared by brokekid (134) gergi (11) Harold (21) heringermr (16) Jeff (30) Jeremiah (19) Misciel (23) Nickname unavailable (4) Veritas Noctis (38)Contribute comment -
MUO Games - Archlord: A Free Jawdropping MMORPG | MakeUseOf.com (13)
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We travel afar to the mythical world of Chantra, the world where the Archlord rules and mystical battles are being fought on a daily basis. Humans, Orcs and Moon Elves rule the land. This is a cruel world, where everyday matters are decided by the steel of swords and the blood masking the grass. Fierce elemental beings walk the earth and mysterious quests are waiting to be solved. There’s one question that lies on everybody’s ...Shared by Alan (28) Andrew (30) baixinho (25) infomaniac (14) J. Abdul-Qahhar (39) JBu92 (53) Jeremiah (19) Joe (64) Juan Carlo Rodríguez (21) Mark (23) Mark (29) Matt (15) Nicki (20)Contribute comment -
Opec invites Brazil to join group (2)
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Iran invites Brazil, which recently announced major untapped oil sources offshore, to join oil producers' cartel Opec.Shared by Jeremiah (19) Melfi (34)Contribute comment -
Three Ice Shelves Breaking Up in Arctic (1)
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Scenes from Iraq (76)
onOver five years since it began, the war in Iraq continues, but with some recent notable progress. On Monday this week, American forces formally returned responsibility for the security of Anbar Province, at one time, the center of the Sunni insurgency, to the Iraqi Army and police force. Violence in the region has decreased dramatically - attacks down by 90% over the past two years. The continuing relative peace and order in the region remains ...Shared by adam (972) Adama Anderson (4) Ahmed (62) Alan Root (21) Alex (102) Anita (21) arsalan (21) ayo (2) Babychen Mathew (339) Ben (1) Ben Jacob (25) billy (22) brett marek (4) Chris Miller (8) Chris Neuman (22) cisellis (25) Creeva (41) DigDoug (16) digits12 (716) Dominik (33) Elliot (28) Elmer Thomas (141) Eric Atkins (23) Eric Jensen (9) Felix (12) gort581 (29) Heinz Grünwald (15) hikbi (109) hikikomori (55) History of Blogging (189) Holger E (7) Ispirato (43) Jamieasp (21) Jason (18) Jay Bandoy (39) Jeff Gunn (11) Jeremiah (19) Jeremy Botter (14) Jochen (14) Jordan (396) Josh Mills (9) juan pablo (5) Kathy (330) Krazy (146) Liam (18) luke (8) Mark Dorgan (39) Michael B. (20) Mike Grybos (22) Miles (23) Mohiul (81) nervioso (72) Nicholas Chhan (2) noisebox (5) nyenyec (8) Pavel (12) phillip (15) pichakesarbehava (35) Richmond Rice (16) Russell Sprague (7) RyneNelson (273) Samuel (52) Sarah Snoddon (103) Scotty (21) Sham (107) simon dodson (15) tabo (31) Tad Chef (114) tapir (36) Tedbundyjr Ezekiel (4) Thaths (2) thelastminute (20) Tim (3) Tyler Pasch (1) Ubqtous (22) zizzy (26)
- DigDoug said: Click the link. View the pictures. Even the 'graphic' one that requires you to click it to show.
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Palin: Not interviewed until the day before (1)
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Last night’s bombshell by the Washington Post’s Dan Balz: “Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was not subjected to a lengthy in-person background interview with the head Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential vetting team until last Wednesday in Arizona, the day before McCain asked her to be his running mate, and she did not disclose the fact that her 17-year-old daughter was pregnant until that meeting, two knowledgeable McCain officials acknowledged Tuesday.” The Atlantic’s Josh Green writes ...Shared by Jeremiah (19)Contribute comment -
Mayor Palin: A Rough Record (1)
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Introducing Picasa 3.0 (and big changes for Picasa Web Albums) (129)
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A little over two years ago, we launched Picasa Web Albums to make publishing photos online easy. Now Picasa Web Albums hosts billions of online photos from around the globe, with users adding millions of new snapshots every day. Each of these photos records a different moment, or a different perspective, but one thing they all have in common is that in each case, the person behind the camera wanted to share their experience with ...Shared by Abhishek (9) Adam Zuercher (8) AdamB (4) Adi (14) Adrian (19) Alberto (9) Andrew (44) Andrew (30) Andy Beal (23) AndyDrew (8) Angus (43) Antonio Ortiz (37) Appu (19) atul (75) baixinho (25) Bryan (18) Bwana (73) C.K. (134) cgsheldon (151) chris chambers (6) chrishathaway (11) cmiper (11) D-Arb (18) dale.brayden@gmail.com (26) Damon (16) dani (22) Dimitri (3) dobata (366) DOCBook Howto (110) Farzin (24) ferhmo (12) fox (4) Futt (5) FVT or FVTer (21) Galtenbergs (19) gfurry (24) gizmo (23) greg (20) Haisheng HU (18) henry (5) hikikomori (55) HiP (9) ilyas (56) irishandrew (27) James Forbes Keir (19) Jared Cherup (1) Javed (119) JayCrossler (10) Jeremiah (19) Jeremy (3) Jerome (8) Jimmy (27) joco (21) Joe (102) John Ager (6) John Evans (43) JohnTheJohnMan (15) Kaos (25) Karl R (10) Kaveh Dorafshan (20) keith (66) kevinpshan (5) Krishnamoorthy K (5) KRZ (18) kskobac (17) Leon Ridge-Cooke (42) LinuxBox (9) Lu Tao (21) Marcher (5) Mark (16) Mathew (30) Matt (17) Mazz (54) melmyfinger (15) MH (44) Mike F (455) ming (6) MMS (6) moderationwell (6) Mohammad Behdad (12) munir (12) nanabite (14) nanog (23) Neko (15) Nelson (23) Nikki (67) Nikola (20) Nils Magnus (8) Olivier (48) Page (9) Panic (7) Pat (59) perspikace (26) Peter (6) Peter (27) Peter Warnock (10) Philou (16) Pirate Scott (15) Prakash (16) Praneet (8) psybuzz (16) Rachel Cobcroft (96) Rami Taibah (423) Ramon Silva (22) rchk (27) Sandow (8) Sean O (9) Shrike (4) Simon (6) Slightlynorth (8) Somphol Boonjing (18) svartling (27) Tallin (7) Thadman (3) tonywu (2) toru otsubo (15) Travis (12) ulysse.saloff (26) Umesh (12) vcamaral@gmail.com (22) vevck (12) Vinny Carpenter (10) Wayne Smallman (24) WebLeOn (23) Wratty (126) Yinka (9) zsafwan (45) Леша Лещенко (4) 猫影 (14)Explore read five notes- Praneet said: So finally google entering into 'image recognition' space :) with 'grouping similar faces together'. 'Riya' will have some competition now !
- JayCrossler said: Shiney! Will play with this. Funny - I just purchased another year of Flickr membership yesterday.
- Ramon Silva said: Google is going to rule the world!
- Bryan said: And you thought Chrome was the only thing new. This is another big Google release this week. I'll try and post something about it (as well as do my own explorations) soon.
- chrishathaway said: Google's on a roll today... the new picasa has some great new features.
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Google Chrome now Live (77)
onIn yesterday's post on Google Chrome, we promised to let you know when it would be available for everyone to try -- and that time is now. Visit http://www.google... to download and start exploring. (For the moment, it's available only for Windows users, but you can sign up on the download page to learn when the Mac and Linux versions are available.)Posted by Brian Rakowski, Product ManagerShared by [BLT]FQX (65) AidA (86) Andrew (27) Andrew Boardman (69) Andrey (4) AndyDrew (8) Ans (15) Appu (19) Ari (8) Arjun Parsi (18) atul (75) Babak (10) Benjamin Golub (20) Bennett (5) BrendoMan (115) C.K. (134) CannonGod (217) Carl Dunn3 (15) Cavorter (25) Cerpin Taxt (3) Chrigu (12) Chris (3) Cristi (21) cyberbaguioboy (3) d1g1t (301) Damon (16) Dave (28) David Bradley (25) DermDoc (Jeff) (44) docbaily (33) dvd (20) DWM (7) Ed (6) Emil (6) focoma (12) Francesco Pham (2) G. (27) giginger (33) greg (20) HiP (9) Icefreez (18) Jack (1) jayman16 (61) Jeff (23) Jeremiah (19) Jimmy (27) Joe Hughes (12) John MacAdam (9) Jonnie (7) Justin Guy Souter (7) KRZ (18) Lantash (10) Leonid Mamchenkov (12) LouCypher (57) Mahraam (29) nanog (23) Navid (71) Neko (15) Nelson (23) Nikki (67) norti (37) olive (6) Pat (8) psybuzz (16) Ramon Silva (22) RaVbaker (11) Rick Butterfield (35) rOckY (154) Sean O (9) sevas (4) SiliconViper (26) sirmikester (17) Sweevo (3) swined (24) Vipul (42) zaniele (7) Леша Лещенко (4)
- Dave said: every UX designer should check this out!
- Ramon Silva said: Google is going to rule the world!
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Up Next: Transnistria? (1)
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A separatist enclave in Moldova could be the next place Russia will try to assert its control over the former Soviet republics.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.usShared by Jeremiah (19)Contribute comment -
Russia 'to Absorb' South Ossetia (1)
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Picasa Refresh Brings Facial Recognition (75)
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In the anticipated release of Google’s new and improved Picasa, the company will offer facial recognition technology to help you identify friends and family in your pictures without requiring you to tag them by-hand each time you see them. Launching at noon PDT today, Picasa’s facial recognition technology will ask you to identify people in your pictures that you haven’t tagged yet. Once you do and start uploading more pictures, Picasa starts suggesting tags for ...Shared by Aaron (25) Amihai (24) Andy Beal (23) Archit T (15) Benedict Lee Zhi En (163) blakeneven (27) Brenton (3) Brian (2) Brian (26) Brian Cuban (1084) Brooke Adcox (9) Carl (5) Carl Dunn3 (15) CHRISTIAN (23) Christopher (50) Chuck LeDuc (6) cuqui (20) Dan Persson (1) Daniel (13) Daniel (9) DarK FlameS (64) David Sasaki (4) dffrnt (27) dknowles (19) Drew Olanoff (144) Edo (21) eschnou (11) Gautam (14) GerardM (25) Gil (158) Gil Creque (8) godlaugh (10) Gommit (28) guy (625) Guy (702) Hagdahl (29) HollowMarkeD (65) Icefreez (18) James (11) James Forbes Keir (19) Jeffrey (26) Jeremiah (19) Jimmy (27) joekwon (18) Joey Doll (14) JohnMu (12) jonmower (21) Jrod (68) Kevin (28) kpoirier (4) Lantash (10) Leonid (20) lucky13cxc (6) Martin Dahl Pedersen (2) marxwang (43) mfelkins (8) Michael V (4) Mike F (455) ModernBizzle (5) Murali (10) Nick (10) Nick Cobb (474) Oudi Antebi (25) patrice (7) PMinze (28) potentato (25) Powera (23) Ritu (630) Rob (17) Sigalon (35) SMC (204) surftheair (8) Techboy (17) webtime (476) 猫影 (14)Explore read eight notes- DarK FlameS said: Picasa agora com reconhecimento facial...
- Jrod said: boom
- Oudi Antebi said: worked very nice for me!
- Hagdahl said: Picasa med ansiktigenkänning måste vara det ballaste på länge! Det kan bli hur enkelt som helst att söka efter olika personer i bildarkivet.
- Icefreez said: Wow, that will be nice. They already developed the technology somewhat for Google maps why not develop it a bit more and release it for free :D
- Jeffrey said: interesting - this would make life a lot easier on facebook... firefox plugin anyone? =P
- Joey Doll said: google is on a tear
- kpoirier said: sounds cool.
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Disclosures on Palin Raise Questions on Vetting Process (4)
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Al-Qaeda deputy 'nearly captured' (2)
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No Joke: Google Introduces Its Own Browser (119)
onGoogle Blogoscoped has published a lengthly cartoon sent to them by Google and drawn by Scott McCloud that provides the first public details about Google Chrome, an open source browser based on WebKit and powered by Google Gears that has been rumored but never before confirmed. According to the cartoon (which can be seen in its entirely here - thanks Marshall), the Google Chrome project has already undergone a substantial period of development with engineers ...Shared by 88michael (8) Aaron (6) Aaron (2) AaronTN (34) Aeh310 (10) Alex (22) Alex (17) Alex C (30) Allen Thompson (14) Amer (9) Amihai (24) Angel (7) Angelito (4) Benedict Lee Zhi En (163) Benjamin (9) Bose (8) Brad (9) Brit (24) C.K. (134) Carl (5) cbsmith (41) cfohlin (9) Chantal (53) Chris J Guerra (25) Compuwizard123 (34) Darnell Clayton (2) David Feng (17) David Johns (23) dema (9) Derek (32) DigitalMike (55) Drew Olanoff (144) Dustin (3) Earl E Morningwood (59) Ed (6) egon (6) emiliano (1) Eoin (14) Esteban (2) fabiano (24) fabio (42) FelipeC (19) Gabriel (7) Garrett (8) Gauravonomics (39) glaforge (38) Gommit (28) Gothy (17) H. Duthel (105) Havaslash (31) heather (17) Hervé (17) Hisham (23) iAlja (30) Ian Benedict (3) IanBlackburn (38) Inthenameofmine (406) Jack (90) Jean-François (4) Jeffrey (26) Jeremiah (19) Jeremy (91) Jesus (27) Jill (70) Jochen Mai (2) Joe (13) joekwon (18) Joel (13) Jon (27) Josh (16) Jun Labao (17) Kyle (16) lindenb (1) mabisa (48) Maksim Berjoza (24) Mario Menti (2) Mark (9) Mark (1) Markus (2) matt (10) Merlin (4) miasarmento (110) Michael V (4) Mihalcea Razvan (292) Moses (63) natadd (6) Ogu (9) Ooble (26) or (5) Parker (13) Pascal Sijen (3) Paul (19) paulo (29) Pimienta (4) plasmaegg (17) plu (23) Prashanth (13) Régis Kuckaertz (9) Rk (13) Robert Scoble (70) Role (54) Rotkäpchen (8) Rudolf Olah (10) Ryan S (45) sczizzo (5) Sebastian Werner (18) shark (17) Sigalon (35) Silvo (5) Steffan Antonas (4) surftheair (8) Thomas (15) Tim (25) Timothy (12) Tzury (19) Vahid (117) Vinuth (5) Will (16) ZakMb (5) Zoram (19)Explore read 13 notes
- Chris J Guerra said: hehe of course posted after they resigned their deal to power mozilla search...
- matt said: I like that each tab has it's own process... I hate it when one page kills my entire browser.
- Chantal said: This is so strange. It's making use of WebKit, but it's going to be Windows only at first.
- Ed said: I'm in...
- Ogu said: Esto se ve bastante interesante. Aunque no pienso que necesitemos OTRO navegador, es bueno ver que al menos este esta pensando las cosas muy diferente. Que opinan?
- Earl E Morningwood said: I must say, it looks awesome,
- Angel said: Ah Caray! Esto si es nuevo. Un navegador HECHO por Google??? Dejenme y lo instalo y reporto sobre los resultados.
- Hervé said: Le meilleur détaillé.
- Silvo said: bilo je samo vprašanje časa...
- Mark said: Interesting. Will look forward to trying this.
- joekwon said: this paragraph summed it up for me: "Google is leveraging its massive server infrastructure to run automatic performance tests for Chrome. The company is claiming that its Chrome Bot can test the browser on tens of thousands of different webpages within 20-30 minutes of each build. These webpages are chosen on the basis of their popularity, which has already been determined by Google with the data it collects from its search users. When Google started testing Chrome, it only rendered 23% of those pages correctly (no word on how many it gets right as of today now it apparently renders 99% correctly)."Google is able to test it's browser without people because of what it knows. I don't think any other company has been able to do that to this scale before.Kind of scary, yet highly efficient. Kind of like the power plants from The Matrix.
- Garrett said: Damn, This is pretty impressive.
- Jochen Mai said: Hört sich interessant an
