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31 Jul 2008
McCain appears before black group
Reuters - By Steve Holland - Aug. 1 (News Report) - One man wanted to know why McCain backed offshore oil drilling if, as some experts say, it would take 10 years to get the oil to gasoline stations. McCain said he had spoken to oil industry executives and had been told it was possible to use existing facilities to produce gasoline from offshore oil within months. "So we ought to drill now," he said.NewsTrust Rating: 3.5 from source rating - Review It
Fuel cell breakthroughs reported
MSNBC - Aug. 1 (News Report) - Fuel cells have been touted as an important future source of energy. They combine hydrogen and oxygen to produce power without any damaging pollution. Expensive platinum has been used as a catalyst in the process of producing oxygen previously, but the new research substitutes more common chemicals.NewsTrust Rating: 3.4 from source rating - Review It
“The Gang of Ten” Sets Framework for an Energy Package
Associated Content - By Carl Benjamin - Aug. 1 (News Analysis) - Ten Senators, five Republicans and five Democrats put framework in place for an energy plan for America.NewsTrust Rating: 3.5 from source rating - Review It
China lifts more internet curbs
BBC News - Aug. 1 (News Report) - China appears to have unblocked more banned websites in some cities after complaints from journalists covering the Olympic Games.NewsTrust Rating: 3.5 from source rating - Review It
Can This Planet Be Saved?
New York Times - By Paul Krugman - Aug. 1 (Opinion) - A McCain campaign ad says that gas prices are high right now because "some in Washington are still saying no to drilling in America." That's just plain dishonest: the U.S. government's own Energy Information Administration says that removing restrictions on offshore drilling wouldn't lead to any additional domestic oil production until 2017, and that even at its peak the extra production would have an "insignificant" impact on oil prices.NewsTrust Rating: 3.7 from source rating - Review It
China’s Industrial Ambition Soars to High-Tech
New York Times - By David Barboza - Aug. 1 (News Report) - No longer content to be the home of low-skilled, low-cost, low-margin manufacturing for toys, pens, clothes and other goods, Chinese companies are trying to move up the value chain, hoping eventually to challenge the world's biggest corporations for business, customers, power and recognition.NewsTrust Rating: 3.7 from source rating - Review It
Microsoft Announces In-Car Hosted Internet Search for Automakers
Microsoft proposes to position itself as the go-to technology provider for automakers in view of the entry of the Internet into cars. Microsoft plans to offer hosted Internet search services for automakers and their business partners who are developing infotainment systems for automobiles.The Beijing Olympics marketing bonanza begins: The Olympic ring webcam
It's more than likely you were never going to fly out to Beijing for the Olympics (especially as only 25 percent of the tickets were available to the rest of the world). This might make up for it in a *very* small way, or simply serve to commemorate the beginning of this wonderful sports tournament.Four way Wii remote charger on its way
You can complain all you want about the Wii being just a party gaming machine that doesn't cater to the 'core gamers, but at the end of the day it is a GREAT party gaming machine that doesn't cater to the 'core gamers.ACS reveal T range for audiophiles of all kinds
There'll be no headphone squishing in the ear action with this pair of headphones. That's because they've been custom moulded to fit the contour of your ear and more importantly, they've been designed to actually stay there.Scrabulous brothers launch new Facebook game: Wordscraper
The two brothers behind Facebook hit game Scrabulous launched a new online word game last night - Wordscraper. By Jemima KissThe Last Guy Is Here To Rescue You
Recently at E3, SCEA announced some really cool PlayStation Network titles, including Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic, Fat Princess, Flower and Crash Commando. Well, the goods keep on coming because I’m excited to tell you today about ANOTHER new downloadable title we are bringing to PSN very soon: The Last Guy.R.I.P Usenet: 1980-2008
Child-porn investigations have doomed one of the last remnants of a smaller, kinder Net.Surprise! A Big Media Company Finally Says Digital Revenue Actually Matters Now
Embedded in Disney's (DIS) latest filing with the SEC is a claim that might go down as a first in the annals of big media: Disney says it now has a meaningful digital business. How meaningful? Disney won't say.Google Said to Consider Venture Arm
Google, which in its time has ponied up cash for various start-ups, is considering making it official. The Internet search giant is mulling a move to hang its own venture capital shingle, according to The Wall Street Journal.TheStreet.com Reports Second-Quarter Financial Results (Business Wire)
NEW YORK----TheStreet.com, Inc. , a leading financial media company, reported financial results for its quarter and half-year, ended June 30, 2008.Firewire speed set to increase four-fold
The group behind development of FireWire, the IEEE, has approved the new IEEE 1394-2008 specification that gives support for better bandwidth of up to 3.2Gbps. In an attempt to maintain compatibility between different evolutions of FireWire, the revised specification combines and incorporates all previous IEEE 1394 standards developed since 1994.Wordscraper Leaves Hasbro at a Loss for Words [Digital Daily]
Well, this certainly wasn’t what Hasbro had in mind when it sued Scrabulous for copyright infringement. No, I’d guess boycotts, malicious attacks on the official online version of Scrabble, and the rebirth of the knockoff of the classic board game under a new name were about the last things on its mind.About Security Update 2008-005 - This document describes … (Apple)
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About Security Update 2008-005 — This document describes Security Update 2008-005, which can be downloaded and installed via Software Update preferences, or from Apple Downloads. — For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until …