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Tue, 26 May 2009 17:59:51 GMT

Sexy snowboards get chilly reception - TODAY: People - MSNBC.com

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:48:36 GMT

Let’s say your 16-year-old son desperately wanted to buy a snowboard that had a Playboy Playmate from the 1970s emblazoned across it — albeit in a picture without any seriously private parts showing. Would you kill him?

How about if your son was 23 years old? Would you care?

A new line of Burton Snowboards — dubbed the “Love” line — is raising just such questions and sparking a spirited debate among parents and snowboarders across the country. The boards feature retro images of Playboy Playmates that — while certainly leaving little to the imagination — somehow seem innocuous compared with the fare that regularly gets served up these days in “Girls Gone Wild” TV commercials and the spam that clogs our inboxes.

The UK government’s plans to retain email data and rate online content will cost too much, destroy business, liberty and must be stopped - start making placards

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:47:14 GMT

From March this year all ISPs will by law have to keep information about every e-mail sent or received in the UK for a year. Currently many do this on a voluntary basis but this will now become mandatory. With little evidence to support their position, the government says this move is vital for monitoring crime and combating terrorist activity. The new rules are due to come into force on 15 March, as part of a European Commission directive which could affect every ISP in the country. It will cost between £25m and £70m. The rules already apply to telephone companies, which routinely hold much of the data for billing. The Home Office think the data is vital for investigation and intelligence gathering.

7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:28:38 GMT

Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success , and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog .

Between current economic conditions and the technological evolution of the Internet, the traditional approach most job seekers have taken in the past is no longer viable.

The approach — developing a resume and cover letter, locating jobs on and submitting your resume to corporate sites and job banks, and crossing your fingers in hopes of receiving a call from a hiring manager — is, for the most part, a thing of the past. The new approach is far different. It boils down to the fact that there are fewer jobs available, more competition for those jobs and more touch points for recruiters and seekers to interact.

UK Police Legally Allowed to Hack into Computers. Without a Warrant. « TheNextWeb.com

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:44:01 GMT

Talk about big brother.. this is crazy!

British citizens will soon have their personal computers scrutinized by the police at any given time under new plans on electronic surveillance from the European Union council of ministers. According to The Times , police will not need a warrant to do so either and to add further fury, Ministers are also drawing up plans to allow police across the EU to collect information from computers in Britain. Material gathered includes all e-mails, web-browsing habits and instant messaging ‘chats’.

17-inch unibody MacBook Pro with non-removable battery rumored for Macworld - Engadget

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:38:03 GMT

9to5Mac is reporting that a unibody, 17-inch MacBook Pro will be announced at Macworld , following in the footsteps of the previously released unibody 13 and 15-inchers . The rumor, backed up by some "whisperers" at Macrumors , isn't really an earth-shattering surprise -- though the accompanying revelation that this model is expected to have a slim, extended-life, non-removable battery is rather eye-opening -- and somewhat disappointing, considering the lameness of non-removable batteries. We'll know for sure on Tuesday at the keynote.

Update: Apple Insider is also independently confirming the imminent arrival of the unibody 17-incher, and also corroborating the fixed internal battery theory.

German shepherd

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:44:59 GMT

Pranks: How to Use Speed Cameras to Bury Your Enemies in Speeding Tickets

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:46:42 GMT

I think that speed cameras are the devil's technology that impugn our basic human rights, but Maryland high school students show how they can be used for fun and ~~profit~~ revenge.

Basically, students from Richard Montgomery High School are copying the license plate numbers of their "enemies" ('cause high schoolers lead such vicious, angsty lives) on glossy photo paper in a font that looks just like the one Maryland uses for its license plates. They tape the crappy fake license over their own, and intentionally zip past a stupid speedtrap camera, and a couple days later, their victim receives a ticket in the mail. The really clever little bastards are borrowing cars that are the same model as the one their victim owns.

Black Hat Facebook Marketing

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:50:13 GMT

Fact: Lots of Facebook friends means a lot of eyes and ears for your message. Once this became obvious, shady techniques were developed to amass a lot of Facebook friends or to get users to join a group. The questions are: how annoying this really is, could it become the next spam, and should Facebook do anything about it?

Gallery | New Orleans snow | ajc.com

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:34:46 GMT

New Orleans snow

Parts of Mississippi and Louisiana, including New Orleans, received a rare snowfall on Thursday. Here a person strolls down a quiet street in the French Quarter. Cheryl Gerber / AP