Archive about 'News'
The legal claws come out — old media suing new media
Let’s get it on–Viacom has filed a billion-dollar lawsuit against Google, over copyright infringement on Google’s YouTube service. It seemed inevitable that one of the big old media companies was going to take out the legal dagger and try to force changes at YouTube. And Viacom seems like a good candidate, their Comedy Central clips […]
CompUSA closing half its stores, Louisville stays open for now
CompUSA just announced they’re closing over half their stores. Though apparently the one in Louisville is spared for now.
I bet it’s the Internet–the very tech geeks they cater to are the ones most likely to be getting their tech fixes from e-commerce sites. I know I’ve bought more this past year from Woot.com than from CompUSA.
It’s […]
F-22 fighter jet felled by International Date Line
Scary and funny at the same time–the $125-million F-22 Raptor apparently has a glitch in its software that causes everything to crash when the plane crosses over the International Date Line. Apparently somewhere deep down in the code they forgot to account for the IDL.
Back many years ago, I briefly worked for Simmonds Precision Aerospace, […]
Why can’t Italians hold on to a government?
What the heck is wrong with the Italians? Yet another government has collapsed over there. If I’m reading the State Department brief correctly, this was the 61st government in the 62-year period since World War II ended. They’ve basically changed governments every damned year.
I thought it was the Spanish who were supposed to be so temperamental […]
Atlanta-Journal Constitution re-organizes for a 24/7 world
There was a massive re-organization announced yesterday at the Atlanta Journal Constitution. They’ll have a news-gathering department, whose job is to generate news content without regard for the eventual platform where it gets presented. Then there will be two departments aimed at creating that presentation from the content–one a print edition and one the digital online […]
Ford Taurus returns this summer
So that has to be the shortest retirement in automotive history. What was supposed to be the last Ford Taurus rolled off the assembly line in October 2006, and now just four months later Ford is apparently poised to announce the return of the Taurus.
But it won’t be an entirely new car, all they’re doing […]
Great resource for government recall notices
So I was reading this story about the huge recall of EasyBake ovens. The article caught my eye because baking is the only form of cooking that I actually like. Always loved baking cookies with Mom when I was a kid. It’s probably the reason I’ve got such a sweet tooth, love all kinds of baked […]
Inventor of Ada language dies
I spent a few years (back when I had a full head of hair) working for various aerospace contractors. So I’ve done more than my fair share of Ada programming. It’s been quite a few years since I have touched it though–I threw out all my Ada books when I was packing up to move […]
Spending more on healthcare doesn’t equal longer life
This is another one of those studies where they kinda point out the obvious, but it’s still good that they do point it out. Seems Cubans have a slightly longer average lifespan than those of us living just north of them in the United States. While spending far less per capita than the US does […]
Yahoo trying to emulate a CNET strategy?
Yahoo is working to launch a bunch of microsites, like wii.yahoo.com, that aim to aggregate Yahoo resources around very targeted audiences such as Nintendo Wii owners. The idea is to make them destinations where that specific audience will gravitate and explore.
Guess who’s running that business for Yahoo–Vince Broady, who came over to Yahoo from my […]