Today, Google has launched yet another publicity campaign. FreeTheAirwaves.com asks the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to carve out a piece of available airwaves, called white spaces, for free public broadband use. But while the idea sounds…
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Renewable Power's Growth in Colorado Presages National Debate
DENVER -- When Colorado voters were deciding whether to require that 10 percent of the state's electricity come from renewable fuels, the state's largest utility fought the proposal, warning that any shift from coal and natural gas would be costly,…
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NBC: A Gold Medal for Cluelessness
As on old-media guy myself when I'm not blogging or podcasting, I tend to bristle when bloggers treat mainstream media as some sort of all-purpose curse word. But I have to say that NBC's silly dismissal of the Web during...…
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Linux SDKs target Cortex-A8 SoCs
Linux development specialist RidgeRun announced the availability of embedded software development kits (SDKs) and engineering support services for the Texas Instruments (TI) OMAP35x line of systems-on-chips (SoCs). The SDKs offer Linux kernels and…
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Blimpin' ain't easy
Blimpin' Ain't Easy: Crossing the English Channel in a Pedal-Powered Airship*... Thanks Sam! You know it's hard up here for a blimp. Or so says Stephane Rousson, a 39-year-old Frenchman who's hoping to cross the English Channel in a homemade,…
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Pakistan:
Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, jumps before he is pushedUNPOPULAR, isolated, and facing the humiliation of impeachment, Pervez Musharraf resigned as president of Pakistan on Monday August 18th. In an emotional address, he accused his…
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Celeb vacation hotspot: Kenyan slum
Forget safaris on the rolling Serengeti or scuba diving in Zanzibar, celebrities are flocking to Nairobi's notorious Kibera slum.…
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'Can't we be friends?' Mending a broken heart
