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A New Web of Trust

A protocol that could make the Internet more secure is finally being implemented.

End of Wall Street: What Happens Next

Chapter Three: This final chapter of the crisis on Wall Street tells the story of the $700-billion bailout, as seen through a reporter's eyes, and looks at what's ahead for the global economy.

How significant is China’s new crackdown on pornography?

Is the Chinese governments web-wide crackdown on pornography, announced today, just about stopping porn? Given larger socio-economic issues in the country, and the wide range of Chinese Internet companies singled out for severe punishment by the Chinese government leading search engine Baidu, forei …

Today Offers Coulter Wednesday Slot [Feuds]

After hilariously bumping Ann Coulter from Tuesday's show for Perez Hilton, NBC's Today asked the conservative simpleton on the next day, an olive branch she accepted with grace and wit. Hahahahahahaaa. No actually Coulter went on Fox's Hannity & Colmes tonight and, reports TV Newswer, said the …

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Toys

An eccentric toymaker discovers that his family business is being used to produce weapons by his jingoistic uncle who has been bequeathed control of the company.Added: January 06, 2009Air date: December 18, 1992Duration: 2:01:37

Saturday Night Live: Virgania Horsen's Hot Air Balloon Rides

Come on a hot air balloon ride with me!Added: January 05, 2009Air date: March 08, 2008Duration: 01:00Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

Search Obama’s donors thanks to spreadsheet startup Blist

Change.gov, the website where President-Elect Barack Obamas transition team can interact with constituents, just unveiled a neat tool using startup technology through Blist, the simple database for non-experts, the team is sharing its giant list of donors. The transition team was already publishing …

1970s humor mag predicts future

Jerry Beck of Cartoon Brew says: I received several old issues of Cracked magazine over the holidays and noticed this article predicting life in the 21st Century had become surprisingly accurate. "Today's Swinger is Tomorrow's Square," illustrated by John Severin, appeared in the 1974 annual Super …

Injured L.T. might not play against Steelers

There was the strained groin in 2004, the lingering rib injury in 2005, a jaw injury in 2006, the knee injury in last year’s playoffs and then his jammed right big toe earlier this season.  Now there’s the groin injury that’s dogging LaDainian Tomlinson to the point that he might have to sit out the …

You Rock the Deuce | 1/3/09

You Rock the Deuce | 1/3/09 Crank your speakers to the hottest new rock videos on MTV2.

I will not be visiting ESPN.com ever again

ESPN launched its new site design today and all I can say is wow. And its not a good wow, its an awful wow. I cannot separate those advertisements from the content and so I will never visit this site again. Its sad too, because ESPN does have great content when it comes to sports. In fact, I dont th …

State ends 2008 with fewest traffic deaths since 1944

State ends 2008 with fewest traffic deaths since 1944 Wisconsin ended 2008 with 589 traffic fatalities, which is the lowest total since 1944 when 526 people died in traffic crashes, according to preliminary statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. State traffic deaths in 20 …

Saturday Night Live: Don't Buy Stuff

The sure-fire way to get out of debt.Added: October 20, 2007Air date: February 04, 2006Duration: 02:28Rating: 4.7 / 5.0

US backs India on Mumbai terror attack probe

FBI will be granted access in Pakistan to investigate Mumbai terror attacks link.

Times Finally Runs Display Advertising on Front Page [Dead Trees]

It  once might have raised hackles for the Times to carry a display ad on the front page. Now the only scandal is that the paper waited so long. Today the paper carries a front-page ad for CBS. Well, sure. It's hard to be shocked by that after the paper's first mass layoffs, a junk rating …

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Obama's Weekly Addresses: Jan 3, 2009- Weekly Address

In this week's weekly address, President-elect Barack Obama lays out the challenges that face us in the new year, and his plan for taking them on.Added: January 05, 2009Air date: January 03, 2009Duration: 03:59Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

A Bailout Report Card: How Successful Have the Financial Relief Efforts Been?

The U.S. Government has committed trillions of dollars to its many bailout efforts. Some actions deserve an A, but there's a D and an F on this report card, too

2009: Products I Can’t Live Without

At the beginning of each year I traditionally publish a list of my favorite startups and products. This is the fourth year Ive done this - previous lists: 2006, 2007, 2008. This is a list of the products I tend to use daily. Some are for work (Wordpress, Delicious, Zoho, etc.), some are for fun (MyS …