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  • Solar industry creating jobs, not just juice

    Solar industry creating jobs, not just juice

    Posted on April 21, 2010 | No Comments
    It appears that there may be a recession proof industry after all. The Solar Energies Industry Association just released their annual report, and while coal and oil are "suffering", solar is a growth industry.

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  • Modern Warfare 2 DLC map pack coming to PC March 30, Xbox and PS3 shortly after

    Modern Warfare 2 DLC map pack coming to PC March 30, Xbox and PS3 shortly after

    Posted on March 11, 2010 | No Comments
    We featured a so-called leaked video showing MW2's upcoming map pack last week but had no idea when players will get access to the new maps. Activision finally came clean, though, and announced that the DLC will hit PCs first on March 30, with consoles getting it sometime afterwards. Oh, and yeah, it will be named Stimulus Package just like the rumor stated, which is a kind of appropriate name, actually.

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  • HP webcams are racist

    HP webcams are racist

    Posted on December 19, 2009 | No Comments
    “As soon as my blackness enters the frame…” Listen, HP, this is the 21st century. Obama is in the White House. This needs to be fixed STAT.

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  • Proposed law would give White House ‘cybersecurity emergency’ powers over the Internet

    Proposed law would give White House ‘cybersecurity emergency’ powers over the Internet

    Posted on August 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Internet King and America's news editor Matt Drudge is freaking out right now, complete with his trademark scare quotes. (I swear, you could probably write a thesis about how Drudge influences the American media.) There's a bill that's currently floating around the U.S. Senate that would, in times of emergency, put the Internet, in a sense, in control of the White House. And then the government will make you eat fruits and vegetables! Tyranny!

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  • UK encouraging civil servants to tweet ‘issues of relevance’

    UK encouraging civil servants to tweet ‘issues of relevance’

    Posted on July 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Years ago, London ruled one-fourth of the world's population. Now? Training its civil servants how to tweet “issues of relevance or upcoming events.”

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  • All the mobile Obama videos you can handle, courtesy of Clippz

    All the mobile Obama videos you can handle, courtesy of Clippz

    Posted on July 6, 2009 | No Comments
    Clippz, a fledgling video startup with offices in the UK and Princeton, NJ, offers a platform for mobile videos that eliminates the need for a carrier network. It's a very basic service: it essentially lets you select your current mobile phone on its website and based on your selection it allows you to download the most fitting version of any mobile video on its platform to your computer. You can then 'sideload' (transfer the data of) the video with the best quality for your mobile device directly onto the phone via USB, Bluetooth or simply by means of a swappable memory card. This morning, Clippz dedicated a channel to material from the Obama Administration. Aptly named, 'The White House' channel offers mobile-optimized videos from the official White House YouTube channel for download, free of charge.

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  • Blackberry Tour to launch on Verizon Wireless on July 12th

    Blackberry Tour to launch on Verizon Wireless on July 12th

    Posted on June 30, 2009 | No Comments
    If you've been biting your nails off anticipating the launch of the Blackberry Tour, you probably want to visit a psychiatrist ASAP. But you can also be happy to know that Verizon Wireless just announced that they'll be releasing the Tour on July 12th. The Tour provides anyone hell-bent on Verizon (like people who actually want their phone to make and receive calls) a good multimedia phone in the $200 price range.

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  • White House, Pentagon announce plans for new cybersecurity positions

    White House, Pentagon announce plans for new cybersecurity positions

    Posted on May 29, 2009 | No Comments

    It's just been a few short months since a proposed bill called for the creation of a National Cybersecurity Advisor, but it looks like there's now not one but two new positions in the offing, with both the Pentagon and President Obama himself announcing plans for some newly elevated offices charged with keeping the nation's networks secure. While a specific "Cybersecurity Czar" hasn't yet been named, the White House position will apparently be a member of both the National Security Council and National Economic Council and, in addition to coordinating U.S. response in the event of a major attack, the office will also be tasked with protecting privacy and civil liberties. Details on the new Pentagon office, on the other hand, are expectedly even less specific although, according to The New York Times, it'll be a military command that will work to coordinate efforts now scattered across the four armed services, and will apparently serve as complement to the civilian office in the White House.

    Read - Reuters, "Obama to name White House cybersecurity czar"
    Read - The New York Times, "Pentagon Plans New Arm to Wage Cyberspace Wars"

    [Thanks, Ryan]

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