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CDs and Ardi and Vooks, Oh My!

Michael Sigman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology

Read More: Vooks, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Ardi, Simon & Schuster, Science, Evolution, Fundamentalists, Gourmet Magazine, George Albert, Cds, Gourmet Magazine Closes, Eight-Tracks, DigiScent iSmell, Technology, Cashbox, Technology News

It can be exhilarating to contemplate the digital and evolutionary future. But I don't know if I could bear a world of "vookcases," "vook reports," and God forbid, a New York Review of Vooks.

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Stop The Insanity!: A Luddite's Lament

Pamela Newton | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Iphone, Luddites, Adam Bede, George Eliot, Technology, Kindle, Taxes, Pamela Newton, Ereaders, Living News

Old technologies may be no better than new ones, but it's worth taking a moment every now and then to make sure we still know how to sit still and take in the life going on around us...

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New GOP Website Functions Much Like The Party: It Doesn't!

Julie Farby | Posted 10.15.2009 | Technology

Read More: Michael Steele, gop.com, Republicans, Hip Hop, Technology, GOP Website, Rnc Chairman, Technology News

RNC Chairman Michael Steele promised to "take this party to the streets" and God damn it, he wasn't messin' around!

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It's Time to Get Down And Creative With Dr. Tina Seelig

Dr. Hendrie Weisinger | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: The Balanced Life, Business, Technology, Work, The Giving Life, Living News

Every once in a while, I find a book that I am compelled to recommend. This time, it is What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20, by Dr. Tina Seelig.

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The Man's Must-Have iPhone Apps

One For The Table | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: The Best iPhone Apps, iPhone Apps, Iphone, Gadgets, Twitter, Apple Iphone, Technology, Living News

If you have an iPhone (sorry if you don't) and want to take your daily technology coolness quotient to the next level, then you need to pay attention.

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The GOP Online (VIDEO)

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: Michael Steele, Glenn Beck, John McCain, Technology, Rush Limbaugh, Rnc, gop.com, Jav on Tech, Technology News

Of course technology is non-partisan, belonging to neither the Democratic Party nor the GOP. Yet when it comes to technology and politics -- an unpredictable, still evolving marriage -- all eyes are on the Republicans.

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Remember Privacy?

Tamar Abrams | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: MacKenzie Phillips, Entertainment Tonight, Oprah Winfrey, Twitter, Kathy Griffin, David Letterman Extortion, Jon and Kate Gosselin, Jon and Kate, Skype, Facebook, Technology, Privacy, David Letterman, Media News

It's one thing to voluntarily relinquish all pretense to one's one privacy, but totally different to spill the most intimate details of the lives of others, particularly if they aren't around to defend themselves.

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Who Keeps Fighting if the Troops Leave Afghanistan?

Jairus Grove | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Peace Prize, Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Warwire, Human Rights, Robots, Pakistan, Pakistan Drone Attacks, Technology, Nobel Peace Prize, Politics News

I have no idea what a drone sounds like. What I do know is that every child in the territory of Waziristan must talk about it constantly. This is slow sadistic torture.

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New York Department of Labor Offers Facebook, Twitter As Free Job Search Options

NY1 | Asa Aarons | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Unemployment, Unemployment, Social Networking Sites, Unemployment Rate, Social Networking, Twitter, Technology, Online Job Search, Job Search, Facebook, New York, New York State Jobs, New York Department of Labor, New York News

Free computer and online access is being provided at the New York State Department of Labor as a way to match the unemployed with companies that are h...

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New Music Software Turns Hit Songs Into A Science

npr.org | Laura Sydell | Posted 10.12.2009 | Technology

Read More: Hit Song, Music Software, Popular, Math, Song, Hit, Uplaya, Science, Software, Technology, Music, Technology News

Many of us like to believe that there's a little magic behind the making of a hit single. David Meredith, CEO of Music Intelligence Solutions, says th...

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Remixing the Book

Hugh McGuire | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Out of Control, Kevin Kelly, Remixing, Publishing, Creative Commons, Remix, Writing, Books, Open Source, Web, Andreas Lloyd, Technology, Book, Editing, Books News

Writers will probably always want to keep control of their work, but who is to say that the particular collaboration between a writer and her editor results in the best possible book?

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Prince Philip Reveals His Technology Woes: To Operate A TV You "Practically Have To Make Love To [It]"

AP | Posted 10.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: Prince Philip Tv, England, Technology Problems, British Royalty, Prince Philip, Celebrity, Technology, Prince Philip Technology, Prince Philip England, Technology News

LONDON — He may be married to Queen Elizabeth II, but Prince Philip has the same technological troubles as millions of commoners. The 88-year-old...

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National Institutes of Energy Needed to Fill Energy R&D Gap

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Research, Alternative Energy, Green Technology, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Clean Technology, Innovation, Technology, Energy Policy, Global Warming, Green News

Downright paltry private-sector energy innovation spending leaves a massive energy innovation gap that the U.S. government barely begins to fill, investing only about $5 billion annually in energy R&D.

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IBM Fights Homelessness With Handheld Device Used By Social Workers

Posted 10.08.2009 | Impact

Read More: New York Homeless, Technology, Homelessness, Ibm, New York City, Impact News

A handheld device provided to social service workers in New York City by IBM has drastically improved the time it takes to place a homeless person in ...

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"Can't We All Just Get Along?" -- A Manifesto of Sorts

Steve Ross | Posted 10.08.2009 | Books

Read More: E-Books, E-Reader, Publishing, Amazon Kindle, Media, Books, Technology, Ereaders, Books News

I have noticed over the past few years a troubling trend entering the picture, a trend that is encapsulated in the blogs posted by Chip O'Brien and Mark Coker.

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Unplugged, Saddled Up, Recharge: My Techno-Kingdom for a Horse

Karen Stabiner | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Horses, Living, Unplug and Recharge, Technology, Riding, Living News

The easy unplug is this: No devices while eating, period, ever, end of sentence, non-negotiable. The more challenging and glorious unplug is...

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Google's Energy Monitoring Dashboard Finds A Device Partner

treehugger.com | Jaymi Heimbuch | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Google, Google PowerMeter, Green Technology, Ted, Green News, Green Living, Technology, Business, ted5000, Green Business, Green News

[G]oogle mentioned they wanted to bring on a smart meter-like device that would allow anyone the ability to monitor their energy use with PowerMeter. ...

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Web of Change '09

Kety Esquivel | Posted 10.07.2009 | Technology

Read More: Design Strategy, Behavioral Economics, Web of Change, Citizen Engagement, Tech-Conferences, Organizational Transformation, Technology, Storytelling, Technology News

Some of the questions that we explored at the Web of Change conference were: What defines the culture of New Media/Web 2.0? How has it started to define the culture of the 'real' world?

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Mobile Phones Used Across Rural Africa For New Ventures

nytimes.com | SARAH ARNQUIST | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Mobile Phones, Science, Africa Mobile Phones, Mobile Phones Africa, Technology, Africa, World News

BUSHENYI, Uganda Laban Rutagumirwa charges his mobile phone with a car battery because his dirt-floor home deep in the remote, banana-covered hills of...

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Five Things That Annoy Me About Your Blog

Jessica Olien | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Absurd Book Deals, Opinion, Lolcats, Bloggers, Blogs, Reporting, Technology, Journalism, Media News

LOLcatz has already been made into a book and it's likely that your bad idea makes it look like Animal Farm.

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Edward Burtynsky Oil Exhibit: Examining Our Crude Oil Consumption

Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Art Gallery, Photography, Freeway, Energy Consumption, Art, Gasoline, Big Oil, Crude Oil, Green News, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Oil, Edward Burtynsky, Slideshow, Technology, Consumption, Oil Consumption, Slidehuge, Slidepoll, Green News

The Edward Burtynsky Oil exhibit is on display now until December 13, 2009 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. This exhibit features l...

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"The Fruit Stand Guy Has a Nicer Cell Phone Than I Do" - A Comedic Reflection of the Crazy State of Technology

Ben Berkon | Posted 10.03.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Cell Phones, Technology, Something You Should Read, Fruit Stand Guy, Comedy News, Ben Berkon, Comedy News

"The fruit stand guy has a nicer cell phone than I do" has long been a running joke in my family. It is also, in a weird un-fruit-like way, reflective of our current, crazy society.

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Small Is The New Big: The Best Tools For Micro-Giving

Halle Tecco | Posted 10.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Microloans, Internet, Microvolunteering, Microgiving, Technology, Microfinance, Economy, Halle Tecco, The Giving Life, Living News

Bigger may be better in Texas; but for the rest of us, small steps are all it takes to make a difference. I've searched the depths of the web for the smallest big ideas that help everyday citizens make an impact.

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Microsoft Must Make More Apps for the iPhone

Dan Frommer | Posted 10.02.2009 | Technology

Read More: Iphone, Apple, Business, Technology, iPhone Apps, Microsoft, Skifree, Technology News

Microsoft should start putting more resources -- not an insane amount, but more -- into developing software for the iPhone and iPod touch.

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My "Surrie" With the Fringe on Top

Jared Gardner | Posted 10.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Bruce Willis, Comics, Graphic Novels, Technology, Surrogates, Robots, Movies, Adaptation, Films, San Diego Comic-Con, Robert Venditti, Graphic Novel Movies, Brett Weldele, New York News

I love opening weekend for new comics movies like Surrogates. For brief but increasingly frequent moments in the course of a year I have a perfect excuse to evangelize about comics.

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