Can a country get so caught up in lunatic political correctness that it ceases to respect human values and dignity? Can an entire land drink the Kool-Aid of enforced Islamofascism, to the point where every man, woman and child within
If you call 411 or customer service for almost any service-related company today, you’re greeted with, “Thank you for calling. Press #1 to continue in English.” Excuse me, but when did English cease being the default language in this country?
It’s all over the news how Miley Cyrus and her friends had their pictures taken doing something a lot of teenagers do: making funny faces for the camera. Some claim they were trying to look Asian and making fun of
This is not a discussion on the merits of life or abortion. It doesn’t matter what your opinion is about that issue because I’m talking about divisive politics. The claim of unity and an end to politics that divide is
Embedded video from CNN Video Information Week: A misplaced “/” on Saturday morning prompted Google’s malware warning system to flag every search-results link as dangerous.
As grad student experts have long taught us, Western culture is quick to marginalize and devalue knowledge from the “Other.” For example, look at the recent ridicule aimed at the “Egg of Power” sculpture President Obama keeps in the Oval
Much has been made about the democratization of filmmaking. The barriers to entry are gone. Now, with a webcam, 90 minutes of something to say and editing software, you – yes, YOU — can be a movie mogul! Right. True,
I must confess to enjoying this election cycle; wherein Democrats (a party whose platform is unabashedly liberal) have jettisoned the bothersome linearity of doing what one says in favor of saying what one does to a degree that makes the
At the dawn of mankind our ancient ancestors huddled around campfires and told stories to entertain each other. But the smarter ones realized there was a way to make the stories more effective for the audience. And that was the
Some quick thoughts on the snoozefest known as the Golden Globes: The big question, of course, is always how the Globes will affect the Oscar voters. My guess – somewhere ranging from “not at all,” to “completely and utterly.” And
This Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremonies (8 p.m. EST) will give Hollywood one last award venue to bash the Bush administration. Is there any doubt some winners will jump at the chance to savage the president while he’s still in office?
Fox News: The terrorists carried handheld GPS navigators, satellite phones, BlackBerrys and data CDs containing detailed maps and Google Earth images of where they were going.
This week’s Washington Times’ column: As the Republican blame game and political infighting rages with no end in sight, here’s an unorthodox fast-track plan for a full-scale GOP recovery in 2010. The future of the Grand Old Party needs to
BBC: Google has added a new twist to its popular 3D map tool, Google Earth, offering millions of users the chance to visit a virtual ancient Rome.
Reuters: Google launched a new tool on Tuesday that will help U.S. federal health experts track the annual flu epidemic. Google Flu Trends uses search terms that people put into the Web-based search engine to figure out where influenza is
AP: Google has scrapped its advertising partnership with Yahoo, abandoning attempts to overcome the objections of antitrust regulators and customers who believed the alliance would give Google too much power over online commerce.
Feb. 2007: An hour of conversation with Michael Crichton, one of the best-selling authors in American publishing. Crichton discusses his new book, “Next”, about DNA, biotechnology and the ownership of disease. Crichton likens the human to a cloud interacting with
NYT: The site uses Google Maps and allows a visitor to enter an address and get results that provide the location of the voter’s polling place.
AP: Google is jumping into the mobile phone business with its new G1 phone. The G1 is available starting today for $179 with a two-year contract from T-Mobile.
TechCrunch: The video was released just as Silicon Valley really began falling apart and the UnParty began in earnest – eBay’s 10% layoffs, Google’s stock nosedive, Yahoo’s self destruction, VC’s bunkering down, etc. And more than a few people thought
AP: The first cell phone running Google Inc.’s mobile software looks something like Apple Inc.’s iPhone and has a large touch screen, but it also packs a trackball, a slide-out keyboard and easy access to Google’s e-mail and mapping programs.
IHT: The browser is a universal doorway to the Internet, and the use of Internet software and services is rapidly growing. Increasingly, the browser is the gateway to the Web on cellphones and other mobile devices, widening the utility of
Reuters: Viacom, owner of movie studio Paramount and MTV Networks, requested the information as part of its $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against the popular online video service and its deep-pocketed parent, Google.
Tourists overwhelmed by the mind-boggling size of Walt Disney World in Orlando will now be able to plan their tour with the help of a 3D Google Earth map created by The Walt Disney Co.
