Digging Deeper::Public Documents + Shoe Leather Reporting = The Smoking Gun's Staying Power

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:25:43 PDT
In a world of social network widgets, videoblogs and Web 2.0 gewgaws, sometimes it’s the simple things that work best. That’s the lesson of Web 1.0 startup The Smoking Gun, a simply designed site that relies on public documents and criminal mugshots to bring in boatloads of traffic. If a prominent politician or celebrity has run afoul of the law, chances are good that The Smoking Gun will have a mugshot, lawsuit brief or other document to provide the gory details. New York governor Elliot Sp

Odds And Ends

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:25:46 PDT
Odds And Ends Is Mayor Bloomberg having a mid-term crisis? The mayor urged any would-be Buildings Deparment commissioners to call City Hall. Rep. Jim Walsh is among those who got ripped off by the NRCC's former treasurer, Chris Ward. The DNC has upped its anti-John McCain ad buy to $500,000. The Atlantic's Matthew Yglesias (an Obama supporter) is getting tired of the never-ending primary. The Daily Intelligencer rounds up coverage of just how bad things might get in the Democratic b

It's the McCain, Stupid

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:26:13 PDT
The best news to come out of Philadelphia - or rather Indiana - is that Obama appears to have finally started campaigning against McCain. In New Albany, Indiana, (just across the river from Louisville) today, Obama made clear that he's moved on to the general election. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama told a cheering crowd at Indiana University Southeast today that the Democratic Party will be unified - whichever candidate is ultimately successful - in its effort to defeat the Republican presumptive nom

Birthday :: Book 10

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:26:20 PDT
Happy Birthday, IMG info]]ratphooey! So glad you're in the embrace of your family today. May there be cake as well as personal serenades! In other news, I finished another book last night. Book 10 was this one, by an author I heard of from my mother. Click on the pic for the full (slightly spoilery but quite brief) review. (Three stars: I liked it enough to read more by the same author)

How to get your antennae up

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:26:45 PDT
A while ago, I said that once witnesses can share what they see live to the world from wherever they are, one of the great challenges for news organizations will be finding this stuff as it happens. The challenge, I said, is keeping our antennae up. Robin Hamman has been trying to answer the challenge with a Yahoo Pipes demo that looks for newsy keywords — e.g., explosion, evacuation — across many (pardon me) user-generated-content services (Flickr, Twitter, et al). Very clever. It doesn’t wo

JAPAN] Oricon Daily Charts Top 10 CD Singles - Tohoshinki takes the #1 position (4.23.08)

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:27:12 PDT
JAPAN] Oricon Daily Charts Top 10 CD Singles - Tohoshinki takes the #1 position (4.23.08) 23rd April , 2008 by KNDY in Japanese Entertainment News 0 comments | Add my comment It’s Wednesday and that means it’s new release day! Which artists or group took the #1 position? NOTE: Tohoshinki bounces back on top, their second #1 CD single since “Purple Line”. ℃-ute does well beating out Biyuden and “Macross” song “Triangular” by Sakamoto Maaya at #6. Last week’s #1, B’z drops to #10. T

New Alexa Ranking,Still Useless or Not, Reap Its Benefits

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:28:11 PDT
According to the World Internet Usage Statistics News and Population Stats, there were 1,319,872,109 Internet users around the globe on 2007. Alexa Toolbar users only composed 10% top of the whole internet users population.Another progress from Alexa is now they’re trying to make exceptions for blogs or personal home pages.

This Won’t Be Controversial: Jesus As the Product of Rape

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:28:14 PDT
This Won’t Be Controversial: Jesus As the Product of Rape By kyle | April 23, 2008 Speaking of Fox News, they’re running a story that “Basic Instinct” director Paul Verhoeven is about to publish a book in which he’ll claim that Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, was the result of a rape committed by a Roman soldier. The story seems a bit iffy on sourcing, though bait-takin’ Bill Donahue has already chimed in with some outrage. (Wouldn’t dignified silence be the best response?) Topics: Books,


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Bollywood beauties Bowled by Dhoni | Bollywood Latest news

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:17:15 PDT
Bollywood beauties bowled over by Dhoni. In Indian One-Day cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's performance on the pitch and his good looks have earned him a huge female fan following, among them a bevy of Bollywood actresses.

Seven GTA IV Gameplay videos Leaked!

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:18:46 PDT
Some exciting news! the gameplay for GTA IV has been leaked, and the video has been posted around the internet, you can view this video on our forums here (we currently have 7 leaked videos)http://www.gtalounge.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=181 More and more content is being found and added to the post so please check back

Interview with Aaron Brown re: NYT "military analyst" story

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:23:23 PDT
The former CNN news anchor speaks about his program's use of retired Generals as war commentators and about his war coverage generally.

A Liberal View of the News

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:24:52 PDT
We must bear in mind the Republican roots of Senator Clinton. She still carries the thought processes of the Goldwater Girl of the 1960's and she easily slides into compliance with the Republican mindset. When others were demanding withdrawal from Iraq, she was saying that we will have to stay indefinitely "in order to protect our Embassy."

Free Naked Photos With The Hottest Entertainment News

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:26:58 PDT
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China attacks CNN Today Causing 'Minor Problems'

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:28:19 PDT
CNN At the peak of todays attack lost up to 100MBps in bandwidth, enough to slow the news Web site for some visitors. This week we reported: The Sports Network was attacked by Chinese hackers possibly thinking it was owned by CNN, which is targeted for attacks. Well, today they started again. (Complete Report)

Ambulation: A Walking Tour of EVE's New] Social Environment

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:28:50 PDT
MMORPG.com News Manager Keith Cross reports on the status of this feature which is still under construction, and CCP's showing at Comic Con.

Darth Vader attacks the Jedi Church

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:44:22 PDT
News story from the bbc....

AMD Phenom's X3

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:48:42 PDT
When AMD first announced plans to introduce triple-core processors back in September of last year, reaction to the news was mixed. Some felt that AMD was simply planning to pass off partially functional Phenom X4 processors as triple-core products, making lemonade from lemons if you will.

Hacking of Credit Cards and ATMs

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:50:19 PDT
This is about a woman who's credit card was mis used at a gas station. The news also discusses a fraud incident that happened with National Bank of Pakistan last month when a cyber gang had withdrawn millions of rupees from its different branches through automated-teller machines (ATMs). The bank sought the help of the FIA...........

Travel Nursing News, Career, and Trends

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:57:09 PDT
Read about travel nursing career benefits, industry trends, and much more

Delegate Scorecard

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:57:10 PDT
Delegate Scorecard - Elections & Politics news ...CNN.com delivers the latest election results for the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries and caucuses, with a delegate scorecard.

Savvy Financial Services Firms Rocket to Media Top 10

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:59:47 PDT
JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America, both pursuing major acquisitions in the troubled financial services market, rapidly rose to number two and eight respectively in the Cision Index, a quarterly assessment of how news coverage reflects and helps shape the corporate reputation of the 100 largest U.S. companies.


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Summer trends to avoid (Independent Florida Alligator)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:43:53 PDT
Trends are the ebb and flow of the fashion pool. They arrive in huge, abrupt waves and wash out just as quickly. Most are sported by the likes of stylish celebrities, and some are created right here on campus.

Get Ashley Olsen’s Style for Less!

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:16:20 PDT
There’s no doubt Ashley Olsen is a fashion maven. Not only does she start trends with her inventive (and sometimes out-there) looks, she’s also designing two lines with sister Mary Kate - one called "The Row" and another named "Elizabeth and James."

How many of the right readers can you offer us, dear?

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:52:14 PDT
"So, just how many DINKY unique visitors with a penchant for expensive jewlery do we get by employing you to blog for us?" If this piece on how "Personality pays in the pay-per-click economy of blogging" is anything to go by, this sort of sentiment may come to govern many a future job-interview in the media world. As Philip pointed out in the comments, the post I wrote on the blogger who promised to bring in 120,000 readers for her future employer left a lot to be explored. It was just a tid

4-23-08 Steel Dynamics Inc. (STLD)

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:04 PDT
Julie’s going to a picnic and she’s bringing steel. Steel Dynamics Inc. (STLD)

What Pennsylvania tells us

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:25:18 PDT
Barack Obama handled his Pennsylvania loss well. He gave one of his best speeches of late, with more specifics than usual. He's learned from his losses in Pennsylvania and other big swing states that he can't write off the working class. (Or rather, the white working class; I haven't seen precise enough polls to tell me how Obama is doing with the black working class. Pollsters?) He talked about "people sitting at their kitchen table paying bills" and peppered it with specifics about healthcar

Five Virtual World Futures

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:30:19 PDT
Think you know virtual worlds? So did I. Then I went to Virtual Worlds 2008 and had my eyes opened. It’s a relatively small conference (say 1000 people) that features some of the best and brightest in the space. And the diversity of that space struck me: from proprietary platforms to “curated experience” to open clients to world staffing and more. And nearly all of it focused on entertainment, not business (though back room chatter says the organizers engineered it that way). Here’s a rundown

USA: Lingerie Diva Improves Inventory after International Lingerie Show

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:32:23 PDT
Apr 23, 2008] Lingeria Diva is adding more sexy clothes, costumes and corsets to their store. The Las Vegas International Lingerie Show provided an opportunity for Lingerie Diva to learn about the latest trends and partner with the newest vendors and best products this season

What I bookmarked today

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:34:14 PDT
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Wiki in the Enterprise

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:38:32 PDT
Social Technologies like Blogs and Wikis which are already popular on the consumer Internet have steadily been making inroads to the other side of the firewall as well. Everone from Large enterprise clients to small companies are already using these with varied success rate or are considering using these technologies/tools. So if you are one of those considering implementing a wiki, it is important to understand all the aspects related to not only technology but also the impact a wiki can ha

The Prem Group's Managing Director writes his blog

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:59:14 PDT
The Prem Group - an Irish company who owns hotels in Ireland like Days Inn or Premier Suites or other franchises hotels in Europe like the Holiday Inn in Calais - has embraced Web 2.0 by getting their Managing Director Jim Murphy writting a blog. Jim Murphy's Blog covers topics such as updates about his hotel and real estate company but also gives some insights about hotel and tourism trends (check out the controversial post "Antwerp is the new Paris"...). Jim, welcome to my list of Hotelie

Sony Ericsson at UIQ Developer Fast Track events

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:03:52 PDT
Sony Ericsson is joining UIQ Technology’s Developer Fast Track events on 15-16 May in Boston, USA and on 19-20 May in San Francisco, USA to speak about mobile software trends and getting applications preloaded. Sony Ericsson sessions: keynote and commercial track Mikael Nerde, Director of Sony Ericsson Application Acquisition and Content Planning, is sharing his thoughts on mobile convergence and mobile software trends during his keynote and discussing the hot topic of getting applications pre


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