Google News Blog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009 | Technology
Posted by Josh Cohen, Senior Business Product Manager As newspapers consider charging for access to their online content, some publishers have asked: Should we put up pay walls or keep our articles in Google News and Google Search? In fact, they can do both - the two aren't mutually exclusive. There are a few ways we work with publishers to make their subscription content discoverable. Today we're...
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | yesterday | Sports
Tiger Woods voicemail to Jaimee Grubbs - a Las Vegas Cocktail waitress he was allegedly having an affair with - can be heard after the jump. Worse yet for Tiger? There are allegations that he bedded another chick in Vegas - Kalika Moquin (right), who is something of an “it” girl in Sin City. First [...]
Towleroad (Free subscription) | yesterday | Entertainment
Family Ties mom Meredith Baxter (above, now and then), came out of the closet on the Today show following reports in the National Enquirer that she was spotted on a lesbian cruise in the Caribbean. Said Baxter: "I am a...
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009 | Technology
This is actually quite astounding. Dear Reader Fraser has created a mosaic using 80 random Windows crash shots to portray Uncle Fester. Below is a detail of the tongue. Click on both to see them in greater detail. The full file is really amazing — we hope to make it available as a download soon [...]
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday | Technology
Camera hacker Bhautik Joshi, who brought us the brilliant DIY tilt-shift lens hack , has produced another great optical device. Detailed instructions on his site walk you through the creation of the Phone-O-Scope , an optical coupler that allows an iPhone to accept a standard SLR lens. Just to get the inevitable question of 'why' out of the way - well, why not? As far as I can tell, I think this is...
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009 | Technology
Earlier today we wrote about Square , the new payment service cofounded by Jim McKelvey and Twitter creator Jack Dorsey . We also interviewed Dorsey and used Square to buy a coffee. We knew Squared had closed a hyper-competitive venture round. What we didn't know until recently was the size and valuation of that round. Square is valued at a massive $40 million or more after raising $10 million in...
Armchair Generalist (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
For those interested, here's the WaPo coverage and the White House transcript. For the WMD crowd, here's the money shots: "The people and governments of both Afghanistan and Pakistan are endangered. And the stakes are even higher within a nuclear-armed...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009 | Other
Earlier this month, the far-right Family Research Council (FRC) sent a fundraising action alert fearmongering about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which has been introduced in both the House and Senate and President Obama says he is “pushing hard to pass.” “This law would punish anyone in the workplace who dares oppose homosexual behavior, cross-dressing [...]
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago | Technology
Bing Maps just got a big ol' update, bringing its own fancy 3D street view images as well as Twitter and Facebook integration. You need to download and install Silverlight to get the new Maps experience, which isn't too big a deal. It allows you to have smoother animations when zooming in or out as well as a pretty slick looking streetview interface, with trees and buildings looking cut out from their...
Dlisted (Free subscription) | yesterday | Sports
You can officially hit the start button on the divorce countdown clock, because Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom got married in Orange County, CA last month. This is two months after their big fake wedding for the cameras. It took Khloe and Lamar so long, because they were busy battling it out over the prenup. Lamar must have held Khloe down for at least 3 counts, because he got what he wanted. Khloe...
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009 | Politics
Remember the secret plane spotted in Kandahar ? The one that looked like a Nazi stealth plane ? Well, it's been spotted again, but this time the picture is crystal clear, and it doesn't look like anything in the US arsenal. Stephen Trimble at Flight Global says that there's a possibility that it may have a canopy above the nose, which means it could be a very small manned plane instead of a UAV. He...
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009 | Technology
As promised , Apple's released the specs for iTunes LP and Extras, with templates, guides and testing materials to create them. Until it goes automatic next year, submission is manual process, and yes, Apple has to approve your work. [ Apple ]
Power Line (Free subscription) | yesterday | Other
Climategate has claimed its first victim, sort of: the head of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit, Phil Jones, is stepping down from his post while his university conducts an investigation. Jones is the author of many of the most offensive emails that have come to light, and richly deserves to be ousted from this and other positions, but it's important to note that East Anglia U. could very well...
Mashable (Free subscription) | yesterday | Other
We’ve seen plenty of Twittered marriage proposals , but a recent video posted to YouTube takes the cake for the most unconventional Twitter and Facebook updates. During his wedding ceremony, Dana Hanna whipped out his mobile device and not only changed his relationship status to married on Facebook, but also sent out a tweet announcing that the couple had become man and wife. The whole scene...
PSP Fanboy (Free subscription) | yesterday | Video Games
A CVG source (singular) claims that Logitech is developing a UMD drive add-on for the PSP Go. The source has neither price nor release information, merely stating that the "only problem is that it'll make the PSP a little bulky." Logitech's UK office told the outlet that it's unaware of such a device and that it "may be something the US office is working on." We've contacted both...
