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Why Tech Blogging is Broken (Geek News Central)
(tags: blogging blogosphere techmeme technology pr blogs)

I’m posting this because there is trouble with the sdcountyemergency website.
Due to high traffic, there are problems with the www.sdcountyemergency.com website. Technicians are working to correct the issue.
Residents should call 2-1-1 for all non-emergency calls related to this fire. If the call is initiated from a cell phone, 2-1-1 can be reached at
858-300-1211. Residents [...]

The Einstein Principle: Accomplish More By Doing Less
“Between the years 1912 to 1915, Albert Einstein was a focused man. His previous work on the special theory of relativity and the quantization of light, among other topics, was starting to gain notice.”
(tags: einstein gtd productivity management lifehack school)

Scientists in South America have discovered the remains of a 13m-tall (40ft) plant-eating dinosaur.

Technorati Tags: dinosaur

Twine
Twine is a new service for sharing, organizing and finding information with people you trust. Use Twine to better leverage and contribute to the collective intelligence of your friends, colleagues, groups and teams.
(tags: web2.0 semanticweb social semantic collaboration sharing socialsoftware)

Technology’s 10 Most Mortifying Moments
(tags: technology news history)

ATA Airlines detains passenger for using iPhone in ‘airplane [...]

NY Times keywords
Dave Winers NYT Keywords page. Interesting way to monitor topics that float through the news.
(tags: nyt winer keywords new york times)

Mobile phone use backed on planes
Passengers could soon be using their mobile phones on planes flying through European airspace.
(tags: airlines mobile Phone plane space technology)

Apple SDK coming that supports iPhone and iTouch
Steve says they want 3rd party apps on the iphone.
(tags: apple iphone itouch sdk development)

The Googlization of Everything
What does the world look like through the lens of Google?; How is Google’s ubiquity affecting the production and dissemination of knowledge?; and how has the corporation altered the rules and [...]

Secret Notes - Save the date: October 26 Leopard launch confirmed
Set your calendars, macheads.
(tags: apple osx leopard)

iTunes Plus DRM-free tracks expanding, dropping to 99 cents
Apple plans to expand its iTunes Plus selection to include some independent music labels starting this week. It also plans to drop the price of its DRM-free tracks to the same [...]

HNS - 86 per cent of all emails are spam
The weekly Spam Report shows 86 per cent of all emails are spam, according to research carried out by Irish independent consulting and technical services company IT Force.
(tags: spam email)

Kevin Kelly has a rave review of a slide/negative scanning… (kottke.org)
(tags: photography scanning)

October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista available for download
(tags: microsoft windows vista)

Cumulative update rollup for USB core components in Windows Vista
(tags: microsoft vista Windows)

Cumulative update for Windows Media Player 11 in Windows Vista
(tags: microsoft windows vista media player wmp11)