Archive for March, 2011

Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1949 (AP)

AP – Highway deaths have plummeted to their lowest levels in more than 60 years, helped by more people wearing seat belts, better safety equipment in cars and efforts to curb drunken driving. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories

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Experts say don’t worry about radiation in US milk (AP)

AP – So now Japan’s radioactive fallout is showing up in milk on the U.S. West Coast. Not to worry, though. It turns out that traces of radioactivity are in many foods we eat, the air we breathe and the water we swim in. View full post on Yahoo! News: Health News

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A Garden Filled with Typography Not Flowers [Art]

The Gardens of the World in Marzahn Recreational Park in Berlin is home to various gardens that show off the world’s different cultures. This particular installation is the Christian Garden but really, it’s the Garden of Typography. The walls are, well, literally made with type. More » View full post on Gizmodo

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U.S. Wants to Grill Libyan Defector About Qaddafi’s Role in Lockerbie

N.J. Sen. Bob Menendez wants to grill recently defected Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa for information on the deadly plane bombing that killed 270 people over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. Several Top Libyan Officials Step Down Libyan Rebel City Hit by Qaddafi’s Forces Gates: Libya Could Drag Into Stalemate If Qaddafi Stays Mullen Says Qaddafi [...]

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Senior Libyan official resigns, new blow to regime (AP)

AP – A senior Libyan official said Thursday he is resigning his post, the second high-profile defection from Moammar Gadhafi’s regime in as many days. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories

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Samsung Laptop ‘Keylogger’ Was a False Positive [Blip]

Turns out Samsung wasn’t installing keyloggers on their laptops after all. VIPRE, the antivirus software used by a NetworkWorld contributor, assumes any folder with the name SL carries the Starlogger software. VIPRE developer GFI has their official statement here. [NetworkWorld] More » View full post on Gizmodo

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The Dreaded ‘D’ Word

Depression and cancer go hand in hand. Now I’ve said it. In my opinion, I do not believe you can have cancer and not be depressed and in need of medication. As those of us who received a cancer diagnosis before menopause can tell you, we got the double whammy View full post on FOXNews.com

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UN: High radiation outside Japan’s exclusion zone (AP)

AP – Recent radiation readings outside the exclusion zone around Japan’s nuclear disaster show radiation substantially higher than levels at which the U.N. nuclear agency would recommend evacuations, agency officials said. View full post on Yahoo! News: Health News

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Microsoft Accuses Google of Anti-Competition [Microsoft]

How’s this for the pot calling the kettle black? Microsoft has made an official complaint to the European Commission, claiming that Google is behaving in an anti-competitive way when it comes to search. Namely, their acquisition of YouTube back in 2006 meant that competing search engines were restricted from “properly accessing it for their search [...]

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Will U.S. Go Covert in Libya?

Obama has signed presidential finding authorizing covert operations in Libya, source tells Fox News, though U.S. officials still are hesitant to provide direct aid to the rebels fighting to oust Qaddafi. Britain: Libya’s Foreign Minister Defects State Dep. Denies ‘Approval’ of Qaddafi Son’s Internship VIDEO: Should U.S. Arm Rebels? Qaddafi Welcome in Uganda Al Qaeda [...]

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