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Wednesday News: Low cost battery search is on; Amazon Breakthrough Contest with more categories, richer purses

Wednesday News: Low cost battery search is on; Amazon Breakthrough Contest with more categories, richer purses

Introducing an ultra low cost, long lasting battery made of water and blue dye –  A company is testing a battery made out of water and Prussian blue dye.  Seriously this means if you pee in your jeans, you could power your battery, right?  Cleantech News and Analysis New Scientist TV: Invisible Wi-Fi signals caught(…)

Friday Midday News Roundup

[nggallery id=48] I ordered a bunch of Harlequin Stationary goods that feature the vintage covers.   The stationary goods include little matchbook notepads, bound composition notebooks and address books. I liked the address books the least. They have a spiral binding and I found them to be a little too bulky.   My favorites are the little(…)

Who’s Rulin’ Who?

see more Lolcats and funny pictures With all the discussion lately about the rights and wrongs of online speech and conduct, I recently discovered a 2003 piece by Clay Shirky, appropriately titled “A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy” (someone posted it in reference to the ginormous Brockmann brouhaha).   Shirky’s insightful analysis of online communities(…)

MGM to Put Movies Out on YouTube

I was listening to the radio this morning on the way to work and Brook Shields was talking to Valentine (I know, my radio station selection sucks, but in my defense, I had just switched over from Mike and Mike where they were talking about college football and I am still sad about JoePaw losing(…)

House Approves Extension on Internet Tax Abatement

In a 405-2 vote, the House approved a bill extending the time in which web services remain tax free. The bill restricts state and local governments from taxing Internet connections including DSL, cable and Blackberry-type wireless transmissions. There was a push toward making the ban permanent but it wasn’t part of the existing bill. The(…)