Log In | Register
The Presidential Mirage: Does Obama's recovery plan ignore economic logic?
Seeded on Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:47 AM EDT (Newsweek)
It's a dazzling rhetorical vista that excites the young and fits the country's mood, which blames "capitalist greed" for the economic crisis. Obama promises communal goals and a more widely shared prosperity.
Crunchgear's SXSW experience, in comic form
Seeded on Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:03 PM EDT (CrunchGear)
This comic, hopefully the first of many, pretty much summarizes our experience thus far. (I'm the funky guy, John is the chef and Blake Robinson, who used to work here, is the beatnik.) Very heaven!
Top 237 Twitter Users Who Will Follow You Back
Seeded on Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:55 PM EDT (Social News)
As Twitter hits its stride and emerges as a juggernaut in social media, the top users on the site are distancing themselves from the pack. The race to 1,000,000 followers will be achieved in a few months by some accounts.
Economic downturn not taking the fight out of Microsoft
Seeded on Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:22 AM EST (Network World)
Microsoft this week outlined its intent to stand and fight against a difficult economy with a plan to go after competitors and seize market share in areas like netbooks, mobile devices/services, browsers, databases and even search/advertising.
YouTube Adds Social Features to API
Seeded on Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:33 PM EST (Mashable!)
You can already import activities from YouTube into your activity stream on social networks like Facebook and FriendFeed, but now the video sharing site is expanding its API to give all developers access to this data.
Microsoft preps Vista SP2 and Windows 7 updates
Seeded on Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:33 PM EST (TG Daily)
Microsoft has officially announced Windows 7 Beta will be receiving five planned "test updates" beginning on February 24.
How to Kill a Toyota Truck
Seeded on Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:06 AM EST (Toyota In The News)
Using only basic tools and no spare Toyota parts to make necessary tweaks, the Top Gear team did everything they could to kill a Toyota truck.
Bush may tap bailout fund to aid automakers
Seeded on Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:40 AM EST (Reuters)
The Bush administration said on Friday it could be willing to provide emergency aid to the teetering U.S. auto industry, keeping open the prospects for a bailout the day after Congress failed to approve a deal.
WordPress 2.7: If You Don't Like It, Change It
Seeded on Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:00 AM EST (Read/WriteWeb)
WordPress 2.7 - codenamed "Coltrane" - has had a great deal of time and energy focused on improving that interface. But could the WordPress development team win back the adoration of those angry users with yet another interface change?
Europe, China Scratch Each Other's Backs (in an eco sense)
Seeded on Mon Dec 8, 2008 3:05 AM EST (We Heart World)
The bigger picture: if two of the most powerful but distant political entities can work together to each other's mutual benefit, this could be the catalyst and trend-setting example for future collaboration and cooperation between nations to find solutions to climate change and …
'Plane Stupid' Climate Activists Block Runway at UK Airport
Seeded on Mon Dec 8, 2008 3:01 AM EST (Planet Save)
Fifty protesters with anti-aviation climate change activist group Plane Stupid have chained themselves together near the runway at Stansted airport.
GM may pull plug on Saturn
Seeded on Thu Dec 4, 2008 5:49 AM EST (The L.A. Times)
General Motors Corp. launched its Saturn division in 1985 as a "different kind of car company," one given the task to sell cars in a new way and compete with Japanese juggernauts like Honda and Toyota.
Volcanoes: Big, Bad and Beautiful
Seeded on Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:19 AM EST (Media Caffeine)
Most will go through life without ever seeing a volcano blow its top. This is unfortunate (at least from a distance) because they are awe-inspiring to observe, yet create a tension that falls under the same category as hurricanes and tornadoes.
Asian, American leaders back free trade to ease crisis
Seeded on Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:56 PM EST (Reuters)
Leaders from Asia and the Americas promised on Saturday to push for a global free trade deal and reform international lenders in an effort to keep the world from sliding into a deep recession.
Profile
Rocco Penn
Member Since: 11/2008Last Seen: 4/13/2009
I am a former investigator for the FBI. Now all I do is read and fish.
Recommendations
Rocco Penn is not offering any recommendations at this time.
COMPANY STUFF:
LEGAL STUFF:
- © 2005-2012 Newsvine, Inc. |
- Newsvine® is a registered trademark of Newsvine, Inc. |
- Newsvine is a property of
