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Is Anonymous Squabbling over the Stratfor Hack?PC Magazine - - 26.12.2011 Representatives from the global intelligence company Stratfor awoke to find a lump of coal in their stockings this morning – or, more specifically, their clients' credit card information strewn ... How Do Co-Founders Meet? 17 Startups Tell AllMashable - - 25.12.2011 I moved to San Francisco in early 2007 and found an apartment and a roommate through Craigslist -- that's how I met Joe. He was an engineer at another startup at the time. 10 Best Sports Games for iPhoneMashable - - 26.12.2011 This classic plays just like it did in the arcade and on the consoles. The game has two-on-two, fast-paced basketball action with gravity-defying dunks and players who literally catch on fire when ... |
Can The Muppets Save Google Plus?
PC Magazine - - 25.12.2011
The Muppets are everywhere, it seems. But who would have thought that you could have found them, in all places, on Google Plus? No, you can't really add Animal or Kermit the Frog to your Circles, but ...
Got an iPhone 4S for Christmas? Have Some Fun With Siri [PICS]
Mashable - - 25.12.2011
Ever since we got our iPhone 4S , we’ve been having a lot of fun with its built-in digital assistant, Siri. An excellent repository to all kinds of Siri tricks has been LifeWithSiri.com .
The Pros & Cons of Google+ for Small Business
Mashable - - 25.12.2011
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.
Take a Christmas Tour of the Solar System
Discovery - - 25.12.2011
THE GIST At sunset, look west to see Venus rise above the horizon. Bright Jupiter can be spotted during the night, and with a modest telescope, you may even spy its moons.
Country Diary: Welney, Norfolk
Guardian - - 25.12.2011
The Fens, that vast low-lying sump into which much of the surface water of eastern England drains, was once among the greatest wetlands in all Europe.
VIDEO: S Africa's bid to host huge telescope
BBC - - 25.12.2011
South Africa and Australia are the last two remaining countries in the shortlist to host the Square Kilometre Array telescope. It will be the most powerful radio telescope in the world.
Mead Johnson says retesting shows Enfamil is safe
Reuters - - 25.12.2011
Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:28pm EST (Reuters) - Mead Johnson said on Sunday that a new round of testing of samples of its Enfamil baby formula, under investigation by health officials, showed that the ...
Tough choice looms on 9/11 health lawsuits
Associated Press - - 25.12.2011
By DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- More than 1,600 people who filed lawsuits claiming that their health was ruined by dust and smoke from the collapsed World Trade Center must ...
SC Army veteran, 96, always eager to give blood
Associated Press - - 25.12.2011
By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- At age 96, Joe Johnson is still first in line when the bloodmobile arrives at his South Carolina retirement home.
Diner’s Journal Blog: Christmas Dinner in Baghdad
New York Times - - 25.12.2011
Members of The Times’s Baghdad Bureau — Tim Arango, Jack Healy and Michael Schmidt — made Christmas dinner for a group of fellow journalists, tweeting along the way.
Vegetarians should go like lambs to the slaughter
Telegraph - - 26.12.2011
I could never be a vegetarian for one simple reason: I care too much about ...
Sweet potato rolls
Chicago Tribune - - 25.12.2011
Essential holiday dinner companion — and easy too A holiday table isn't complete without a big basket of fluffy dinner rolls.
In Transit Blog: Rome for the Holidays
New York Times - - 25.12.2011
The traditional inauguration of the Christmas season got underway early this month in Rome, but travelers can visit vestiges of those early celebrations, and still take in a few more ceremonies, ...
The jolly old soul of Pomeroy
Chicago Tribune - - 25.12.2011
Iowa craftsman's work, philosophy call Santa to mind POMEROY, Iowa — As Leonard Olson turned a piece of exotic wood on his lathe, he easily could have been mistaken for Santa Claus, what with that ...
Field guide from Dugald Stermer: An indelible take on nature
Chicago Tribune - - 25.12.2011
Artist Dugald Stermer, who died Dec. 2 at age 74, was known for his work on Ramparts magazine and most famously for his update of the Olympic medals for the 1984 Games.
Rudolph's red nose has nothing on his eyes
MSNBC - - 24.12.2011
The reindeer of Christmas myth must meet high expectations this time of year — not just hauling heavy loads of gifts over long distances — but also helping navigate from the tundra to the rest of the ...
Staples Best for Roasted Turkey
Discovery - - 24.12.2011
This is the time of year when thoughts turn to family, shopping and, for many people: Turkeys. Chefs and food scientists alike have long debated the merits of various methods for cooking the ...
The Scientific Way to Sew Up Your ...Wired News
Millipede border control better than ours
ScienceDaily - - 23.12.2011
— A mysterious line where two millipede species meet has been mapped in northwest Tasmania, Australia. Both species are common in their respective ranges, but the two millipedes cross very little ...
Church leaders urge Britons to turn away from 'beastly ways'
Guardian - - 25.12.2011
Church leaders have called on Britons to learn lessons from the upheaval and uncertainty of the past year, speaking of "beastly ways" and "broken bonds" and taking aim at bankers and rioters alike in ...
English sparkling wine comes of age with French boost
Guardian - - 25.12.2011
The first English sparkling wine made by a French champagne maker is about to go on sale, providing the clearest sign yet that British fizz is coming of age.
From the archive, 26 December 1903: A farmer's Christmas in the Dales
Guardian - - 25.12.2011
To tell the truth, we Cumbrian dalesfolk don't set much by Christmas as a day. Two or three of the women folk whom the priest's wife has persuaded to help with the bit of decorations get to the ...
Royal grandkids visit Prince Philip in hospital
Associated Press - - 25.12.2011
By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- Queen Elizabeth II emphasized the importance of family in her Christmas message this year and her grandchildren brought some Christmas cheer to ...
Queen to host royals' ...Associated Press
Theater Review: Lady Bunny in ‘That Ain’t No Lady!’ at La Escuelita - Review
New York Times - - 25.12.2011
A once proud and subversive warrior tribe that deified freakdom, drag queens have become awfully mainstream. Tame transvestites are now passing for Kardashians, while biological women all over ...
TV review: Downton Abbey; Doctor Who; Absolutely Fabulous
Guardian - - 26.12.2011
Ah, it is Bates's big moment in Downton Abbey (ITV1, Christmas Day): his murder trial. Things haven't gone well. Many of the household members who have come along to help the defence, or just to lend ...









