Since the car can accelerate to 60 miles per hour from a stop in just under four seconds, “you get caught up to trafficpretty fast,” he says, easing off the accelerator. “It kind of spoils you.”
Technology Review: TR35
I’m the first one to admit that I know nothing about programming (and don’t care to, truth be known) and the competition amongst the various platforms for streaming video is of little interest to me except based on what I see on my screen.
By that criterion, my first experience last night with Microsoft’s Silverlight, while [...]
The Drill of It All
Did you know that oil companies are already sitting on 68 million acres of leases that they aren’t even drilling? Which kind of makes you wonder: Why are Big Oil and its allies suddenly desperate to get their hands on the last few places that are still protected — our natural [...]
Thanks to Fred Langa’s blog.
Crowd mobs Taco Bell opening: Rutland Herald Online
Rain fell through the Wednesday afternoon lunch hour, but that didn’t stop hundreds of local chalupa-starved residents from lining up for the grand opening of the new Taco Bell on Route 7 in Rutland Town.
Winter Storm Warning
As John McCain and the Republicans trumpet their election year boldfaced lie–drill now so we can lower prices at the pump today–they continue to ignore a looming energy disaster with lives hanging in the balance.
Currently, eight million homes rely on heating oil during the winter months, and last winter’s prices forced too many [...]
I’ll be off on a short vacation tomorrow (Friday) through Monday. Back Tuesday. Keep those cards and letters coming, and have a nice weekend yourselves.
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Launching the U.S. Justice Department’s largest identity-theft case, federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they have charged 11 people with stealing and selling 40 million credit-card and debit-card numbers obtained from several major U.S. retailers.
The targeted retailers include TJX Cos. (TJX), BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. (BJ), OfficeMax Inc. (OMX), [...]
BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft sees end of Windows era
Microsoft has kicked off a research project to create software that will take over when it retires Windows.
Called Midori, the cut-down operating system is radically different to Microsoft’s older programs.
It is centred on the internet and does away with the dependencies that tie Windows to [...]
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