Schwarzenegger signs bill banning texting by motorists

California will ban drivers from sending text messagesn while driving, after the governor signed legislation banning the practice into law. Since July, California drivers have been banned from using their cell phones...

TechCrunch50: New ways to read and react to news

Some interesting news stuff coming out of the Valley today at the TechCrunch50 event."The second session at the TechCrunch50 event was called, "Memes and News," and the companies presenting were all about mining the Web for information that's relevant to you. In other words,...

Pilot killed in crash had been on a mercy mission (Updated Story)

" By Mary Manning Fri, Aug 29, 2008 (3:35 p.m.)  The pilot killed Thursday when his plane crashed in a residential neighborhood had just delivered an aircraft to an organization that flies missionaries for...

Just a rubber gorilla suit in ice

I'm kind of disappointed."PALO ALTO, California (AFP) - Supposed "Bigfoot" remains revealed last week to a skeptical public turned out to be a rubber gorilla suit in a block of ice, according to analysis posted...

WhoseSpace? Facebook Rules the Social-Networking Roost

Maybe it's a trend issue, maybe it's all about page appearance and usability. Maybe tastes have fundamentally changed. Whatever the cause, Facebook is now more popular than MySpace, with over 15 million more unique...

Has Bigfoot Been Found? Photo Says 'Yes'

"Has Bigfoot Been Found? Photo Says 'Yes' Last Edited: Wednesday, 13 Aug 2008, 6:00 AM CDT Created: Wednesday, 13 Aug 2008, 5:52 AM CDT Bigfoot Three "Bigfoot'' seekers who released a documentary titled "Bigfoot...

'Bigfoot' Tracker Says He Has a Body That's a Bigfoot from Georgia

Ah huh. Bigfoot in Georgia, the land of Georgia peaches. Question--how did they get the body they're touting? Did they just choose to kill something? No matter what, they're working the publicity circuit."It’s more than 7-feet tall. Weighs over 500 pounds and walked upright...

The Most Public Index, Silicon Valley

NowPublic today announced its second MostPublic Index, identifying the 50 most influential individuals in Silicon Valley/San Francisco.  The MostPublic Index is a detailed (and transparent) barometer of who’s...

Pakistani Neo-Miniature Show Opens in New York

Modern Pakistani art is in great demand in the international market as well as at home. A BBC News source recently reported: "In Pakistan's increasingly speculative art market, posthumous sales of better known...

`Cuckoo's Nest' hospital to be torn down

The set of the film 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', Oregon State Hospital, is going to be torn down. Most of the dilapidated, 125 year-old building will be torn down and replaced this fall."Although mean Nurse...

File under "Uses for Twitter"

"Arrington was complaining that his Comcast Internet service was inexplicably down. Eliason reached out to help, and Comcast soon dispatched a team to Arrington’s house to fix his Internet connection. It was, Eliason says, a turning point, but not in quite the way you’d...

HP Reveals Memristor, The Fourth Passive Circuit Element

Remember this date.... this piece describes an historic breakthrough of the first order.

E-paper edging closer to everyday use

This paper uses "compounds" that are sensitive to various wavelengths of light and change color and eventually disappear. So, you could print out something to read on the train on the way to work, and then print the evening paper to read on the way home. That is my...

The garage where it all began

70 Y Garage factory HP Palo Altohewlett packardthe historic garagewhere HP got startedAmerica restart your Ideas for 2050get into production idea to  market1938 DAVE AND HIS WIFE LUCILERENTED ADDISON AVE FOR $45...

Police say man in wheelchair robbed bank

" PALO ALTO, Calif. - Palo Alto police are looking for a bank robber who favors a decidedly slow-speed getaway vehicle — an electric wheelchair. Police said a man in his 60s with gray hair and a beard held up the Wachovia Bank branch at the Stanford...

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