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" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 10:01 PM" + "

" + "Cool Betty White is red-hot" + "

" + "You can\'t escape Betty White, who seems to be everywhere these days." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 9:47 PM" + "

" + "Death of Kerrigan\'s father ruled a homicide" + "

" + "The medical examiner has ruled that the death of Daniel Kerrigan, the father of skater Nancy Kerrigan, was a homicide, the Middlesex, Massachusetts, district attorney\'s office said Tuesday." + "

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" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 9:17 PM" + "

" + "Hints for Better Living From Your Office Supplies (NOT Clippy!)" + "

" + "Who knew that paper clips and staples could teach such smart life lessons? Everyday objects you might find at your desk are the stars in Hints for Better Living, a short film by Los Angeles-based designer Mike Afsa, who also does work for companies like Chiat\\Day and Quiksilver. This is the second film by Afsa (see the first one here), who had a habit of playing with office supplies at his desk. He realized that the tools he used for graphic design could be used to spread a positive message. He created mini-PSAs inspired by the tools themselves: simple, playful and humorous. \"Some of the ones I like most happened more spontaneously by restricting myself to a few random objects in front me and playing with them to make a simple problem and solution,\" he tells us. \"The unexpected outcomes were rewarding and I felt like this way of working was staying true to the message.\" The soundtrack comes from Afsa\'s own recordings and the music of Lullatone. [44th Pl.]" + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 8:53 PM" + "

" + "Google Unveils Buzz, a Social Media App for Gmail (Facebook Status: Concerned)" + "

" + "Google, like someone arriving late to a party already drunk and boisterous but with a lot of party favors, is trying to grab some of that Web2.0 social glimmer by polishing up Gmail with Google Buzz. The app, which is integrated into Gmail, includes the best features of Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and other well-known social media offerings in a way that only Google could pull off. Buzz began rolling out to Gmail inboxes just minutes after a presentation at Google\'s headquarters today. Buzz has its own user interface and leverages the data about you that\'s already inside Gmail--for example, it automatically builds a friend list for you to follow by looking at those people you already e-mail and chat with. It also lets you to share pictures, videos and Weblinks--and comment, like or recommend them to friends. You\'ll also be able to add Twitter updates, flickr images, and other external offerings (although Facebook was notably absent from the list of available services). Buzz\'s produ..." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 8:52 PM" + "

" + "The Ford Transit Connect: NYC Taxi Cab of the Future?" + "

" + "The auto industry is fixated on Toyota\'s recall woes, but Ford snuck in this week with some interesting news of its own: the release of the compressed natural gas-powered Transit Connect. It might just be the NYC taxi cab of the future. The vehicle, released this week along with an all-electric version of the car, looks like a standard Transit Connect--except with three more inches of leg room, an information and entertainment system in the back for passengers, and a fare-tracking system. Citygoers will also notice the fuel tank behind the passenger seat for either CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) or propane--that is, if NYC decides to go the CNG route at all. The Transit Connect will also be available with a standard gas-powered engine that Ford claims is 30% more fuel-efficient than current taxis on the road. The Transit Connect hasn\'t yet secured a place as part of NYC\'s taxi fleet. But New York\'s Taxi and Limousine Commission recently put out a call for a next-generation cab to repl..." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 8:52 PM" + "

" + "IDEA 2010: Women Rule" + "

" + "An unusually diverse group of men and women will judge this year\'s IDEA Awards, as the organization seeks to retool its mission. Not too late to enter: Deadline has been extended to Feb. 15. A panel of 10 men and eight women has been chosen as the jury for the 2010 IDEA Awards, says John Barratt, president and CEO of Teague, and IDSA 2010 Jury Chair. Drawing from 38 countries, the IDEA (International Design Excellence Awards) program, sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America, is a top international competition honoring design excellence in products, ecodesign, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research, and concepts. The diverse group reflects the organization\'s commitment to fielding a globally-sourced jury. \"The competition is open to international entries, so we made sure to have jurors from the U.K., France, Germany, Japan, and the Netherlands, and others who have had global work experience,\" Barratt said. The jury also includes student representation, give..." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 8:26 PM" + "

" + "Obama holds bipartisan talks on jobs" + "

" + "President Obama huddled with a bipartisan delegation of congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday to debate new initiatives designed to spark stronger job growth." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 8:18 PM" + "

" + "No relief for snowed-under Washington" + "

" + "Federal workers and schoolchildren in the nation\'s capital were told to stay home for a second day Tuesday as another major snowstorm barreled toward the region, which is still reeling from a weekend blizzard." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 8:17 PM" + "

" + "Michelle Obama launching campaign against childhood obesity" + "

" + "Turn off the television, drink more water and serve smaller portions to fight childhood obesity, first lady Michelle Obama is urging as she launches a national campaign against childhood obesity." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 7:38 PM" + "

" + "More Content Shared on Facebook Than Ever, but User Activity Is Falling" + "

" + "There\'s a surprise buried deep within the statistics Facebook has revealed about its user base\'s activities on the social network: Sure, more content is being shared than ever before. But the percentage of sharers has shrunk. The statistic that captured much of the media\'s attention was that Facebook now has over 400 million active users. But VentureBeat points out another: Five billion pieces of content (photos, Weblinks, notes, and such) are being shared among the userbase every single week. As well as being a phenomenal figure all by itself, this represents an astonishing growth in just six months: In July, the comparable figure stood at just a billion, five times less. So Facebook\'s continual system tweaks plus services such as Facebook Connect are really helping transform the company into a content-sharing network rather than a meeting place for college friends. Five billion pieces of shared content is exactly the kind of statistic Facebook will use to leverage its position as a ..." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 7:32 PM" + "

" + "Infographic: Lack of Health Care vs. Terrorism, Which Kills More?" + "

" + "You\'d be surprised at just how the numbers stack up. We all know that globally, terrorism kills several hundred people every year. We also know that tens of thousands of people die each year in the U.S., due to lack of health care. But this poster connects the two issues in a pretty sobering way. You\'ll notice that the poster is actually a stealthy infographic--there are 58 skulls (count \'em) in the illustration up top: Visually stunning, this also raises some fundamental questions, no matter your politics. First, the health-care study cited in the graphic is concerned mainly with people who die simply because they\'re not regularly monitoring their health. But the numbers of people who don\'t die because they lack health care--and who take care of their health only when it\'s too late, in emergency rooms--is surely much larger. That\'s wildly inefficient. Emergency care is extravagantly expensive--and that in turn feeds the spiraling cost of medical care in the U.S. (Note: We could find..." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 7:22 PM" + "

" + "Foursquare Steps Up its Location-Based Content With Zagat, HBO Deals" + "

" + "Conscious of the advancing, diversifying competition to its location-based gaming/info services, Foursquare is not sitting on its laurels: It\'s announcing new partnerships with some big-name media companies to add content to its system. First up is a deal with Zagat, which will add some named-quality reviews to Foursquare and act as a promotional vehicle: Foursquare players will be able to earn a special \"Foodie\" badge if they check into the right eateries--a lot like the special reward badges that the deal with Bravo kicked off in January. Zagat itself will get a boost, as its traditional stomping ground is invaded by crowd-sourced review systems like Yelp, and you could almost argue the deal with Foursquare is more of a \"if you can\'t beat \'em...\" maneuver than anything else. There\'s also other news that Foursquare\'s about to enter into content deals with Warner Bros and HBO. Warner is promoting the new movie Valentine\'s Day while HBO is trying a promotional deal for How to Make It i..." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 7:08 PM" + "

" + "American Airlines to charge $8 for blankets" + "

" + "Chilly on the plane? Bring a sweater, or $8 for a blanket and pillow pack, if you\'re on a domestic American Airlines flight." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 6:35 PM" + "

" + "Kiribati - A Climate Change Reality" + "

" + "In preparation to the Copenhagen climate change conference, UNDP produced a film about the reality of climate change in the Pacific island of Kiribati. The film clearly shows how people\'s lives are being affected right now by rising sea waters. GreenEnergyTV.com is an Online Television Channel that is dedicated to airing \"Green\" video content for millions of viewers around the world. We welcome companies, individuals, families, inventors, schools, kids, teachers and organizations to Upload videos showing what they are doing to be Green & Watch videos on the site. We are a community and a network that is changing the world through Green Media coverage. We are dedicated to green and committed to sharing innovative ideas and tips to help educate individuals and organizations to use cleaner alternatives in their everyday environment." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 6:17 PM" + "

" + "Orthodox Jews fall ill in mumps outbreak" + "

" + "More than 1,000 people in New Jersey and New York, many of them adolescent Orthodox Jews, have been sickened with mumps since August, health authorities said Monday." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 5:52 PM" + "

" + "Rep. John Murtha dies after intestines nicked in surgery" + "

" + "Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a longtime fixture on the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending, has died following complications from gallbladder surgery, according to his office. He was 77." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 5:36 PM" + "

" + "The New New Orleans: Best of Times for the Big Easy" + "

" + "What a difference five years makes. Hard to believe but it was that long ago that Katrina devastated New Orleans and made a comeback seem impossibly difficult and daunting. But now the Big Easy is not only home to the Super Bowl champions, but it also just elected as mayor in a landslide Mitch Landrieu, son of former New Orleans mayor, Moon Landrieu. While in most cities the election of a new mayor would not be cause for prolonged celebration, New Orleans of course is not most cities. It has a top-shelf reputation for political scandal and corruption, so these results--Landrieu secured 66% of the votes--can be seen as a statement on the city\'s collective optimism and a new era of unity. And as if that wasn\'t enough good news, the city is about have its profile jacked even higher, as David Simon, best known as the creator of The Wire, brings his NO-based show about post-Katrina life, Treme, to HBO in April. Oh, and did I mention that a little annual party is just cranking up? Last ye..." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 5:04 PM" + "

" + "Green Music Group Brings the Music Industry Together for the Environment" + "

" + "As a whole, the music industry can be pretty hard on the climate. Live shows spew emissions from special effects, fans travel in their cars and even on planes to get to events, CDs get shipped all over the world--you get the idea. And while climate change-battling concerts like Live Earth do plenty of good, they don\'t do much to change the music industry itself. Enter the Green Music Group, a coalition of musicians, so-called \"industry leaders\" and fans that aims to make the music industry green from the inside out. The group, founded by environmental nonprofit Reverb, has some ambitious goals. According to the Green Music Group Web site, actions will include:1. Creating an engaging online community of musicians, music industry leaders, and music fans all committed to addressing our greatest environmental concerns. 2. Facilitating large-scale greening of the music community through touring, venue, and label standards, resource development, green grants mentoring, and viral video and ..." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 5:03 PM" + "

" + "Why Can\'t Buildings Change Clothes, Just Like You Do?" + "

" + "It really doesn\'t make sense to build a brand-new green building, if you can simple retrofit one with a high-performance \"skin.\" The green building boom shows no signs of slowing. New buildings still command all the headlines--even though the most eco-friendly move of all is to simply use what you have, as long as you can. Finally, it looks like architects are catching on, if these two new projects are any indication. Above is a concept designed by LAVA for reskinning a building in downtown Sydney, originally built in the 1960s. It idea was to rewrap the building in a stretchy, mesh textile, which could create a microclimate, cooling the building inside. It would also become a high-performance scaffolding loaded with solar panels, rainwater collection systems, and a media facade: The architects argue that reskinning technology could be quickly and cheaply applied to any building in need of a facelift--ranging from the Barbican Centre in London to the abandoned industrial buildings..." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 5:01 PM" + "

" + "U.S. Climate Change Portal Could Birth Entirely New Industries" + "

" + "At long last, we can access the government\'s climate change data, info, products, and services all under one roof: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Services site, a portal that brings together the climate change information scattered across various government agencies. The service isn\'t just for policy wonks and climate change nerds. It\'s also intended to answer questions for educators, business owners, and the general public with help from a number of tools--including an interactive \"climate dashboard\" that shows constantly updating climate datasets (i.e temperature, CO2 concentration, sea level) over time. NOAA\'s prototype site is expected to be fully up and running by the start of 2011. Eventually, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke envisions that data gleaned from the site could lead the way to entirely new industries dedicated to protecting us from the effects of climate change. At the very least, the site will be able to help businesses and gove..." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 4:58 PM" + "

" + "False Alarm: Cardboard Furniture Is Still Cool" + "

" + "The trend may not be over, but Roberto Giacomucci\'s new line shows it might be getting there. Rumors of the death of the paper-furniture trend have been greatly exaggerated. Proof it\'s alive and well comes from Italian designer Roberto Giacomucci, whose paper furniture line was recently released by cardboard construction whizzes Kubedesign. It\'s all flat-pack of course--does it even come in a box? (Free design idea: mail art furniture. The shipping container folds into the object.) It\'s totally recyclable, so redecorating is as easy as slicing it up and tossing it in the bin. The chairs don\'t look too comfortable, frankly, but the foldable stools are nifty, and probably fun for the kids to scribble all over (no word from Kubedesign on how much they cost). We\'ve seen this kind of thing, in one form or another, before: Gehry\'s wiggle chair, Shigeru Ban\'s paper architecture and paper furniture, David Graas\'s puzzle chairs, and Philippe Nigro\'s nearly identical, but studier-looking, Bui..." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 4:54 PM" + "

" + "Infographic of the Day: Your Computer Use, Visualized Like a Jackson Pollock" + "

" + "You spend all day clicking a mouse. What\'s that look like? There are lots of heat maps of Web sites, showing where people\'s clicks and eyeballs go when they arrive at a page. But this is the first app we\'ve seen that lets you build one for yourself. Designed by Anatoly Zenkov and available on a Mac or PC, it\'s dead simple: You just run the app, minimize the window, and go about your business. The tracks show your mouse path, and the circles show where your pointer lingered--stopping points where you were working on the keyboard, away from the computer, or immersed in content. You could almost use this as an ad-hoc tool for honing your site\'s UI, since it allows you to see exactly how people are interacting with a Webpage or an app. If the app could track which activity you were involved in--and color code accordingly--it would be even cooler. But the current version still paints a pretty picture of the way you use the Web. As Flowing Data writes, \"In the end, you get this image that..." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 4:52 PM" + "

" + "What Apple and Amazon Job Ads Reveal About the iPad-Kindle Battle Ahead" + "

" + "Both Amazon and Apple have new advertisements for job openings at their companies that, if you read into the details just a little, give away many a detail on the upcoming Kindle versus iPad conflict. It\'s going to be very interesting. First up, and most surprising if you\'re an e-ink fanatic, is that one of Amazon\'s new jobs is for a \"hardware display manager.\" That title isn\'t particularly revealing, but get this: The specific expertise Amazon\'s looking for--at a senior level--is in \"the LCD business\" where you must know the \"key players in the market.\" There are also two different advertisements for experts in wireless technology. And you know what that adds up to, particularly when you remember Amazon also just bought a touchscreen manufacturer? It means that much of what we suggested about the future design of the Kindle 3 may soon come true. Amazon looks like it\'ll be giving the next Kindle proper WiFi, which implies better Net surfing powers, a touchscreen (finally ditching that..." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 4:15 PM" + "

" + "Best of TreeHugger: 10 Million Solar Roofs Coming to the US? Plus, Space-Age Insulation and 6 Counterproductive Cultural Trends" + "

" + "It\'s space-age tech no longer--aerogel insulation may be coming to a building near you.These six cultural trends are actually devastating to the planet.Check out this amazing house made entirely of plastic bottles. Bernie Sander\'s (I-VT) new bill would create 10 million solar roofs, adding 30,000 megawatts of power to the US grid. If only it gets through the Senate . . .39% of bagged salads were found to contain too much fecal bacteria.What\'s Obama thinking in allotting $54 billion for nuclear power in his budget?Last year saw a huge boom for wind power across the globe--here are the numbers.These jeans are designed so they never, ever have to be washed.Finally, ask yourself--is the Chevy Volt right for you?TreeHugger is the leading online destination for the news and ideas that are driving sustainability mainstream." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 3:21 PM" + "

" + "At Last, a Flight Check-In System That Doesn\'t Suck" + "

" + "Ho-Yeol RyuA revolutionary software system could take some of the tech turbulence out of air travel.The groans that follow a canceled flight announcement aren\'t just recognition of instant inconvenience but also anticipation of frustrations to come: waiting in line, watching ticket agents hammer keyboards, wondering why getting on the next flight has to be so difficult. Don\'t aim your ire at the poor ticket agent. The problem, says ITA Software CEO Jeremy Wertheimer, is the system. If you were able to see things from the other side of the desk without causing a security incident, you\'d understand that ticket agents are trying to pull answers from antiquated green-screen airline systems that can require weeks and weeks of training and black-belt levels of keyboard dexterity. \"The airline IT platform was developed in the 1950s,\" says Wertheimer. \"Almost all these programs are still running on mainframes.\" Enter ITA, a Cambridge, Massachusetts, company that is set to introduce a new syste..." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 2:16 PM" + "

" + "Toyota recalls may not solve problem, experts say" + "

" + "In his hectic, noisy laboratory at the University of Maryland, Michael Pecht is wary when it comes to assessing whether Toyota\'s suggested repair of sticky gas pedals will have any real impact." + "

" + "Tue, Feb 9 2010 - 4:38 AM" + "

" + "Americans jailed in Haiti had Dominican OK, lawyer says" + "

" + "A group of Americans accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children had authorization from neighboring Dominican Republic to bring the kids across the border, a lawyer for the group said Monday." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 10:46 PM" + "

" + "Why You Should Start a Company in… Austin" + "

" + "It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options. In this series, we talk to leading figures in those communities about what makes them tick. Here, part five of our series. Seattle has Microsoft millionaires; Silicon Valley has--well, all kinds of bazillionaires. In Austin, they\'re called \"Dellionaires,\" after the local computer company that made them rich. But Dell isn\'t the only big company to come out of Austin. The city can also boast that it is the land of Whole Foods, Tivoli, and SolarWinds--and a launch pad event for hot new tech companies in its annual South by Southwest conference. Twitter captured the buzz at the event in 2007; last year, Foursquare was all the rage. But when the Web site AustinStartup declares in its tag line, \"Ditch the valley, head for the hills,\" it\'s talking about more than just a smaller alternative to Silicon Valley. L..." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 10:21 PM" + "

" + "Eat-onomics With Gary Hirshberg, CEO of Stonyfield Farm" + "

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