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Stem Cells--One More Reagan Victory?
New York Times columnist and former Nixon speechwriter William Safire is the latest prominent conservative to endorse embryonic stem cell research. Yesterday, Safire devoted his column to his hope that former president Ronald Reagan’s long battle with Alzheimer’s may help…
eBay Locks Out Macintosh Safari Users
Macintosh reports today that eBay is locking out users of Apple’s Safari web browser when they are attempting to view some items. The item in question is a Vintage WWII Japanese Samurai Sword, which sold on May 31st for $1332….
Caution: This Might Be an Ad
Nike is trying a new outlet for its ad campaigns: blogs. Nike has hired a small company that operates blogs on culture and politics to create a month-long blog, called Art of Speed. The blog “will spend about a month…
US Now Requires 'Journalist Visas' for Foreign Press
This came as a total surprise to me, but it’s reported in the Saturday, June 5th issue of The Guardian. Freelance Writer Elena Lappin flew to Los Angeles to work on a freelance story, but she found herself handcuffed and…
Eat a Big Mac, Get Free Music
In the era of Atkins and calorie counting, can free digital music downloads lure the American public back to the fast-food dark side? Following Pepsi, Heineken, and others, McDonald’s becomes the latest company to jump on the free music band…
On-Demand Games
Are you ready for on-demand Doom? According to Reuters, Comcast, the biggest cable provider in America, will begin offering PC games via its on-demand system. For an extra $14.95 per month, subscribers will get unlimited access to over 60 games…
Clie Clobbered by Cell Phones
Sony will let its sophisticated Clie line of PDAs die quietly in U.S. markets, with no plans to replenish the brand after the five current models sell out, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Sony is apparently reacting to…
Will Burt Rutan Make History June 21?
In a rare announcement of an upcoming event, Scaled Composites, the aerospace company run by Burt Rutan, revealed that it will attempt to send its SpaceShipOne spacecraft into space on June 21. If all goes well, SpaceShipOne will fly on…
Dean Disses Touchscreen Voting
You’re one of the most famous politicians in the US, and you’ve got a new syndicated column in which you can pontificate on pretty much anything you want. What do you write about first? If you’re Howard Dean, you focus…
US to Start Up Registered Traveler Program
Originally called Trusted Traveler, the new proposal is to created a so-called Registered Traveler Program in which registered volunteers will be able to pass quickly through airport security in exchange for submitting to detailed background examinations. Registered travelers would have…