Michael Bloomberg: "The U.S. is in trouble."

Mayor Bloomberg is decrying the state of the 2008 presidential race, faulting the major party candidates for offering shallow, simplistic prescriptions, and scolding the press for failing to demand more from those seeking the White House. "The tough questions are not what are you in favor of, but how are you going to get it through Congress?"



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Sid Meier Loves the PS3

"Remember: The PlayStation 3 is light years ahead of this technology. As with any new platform, it's going to be a challenge and take designers some time to come to grips with the hardware. But believe me, you'll be amazed by the possibilities," said the creator of Civilization and Railroad Tycoon.



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Buy a loft in metro Detroit, get a free Land Rover! [PIC]

Think the housing bubble burst was bad for you? Job losses at Detroit automakers have hurt housing sales bad enough that in downtown Royal Oak, a suburb of Detroit, they're giving away a free 2-year lease on a Land Rover or free mortgage payments for one year with the purchase of a loft.



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Google launches antitrust complaint against Vista's desktop search

A confidential Google complaint against Microsoft has just come to light, alleging that the behavior of Vista's background indexer interferes with Google Desktop Search. Drama ensues.



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Ars Technica takes a field trip: the Creation Museum

Ars Technica goes to look at the new Creation Museum to see what the fuss is about.



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How the Presidents Stack Up - A Graphical Look at Approval Ratings

this takes you from Truman through Bush. It ws updated in 2006 so... It's rather surprising.



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MSNBC's Tucker Carlson Invites Ron Raul to Give "Freedom Tutorial"

VIDEO and article of Ron Paul making sense on real issues. Covers constitutional liberties and what it means to be free.



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HOWTO: Send Email To Cellphones

A handy list of services and SMS gateways that allow you to send email to almost any cell provider (US).



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Google Gears (BETA): Enabling Offline Web Applications

"Google Gears (BETA) is an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using following JavaScript APIs:"



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Firefox Reaches 25%

People are switching to Firefox fast as ever, while IE's share drops every day!



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Ubuntu 7.04 Wins a "100 Best Products of 2007 Award" from PC World

"LONDON, May 23, 2007 – Ubuntu 7.04, commercially sponsored by Canonical Ltd., was honored by PC World with a 100 Best Products of 2007 Award. The article is available now on PCWorld.com, and will also be featured in the July 2007 issue of PC World, which hits newsstands June 12."



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Microsoft inadvertently grants patent immunity to *all Linux users*

In a stunning discovery, Eben Moglen, legal counsel to the Free Software Foundation, reveals that the much vaunted MS/Novell "vouchers" have a fatal flaw: There is no expiration date. Confused? Read on and see how the upcoming GPL 3 may grant patent immunity to not just Novell users, but ALL Linux users.



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Rates of Non-Theism around the World

"25% of those in Australia do not believe in God...as many as 44% of those in Britain...44% in France...64% in Sweden...48% in Denmark...24% in Russia...31% Norway...28% in Finland...42% in the Netherlands...18% in Austria...34% in Bulgaria...61% in the Czech Republic...35% in Slovenia...32% in Hungary...49% in Estonia......6% in the United States"



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Who's Digging You?

Who are you digging, and who is digging you? I've written a little script using Digg's new API to show who is digging whom and to browse around the giant Digg social network.



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Eight Google Apps in Your Future

Google office is finally taking shape. Web Worker Daily makes some guesses at what you might find in Google Apps in the future. So far it adds up to eight new apps in the near future.



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McCain To Critics Of 'Bomb, Bomb Iran': 'Get A Life'

John McCain yesterday told critics of his "bomb, bomb Iran" song to "Lighten up and get a life.” It's yet another flip flop. When Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) botched a joke about military service last fall, McCain was among Kerry’s first and most vocal critics. McCain repeatedly said that even if Kerry was joking, he should still apologize.



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$185 Gaming CPU's: AMD 5600+ Versus Intel E6300

With AMD slashing processor prices we figured that now was a great time to take a look at gaming performance on a pair $185 desktop processors. With enthusiasts and gamers waiting to see realistic gaming performance numbers we tested six games at various resolutions of 1024x1768, 1600x1200 and 1920x1600 to show you what's up. This is a must read!



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Libertarianism is a Revolutionary Movement

Rockwell: Any media that get our message out are thrilling, especially the media that are not highly controlled by government. The government made a mistake with the internet, from its own point of view. It controlled radio, television, and much of the print media by default. But the web took off before the government got its hooks in it.



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Google Launches StumbleUpon Competitor

On the same day that the news breaks that eBay is acquiring StumbleUpon for $40ish million, Google announces that they are building strikingly similar functionality into their Toolbar.



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Geek to Live: Sync Google Calendar and Gmail contacts to your desktop

With GCalDaemon (a beta, open source project) running, you can view and update your Google Calendar from any desktop calendar program - even if you're offline. Additionally, you can access your Gmail contacts list in a desktop email program or address book like Thunderbird or Outlook Express.



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