Posted by chadd278, at 01:28AM 02/05/09 :
Democrats Pen Principles for Climate-Change Bills
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Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday unveiled a set of principles that will guide their efforts to craft legislation aimed at slowing global warming, firing an opening salvo in what is likely to be one of the year's central legislative debates.
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Posted by chadd278, at 01:23AM 02/05/09 :
Obama imposes bailed-out pay ceiling
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Wall Street bosses whose banks are being bailed out by the US taxpayer will not be able to earn more than $500,000 (£345,000) a year, President Barack Obama warned today as he vowed to clamp down on the "customary lavish bonuses". In a tough-talking pledge to the US taxpayer, Obama promised to investigate how the multimillion-dollar pay packets for top executives had contributed to the "reckless behaviour" that had "caused havoc in our financial system" He also promised to end the "disgusting" payoffs handed to Wall Street executives who were forced to resign as the credit crunch hit. "We are putting a stop to these kinds of massive severance packages we have all read about with disgust," he said. "We are taking the air out of the golden parachute." Flanked by the treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, Obama signalled that a new stimulus package would be announced next week to get money flowing around the financial system again. The ground-breaking plans to tackle Wall Street's pay pa
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Posted by chadd278, at 01:18AM 02/05/09 :
Help for 2 Twitter Acounts through 1 Cell Phone?
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Lazyweb request: Does anyone have any ideas for how to run two Twitter accounts through one cell phone using just text messages? I know I can do it through email or on the web on the phone, but I really want the instant, push notification that SMS provides. Help me, Lazyweb!
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Posted by chadd278, at 12:51AM 02/05/09 :
Twitterrific + AppleScript
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Jason Snell, Macworld. : “So I was struck with the idea—what if I could get the Talking Moose Twitter stream to speak out loud, in the style of the old Talking Moose? What a useless idea.”
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Posted by chadd278, at 12:45AM 02/05/09 :
Time running out to attack Iran - Israeli expert - Reuters
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Christian Science Monitor. Time running out to attack Iran - Israeli expert. Reuters - 57 minutes ago. By Dan Williams HERZLIYA, Israel, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Israel has a year or so in which to attack Iran's nuclear facilities preemptively, an Israeli legislator and weapons expert said on Wednesday. Iran seen just years away from nuclear capability. Reuters UK. Envoys urge Obama to talk directly with Iran. International Herald Tribune. The Associated Press. - Christian Science Monitor. - AFP. - Tehran Times. all 272 news articles.
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Posted by chadd278, at 12:36AM 02/05/09 and by 2 others:
Dropbox: A Collaborator’s Dream
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David Weintraub, TidBITS Business Apps. : “The feature that really won me over was the capability to allow other Dropbox users to share folders inside my Dropbox. Simply select any folder in your Dropbox and invite the Dropbox users with whom you want to share it.”
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Posted by chadd278, at 12:16AM 02/05/09 :
City Room: Stumbling Into the Idiotarod
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Street Takes: The sixth annual race of "idiots" in shopping carts wound its crazy way through the obstacle course that is New York City. No spandex allowed.
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