Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
Nine firefighters died last night battling a blaze in a sofa warehouse in Charleston, SC. Please keep them and their families in your thoughts today.
More photos here, here, and here; video here and here.
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
From the LiftPort Staff Blog; by Brian Dunbar
Even when you're standing in sh*t, you can still look up and aspire to the stars.
~ David Gerrold
Pardon the swears. We're all still getting our heads into Transparency and a 24/7 attention cycle. Read something about a company on Friday and ...
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
So with most software and hardware, if you purchase it, it's yours. With the new Microsoft Vista however, you don't own it. Microsoft is 'allowing' you to use a copy of their software if you pay them. If they decide that they don't want you to have ...
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Friday, January 19th, 2007
Alberto Gonzalez and Arlen Specter today in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing,
Specter: Now wait a minute, wait a minute. The Constitution says you can't take it away except in the case of invasion or rebellion. Doesn't that mean you have the right of habeas corpus?
Gonzales: I meant by that comment ...
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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
The largest employer in the world announced on Dec. 15 that it lost about $450 billion in fiscal 2006. Its auditor found that its financial statements were unreliable and that its controls were inadequate for the 10th straight year. On top of that, the entity's total liabilities and unfunded commitments ...
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