Bob's your uncle!
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Bob's Not Sirius
Bob's Not Sirius
08/04/2004 09:53 AM
Bob Edwards will return to the airwaves in October, via
satellite.
XM, to be specific.
Bob's Animal Fights
Bob's Animal Fights
06/19/2004 07:51 PM
Bob's Animal
Fights • Hornet vs. Polar Bear! Army Ant vs. Panda! Ostrich vs.
Gorilla! Bob Robertson, senior lecturer on the behaviour of African
mammals, sets out to prove once and for all just what is the
hardest animal on the planet.
Two Steps Foward, Two Steps Back: Bob's
Predictions for 2004
Two Steps Foward, Two Steps Back: Bob's
Predictions for 2004
01/03/2004 08:17 AMpbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040101.html
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IT professionals: Uncle Sam wants you!
IT professionals: Uncle Sam wants you!
06/15/2002 12:22 AMCNET Jun 14 2002 11:13PM ET
No More Free FTP for Uncle Sam
No More Free FTP for Uncle Sam
09/05/2004 09:42 AMIpswitch yanks free FTP software from
government market: I've used WS_FTP faithfully for years. At
work, I've paid for the professional version (v9 is just
out and it's quite good — they finally updated their sorry
user interface), but at home I use the Limited Edition that they're
talking about here.
Ipswitch has pulled WS_FTP Limited Edition, its free FTP software,
from the government market.
Agencies no longer have the license to use the free utility program
or the right to distribute it, according to company
officials.[...]
Shawn McCarthy, program manager in government and education at IDC,
said that although the free utility has long been popular, "the need
for increased security — including secure connectivity,
encryption for greater file security and key matching technology
— is now driving government users in a new direction."
Nothing in this article says it's not still free for personal
use.
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Uncle Sam Wants Your Airwaves
Uncle Sam Wants Your Airwaves
09/22/2004 06:17 AMLawmakers believe the analog TV spectrum can be put to much better use
and can generate billions in auctions to telecom companies. So
Congress is considering paying Americans to ditch over-the-air analog
TV and switch to digital. Michael Grebb reports from Washington.
Uncle Sam Wants Your Gains
Uncle Sam Wants Your Gains
12/24/2004 12:14 PMThe government wants a chunk of all your gains -- almost.
Let Uncle Sam Fund Your IRA
Let Uncle Sam Fund Your IRA
03/08/2004 11:28 PMBefore you spend that tax refund, consider yourself first -- your
retired self, that is.
Will Uncle Sam Like The Taste Of Apple?
Will Uncle Sam Like The Taste Of Apple?
08/03/2004 12:08 AMUncle Sam's coffers, which have long remained elusvie for Apple, are
finally opening up. As the federal technology budget ballooned,
Apple's market share in computers sold to the government rose from
1.6% in the first quarter of 2003 to 2% in the same period this year.
Today, Apple is the government's No. 6 computer supplier -- and
climbing. By Olga Kharif, BusinessWeek (via MyAppleMenu)
Uncle Sam's Stingy With IT
Uncle Sam's Stingy With IT
07/16/2004 11:48 AMDatamonitor predicts that federal IT spending will slow, but it may
not be that big of a deal.
Swedish 3G Carriers Cry Uncle
Swedish 3G Carriers Cry Uncle
06/29/2004 12:32 PMThe Feature Jun 29 2004 4:33PM GMT
Internet unites boy with uncle
Internet unites boy with uncle
12/28/2004 09:29 PMglobetechnology.com Dec 29 2004 1:03AM GMT
Uncle Sam Through Saudi Eyes
Uncle Sam Through Saudi Eyes
03/15/2003 05:14 PM Colin Powell
and the Marketing of Uncle Sam is an idiosyncratic rant by Afnan
Fatani, professor of stylistics at King Abdul Aziz University, in the
English-language Saudi journal
Arab
News, arguing the sinister implications of Colin Powell's
employment of advertising experts to put the American message to the
world. Starting with Nelson Mandela's
recent comments,
among them that the U.S. is disregarding the U.N. because its leader,
Kofi Annan, is black, Prof. Fatani achieves some rhetorical fireworks
from the observation that "Uncle Ben is not Uncle Sam."
During the days of slavery in America, white men
discovered the powerful singing voices of their black slaves. Today,
judging from the sleek performance of Colin Powell and Condoleezza
Rice, American leaders have apparently discovered and successfully
utilized the articulate skills of their black citizens. Too bad the
message these black politicians are promoting is Zionist war and
destruction, and not Christian peace and goodwill. Too bad that Powell
and the Bush administration have between them tainted the white
wholesome goodness of Uncle Ben’s Rice.
According to a December 2002 story in
Salon, Powell had
sa
id, upon hiring ad mogul Charlotte Beers at State, "Hey, she
got
me to buy Uncle Ben's rice."
Interestingly,
Richard Lyons posted an op-ed based on
a very similar conceit in February 2002 — though without the bizarre
racial overtones. Didn't German soldiers taunt black GIs with the fact
of their second-class citizenship during WWII?
Stylistic it is, a mishmash of apocalyptic scriptural interpretation
and Internet antiwar rhetoric. Fellow Netizens, I give you our Saudi
allies on this, 12 Muharram 1424, the eve of war.
Uncle Sam fingerprints visitors
Uncle Sam fingerprints visitors
01/05/2004 08:39 AMVisa-exempts exempted (for now)
Uncle Sam reinstates big brother
Uncle Sam reinstates big brother
02/10/2003 10:15 PMThe FBI and state police would be able to eavesdrop on what Web sites
you visit, what you search for with Google and with whom you chat
through email and ...
Features: Uncle Sam's Semantic Web
Features: Uncle Sam's Semantic Web
09/15/2004 07:42 PMPaul Ford comes to Washington, D.C., to report on the Semantic eGov
conference, where he discovers that Uncle Sam has plans for the
Semantic Web.
Uncle Sam demands all air travel records
Uncle Sam demands all air travel records
09/22/2004 04:28 AM'CAPPS Lite' to be tested. Volunteers not needed
Vonage to Uncle Sam: Hands off VoIP
Vonage to Uncle Sam: Hands off VoIP
02/12/2004 02:18 PMWith debate over future of VoIP heating up, Vonage Holdings CEO
Jeffrey Citron weighs in on the debate.
Uncle Sam's Web sites top Google
Uncle Sam's Web sites top Google
03/14/2003 02:13 PMThat was enough to rank US Government sites as the sixth-most visited
site in February, topping No. 7 Google by almost 1 million visitors.
...
Uncle Sam Wants Your Gains (The Motley
Fool)
Uncle Sam Wants Your Gains (The Motley
Fool)
12/24/2004 12:23 PMThe Motley Fool - How much are you allowed to gain from the sale of
stock before you must pay capital gains tax on it? Uncle Sam's hand is
out as soon as you make your first dollar. However, you can offset
some of the gain with any losses from sales of stock. So if you've
made a bundle on Dell (Nasdaq: DELL - News) and have lost a bundle on
Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW - News), you can eke out a bit of a
benefit from the loss.
Uncle Sam looking carefully at
IBM/Lenovo deal
Uncle Sam looking carefully at
IBM/Lenovo deal
02/01/2005 08:53 PMThe US government is examing the sale of IBM's PC division to Lenovo
due to concerns raised by the Department of Justice and Department of
Homeland Security. Could concerns over industrial espionage and
intellectual property rights thwart the deal?
My Uncle Is A Man Named Steve (Not A
Monkey)
My Uncle Is A Man Named Steve (Not A
Monkey)
03/24/2005 04:59 PM
"The purpose of the
Fellowsh
ip Baptist Creation Science Fair is to get kids excited about
Creation and motivate them to discover the truth of our Lord on their
own."
Winning exhibits this year include "My Uncle Is A
Man Named Steve (Not A Monkey)", "Women Were Designed For
Homemaking", and "Using Prayer To Microevolve Latent
Antibiotic Resistance In Bacteria".
Via Uncle Albert's Brush With PC America
Uncle Albert's Brush With PC America
12/21/2003 05:57 PMMoscow Times Dec 21 2003 4:35PM ET
It's Time Uncle Sam Taxed Techies
It's Time Uncle Sam Taxed Techies
01/07/2004 06:14 PMOne of the many things I used to admire about the high-tech industry
was its disinterest in seeking special favors from Washington, other
than to be left alone to turn out truly amazing stuff. Now that's
changed. By Steven Peralstein (Washington Post via MyAppleMenu)
Uncle Sam's genitals go on display
(Reuters)
Uncle Sam's genitals go on display
(Reuters)
02/10/2004 02:56 AMReuters - Uncle Sam, that symbol of U.S. patriotism, has a front seat
on an extravagantly decorated float in the
parade of samba schools in Rio de Janeiro's upcoming Carnival.
LA Weekly: Features: Uncle Andy’s Fun
Afterlife
LA Weekly: Features: Uncle Andy’s Fun
Afterlife
05/09/2004 03:28 AMTwenty years later, dead or alive, will Andy Kaufman return? .. LA
Weekly on Andy Kaufman returning from the dead .. Uncle Andy’s Fun
Afterlife .. GCD
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"Uncle Bear : A Different Kind of
Roleplayer's Site"
"Uncle Bear : A Different Kind of
Roleplayer's Site"
06/20/2004 08:29 PMUncle Sam's Guiding Hand Sets IT
Spending
Uncle Sam's Guiding Hand Sets IT
Spending
12/29/2004 03:16 AMInformation Week Dec 29 2004 6:39AM GMT
Uncle Milton's Aquasaurs beat
Sea-Monkeys flippers down
Uncle Milton's Aquasaurs beat
Sea-Monkeys flippers down
08/11/2004 12:08 PM
Uncle Milton, the ant farm
tycoon, is selling an "Aquasaurs" (real name: Triops longicaudatus)
habitat. These creatures are much cooler than Sea-Monkeys.
According to this FAQ :
Triops longicaudatus are crustaceans that are also
called Dinosaur shrimp or Tadpole shrimp that look like miniature
horseshoe crabs. They have a short life-cycle of 20 to 90 days -
growing very quickly in this time to about 2 inches in length !" Link
(Thanks, Jonathan!)
Uncle Sam, Saddam Have Roles in Rio's
Carnival (Reuters)
Uncle Sam, Saddam Have Roles in Rio's
Carnival (Reuters)
02/10/2004 02:56 AMReuters - Uncle Sam, that symbol
of U.S. patriotism, has a front seat on an extravagantly
decorated float in the parade of samba schools in Rio de
Janiero's upcoming Carnival.
Juniper takes on Cisco for Uncle Sam's
cash
Juniper takes on Cisco for Uncle Sam's
cash
12/09/2003 08:43 PMThe Internet Protocol router maker sets up a dedicated sales force to
challenge Cisco for U.S. government customers.
Swedish 2-year-old reunited with uncle
after photo spotted on Internet
Swedish 2-year-old reunited with uncle
after photo spotted on Internet
12/28/2004 07:24 AMAP via San Francisco Chronicle Dec 28 2004 11:59AM GMT
Microsoft payout makes Gates everyone's
favourite uncle
Microsoft payout makes Gates everyone's
favourite uncle
07/22/2004 09:40 AMHe's been branded a corporate bully and hailed as technological
visionary, but Microsoft Corporation's plans for a record pay-out to
shareholders has thrown the spotlight onto Bill Gates, the
ultra-generous philanthropist. The US software behemoth on Wednesday
unveiled a plan to deliver an estimated $75 billion (R456 billion) to
its shareholders over the next four years as it moves to slash the $56
billion cash mountain it is sitting on.
Internet photo helps reunite lost
2-year-old with his uncle
Internet photo helps reunite lost
2-year-old with his uncle
12/29/2004 07:24 AMSun-sentinel.com - Wed Dec 29, 11:18 am GMT
Wine, Cigars, Deer Head -- Charge It to
Uncle Sam (Reuters)
Wine, Cigars, Deer Head -- Charge It to
Uncle Sam (Reuters)
04/29/2004 07:47 AMReuters - Cosmetic surgery, a mounted deer
head, designer briefcases and pricey wine are among goods
improperly charged to U.S. government credit cards by
employees, according to a report released on Wednesday.
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Making Sense of Marcel Duchamp
Making Sense of Marcel Duchamp
05/07/2004 06:23 AMThe bride stripped bare by her bachelors, even .. Making Sense of
Marcel Duchamp .. about my favorite artist .. fine use of Flash ..
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QuickTime 6.5 expands 3GPP support
QuickTime 6.5 expands 3GPP support
12/18/2003 02:19 PMApple on Thursday announced the release of QuickTime 6.5, a new
version of its powerful multimedia software...
Apple Expands 3GPP Support with
QuickTime 6.5
Apple Expands 3GPP Support with
QuickTime 6.5
12/18/2003 04:49 PMNew Milestone in 3G Development -
specifications for 3GPP Release 6
finalized
New Milestone in 3G Development -
specifications for 3GPP Release 6
finalized
04/11/2005 03:55 AM3G Apr 11 2005 7:49AM GMT
Sony to create "iTunes for movies,"
release 500 films digitally within a
year
Sony to create "iTunes for movies,"
release 500 films digitally within a
year
03/31/2005 11:46 PMXeni Jardin:
At
a
conference in Santa Monica today, Sony Pictures Digital
Entertainment SVP Michael Arrieta said:
"We want to set business models, pricing models, distribution models
like (Apple Computer CEO Steve) Jobs did for music, but for the film
industry," [said Arrieta], "I'm trying to create the new
'anti-Napster."
To that end, Arrieta said, his group plans to digitize Sony
Pictures' top 500 films and make them available for the first time in
various digital environments within the next year. He said the
distribution for films like "Spider-Man 2" will go beyond just
Movielink, the video-on-demand joint venture of Sony Pictures and
several other major studios, which to date has hosted a limited
library of Sony's movies.
For example, Sony plans to sell and make films available in flash
memory for mobile phones in the next year, Arrieta said. It also will
further develop its digital stores for downloading and owning films on
the PC, he said in an interview. Sony's plans--and similar moves by
other studios--are likely to avoid empowering any one technology
company--such as Apple in the music equation--and allow studios to
pocket more of the profits. The philosophy in Hollywood is "Define
your own agenda or someone else will for you."
Link to
ZDNet story. Previously on Boing Boing:
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Download-To-Own Movies: Get Less For
More!
Download-To-Own Movies: Get Less For
More!
01/16/2004 01:03 PMYou may recall CinemaNow - the major studio backed online movie
downloading company - from the
review
in the NY Times last year which included such great quotes as:
"How CinemaNow stays in business is a marvel. The site is so marred by
typos and poor programming, it could have been a high school
sophomore's first Web design project." and "CinemaNow stand[s] out
primarily for [its] puny selection, poor video quality and overly
rigid copy protection." A ringing endorsement. Well, now it looks
like they're trying to adjust their business model, and instead of
just allowing people to watch movies for a limited time, they're
starting up a
"download-to-own"
feature complete with annoying copy protection (of course). As
with the download movie rentals, you get less for more. Now, instead
of actually owning a DVD that you can play anywhere on any machine
(and which comes with extras and perhaps a booklet with more info),
you get a digital copy of the movie that is completely clamped down on
the machine you downloaded it on. Also, the prices are
more
expensive than buying a DVD. A quick look at their featured choice
for "download-to-own" shows that you can get the same movie, brand
new, on DVD at Amazon for $3.75 less. They're also claiming that you
can now start watching a movie 30 seconds after it begins downloading.
If it really works well, that's great, but if it includes typical
video buffer loading pauses, I imagine it's not going to make many
movie renters happy.
Search Engine Marketing Firm iProspect
Offers Free Bidding Imputation Tool to
Boost Pay Per Click Advertising Results
Search Engine Marketing Firm iProspect
Offers Free Bidding Imputation Tool to
Boost Pay Per Click Advertising Results
04/19/2005 04:00 AMOnline bidding imputation tool allows search engine marketing
professionals to predict PPC advertising performance. [PRWEB Apr 19,
2005]
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Search Engines Can See the Movies -
Macromedia FLASH SDK
Search Engines Can See the Movies -
Macromedia FLASH SDK
09/20/2004 11:23 PMISEDB Sep 21 2004 3:21AM GMT
FREE Cisco Whitepaper: Learn how to plan
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environment. Click here to download!
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07/11/2004 01:48 AMInternet News Jul 11 2004 6:10AM GMT
Sports Internet Destination! Releases
Free Version of Top Sports Sites Search
Engine - Attached Document with HTML
Source Code Enclosed
Sports Internet Destination! Releases
Free Version of Top Sports Sites Search
Engine - Attached Document with HTML
Source Code Enclosed
04/05/2005 02:17 AMSports Internet Destination! Top Sports Sites Search Engine provides
new relevance to targeted sports search in that 100% of search results
returned are drawn exclusively from top sports sites. You may insert
the HTML code to place this valuable search engine for free on your
website, in accordance with the terms detailed. [PRWEB Apr 5, 2005]
Tabasoft announces the availability for
free download of Biferno version 1.0.3
Tabasoft announces the availability for
free download of Biferno version 1.0.3
02/10/2004 12:03 PMTabasoft (
http://www.tabasoft.it)
announces the availability for free download of
Biferno version
1.0.3.
Nuggets Mobile Search Engine: Free SMS
Search Promotion
Nuggets Mobile Search Engine: Free SMS
Search Promotion
02/05/2005 09:22 PMThe Nuggets mobile search engine allows you to search the Internet
from your mobile phone, including natural language search via SMS. As
part of a new promotion, it is now available for free for a
three-month trial period. [PRWEB Feb 5, 2005]
eXubrio Introduces New Free Website
Search Engine Optimization
eXubrio Introduces New Free Website
Search Engine Optimization
07/06/2004 03:03 AMConsulting firm eXubrio, LLC, Introduces a New Free White Paper on
Website Search Engine Optimization (SEO) at its Website,
www.exubrio.com [PRWEB Jul 6, 2004]
Updated Google, Overture, MSN, Yahoo AOL
AND Ask Jeeves Paid Search Matrix Chart
Available For FREE Download
Updated Google, Overture, MSN, Yahoo AOL
AND Ask Jeeves Paid Search Matrix Chart
Available For FREE Download
09/24/2004 03:13 AMThe search engine marketing industry and search marketers rely on the
Did-it paid search matrix chart to illustrate the relationships
between engines at a glance. The chart illustrates in an artistic way
who powers whom in the complex world of PPC paid placement and paid
inclusion. Thousands of SEM and SEO enthusiasts have downloaded the
chart or picked up a poster at the search engine strategies
conference, a DMA conference or Ad:Tech. [PRWEB Sep 24, 2004]
Tracking search engine leads with
dedicated toll-free phone numbers
Tracking search engine leads with
dedicated toll-free phone numbers
05/13/2004 04:48 PMInternetRetailer.com May 13 2004 8:41PM GMT
Making Use of Free Online Tools Can Aid
You in SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION &
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You in SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION &
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07/25/2004 02:48 AMFree, high quality resoures and tools can increase your Web site's
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Movies Out Of The Box
Movies Out Of The Box
03/30/2005 11:33 AM By Garry Barker, The Age
Fun Movies
Fun Movies
07/07/2004 01:18 AMFirst up is some guy playing the themes, all of them, for the Super
Mario Brothers video game. Rockin fun. This, probably a spoof,...
Movies on the way, too
Movies on the way, too
03/19/2005 03:01 AMUsatoday.com - Thu Mar 17, 08:01 pm GMT
"Movies"
"Movies"
04/08/2005 10:10 AMMovies
Movies
03/12/2003 07:07 PMMovies I watched today followed by my brief response. Signs Reminded
me of Alien. Could they have picked a less suitable planet for
harvesting? Minority
Getting Movies When You Want
Getting Movies When You Want
06/17/2005 03:54 PMI've been hearing a lot about video-on-demand technology with cable
television but I'm clueless as to how it actually works. Is this the
same thing as the old pay-per-view, except with a different name?
Movies on CD and DVD 2
Movies on CD and DVD 2
11/17/2003 04:25 PMvnunet.com Nov 17 2003 2:22PM ET
Games Movies
Games Movies
04/11/2004 05:01 PMWho WATCHES movies?
Who WATCHES movies?
09/09/2004 07:19 AM
Cory Doctorow:
The sterling satirists of Loading Ready Run have produced a sharp,
funny and amazingly true short film in response to the "Who makes
movies?" anti-piracy spots that we're subjected to before we see our
$10-13 flicks.
This spot, called "Who watches movies?" and features a graphic
designer talking about how grossly offensive it is to pay a stack of
money, sit through interminable advertisements, then be lectured at in
a film made by some distant coked-up Hollyweird fatcat.
4.4MB MP4 Link
(Thanks, Paul!)
The 10 best movies of 2004
The 10 best movies of 2004
12/24/2004 12:49 PMSalon's critics pick the year's finest films -- from the modest
"Before Sunset" to the operatic "House of Flying Daggers" to the
magical "A Very Long Engagement" to the triumphantly weird
"Incredibles" and "SpongeBob."
"re-releasing all six movies in 3D"
"re-releasing all six movies in 3D"
03/26/2005 01:35 PMPeople Don't Like Going To The Movies
Any More
People Don't Like Going To The Movies
Any More
06/17/2005 03:33 PMThe movie industry has been on this crusade lately, with MPAA head
going on and on saying that the reason people aren't going to the
movies is
becau
se they're at home downloading movies. However, most people
recognize that's unlikely to be the leading cause of problems for the
industry. Instead, it's that movies are now
compe
ting with a lot of other entertainment options and the
experience of going out to the movies
isn't
very much fun any more. The theaters all seem crowded. You have
to sit through what seems like half an hour of commercials. The
prices just keep getting higher. And, of course, you have to deal
with rude and annoying people in the theater who seem to have no
problem annoying everyone else. So, is it really any surprise at all
that
a whopping 73% of people surveyed say they
prefer watching movies at home? Is it any wonder that so many in
the industry are scared to death of
DVDs
being released at the same time as the movie itself? The theater
industry (not the movie industry as a whole) is facing something of a
crisis -- but it has nothing to do with people downloading, and
everything to do with theater owners inability to recognize that going
to the movies is a social experience, and working on ways to make that
social experience a lot more enjoyable. Theater owners in China
reali
zed this, and saw their box office take
shoot
up to record levels. Theaters in the UK are starting to recognize
this and are
addin
g extra incentives to go out to the theater. If the movie
industry would stop rushing to blame downloading and look at the
advantages they offer while minimizing a lot of the things that
annoy people, perhaps they wouldn't be having so many problems these
days. Of course, rather than do that, they're trying to
becom
e even more hated while begging Congress to come up with ways to
protect their business model.
Bob's your uncle!
