Clueless TSA agent had no idea where Washington, DC was – New York Post
New York PostA geographically-challenged airport security agent nearly turned away a woman with a valid Washington, DC identification card — because she had no clue…
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NASA confirms 715 planets outside solar system – USA TODAY
USA TODAYSuddenly we’re rolling in planets. Wednesday, scientists confirmed discovery of a whopping 715 new planets orbiting stars other than our own sun, nearly doubling…
Planet bonanza! Refined technique for planet ID nearly doubles total. (+video) – Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science MonitorAstronomers have uncovered 715 previously unannounced planets after using a new technique for sifting through the first two years’ worth of data from…
Apple Details Touch ID, ‘Secure Enclave’ In Updated Online Security Document – AppAdvice
AppAdviceApple’s Touch ID might seem ultra-secure to you and me (and way more so than our old “1234” passcodes), but businesses dealing in sensitive information…
TouchID explained: Apple shows how the iPhone 5s fingerprint scanner works – Firstpost
FirstpostApple has put out a new document which has given a detailed explanation of how exactly the TouchID fingerprint scanner and the new A7 chip’s…
NASA Kepler telescope discovers 715 new planets – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldNASA has announced a torrent of new planet discoveries, hailing a “bonanza” of 715 worlds now known outside the solar system thanks to…
Early voting on crowded ballots – Houston Chronicle
Early voting on crowded ballotsHouston Chronicle1 Voters must present photo identification to cast a ballot in person. Acceptable photo ID includes: a Texas driver’s license,…
Funding, Structure for Universal ID Cards in NYC Still Unclear – The Epoch Times
Funding, Structure for Universal ID Cards in NYC Still UnclearThe Epoch TimesOakland mayor Jean Quan takes her photo as she registers for the new Oakland…
Officials ID Vegas snowboarder dead in accident – Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas SunLAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities have identified a 20-year-old Las Vegas man who died in a snowboarding accident at a southern Nevada ski…
Man’s body found on Long Island feared to be abducted Brooklyn landlord – New York Daily News
New York Daily NewsAaron Showalter/New York Daily News. A body found in a dumpster along a commercial stretch of Cutter Mill Road in Great Neck,…
Authorities ID 4 killed in apparent murder-suicide – Las Vegas Sun
Authorities ID 4 killed in apparent murder-suicideLas Vegas SunLas Vegas Sun
Police ID Victims Of 2 Oakland Shootings – CBS Local
Police ID Victims Of 2 Oakland ShootingsCBS LocalOAKLAND (CBS SF) — Oakland police Monday released the names of two men who were fatally shot in…
Fashion conscious principal inspired students’ invention – Denver Post
Fashion conscious principal inspired students’ inventionDenver PostSenior Joe Klein holds the plastic frame of a prototypical ID badge holder under development by technology students at…
Manhunt Comes to and End For Atlanta, Tupelo Bank Robbery Suspect – whnt.com
Manhunt Comes to and End For Atlanta, Tupelo Bank Robbery Suspectwhnt.com“We believe that this suspect is the same individual who is responsible for the attempted…
YouTube Content ID Arguments Ignore Fair Use Law
I just read the blog post of a man named Simon Linder. Mr. Linder was sharing his take on the YouTube Content ID Controversy. The…
Oakland News: Mayor Quan’s Woodminster Wheelchair Problem In “White v. Oakland”
In this Oakland News, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan doesn’t know this until now, but as of this writing she’s about to be deposed in a…
Police investigate shooting death in northeast Las Vegas – Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas SunHe says police have not yet identified any suspects but witnesses reported seeing two men leave the home in a white minivan. Metro…
Data haul by Android Flashlight app ‘deceives’ millions – BBC News
BBC NewsTens of millions of Android users have been “deceived” by a developer who covertly gathered personal data, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said….
Man killed while trying to sell Playstation 4 ID’d – abc7news.com
abc7news.comSAN FRANCISCO — A man who was fatally shot in San Francisco on Sunday after arranging online to sell a PlayStation 4 has been identified…
Quantum Skynet Solutions Filing False Video Claims On YouTube
Quantum Skynet Solutions, who’s website says is a “web hosting, programming, and small business consulting” is trying to capture Google AdSense revenues it does not…
YouTube Content ID System Encourages Fraudulent Claims
YouTube, of which this blogger has been a YouTube Partner since 2008, and on YouTube since 2006, has a much-vaunted video “content ID” system. The…
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev And Tamerlan Tsarnaev Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev are officially the Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects. That headline is hard to find, so this blog post was made to…
Comic-Con 2013 Badge Sales Today
UPDATE: Comic Con badges sold out at 10:40 AM, PDT. Comic Con 2013 is fast approaching, and Comic-Con 2013 Badge Sales commence today. Here’s the…
Oakland Mayor Quan, City Of Oakland’s Inept Social Media Approach
The City Of Oakland has suddenly adopted a head-in-the-sand, protectionist, and just plain stupid social media strategy that results in a series of wrong-headed approaches…
Adam Lanza Sandy Hook Shooter, Ryan Lanza His Brother; Media Error?
The reports were, via CNN and NBC, that 24 year old Ryan Lanza was the Sandy Hook Shooter. But now, within the last hour, it…
Stephanie McCaffrey Destroys BC Soccer Career Via Twitter, Sandusky Tweets
Stephanie McCaffrey, whose Twitter bio is “Just off the binky, time to get kinky,” for now, has destroyed her Boston College soccer career after posting…
Rules For Voting In The State Of Georgia
Ok, Election Day is tomorrow, and you’re undoubtedly concerned about the wave of attempts at trying to block your right to vote. Well, the fact…
Jon Husted: Ohio GOP Sec. Of State, Darling Of White Supremacists, Trying To Block Voting
This Jon Husted guy (pictured), the Ohio GOP Secretary Of State, is just not a good person in the view of this blogger. Husted, for…
5th of November Is Guy Fawkes Day; Mitt Romney, Rush Limbaugh Beware?
Today is November 5th, otherwise known by Anonymous, the computer hacking human network, as “Guy Fawkes Day.” On this day, Anonymous plans to take down…
Stephen Colbert and Voter ID Judge Simpson Separated At Birth
Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report and Pennsylvania Judge Robert Simpson, the man who made the decision to suspend the controversial Voter ID Law in…
Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Killed For Election
The controversial Pennsylvania Voter ID Law that was approved six months ago has been killed for the election according to The Huffington Post. But, after…
TSA Agent At United O’Hare Airport Terminal Should Be Removed
It’s hard enough to be a TSA Agent without folks like the one I’m about to rag on present. Last week, my Mother and Stepdad…
Comic Con’s David Glanzer Gives Annual Update For 2012
David Glanzer is Comic Con’s Director of Marketing and Public Relations, but every time we talk, I keep giving him a promotion to Vice President….
WIRED Cafe: My Anti ID-PR WIRED Cafe Rant At Comic Con 2012 #sdcc
Ok, real quick, I’m pissed off with ID-PR, the public relations firm WIRED hired to handle the promotions and booking for the WIRED Cafe at…
Facebook Stock Drop Will Force New Attack On Google’s Turf
Facebook stock has dropped from a high of $42.05 on the first day of trading to Tuesday’s new closing low of $28.80, losing $35 billion…
Earthquake In Oakland, Felt In SF, 4.0 On Richter Scale
Here’s an update on that Earthquake that was felt in Oakland, but felt in San Francisco and around the Bay Area. It was 4 on…
FUSE Network Trying To Claim YouTube Whitney Houston Funeral Videos That Aren’t Theirs
The FUSE Network is trying to take any YouTube video that’s of the Whitney Houston Funeral as their own, when they are not. Further, that…
Randy Travis Arrested For Public Intoxication; Cops Didn’t Know Him
What’s interesting about the arrest of Country Music Singer Randy Travis is that, as this video shows, the police in Sanger, Texas didn’t know who…
Vonage, Far From Dead, Signs Agreement With TracFone
And this blogger thought Vonage, which offers Voice-Over-IP service, and was once all over the television waves with commercials, was all but dead. No. In…
MN GOP back-pedalling from anti-gay preacher
The GOP majority in the MN state legislature invited controversial “Reverend” Bradlee Dean, who advocates the killing and or incarceration of gays, to make the…
Academy News (AMPAS): "Funny Girl" Monday Nights With Oscar Returns
In more Academy news, the “Monday Nights With Oscar” series returns to the Academy Theatre at Lighthouse International in New York city after being put…
Lesson from Mid-term Elections Stop Taking Your Base for Granted
A week after last week’s mid-term elections and many people all over the country are still trying to take stock as to what went right,…
Star Trek In Academy and Oscar News: Previs in the Making of Star Trek
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences always has an interesting press release to send along, but this one takes it. It’s not often…