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Am I the only one getting a ton more spam in my Gmail account?
It’s been going on for the past couple weeks. The spam filter used to miss something once every couple weeks (if that often). Now I get about 10 or more spams each day.

Facebook is adding election related features.
Facebook have just launched afeature called “Election 2006″, which allows you to search for officecandidates for the Senate, House, and Governorship. The site now has1,600 profile pages for candidates running for House and Senate seats,as well as state governorships in the election this November.
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The new section appears under the “election” [...]

Only for geeks.
A hard drive, with it’s cover off, working.

Cool!
Hat tip: Alejandro Rozitchner.

A clever site. You get search results and have to guess what was searched.

One of my favorite all-encompassingly readers (and commenter!), Ryan, has started a new blog about US political issues.
From a recent article about terrorist attacks, Ryan writes:
I find it extremely naive to presume that military actions in “The Iraqi slaughterhouse, besieged Gaza, wasted Lebanon” somehow account for them. Americans are not slaughtering Iraqis, rather, Iraqis are [...]

A Microsoft product demonstration gone awry…

 
Hat tip: business views through a digital window.

Google is in a fabulous fix with their Language Tools.
PinkNews reports that Google has agreed to change the Arabic translation of the word “gay” within Google’s translation tool. Now, I don’t know Arabic, but reportedly, the translation Google provides is equivalent to the word sodomite, which is derogatory. PinkNews says Google has “vowed to ameliorate [...]

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Everyone who voted for the war was going on faulty intelligence that our Bushitler and Cheney cooked up.
 
I actually like what Ralph Nader stands for. Loved his last letter to Bushitler.
 

Just because you haven’t been doing any reading and believe all the hot air [...]

Amy Gahran has the best summary of this whole thing and why it isn’t a big deal at all.
There’s recently been a major and controversial overhaul of Netscape’s services. The most notable addition is that Netscape has created its own version of Digg.
If you haven’t used Digg, it’s worth checking out. This model has endless [...]

A fascinating look at the state of the Internet and, more specifically, web pages back in 1996.

According to Hitwise, a “leader in online competitive intelligence” (they measure internet traffic), MySpace.com has passed Yahoo! Mail as the most popular internet destination.
Today Hitwise issued a press release reporting that for the first time, www.myspace.com has surpassed Yahoo! Mail as the most visited domain on the Internet for US Internet users.
Ok. Make that [...]

lds bishops, relief society and elders quorum presidents, and disaster-preparedness specialists will want to key in on this:

A device about the size of a large pen or drinking straw, the LifeStraw is a complete water purification kit that draws its power from the person sucking down the water. The LifeStraw is the product of [...]

We’ve covered Argentina’s attempt to force internet service providers (ISP) to retain online activity data on customers.
Shortly thereafter it was reported that the Justice Department in the U.S. started floating a similar idea to ISPs.
Well, wait no more. Alberto “I’m a Dumb Tool” Gonzales is putting the screws on American ISPs.
The Justice Department is [...]

The BBC though it was interviewing Guy Kewney, of newswireless.net, for a segment on the Apple trial. But no, it was actually Guy Goma, who was at the BBC that day to apply for a job in their IT department.
The video is priceless.

  
  
The mix-up occurred when a producer went to collect the expert from [...]

Google has launched their newest product, Google Notebook.
From the FAQ:
1. Why would I want to use Google Notebook?

With Google Notebook, you can browse, clip, and organize information from across the web in a single online location that’s accessible from any computer. Planning a trip? Researching a product? Just add clippings to your notebook. You don’t [...]