The FBI lied to get ISPs to turn over data

The FBI’s counter terrorism unit sent a large number of fake emergency letters to phone companies, asking them to turn over phone records immediately.read more | digg story

PICTURES - Colorful Beauty in Nature: Birds

In sizes ranging from the tiny hummingbird to the tall earthbound ostrich or emu, Birds of the world show us color in a huge number of arrangements — 9,000 to 10,000 species to be more exact…read more | digg story

An Open Letter to Michael Moore: Make a Movie about the American Media

“Mr. Moore, This letter is in direct response to your recent open letter to CNN and their subsequent response….Make a movie about the media. Extend our reach on the issue. Bring it to light. Name names and cite sources. Make a scene. Start the discussion.”read more | digg story

Confirmed: Microsoft’s Windows Media DRM cracked (again)

Why do they even bother?
Another solution would be to allow anyone to sell music tracks or give them away for free as a loss leader.
Candidates for such services would be marketing companies, polling companies, on-line retailers of other products, Government agencies to draw attention to important notices, in short, anyone trying to draw traffic to [...]

Which is more expensive: a FREE Treo 680 or an iPhone?

The results may surprise you…read more | digg story

$100 HD DVD Player With 3 Free Movies?

Oh, now you’re interested in HD DVD. As a promotion to coincide with the Home Media Expo, Toshiba released this letter to attendees: TOSHIBA HD DVD PLAYER for ONLY $99 PLUS 3 FREE HD DVD’s. For one week only, starting July 22, 2007, Toshiba will be offering the [$299] HD A2 player for only [...]

The Secret Service agent who downed a copter over the White House in 1974

Henry Kulbaski was watch commander in the pre-dawn hours of Feb. 17, 1974 when a stolen army helicopter was being chased into restricted air space near the White House. He couldn’t reach his superiors and made the decision himself to down the intruder. The copter “landed in a blaze of gunfire on the south lawn [...]

Bears Climbing Up Utility Poles?

Humans aren’t the only ones who’ve been burned by this summer’s record heat: a wide variety of animals, ranging from deer to bears, have been forced to flee their natural habitats as temperatures have hit new highs.read more | digg story

BREAKING : U.S.: N. Korea Claims Reactor Shutdown!

North Korea told the United States it shut down its nuclear reactor, the State Department said Saturday, hours after a ship cruised into port loaded with oil promised in return for the country’s pledge to disarm.read more | digg story

BREAKING: Iraqi prime minister says U.S. troops can go ‘anytime they want’

Iraqi prime minister says U.S. troops can go ‘anytime they want’…SO us SHOULD LEAVE TOMORROWread more | digg story