Cheney threatens Russia

In a phone conversation with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Sunday, Cheney said Russia’s military actions in Georgia ‘must not go unanswered’.
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The End of Credit Card Consumerism May Be Near

For more than four decades, the shopaholic America has shown an insatiable desire to spend until our credit cards melt. Yet today, a sharp slowdown, record-high gas prices, high consumer debt levels, a plunging real estate market, and the growing green movement all seem to be conspiring to dethrone the credit card way of life. [...]

Martial LAW in the USA! It has started! Can you believe it?

I thought that this was against the Constitution. Digg this up so everyone is aware. Coming to a city near you!read more | digg story

FireFox:Google Redesigned Extension Facelifts Gmail and GCal

All platforms with Firefox: Globex Designs, makers of the popular Gmail Redesigned skin, have released a standalone Firefox extension which applies the style without Stylish (or Better Gmail and/or Better GCal).read more | digg story

Dutch paving stones clean air pollution

A Dutch University will see if chemically tricked-out paving stones can clean the air.read more | digg story

MIT student newspaper publishes the banned DEFCON slides

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has sued three MIT students — Zackary M. Anderson ‘09, Russel J. Ryan ‘09, and Alessandro Chiesa ‘09 — and MIT to prevent the disclosure of security weaknesses in subway ticketing systems.read more | digg story

EFF: Warrant should be required to obtain cell location data

The government shouldn’t be able to obtain a person’s cell location data without an appropriate warrant, argue the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Democracy and Technology, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Pennsylvaniaread more | digg story

Are cell phones the next cigarettes?

It took years for the hazards of smoking to come to light. Now there’s debate over the safety of mobile phones, but studies on their possible health effects are far from definitive.read more | digg story

5 Most Screwed-Up Tech Buys

As the tech world gets itself in a tizzy over Google saying its 5 percent stake in AOL might be impaired — basically it may now be worth less than they thought it was — we thought we’d revisit some of the most notable tech writedowns in historyread more | digg story

Two Russian Planes Are Shot Down Over Georgia

Two Russian planes were shot down over South Ossetia on Saturday, and 12 Russian troops were killed, according to an official from the Russian Ministry of Defense. Russia conducted airstrikes on Georgian targets on Friday evening and Saturday, escalating the conflict in a separatist area of Georgia that is shaping into a test of the [...]