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I’ve decided to create a blog to go along with my photography website so this blog will be moving to a new address, www.sgawne.com/blog/.
The new blog will be split between photography related posts and technology related posts. I feel this is a good move for me because I would never be able to maintain both [...]
Still having trouble deciding who to vote for? Lifehacker list the “Top 10 Web Tools For Election Season” to help you learn about each of the candidates and where they stand on the issues that matter most to you!
The tools included everything from side-by-side comparisons, video clips, spending & donation trackers, polling locations, recent news, [...]
update: this post got lost in the drafts so it’s being published a little late.
CNN is reporting a genetic study shows humans nearly went extinct 70,000 years ago. The study says a drought had left the human population possibly as low as 2,000 people in small groups throughout Africa.
It’s pretty amazing to think the human [...]
Mark Hendrickson of TechCrunch.com is reporting that Microsoft has purchased the airfare prediction search engine Farecast.com (confirmed on their blog). Farecast.com, previously talked about here, is an airline flight search engine similar to Kayak.com. It searches across multiple travel sites including the airlines themselves, finding you the best bang for your buck!
Farecast’s claim to fame [...]
It’s Official, Yahoo has rejected Microsoft’s offer of a $44.6 billion buyout and Microsoft Responds. The NYTimes is reporting Yahoo’s stock has risen slightly in light of the rejection letter.
That means that investors appear confident that Yahoo is simply posturing to get a better deal from Microsoft (most likely) or someone else (if they [...]
This time it’s actually true. Yesterday Microsoft made a $44.6 billion offer to acquire Yahoo! Google is by far the most dominant when it comes to online advertising. A deal like this, if accepted by Yahoo, could create a true competitor in the online advertising market. Here’s what Eric Sconfeld over at TechCruch came [...]
A New Zealand microbrewery, Croucher Brewing Co., is offering a lifetime supply of beer for anyone that returns a stolen laptop. The laptop contains all the brewer’s financials as well as new label design ideas. One dozen bottles per month for life, totaling approximately $19,500.
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