Kim Landwehr

How is this better than google 411 for use within the US? I guess i'll try it anyway:) - EcoAussie via twhirl

Just installed - works fine but need to check it with more words - especially combination of multiple words. Nice how they use gesture to understand you want to speak - which disables the horizontal screen view. Voice recognition was not enabled by default - carlo de marchis

Is there a video of this? It seems the one on YouTube posted on CrunchGear (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t...) no longer exists and I can't seem to Google it. I'm sure one of you have bookmarked this. - Alvin

Yes - because to not do so would make the last month or so seem like "the good ol' days." - George Smith

No, because the big auto makers have proven time and again how intransigent they are to change. They've been failing for a while now. It's time to let them die once and for all. - Steven Perez

The airlines had to restructure without help. The auto industry can do the same. - Leather Donut

Wow, I guess it was just a matter of time. It's interesting how Yahoo is cutting down on the jobs, but they're still going forward with Yahoo Research - Alvin

not surprising, the surprise is it took this long - Kim Landwehr

Sean, I hope this brings back memories for you. - Dan Clery

need to remember to follow it - Kim Landwehr via Bookmarklet

"The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) urged a Kentucky Court of Appeals Wednesday to vacate a lower court's order authorizing the seizure of more than 100 Internet domain names associated with websites operating around the globe. The seizure, and the lower court's exercise of jurisdiction over global domain names, threatens free speech across the Internet. In a move to combat what it viewed as illegal online gambling, the Commonwealth of Kentucky convinced a state court to "seize" 141 domain names because the names allegedly constituted "gambling devices" that are banned under Kentucky law -- even though the sites were owned and operated by individuals outside of the state, and in many cases even outside of the country. Unless the sites screened out Kentucky users, the court held, the seizure order was proper." - MikeAmundsen via Bookmarklet

the right of courts in KY to seize domains that aren't even run out of Ky makes no sense at all, domains should not have to deal with 50 different state laws plus the the national laws they already deal with - Kim Landwehr

rules and tricks for survey - Kim Landwehr

just one addition, Chris Pirillo Energizer Bunny, alternative Mr. Gnome - Kim Landwehr

Lots of photos from Shenzhen, China. Liam Casey, Ernst and Young entrepreneur of the year in 2007 and founder of supply chain management firm PCH, showed us around. Library? Huge. City Hall? Huge. Book store? Huge. (All three are biggest I've ever seen). Scale? Huge. Makes my producer Rocky Barbanica seem small and that's hard to do! - Robert Scoble

Yes yes and yes. - drew olanoff

Laura, love this "at social media is like sex, you have to participate in it to understand it." - Jon Price

Laura - phoey... :) both interaction with other humans AND sex are biological imperatives. Simple Human Needs. You don't have to do it to understand why you want to... you just have to be alive. - Brian Roy

if only someday concept would become reality, not holding my breath - Kim Landwehr via Bookmarklet

"Yesterday @TerryBean asked a question via twitter that many entrepreneurs worry themselves sick over (and thereby hamstring their success), not just on Twitter, but on many Social and New Media Marketing channels." - Kim Landwehr via Bookmarklet

I dare you to read this whole article without tissue nearby. Seriously read this and think about how our country has changed. - Shannon Clark

still tearing up just thinking of the article a day later - Kim Landwehr

I been hoping they would fine a buyer, just so Best Buy would have some competition, not looking good - Kim Landwehr via Bookmarklet

I hope BB, CC, and the office* stores fail. they are the source of nothing but frustration and overpriced items. - Michael J. Cohen (mjc)

thanks, I thought it was me. - Kim Landwehr

Always wondered about that. If we rely on this service too much.... - Josh Haley

is.gd ? - Mo Kargas

People still listen to Howard Stern? - April Russo

no but clever Gary knows that responding to it will one way or another get Stern to hear about him. - Zee from WeDoCreative

Zee, doubtful. Plus he's represented so his agent could open a door. I think he's just working the press like good marketers do.. :) - Patricia

"As you probably know, the Bush administration is implementing a series of “midnight rules” before they leave town. And as Hilzoy noted earlier, the incoming Obama administration is examining ways to reverse these and other Bush rules. Interestingly enough, an obscure Gingrich-era law called the “Congressional Review Act of 1996” (CRA) could help the Dems prevent these rules from taking effect. It’s been used just once – by the Bush administration to overturn last-minute Clinton ergonomics regulations. But maybe it’s time to dust it off and take it for a spin." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

GenderAnalyzer is 69% certain that my FriendFeed is written by a man. What about you? - Jess Lee via Bookmarklet

"We have strong indicators that http://friendfeed.com/silpol is written by a man (99%)." So where goes my another 1% ? :) - silpol

Sounds to me that 95% of bloggers are transgender. Although this appears to be a surprise to them. Once again computers know all, just like TV's!!! - Steve Craft

"Ninety-one percent (91%) of Republicans have a favorable view of Palin, including 65% who say their view is Very Favorable. Only eight percent (8%) have an unfavorable view of her, including three percent (3%) Very Unfavorable." - tehKenny via Bookmarklet

What a bunch of crap. Nothing in that article says anything about the criteria of the survey - how many people were surveyed, how many responded, etc. It could have been 100 people or 50 people or 500,000 people. It doesn't say that i could find, including on the link the article linked to. A smart journalist would have asked: what was the basis of the survey? That is what defines the outcome, more than anything. - Patricia

With the media spotlight on her and being held tightly in her hands, I'm sure she will do something so stupid, disturbing or controversial that she'll be an unhappy footnote in US political history by 2012. Or will have a talk show w/ Elizabeth Hasselbeck on FOX News. Whichever? :) - David Monroe via twhirl

anime video - Kim Landwehr

"Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidate, takes on the cover of the new issue of Rolling Stone. Check out some highlights below from the interview:" - Russellreno via Bookmarklet

@aaron, obama's media/PR is a machine. Remember folks, publicity isn't about demand but creating demand. His is brilliant - Patricia

Barack Obama is the first person of color to be elected President of the United States, I think that earns him the cover of the Rolling Stone, and Time and Newsweek and any other news magazine you can think of. - Kim Landwehr

this videotaped altercation between Oakland Unified School District Police Chief Art Michel and Tribune photographer Jane Tyska is very troubling on many levels. I'd encourage you to watch the short videotape yourself but be warned that the police chief uses a lot of profanity in it. - Thomas Hawk

There seem to be way too many people in law enforcement that clearly are not qualified. Just being able to yell, cuss & intimidate a female reporter who is cooperative does not qualify anyone. - Johnny Sewell

Quite emotionally charged isn't he? I wonder what really happened? The man deserves investigation of his actions to start. Termination if he is at fault and criminal action if indicated. The reverse is also true, he should receive appropriate disciplinary action for his conduct, but if the member of the press did commit some illegal act, then appropriate legal action should be taken in her case also. From this one clip the only thing you see is a very upset man. - Greer Trice

I'm actually surprised they didn't do this earlier. - Nate Janewit

the Circuit City near me isn't on the list, but its just a matter of time. - Kim Landwehr

my guess would be that AOL user are older, white and tend to be in rural area - Kim Landwehr via Bookmarklet

Actually, I think it is that AOL and Republicans think they know what is best for others, even though we never asked their opinion, no matter what age they are. - Samuel Buick via feedalizr

"How did a nations complicated political and cultural reality get boiled down into a two color palette? Red and blue have become shorthand for an entire sociopolitical worldview...Red states, to reduce the stereotypes to rather silly level, are a little bit country, blues are a little more rock-and-roll. There's even such a thing as a purple state, where the margin between Democratic and Republican votes has been too narrow to designate one as the majority. Dating back to 1908, the Washington Post arbitrarily assigned color codes on a map of electoral results. Evidently, in later years both parties strove to claim blue as their own (as in “true blue Americans”) and avoid red, with its connotations of radicalism. The color choices are of course, associated with the American flag. And very important in this day in age, also look good on a TV screen. Before the 2000 election recount charade, "blue states" and "red states" weren't always so clearly-defined. There was quite a bit of flip-flopping going on with - Cee Bee via Bookmarklet