I was going to buy Yahoo! the other day. Mark and I were emailing. I was asking how much Yahoo!'s core search business was worth if it was given over to Google. He though maybe as much as $9/share. I... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:45 am
By Luke Anderson Remember back in December when I showed you someone’s crazy idea for a water powered calculator? Well, while I’m still convinced that the person behind it must have either... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:39 am
The obvious answer is the company that built it. Google owns google.com . Facebook owns facebook.com . Craigslist owns craigslist.com . But throughout the day yesterday I was reminded that more... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:36 am
A meeting of delegates from the nations that emit the most pollutants ended without concrete targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions, but participants praised what they saw as a new Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:21 am
By Evan Ackerman If your goldfish are futurists (or fans of SimCity 2000), they’d probably get a kick fin out of the Silverfish aquarium, designed by Octopus Studios. From the perspective of a fish,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:06 am
This week I saw Vampire Weekend twice at the Bowery Ballroom and blogged about the release of their debut record. I wasn't the only blogger to be talking about this cool new band. They are the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:38 am
Stony Stevenson alerts us to news that Google is hinting at the possibility of an Australian version of the Summer of Code program. We've discussed the results of the Summer of Code program in the past. Quoting iTnews: "The global program had attracted students from 90 countries around the world, including Australia, said Hawthorn. But as the timing clashed with winter term time in the southern hemisphere, it's been tough for local students to participate. Stopping short of confirming the program, Hawthorn said Google is looking into finding the human resources - as opposed to the financial resources - to make it happen."
By Evan Ackerman The one thing I miss about radio is being exposed to new music. I like all the songs on my iPod, but now that I have an established music collection, I rarely add to it. The Slacker WiFi... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:03 am
These ten rules from the Immaculate Heart College Art Department are incredibly good advice for just about everything you do in life:
6. Nothing is a mistake. There is no win and no fail. There is only make.
7. The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something. It's the people who do all of the work all the time who eventually catch on to things.
8. Don't try to create and analyse at the same time. They're different processes.
9. Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It's lighter than you think.
Today in my ongoing series of photos from my travels over the years, this shot of a statue depicting "filial piety" (a young mother allows her mother father -in-law to nurse at her breast while her... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 9:18 am
Today in my ongoing series of photos from my travels over the years, this shot of a statue depicting "filial piety" (a young mother allows her motherfather-in-law to nurse at her breast while her son cheers her on) from the awesomely weird Haw-Par Villa, a Tiger Balm-sponsored statue-garden/Confucianist theme-park in Singapore and Hong Kong. I've heard rumours that it's now defunct, which is a crine shame.
Link, Link to more photos of Haw-Par Villa
By Evan Ackerman After about 10 minutes of study, I have finally determined where the lamp is in this lamp. In the above picture, the triangular base of the lamp is sitting on a table, while the actual... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 9:16 am
The bronze medallion embedded in the pavement behind the Commercial Bank of Texas is easy to overlook. About the size of a DVD, it barely registers as a bump for the cars pulling into the Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 9:16 am
NEW DELHI - Internet connectivity in India was to be restored to roughly 80 per cent of its normal capacity on Friday as service providers shifted to alternate routes after two cables... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 9:12 am
Swedish telecoms company announces another round of job cuts and warned that it expects this year to be tough Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 9:10 am
At least for a while, the World Wide Web wasn't so worldwide. Two cables that carry Internet traffic deep under the Mediterranean Sea snapped, disrupting service Thursday across a swath... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:30 am
Pocket Picks reports on a Sony Ericsson patent for a mobile phone with a detachable screen. No one seems to be able to figure out why this would be a good idea. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:21 am
Last week, cops broke up a schoolgirl prostitution ring in Saitama and Tokyo, arresting at least five junior high and high school girls who were selling sex online via their cell phones. One was a sixth... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:09 am
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has called upon its citizens to ration their internet usage. This comes after two of its three undersea fiber optic links were recently severed. The cut cables have caused communication difficulties for millions of people throughout the Middle East. Ministry spokesman Mohammed Taymur was quoted as saying, 'People should know how to use the Internet because people who download music and films are going to affect businesses who have more important things to do.'"
Regulatory News: Wavecom S.A. (Paris:AVM) (NASDAQ:WVCM) (ISIN:FR0000073066) today announced that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Anyware Technologies, an industry leader in machine-to-machine (M2M) client-server software solutions located in Toulouse, France. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
By Joe Orso, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Feb. 1--Andrew and Ana Skemp were on the path to the heights of academia. Now, they're on a farm. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF AIKEN IN THE FAMILY COURT SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JUDY H. BURCH and LARRY K. BURCH CASE NO. 07-RD-02-2043 Plaintiffs, vs. CRISTA M. BARNARD and JEFFREY L. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
By Joe Rodriguez, The Wichita Eagle, Kan. Feb. 1--The president and chief executive of Habitat for Humanity International on Thursday praised its Wichita affiliate's plans for building more than 60 houses over the next three years. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF RICHMOND COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA CIVIL ACTION FILE 2008-RCCV-59 STATE OF GEORGIA PLAINTIFF, V. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
By Karen Shideler, The Wichita Eagle, Kan. Feb. 1--Area dentists plan to offer free dental care to about 400 Sedgwick County children March 1 in the first local Give Kids a Smile Day. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
By Bengtson, Tom Randy Newman, chairman and CEO of Alerus Financial, proudly showed me around Grand Forks, N.D., the town that was almost wiped off the map by a flood a decade ago. Newman is North'Western Financial Review's 2008 Banker of the Year. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
It took years of negotiations and a pile of cash, but earlier this month, Gov. Sonny Perdue signed a deal to add more than 20,000 acres to Georgia's Wildlife Management Area program. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
By Don Jergler LONG BEACH - A former aerospace facility being developed as one of Southern California's largest commercial projects may not include housing as planned. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
By Ron Sylvester, The Wichita Eagle, Kan. Feb. 1--A noon deadline passed Thursday, and a grand jury received nothing from abortion provider George Tiller. Instead, his lawyers rushed to appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court an order to surrender the medical records of 2,000 women. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
By Dan Abendschein ROSEMEAD - Unidentified fumes near Savannah Elementary School caused 16 kindergartners and three adults to be hospitalized Thursday morning, but did not result in the school's closure, authorities said. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
By Duey, Rhonda Stell, Jeannie What do video games and seismic exploration have in common? Both require very demanding computer applications that call for the ability to process massive quantities of data rapidly. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick returned to work Thursday after an emotional apology Wednesday night for a text message scandal. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
By Steve Lawson LET'S start this week with some laughs. Simply the funniest internet cartoon strip I've come across is www.wetherobots.com. The brainchild of talented American Chris Harding, the current series about Uncle Bill is brilliant, particularly the Dubya strip. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Micron Technology, Inc. (NYSE:MU) today announced that it is the first company to sample an 8 gigabit (Gb) single-level cell (SLC) high speed NAND product. High speed NAND enables data to be transferred in a fraction of the time compared to conventional NAND. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Intel Corporation and Micron Technology Inc. (NYSE:MU) today unveiled a high speed NAND flash memory technology that can greatly enhance the access and transfer of data in devices that use silicon for storage. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
With minimum price met, new rules are triggered that will help people take their mobile phones with them when switching providers. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
A study finds that man-made global warming has been steadily reducing snowpack along mountain ranges. States must make plans now to adapt, scientists say. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit missed analyst expectations, signaling the crumbling U.S. economy has dented the Internet search leader's moneymaking machine. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
BANGALORE (Reuters) - India's Internet services were operating at about 80 percent of capacity on Friday after breaks in undersea cables disrupted Web access, and normal services could be... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 7:32 am
Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB reported a sharp drop in fourth-quarter net profits and said Friday it would lay off around 1,000 employees in Sweden because of costs cuts. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 7:25 am
Google Inc.'s top executives say all is well at the Internet search leader despite a rare earnings disappointment, but investors are worried something is amiss. Concerns about how the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 7:04 am
Peggy is an "open source lighted pegboard design" from Evil Mad Scientist Labs, released to coincide with the anniversary of the Great Boston Mooninite Scare of 2007, when law enforcement mistook lite-brites advertising a cartoon for terrorist paraphernalia and spent $2,000,000 running around, flapping their arms, screaming, and pulling their hair.
This is an easy way to drive a lot of LEDs-- up to 625-- in a big matrix. You can make an LED sign for your window, a geeky valentine for your sweetie, one bad-ass birthday card, or freak the holy bejesus out of Boston. Your call. It's a versatile, high-brightness display.
The display can run off an AC adapter or batteries (3 'D' cells), and is designed to run as many green/blue/white/violet LEDs as you care to solder into the holes, all with excellent brightness. The board can accommodate LEDs in several common sizes: 3mm, 5 mm (standard T-1 3/4 size), and 10 mm. A photosensor is provided that can automatically turn off the display in bright daylight or incandescent light.
The Gough Map is a new book that details the fascinating history of the oldest accurate map of Britain, which is amazingly accurate (except for the Scotland bits), especially considering that it was made around 1360. It's also extremely lovely:
"There are 600-odd places and, if you compare it with a modern map, most of them are in pretty much the right spot," says Millea.
"We don't know whether they did the coastline first then filled in the interior, or whether it was done by word of mouth - a verbal map - so they put in London then worked outwards, adding places they knew."
Nick Crane, topographer and presenter of TV series Map Man, thinks they may have used an astrolabe - a highly technical instrument used by classical astronomers, navigators and astrologers which involved checking the horizon, the stars, the sun and all sorts of angles.
"This could be the beginning of mathematical map-making - some of the points of latitude have probably been measured through astronomy," he says.
REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced that it has made a proposal to the Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) Board of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 6:30 am
This Saturday from 8-10pm at Machine Project in Los Angeles we have a new performance by Brody Condon (the same artist who staged a medieval battle inside the gallery in 2004). This time 10 performers outfitted in medieval/space/fantasy armor re-create Bruce Nauman’s 1973 work “Tony Sinking into the Floor, Face Up and Face Down”. Performed in slow motion and combined with movements based on computer game death animations, this piece is accompanied by a high volume binaural beats reputed to induce out of body experiences.
Link to the event page with photos, video and more information. Other projects by Brody Condon include his series of "self-playing" modifications of Northern European Late Medieval religious paintings of 15th century using the Unreal game engine, which can be seen on his website.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon has partnered with Make It Work Inc., the Neighborhood Computer Support company(TM), to offer MIW's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 6:00 am
Oxford University has agreed to return to New Zealand the indigenous human remains obtained by its natural history museum during the 19th century. The four sets of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 5:40 am
Shepard Fairey, the artist behind "Andre The Giant Has A Posse," created this poster to show his support of Barack Obama. Apparently, the limited edition prints sold out in moments. It appears that Obama has a posse too. Link
We Make Money Not Art has a post up about DIY tractors in rural Poland, photographed by Łukasz Skąpski. Żak Gallery in Berlin is currently showing prints of Skąpski's photos, and there's video of interviews with the farmer-tinkerers circulating somewhere, too. Snip:
In the '60s Poland it was almost impossible to acquire a tractor in Poland. Agricultural machines produced by the country were available mainly for state-owned enterprises. For private farmers these tractors were too expensive and they weren't even robust or efficient enough for the mountain region. Out of necessity they constructed their own machines using spare parts and bits and pieces from whatever machines they could find. Including decommissioned army vehicles and pre-WWI German machines.
iandoh writes "A team of scientists at Stanford University has tracked the movement of carbon nanotubes through the digestive systems of mice. They've determined that the nanotubes do not exhibit any toxicity in the mice, and are safely expelled after delivering their payload. As a result, the study paves the way toward future applications of nanotubes in the treatment of illnesses. Previous research by the same team demonstrated that nanotubes can be used to fight cancer. The nanotubes do this in two ways. One method involves shining laser light on the nanotubes, which generates heat to destroy cancer cells. Another method involves attaching medicine to the nanotubes, which are able to accurately 'find' cancerous cells without impacting healthy cells."
Australia experienced its hottest January on record this year, with the dry continent heating up as part of the global warming process, the bureau of meteorology said Friday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 5:18 am
Google Inc.'s top executives say all is well at the Internet search leader despite a rare earnings disappointment, but investors are worried something is amiss. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 1 Feb 2008 | 5:05 am
When Anne Urquhart injured her foot, little did she realise she was to become a test case for pioneering medical technology. She was one of the first patients to use new video-link technology currently being trialled at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 1 Feb 2008 | 5:00 am
THE Gateway - a Pounds 150m regeneration project in Leeds - has welcomed its first commercial tenants. Independent hair salon Hirst & Miller Hair Studio, is to open its doors at the mixed-use scheme. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 1 Feb 2008 | 5:00 am
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c81326) has announced the addition of "China PC Manufacturing Industry Report, 2007-2008" to their offering. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 1 Feb 2008 | 5:00 am
I thought it was silly when a TSA agent at the Oakland airport asked me with concern in her voice to remove my thin cotton sweater before walking through the metal detector this afternoon, but it sounds like things are even sillier at San Francisco Airport. Scott Beale reports:
Wow, flying out of SFO just became much worse. While traveling this morning I surprised to find out that TSA is now requiring that you remove all electronic devices from your carry-on bags, including cables etc. and place them in a separate bin to be scanned at the security checkpoints. Along with slowing down the line to a crawl, this will undoubtedly lead to people losing expensive equipment, not to mention the possiblity for your stuff to be accidentally taken by someone else or even stolen.
Of course none of this information is mentioned on either the TSA or SFO websites.
Does anyone know if TSA is requiring this at any other airports?
WebsiteMag brings us news from the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) about a recent study of drop catching —'a process whereby a domain that has expired is released into the pool of available names and is instantly re-registered by another party.' The eleven day study showed that 100% of '.com' and '.net' domain names were immediately registered after they had been released. CADNA has published the results with their own analysis. Quoting: "The results also show that 87% of Dot-COM drop-catchers use the domain names for pay-per-click (PPC) sites. They have no interest in these domain names other than leveraging them to post PPC ads and turn a profit. Interestingly, only 67% of Dot-ORG drop catchers use the domains they catch to post these sites — most likely because Dot-ORG names are harder to monetize due to the lack of type-in traffic and because they tend to be used for more legitimate purposes."
A community of 'long-necked' Burmese refugees in Thailand are being denied resettlement in other counties by Thai authorities, according to this BBC article. The women wear traditional, stacked metal neck rings that elongate their necks -- they've become a tourist attraction in Thailand, on display what is described as a 'human zoo'.
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) says that for the past two years, the Thai authorities have refused to allow a group of 20 Kayan to leave the country, despite firm offers to resettle them in Finland and New Zealand. The suspicion is that the women are being kept in Thailand because of the central role they play in the local tourism industry.
The unidentified figure working on a personal computer in the Spaceship Earth attraction isn't an Apple founder, Disney says. Instead, it's a tribute to all the geeks who toil in California garages.
Forget silicone implants and cheesy dialogue. Sex sites that tease out the truly erotic bits -- including the realistically awkward moments -- raise the bar for the industry. Commentary by Regina Lynn.
Bryansix brings us a story about the 50th anniversary of the United States' entry into the Space Age. On January 31st, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first U.S. satellite to reach orbit. The New York Times is running a similar feature. "Explorer 1 gave America a chance to recover some of its confidence and prestige after the Sputnik shock, but there was a scientific payoff as well: The data returned by the satellite showed that Earth was not surrounded by a swarm of killer pebbles, as some scientists had feared. However, the cosmic-ray readings hinted at the existence of bands of radiation surrounding the planet - an unexpected result that led to the discovery of the Van Allen Belts."
Noah Shachtman at Wired's Danger Room blog writes.
A leading general is pleading with the armed services to let troops
blog and post to YouTube. Too bad the video site is banned on
military nets, and Army rules squeeze military bloggers, hard.
Asian countries are reeling from cuts in underwater internet fiber optic cables that have left millions in the e-dark. While the internet feels crucial, one internet analyst says such outages are the cost of cheap internet access fees.
Designed as a safe social networking site for kids 8 to 14, Imbee gets off on the wrong foot by collecting and storing basic personal information on tots without their parents' permission.
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Apparently, the participants in the U.S. 'Cyber Storm' war games are familiar with the Kobayashi Maru, because some of them tried to cheat by hacking the games themselves. They also prepare for some very interesting scenarios. Among other things, the organizers are worried about having too many people on the 'No Fly' list show up at an airport, finding 'mystery liquids' in the subway, and having bloggers reveal the classified location of railcars with hazardous materials. The Department of Homeland Security has already analyzed the results of the games, and plans to hold 'Cyber Storm 2' in March."
willdavid writes "Paul McDougall reports in InformationWeek on Microsoft's new online comic. The Heroes Happen Here comic strips are being created by Jordan Gorfinkel, a former DC Comics editor who helped revitalize the Batman series. 'Tech workers who in the middle of the night fix a downed server or take on a computer virus don't really have extraordinary powers. It just seems that way. But a new comic book has debuted in which IT pros literally are superheroes. The daily Web comic, called Heroes Happen Here, features tech savvy crime fighters like Lord Firewall, who "stands between chaos and order" and says things like "begone vermin!"'" And because it's never easy, in order to read the archives of the comic you're going to need to install Microsoft's Silverlight.
The week leading up to the Super Bowl is often a banner week for TV sales, but recent data suggest that sales of high-definition TVs may be leveling off.
The week leading up to the Super Bowl is often a banner week for TV sales, but recent data suggest that sales of high-definition TVs may be leveling off.
its hard to think of writes "There's an interesting story up at Nature News about scientific ethics. It seems that while one group of scientists is figuring out details about aetosaurs (ancient crocodiles), another group in New Mexico is repeatedly taking credit for their work and naming the new animals they 'discover'. It also looks like the state government, which has been asked to intervene, is trying to sidestep the issue. 'The New Mexico cultural-affairs department, which oversees the museum, conducted a review of two of the instances last October and concluded that the allegations were groundless. But some experts call that review a whitewash, claiming that it failed to follow accepted practices of US academic institutions faced with claims of misconduct. Now all three cases are before the Ethics Education Committee of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, a professional organization based in Northbrook, Illinois, which is awaiting responses from the New Mexico team before making a ruling.' How widespread is this kind of thing?"
He's been good on consumer rights and the environment. But as Sen. John McCain works to solidify his Republican front-runner status, signs emerge that he's abandoning some long-held convictions.
Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, who became the face of the American military effort in Iraq in 2006 and 2007, begs the armed services to let troops blog and post to YouTube. But Army rules squeeze military bloggers hard and military nets ban the video site.
Erris writes "A member of the Baton Rouge LUG noticed that Cox checks the text of outgoing email and rejects mail containing key phrases. I was aware of forced inbox filtering that has caused problems and been abused by other ISPs in China and in the US. I've also read about forced use of ISP SMTP and outbound throttling, but did not know they outbound filtered as well. How prevalent and justified is this practice? Wouldn't it be better to cut off people with infected computers than to censor the internet?"
PCWMike writes "PCs may disappear from your desk by 2033. But with digital technology showing up everywhere else — including inside your body — computing will only get more personal, reports Dan Tynan for PC World's 25th Anniversary. While convenience will be increased by leaps and bounds, it will come at a profound loss in our sense of what privacy means. 'Technology will become firmly embedded in advanced devices that deliver information and entertainment to our homes and our hip pockets, in sensors that monitor our environment from within the walls and floors of our homes, and in chips that deliver medicine and augment reality inside our bodies. This shiny happy future world will come at a cost, though: Think security and privacy concerns. So let's hope that our jetpacks come with seat belts, because it's going to be a wild ride.'"
At PMA 2008, the camera and video industry's annual tradeshow, manufacturers will be showing new products that promise to give consumers better pictures -- and HD video.
6. Nothing is a mistake. There is no win and no fail. There is only make.
Shepard Fairey, the artist behind "Andre The Giant Has A Posse," created this poster to show his support of Barack Obama. Apparently, the limited edition prints sold out in moments. It appears that Obama has a posse too.
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) says that for the past two years, the Thai authorities have refused to allow a group of 20 Kayan to leave the country, despite firm offers to resettle them in Finland and New Zealand. The suspicion is that the women are being kept in Thailand because of the central role they play in the local tourism industry.
A leading general is pleading with the armed services to let troops blog and post to YouTube. Too bad the video site is banned on military nets, and Army rules squeeze military bloggers, hard.
