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June 17, 2008 Hot Trends

Spore Creature Creator for Mac OS X

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:11:49 PDT
Spore Creature Creator for Mac OS X By Charles Jade | Published: June 17, 2008 - 05:47PM CT Genesis in 5 minutes with Creature Creator from Spore The premise of Microcosmic God Spore is both simple and complex: life from start to finish. Will Wright of Sims fame has created a game so sweeping that you really have to wonder if it can be pulled off. Broken into five distinct phases of game play: tide pool, creature, tribal, civilization, space, you play god—though it's more the watchmake

Gay switchboard's unusual fundraising at Walk for Life

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:32:21 PDT
UK commits £6bn to global AIDS fight The government has announced details of a seven-year strategy to tackle the spread of HIV and AIDS. The International Development Secretary said the UK would be at the forefront of prevention, treatment and support provision. THT defends its support for ban on gay blood donations The head of policy at Terrence Higgins Trust has defended the charity’s support for the National Blood Service’s policy of refusing donations from gay men. opinionu

Vietnamese like hi-tech TV sets

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:08:20 PDT
LCD and plasma TV sets saw a value growth rate of 183% in 2007 in Vietnam, reported market researching firm GfK. This trend is expected to continue this year.

The News Media: NBC Furthering Fiction...NBC Furthering Lies

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:43:50 PDT
The old proverb notes that “a fish stinks from its head,” something that aptly describes the GE/NBC News team when discussing the issue of Iraq.

Deal still possible for Hockey Night theme song (CBC Edmonton)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:38:38 PDT
Scott Moore, the executive director of CBC Sports, is playing down earlier published reports Thursday that hockey fans have heard the Hockey Night in Canada theme song for a final time.

Apology could become a defining television event of our time (The Globe and Mail)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:13:11 PDT
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In the hood, checking the king - Wu-Tang Clan Chess

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:16:50 PDT
The stereotype of geeky chess players is taking a pounding from a hip-hop collective. RZA, holder of the Hip-Hop Chess Federation belt, is turning his interest of chess into a business. On Monday he started WuChess (wuchess.com), a site where fans can play online, chat, see scores of their games and get news about Wu-Tang...

US News Media releases content for Amazon Kindle - CNNMoney.com


US News Media releases content for Amazon Kindle
CNNMoney.com - 7 hours ago
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - US News Media Group, which publishes US News & World Report magazine, said Tuesday that it has made the magazine's content ...


Alaska: Stevens Regains Lead Over Begich

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:12:19 PDT
Alaska Trends: Stevens vs. Begich Date Stevens Begich 6/16/2008 46% 44% 5/14/2008 45% 47% 4/07/2008 46% 45%

TV tips for the week of June 16 - The Canadian Press


TV tips for the week of June 16
The Canadian Press - Jun 13, 2008
(CBC Newsworld) -The pressure ramps up on "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" as the women vying for the role of Maria von Trapp in Toronto's upcoming ...


links for 2008-06-17

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:36:29 PDT
Most influential blogs: Vanity Fair’s Blogopticon Vanity Fair's clickable guide to influential blogs (tags: blogs journalism vanityfair trends blogging) How we read online. - By Michael Agger - Slate Magazine Good summary guide to how people read online. A lot of the info is old, but still pretty useful (tags: blog blogging writing tutorial teaching) Wired News - Bloggers seek training from journalists News item about training courses for citizen journalists (tags: blog howto law journalis

Verizon rolling out visual voicemail in coming months

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:02:34 PDT
Jump on the bandwagon much, Verizon? We’re just bustin’ your chops, guys — we know it’s hard to avoid jumping on the bandwagon when Sprint and AT&T (by way of Apple, of course) are starting to hustle hard with the visual voicemail trend. We’ve caught wind that VVM is actually shockingly close to launching on a handful of Verizon devices

30 Ways to Wait For The iPhone 3G, #8

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:11:26 PDT
Welcome back to my humble website as we do entry number 8! I will be doing a little self promotion in this post so be aware, haha. Nothing new as far as news goes on the iPhone front. Just one day down and too many more to go!! AGHH It’s killing me. I was passing through a flickr group for the iPhone and it killed me to see pictures of the screen o


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