I-Dosing: How teenagers are getting 'digitally high' from music they download from internet
Sunday 5th of September 2010 01:59:03 PM
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| I-Dosing: How teenagers are getting 'digitally high' from music they download from internet By Daniel Bates Last updated at 5:57 PM on 20th July 2010 They put on their headphones, drape a hood over their head and drift off into the world of digital highs. Videos posted on YouTube show a young girl freaking out and leaping up in fear, a teenager shaking violently and a young boy in extreme distress. This is the world of i-Dosing, the new craze sweeping the internet in which teenagers used so-called digital drugs to change their brains in the same way as real-life... |
Portland woman says Al Gore groped her in hotel room
Sunday 5th of September 2010 01:59:03 PM
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| A Portland massage therapist gave local police a detailed statement last year alleging that former Vice President Al Gore groped her, kissed her and made unwanted sexual advances during a late-night massage session in October 2006 in a suite at the upscale Hotel Lucia. The woman told investigators that she informed two friends and kept the clothes she wore that night, including her black pants with stains on them. But Portland police didn't contact any of the woman's friends, obtain the potential evidence or interview anyone at the hotel, records show. "The case was not investigated any further because detectives... |
Obama's iPod Flip-Flop: Last Year Said He Had All MJs Music on iPod; Now Says He Can't Use an iPod
Sunday 5th of September 2010 01:59:03 PM
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| President Barack Obama told Hampton Universitys graduating class on Sunday that he does not know how to work an iPod. Last July, however, after pop-star Michael Jacksons death, Obama told the Associated Press (see video below) that he had Jacksons music on his iPod. Youre coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which dont always rank that high on the truth meter, Obama told the graduates. And with iPods and iPads, and Xboxes and PlayStations--none of which I know how to... |
In Mobile Age, Sound Quality Steps Back
Sunday 5th of September 2010 01:59:03 PM
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| At the ripe age of 28, Jon Zimmer is sort of an old fogey. That is, he is obsessive about the sound quality of his music. ... But iPods and compressed computer files ... are sucking the life out of music, he says. The last decade has brought an explosion in dazzling technological advances ... that have transformed the fans experience. There are improvements in the quality of media everywhere except in music. In many ways, the quality of what people hear how well the playback reflects the original sound has taken a step back. ... In one... |
Barack Obama's warning against iPod, Xbox
Sunday 5th of September 2010 01:59:03 PM
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| Barack Obama's warning against iPod, Xbox 2010-05-11 05:30:00 US President Barack Obama has criticized new forms of technology, such as the iPod and the Xbox. The leader, while addressing students at Hampton University, Virginia, also pointed out that journalists and news outlets these days have become obsessed with superficial coverage. "You're coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don't always rank all that high on the truth meter," the Telegraph quoted him as saying. He added: "With iPods and iPads... |
Was Apple right? Adobe Flash crashes twice during mobile demo
Sunday 5th of September 2010 01:59:03 PM
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| Nothing sucks more than being on stage in front of a bunch of techies and having your demo crash on you twice. Actually, the only way that sucks more is if youre Adobe and its Flash thats crashing on a mobile device, forcing folks to wonder if Steve Jobs was right about the stability of Flash. This incident happened last week at FlashCamp Seattle, according to a blog post by Jeff Croft, a Seattle developer who also moderated a panel at the event. |
The President's Trick Or Tweet
Sunday 5th of September 2010 01:59:03 PM
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| Free Speech: President Obama, while addressing college graduates, condemns our access to new media as a subversion of democracy. Is the iPad a threat to democracy or exactly what Thomas Jefferson had in mind? At Hampton University in Virginia on Sunday, the president lamented that in an age of text messaging, the Internet and the iPad, information and its unfettered exchange had become a diversion that was putting a strain on democracy. We are not making this up. The "24/7 media environment," he told the students, "bombards us with all kinds of comments and exposes us to all kinds of... |
Obama Warns Grads Of iPad Perils (WELCOME To The 21st Century President Obama)
Sunday 5th of September 2010 01:59:03 PM
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| President Barak Obama, in a commencement speech yesterday, at Virginas Hampton University, a historic African-American university, told the graduates, about his declaring war on the iPods and iPads. In other words, this same President who won with the help of Twitter,Facebook, and Flicker, were straining American democracy as the New York Post has reported today. |
Obama bemoans 'diversions' of IPod, Xbox era
Sunday 5th of September 2010 01:59:03 PM
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| HAMPTON, Virginia US President Barack Obama lamented Sunday that in the iPad and Xbox era, information had become a diversion that was imposing new strains on democracy, in his latest critique of modern media. Obama, who often chides journalists and cable news outlets for obsessing with political horse race coverage rather than serious issues, told a class of graduating university students that education was the key to progress. |
Obama's Supermarket-Scanner Moment: I Don't Know How To Work an iPod
Sunday 5th of September 2010 01:59:03 PM
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| Remember when the MSM went crazy over [and likely exaggerated] George H.W.'s supposed unfamiliarity with a supermarket scanner? Pres. Obama has now had his supermarket-scanner moment, claiming he doesn't know how to operate an iPod, among other popular electronic devices. Do you think the MSM will pick on this in the same way to paint a portrait of an out-of-touch president? Addressing the graduating class at Hampton University today, PBO said: "With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations, -- none of which I know how to work -- information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather... |



