I’m George’s Blog

• Tim Armstrong “Has Not Shied Away” From Idea Of Taking Over Yahoo (AOL, YHOO)
• New York’s Subway May Not Survive Tropical Storm Nicole [Impending Disaster]
• Apple TV Is Ripe for Hacking: A Secret Plan to Bring Apps to Your TV
• Congress Stops ShamWow, Snuggie Ads From SCREAMING AT YOU
• The "legal blackmail" business: inside a P2P settlement factory
• CHART OF THE DAY: Interest In The iPhone Crashes (AAPL, GOOG)
• “Sneak Peek” Video Reveals How 2010 iMac 27? Owners Can Overcome Upgrade Complexity With OWC’s Turnkey Upgrade Program
• The BlackBerry PlayBook doesn’t exist
• This Is Why I Fracking Hate Outsourcing
• The Secret Code Inside the Supervirus Attacking Iran Nuclear Power [Virus]
• 3 Secret Apple TV Features Steve Jobs Hasn’t Told You About [Video]
• Apple Doesn’t Suck At The Web, It Just Has Different Motives (AAPL)
• Bloomberg: Irish bailout to cost 50 billion euro
• Let The Apple TV Hacking Begin! (AAPL)
• Yahoo Board And Partners Are Getting Sick Of Carol Bartz’s Mouth*
• Yahoo says the latest departures are just part of another re-org and that Hilary Schneider got canned because she’s …
• BBC News – BT embroiled in ACS:Law porn list breach
• This May Very Well Be the First New Earth [Astronomy]
• Jessica Alba's CGI Nude Scene: Is This The Future Of Movie "Nudity"? [Video]
• FT: Warning that UK could slide into economic abyss

• Interested in Africa’s Innovation Scene? Catch the Entrepreneurial Safari This December
• Why Companies Should Make Employees Take Naps
• Apple TV Software Running Inside the iPod Touch [Video]
• Daily Million-Dollar Idea: Thick Buttons
• Google Finally Makes Gmail’s “Conversation View” Optional (GOOG)
• This Is the Best Time Waster You Will Come Across Today [Video]
• What Is Lowtide? [What Is]
• Here’s Why Google Needs To Buy Twitter Immediately
• Rent the Balancing Barn at Your Own Peril [Architecture]
• Google Vows To Make Display Ads Sexy

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• Obama’s World-Beating Business Plan: Keep Kids in School Longer
• Why Companies Should Make Employees Take Naps
• Looks Like Venus Needs an Endoscopy [Astronomy]
• Cybercriminals Launch New Era of “Geek Terror”
• Hey Garrett. So I have the idea for the killer app, but the last programming I did was in VBA. Is it probably too much to try to learn to program for the iPhone, and if so any thoughts about how to get a programmer to write it without giving too much away? It’s a pretty simple app (I believe).
• Bad News: Yahoo Media Boss Out. Good News: Bartz Won’t Have To Ask Assistant: “Who?” (YHOO)
• It’s Official: AOL Acquires TechCrunch (AOL)
• Rocking the boat on the MPC
• Two Mysterious New iPhone Versions Show Up in Apple TV Firmware [Apple]
• TechCrunch Doomed? Compete Says AOL’s Engadget Is Getting Crushed By Independent Gizmodo
• "Nintendo" Might Not Mean What You Think [Nintendo]
• Hey, Google: Taking A Screenshot With My Phone Shouldn’t Be Rocket Science
• Video Box Battle Royale: Who Should Be Your TV’s New Best Friend? [Video]
• MoneyWeek: Has the pound just had its Ratner moment?
• Hands-On: Apple Remote 2.OH YES! [Apps]
• Wildspirit
• Willy nilly
• Physicist Says There’s a 50% Chance Time Itself Will End Within Earth’s Lifespan [Physics]
• Sony Ericsson’s Mini Display For Android Phones Looks Like An iPod Nano [Video]
• Samsung Galaxy Tab & Home Watcher: The Future of Home Automation?

• Pentagon Accused Of Launching Supervirus Attack On Iranian Nuclear Plant [Virus]
• EF 24-70 f/2.8L Replacement [CR2]
• Outrageous: French Court Convicts Eric Schmidt Of Defamation Over Google Suggestions
• Dan Gross: "Some metrics from my first Yahoo! column: 898 comments, > 200 e-mails. Conclusion: portals have lots …
• A Guide to Russian & Soviet / Former Soviet Cameras
• Segway Company Owner Dies After Driving Segway Off Cliff [Segways]
• How I Backup my Mac
• *Google Blacklist – Words That Google Instant Doesn't Like*
• Daily Mail: House prices fall in every region of UK, even London
• Is there anything you don't take apart?
• Get Schooled: Gizmodo University [DIY]

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Tea is a beautiful thing

• Apple Opens Up: Subtle iTunes 10.0.1 Update Makes Ping Immensely More Useful [Ping]
• Check Out What China’s Doing With Its Taxpayers’ Money
• The Leica M9 Experience
• The Fed Is Pushing On A String
• The Telegraph: Policy makers must do more than print money and hope for the best
• How To Make the Crispiest, Crunchiest, Perfect Potato Chip [DIY]

• Telegraph (blogs): Lloyds slams brakes on buy-to-let mortgages
• The McDonald’s Toy That Is Taking Over Taiwan [Toys]
• CHART OF THE DAY: Can Apple Become The Most Valuable Company In The World? (AAPL, XOM)

• Bike Shelf by Chris Brigham Knife & Saw | Apartment Therapy San Francisco
• Government Wants Astronauts on Commercial Rides, Orders NASA’s New Big Rocket Too
• Rainbow Shots Turn Even More Rainbow In Your Stomach…Honest [Video]
• A Netflix user could stream about 16 two-hour movies for the same delivery cost to Netflix as one DVD, Barclays esti…
• “Just visited Ping for first time in 2 weeks. Most of my pals there seem to be on same schedule.” via All Things D’s…
• Awesome Note Syncs Your Notes and To-dos with Evernote and Google Docs [Downloads]
• New Wiimote With Inbuilt MotionPlus Inadvertently Outed [Nintendo]
• This is the Winner of the Environmental Photographer of the Year Awards [Photography]
• Netflix CEO Apologizes for Self-Deprecating Humor, Hints at Streaming-Only Service
• How to Make an iPad Stylus From a Candy Bar Wrapper [Video]
• Russia Is Building Floating Nuclear Reactors Near the North Pole [Nuclear]
• Recursive Pizza Topped With Smaller Pizzas Requires Advanced Degree to Eat [Taste Test]
• The Unofficial Private Browsing Mode in Mobile Safari
• The New Resource Wars: What If China Stops Exporting Rare Elements?