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A New Jersey assemblyman is asking the state legislature of New Jersey to look into a possible link between sonograms and autism. The Assemblyman cites a recent study that showed sonograms have the ability to move certain brain cells that are commonly associated with the disorder. Daily Record: “Assemblyman Joe Pennacchio, R-Montville, introduced legislation Monday…
...Read MorePurchasing music online through Apple’s iTunes Music store is as easy as going to the grocery store but when the checkout clerk rings up an item too many times you point it out to them so they can correct the problem. But what about the iTunes store? What if you get double-charged, can’t download, or…
...Read MoreA senior executive at Microsoft announced Windows Vista would finally be available to consumers on January 30th 2007. : “Jim Allchin, co-president of Microsoft’s platforms and services division, said it expects consumers to make a ‘fast and immediate’ switch to the new Windows. ‘On January 30, you will be hard pressed to find a machine…
...Read MoreIn some very exciting news for Java devlopers (where I happened to cut my teeth oh so long ago), Ubuntu is partnering up with Java Enterprise Application Server. It’s kind of like peanut buttter and chocolate. Two great tastes that go great together. eWeek: “Sun and Canonical, a two-year-old U.K.-based commercial sponsor of the fast-growing…
...Read MoreAsk Yahoo! posted a question today from reader Terri in California, “How can I form my own political party?” Interestingly enough we were discussing our disdain with the current two parties that have dominance over dinner last night listening to the barrage of political solicitations every 2 minutes on the answering machine. Here is the…
...Read MoreBeing the father of a child with autism I’m always on my guard against potential hazards, maybe more-so than normal parents. Here’s an article from over at the Science Blog that gives parents a new reason to worry, small magnets. Evidently the magnets can come from any number of household items and toys may cause…
...Read MoreWith everyones apparent addiction to iTunes it was only a matter of time until some started venturing forth seeking the “holy grail” (play on the Davinci Code) that would tie all the music services together. In this case the “sangraal” appears to be Songbird. Songbirdnest: Songbird™ is a desktop Web player, a digital jukebox and…
...Read MoreIf you’ve been a loyal Microsoft customer and have been using a Microsoft only compatible music device then it looks like you could be in for some trouble. The BBC published an article stating that after the release of the new Microsoft music player, Zune, the MSN store will be shutting down and you’ll be…
...Read MoreUbuntu Edgy Eft Released Version 6.10 of Ubuntu Linux code named Edgy Eft has been released into the wild and is now available for download. There are lots of cool new features including Firefox 2 making this the most robust update to the Ubuntu tree yet. (tags: linux ubuntu eft”)
...Read MoreMailList for WordPress – A mailing list, mass mailing, mailer plugin Here’s a really cool plugin that allows you to create a mass mailing list from your wordpress blog. It includes an editor, subscription page and unsubscription link embedded in the email message itself. Awesome! (tags: freeware list mail plugin programming web wordpress mailing Plugins…
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