Hulu.com, free content online

I've been playing around with this website quite a bit, and I tell you, it's not bad. It seems to be actually run by major studio networks (well at least NBC), and is ad driven. The ads aren't too bad, and in fact less then what you see when watching tv. The sound is good, and some movies have a 480 resolution setting, which is pretty clear. There doesn't seem to be a way to watch this on the iphone yet, so far Joost seems to have the upper hand here. Joost was the clear front runner in this genre, but Hulu.com was a little more savvy by allowing this to run off Flash, and directly from the web. Joost required you to use a Java plugin that you had to download and launch each time you wanted to run it. The selection is very large, but very incomplete. For example Battlestar Galactica is a popular series available on Hulu.com, but it seems to have only season 4. The earlier ones aren't there, perhaps intentionally so that once you're hooked by watching the available season, you'll have to spring for the others out of your own pocket. I actually like this service for the older, harder to find shows. such as Buck Rogers, Who's the Boss and the original Battlestar Gallactica. Here's the very first episode of season 1 of the original BSG, courtesy of Hulu.

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Sylvester Stallone at 62 (PIC)

Stallone has definitely been hitting the gym hard. Maybe a little too hard. Shouldn't he be getting discount movie tickets and early bird dinners?

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Wall Street progress higher in early trading

NEW YORK – Wall Street rebounded smartly in early trading Wednesday after investors found some reassurance from IBM’s better-than-expected forecast for 2009. Stocks tumbled Tuesday on fears governments would be forced to take over wobbly banks to avoid their collapse.

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CNET News.com: UStream.tv live viewing comes to the iPhone - CNET News

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UStream's live streaming service comes to the iPhone and does it in style. You can browse and search through programming and watch it live on your phone.

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Devastating hit sends Mcgahee off the field in a stretcher

This was such an awesome game, the only blemish was this devastating hit. For a few scary moments it looked as if Mcgahee and Clark could be seriously hurt. Thankfully both of them are going to be ok. Watch the video below to see this crushing hit!

Watch Obama's Inauguration live!

Ok, maybe you didn't in some lottery which allowed you to go to the Presidential Inauguration. Maybe you don't like crowds (and there are going to be some big crowds!). Maybe you're going to be stuck at work, or maybe you simply don't care that much. Either way, there are lots and lots of websites that purport to stream the even live. I'm not sure why you'd want to watch it on your computer when all the major networks will be broadcasting it live to your glorious big, clear TV set. If you are somewhere that has no TV, but does have a computer with internet access, like work, there are many sites that will stream the inauguration. Here is a list of a few. HULU, USTREAM, Joost. All the major news networks will have coverage as well, including CNN, MSNBC and CBS.

If you don't have access to a computer, the iphone has a couple of applications that may help, the first is Joost. They are streaming this event, and they do have an iphone application. Hopefully they will stream to both the computer and the iphone applicaitons. They only work on wifi though, no 3G. Ustream also has an iphone applicaiton, but as of this writing it has not yet been released. You could try emailing them for a pre-releashed copy at iphone@ustream.tv.

Of the new mediums out there,twitter has shown to be one of the best at live action coverage. check them out and use the tag #inauguration in the search feature to follow live when thousands of people who use twitter. Where ever you may be, may technology help you to enjoy it!

How Not to Be a Douchebag Tourist in NYC

Do not stop moving in the middle of the street! And other great tips! Funny read, if you're a NYer, past or present, this is a must read!

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US Airways Crash Rescue Picture Citizen Jouralism

Janis Krums from Sarasota, Florida posts the first photo of U.S. Airways flight 1549 on Twitter from his iPhone.

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Toyota Prius

Watching one of these zipping along Broadway gets one to thinking.
This is such a different era and times are continuing to change at a
rapid pace. Namely the American Auto makers are certainly no longer
the exclusive makers of these yellow taxis. There was a time that all
taxis were Ford or Chevrolet. How long before we see a cop car made by
Honda? An accord patrol car perhaps?

The second point is the "green" concept. While I applaud the attempt
to improve our ecological footprint, is it really working? These cabs
get the same mileage out as regular cars when they are driven
aggressively, and these are cabs for crying out loud! Anyway,
hopefully we're heading in the right direction.

US Airways plane crashes into Hudson River right next to NYC

The plane is a US Airways plane.The plane went down near 57th street around 3:30 p.m. Rescuers are on the scene.There is no word on injuries or cause of the crash at this time.

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Ex-officer arrested in BART shooting

The former police officer accused of shooting an unarmed man at a northern California commuter train station was arrested Tuesday in Nevada, authorities told CNN affiliate KGO.

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Mysterious credit card charge may have hit millions of users - The Boston Globe

Mysterious credit card charge may have hit millions of users - The Boston Globe

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AT&T Discount

If you work for a major company it may pay to check if your carrier
offers discounts to those employees. I double checked with AT&T and
they just applied a 20% discount to my account! Check with yours, it
never hurts!

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Underworld:Rise of the Lycans

Seriously. Are they kidding. No matter how hot Kate Beckingsale is going to look in that leather outfit, I still think the 3rd installment in this movie trilogy is going to suck. Prequels as a general rule suck. Part of the allure of the original Underworld was the meld of the old world supernatural creatures with the modern day high tech gadgetry. The prequel is hundreds of years in the future and seems to pinpoint the time that Selene (Beckingsale) first becomes a vampire. What's wrong with this is, remove the gadgets, turn back the clock a few hundred years and introduce a non-vampire Beckingsale and what do you have? Why doesn't that sound familiar? I'll give you a hint add Hugh Jackman. That's right it's Van Helsing all over again. Remember what an awesome movie that was? Me neither, that movie sucked and it looks like the next Underworld ROTL will too. Go see Taken, Defiance, or Gran Torino instead. Your Welcome. Sent from my iPhone

15 year old Girl Punched by Cop Police Brutality SERIOUS !

Wow, it's not what you think, but definately worth the watch!

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTmPErxrU7o

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Comments: Does anyone remember Sony's first pocket laptop? It was out way before there were any "netbooks". It was also small and was intended to do anything a full sized computer could do. It was also one of the first laptops to include a built in camera. All this was almost 10 years ago, and was called the Picturebook. I was torn between this or the Blueberry original ibook. I chose the Ibook and never looked back!

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VAIO P, now with more Windows 7

01-10-2009

We just couldn't help ourselves, and put this Windows 7 .iso we had lying around exactly where it belongs: on Sony's VAIO P. After mucking around on "the internet" figuring out the best way to install it, we ended up going the lazy route and dragging / dropping the plain files onto a folder on a USB drive, hitting setup.exe and watching the installer do its magic -- and it worked flawlessly! We weren't timing it or anything, but we'd say 45 minutes or so is a good guesstimate for the install. A few thoughts:

• It boots fast! Not that Vista was that bad on the boot front, but we're pretty happy with this.
• No Aero. That's to be expected, but the lack of transparency and visual effects makes the OS look quite a bit different than most of the screenshots out there.
• It's very responsive. To be honest, a lot of that could be from the fact that this is a clean install, minus all the crap Sony loads on. Still, we're very happy for the start menu to pop open instantly, windows to redraw like God intended... it's pretty great.
• Browsing is 100% better. Internet Explorer pops open in a flash, and pages load in times nearly on comparison with "real" computers. Also, scrolling is ultra smooth, whereas with Vista it was stuttery all the way down.
• There's a lot more to explore. We've just scratched the surface, but we love what we've seen so far.

Update: both videos are after the break!

Update 2: for those who've asked: yes, the webcam works, and no, we haven't had any luck getting Aero up and running, though we have the video drivers loaded -- we're not saying it's impossible, in fact, it's likely very possible, since plenty of other similarly specced netbooks can pull it off, but it's just not happening for us just yet.
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Snowball thrown on Facebook ruins friendship

the title says it all

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Upstate NY traffic stop ends in shooting

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Personal Submarines, cause submarines are cool!

The Ocean Pearl, C-Quester 3 and OrcaSub are seriously expensive, but will make it possible for consumers to go if not 20,000 leagues under the sea, then up to 2,000 feet. Check them out, and then read about one PM editor's experience driving the Ocean Pearl.

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