Free Music, No Really, Gobs of Free Music

Seeded on Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:30 AM EST (alwaysbeta.com)

"A lot of people think that free music means stealing from a record label. Now I hate the stupid record labels and the Sony root-kits as much as the next guy, but if you really want to stick it to the man, why are you listening to their music anyway?"

entertainment, music, free

First Dual-Boot On Intel Mac Contest Draws Crowd

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:50 AM EST (informationweek.com)

Mac user offers $6000 to first person who can successfully dual boot an Intel-based Mac in OS X and Windows XP.

technology, microsoft, apple, intel, mac, windows, windows-xp

Majority of Americans support impeaching Bush for wiretapping

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:11 AM EST (zogby.com)

"By a margin of 52 to 43 percent, citizens want Congress to impeach President Bush if he wiretapped American citizens without a judge's approval."

bush, poll, politics, nsa, wiretapping, zogby

Microsoft working with Apple on future of Virtual PC

Seeded on Sun Jan 15, 2006 6:14 PM EST (Apple Insider)

Microsoft is working with Apple to develop any new versions of Windows emulations software from the ground up. Good news for those hoping to avoid dual booting.

microsoft, apple, windows, os-x, emulation, virtual-pc

Apple fanboys, get over yourselves, please.

Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:55 PM EST

Look, I love Apple. Seriously - I own an iPod, and if I had the money to invest in a second computer, I'd buy a Mac. All the reasons Apple fanboys (and girls) love Apple are the reasons why I love Apple. Their UI design is brilliant.

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technology, microsoft, apple, intel, mac, opinion, os, windows, linux, not-news

Intel Macs may boot XP after all

Seeded on Fri Jan 13, 2006 6:11 PM EST (apcmag.com)

Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.

apple, intel, mac, windows, macbook, windows-xp

Norway building a 'Doomsday' seed bank

Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:22 PM EST (BBC News)

Norway is building a vault inside a mountiain to hold a seed bank of every crop in the world.

norway, world-news, vault, seed-bank

Alito Leaves Door Open to Reversing 'Roe'

Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:46 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Supreme Court nominee Judge Alito discussed yesterday that he might be willing to revisit the landmark Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion. Democrats not happy.

abortion, politics, judge, nominee, supreme-court, alito, roe-v-wade

No XP on Intel Macs, but Vista is good to go

Seeded on Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:24 PM EST (Engadget)

As a follow up to: http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/01/11/56456-xp-wont-run-on-intel-macbook-imac XP won't run on the Intel Macs, but Vista should be able to. The reason? Apple's computers boot with EFI instead of traditional BIOS.

microsoft, apple, intel, imac, windows, vista, macbook, macs, windows-xp

XP Won't Run on Intel MacBook, iMac

Seeded on Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:50 PM EST (CNET News.com)

I've seen lots of people terribly excited about the prospects of dual booting Windows XP and OS X on the new Intel based MacBooks - unfortunately, it seems you just can't do this yet.

technology, apple, imac, osx, windows, dual-boot, macbook, windows-xp

Iran to hang teenage girl attacked by rapists

Seeded on Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:09 AM EST (Iran Focus-News)

You read the headline right. Iran sentenced an 18 year old girl to death after she unintentionally killed a man while trying to defend her and her niece from being raped.

human-rights, iran, rape, death-sentence, world-news

Search Engines as Leeches on the Web (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2006 9:18 PM EST (useit.com)

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox article on why search engines are taking value out of the web at the expense of the content providers that are fueling their business model. Looks like what Gravee.com is trying to fix.

google, technology, search, search-engine, jakob-nielsen, gravee