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Democrats Find 'Green' Political Convention Tough to Enforce view story
3 votes- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 6 days ago
- (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3...)
- Became popular 6 days ago
The idea of the 'greenest' convention in the party's history was an attractive one. But tens of thousands of humans generate a lot of trash. And not everyone wanted to give up their Yukon XL SUVs
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Chris Kattan, wife of eight weeks file for separation view story
1 vote- Submitted by CNNReader
- 11 days ago
- (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/T...)
- Became popular 11 days ago
Comedian Chris Kattan's marriage to his model wife lasted almost as long as a "Saturday Night Live" skit.
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Barack Obama: A meteoric rise view story
3 votes- Submitted by CNNReader
- 14 days ago
- (http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/...)
- Became popular 14 days ago
When Sen. Barack Obama accepts his party's presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, he will have experienced one of the most rapid -- and unexpected -- ascents in American political history.
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Microsoft Silverlight: 10 reasons to love it, 10 reasons to hate it view story
7 votes- Submitted by AmitT
- 16 days ago
- (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008...)
- Became popular 15 days ago
A year or so ago I wrote a post called Adobe AIR: 10 reasons to love it, 10 reasons to hate it. Here’s the same kind of list for Microsoft’s Silverlight, based on the forthcoming Silverlight 2.0 rather than the current version.
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ISO Won’t Throw MSOOXML Out. Time to Throw ISO Out view story
14 votes- Submitted by CyberPhoenix
- 18 days ago
- (http://boycottnovell.com/2008/08/...)
- Became popular 18 days ago
"ISO is becoming a laughing stock in the IT circles.” Who can ever rely on ISO for standards-setting anymore? To prevent the death or dishonouring of standards, ISO must go now"
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Shame on ISO and Shame on Microsoft Software Mafia for Corrupting ISO view story
9 votes- Submitted by CyberPhoenix
- 20 days ago
- (http://boycottnovell.com/2008/08/...)
- Became popular 20 days ago
"ISO essentially got corrupted from the inside, based on what we could gather. It should now be seen as credible as IDC and Gartner, i.e. it’s a trash can of numbers, [presented by chaps who are always smiling behind a till]"
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'Garbage Warrior' Turns Trash Into Green-Built Houses view story
18 votes- Submitted by ILoveYou
- 20 days ago
- (http://life.gaiam.com/gaiam/p/Gar...)
- Became popular 20 days ago
Would you live in a house made of empty beer cans, old tires and discarded soda bottles? Garbage like this is what renegade architect Michael Reynolds transforms into "earthships" — eco-friendly homes with surprisingly pleasing aesthetics and tiny...
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Head of Microsoft Software Mafia Singapore Quits, MSOOXML Might be Among Causes view story
17 votes- Submitted by CyberPhoenix
- about 1 month ago
- (http://boycottnovell.com/2008/08/...)
- Became popular about 1 month ago
"After many high-level departures, including presidents, the situation is not promising and the company has lost over $100 billion in value. The more scared it gets, the more aggressive it will become. it’s not sustainable though"
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Commentary: Still looking for a candidate I can support view story
3 votes- Submitted by CNNReader
- about 1 month ago
- (http://beta.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS...)
- Became popular about 1 month ago
I believe this election has put a lot of people in a strange place. It's a place that I've never personally been before. Put simply, I couldn't care more, and I couldn't care less.
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Understanding the primary cause of floods view story
3 votes- Submitted by rbnstr08
- about 1 month ago
- (http://www.helium.com/items/11187...)
- Became popular about 1 month ago
For so many years, I have been watching on television floods happening practically around the world. Many of their reasons (I find them as excuses...

