Lazy-Ass Nation: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com

Seeded on Tue Oct 9, 2007 8:12 AM EDT (The Latest From VanityFair.com)

This decade in particular has been rife with idiotic goods and services meant to keep us in a contented, almost zombie-like state." Dumb-downed, zombified Americans? Perish the thought!

america, news, odd-news, opinion

New "View" Co-Host Sherri Shepherd Doesn't Know If World Is Flat

Seeded on Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:33 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

After declaring she didn't "believe in evolution, period," new "View" co-host Sherri Shepherd was asked if she thought the world was flat. Her response to moderator Whoopi Goldberg is in the clip below.

news

Stolen bank account details fetch $400 online

Seeded on Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:51 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Stolen bank account numbers are commanding the highest price in an underground trade of personal details stolen by hackers, according to a survey released Monday by security vendor Symantec.

business, finance

Tor anonymity server admin arrested

Seeded on Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:45 AM EDT (CNET.com)

In a recent blog posting, a German operator of a Tor anonymous proxy server revealed that he was arrested by German police officers at the end of July.

technology, tech, computers, tor

The party's over for American consumers

Seeded on Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:43 AM EDT (The Seattle Times)

The new numbers on consumer confidence are out. They show American consumers very confident that the economy is going down the tubes.

business, economy

Google: The Virtual Dictator of the Digital Economy

Seeded on Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:01 AM EDT (Sound In Motion)

Google is too powerful, they know it, and that's why they are willing to give you so much for free. The less attractive and harder they make it for you to change, the more they have you tucked neatly into their back pocket.

google, technology

Is Google Trying to Manipulate the Way Businesses Advertise On The Internet

Seeded on Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:21 PM EDT (seoclass.com)

After dominating Yahoo and MSN in Web Search is Google setting it's sights on smaller web publishers

google, technology, advertising, internet

Reading diet articles could be unhealthy

Seeded on Tue Jan 2, 2007 9:46 AM EST (Yahoo! News)

Teenage girls who frequently read magazine articles about dieting were more likely five years later to practice extreme weight-loss measures such as vomiting than girls who never read such articles, the University of Minnesota study found.

fitness, diet, health, weight-loss, teens

14 "Is Google Evil?" Tipping Points Since 2001

Seeded on Mon Jan 1, 2007 10:29 PM EST (Search Engine Land)

Google seems to have had a bad week, with some recent negative publicity making it seem like the tipping point of Google becoming the big bad company they don't want to be happening -- at least perhaps in the eyes of many opinion makers on the web

google, technology, search