BREAKING: Mid-air collision kills glider, plane pilots (Lake County News)

November 28, 2009

MIDDLETOWN – Late Saturday federal officials were in Middletown to investigate a mid-air collision that claimed the lives of two pilots. The crash occurred at around 11 a.m. Saturday at Crazy Creek Air Adventures in Middletown, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson Laura Brown.

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Bullish David Murray not ready to take a back seat, despite £759m of debts (Scotland on Sunday)

November 28, 2009

SCOTTISH business supremo Sir David Murray, boss of Scotland’s largest private company, is adamant that the worst of his troubles are behind him despite his firm having debts of £759 million.

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My Turn: How We Built a Successful iPhone App (Newsweek)

November 28, 2009

When my friend Jeff and I met in 2003, we were just a couple of nerdy engineering students looking up to the Google guys and dreaming of our own tech glory someday. It felt a long way off when we founded Occipital in 2008. With an emphasis on computer vision—trying to make computers see—we pecked away in a cramped office above a hardware store on Michigan’s Beaver Island. A $12,000 investment …

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State parks offer a plethora of winter activities (Post-Bulletin)

November 28, 2009

Out of ideas for the winter season? In danger of spending the next several months trapped indoors, in a virtual state of hibernation

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My Turn: How We Built a Successful iPhone App (Newsweek)

November 28, 2009

When my friend Jeff and I met in 2003, we were just a couple of nerdy engineering students looking up to the Google guys and dreaming of our own tech glory someday. It felt a long way off when we founded Occipital in 2008. With an emphasis on computer vision—trying to make computers see—we pecked away in a cramped office above a hardware store on Michigan’s Beaver Island. A $12,000 investment …

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Local News (u.tv)

November 28, 2009

As the digital economy bill grinds through the Lords this week, it’s provoking fascinating debates about the very nature of that economy, the balance between privacy and piracy, digital protectionism versus laissez-faire and whether universal broadband is a social right, like the post office.

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Foursquare Facilitates Social Networking in Meatspace (TechNewsWorld.com)

November 28, 2009

Laura Fitton’s ascent has been staggering: In less than a year, she’s become mayor of nine different places in several different states, all without giving any speeches or kissing any babies. Instead, Fitton has gone out. A lot. And that’s allowed her to build an empire in the world of a rapidly growing Internet startup called “Foursquare.”

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NEWS TO USE: Give identity thieves an unhappy Christmas (Detroit Free Press)

November 28, 2009

While many of us dread the holiday shopping crowds, there’s one group that eagerly anticipates the harried throngs — and they won’t be on anybody’s nice list. We’re talking about identity thieves, and, for many of them, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year.

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High-tech happiness for $100 or less (Seattle Times)

November 28, 2009

No one’s going to blame you for keeping holiday gifts minimal this year. But if you want to round out your handmade cards, scarves, pickles and jam with a gadget or gizmo, here are a handful of our $100-and-under favorites.

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