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When purchasing a new or used car people often have a hard time finding exactly what it is that you are looking for.  In the USA there are lots of services that have started posting classifieds online, basically listings that you can sort by brand, model, features etc.  However most of these companies all had [...]

Think “paranormal houses”, and the address 112 Ocean Drive probably springs to mind. This was the address for the property which became the focus of Jay Anson’s bestselling book “The A…
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Google Maps features a very funny Google Easter Egg: If you ask for directions from an address in Australia to an address in the USA the ever helpful “Get directions” tool gives some great tips on how to cross the Pacific Ocean.

Easter eggs are hidden surprises created by programmers.

Tip of the hat to Michael Smith of Technocrat.net for uncovering the Google Maps egg.

Now at least I know how Aussiewebmaster made his way to the USA.

Yahoo has confirmed that billionaire investor Carl Icahn has initiated a proxy fight via an open letter to Yahoo’s board of directors notifying them of his intention to replace the existing board with his own slate of directors.

The proposed board includes: Harvard Law Professor Lucian Bebchuk; Frank J. Biondi, Jr., senior managing director of WaterView Advisors; John Chapple, president of Hawkeye Investments; investor and NBA team owner Mark Cuban; Adam Dell, managing general partner of Impact Venture Partners; Carl Icahn; Keith Meister, principal executive officer and vice chairman of the board of Icahn Enterprises G.P.; Edward H. Meyer, chairman, CEO and chief investment officer of Ocean Road Advisors; private investor Brian S. Posner; and Robert Shaye, co-chairman and co-CEO of New Line Cinema.

The full text of Icahn’s letter is after the jump.

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Don’t Fight, Write!ByRoss Dix-PeekThe tendency to feel sorry for oneself, is very strong in human beings. We have all done it. We have all immersed ourselves in an ocean of pity, or washed awa…
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There’s a fresh post on the Google LatLong Blog, and it’s titled, “Where in the world is…(Answers).”  You see, the post informs readers of various geographic locations that were hinted at earlier.  But if Google was asking (perhaps rhetorically), “Where in the world is an updated image?” the answer would be, “just about everywhere.”
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Kermit the Frog once sang that it wasn’t easy being green, but the Sundance Channel has found that easy to do with Google Maps.The Sundance Channel and Robert Redford have been devoting a weekly block of programming to The Green. Shows focus on environmental issues like oceans and climate change.
Sundance’s Christopher Barry, Senior Vice President, [...]

Surprise is the latest release from Rock Sensation Paul Simon, and I can only think of one word to describe this CD… AWESOME!Unfortunately, it’s not everyday that I get a CD from an artist that I can just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two [...]

Let’s see . . .  Google Maps tells me to take a left, and then hang a right at an ad reading, “Click Here Now to Save $$$.”  Wait, that can’t be right . . .   And it won’t be, but Google has revealed that it will incorporate AdSense into its mapping services.
Bo Majewski, [...]