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AOL, trying to put a positive spin on its recent call-center closing and layoffs, citing the fact that customers are becoming more savvy in dealing with their own problems:

AOL, the internet arm of Time Warner, is to sack 1,300 of its US call centre staff because, it said, customers are now better equipped to help [...]

May on the “Ace Young” controversy and Ace Young deciding he could change a legendary song to fit his somewhat meager voice:

A member of the veteran rock group Queen has implied that he may have been used by the producers of American Idol to undermine the chances of one of the contestants.

Guitarist Brian May said [...]

Apple is everyone’s favorite whipping boy. From the constant derision directed at it for being “elitist” to the criticisms for its products consistently being underwhelming, overpriced, and flying off the shelf because of fanboys (like me), Apple can never seem to catch a break.

9-year old Shea O’Gorman wrote to Apple with suggestions on how [...]

Today, Sirius announced a partnership with Volkswagen – Audi to be the exclusive Satellite radio provider in all of their vehicles.

Audi Signs Exclusive Agreement With SIRIUS Satellite Radio

NEW YORK and AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 17, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — SIRIUS Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) and Audi of America, Inc. today announced that [...]

The Supreme Court overturned a dismissal of a woman’s case. Here’s a brief outline of the case:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A woman who tripped and fell over letters, packages and periodicals left on her front porch can sue the U.S. Postal Service for damages, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.

The 7-1 ruling was a victory [...]

Yet again, we find the moniker attached to some piece of vaporware coming down the pipe, this time in the form of a music store / player combo by online sales giant Amazon.

FEBRUARY 16, 2006 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) – Amazon.com Inc. plans to launch its own Internet music service to rival Apple [...]

Apparently, the animals think KFC is a Danish newspaper…

So a Danish newspaper runs the cartoons, and the muslim animals around the world have so far:

1. Burned an Austrian embassy.
2. Burned US flags.
3. Burned Israeli flags.
4. Attacked an american military installation in Afghanistan.
5. Destroyed numerous fast food restaurants (including the KFC [...]

Are you shitting me?

The state of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s union is apparently strong – at least judging by the mongo diamond that Hillary was sporting on her ring finger yesterday.

Sources say the former President quietly gave the iceberg-sized bling – thought to exceed 3 carats – to his wife months ago, in advance of [...]

On Dell not producing any more Dell DJ hard disk based MP3 players.

Can’t says as we’re surprised, but we’re still always disappointed to see another iPod competitor drop off the map.

Competitor? Whatever dude.

I’ve seen a random spattering of Dell DJ’s on the subway, but how many people can say they’ve seen the old players [...]

I can’t believe that, in New York City, there’s a growing buzz that Omar Minaya is signing only Latino talent to play for the Mets, and therefore he’s biased in that direction.

Omar Minaya was terrific this week, doing his best, in a cool and understated and graceful way, to dismiss an issue about the racial [...]

I know this was probably posted tongue-in-cheek, but it demonstrates a serious lack of understanding:

He has no problem signing legislation that prohibits anonymous trolling on the Internet but legislation prohibiting torture and abuse are an issue.

Our good friend Stageleft was referring to the part of the Department of Justice appropriations bill that adds harassing e-mail [...]

Yep, the risks just keep on coming for the “risky” movie, Brokeback Mountain…

“Brokeback Mountain,” the film adaptation of Annie Proulx’s story of the enduring but thwarted love between two cowboys won the award for best picture of 2005 from the L.A. Film Critics Association.

Ang LeeAng Lee secured the best director nod for his work on [...]

Brokeback mountain gets some acclaim… I know… You’re stunned…

America’s leading gay and lesbian organisation has given ANG LEE’s controversial new movie BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN a boost by calling the movie “the most poignant love story”.

Officials at the Gay + Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) are endorsing the film, which features love scenes between straight [...]

Can we stop kidding ourselves, folks? By a show of hands, does anyone think either Heath Ledger or Jake Gyllenhaal are risking anything by portraying gay cowboys in the movie Brokeback Mountain? When I got this issue of Entertainment Weekly in my mailbox, I almost puked.

I’ve been trying to come to grips with [...]

Cindy Sheehan must think we’re stupid.

Correction.

Cindy Sheehan does think we’re stupid.

Check out this quote from a statement released today:

But in a statement today, Sheehan accused “right-wing” sites of “spreading a false story that nobody bought my book at Camp Casey on Saturday. That is not true, I sold all 100 copies and got writer’s cramp [...]

BAKERSFIELD – A local man is speaking out about an ad he placed for his gardening in the Californian, after he got some readers upset readers.

He is simply saying, “It’s not personal, it’s just business.”

But some in the Hispanic community like Lou Gomez the President of the Hispanic Chamber of commerce are calling the ad [...]

For years and years, the government, and particularly the one in NYC, has been throwing money at problems in the hopes of fixing them. Of course, throwing money at them never actually does fix anything, but that doesn’t stop them from doing it because throwing money is a visible reminder of how the cronies [...]