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We’ve received word that a respected member of our tech community, James Kim (whom many of you may know as CNET’s senior editor of digital audio), and his family have gone missing. As we understand it, last weekend James, his wife Kati (above right), and his very young girls Penelope (left) and Sabine (baby), drove from their home in the SF Bay Area.

I’ve been a big fan of James Kim since he debuted on ZDTV and TechTV, he is truly a tech legend. We hope you are found, and the family is safe - Come home James!

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Those naughty Adsense affiliates. The search engine company sent a digital picture frame, and a holiday card, to high-earning sites, which carry Google text links in exchange for a cut of the advertising spend. One recent recipient has decided to load his up with Porno images, thanks Google!

Specs:
- 3.6 inch TFT digital photo frame
- 960 x 240 TFT screen, 16 mega-color
- Picture: JPG format
- Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV and records WAV itself
- Video: ASF only
- Media: Internal memory and SD card, comes with sample slideshow in memory
- USB 1.1 interface
- Power: 4 AA batteries or USB 5V or AC/DC power adapter

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Okay, some of us remember how bad the AllAdvantage debacle was. And many users were left with no check, and some a pile of money owed to them - with no one to collect from. They called their model “infomediary“, and it’s basic premise was to share a large portion of their revenue with it’s users; and you know the rest of the story.

WE’LL IT’S BACK! And it’s name is AGLOCO

Yes it’s authentic, and ironically AGLOCO was conceived by a few of the former founding employees of All Advantage - so what’s up with the name? Well it’s an acronym for: is a global community. Now I am unsure if the name is 100% relevant, but I think the concept is solid in it’s execution.

Hear me out: it’s 2006, Online Advertising has grown 5X since the debacle of the first AllAdvantage network. In fact, online user behavior based targeting ad dollars have grown exponentially in yearly billings. My hunch, is if the founders are legit, and the company has a good advertising sales force, this could really take off - especially internationally.think about it, you can earn your “chunk” of the company through stock, and it’s going to be listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM) - which adds a lot of credibility and consumer/investor appeal.

Check it out by clicking here, it’s free and can only make you money (doesn’t cost a cent). It’s a “win-win”, no brainer decision.

Most techno-geeks knew you could trace an ip back to its Country, ISP; but who knew you could locate a town and then integrate it to show on google earth.. Pretty amazing.

Another trick.. you can now find where the emails you get come from by looking at the header and tracing the ip. Now, that’s just incredibly cool.

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Justin Carven’s business sells kits that let diesel cars run on vegetable oil that is similar to diesel. Many diesel cars get 40 miles per gallon, so a tank should take you 600 miles. It starts at $795 and includes a manual and all the parts to install it yourself. To have a professional install it will run $500 to $1,000

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Google Inc.’s stock price surpassed $500 for the first time Tuesday, marking another milestone in a rapid rise that has catapulted the Internet search leader into the corporate elite.

Who would have predicted that this company would be? Looking at this Stock Certificate, I think Larry and Sergey had a good idea it was going to revolutionize the World.

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Microsoft has already announced that they will build aggressive, energy-saving technology into Vista. But that’s not enough. Redmond should issue a software upgrade to every computer running Microsoft Windows worldwide to adjust each machine’s energy-saving settings for maximum efficiency.

Energy savings would be worth $5 to $7 trillion dollars.

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Don’t you hate it when you forget to bring your ID to Library… and the CSO or UCPD end up zapping you like five times with a stun gun?

I am outraged as I’m sure most viewers are, this is a complete breakdown and abuse of campus police, and their authority - it’s insane. I hope this kid sues the SH*T out of the University (he’ll win with all the video being shot) - the bad part is this is one of many incidents to come.

If you listen carefully the student who was being tased, during his arrest, is heard condemning the Partriot act, and he’s right. Because now they can do things like arresting tax and tuition paying citizens with it’s over-reaching abuses of ID carrying laws. Ughhhhh.

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The Google Earth spotter who discovered the intriguing rock formation that looks like an iPod-wearing native American, turns out to be an Australian granny living in a small Canadian prairie town.

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“Referred to as Web 3.0, the effort is in its infancy, and the very idea has given rise to skeptics who have called it an unobtainable vision.” The idea is to create a new layer above the web — where user recomendations rule. (Sounds familiar).

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