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Bitcoin mining - calculate difficulty rising

2011-08-01T15:08:00.000-07:00

Let's try to calculate how much Bitcoin mining difficulty will rise over next future adjustments. To do it we need determine who the miners are and what is their behavior. All Bitcoin miners can be divided into three categories:

enthusiasts;
casual miners with gaming/office PC;
business rig owners;

Let's look on the behavior of members of this groups. Enthusiasts mine coins to support system and community or to trying to quickly get rich in Bitcoin gold rush. They do not invest much money into upgrade of their rigs. To return initial investments is quite enough for them. They may stop mining if electricity cost would be higher than mining earnings and return after difficulty drop. They mining hardware probably run in 24/7 mode.

Casual miners just experimenting with Bitcoin and do not target some goals in earnings from mining. They probably mine in working hours in the office or at home. Existence of such type of miners gives us intraday volatility of mining difficulty which can be approximated at 10-15% level.

Business rig owners trying to make Bitcoin mining the main source of their earnings. They trend to invest into upgrade and expansion of mining hardware to get more profit. This group gives us main piece of rising difficulty value. Let's calculate how much they can add to computational power of Bitcoin network each round.

The part with always-on mining hardware we may take as 80% of all Bitcoin network performance which for now estimated at 13.73 THash/s. As we saw all of them eventually would invest into hardware upgrade to increase hashing power. All Bitcoin network earn each round 50BTC*6per hour*24hours*14days between difficulty switch, which gives 100800BTC or 1310400 USD. So 1M USD will go to our serious mining group. All consumed power estimates now around 10MWatt for the network, so for this miners it costs 10MWh*24hours*14days*80%*0.1USD/KWh = 268800 UDS. Here we got left 731000USD to spend or invest for them. There is really different behavior in investing strategies among miners from 0% to 100% of profit. Lets say that they invest 50% all the time into upgrade, this is 365000USD. What you can buy for this money: most efficient cards with 1.5MHash/USD gives us 550Gh as evaluation for increase of performance each round. This is 5% of total Bitcoin network performance. So we can postulate that some rounds ahead we won't see increasing difficulty less that 5%, more likely around 10% because of newbie miners joined to Bitcoin.

This process may be interrupted by drop of BTC price. If price move down to 5USD/BTC the net profit for our 80% miners will be able to invest only 134400USD or 100Gh/s or less. This value will be less than 1% of network performance. Newbies at this price also wouldn't have reasons to join the network and difficulty will stabilize.

Bitcoin Faucet gives free Bitcoins

2011-07-22T01:54:00.000-07:00

There is one place in the Internet where you can get some Bitcoins instantly and absolutely for free. This is Bitcoin Faucet site. It gives away to each new visitor 0.001 Bitcoins. You may ask your bitcoin only once for each IP address and Google account. To get 0.001 BTC you need to enter your bitcoin address and authorize with your Google account. Then you will get transfered coins in your Bitcoin wallet almost instantly.

If you are a developer and test your Bitcoin-related soft you also can get some coins in Bitcoin TESTNET branch.

How to send namecoins to peer's wallet address

2011-07-20T06:18:00.001-07:00

Users of Namecoin console client namecoind.exe may wonder sometime how to transfer coins from user's wallet to peer's or other user's wallet. This may happened when user decides to move namecoins to exchange market to convert it to USD or Bitcoins. The command for transferring coins in Windows is really simple:

namecoind.exe sendtoaddress Nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx amount-to-send

This command will send amount-to-send namecoins to wallet with address Nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Try it by yourself and see who it works.

Bitcoin to Namecoin difficulty ratio

2011-07-18T06:22:00.000-07:00

Namecoin original site got very interesting page with Bitcoin and Namecoin difficulties and future changes. This page contains two tables with three rows: current value in the network, instant value based on current network hash rate and next Bitcoin difficulty value with date of switching. Also there is third table with Namecoin/Bitcoin difficulty ratio which may help you decide what currency to mine - Bitcoin or Namecoin.

Current values at time of writing this post were:

Namecoin next difficulty row:

Block number 16128
Next difficulty switching time 22/07/2011 06:57
Next difficulty value 22'483.11
Next/Current difficulty ratio 0.40

Bitcoin next difficulty row:

Block number 137088
Next difficulty switching time 19/07/2011 22:41
Next difficulty value 1'673'141.39
Next/Current difficulty ratio 1.07

Table with Namecoin/Bitcoin difficulty ratio contains this data for next Namecoin switching date: next difficulty switching time 22/07/2011, NMC/BTC Ratio 74.42 BTC/NMC Ratio 0.0134

New Official Bitcoin Client Released

2011-07-13T07:24:00.000-07:00

Development team has made a new release of official Bitcoin client, the new build got 0.3.24 version number. This update contains some bug fixes and improvements which fixes a block download problem, a crash that would occur if there was a loss/lack of network connectivity. Improvements consists of UPnP option enabled by default because the percentage of Bitcoin clients that accept incoming connections is quite small, also DNS seeding option is enabled by default.
Some code added for the wallet encryption feature to be released with v0.4 version.

Bitcoin Mining Hardware Comparison List

2011-07-07T02:00:00.001-07:00

When you got your first experience with Bitcoin money you may want to try bitcoin mining on your PC. First of all you need to get configuration information of your PC and check if your hardware capable to run bitcoin mining fast enough. As you know, CPU mining currently is faster than GPU mining more than 100 times. So it's very important to have really fast video card on-board. NVidia GeForce GPU cards are surprisingly slow in comparison to AMD ATI Radeon HD. It's pointless to run bitcoin mining on NVidia cards. Here list of most effective cards to run mining:

Best performance/cost ratio have ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5xxx series cards:

Radeon HD 5750 ~140 MHash/s - 90W
Radeon HD 5770 ~190 MHash/s - 110W
Radeon HD 5830 ~260 MHash/s - 175W
Radeon HD 5850 ~290 MHash/s - 151W
Radeon HD 5870 ~380 MHash/s - 188W
Radeon HD 5970 ~640 MHash/s - 294W

AMD Radeon HD6xxx series cards are more expensive and got lower performance/cost ratio:

Radeon HD 6670 ~110 MHash/s - 50W
Radeon HD 6790 ~190 MHash/s - 150W
Radeon HD 6850 ~210 MHash/s - 127W
Radeon HD 6870 ~280 MHash/s - 151W
Radeon HD 6950 ~310 MHash/s - 200W
Radeon HD 6970 ~370 MHash/s - 250W
Radeon HD 6990 ~690 Mhash/s - 375W

Full hardware comparison list for Bitcoin mining with all GPU and CPU performance data you can find on wiki page. When you determine your mining speed in MHash per second value go to Bitcoin GPU hardware mining calculator and calculate how much money you will earn running your mining rig for week or month.

Bitcoin Mining Calculator

2011-06-27T15:40:00.000-07:00

While running Bitcoin mining on your fast GPU ATI hardware you may want to know how much it earn you in next days or weeks. For this purpose you may want to check some Bitcoin mining calculators.

Bitcoin wiki got a page with link to all popular calculators around the net for today. There are two most popular - Generation Calculator which can compute how much would you get American dollars (USD) in day, week or month based on your hardware hash rate and market exchange rate of 1 BTC.

The second one will show you more information about current state of the Bitcoin network and future changes in mining difficulty. This gives you more accurate assumption on your earnings in the future, which will be lower while difficulty rises.

Bitcoin exchange MtGox back online after hack

2011-06-22T09:11:00.000-07:00

As you can hear MtGox is big bitcoin exchange and it got hacked last week. Exchange admins said database was leaked with password hashes. Some of weak passwords were computed and hackers started sell-off bitcoins and excahge rate down to 0.01 USD for BTC. Admins stopped operations on the site and promised rollback all hacked transactions. A few hours ago MtGox went back online and started transactions. Current prices are 17.5$ per BTC.

Protect Bitcoin wallet from stealing - How to

2011-06-17T01:27:00.000-07:00

Today first anti-virus company Symantec has reported that it found a new Trojan in the wild stealing Bitcoin wallets. The Trojan name is Infostealer.Coinbit and it looking for Bitcoin wallet.dat file on computer's disk to send it to the hacker. To protect your wallet from stealing by such type of trojans Symantec recommends additionally to general security actions to encrypt your wallet and choose a strong password for this in the event that a hacker is attempting to brute-force your wallet open.

Use and mine Bitcoin money- How to

2011-06-09T07:26:00.000-07:00

Bitcoin is an online peer-2-peer full electronic currency system. It is open to anyone, backed by strong cryptography and has no central authority. To start using Bitcoin money you need an account number, called "wallet". It can be created by Bitcoin software downloaded from official Bitcoin site. A wallet number is a long hash string with digits and letters and looks like this one: KeG7KqZ4R17LM2J9mtpFu2Px5Dzpc1E3s6 Using this number you can send and receive money between wallets. You can use Bitcoin money to buy real products and services or you can even exchange Bit coins for other real world currencies too on exchange markets.

How to make your Skype client work if it has signin issue

2011-05-26T05:28:00.000-07:00

If your Skype client crashes at start and you have installed latest 5.x version, you can fix this issue by removing file C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Skype\shared.xml in Windows 7, in other OS path will be different. Then start Skype, it should work.

O'Reilly Apple location tracking

2011-04-21T01:29:00.000-07:00

Today O’Reilly writers Pete Warden and Alasdair Allanill reported the discovery that new iPhone models by Apple, and a 3G iPad running iOS 4, is regularly recording the location of the device into a some file on device's disk. Devices running iOS 4 are storing a log with device's locations captured using cellular network signal data and time stamps. Moreover this database is not encrypted by any means. The database is being restored across backups, and synchronized using iTunes sync.

The authors created simple tool named iPhoneTracker which access this file and shows all your tracking info on the map.

Original article about this privacy issue you can read here. There are two solutions to stop your iPhone to spy on you: the first one is to encrypt your backups in iTunes, and the second one is owners of jailbeaked devices. With Sydia you can install tool "untrackerd". This tool will periodically clean stored tracks from your device.

Megan Fox Hot Photos Gallery

2011-01-19T06:16:00.000-08:00

Megan Fox is widely known as an actress and model whose brilliant beauty is spiced by a bunch of tattoos. First star hit with Megan Fox was comics based movie Transformers. Sixteen years old, Megan won numerous awards at the American Modeling and Talent Convention in South Carolina. She first time starred on the screen in Olsen Twins. In next few years, Megan features on TV many times in What I Like About You, Two and a Half Men, and Hope & Faith. Appearing in movies was presented by role along with Lindsay Lohan in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. But her first award winning role was in 2007 Transformers movie. In 2009, she repeated the success in movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen . Megan Fox also was voted as the 'Sexiest Woman in the World' by FHM magazine in 2008. It's rumored that she got nine tattoos on her body, out of which there are the face of Marilyn Monroe and a line from the play of William Shakespeare, 'King Lear.' Megan Fox has been engaged with an actor Brian Austin Green and get married in a private ceremony on June 24, 2010 in Hawaii.

Here is the gallery with very hot photos of Megan Fox:

Carlos Santana Guitar Solo

2011-01-12T06:04:00.000-08:00

Carlos Santana first recorded with his band Santana in late 1960's, playing electrified blues guitar with Cuban rhythms. Their album Abraxas has been a reliable seller for three decades, and features some of Santana's best known songs, including "Black Magic Woman" and "Oye Como Va." In 1999 Santana was again on the charts with the album Supernatural, which featured the hit single "Smooth." Here is videos of most exciting Santana's guitar solo:

Christina Aguilera Leaked Photos

2010-12-29T07:29:00.000-08:00

On December 8, 2010, leaked images of Christina Aguilera appeared on the Internet. Anonymous hackers broke into Aguilera's stylist PC and stolen some photos of Christina Aguilera and then published it on the Internet. Unfortunately they spread different photos across some sites, so you can't see them all together. Here direct link to all available photos:
christina aguilera leaked photo 1
christina aguilera leaked photo 2
christina aguilera leaked photo 3
christina aguilera leaked photo 4
christina aguilera leaked photo 5
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Free Typing Test and Games: online and download

2010-12-06T06:03:00.000-08:00

The most popular typewriting test available online via web is Typing Test TypingMaster. It easily offers a free online Typing Test service and free Online Typewriting Games. On this site you can find TypeMaster typing tutor to improve your typing speed.

Another great example of such online service is Learn2Type Typing Test - typing tutor with free typing lessons and online games. Here you can improve you typing skills with Typing Tutor. The better typing speed is, the harder the Typing exercises become.

The online typing testing web sites and downloadable typewriting Windows test and learning software is different. For online tests, you have establish Internet connection while in standalone software you can practice offline anywhere you are.

Marisa Miller supermodel pictures

2010-11-26T03:48:00.000-08:00

Marisa Miller, who stars in Conan which airs on TBS named by series of various magazines the hottest model this year. The 32-year-old model was born in Santa Cruz, California. She has started as model when she was 16. She appeared on cover pages on such magazines as Vogue, Vogue and Sports Illustrated. On TV you might seen her in Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on CBS. Also supermodel Marisa Miller is teaming up with Harley-Davidson to help honor US troops. Some more galleries available in Entertainment Channel.

Stores over NY open on Thanksgiving 2010

2010-11-25T14:24:00.000-08:00

A lot of stores doesn't plan to close their doors on Thanksgiving 2010 over NY. This list includes Walmart, Macy's, JCPenney, Kohl's,
Target, Radio Shack, Best Buy, Kmart, Sears, Toys 'R' Us, Gap. Most of stores plan to be open from 6-7 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 9-10 a.m. to evening on Thanksgiving. If you were not so lucky and missed work hours of these stores try to shop online at Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Target.com, and so on, they are offering special deals on Thanksgiving Day. Or you may want to get day off and continue shopping at Black Friday, so wait our useful tips of BF shopping.

Firebreather Movie on Cartoon Network review

2010-11-25T04:33:00.000-08:00

Cartoon Network has aired comic based Firebreather Movie. This movie is based on the comic by Phil Hester. It tells the story of a Duncan - teenager discovering he's different. The movie starts with Duncan already aware he
has some powers. But what is really interesting here is Duncan's
father. He's not a human being (oops!), he is a 120-foot, fire-breathing dragon. Moreover he's not just a regular dragon, he's the King of the Kaiju. This means that Duncan is part human, part dragon. That's why he got so hot breath and orange skin.Finally father-dragon, King Belloc, want to meet his son. This is the story in short.
The animation has a nice touch, hair movements are brilliant. Fire effects is where the movie really great. It's worth checking out, even if you've read the comic. Firebreather was directed by Peter Chung (Aeon Flux) and airs on Thanksgiving Eve.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2010-11-24T13:52:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving has become my favorite holiday. It gives us an opportunity to think on what' s important we got, something we desire. Which things I've got to be thankful for this year? I have a kid who have provided me a lot of great moments to remember. I am thankful for my job. I have good pals with whom I share my work and fun. I have a nice car. My plans for tomorrow is to celebrate Thanksgiving. For what you are thankful today?

Megan Fox free and single - boyfriend gone

2009-02-25T07:42:00.001-08:00

Celebrity magazines today full of news about Megan Fox actress. Now she's free and single again. Megan Fox and actor Brian Austin Green have split so she is no longer engaged to him. Foxnews reports that Megan calls off engagement to Brian Austin Green. Now she plan to go back to work in Transformers as girl Mikaela.

Kirsten Gilibrand announced as New York's senator

2009-01-23T06:41:00.001-08:00

Some of news sources are reporting that Governor Paterson will announce Kirsten Gillibrand as New York's next Senator. This papers write that Paterson decided on Gillibrand last Friday.

More facts about Heather Locklear

2008-09-29T06:13:00.001-07:00

Some tabloids reported that police has arrested 47-year-old famous actress Heather Locklear. They say that she has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of prescription medication in California. H. Locklear was taken to the police where she was tested for drugs and alcohol and was later released from custody. What happened with she during last years and could lead to this behavior? Let's look to her profile in wikipedia:
The carrier was brilliant:

"She is primarily known for her television work, her most notable roles being Sammy Jo Carrington on the 1980s soap opera Dynasty, Officer Stacy Sheridan in the 1980s cop drama T.J. Hooker, Amanda Woodward on the 1990s soap opera Melrose Place, and Caitlin Moore on the sitcom Spin City."

More complicated was her personal life:

"She married Richie Sambora on December 17, 1994 in Paris. On October 4, 1997 she gave birth to their daughter, Ava Elizabeth. Locklear's representative announced on February 2, 2006 that divorce papers had been filed to dissolve the couple's marriage. In further papers filed by Sambora, it has been revealed that the couple has been separated since December 26, 2005, and that Sambora will be seeking joint custody of Ava."

So we see here that she divorce Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora after 11 years of marriage. For now they have a 10-year-old daughter. This divorce lead to depression in her life:

"In March 2008, Locklear was involved in a controversy when a 911 call was made by a caller claiming to be her doctor who said that she was trying to commit suicide. The authorities arrived at Locklear's home shortly afterwards."

These sad circumstances lead to her arrest on September 27, 2008.

NASA found perchlorate on Mars

2008-08-05T01:48:00.001-07:00

NASA has reported the results from soil samples delivered a few weeks ago to science instruments on Phoenix Mars Lander. In report there is statement that one of the soil constituents may be perchlorate. Perhlorate is a highly oxidizing substance, this fact excludes possibility of life on Mars as we know it.

Online virtual hairstyling services and haircut sites

2008-08-04T03:48:00.001-07:00

There thousands of sites with haircut photos for men and women with any types of hair styles. Also there are some commercial virtual hairstyling services like hairstyletools.com, TheHairStyler.com, i-hairstyler.com, javon.us, hairstyleeditor.com. But recently I found a new web 2.0 women’s makeover service Taaz which lets you tweak hairstyles and your makeup. You have to upload a photo with your face, then you can completely change your look within minutes. This service can change your haircut to trendy or formal hairstyle, curly or long, fashion or bridal, wedding or prom. Also you can try to fit celebrities hairstyles by Jessica Alba, Mandy Moore, Jennifer Lopez or Jessica Simpson.

Rielle Hunter and John Edwards: is it truth?

2008-07-29T02:28:00.001-07:00

The former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who is to be Barack Obama's running mate, got his private life a lot of attention. The National Enquirer tabloid report that former North Carolina senator was caught visiting a mistress at a Beverly Hills hotel. Enquirer reporters caught Edwards leaving the Beverly Hills Hilton while Rielle Hunter had a room at the hotel. America's political news websites claimed that John Edwards and Rielle Hunter were filmed entering the hotel room last night and Edwards was secretly visiting them.
Rielle Hunter is a producer and has a video production company, which was hired by John Edwards on a six-month contract.

Space Shuttle Discovery crew taking their places for launch

2008-05-31T11:38:00.001-07:00

Launch of Discovery at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is scheduled for 5:02 p.m. May 31. STS-124 crew began taking their places for launch. Here on the picture commander Mark Kelly crawled inside Discovery. Then the hatch will be closed and locked for liftoff. There are no technical issues or weather concerns at the launch pad.

Obama wins Oregon primary

2008-05-21T05:01:00.001-07:00

Illinois Senator Barack Obama wins primary in state Oregon. Obama was ahead of Hillary Clinton 59% to 41%. Even more - he gained enough pledged delegates to get a majority of all those available in the democratic presidential nomination race. Obama congratulated Clinton on her great Kentucky victory and praised her as a pioneer. Also he made the an attack on McCain, saying, "The lobbyists who rule George Bush's Washington are now running Sen. McCain's campaign. McCain is not change."

Polls before Pennsylvania primary: Obama most popular

2008-04-19T04:48:00.000-07:00

A lot of polls indicate that Obama will most likely become a winner of Pennsylvania primary. CBS reports about poll conducted among Pennsylvania students who will vote in a Democratic primary, Obama leads Hillary Clinton 71 percent to 29%. Support for Obama is consistent across types and sizes of schools. In general the poll, conducted by Knowledge Networks, shows that voters of all types have got a better sense of Barack Obama. AP reports that Obama overtaking Clinton in Yahoo Poll. USAElectionPolls.com has all other stat numbers on elections polls.

South Park: Canada On Strike

2008-04-03T06:54:00.001-07:00

We all know that South Park episodes are now in public access. Here a new one S12E04 "Canada on Strike". A short description here: "The head of the World Canadian Bureau leads the country into a long and painful strike and the responsibility of brokering a settlement rests with the boys." Not too hard to see where this is going, is it? Thankfully a nice songs was added to bring back the days of "Blame Canada." Two songs within a 22 minute show. The boys from South Park buy into the cause that Canada is suffering because of a lack of proceeds from the Internet revenues and decide to help Canada by staging some Internet viral videos to raise money. There was "Canada On Strike" and "What What In The Butt", the latter of which seemed a mild satire on the Matt Damon/Ben Affleck videos from Jimmy Kimmel Live!

McCain wants G8 to exclude Russia

2008-03-27T05:12:00.001-07:00

Republican candidate Sen. John McCain has claimed to expel Russia from the G8 club of countries in his speech in Los Angeles. According to McCain's speech "We should start by ensuring that the G8 ... becomes again a club of leading market democracies. G8 should include Brazil and India but exclude Russia." And other word from McCain on Russia: «Rather than tolerate Russia's nuclear blackmail or cyberattacks, Western nations should make clear that the solidarity of NATO, from the Baltic to the Black Sea, is indivisible and that the organization's doors remain open to all democracies committed to the defense of freedom." It seems he don't like Russia.

Olympic Torch Relay started

2008-03-24T04:45:00.000-07:00

Yesterday the torch for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games has been lit successfuly in Olympia, Greece. The torch will begin a 130-day, 85,000-mile journey starting today. That will take it from the site of Olympia to Beijing, where the Olympic Games is planned for August. The relay route will go through 23 cities on five continents and finally China. Tens of thousands of bearers of torch, including over 19 thousands in China, will carry the flame on foot.

Bill Richardson endorses Barack Obama for president

2008-03-21T15:14:00.000-07:00

New Mexico gevernor Bill Richardson endorsed senator Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton for the democratic nomination for president of the USA on Friday. Richardson is highly regarded in the Hispanic community, a community where Clinton has got substantial support. Saying some of his words in Spanish, Bill Richardson said the party has a choice between two leaders, but it's time for Democrats to stop fighting among themselves. "Your candidacy is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our nation and you are a once-in-a-lifetime leader," Richardson said as he stood next to Obama. Clinton and Obama had cultivated Richardson's backing in part because the Hispanic governor could garner support among the Hispanic community, the fastest-growing group of the electorate.

Hillary Clinton and Monica Lewinsky were In White House at the same time

2008-03-20T07:18:00.000-07:00

White House has released schedules of Hillary Clinton. They shows that she was in the White House during many of her husband's "meetings" with Monica Lewinsky. Actually Hillary Clinton was in the White House about six days when Bill had "something" with Monica Lewinsky. A few days ago Spitzer's troubles hit Hillary's reputation but today she got a new shot. Looks like she's losing leading position in presidental race.

St. Patrick’s Day 2008 Irish food

2008-03-17T04:16:00.000-07:00

If you want to cook some special on St. Patrick’s Day this year take a look at these Irish food recipes. Some delicious recipes you can find here. Fabulous list contains Irish Potato Pie, Stovetop Potato Irish Soda Bread, Pan-Seared Loin of Pork with Derry Apple Relish, Dublin Coddle, Irish Champ, Irish Lamb Stew, Beer Potato Soup, Poached Salmon with Irish Butter Sauce and many other items.
Here is another source of Irish foods with recipes of Reuben Casserole, Glazed Corned Beef, Herb Dumpling Stew, etc.
You may want to celebrate St. Patrick's Day 2008 with traditional Irish Recipes, lagers and stouts, Irish ales, Cabbage and Corned Beef. Then go to this site and give it a shot.
If you don't feel like cooking you just can go to Bennigans.

Photos of Ashley Alexandra Dupre (Dupree) - Spitzer's call girl

2008-03-13T02:35:00.000-07:00

Thanks to MySpace and all social networks. Now we have a lot of photos and videos starring with any people on the Earth. Nobody knew Ashley Alexandra Dupre until yesterday. But today we can look at her photos, videos and even contact her on personal Myspace page. This is a new century life and privacy. Another question is if this Spitzer's story could lead to weakening of Hillary Clinton chances in presidental race. Because NY is the main state and city supporting Clinton.

Texas and Ohio Primary Polls

2008-03-02T02:54:00.000-08:00

Lets look on latest polls. Looks like Clinton loses Ohio. In Ohio, Zogby shows even 45% between the two Democrats.
Meanwhile, a new poll executed for the Cleveland Plain Dealer by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research of Washington finds Clinton ahead. Plain Dealer that shows Hillary clinging to a 4 percentage point lead over Barack in Ohio, 47% to 43%.
Unlike in Texas, polls in Ohio show Clinton ahead and some by wide margins. Here’s the list of polls:
Rasmussen: Clinton 47%, Obama 45%
Zogby: Clinton 45%, Obama 45%
Fox News: Clinton 46%, Obama 38%
SurveyUSA: Clinton 50%, Obama 44%
Real Clear Politics: Clinton, 44.9%; Obama, 47.1%
University of Cincinnati: Clinton 47%, Obama, 39%
In Texas, the Zogby Poll shows Obama 45% and Clinton 43%
Pollster: Clinton 44.4%, Obama 47.3%

Ralph Nader buries Obama hopes

2008-02-25T07:39:00.000-08:00

This finally happened this Sunday. Ralph Nader has entered presidential race and launched an independent campaign for the White House yesterday. What do Obama, Hillary, columnists and experts think about it?
LA Times reports that "Obama calls him just a "perennial presidential candidate" and Clinton agrees he's unlikely to have much influence on the campaign".
Herald Sun reviews Nader's biography. "Mr Nader, a high-profile consumer rights advocate who is 74 this week, ran as a third party candidate in 2000 and won almost 2.9 million votes."
newsday.com writes about Nader's program. "Nader, 73, said he is running because mainstream candidates are too closely tied to corporate America."

The New York Times writes about reactions from the Democratic candidates on Sunday.

World on alert for satellite debris and fragments

2008-02-21T05:26:00.000-08:00

Many countries all over the world is on the alert for possible harmful fall-out from the US shootdown of a failed USA-193 spy satellite. China asks US to provide more datails on satellite explosion.
In the meantime FEMA has provided "Memo About Falling Satellite" that have been sent to thousands of local police, fire and emergency service agencies around the country. This 18-page guide also has helpful hints for the public.
Space experts doubt that debris from the spy satellite will hit anywhere near land. Moreover the most likely consequence would be a meteor shower of small bits of debris.
"The debris cloud would cross the dark Canadian coast north of Vancouver fifteen minutes after the shoot down," said Jim Oberg, space analyst. "I expect that some of the most energetically expelled fragments will be hitting the atmosphere all along this track. It could be a meteor shower to remember." More info about debris falling read here.

2008 Wisconsin Primary results polls and predictions

2008-02-13T04:31:00.000-08:00

The primary elections for the Republican and Democratic candidates for presidency will be held on Wisconsin in February 19, 2008. A lot of experts and regular people publish predictions of results of Wisconsin Primary in columns and blogs. So it Be… Maybe blog gives to John MacCain over 85% percents of the votes and to Barack Obama almost 50%.
NPR.org writes that John McCain has the chance to pick up more delegates.
A new poll from Public Policy Polling says that Obama has 50% votes compared to Hillary Clinton's 39%. Other polls results are here.
The Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows Obama with a narrow four-point advantage over Clinton, 47% to 43%.
Strategic Vision and pollster.com gives almost the same results.

Soccer USA vs Mexico final results

2008-02-07T03:36:00.000-08:00

The US soccer team was playing against Mexico’s national soccer team in Houston, Texas. A lot of info about this game including videos you can find on official National US soccer team site. Here the final results of this game:

31' - GOAL USA. USA 1 - Mexico 0. Oguchi Onyewu with a skying header off a Donovan pass.

36' - GOAL MEXICO. USA 1 - Mexico 1. Jonny Magallon buries a Pavel Pardo free kick.

40' - GOAL USA. USA 2 - Mexico 1. Jozy Altidore finished a great cross from Drew Moor.

42' - Dempsey has a goal disallowed for offside.

HALFTIME. USA 2 - Mexico 1.

47' - GOAL MEXICO. USA 2 - Mexico 2. Magallon scores his second of the match in identical fashion.

FINAL RESULT. USA 2 - Mexico 2.

Scarlett Johansson supports Barack Obama

2008-02-06T04:16:00.000-08:00

A lot of celebrities is joining Barack Obama these days. This is because of the song "Yes We Can" featuring by Scarlett Johansson, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and other stars. Here the clip on YouTube with this song. This clip was produced by will.i.am of the Black Eyes Peas and Jesse Dylan who is Bob Dylan's son. Scarlett Johansson joined other stars, including Wyclef Jean and Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger in lending her voice to the song "Yes, We Can". Scarlett, Wyclef and Nicole are the latest celebrities to show their support for Obama, following of Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

Super Tuesday on YouTube - exit polls and live updates

2008-02-05T02:04:00.000-08:00

YouTube opens a new channel dedicated to Super Tuesday as you can read on official blog post. Before this tuesday this channel was a Super Tuesday platform with videos from voters, candidates, and news organizations from around the country. But today Super Tuesday channel will offer live updates of exit polls and other news throughout the day as videos pour in from the 24 states holding primaries.

New York City's Giants Victory Parade

2008-02-04T07:00:00.000-08:00

New York City is planning a ticker-tape parade tomorrow in Manhattan to celebrate the Giants' Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots. The parade will begin on Broadway at Battery Place at 11 a.m. and is expected to follow a route north to Chambers Street an area Canyon of Heroes. It ends with a ceremony at City Hall Plaza. "It was a great night for the Giants, and a great night for New York, New York has come back many times in the past and Big Blue proved that you should never, ever, count us out." - Mayor Bloomberg told reporters last night at University of Phoenix Stadium.

Rumors: Britney Spears Attempts Suicide

2008-01-31T02:57:00.000-08:00

Today early morning we got a lot of rumors about Britney Spears. All this rumors say that she has tried to commit suicide. But what we all know for sure that she was taken to Medical Center in an ambulance with help of police. More detailed comments on what has happened you can read here or here.

Democrat John Edwards quitting - experts opinions

2008-01-30T08:32:00.001-08:00

John Edwards would announce his decision to quit during a speech in New Orleans at 1 p.m. EST. Wednesday. But now there are a lot of opinions about this tough decision. Reuters write about his defeat in his native South Carolina to Obama and Clinton which could lead to this decision. Boston Globe discuss Edwards' humble roots, New York Times give us a survey of Edwards' democratic race in 2008 elections.

Half of India's Internet users disconnected by cable damage

2008-01-30T07:31:00.000-08:00

As Reuters has reported today up to 65 percent of India's Internet users was disconnected on Wednesday because of a outage in an international undersea cable network. Many of India's outsourcing companies had been affected.
"There has been a 50 to 60 percent cut in bandwidth," Rajesh Chharia told Reuters. Also Reuters reported about 70 percent disruption of Internet in Egypt.

Florida Primary Results and Exit Polls Live updates

2008-01-29T11:39:00.000-08:00

Some blogs and news sources today publish early Florida Primary's results and exit polls. The latest info you can find from these sources: blog RightPundits, Naples Daily News, CNN.

Miss America 2008 winner Kirsten Haglund

2008-01-27T00:43:00.000-08:00

A few hours ago there was aired The Miss America 2008 pageant on TLC. Miss Michigan Kirsten Haglund, the 19 year old sweetie has proved to the America that she's the best. Haglund sang "Over the Rainbow" to win the title. She's from Farmington Hills, Mich. and currently studying in University of Cincinati. First runner up was Nicole Elizabeth Rash - Miss Indiana, Miss Washington Elyse Umemoto was the pageant’s second runner up. Third runner-up was Hannah Keifer, Miss Virginia and the fourth runner-up was Jessica Jacobs, Miss North Carolina. Other finalists included Miss Texas Molly Hazlett, Miss California Melissa Chaty and Christina Thompson, Miss Wisconsin.
The Miss America 2008 video clip will be available here.

Your smartphone patented now

2008-01-26T04:29:00.000-08:00

I just find out that the US Patent and Trademark Office issued a new patent on this topic: A Mobile Entertainment And Communication Device." Do you realize what this means? This patent describes any modern communicator smartphone. This is patent for mobile phone with an internet connection, removable storage, a camera, ability to download video or audio files. A company holding the patent has filed three separate lawsuits against most of mobile developers, including Nokia, Apple, RIM, AT&T, Sprint, Motorola, HP, Helio, Sony Ericsson, HTC, Samsung, etc. So will see how they answer to this.

First photos of new Mercedes SL Class 2009

2008-01-23T05:12:00.000-08:00

I've found today the first official photos of new Mercedes SL Class. You can watch all photos here. New design of SL class is more suitable for Mercedes new style. New model line will have these models: SL350 with engine 272 hp; SL 500 with engine 388 hp and SL600 with engine 517 hp.

Now in Britain the Great British Ligth Switch

2008-01-21T21:25:00.000-08:00

I've found today another fighting against Edison's light bulb. Southern Electric and The Sun have joined to launch The Great British Light Switch. This is a national campaign to cut Britain’s emissions. This is not a law like in US but this is giveaway, Southern Electric are giving away 4.5 mln free energy saving light bulbs to over 2 million Sun readers on January 19th 2008. You can claim your two free energy saving light bulbs when you buy your copy of The Sun on January 19th 2008.

Aubrey O'Day: Hot pictures of Fashion Model

2008-01-21T15:48:00.001-08:00

Fashion Model Aubrey O'Day was selected as the model for Travis Barker’s fashion line, Famous Stars and Straps. From many of sources like this you can got some new hot pictures of her. If somebody hasn't remember she is 23, from the group Danity Kane.

Oliver Stone going to ask Josh Brolin to play George W. Bush

2008-01-21T02:59:00.000-08:00

According to the story from Hollywood Reporter Oliver Stone, who has made film about the assassination of John F. Kennedy going to start the project titled "Bush". Stone hopes to begin production on "Bush" in spring in order to release the film by the fall election. To play George Bush in this movie Stone going to ask Josh Brolin. Oscar-winning director Stone told Variety: "It is a behind the scenes approach, simila to 'Nixon', to give a sense of what it's like to be in his skin."

All AFC Championship Live Blogs: Chargers at Patriots

2008-01-20T15:02:00.000-08:00

The New England Patriots are just one game win away from the Super Bowl, but the San Diego Chargers would like to end the Pats dream season. It's the AFC Championship Game January 20 at 3PM ET. If you can't watch Jim and Phil call the action on CBS and you waited for AFC Championship Chargers at Patriots game here the some links to blogs with live comments this blog has all the games live commented. Just a few comments from this blog: "Koolaid Maroney does an "OH YEAH!" and busts through the pile for six. Gostowski's kick is good, 7-3, New England." ... "LDT looks like Darth Tomlinson on the sidelines all bundled up. Turner gets seven yards on the first two carries. Sproles gets 4 for the first down." ... "21-12, Patriots, and it's 18-0 for New England, heading to Glendale, Arizona in two weeks!" Some funny comments on this blog. Other blogs in list: this and this.

Cloverfield Monster movie in YouTube video style

2008-01-19T04:32:00.000-08:00

The Movie Cloverfield also known in some countries as Monster was revealed. You see there how the Statue of Liberty loses her head, etc. The best thing here, you can watch fragments of this movie on YouTube without any quality loss, because all the movie looks like YouTube downloaded content. So you can enjoy clips like this one.

Pierce Brosnan's wife Keely Shaye Smith caught on the beach in a bikini

2008-01-18T14:06:00.000-08:00

Pierce Brosnan the famous actor who starred in four James Bond films as agent 007 and his wife, Keely Shaye Smith, had a great time on the island of Kauai. She looks like slightly overweight there but it seems that Pierce like this type of body. May this couple just been drinking to many martini's, shaken not stirred :).

Kira Plastinina - young designer from Russia come to USA

2008-01-18T08:46:00.000-08:00

This Thursday there was an event for the 15 year Russian designer Kira Plastinina who was presenting her spring collection. How is this girl Kira. She is Russian from Moscow, she have to say big thank you to her father, Rusian multi-billionaire. Her father didn't grudge and spent a lot of money for start like Paris Hilton to come to Kira's events and presentations. She idolizes Paris Hilton and the Olsen twins. But how many 15-years old girls have Paris Hilton make an appearance at their fashion show? Kira had dinner with Paris after the show. Kira Plastinina brand will now venture into the USA with her first 10 stores in New York City and Los Angeles.

Xerox logo borrowed from Kyrgyz Republic Flag?

2008-01-14T07:56:00.000-08:00

Some people from Kyrgyz sites think that Xerox has borrowed new logo from Kyrgyz Republic flag. Just take a look on the new Xerox logo and well-known Kyrgyz Republic Flag. Feel the difference? The ball has been just a slightly turned to the right.

MacHeist - 10 Mac Apps for an insanely low price

2008-01-10T02:31:00.000-08:00

There is an interesting annual sale from Apple Mac developer community named MacHeist. This year taking place the second two week sale with a bundle of 10 Mac Apps. This bundle includes these applications: 1password, CoverSutra, Cha-Ching, iStopMotion, Awaken, AppZapper, TaskPaper, CSSEdit, Snapz Pro X, Pixelmator. And all of this stuff costs only fifty bucks. I you like it welcome to party until January 23.

Energy law in US turns off Edison's light bulb

2007-12-21T02:48:00.000-08:00

The US energy bill signed into law on Wednesday will require lighting to use up to 30% less energy, which will basically kick out the incandescent light bulb. It's because it won't be able to meet the new ecology standards. I can believe but higher requirements under the new law phase out the 100-watt bulb beginning in 2012. The fer the more - the 75-watt bulb a year later and then 40- and 60-watt bulbs will be phased out in 2014. Other countries like Ireland, Australia and others are already getting rid of the traditional bulb.

Harry Potter, Britney Spears and Al Gore finally together

2007-12-08T04:00:00.000-08:00

The end of the year is time for making top lists or some predictions for new year. Yahoo! has made the one of this top lists - Yahoo! 2007 Top Trends in Search. This list shows some interesting events of this year. In politics it was Iran, Iraq and Bush theses. Most popular celebrities were Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Anna Nicole Smith well-known also as "bad girls". In technology this was year of socil networks and mobile technologies. So we can see YouTube, Wikipedia, Facebook, and iPhone in the list. To explore other categories go to the link.

Greatest African Web 2.0 sites

2007-11-27T01:57:00.000-08:00

Today with help of Google I've found a picture with logos and links to the greatest African Web 2.0 projects like Afrigator or Jahazi. It seems people in Africa can do modern and cool Web 2.0 sites. I like most SK and Jonga.

Amazing online keyboard trainer

2007-11-26T03:03:00.000-08:00

Today with help of Google I've found an amazing online keyboard trainer. You don't have to register on the site, login or do any other wasting of time. Just start typing. This trainer has error highlighting, advanced stats including your typing speed. You can choose between several keyboard layouts and keyboard languages. This is most easy to use keyboard trainer I've ever seen.

12 years of social networks - who was first?

2007-11-25T13:24:00.000-08:00

Word "Social network" was first
introduced by J. A. Barnes in 1954. What was first social network on the web? Many sources give the answer - the first one was Classmates.com. Classmates.com is a social network created by Randy Conrads in 1995. The Classmates.com website helps users find, connect and keep in touch with friends from throughout their lives – including school, high school, college, work etc. Here cronological list of other social networks.

1995
First social network ever - Classmates.com

1996
SixDegrees (acquired by YouthStream Media Networks in 2000)
PlanetAll

1997
AsianAvenue - online community with support of contacts, address book

1998
PlanetAll acquired by Amazon.com

1999
Cyworld first started as forum
QQ community around IM service
Blackplanet started as online community

2000
MiGente

2001
Ryze
ClubNexus

2002
Friendster released as private beta version

2003
LinkedIn
Hi5
MySpace
OpenBC
Tribe

2004
aSmallWorld - private network
Piczo
Dogster
orkut
Facebook
Mixi
Multiply
Dodgeball
Friendster

2005
Bebo
Yahoo! 360°
Bebo launched as social network
AsianAvenue launched with social network capabilities
BlackPlanet launched with social network capabilities
Tagworld
Zaadz

Elephants caught in Google Maps

2007-11-22T03:19:00.001-08:00

Users of Google Maps has found a group of elephants in Africa. This is a Sahel area in Tunis. If you want to look to wild nature with Google Maps fans just click the link. There you can find more animals.

Wearing personal cell phone booth

2007-11-21T14:58:00.000-08:00

An artist from Boston Nick Rodrigues has an idea on how to put an end to annoyance while you talking over cellphone. This portable mobile phone booth straps on to the shoulders of individual cell phone user, keeping their conversations private, and keeping our ears safe. Here is the video of this booth:

Why Google won't buy Skype

2007-11-20T04:01:00.000-08:00

There was a rumor yesterday that Google plan to buy Skype but we all know this is not possible. Widely known that Google make deals only with open source free solutions. Closed propritary solution could take a lot of time and resource to be made open and flawless. From this we can make conclusion that this is just rumors.

Vladimir Putin watch how Georgia declares state of emergency

2007-11-07T15:11:00.000-08:00

Today Georgia’s government declared a state of emergency and accused Russia of managing battles between police and opposition supporters in the G's capital. President of G Mikhail Saakashvili was accused the Kremlin of instigating the violence. In an earlier release likely to enrage Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, Mr Saakashvili makes the expulsion of three Russian diplomats and recalled Georgia’s ambassador from Russia. G's prime minister said in a televised statement that there had been an effort to overthrow the pro-Western government. M.S. blamed Russian intelligence services for coordinating supporters of the demonstration. M. Saakashvili, appearing on national television, said the violence has pained his heart. But he defended the police and he makes the decision to deploy them.

Mosul Dam in real danger

2007-10-30T05:31:00.000-07:00

The Mosul Dam is the largest dam in Iraq. And it is in serious danger of a collapse. This collapse could unleash a trillion-gallon strike of water. This can possibly killing thousands of people and flooding two of the largest cities in the country.This could lead to 500,000 civilian deaths by drowning Mosul under 20 meters of water and blocks of Baghdad under 3 meters. This has been reported by Abdulkhalik Thanoon Ayoub, the dam manager.

Great Google PageRank update

2007-10-29T05:26:00.000-07:00

The great update of Google's PageRank has happened. Everyone today screaming about the long awaited update. While many can complain about their drop in pagerank, I can say Hooray! PR of some of my sites rised up to 5!
Google update pagerank every 3 months, however this time process has been much longer. And why so many popular sites have taken a drop in pagerank?

How Genarlow Wilson Got Free

2007-10-26T08:04:00.000-07:00

We all know that Genarlow Wilson was freed because of a legally binding decision by the Georgia Supreme Court and having lawyer that cared about his case. The Georgia Supreme Court today ordered Genarlow Wilson freed. A Monroe County judge's find that Wilson's 10-year prison sentence constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment." More info you can read here.

technorati tags:Genarlow, Wilson, Genarlow-Wilson, Monroe County, freed, chasing, Google

How Sarah Welch fall into the hole

2007-10-24T05:00:00.000-07:00

Today I've found on Google Search interesting news about Sarah Welch. Sarah Welch is a fashion model with Vue Models. There is a video of her runway fall for the first time. Sarah's fall left her scraped up. Her foot is bandaged, and she needs stitches. Here some thoughts about why this news get so popular. In two words I can describe the story as "Sarah fall into the hole". Read more by link.

technorati tags:Sarah, Welch, Sarah Welch, falling, chasing, Google

Weather could postpone shuttle launch

2007-10-23T06:11:00.000-07:00

Some sources yesterday reported about delaying Shuttle launch. But today other sources hope that all will be fine. We hope too.

technorati tags:shuttle, shuttle launch, launch

Cat Schwartz interviewed by Switched

2007-10-23T05:54:00.000-07:00

Today I've found on google new hot topic Catherine Schwartz (AKA Cat) was interviewed. Here the article with interview. She tells what gadgets she always bring to the set of T.V. tapings, the last person she sent a text message to and what was this SMS about and lot more interesting stuff!

technorati tags:Cat, Cat Schwartz, Schwartz, Switched

Convert Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 solution into VS 2003 format

2007-10-02T03:49:00.000-07:00

Today I've found on google the way to convert Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 project and solution into a Visual Studio 2003 version files .vcproj and .sln described here - Convert VS 2005 solution and projects into VS 2005 format. The source of this link were this page.

technorati tags:Microsoft, VS2005, VS2003, convert, sln, vcproj

Another 50$ contest for bloggers - just enter

2007-09-28T06:27:00.000-07:00

To enter into contest go to Nanashi-Inc Blog and then click on this link “Fifty for Fall” contest. Then on your own blog, write a simple entry like this with a link back to their site, then leave a comment on the contest page, which becomes your entry. At the deadline, all entries will be put into a hat and one lucky winner will randomly be drawn. I sure hope it’s me!

Zurich IBM reserach laboratory

2006-09-25T03:02:00.000-07:00

Now we traveled to Zurich IBM reserach laboratory. Here is about info:

About the IBM Zurich Research LaboratoryThe IBM Zurich Research Laboratory (ZRL) is the European branch of IBM Research and was its first research center outside the US. This network of some 3500 employees in eight laboratories around the globe is the largest industrial research organization in the world. The Zurich laboratory, which was established in 1956, currently employs some 330 persons, representing more than 30 nationalities. World-class research and outstanding scientific achievements—most remarkably two Nobel Prizes—are associated with this lab, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2006. The spectrum of research activities at ZRL ranges from basic science and fundamental research in physics and mathematics to the development of computer systems and software to the design of novel business models and services that are becoming available "On Demand".

IBM Research | Zurich Research Laboratory

Wireless Glossary

2006-09-08T04:20:00.000-07:00

We are still on the land of hightech so today's link was about wireless dictionary. It is an article about Infrared Data Association (IrDA). Here text of this article: "This association defined a suite of protocols for infrared (IR) exchange of data between two devices, up to 1 or 2 meters apart (20 to 30 cm for low-power devices). IrDA devices typically have throughput of up to 115.2Kbps or 4Mbps. Symbian OS phones, many PDAs, printers and laptop computers use IrDA protocols."

Wireless Glossary: Infrared Data Association (IrDA)

Google vs Microsoft competition

2006-09-07T02:22:00.000-07:00

Now we've traveled to blog site with post about Google and Nokia.

"Nokia have teamed up with Google to produce an updated version of the 770 internet tablet. Using the Google Talk VoIP system, the device won’t have traditional mobile phone capabilities but be a PDA or handheld computer with Wi-Fi for fast internet access and voice data transfer. Not only will it have these pretty new functions, but the Nokia 770 will also feature a high spec video and music player making it a good multimedia choice."

Here more text about competition with Microsoft:

"Whether the Nokia 770 takes off or not is sort of incidental to this news, because what this announcement means is that Google and Microsoft have found yet another battle ground for market share. With Microsoft’s UMPCs (Ultra Mobile PCs) on the horizon, and Nokia marketing their Tablets as cheaper alternatives, Google have chosen their side in the war, and once again it’s against Mr. Gates and co."

Jill’s Corner » Blog Archive » Google and Nokia team up for Talk

Radio UserLand

2006-09-07T01:54:00.000-07:00

The fist one link was to the Radio UserLand site. It's surely related to general blog content in the first post in my blog because this toll provides "a unique and powerful web publishing". Radio UserLand is weblog tool with advanced features such as an integrated news aggregator. A little cite from tool's site:

"Anyone wishing to blog about more than one area of interest will appreciate Radio's Category Feature. Every copy of Radio will support an unlimited number of categories and each category is, in essence, a separate weblog with its own URL address and its own independent RSS feed. Radio also permits multiple authors to contribute to a community weblog via the Multi-Author Weblog Tool."

Radio UserLand: Tune Into Radio

The start of the chase

2006-09-07T01:29:00.000-07:00

This blog will be about how far you can get with Google. How this will work. For each new post in this blog I will follow one of the google context links on the page of the post. The next post will be about things that I'd found in the place where Google get me. It's very interesting how far I would get :) And what I will learn. And what kind of things Google can connect?

Let's start to chase!