This is one of many reasons why President Bush is in trouble. On fiscal policy, he has not simply lost all credibility. With claims like these, he is right on his way to becoming the butt of jokes. And laughter…

Yahoo! News – Artificial Blood Tested Without Consent: “The study ‘is another one along that slippery slope that’s essentially demolishing your individual right not to become experimental subjects unless we give prior, voluntary, informed, comprehending consent,’ said Vera Sharav, president…

Knight Ridder Corporate Web site Recent promotions, reassignments and growth has created a slew of openings at Knight Ridder Digital (and our local affiliate sites). Jobs include: VP – Real Cities Chief Technology Officer Director, Sales – Automotive & Real…

Flight Status Shortcut Had a debate with a senior person in our org the other day around search and coverage. IMO, here’s yet more proof that a) being indispensible is key, and b) coverage matters. AOL’s mission statement says it…

MacMerc.com: How to never lose Pepsi’s iTunes giveaway Ah, ya gotta love the Internet community. They discovered how to hack Pepsi and published it. Good thing Pepsi handled the “$1 Billion Dollar Giveaway” with more care.

Pioneer Press | 02/18/2004 | It’s official: Barbie and Ken are Splitsville: “But Barbie and Ken really are splitting, says Russell Arons, vice president of marketing at Mattel. ‘It wasn’t that they had some screaming fight or anything,’ Arons says.…

Apple begins shipping iPod Mini | CNET News.com Congrats to Apple on what looks like a successful product launch. I’ll wait for 20GB for

Innovation alive and well at Demo | CNET News.com: “Among the most impressive products was KeyComputing’s Xkey, a USB-based device that turns any PC into a Microsoft Exchange client. Instead of carrying a laptop around, you could plug an Xkey…

Silicon Valley – Dan Gillmor’s eJournal: “Do Not Call List Wins in Appeals Court AP: Appeals court upholds do not call list. ‘As a general rule, the First Amendment does not require that the government regulate all aspects of a…

deeje @ BloggerJack: “Russell Beattie: Personalized Search ideas Russell’s got a post about putting a registration-driven, personalized front end on the Google search API to build a service that takes your profile data–akin to FOAF–and then makes your search more…