We understand that there’s a cheap thrill involved in bending the law, taking pictures of it, and posting the evidence online. We get that. We’re just saying, the policemen have figured out this fancy contraption, too, and they’ve got ticket quotas to meet. Techdirt points to a Reuters story about a motorcycle enthusiast in Croatia who got busted less than three days after using the “Web site of his local municipality” to post pictures of himself doing 100 MPH. Hey, don’t mess with those local municipality police. Just sloooow down a second and Sunday drive past these links:
Well, it won’t reverse a stock plunge… …but it’s nice for Yahoo! anyway. One important aspect of the engine’s coupling with eBay (announced in May) is coming to fruition, as Yahoo! Search Marketing ads are now showing up in some eBay listings. Loren Baker says that some feathers are being ruffled on the part of eBay regulars, who may not have been aware of the arrangement before ads started showing up in their auctions. Aw, c’mon, guys. Try it, you’ll like it.
Also revealed: North Korea carved into the shape of Great Leader Says Christopher Lyden (by way of BoingBoing), some Google Earth users in the intelligence community are using the app in the pursuit of an interesting hobby – “helping to point out and explain foreign military curiosities” that can be seen in some of the satellite pictures. What that means is a bonanza of North Korean military sites, since the country never bothered to ask that its sensitive areas be left at low resolution.
Somebody up there likes Jobster And that somebody is Reed Elsevier, the company that owns LexisNexis and Harcourt, among others. PaidContent says that the London-based publisher has come up with $18 million dollars for the job search-cum-web 2.0 start-up. Jobster’s earmarked the cash for international expansion and hiring.
Exercise fad, or extremely hilarious exercise fad? If you’re stuck behind a computer all day and the notion of moving around to burn calories seems too strenuous, why not try out the new and improved (dun dun dun) vibrating plate? Yes, says The Daily Mail, this enormous, costly device melts away 7,000 UK pounds from your savings, then shakes you like a can of paint at the hardware store. Hey, Madonna uses it, so there’s no way it’s not on the level!
