Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Sleeping in Space is Easy, But There's No Shower

Astronauts may have some tough jobs in orbit - like building a $100 billion International Space Station - but apparently getting a goodnight's sleep is isn't one of them.
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Google Voice applications removed and rejected from App Store

A week or two ago, I managed to snag an elusive invite to the Google Voice telephony service.
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Google Voice App Rejections Make Apple Look Bad

Apple has broken out its big red rejection stamp again, this time putting the kibosh on a series of Google Voice-related apps for the iPhone. Google's own Google Voice application has been slapped down, as have a handful of other independently produced Google Voice apps, their developers confirm.
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Ad watchdog sides with Apple over app store claims

The advertising watchdog, Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), has given the thumbs up to Apple’s claim that there is an app for “just about anything” and the fact that the wealth of apps is available “only on the iPhone”.
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Why cast a standup as David Cameron?

What does it tell us about David Cameron that he is to be played in a new TV docudrama by a standup comedian? And what does it tell us about comedy? The funnyman in question is young sketch comic Jonny Sweet, one third of ex-Cambridge Footlights trio the House of Windsor.
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Matt Giraud Plays A Rabid Adam Lambert Fan As A 'Practical Joke'

Matt Giraud played a rabid Adam Lambert fans as a "practical joke." "I was like, 'There he is!' And I chased him onto the bus," he recalled of some American Idols Live! tour shenanigans.
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500 new laws: What's likely to affect you

The record number of new laws has the governor suggesting lawmakers focus on quality, not quantity.
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BMW to leave Formula One at end of season

German car manufacturer BMW has announced it is to pull out of Formula One and the end of the current season after a "landmark" decision to restructure the group's motorsport activities was made by the company's board in a meeting on Tuesday.
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Battle brewing between Michael Jackson's mother and estate's administrators

Katherine Jackson says the executors refuse to provide documents she has requested. The administrators deny her allegations. The matter will be taken up at a hearing Monday. Michael Jackson's mother filed court papers in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, accusing the temporary administrators of his estate of "keeping her in the dark" about the state of his affairs.
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Family Opera Initiative to present new adaptation of Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown’s beloved children’s story, “Goodnight Moon,” will come alive for families on the East End in a new musical based on the book at the Rogers Mansion of the Southampton Historical Museum this month.
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