BuzzRun.com

This is pretty cool actually … (see the pictures here)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The original recordings of the first humans landing on the moon 40 years ago were erased and re-used, but newly restored copies of the original broadcast look even better, NASA officials said on Thursday.
NASA released the first glimpses of a complete digital make-over […]

A stage being built for a Madonna concert in the French port city of Marseille collapsed Thursday, leaving one dead and six injured, the fire department said.
The stage at the Stade Velodrome stadium fell apart on top of several workers. Two of the injuries were serious, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said. All of the injured […]

Blame it on the economy, unemployment or just plain thievery — or all three — but catalytic converters more and more are being clipped from pickup trucks, vans and SUVs.
Thieves are crawling under such vehicles and cutting out the catalytic converters in order to sell them for $200 or more, primarily for […]

Read this on my iPhone this morning. I thought, ok so they are selling their assests and will get back to business, but then I kept on reading:
A bankruptcy judge has ruled that General Motors Corp. can sell the bulk of its assets to a new company, potentially clearing the way for the automaker to […]

So let’s see what happens. BuzzRunn.com is back from the dead.
We’ll be updating the site more regularly …

This is a great list from Erick Schonfeld over at TechCrunch on this year’s new Tech Resolutions …. (I love the last one) …
Okay, I know, I’m late with these, but coming up with New Year’s resolutions is tough. And isn’t there a one-week grace period anyway? Rather than do predictions, I thought I’d offer […]

ScienceDaily (Jan. 5, 2008) — A new study by two York University researchers estimates the U.S. pharmaceutical industry spends almost twice as much on promotion as it does on research and development, contrary to the industry’s claim.
he researchers’ estimate is based on the systematic collection of data directly from the industry and doctors during 2004, […]

UPDATE: The Live Auctions is now Open for bidding. Now until January 10th. Take a look or start bidding.
DomainTools.com announced that it’s having their next Live Auction on Janurary 3rd. Out of over 2000 domain submissions only 170 made the cut (I actually was able to get three on the list - simplyfrench.com, aboutwifi.com, […]

Google annouced they can now deliver real time status and info on your flights directly on the search results page (Google.com). Just type the name of the airline and flight number (e.g. American 123, ua226) into the search box, and they’ll return the most up to date information from FlightStats.com. Pretty cool and a HUGE […]

Here’s a interesting read from ZDNet on using Wordpress versus a standard “clunky” CMS. He’s got some good points and really nails-down the “IT geek”.
Story:

In Scott Karp’s overall discussion asking whether blogs can do journalism–I think it’s all the same and chances are techies don’t care anyway–he touches on blogs partially being a function of […]