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It looks like a scandal is developing with lending company Countrywide Financial. The company allegedly "recreated" letters that led to foreclosure and bankruptcy of several borrowers. Over 300 consumers are involved in bankruptcy cases that involve the home loan lender: The Countrywide Financial Corporation fabricated documents related to ...

You Can't Make This Stuff Up! Cookie Monster Song and Dance -- ACDC Cover - "T.N.T" [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPvxQ5cSeZQ[/youtube] The voice of Cookie Monster is kinda goofy, but the concept is hilarious. Good stuff!

Let's face it, Humans are hopeless! From ArsTechnica, we're learning just how hopeless we really are: Windows Vista didn't make a smooth market entrance; in fact, nearly every aspect of the operating system has been attacked since its release on January 30, 2007. Multiple SKUs allegedly confused customers, anti-DRM groups disliked Vista's ...

The NY Times is reporting that General Motors will show one of its concept cars in Vegas this week. The objective? Move cars without drivers. I can imagine them being peppered with censors, GPS and software of some sort that would take care of 'less complex' routes. ...

There's a very interesting story in the New York Times about the danger of blogging. It's no secret that blogging is very time consuming and it can be a detriment to one's health if bloggers aren't careful. I have a few stories to share about myself and the story below ...

Welcome to itola.com. I seem to have picked up a number of regular readers over the last few months and I must apologize for holding out on the daily updates recently. I'm going to get this site hot and ready to roll again now that the near year ...

Wel, sort of. The SCO group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will be delisted from Nasdaq and trading suspended as of this morning. The SCO Group, Inc. ("SCO") (Nasdaq: SCOX - News), a leading provider of UNIX® software technology and mobile services, today announced that it received a Nasdaq Staff Determination ...

Jessica Simpson Movie - "Blonde Ambition" Flops I don't write about issues related to film and entertainment that much, but this story is too funny to pass up. To be honest, I know very little about Jessica Simpson other than she looks great in a Bikini. Her hot bod wasn't ...

It's my birthday, thought I'd pat myself on the back for achieving the impossible: Dec 23, 2007 A Planetary Alignment is in progress!? Yes, that's right.. I am responsible for this great cosmic moment! :)

The associated press is reporting that a generous coffee buyer purchased a coffee for the person standing next in line and it set off a train of generosity by the Starbucks customers that followed. Coffee Drinkers' 1,013 Good Deeds MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) — One woman's kindness to a fellow Starbucks patron resulted ...

Ask.com's move is brilliant from a marketing standpoint Lately, it seems Google has turned to the dark side on several levels. If you're politically savvy, you know there is a serious problem with government invading our private lives. Now, the CEO of Ask.com is fighting back. Ask.com is ...

The NY Times Bits blog has an interesting story about Google's recent trouble with the law.  It sounds like Google might be in trouble and it's kind of sad because they've had such a great reputation over the years due to adhering to their "do no evil" philosophy. Life changes when ...

This is a great video that you can use to humiliate all of your friends at Microsoft. It's also great to throw in Microsoft fan boy faces, if there are any that remain, that is!Steve Ballmer - Microsoft CEO - Just be glad he's not your boss! [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc[/youtube] If ...

Everything is Delicious with Bacon, even Cookies "My husband and I were having a conversation about what foods could and could not be made better with the addition of bacon. Sure, that was a good salad, but it would have been so much better with bacon. That was a delicious ...

Windows sucks, always has. Let's flame Bill Gates and Microsoft for a moment, shall we? Bill Gates continues to show why Microsoft never 'got it.' Bill Gates recently lamented the problem with Business and Computing. No one pays any attention to Business! I wonder if this is some odd way of saying, "Vista ...

Gizmodo has the scoop on a fancy way to use a dollar bill to make a iphone docking station. This is one reason I love nerds, always thinking! Origami fans—or just people who like money and have a lot of it lying about—might find Enrique Pardo's iPhone accessory interesting. The ...