Last week in a monumental ruling, Kentucky District
refused to dismiss a case involving the seizure and potential forfeiture of 141 internet gambling domains. They include the websites of the largest online poker rooms in the industry that cater to U.S. customers, including
,
,
, and
. Late last week,
, who initiated the seizure, issued his response to the ruling.
Beshear, in part to protect Kentucky’s horse racing industry and state Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
18
Oct
18
The mayor’s race is heating up.
You might have seen the yards signs and bumper stickers for candidate Harmond Wilks.
Or maybe you’ve seen his Web site, www.wilksformayor .com. Log on and you can see a campaign poster and hear his voice: “I’m Harmond Wilks and I’m running for mayor, for you
for me. I see the righteous road to urban renewal. … Let’s move up and hopefully not sell out — together.”
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Oct
18
Two Hummelstown men are accused of trying to arrange sex
with teenage girls over the Internet in a sting operation
conducted by the state attorney general's office.
John F. Geist, 49, of the 1000 block of Chestnut Place, and
Hiram E. Staley, 30, of the 200 block of Cameron Avenue,
were charged with unlawful contact with minors and unlawful
use of a computer in separate arrests by the Attorney
General's Child Predator Unit.
Geist allegedly approached Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
18
Google's share price soared late yesterday, rallying 25 per cent from its low point of the day, as the internet search company's latest quarterly earnings proved resistant to the wider downturn in advertising markets.
The figures offered the most direct evidence so far to support predictions by Google executives that their form of "pay-per-click" advertising, in which advertisers only pay when internet users click on their ads, would do better in Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
18
, a division of Interactive Data Corp. and subject to
. Historical and current end-of-day data provided by
. More information on
and their current financial status. Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. Dow Jones Indexes(SM) from Dow Jones & Company, Inc. SEHK intraday data is provided by Comstock and is at least 60-minutes delayed. All quotes are in local exchange time.
Real-time last sale data provided Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
18
Searching the Internet may stimulate and help improve brain function more than reading a book.
that searching the web triggers centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning in middle-aged and older adults. But while web browsing may spark more neurons than mere book-reading, the study says, this only occurs in those with previous Internet experience.
The study, which the researchers claim is the first of its kind, is Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
18
Wayne Wang's latest film is not among them, yet it has the biggest release of all.
The director who defied traditional independent film release strategies when the ultra-low-budget "Chan Is Missing" became a hit in 1982 is now banking on cyberspace. His "The Princess of Nebraska," a San Francisco-shot tale of a young Chinese immigrant dealing with an unwanted pregnancy, is thought to be the first feature film by a major director to premiere - without Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
18
The MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association came out this morning. It shows that total VC financings in the third quarter were down 7 percent compared to the same period last year, to $7.1 billion. That is also down about the same amount from the
. In the chart above, I’ve plotted the dollar value of VC investments for each third quarter going back to 2001, coming off the last boom, when $8.3 Read the rest of this entry »