BBC News: The United Arab Emirates is to block sending emails, accessing the internet, and delivering instant messages to other Blackberry handsets. Saudi Arabia is to prevent the use of the Blackberry to Blackberry instant messaging service. Both nations are unhappy that they are unable to monitor such communications via the handsets.
The lanterne rouge, or red lantern, is given to the rider who finishes last in the Tour de France. Congratulations to Adriano Malori, Italian rider on Lampre, for finishing the 2010 Tour de France – an accomplishment that 27 of the starters this year failed to achieve. He rode a total of 2,263 miles in [...]
No, Colorado is not a Democratic state. It is, however, the only state in the country with an obesity rate less than 20%. Incredible. The WSJ reports: Take a look at this map. See that blue state in a sea of red and purple hues? It’s Colorado, the only state in the union with an adult [...]
If you dare ride your bike in downtown Black Hawk and get caught, you’ll face a $68 fine. There are signs posted in several spots around town that show a bicycle with a circle around it and a line across it; however if people miss it and didn’t read the section in the local newspaper [...]
The first images of birds covered in oil in the Gulf of Mexico are on the Big Picture. This is just the beginning of the ecological devastation caused by the biggest oil spill in U.S. history.
Mark Healey is a professional web developer living in Boulder, Colo.
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