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Ben Quayle Defends Internet Security Bill Known as "CISPA," but Promises Amendment Proposal Over Privacy Concerns

After the bills known as "SOPA" and "PIPA" were shelved amid some mass protests from online communities, there's a new bill in Congress that has the Internet riled up -- the the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or "CISPA."The bill has been referred to numerous times as being "worse tha ... More >>

Starry Night

After the bills known as "SOPA" and "PIPA" were shelved amid some mass protests from online communities, there's a new bill in Congress that has the Internet riled up -- the the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or "CISPA."The bill has been referred to numerous times as being "worse tha ... More >>

Solar Firm Matinee Energy is Full of Hot Air

After the bills known as "SOPA" and "PIPA" were shelved amid some mass protests from online communities, there's a new bill in Congress that has the Internet riled up -- the the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or "CISPA."The bill has been referred to numerous times as being "worse tha ... More >>

Blog Collectives Ad Hoc, Portals Embrace Communal Fandom Over Influence

It's obvious music blogs have a unique place in the great big music discussion. Entire careers have been bolstered by one lone blogger posting a hot new MP3 that quickly catches fire and burns up RSS feeds. However, some of the biggest taste-makers on the Internet have combined forces and their new ... More >>

Waste Management Open: You Don't Have to Hide Your Cell Phone in Your Sock Anymore

​Anyone who's been to the Dumpster...er, "Waste Management" Open golf tournament knows that one of the more irritating parts of the experience is figuring out what to do with your cell phone -- more specifically, how to sneak it in.Starting this year, however, the tournament's no cell-phone policy ... More >>

Grateful Dead Drummer Mickey Hart Taps the Cosmos

​Anyone who's been to the Dumpster...er, "Waste Management" Open golf tournament knows that one of the more irritating parts of the experience is figuring out what to do with your cell phone -- more specifically, how to sneak it in.Starting this year, however, the tournament's no cell-phone policy ... More >>

Scarlet Lopez Used 13-Year-Old Daughter as Lookout During Air Conditioner Theft

​A Mesa woman was arrested last night after police discovered she was using her 13-year-old daughter as a lookout as she attempted to steal an air conditioner from a vacant home.Mesa police got a call about 8:30 last night regarding two people who were seen in the yard of a vacant home at 249 Sout ... More >>

Doh! Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant has "Unusual Event;" No Danger, Says APS

An official "unusual event" was declared at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station west of Phoenix on Saturday after water in a junction box outside of reactor containment building caused an electrical short.KTAR (92.3 FM) radio is the only outlet that appears to have reported the incident, but m ... More >>

Phoenix Mayoral Candidates: Who's Most Popular in Social (Media) Circles?

New Times​Poor Newt Gingrich won't be sitting in the Oval Office anytime soon.The former Speaker of the House boasted about his 1.3 million followers on twitter, but was quickly exposed by a former staffer for hiring a firm to create fake accounts to make it look like he was far more popular than ... More >>

Spotify Finally Lands in the U.S.

Spotify is now available in the U.S.​Do you like your music collection? Do you wish you had it on you at all times? Does it bug the shit out of you when you go to a friend's house for a small gathering and they play their special 2-hour mix of Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Michael Franti and Cou ... More >>

Arizona Dust Storm Report Released Online by National Weather Service; Dissects Cause and Development

Image: National Weather ServiceA Doppler radar image captures the enormity of the July 5 dust storm.​ The July 5 dust storm was among the most "significant" ever seen by National Weather Service experts who have been in the Valley 30 years, according to a new online report.Everything you wante ... More >>

Critics Claim Supreme Master Ching Hai's Followers' Restaurants Featuring Tasty Vegan Fare Front For an Exploitive Movement.

Image: National Weather ServiceA Doppler radar image captures the enormity of the July 5 dust storm.​ The July 5 dust storm was among the most "significant" ever seen by National Weather Service experts who have been in the Valley 30 years, according to a new online report.Everything you wante ... More >>

Census Bureau Stats: Hispanics in Arizona Up 46.3 Percent, Total Population Growing State-Wide

callandresponse.com​The U.S. Census Bureau released Arizona's detailed population totals Thursday, revealing a 46.3-percent increase in the Hispanic population over the past decade. According to the Census Bureau press release (conveniently written in Spanish), nearly 600,000 more people id ... More >>

Foursquare up, Pandora Down, MySpace Out: Grand Predictions About Digital Music Trends in 2011

​NME's deputy editor Luke Lewis published an interesting article about the future of digital music last week.Lewis made a list of 10 insightful music predictions regarding what the developments of digital music might entail in 2011, and I've got to hand it to him, he did a great job and taught me ... More >>

Pickster One and Other DJs React to Panasonic's Axing of Influential Technics Turntables

The Technics 1200s: Soon to be extinct.If you happen to be hanging out at any of the Valley's dance events this coming weekend, be sure to listen closely. It might be hard to hear over the massive cacophony of beats getting slung, but you might just hear a few sobs coming from the DJ booth. That's ... More >>

Glastonbury Going Green... But Who's Playing?

​Worthy Farm, home to the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts in the UK, now boasts what festival organizer Michael Eavis calls "the best solar power system in the country," according to NME.The cluster of 1,116 solar panels that is fixed on top of the cowshed at Worthy Farm is pr ... More >>

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YouTube Begins Live Streaming Trial

​YouTube has announced it's in a testing period for live streaming, according to TechCrunch.Today and tomorrow only, YouTube will partner with a group of companies to make a live broadcast schedule. Unfortunately the feature will be removed from the site once the trial is over, so be sure not to m ... More >>

John McCain Considered a "Top Tweeter;" Study Finds He Has Highest "Digital IQ" in Senate

www.hypericum.comJohn McCain apparently learned how to use a computer since the 2008 presidential campaign.​Senator John McCain's back-and-forth banter with "Snooki" -- of Jersey Shore shame -- seems to have earned him high marks as far as his digital prowess goes.In a joint study conducted by Ge ... More >>

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"Sexting" Leads to Arrest of Alleged, Prescott Valley Child Molestor

Prescott Valley Police DepartmentEthan Cook, 20, allegedly molested a 14-year-old Prescott Valley girl. ​A Prescott Valley man got pinched Sunday for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old girl several times dating back to at least March.The suspect, 20-year-old Ethan Cook, may have gotten away with it ... More >>

Arizona Legislature Explained by New Study of Neanderthals?

We have fretted for some time about the Neanderthals in control of the Arizona Legislature, a powerful political body that enacts laws by which we are supposed to live our lives. ​Could it really be true, we have pondered deep into the night, that the likes of this bunch--the Russell (10 ... More >>

Google Vs. Music Bloggers: Blogger Service Annihilating Copyright Infringers

This Google-owned logo is used for a newsgathering purpose with the tacit understanding that Google allows such use. Please alert me by e-mail if you wish to see it removed.​Google's vast stretch of the blogosphere is going silent. The search giant, who owns the popular Blogger service and blogspo ... More >>

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

This Google-owned logo is used for a newsgathering purpose with the tacit understanding that Google allows such use. Please alert me by e-mail if you wish to see it removed.​Google's vast stretch of the blogosphere is going silent. The search giant, who owns the popular Blogger service and blogspo ... More >>

Metadata in Electronic Government Records Must be Released to Public, Arizona Supreme Court Rules

Phoenix police Sergeant David Lake may get to find out whether his supervisors screwed him over, thanks to unanimous pro-public-records ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court. As we related back in January, Lake was halted twice by the court system in his quest to obtain the metadata embedded in a Micr ... More >>

“From Caves to Castles: If Beads Could Talk” at Glendale's Bead Museum Has a Bead on This Ancient Craft

Phoenix police Sergeant David Lake may get to find out whether his supervisors screwed him over, thanks to unanimous pro-public-records ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court. As we related back in January, Lake was halted twice by the court system in his quest to obtain the metadata embedded in a Micr ... More >>

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

Phoenix police Sergeant David Lake may get to find out whether his supervisors screwed him over, thanks to unanimous pro-public-records ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court. As we related back in January, Lake was halted twice by the court system in his quest to obtain the metadata embedded in a Micr ... More >>

The Age of Stupid: Live from New York

Phoenix police Sergeant David Lake may get to find out whether his supervisors screwed him over, thanks to unanimous pro-public-records ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court. As we related back in January, Lake was halted twice by the court system in his quest to obtain the metadata embedded in a Micr ... More >>

Chairlift

Phoenix police Sergeant David Lake may get to find out whether his supervisors screwed him over, thanks to unanimous pro-public-records ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court. As we related back in January, Lake was halted twice by the court system in his quest to obtain the metadata embedded in a Micr ... More >>

Chairlift

Phoenix police Sergeant David Lake may get to find out whether his supervisors screwed him over, thanks to unanimous pro-public-records ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court. As we related back in January, Lake was halted twice by the court system in his quest to obtain the metadata embedded in a Micr ... More >>

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

Phoenix police Sergeant David Lake may get to find out whether his supervisors screwed him over, thanks to unanimous pro-public-records ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court. As we related back in January, Lake was halted twice by the court system in his quest to obtain the metadata embedded in a Micr ... More >>

Arizona Republic Lets Lawyer for Solar Company Shill for Industry Without Disclosing Ties

Solar power will be the "new economic engine for Arizona," writes local lawyer Jordan Rose in Saturday's "My Turn" column in the Arizona Republic. Whether that's true or not, it's already an economic engine for Rose, [pictured]. She's the lawyer for SolarCity, a California company planning to ins ... More >>

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

Solar power will be the "new economic engine for Arizona," writes local lawyer Jordan Rose in Saturday's "My Turn" column in the Arizona Republic. Whether that's true or not, it's already an economic engine for Rose, [pictured]. She's the lawyer for SolarCity, a California company planning to ins ... More >>

Virgin, Universal to Offer Unlimited MP3s

Can Virgin - with the help of Universal Music - effectively end online music piracy? We'll have to wait and seeIn an effort to help and curtail online music piracy, Universal Music will partner up with U.K. telecommunications ("telco," if you're British) provider Virgin Media to launch an unlimited ... More >>

Al Gore's Clean-Energy Group Hosting Talk on "Benefits" of Proposed Law

Image: American Solar Electric A group headed by Al Gore is hosting a library roundtable this Wednesday to talk about the hoped-for benefits of the Waxman-Markey bill, a plan to kickstart clean-energy industries now wending its way through Congress. (No, Gore won't be there). According to Rep ... More >>

Sony Ruins eMusic's Indie Credibility, Raises Rates

eMusic adds Sony and pisses off its indie rock-savvy clienteleThese troubling financial times call for belt-tightening across American society. We all know what's going on with the auto industry, and the record industry is not safe from this recession. As announced Monday, online music retailer eMus ... More >>

"Sanctuaries of Power: Ice Age Cave Art in Southern France"

eMusic adds Sony and pisses off its indie rock-savvy clienteleThese troubling financial times call for belt-tightening across American society. We all know what's going on with the auto industry, and the record industry is not safe from this recession. As announced Monday, online music retailer eMus ... More >>

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

eMusic adds Sony and pisses off its indie rock-savvy clienteleThese troubling financial times call for belt-tightening across American society. We all know what's going on with the auto industry, and the record industry is not safe from this recession. As announced Monday, online music retailer eMus ... More >>

AZ Earth Day Coalition Celebration

eMusic adds Sony and pisses off its indie rock-savvy clienteleThese troubling financial times call for belt-tightening across American society. We all know what's going on with the auto industry, and the record industry is not safe from this recession. As announced Monday, online music retailer eMus ... More >>

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

eMusic adds Sony and pisses off its indie rock-savvy clienteleThese troubling financial times call for belt-tightening across American society. We all know what's going on with the auto industry, and the record industry is not safe from this recession. As announced Monday, online music retailer eMus ... More >>

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

eMusic adds Sony and pisses off its indie rock-savvy clienteleThese troubling financial times call for belt-tightening across American society. We all know what's going on with the auto industry, and the record industry is not safe from this recession. As announced Monday, online music retailer eMus ... More >>

Dr. Donald Johanson

eMusic adds Sony and pisses off its indie rock-savvy clienteleThese troubling financial times call for belt-tightening across American society. We all know what's going on with the auto industry, and the record industry is not safe from this recession. As announced Monday, online music retailer eMus ... More >>

Dr. Donald Johanson

eMusic adds Sony and pisses off its indie rock-savvy clienteleThese troubling financial times call for belt-tightening across American society. We all know what's going on with the auto industry, and the record industry is not safe from this recession. As announced Monday, online music retailer eMus ... More >>

Phoenix Suns' Twitter Takeover Continues With a Suns Tweets Web Site

Sunstweets.com gathers together all Twitter updates related to the Suns. The Phoenix Suns have built a presence on social networking site Twitter, and now some local Twitterers and Suns fans are helping to bring Suns players and fans together via a site called sunstweets.com. Several months a ... More >>

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

Sunstweets.com gathers together all Twitter updates related to the Suns. The Phoenix Suns have built a presence on social networking site Twitter, and now some local Twitterers and Suns fans are helping to bring Suns players and fans together via a site called sunstweets.com. Several months a ... More >>

The Maine Achieved National Success Thanks to Twitter, MySpace, and Buzznet

Sunstweets.com gathers together all Twitter updates related to the Suns. The Phoenix Suns have built a presence on social networking site Twitter, and now some local Twitterers and Suns fans are helping to bring Suns players and fans together via a site called sunstweets.com. Several months a ... More >>

Dark Sky Telescope Hike

Sunstweets.com gathers together all Twitter updates related to the Suns. The Phoenix Suns have built a presence on social networking site Twitter, and now some local Twitterers and Suns fans are helping to bring Suns players and fans together via a site called sunstweets.com. Several months a ... More >>