- News Corp. buys photo-sharing site Photobucket: After missing Dow Jones, I guess Murdoch needed to buy something to make himself feel better.
Archive for the 'Daily Digest' Category
- Warren Buffet advises shareholders to buy index funds: While I do like index funds, good mutual funds can be even better, despite their rarity.
- Today I began my June 15, 5-10 pound weight loss quest (yes, quest). Today’s accomplishments: skipping sesert with lunch (and dinner), getting a banana and bottle of water as a snack instead of a pretzels and soda, and doing 50 sit-ups.
- Possible touchscreen iPod release tomorrow: In other news, the SAFA (Swine Air Force Academy) will announce its official opening tomorrow.
- Grom Italian gelato shop opens in Upper West Side of Manhattan: I saw it (and the crowd of people in it), and am curious to try it, especially after having real Italian gelato in Rome (which is very, very good)
- BBC broadcasts HD-DVD key across the UK: Props to the BBC for unknowingly aligning itself with the digg community.
- Got my first subscription copy of The Wall Street Journal
- Got Serenity and the first disc of Season One of The Sopranos from Netflix
- Starting my quest to lose five pounds by June 15.
- Started reading Beliefnet
At a friend’s house, so no digest today.
Eh, too lazy to do an actual Digest today (plus I was out to dinner and The Office is on tonight). Instead, check out my friend Austen’s news.
- Israel’s foreign minister says Ehud Olmert should resign: Oh no you didn’t!
- Microsoft’s SilverLight technology adds extra features and Mac compatibility to Netflix’s “Watch Now”: Number of good things Microsoft’s ever done now gets raised to five.
- Steve Jobs publishes open letter promising “A Greener Apple”: Because greener apples are always the tastiest (or maybe they’re the most sour…).
- Joost signs CNN: Why do Larry King and Web 2.0 just not seem to mix?
- Dell officially announces it will sell PCs with Ubuntu pre-installed: Could Mac OS X be next? Not likely.
- The first revolt occurs on digg: Power to the people (right on?)!
- Today’s May 1st, or May Day (or, officially in the U.S., Loyalty Day, which celebrates “American loyalty” and the “heritage of our freedom”)!
- E*TRADE executed my order for the Janus Contrarian Fund (JSVAX) for my Roth IRA
- I bought 10 shares of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (WYE)
News Corp. places a bid to buy Dow Jones: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Not only will Murdoch now control one of the most famous stock market indexes, but he’ll also have every businessman in the world in his pocket. Plus, I’ll be subscribing to one of his publications! Oh please, Dow Jones, don’t let this nightmare come true.Never mind — Hallelujah!- Steve Jobs to be keynote presenter at WWDC: In other breaking news, the Earth is round.
- Got Call of Duty 3 and Star Wars Battlefront II for Xbox 360 (though Battlefront is an original-Xbox game)
- Missed the Webby Awards voting
- Joe Nocera’s column blames Steve Jobs for Apple stock options scandal: Bad, Steve, bad!
- Could Google buy NBC?: Google owning a TV network? Now that would really piss Viacom off.
- Skybus offers 10 $10 seats per flight:
Well, anything’s better than JetBlue nowThey don’t fly out of New York! What gives? - Today’s Shabbat Acharei-Kedoshim
- Still waiting to hear back from The Jewish Week on my article idea.
Aaron Freedman is a 16 year old who's very passionate and knowledgeable about technology and journalism. He enjoys working on his two main projects, 
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