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Can Anna Patterson's Cuil.com Take On Google?

Posted by bittenandbound

Anna Patterson, a former Google employee, along with husband Tom Costello and a few other Google alum, has launched a new search engine, cuil.com.

Cuil, pronounced "cool," is the latest of many start up search engines that have ambitions of taking on the big boys. Some analysts say Cuil has potential because of the pedigree of it's founders.

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Remembering the Super Bug of 2005

Posted by Villagenyc

On February 5, 2005, the New York City Department of Health in conjunction with the Aaron Diamond Aids Research Center called a press conference and issued an urgent health alert to the public. The event was especially targeted towards men who have sex with men. According to health officials, one individual had been infected with what appeared to be a never before seen particularly potent and apparently mutated strain of HIV that had rapidly progressed to full blown AIDS.

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Hot List for 2008

Posted by marcuscrockett2

Here is an article that I found in Entrepreneur Magazine that show their projected growth areas for 2008. Great if you are starting a business in 2008 or beyond.

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Political Cortex: "The New Yorker" Cartoon: The Jokes on the People

Posted by Villagenyc from politicalcortex

The "New Yorker" cover page makes fun of the sad fact that vast swaths of voters actually believe that the Obama's depicted in the cartoon are real. But, it also shines a light on the units of the media machine that have inadvertently helped perpetuate the rumors and innuendo that have led to misperceptions about the Obama's patriotism.

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The Million "Individual" March-Gay Pride NYC (EDGE)

Posted by Villagenyc

This day transforms Gotham into a hubbub of pink-inspired Mardi Gras festivities, and according to Heritage of Pride, the group that organizes the massive event, more than 300 organizations, which included religious, school, corporate, activist and AIDS organizations, politicians and even a gay sailing instruction company

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Downtown Gotham laments closure of Meatpacking District eatery :: EDGE

Posted by Villagenyc

After 23 years of serving countless steak frites, muscles and Boudin Noire in an area more known for beef racks, leather daddy's, transgender prostitutes, club kids and Hogs and Heffers, the modern landmark 24 hour French diner that served the fashionable alongside the "freaky" has closed its doors. News reports account Morellet signed a lease for $6,000 in 1995. The landlord reportedly sought to increase the rent to around $700,000 per year-or $58,000 per month-this past year. And Morellet was left with little choice but to close shop after a period of unsuccessful negotiation.

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Sales and prices of new homes continue descent

Posted by marcuscrockett2 from USA Today

If you think this the real estate pain almost over, you have another thing coming.

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