The computer mouse was the creation of Doug Engelbart and his team at the Stanford Research Institute in California, who needed a simple way of controlling their computers. The result was a carved wooden block mounted on wheels, with a long cable trailing out the back. One researcher nicknamed it a mouse, and the moniker stuck. picked by punthe 12 months ago

Tired of being gouged, Wilson NC decided to supply broadband, phone, and cable at rates that are MUCH cheaper. TimeWarner & Embarq decides to make use of bought & paid for politicians and sue to prevent this. picked by bernardblack 7 months ago

Internet Content Providers vs. Cable Giants picked by acleanthous 2 years ago

The story here goes that a driver securing his load of timber outside Jackson, TN tossed a cable over his trailer not paying attention to the power lines looming over his rig. Of course, he caught one, sending 7200 volts coursing through the entire affair. The resulting s**tstorm set the truck and the load of lumber ablaze almost immediately, leaving behind a dumbstruck driver who's lucky as hell ... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The cable network MSNBC has refused to air an advertisement from Mayors Against Illegal Guns, ...on the grounds that the ad is too "controversial."

The ad, ...features each of the three leading presidential candidates pledging to make it harder to buy guns at gun shows... picked by ImNotBlue 2 years ago

A Philadelphia cable television network's early morning broadcast of a Good Friday service at the Vatican abruptly changed to something wildly different...a racy 30-second "Girls Gone Wild" ad picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

A Fox News producer who covered Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign for the cable network is facing child porn charges after federal agents discovered photos and videos on his computer depicting "children under the age of ten being sexually abused by adult men and women." picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Julian Kreusser is an adorable foodie five-year-old with his own cooking show, "The Big Kitchen With Food" on Portland cable access TV.

*props to boingboing*

Also here picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

CHP confirmed that a broken structural cable and eyebar brace that fell onto the upper deck of the Bay Bridge early Tuesday evening was part of the emergency reinforcement that was installed on the span last September.

*YIKES* picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

Within minutes of cutting the cable, three black SUV’s pulled up carrying men in suits who complained that their line was severed. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

PlayTV is a twin-channel, high definition TV tuner that attaches to the PS3, and, with accompanying personal software, allows users to record, pause, and play back live TV from digital television broadcasts. Programs can then be transmitted via a wireless connection, or through a USB cable, to a PlayStation Portable (PSP). picked by punthe 2 years ago

One positive byproduct of our bad economy is all of the really great new infomercials. More people than ever are looking for bargains, and there's no shortage of ad space on obscure cable channels, creating the perfect petri dish for freaks of nature like Vince from Shamwow. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Discovery Communications, the owner of cable channels such as Animal Planet, is suing Amazon.com, the maker of Kindle. The owner had a patent issued to him years ago for a electronic portable book-shaped reader for reading text. picked by bernardblack 9 months ago

In which a man wrapped a cable around his neck and decapitated himself by fastening the cable to a pole and driving away. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

A frisky squirrel caused havoc at a polling station when it jumped onto an electric cable and cut off the lights powering over 800 homes. picked by davethefish 1 year ago

The electric cable caught fire,traffic must be a nightmare picked by dp2000 4 months ago

It didn’t take long for the media outcries of “foul” following last night’s debate. ... The outrage continues this morning with op-eds, cable talk show opinion, and radio hosts scrambling to defend their messiah. I like Barack Obama, but the media should be ashamed of themselves for their blatant partisanship following the debate on ABC. picked by ImNotBlue 2 years ago

He was, of course, referring both to the conservative anti-tax tea bagging protests and to the sex act. Cooper is the latest in a long line of cable news hosts to mock the tea baggers for their choice of terminology. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

Ouch. I hope they can help her out in someway. The Superman Tower of Power ride malfunctioned...the cable snapped just when it was supposed to stop the ride from hitting the ground. picked by Moe 2 years ago

A woman so fed up with her cable television provider that she offered a body part as payment is suing the company after a copy of her check, including personal and financial information, wound up in cyberspace. picked by arsphidius 1 year ago