Green Cars You Can't Buy (Slashdot)
Geoffrey.landis writes "Auto industry blogger Lawrence Ulrich notes that Honda is now making a "Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle" (or PZEV for short) version of the 2008 Accord, an all-new vehicle that is redesigned to meet California emission standards. He notes "So, just how green is a PZEV machine? Well, if you just cut your lawn with a gas mower, congratulations, you just put out more pollution ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Prospecting the blogs for Emmy gold (AP via Yahoo! News)
They watch TV so you don't have to. An army of bloggers have been parsing every second of tonight's Emmy broadcast in a form that's come to be called "live-blogging." Quips, riffs and rundowns are the tools of this trade. The best of these blogs unfold like watching the show with an outrageously funny friend. us.rd.yahoo.com
Real Estate Blog Raises $1.5 Million (WebProNews)
So what if the real estate market is tanking? I think that’s much more interesting to read about than a break-even or everybody-gets-rich scenario, and some investors may feel the same way; Curbed.com, a blog that covers real estate, just received $1.5 million in funding. Curbed isn’t a straightforward list of housing developments; it’s actually a rather entertaining group of stories ... us.rd.yahoo.com
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Third-party applications are supposedly the secret to Facebook’s success. So far, though, the applications fall mainly into two categories: the silly and the annoying. nytimes.com