I Thought Lord Nelson Beat the French?

During the Napoleonic wars some 200 years ago, one of the most decisive victories in the war came when Lord Horatio Nelson of the British Royal Navy soundly trounced the French and Spanish fleets off the coast of Spain, securing British domination of the seas for the next century. One wouldn't know that by watching the "reenactment" of the battle.

Scrushy Gets Off the Hook

The former CEO of HealthSouth, Richard Scrushy, was found not guilty on 36 counts, which included things like conspiracy, money laundering, mail fraud, and making false statements.

Introducing Google Earth

Late last night/early this morning, Google launched the highly anticipated full version of Google Earth, the search engine's stand-alone global map utility. The following is a detailed, blow-by-blow description of the launch provided by Nathan Weinberg.