Category Archives: Emailed in Stories

FBI invited to Second Life’s virtual casinos

Posted on 04/14/2007 by Matt Luria

From CNN.com, FBI investigators have visited Second Life’s Internet casinos at the invitation of the virtual world’s creator Linden Lab, but the U.S. government has not decided on the legality of virtual gambling. “We have invited the FBI several times … Continue reading →

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Rumor: Google is coming to Oklahoma

Posted on 04/07/2007 by Matt Luria

Hot news from today’s Tulsa World! Google is looking to come to Pryor, Oklahoma, to use the MidAmerica facilities to use.  The Greater River & Dam Authority (GRDA) is reporting that a customer in November requested electrical use upto 15 … Continue reading →

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Google Apps running on mattluria.com

Posted on 04/03/2007 by Matt Luria

Yes folks, you are reading this right.  I have moved portions of the website to Google Hosted Applications.  Everything from email, to word processing, calendar, and secure login to certain pages have been converted. My webhost is wonderful and he … Continue reading →

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Review: To Catch a Predator: Protecting Your Kids from Online Enemies Already in Your Home

Posted on 04/03/2007 by Matt Luria

This is my review of the book, To Catch a Predator: Protecting Your Kids from Online Enemies Already in Your Home, by Chris Hansen. If you want to find a copy of the book, buy it at your local Barnes … Continue reading →

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Breaking News: Oklahoma Video Game Law Halted

Posted on 10/14/2006 by Matt Luria

Oklahoma Video Game Law Stopped In a ruling issued October 11, 2006, Judge Robin J. Cauthron, US District Judge, Western District of Oklahoma, handed down a preliminary injunction halting the implementation of Oklahoma’s law which prohibits the sale of video … Continue reading →

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Dateline: To Catch a Predator 6

Posted on 09/13/2006 by Matt Luria

Dateline and Perverted-Justice.com have teamed up again to bring us another installment of TCAP and this time, things truly get more bizarre than I’ve ever seen before. Just reading from the excerpts so far on the Dateline website and the … Continue reading →

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Crikey! The Croc Hunter is dead

Posted on 09/04/2006 by Matt Luria

Steve Irwin, from Australia and creator of the “Crocodile Hunter” series, sadly passed away the other day.  He was killed by a stingray barb while filming a marine special in Australia. So let’s all say one last Crikey! for an … Continue reading →

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Intel shows off new ‘Tulsa’ Xeon

Posted on 08/18/2006 by Matt Luria

Intel and Tulsa, match made in heaven or is Intel trying to say that Tulsa is part of a dying bread, just like their old Netburst processors? Intel shows off new ‘Tulsa’ Xeon By Stephen Shankland Chipmaker demonstrates models of … Continue reading →

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Pixar’s Cars drives interest in historic Route 66

Posted on 06/23/2006 by Matt Luria

Pixar’s Cars drives interest in historic Route 66 http://movies.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1172175.php Tulsa and Pixar’s latest film, “Cars”: Quote: In creating the new film, Pixar went to great pains to understand the history and texture of Route 66, beginning more than six years … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma, your one stop to the moon

Posted on 06/14/2006 by Matt Luria

Way to go Oklahoma! It’s always a good sign when you happen to land a space contract in your state and you already have a facility for use for any commercial space flight operations. Regulators OK Oklahoma spaceport The Federal … Continue reading →

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