It has also loosed a gusher of government subsidies for "alternative energies"--most of which will be unviable.

FORBES: Soviet Unionism

In brief, Werner Herzog has checked into New Orleans and metaphysical despair is loosed upon Bourbon Street.

NEWYORKER: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

This flurry of success loosed a tidal wave of punditry.

ECONOMIST: Why Turks think their lady won the Eurovision Song Contest

Moving on to more important matters, the forthcoming v1.3 software -- which is hitting barely a month after v1.2 was loosed -- will open up the VUDU Vault.

ENGADGET: VUDU XL starts shipping, v1.3 software gets detailed

The model caught us by some surprise as it transpired that the unit was a pre-production teaser, loosed upon the unsuspecting show floor well ahead of its intended May launch.

ENGADGET: Fujitsu's German-made Lifebook AH562 turns up at CeBIT, we go hands-on

The Sunday deadline had lost some of its magic power to conjure a President, because by that time both sides had loosed upon the world armies that were hard to call back.

CNN: Bush's Contested Lead

The A127 is about the least exciting reveal Samsung could've possibly undertook, but it turns out they loosed a couple others at the same time with a little more meat to 'em.

ENGADGET: Samsung shows A517 for AT&T, T639 for T-Mobile -- both sans 3G

If all goes as planned, several prototypes will be loosed on the Marine Corps by May of next year, and if this here technology adds a dash of omnipresence to the men and women in uniform, it could be deployed en masse shortly thereafter.

ENGADGET: Joint Forces Command trialing hybrid GPS technology