The Upshot - Former eBay chief Meg Whitman has contributed another $13 million of her own money toward her bid to be California’s next governor. That brings the GOP nominee’s personal investment in the race to $104 million. That’s just $5 million shy of the all-time self-funding record set by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who spent […]
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The Upshot - South Carolina Senate candidate Alvin Greene was indicted today on a felony obscenity charge, the Associated Press reports. Greene was arrested in November after reportedly showing a University of South Carolina student obscene online photos at a school computer lab. Greene, an unemployed military veteran with no political experience, won the Democratic nomination for Senate […]
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The Upshot - South Carolina Senate candidate Alvin Greene was indicted Friday on a felony obscenity charge, the Associated Press reports. Greene was arrested in November after allegedly showing a University of South Carolina student obscene online photos at a school computer lab. Greene, an unemployed military veteran with no political experience, won the Democratic nomination for Senate […]
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The Upshot - White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is dialing back comments he made trashing what he called the “professional left” for its increasingly frequent attacks on President Obama. In an interview with The Hill’s Sam Youngman, Gibbs didn’t name names. But he suggested the White House is fed up with liberal bloggers, activists and other media […]
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Yahoo! Tech - Released just a couple of months ago, Verizon’s Net-connected home phone is already set to get its first software update, and the “Widget Bazaar” — including free apps for Internet radio, photos, recipes, and gaming — will be part of the package. Also: Upcoming YouTube and Twitter apps (hopefully, anyway), plus hands-on with new Hub prototypes.
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Windows 7 has long been shaping up as Microsoft’s salvation: The operating system that would recharge its fortunes and get the company back in the game following the debacle of Windows Vista’s release and the eventual acceptance of the head-in-the-ground attitude that had …
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In the future, only suckers will mow their lawns by pushing equipment around by hand. …
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Reuters - NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan’s biggest mobile phone operator, said on Friday it has halted sales of Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Bold because the phone can overheat while the battery is being recharged.
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PC World - Voice recognition developer Nuance announced plans to acquire Zi, a company that offers a variety of text input technologies designed for mobile users.
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Reuters - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Carol Bartz on Thursday took the wraps off a broad reorganization plan designed to dismantle what she called the “silos” that had slowed down the Internet company.
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