January 2009
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December 2008
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Google’s Picasa Photo Manager Headed for Mac
Source: blog.wired.com
Google has let slip that the company is developing a version of its Picasa photo management software for Mac OS X. Although its primary function is to get your photos
U.S. harvests Afghan ties
Source: www.usatoday.com
National Guard deploys teams of farmer-soldiers to build on common ground with Afghans and share know-how on growing crops.
Broncos fire coach Mike Shanahan after collapse
Source: www.examiner.com
DENVER (Map, News) - Mike Shanahan, the second longest-tenured NFL coach, was fired by the Denver Broncos on Tuesday after the team lost a three-game lead with three games to go in the AFC West. Shanahan, 56, coached the Broncos since 1995, behind only Tennessee’s Jeff Fisher in tenure with one team…
Dick Clark ‘Thankful’ To Be Back On New Years Eve Special
Source: www.etonline.com
After having a stroke four years ago, TV icon Dick Clark tells ET about his excitement to be back at Times Square for another New Years Eve special on ABC. And host Ryan Seacrest weighs in on having Clark on the big show this year!
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Large Form iPod Touch To Launch in Fall ‘09
Source: www.techcrunch.com
We’ve got this from three independent sources close to Apple: expect a large screen iPod touch device to be released in the Fall …
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LU gets Ivy Lake →
Liberty University was donated Ivy Lake by Lynchburg-area residents Tom DeWitt, Terry Dobyns and Richard Chaffin. Estimated worth of the property is about $2 million.
The school also was…
Rumor: Steve Jobs’ Health Declining Rapidly, Reason for Macworld Cancellation
Source: gizmodo.com
According to a previously reliable source, Apple misrepresented the reasons behind Macworld and Jobs’ keynote cancellation. Allegedly, the real cause is his rapidly declining health. In fact, it may be even worse than we imagined:
Is Oprah’s Golden Touch Tarnished?
Source: abcnews.go.com
Herman Rosenblat’s book
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Apple’s first D.C. store facing repeated opposition
Source: www.appleinsider.com
The Cupertino-based company acquired a building in the historic Georgetown district more than a year ago with the intention of demolishing the structure and replacing it with a flashy high-profile Apple …
Ford announces new self-parking technology
Source: biz.yahoo.com
NEW YORK (AP) — Sit back, relax and let your car parallel park itself — without a single scratch or ding to your bumper.
AP Attacks Gov. Palin EVEN in Birth Announcement of Grandson
Source: newsbusters.org
The Associated Press is classy, indeed. They can’t even keep sniping at Sarah Palin out of a story announcing the blessed birth of her grandson. Ah, but wait, it gets even more annoying because not only …
Cynthia McKinney relief boat reportedly attacked
Source: www.ajc.com
A boat carrying international peace activists, including former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, and medical supplies to the embattled Gaza Strip sailed back into a Lebanese port on Tuesday after being turned back and damaged by the Israeli navy, organizers of the trip said.
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Lack of attendance at a Christmas service shows Barack Obama’s church dilemma
Source: www.chicagotribune.c…
HONOLULU — Barack Obama has long stressed the importance of religion in his life.But as his fellow Christians around the world attended Christmas services on Wednesday and Thursday, the president-elect …
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Bristol Palin Gives Birth to a Son
Source: www.people.com
Bristol Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, gave birth on Sunday to a healthy 7 lb., 4 oz., baby boy in Palmer, Alaska.”We think it’s wonderful,” said Colleen Jones, the sister of Bristol’s grandmother Sally Heath, who confirmed the news. …
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Music industry looks to internet for revival
Source: www.ft.com
Plans for partnerships with YouTube, Hulu and Google
Analysis: Don’t forget the Iranian connection
Source: www.jpost.com
Among the many negative consequences of the Second Lebanon War in summer 2006 was the distraction it provided from Iran’s nuclear program.
The GOP must reject Big Government
Source: www.latimes.com
Republicans are making a huge mistake by turning away from the principle of small government.
Laura Bush on George Bush’s legacy
Source: www.youtube.com
Fox News Sunday.
Cuil On BusinessWeek’s Most Successful of 2008 List. Huh?
Source: www.techcrunch.com
Here’s a head scratcher. BusinessWeek named search engine Cuil, which launched prematurely, lost their VP Product and now has near zero traffic, as …
Windows 7 Beta ISO leaked on torrent trackers
Source: www.downloadsquad.co…
Apparently you won’t even have to wait until January to get your hands on the Windows 7 Beta release as I mentioned in a previous post. That’s right, there’s already been an ISO file leaked to several …
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Palestian leader ‘begged’ Israel to hit Hamas
Source: wnd.com
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his office today slammed as barbaric and unnecessary Israel’s air strikes in Gaza, but according to top diplomatic sources in Jerusalem, Abbas for mon…
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Lions First 0-16 Team, Team Earns Distinction As Worst Team In NFL History
Source: www.cbsnews.com
Facing one last chance to avoid their dubious destiny, the Detroit Lions lost Sunday’s season finale to the Green Bay Packers 31-21 to complete the league’s first 0-16 season.
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Arrested Development Movie, Still Developing, Says Mitch Hurwitz
Source: thebiz.fancast.com
Development may still be arrested in the big screen adaptation of the brilliant-but-canceled series Arrested Development. Mitch Hurwitz, the creator and executive producer of the show, which Fancast.com …
Oscar Ballots Mailed: Are Best Picture And Other Major Categories Already Decided?
Source: www.deadlinehollywoo…
Oscar ballots go out today from the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences to its 5,810 members and are due back on January 12th.Nominations will be announced January 22nd with the Academy Awards …
Sen. Reid Hits the Ground Running in Uphill Re-Election Bid
Source: online.wsj.com
Sen. Harry Reid will command the biggest party majority of any leader in a quarter century, but the Democrat is already worried about his 2010 re-election fight.
The $99 iPhone 3G finally, kinda
Source: news.cnet.com
It’s not Wal-Mart that has dropped the price into the double digits. It’s AT&T, selling a refurbished 8GB iPhone 3G for $99 through New Year’s Eve. Read this blog post by Natalie Weinstein on Wireless.
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Could Schwarzenegger’s Next Move Be to Capitol Hill?
Source: www.usnews.com
If he could, he’d run for president, but that is out of the question.
Amazon says 2008 holiday season was ‘best ever’
Source: finance.yahoo.com
SEATTLE (AP) — Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. called this holiday season its
Blagojevich Impeachment Panel Split on Subpoena for Obama Aides
Source: www.bloomberg.com
Dec. 26 (Bloomberg) — An Illinois panel considering the impeachment of Governor Rod Blagojevich is divided over whether to subpoena aides of President-elect Barack Obama and a U.S. congressman.
Study: Facebook generation learning skills
Source: www.upi.com
Some parents worry children waste time online, texting or playing video games but a U.S. researcher found these activities provide social skills and learning.
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