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31 Dec 2008
Pew finds Obama’s online army still marching
Barack Obama's online campaign was the envy of political strategists in 2008, but will the Internet machine keep humming through the president? Survey says: probably.Read More...Chinese Court Convicts 11 in Software Piracy Ring
Eleven people were convicted of roles in a counterfeiting ring that distributed pirated software around the world.Google’s Top Ten Products (More Or Less)
Can you name Google's top ten products?Rumor Watch: New Mac mini go for launch
Filed under: Macworld, Hardware, Rumors, Mac mini When it comes to the Mac mini, there are people out there who know everything there is to know...Learn and Save Brings Savings and Tutorials to Consumers and Companies Alike
BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Learn and Save, a new consumer networking Web site bringing how-to tutorials, high-quality information and coupons to consumers, is unveiled today – passing savings to consumersLast tune-up for Hubble telescope before space shuttle launch
Malaysia Sun Thursday 1st January, 2009 From a fuzzy beginning nearly 20 years ago, Hubble Space Telescope has now revolutionised astronomy, its stunning images stirring global imagination. But as the International Year of...Software-Counterfeiting Gang’s Leaders Are Sentenced in China
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 -- The alleged ringleaders of a Chinese counterfeiting gang that sold at least $2 billion worth of bogus Microsoft software were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms of up to 6 1/2 years, in what is...30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere, All At Once [All Together Now!]
Right, so this is a weird one: we're getting tons of reports—tons—about failing Zune 30s.Smoking ban ‘decreased heart attacks’ (AAP)
A smoking ban in one US city led to a dramatic drop in heart attack hospitalisations within three years, a sign of just how serious a health threat second-hand smoke is, government researchers said on Wednesday. The study, the...Viacom Threatens To Pull Content Offline … (Karl Bode/DSLreports)
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
Viacom Threatens To Pull Content Offline - While Time Warner tells us customers will see refunds... This morning we noted how a feud between Time Warner Cable and Viacom could result in Time Warner Cable and BrightHouse customers losing Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and 16 other channels.
NASA Faults Equipment in Columbia Shuttle Disaster
NASA released a report Tuesday on the last minutes of Space Shuttle Columbia Seven astronauts died when the spacecraft broke up while returning to Earth in 2003 Report: Astronauts knew for about 40 seconds that they'd lost...Reports: 30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere, All At Once (John Herrman/Gizmodo)
John Herrman / Gizmodo:
Reports: 30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere, All At Once — Right, so this is a weird one: we're getting tons of reports—tons—about failing Zune 30s. Apparently, the players began freezing at about midnight last night, becoming totally unresponsive and practically useless.
Official response for Zune 30 Freezing Issue (Zune 30gb stuck at reboot screen) (Matt Akers/forums.zune.net)
Matt Akers / forums.zune.net:
Official response for Zune 30 Freezing Issue (Zune 30gb stuck at reboot screen) — Early this morning we were alerted by our customers that there was a widespread issue affecting our 2006 model Zune 30GB devices (a large number of which are still actively being used).
The Kansas City Star, Mo., Aaron Barnhart column: Time Warner, Viacom call off game of chicken
Jan 01, 2009 (The Kansas City Star - The owner of Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and BET reached an agreement with Time Warner Cable late Wednesday on carriage fees and decided not to pull those and other popular cable channels...Facebook Pulls Breastfeeding Pics
Mothers have launched an online campaign and held a protest at Facebook headquarters after the website removed photographs of breastfeeding.China plans to license 3 wireless standards
After years of delays, the Chinese government said late Wednesday that it would issue licenses for next-generation 3G wireless services, which could fuel growth in what is already the world's biggest market for wireless...Microsoft getting ready to lay off 17% of staff (Lars-Göran Nilsson/Fudzilla)
Lars-Göran Nilsson / Fudzilla:
Microsoft getting ready to lay off 17% of staff — Worldwide cutbacks — The rumor that Microsoft was set to lay off people on January 15th, 2009 is no longer a rumor but a fact. Staff at Microsoft have been informed that the company is readying major layoffs to its worldwide operations and it's not a small cut, either.
Weather becomes major topic on the eve of NHL’s Winter Classic
CHICAGO - Hockey returned to its frozen outdoor roots at Wrigley Field on Wednesday and there wasn't a complaint to be heard. A cold spell sent a chill through the city as the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings each went...VIA preps SSE4-enabled, dual-core Nano chips
Chip manufacturer VIA will begin sampling a dual-core version of its Nano CPU in the second half of 2009 and shipping the next-generation processor in volume in late 2009 or early 2010, slightly ...