Today, Google has launched yet another publicity campaign. FreeTheAirwaves.com asks the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to carve out a piece of available airwaves, called white spaces, for free public broadband use. …
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Pakistan:
Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, jumps before he is pushedUNPOPULAR, isolated, and facing the humiliation of impeachment, Pervez Musharraf resigned as president of Pakistan on Monday August 18th. In an emotional address, he accused his…
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TV »
NBC: A Gold Medal for Cluelessness
As on old-media guy myself when I'm not blogging or podcasting, I tend to bristle when bloggers treat mainstream media as some sort of all-purpose curse word. But I have to say that NBC's silly dismissal of the Web during...…
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Linux SDKs target Cortex-A8 SoCs
Linux development specialist RidgeRun announced the availability of embedded software development kits (SDKs) and engineering support services for the Texas Instruments (TI) OMAP35x line of systems-on-chips (SoCs). …
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Lenovos S9, S10 IdeaPads hit the FCC
Section: Computers, Laptops This latest FCC showing comes not as not much of a surprise, but seems to almost be a formality, a right of passage so to speak. We have already seen the IdeaPad S9 and S10 a few times, but at least this listing makes them a little more official. …
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Finance »
Lehman May Seek Bid for Unit
Lehman has approached potential bidders about buying a piece of its investment-management unit, which includes Neuberger Berman.…
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Travel »
Horses hit by bad economy
CNN's Brooke Baldwin examines the devastating effect Georgia's drought is having on horse owners.…
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Finance »
Blood in the Street, Danger in the Market
The conflict with Georgia makes Russian stocks cheap -- but dangerous.…
