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Last week on cable news, CNN scored major rating victories over Fox News as well as MSNBC. This is interesting because the “beleaguered, ratings-starved, down the middle cable news network that just can’t find an audience” according to Huffington Post was not doing so well until now. CNN’s demographic numbers across several timeslot last week...
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“Mohamed al Fayed, has sold the iconic British department store Harrods, the advisers to the sale announced Saturday.” CNN reports. Al Fayed had decided to retire. This way he will be able to spend more time with his children and grandchildren. After being the chairman of the store for 25 years this is a...
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(Mashable) — Nokia is suing Apple over what it claims are infringing patents in the iPad and iPad 3G. This is just the latest in a series of escalating lawsuits between the two companies regarding their respective mobile and consumer electronic devices. This lawsuit — which unlike the others was filed in the Federal...
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HOPEDALE, LA – MAY 07: Workers remove a damaged oil boom recovered from the Gulf of Mexico May 7, 2010 near Hopedale, Louisiana. Efforts continue at containing oil leaking into the gulf from the April 20 explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Oil...
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According to Mashable. “The prototype application analyzes status updates to determine the collective mood of the social network’s 300+ million users. Facebook (Facebook) writes in a blog post, ‘examples of positive or happy words include ‘happy,’ ‘yay’ and ‘awesome,’ while negative, or unhappy words, include ‘sad,’ ‘doubt’ and ‘tragic.’” CNN reports, “As you might...
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Crude oil has been spilling into the Gulf of Mecixo since an offshore oil drilling rig exploded on April 20. So far almost none of the spilled oil has reached any land. Shifts in wind speed and wind direction could very well drive the dirty spill towards the US shore and scare the tourists....
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According to CNN, “If you want to buy a consumer-friendly tablet computer today and you don’t want to purchase Apple’s iPad, you’re pretty much out of luck.” That does not sound to promising. I thought that Apple was just leading the industry not squashing it. “It has some gadget makers running back to the...
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