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iTunes Goes DRM Free And Enables Song Downloads Over 3G Connection
Gadget Review (subscribe) | 21 minutes ago | Technology
It’s about time Apple. As of today all 4 major music labels, and many independent ones, will offer music in Apple iTunes+ store, which equates to DRM free, 256Kbps AAC encoded music. As of April 1st, iTunes will sell music at three different price points depending on what the labels charge them. Lastly, iPhone 3G [...] -
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Message from Michelle Obama: "Our first guest"
Obama HQ (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Politics
Today, Michelle Obama sent out a message announcing the first of the ten grassroots supporters who will be chosen as special guests to attend the Inauguration: Last week, the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced that we're bringing 10 supporters to Washington, DC for several days of Inaugural celebrations. With the deadline coming up on Thursday, I'm pleased to announce the selection of the... -
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Natural gas shortages slam many European nations
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Obama apologizes to Feinstein for his CIA surprise
Arizona Republic (subscribe) | 5 minutes ago | Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday that President-elect Barack Obama apologized to her for not notifying her ahead of time that Leon Panetta was his pick for CIA director.... -
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Norm Coleman expected to file legal challenge today
StarTribune.com (subscribe) | 20 minutes ago | US
Coleman, who received 225 fewer votes than DFLer Al Franken in the U.S. Senate recount, will speak to the media at 3 p.m. today in St. Paul. -
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Liars Club Names the Top Lie of 2008
Fox News (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | US
A whopper about a scheming baby and his diapers is the top lie of 2008, an organization of champion fibbers declared Monday.
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Beijing woman dies from bird flu, China says
MSNBC.com (subscribe) | 22 minutes ago | World
A Chinese woman has died from bird flu in a Beijing hospital, the government reported , but the World Health Organization said the case did not signal a new public health threat. -
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Falling rock ends search for landslide victims
Miami Herald (subscribe) | 34 minutes ago | World
Rescuers ended their search Tuesday for victims of a massive landslide that tore down a mountain and buried a northern Guatemalan highway, killing at least 35 people. -
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Patrick Swayze admits he’s “going through hell” from cancer
Cele|bitchy (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Entertainment
Patrick Swayze has been fighting aggressive pancreatic cancer for over a year now. Tomorrow ABC is airing a Barbara Walters interview with him, in which he admits that he’s in a great deal of pain, but is proud that he’s defied the odds and fought the disease much longer than most. Swayze says [...] -
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Melo sidelined at least 3 weeks with fracture
ESPN (subscribe) | 34 minutes ago | Sports
Denver Nuggets All-Star Carmelo Anthony will miss at least three weeks with a fracture to his shooting hand but won't need surgery. -
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This Milky Way Not 'Snack-Sized' Anymore
ABC News (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Sciences
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Rebuilding Our Government
Mercury Rising 鳯女 (subscribe) | 59 minutes ago | Politics
As Phoenix Woman noted below, President-Elect Obama’s selection of Leon Panetta to head the CIA signals that he won’t tolerate terrorist tactics by the U.S. agencies that are supposedly fighting terrorism. His selections for top Justice positions reinforce that message. In particular, Indiana University law professor Dawn Johnsen (head of the Office of Leagal Counsel) “has [...] - see all breaking news
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Introducing Picasa for Mac (at Macworld!)
The Official Google Blog (subscribe) | yesterday | Technology
Sometimes I find it hard to describe Picasa without sounding like a late-night infomercial for a multi-bladed thingamabob: "It's a photo organizer! A photo editor! A web-savvy photo sharing and management system in just one tiny package!" We try hard to avoid hyperbole around here, but it's true that Picasa software , working together with Picasa Web Albums , can help with nearly every aspect of owning... -
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Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac: Skype Access and Screen Sharing
Skype for Mac (subscribe) | 11 hours ago | Technology
As announced over on the main blog, we’re finally ready to pull the wraps off Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac, our latest release for the Mac platform. To make up for the wait, we’ve included two exciting new features which... -
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Goosed Porter
Eschaton (subscribe) | 15 hours ago | Politics
Given DiFi's little temper tantrum over Panetta , I was curious how she reacted to the appointment of the buffoon Porter Goss to the top CIA post. "After much thought and a careful review of the record, I voted today to confirm the nomination of Representative Porter Goss to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (DCI). But I do have some serious concerns - especially about the impact of this... -
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HP greets us with 13.3-inch Pavilion dv3 entertainment laptop
Engadget (subscribe) | 15 hours ago | Technology
While you and HP can argue the rest of the night away about the most accurate moniker for its Pavilion dv2 , the dv3 is definitely an ultraportable . The AMD-powered machine comes in a plethora of configurations with CPUs ranging from 2GHz (Athlon X2 QL-62) to 2.4GHz (Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86), ATI's Radeon HD 3200 graphics, up to 8GB of DDR2 RAM, 160/250/320/400GB hard drive choices, WiFi / Bluetooth,... -
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Macworld 2009: The Last Keynote Liveblog Here this Tuesday [Apple]
Gizmodo (subscribe) | 01/04/2009 | Technology
This is it. This Tuesday at 9:00am PST we'll liveblog the last Apple Macworld keynote. Will Phil Schiller announce software, hardware, an iPhone Pro, or just do a tap dancing number? What is really... -
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Not Tomorrow
Talking Points Memo (subscribe) | 19 hours ago | US
Sen. Reid's office says the Dems aren't going to try to seat Al Franken tomorrow....
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VTech plunges into home audio market with IS9181 WiFi radio
Engadget (subscribe) | 7 hours ago | Technology
VTech, the company you likely associate with old school telephones and educational toys, is breaking out of its shell in a big way. The outfit has just announced its first foray into the wide world of home audio with the IS9181 internet radio receiver. Said device packs 802.11b/g WiFi connectivity and can easily tap into over 11,000 free internet radio stations; additionally, it handles traditional... -
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Ron Asheton, R.I.P. [Obituaries]
Idolator (subscribe) | 6 hours ago | Music
Ron Asheton, guitarist for the legendary Stooges, was found dead in his Ann Arbor, Mich., home this morning. Asheton certainly performed with a number of acts between 1973 (when Raw Power , when he was bumped to bass guitar in the Stooges was released) and 2007 (when the Stooges reunited for The Weirdness ), but in the end, what he was most known for was his songwriting and tough sounding guitar on... - 3 Vote!
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MS predicts a Playstation 3 price cut 'soon'
Xbox 360 Fanboy (subscribe) | 1 hour ago | Video Games
Filed under: News With a 28 million Xbox 360 base and keeping a sales lead over the Playstation 3, Microsoft knows that the worldwide console price cuts they enacted in 2008 have been a key component to their strategy. Something that Sony has yet to do with PS3, which Microsoft exec Aaron Greenberg finds surprising. "We absolutely expect the PS3 price drop to happen in the next couple of months,"... -
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SCEA: Killzone 2 demo exclusive to GameStop, on PSN after release
Joystiq (subscribe) | yesterday | Entertainment
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3 , First Person Shooters Last week, GameStop revealed that gamers who pre-ordered Killzone 2 would get "exclusive" access to the demo . We contacted SCEA to see just how exclusive that deal is, and as it turns out, the answer is very . Our rep told us, "The demo will be available on the PSN after the game ships but only through GameStop until then." You heard the man,... -
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Fujitsu puts the kibosh on possible sale to Western Digital
Engadget (subscribe) | 7 hours ago | Technology
It seemed nearly imminent that Fujitsu would be selling off its hard disk division to rival Western Digital, but apparently something has gone awry. According to Fujitsu President Kuniaki Nozoe, there is currently "zero chance" of a deal being done, though he did confess that the two had sat down and contemplated changing their statuses to "it's complicated." Unfortunately, that's about all we have... - see all discussions
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