CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois Democrat who won his party's nomination on Tuesday to campaign for Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat struck a populist tone, attacking his Republican opponent as part of the Washington establishment.
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Majority of GOP: Obama 'socialist'
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A new poll of self-identified Republicans released Tuesday shows a large slice of the GOP believes President Barack Obama is a “socialist” who was not born in this country, should be impeached, wants the terrorists to win and only won the 2008 election because ACORN “stole” it for him.
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Gov. declares Ill. victory, challenger vows fight
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AP - Two Illinois Democrats were virtually tied early Wednesday in the race to decide who will defend the governor's office from a Republican Party eager to exploit political disarray in President Barack Obama's home state come November.
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On Tuesday, some nexus one users received software update over the air regarding multi-touch for some applications, fix 3G problems and some changes of the software on the Google devices. The software update will help multi-touch features that includes pinch-to-zoom style navigation through different applications like Google maps, the built-in ...
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Nexus One update fixes 3G problem, adds limited multitouch
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Google has started pushing out an update for the Nexus One that will fix a 3G connectivity problem that has plagued some users and adds limited support for multitouch. After receiving over 1,500 messages in a support forum from people complaining about trouble connecting to 3G, Google said last week that it had identified the problem and would ...
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Google Nexus One Gets Multitouch, 3G Fix
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Google Feb. 2 said it is adding a multitouch mechanism and a software fix to improve 3G connectivity on its Nexus One smartphone. Users may now pinch-to-zoom on the smartphone's core browser, gallery and Google Maps applications. Also, Google Maps will be updated to version 3.4, which includes starred items synchronized with the desktop version ...
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Video: Android’s New Pinch-To-Zoom Multi-Touch In Action
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As we noted earlier , Google announced an update today to its Android OS for Nexus One phones that would enable the pinch-to-zoom multi-touch feature for the first time in a few Google apps: Maps, Gallery, and the Web Browser. We've just received the update, which is technically firmware 2.1-update1, and have taken a video of the new ...
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One of the very few email newsletters I subscribe to and read is published by Ray Kurzweil (you can find it on his site KurzweilAI.net). I take the weekly digest which comes on a Sunday which is a longish read, but packed full of interesting links to articles about developments in medicine, man machine interface development, cybernetics and media �
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Dementia costs the UK twice as much as cancer, but gets just a fraction of the funding for causes and cures, says a report.
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Apple's iPad, its upcoming tablet PC, may contain a built-in camera, at least according to an Apple product repair company that posted photos of an alleged iPad frame with a space for a camera module. Other sources have posted photos from the device's Jan. 27 launch event showing what could be a camera hole on an iPad held by Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
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IPad Prognostications: What Matters in Web Tablets
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When it comes to Apple’s iPad , the question for many is not if they will buy the device, but when. However, as detailed in our new report at GigaOM Pro (sub. req’d), which presents the results of a survey of technology enthusiasts we ran in [...]
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Apple patches critical flaws in iPhone, iPod Touch
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Apple today patched five vulnerabilities in the iPhone's operating system, including one in a password-locking feature that's required attention before. iPhone OS 3.1.3 , the first update since September 2009, addressed five bugs, three of which were tagged with the phrase "arbitrary code execution," Apple-speak for a critical vulnerability. ...
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Apple releases iPhone/iPod touch Software Update
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Apple has released a software update for iPhone/iPod touch bringing the current version to 3.1.3. This update fixes several bugs and addresses stability, improving the accuracy of the reported battery level on the iPhone 3GS, resolving an issue where third party applications would not launch in some instances, and fixing a particular bug where ...
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First Derivatives has announced it is in talks with the receiver of Cognotec Holdings, with a view to acquiring its assets.
The Government's proposed waste policy has been described as flawed, failed and a risk to economic development and competitiveness.
TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp suffered a sharp drop in U.S. sales last month as its massive recall and unprecedented sales halt allowed rivals to grab market share from the world's largest automaker.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran successfully test-fired a rocket satellite carrier on Wednesday, state media reported.
Police say there has been an explosion near a girls school in north west Pakistan, with foreigners reportedly among the casualties.
Gordon Brown will call an NI Assembly election rather than suspend the institutions if the Executive falls.
more images more images ComScore Inc, a leading marketing research company unfurled an striking report relating email and instant messenger market in Brazil. Data in the report shows that Microsoft is the ace in email as well as instant messenger, followed by Google. The report also included other IT companies with substantial growth. According ...
David Putnam, director of FutureLab, recently gave a talk at the IIA about educating for the digital society. Brendan Hughes attended the event and highlighted some key areas of his talk. The event was subsequently put online and I have embedded the video below (the IIEA YouTube channel is well worth subscribing to.)
Here is some interesting commentary on productivity I’ve read recently, hopefully some of it will be useful to you also: Leo Babauta has a post called ‘How Not To Hurry‘ and offers a step-by-step guide for how to achieve this: Do less Have fewer meetings Practice disconnecting Give yourself time to get ready and get there ...
The ridiculous hype is finally over and Steve Jobs has given birth to yet another neat consumer device. The iPad isn't even shipping yet, and it's already made a huge splash in the press. Coverage of the iPad has been everywhere and Apple fans are swooning and waiting to whip out their credit cards to buy one.
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As you’ve probably realized, local news is undergoing a massive transformation. The rapid demise of “old media” has resulted in fewer local publications, and it’s likely that in a few months your local paper may no longer exist. As “new media” takes over, users will be faced with a plethora of choices to ...
George Osborne sought to steady the Tory ship yesterday by shifting the focus away from deficit reduction to a wider vision of a new economic model, where it has a good story to tell. It was an important speech not only because it set out what the Conservatives will seek to achieve with the economy, but also the manner in which they intend to ...
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Mozilla announced last week the availability of Firefox for Maemo 1.0, the first official release of Firefox Mobile for Nokia's Linux-based smartphone operating system. It offers adequate browsing performance, support for add-ons, and a finger-friendly user interface that includes popular Firefox features like the AwesomeBar. This Firefox ...
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The Keyboard Dock combines a dock for charging your iPad with a full-size keyboard. The dock has a rear 30-pin connector, which lets you connect to an electrical outlet using the USB Power Adapter, sync to your computer, and use accessories like the Camera Connection Kit. An audio jack lets you connect to a stereo or powered speakers.
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