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Microsoft reports $6.66b Q1 net profit, Windows 7 'fastest selling OS in history'

Seeded on Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:43 AM EST (Engadget)

The company's posting a record $19.02 billion in revenue, a 14 percent increase year-over-year. Net income / profit was $6.66 billion.

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AT&T pays $18M to settle early termination fees dispute

Seeded on Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:37 AM EST ()

The settlement covers customers from as far back as 1998. Those who were charged an early termination fee, or ETF, could get as much as $140 back, if they canceled a two-year contract just before it was about to expire. Those who canceled earlier would get less.

technology, tech, phone, apple, cell, cell-phone, at-t, att, etf

Social Media Marketing: How Pepsi Got It Right

Seeded on Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:30 AM EST (Mashable!)

Social media marketing campaigns are proving to be goldmines rich with customer engagement and insight that companies wouldn't likely have otherwise.

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Irony: Michael Vick holding "Beware of Vick" Sign! [FUNNY PIC]

Seeded on Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:58 PM EDT ()

Gotta see pic of Michael Vick holding an autographed sign that reads "Beware of Vick"

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Judge Order: Forbids Couple To Smoke In Their Own Home

Seeded on Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:24 AM EST (Denver News, Denver, Colorado News, Weather, and Sports - KMGH Denver's Channel 7)

A judge has upheld a homeowners association's order barring a couple from smoking in the town house they own. Colleen and Rodger Sauve, both smokers, filed a lawsuit in March after their condominium association amended its bylaws last December to prohibit smoking.

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US 'suburbs more violent than Iraq'

Seeded on Tue Nov 7, 2006 1:50 PM EST (Australian News Network)

MORE fighting goes on in parts of suburban US than Iraq, according to Australian filmmaker George Gittoes who has just finished a documentary set in a Miami "war zone".

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Listen to Podcasts on your Phone using your Free Night/Weekend Minutes

Seeded on Thu Nov 2, 2006 10:48 PM EST (startupsquad.com)

Ever wanted to listen to your fav podcasts like Diggnation and TWiT on your phone without using your wireless internet. Now you can dial 712-432-3030 and listen to your subscribed podcasts just like on iTunes.

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Breaking: UTube Sues YouTube

Seeded on Thu Nov 2, 2006 11:37 AM EST (Mashable!)

Remember that company Universal Tube that owns the domain UTube.com? A release on one of the press wires says that UTube is now suing the video sharing site, demanding that YouTube stop using their name.

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Missing Soldier Said to Be Wed to an Iraqi

Seeded on Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:38 PM EST (The New York Times)

The missing American soldier who has been the subject of an intensive manhunt here in the capital since he was kidnapped by gunmen outside the heavily protected Green Zone last week was secretly married to an Iraqi woman and had been visiting her at the time of the abduction, sev …

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U-TURN: Bush To Hold Public Signing Ceremony For Border Fence Bill

Seeded on Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:52 AM EDT (washtimes.com)

Congress yesterday sent the bill to build 700 miles of fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border to President Bush, who will sign it in a ceremony Thursday morning in the White House Roosevelt Room. The decision to have a public ceremony is a reversal for the Bush administration, wh …

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Prince Charles quizzed on tax evasion

Seeded on Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:49 AM EDT (The Sun Newspaper Online)

Prince Charles faces new scrutiny over his accounts as MPs demand to know why his main income benefited from tax exemptions.

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See a smoker in Omaha? Dial 9-1-1

Seeded on Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:30 PM EDT (WorldNetDaily)

Omaha's tough new anti-smoking ordinance banning the practice in nearly all public places comes with an even tougher enforcement policy.

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VIDEO: During Senate Debate, VT Socialist Sanders Says Bin Laden More Respected Than Bush

Seeded on Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:26 PM EDT (YouTube)

VIDEO: During Senate Debate, VT Socialist Sanders Says Bin Laden More Respected Than Bush

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Magazine Claims Republicans will Hold Congress

Seeded on Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:24 PM EDT (users2.barrons.com)

JUBILANT DEMOCRATS SHOULD RECONSIDER their order for confetti and noisemakers. The Democrats, as widely reported, are expecting GOP-weary voters to flock to the polls in two weeks and hand them control of the House for the first time in 12 years -- and perhaps the Senate, as well.

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Robbie Williams moons fans at MTV Awards

Seeded on Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:17 PM EDT (the Mail online)

Robbie Williams was back to his cheeky self last night as he bared his bottom on stage at the MTV Latin America Awards in Mexico City.

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Sony''s Blu-ray Player Delayed...Again

Seeded on Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:09 PM EDT (hometheaterblog.com)

Sony's BDP-S1 has been delayed, again, three times to be exact.

technology, delay, tech, dvd, sony, player, sharp, samsung, again, philips

Worst DSL Prices of All-Time?

Seeded on Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:05 PM EDT (lakedalelink.net)

With Lakedale LINK DSL, you can enjoy high-speed Internet. Pick a speed and you''re on your way to watching video, sharing pictures, downloading music, and playing games quicker than dial-up.

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YouTube erases 29,549 clips on Japan media demand

Seeded on Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:00 PM EDT (Reuters)

Google Inc.''s YouTube.com removed 29,549 video files from its popular Web site after receiving a demand from a group of Japanese media companies over copyright infringement, an industry group said on Friday.

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George Michael: Pot keeps me sane and Happy

Seeded on Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:58 PM EDT (Mirror.co.uk)

Michael has disclosed that cannabis keeps him "sane and happy" - while admitting it can be a "terrible, terrible drug". The 43-year-old singer launched into an extraordinary defence of his habit in the ITV1 interview in which he openly smoked a joint before the cameras.

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Video-hungry users could ''push Net to brink''

Seeded on Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:55 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Soaring demand for games, video and music will stretch the Internet to its limits, Canada''s Nortel Networks Corp. says, and it expects service providers will make big investments in its technology to avoid a crunch.

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September 2006 U.S. temperature 0.7 degrees BELOW 20th century average

Seeded on Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:17 PM EDT (noaanews.noaa.gov)

September 2006 was cooler than average for the continental U.S., providing relief from the second-warmest summer on record, according to scientists at the NOAA National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.

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Israeli President May Face Rape Charge

Seeded on Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:09 AM EDT (CNET News.com)

For first time in Israel, attorney general forced to decide whether to indict president. Team of attorneys already examining evidence ahead of forming indictment – should it be submitted.

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YouTube blocked video mocking Clinton administration

Seeded on Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:59 AM EDT (WorldNetDaily)

The popular video-sharing YouTube site, which is being purchased by Google for $1.65 billion, limited access to a political ad that mocks the Clinton administration's policy on North Korea, but contains no profanity, nudity or other factors generally thought objectionable.

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Ted Turner foundation delivers $1 billion to UN

Seeded on Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:15 AM EDT (Reuters)

The United Nations Foundation, created by media mogul Ted Turner, has donated $1 billion to U.N. projects over the past nine years, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday.

media, un, tv, money, turner, television, government, u-n, united-nations, cnn

Top Al Qaeda Leader: 'Allah will not be pleased until we reach rooftop of White House'

Seeded on Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:07 PM EDT (Reuters)

A man believed to be a top al Qaeda militant who escaped from a U.S. jail near Kabul was shown in a new videotape broadcast on Tuesday exhorting followers in Afghanistan to fight on until they attack the White House.

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