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Obama hits new low in key poll

By doris | Published: July 31, 2011

Full Story a tnews.Yahoo.com US President Barack Obama’s job approval rating slumped to a personal low of 40 percent in a public opinion survey out Friday, a possible reflection of the political war over US debt. The respected Gallup polling organization said Obama had previously slipped to 41 percent several times since taking office in [...]

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Google poised to become your phone company

By doris | Published: November 14, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (Wired) — Google is set to become your new phone company, perhaps reducing your phone bill to zilch in the process.Seriously.Google has bought Gizmo5, an online phone company that is akin to Skype but based on open protocols and with a lot fewer users. TechCrunch, which broke the news on Monday, [...]

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Should I buy the extended warranty?

By doris | Published: November 4, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNET) — It’s getting to be that time of year again: The leaves change, the temperature drops, and we redecorate our living rooms, desks, cars, and backpacks with shiny new electronics. A recent survey by the Consumer Electronics Association found that respondents plan to spend, on average, $222 each on gadgets [...]

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Verizon’s iPhone challenger goes on sale Nov. 6

By doris | Published: October 29, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK – Verizon Wireless’ answer to the iPhone — the Droid — will go on sale for $200 next week as the company taps into the growing appetite for smart phones that go far beyond making calls. The Droid could help Verizon retain its status as the nation’s largest wireless [...]

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Windows Mobile 6.5 phones coming Oct.6

By doris | Published: September 9, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com The software maker said that the first phones running Windows Mobile 6.5 will launch worldwide on October 6 and will include phones running on AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon Wireless. The new crop of phones will also be the first that Microsoft will sell under the “Windows Phone” brand, an effort to [...]

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Ban on robocalls takes effect on Tuesday

By doris | Published: August 29, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Businesses that try to push products on consumers with automated and unsolicited calls will face fines of up to $16,000 per call, according to the Federal Trade Commission. “American consumers have made it crystal clear that few things annoy them more than the billions of commercial telemarketing robocalls they receive every [...]

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Ohio bus driver was on phone when man killed

By doris | Published: August 9, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com CLEVELAND – An Ohio bus driver who had been fired and reinstated after an earlier accident was on her cell phone when her bus struck and killed a pedestrian in March, according to investigators. Angela Williams, 49, of Cleveland, was indicted Thursday on a felony charge of aggravated vehicular homicide. If [...]

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Goodbye iPod, hello iPhone

By doris | Published: August 6, 2009

Full Story at BrainstormTech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com Apple passed an important milestone last quarter that nobody on Wall Street seems to have noticed: the iPod, once Apple’s (AAPL) No. 1 source of revenue, fell into third place after the Mac (No. 1) and the iPhone (No. 2). Think of Apple’s business model — as Steve Jobs often does [...]

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Hey stupid! Drop the cell phone and drive

By doris | Published: July 26, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com While heroic politicians all over America are mandating bicycle helmets, it’s still legal to drive 4,000 pounds of steel 60 miles an hour while your brain is turned to the moron setting. Oh you know exactly who and what I’m talking about. You know because you are that one guy in [...]

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Parents, police monitoring kids’ cell phones

By doris | Published: April 21, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com Harris, an investigator for the Child Sex Internet Investigations Unit in Jefferson County, Colorado, thought the service could be a new tool for combating sexual predators. Equipping his phone with the software, Harris posed as an underage child on social-networking sites and began luring pedophiles. He immediately got results. Since then, [...]

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