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Electronic gaming watchdog ends 13 year crusade due to lack of funding.

Monday, December 21st, 2009

The economy claims victims with such regularity that we can become numb to stories of homeowners losing their homes and businesses closing their...
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Gmail gets it's own hardware, the 'Gboard' keyboard.

Since we're on a roll with frighteningly large companies getting larger this week, I thought this next gadget might lighten the mood. Google is a...
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It's official: Comcast Cable announces their intent to buy NBC Universal

Five years after failing to purchase Disney, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts finally got what he wanted this holiday season when his company announced that...
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Gates Foundation awards $3.4 million to provide internet connectivity to libraries in five states

There is an ever-expanding gulf between those Americans who actually have access to all the cool technology I write about in this column and those who...
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Comcast Cablevision inches a step closer to global domination

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I know this is going to ruin someone’s holiday cheer, but it’s an unavoidable fact that “the cable company” has come out of...
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California town to start surveillance on all cars that enter and leave the city limits

When we think about the bay area, we think about cable cars, an iconic Chinatown district, and all things hyphy. However, if the residents of...
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Microsoft's Steve Ballmer says Windows 7 is flying off the shelves

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At Microsoft's annual shareholder meeting today, CEO Steve Ballmer said that "Windows 7 is simply the best PC operating system we have ever...
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AMD unveils the 'world's fastest' graphics card.

While Intel has held down the top spot in the microprocessor industry, American Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) has kept second place extremely close with...
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Our lawsuits aren't like your lawsuits: The road ahead for Intel

Last week Intel settled the anti-trust suit with AMD that had been hanging over the company for the past five years. When the dust cleared, Intel had...
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Apple quietly upgrades their iTunes music service with "iTunes Preview"

Apple unveiled a new web-based widget that allows its' iTunes customers to explore their music libraries without...
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