Back in 2005 when Steve Jobs announced the transition from IBM Power PC chips to Intel PC chip [yep same one that were and are used in Windows-based PCs], the Mac community was flabbergasted. Many raised the question how were Macs going to distinguish themselves from Windows PCs now that nearly everything was the same […]
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Forget the MSNBC commercial at the beginning, here is President Obama speaking with the House Republicans for 1 very full hour. This is must see TV. The discussion is pointed, frank but polite – none of the Fox News Fair-and-Balanced stridency nor MSNBC name calling. The number of good ideas that get exchanged here is
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After much speculation, Apple’s iPad hit the Gadget Mindscape market with a thud. To say that the Gadgeterati did not like the iPad is, unfortunately for Apple, an understatement: Gizmodo – 8 things about the iPad that sucks – No Thanks Apple PCWorld – Apple’s iPad mistakes – so many Engadget – On the iPad,
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The Guardian and Financial Times in England have been covering the China vs Google story much more closely than US media. So when the Guardian published a story about Bill Gates reactions to the conflict , curious, I took a look: After pouring billions of dollars into the global fight against malaria and rebranding Microsoft
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Frank Rich of the NYTimes provides another update to this article in his opinion piece “After the Massachusetts Massacre”. Rich argues that the problem for President Obama has been that he failed to make jobs and financial regulation top priorities. Here is the core of what he had to say: Obama’s plight has been unchanged
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As predicted, the issue of unlimited campaign spending by corporations and special interest groups has certainly hit the fan – and there are major articles everywhere in the press about the ruling: Local TV stations Expect a landslide of new political ads Reactions in Washington Post’s Voices blog Indiana Crusader bent on destroying Campaign Finance
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This One Has Legs is about stories that are just emerging on the news+web screens which wont be one day wonders but will be grabbing major news space for weeks and months ahead. China vs Google is one of those stories. On January 12th Google said it was considering no longer filtering/censoring search requests from
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The Obama administration just got its wake up call. All this past weekend the various news programs were grading Obama over the past year’s presidency. If you were Democratic the grades were close to Barack’s own, a B+ average. If you were Republican, the grades were draconian – D or worse. If you were Rush,
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CES – Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is devoted to gadgets and entertainment. Yes, PCs and computers are accepted – but the lighter and the redder they are the better. So Redmond’s PR top command should have been able to supply CEO Steve Ballmer with plenty of eye catching material about XBox, Project Natal’s
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The major problems confronting the Republican party is their tired policies of fear plus lack of inclusion for Blacks, Hispanics and other growing middle-class segments. But the key problem is the lack of leadership as no replacement has emerged since the Obama victory. Even worse, into the leadership void has come such ultra conservative and
