Starting today, Nexus One users will begin to receive an over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features, and fixes a few problems that some users might have experienced, including:
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Today on the Dish we primarily focused on the DADT hearings. Reax here. Andrew's take here. Notable quotes here and here. The GOP's exhausted arguments were pointed out by Paul Waldman, Gautham Nagesh, and Steve Benen. Bill Kristol and John McCain stood out in their cynicism. Dan Savage took stock of the overall situation.
 
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( S06E01/S06E02 ) "We're back." - Kate Did you hear that? That was the collective sound of TV fans across the country all brain-farting in unison. ' Lost ' is back for its final season and I've gotta be honest -- I'm not really sure what to think about 'LA X.' In four or five months time, once the series has concluded, I'm positive I'll think ...
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Buoyed by “Avatar,” the highest-grossing movie to date, News Corporation’s adjusted second-quarter earnings were 25 cents a share, a nickel above the average expectations of analysts.
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A new Steven Brill endeavor enables news outlets to charge their online readers. The tattered news industry may be ready to give it a whirl.
China has tangled with the United States recently over Iran sanctions, climate change, arms sales to Taiwan, the Dalai Lama, cyberattacks, military modernization and exchange rates. The increasingly harsh attitude has left U.S. officials and China analysts wondering where relations are headed.
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Dick Durbin presses Apple on human rights in China
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Filed under: Apple Corporate , Apple Technology relations with China and their human rights situation is turning into a hot-button issue lately, especially given Google's recent troubles with that country . Now, my old senator from Illinois, Dick Durbin, has decided to raise the level of scrutiny, calling for a list of 30 companies, including ...
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The survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 were 1,000 miles off course when they crashed on a lush, mysterious island. Each person possesses a shocking secret, but they've got nothing on the island i…
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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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Loan guarantees in the 2011 federal budget could help revive the nuclear power industry. President Obama's proposed 2011 budget could provide a significant boost to the U.S. nuclear power industry, which has been stalled for decades. If approved by Congress, the budget would provide $36 billion in loan guarantees for nuclear power plants , ...
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The Right, Obama, And The Deficit
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Pretty much everything you need to know about President Obama and the budget deficit is contained within this chart: The chart, which is based on Congressional Budget Office figures, shows something which is both incontrovertible yet known by very few people: Obama's budget does not increase the long-term, or even the medium-term, budget deficit. ...
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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 ...
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Over 80 stars from the music and entertainment world gathered in Los Angeles on Monday to remake the classic benefit recording 'We Are the World,' and this time the victims of the Haitian earthquake will receive aid as a result of this song's sale and download. What makes this remake so exciting is that here it is 25 years later and an entire ...
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David Streitfield writes : The number of Americans who owed more than their homes were worth was virtually nil when the real estate collapse began in mid-2006, but by the third quarter of 2009, an estimated 4.5 million homeowners had reached the critical threshold, with their home’s value dropping below 75 percent of the mortgage balance. ...
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America’s top intelligence official said he was “highly certain” that Al Qaeda or one of its affiliates would attempt a large-scale attack on American soil within the next six months.
The Super Bowl has always had a fondness for Roman numerals. Commentator Frank Deford takes a look at noteworthy numbers in pro football — and has a message for anyone who thinks the commercials are more fun than the game.
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of seven newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. The most notable patent covered in this report relates to possible next generation technology that Apple could employ in either in their Apple TV console or an HDTV unit itself - over time. Other patents granted to Apple today ...
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Apple forces Stanza to nix USB book sharing
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Filed under: iTunes , iPhone , App Store Those who enjoy USB book sharing their ePub and eReader files in the current version of Stanza [ iTunes link ] will want to avoid the 2.1 version of the software, currently being distributed in the App Store. The update notes reveal that Apple apparently ordered Lexcycle to remove the USB sharing ability. ...
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NotebookReview.com
Readers Respond: Apple iPad a Boom or a Bust?
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The much-anticipated launch of the Apple iPad last week still has tech journalists talking. Consumers are on the fence about whether the iPad will define an all-new "media tablet" category or if this Apple product will go the way of the Newton. Keep reading to see what our readers have to say.
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U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan rely on a crucial supply line from the Pakistani port of Karachi. Pakistani truck drivers take enormous risks to ferry fuel and other goods to the troops along the route, where the threat of a Taliban ambush is ever-present.
 
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Online video advertising network BrightRoll has just announced that they’ve secured $10 million in Series C funding, grown to nearly 55 million unique viewers per month in the U.S, and are now profitable. The funding news means that BrightRoll — which distributes video ad campaigns via an extensive online publisher network — ...
Generation, Purification and Transplantation of Photoreceptors Derived from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Inherited and acquired retinal degenerations are frequent causes of visual impairment and photoreceptor cell replacement therapy may restore visual function to these individuals. To provide a source of new retinal neurons for cell ...
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Tonight's Rescue brought to you by ItsJessMe, YatPundit, mem from somerville, jennyjem, grog, and pico. Diary Rescue is all about promoting good writers, so remember to subscribe to diarists whose work you enjoy reading. In The Raw Politics of Immigration Reform Should Lead to Legislation , Duke1676 suggests the dynamics may actually be ...
The French government refuses to grant citizenship to a man on the grounds he forced his wife to wear the full Islamic veil.
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