Feb 07 2010
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Essence of charm:
Our wheaten terrier pup
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Five Best Podcast Managers [Hive Five]
Podcasts offer a fantastic way to catch up news, listen to radio shows, and get great media delivered right to your computer (they’re like newsreaders for media). Check out these five popular…
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Steve Clemons: Core Chicago Team Sinking Obama Presidency
(Obama’s Core Team at press conference on Obama administration’s 100th day; photo credit: Bill O’leary, Washington Post)
Financial Times Washington Bureau Chief Edward Luce has written…
Feb 04 2010
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Laura Stepp: Science and Sense in the Abstinence Wars
When I read the lead paragraph of this week’s news story on the success of an experimental, abstinence-only sex ed curriculum, my first thought was: “Yes, but…”
The Washington Post story,…
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Andy Plesser: CBS Says Premium Service for TV.com "Could Evolve" (video)
TV.com, the big online entertainment television portal owned by CBS, derives revenue from sponsorships and advertising sales but could implement a premium, paid model in the future Anthony…
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GM, NASA team for new robot
General Motors Co. and NASA are developing a next-generation robot that could improve safety in vehicles, factories and space.
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Do You Have a Home Office? [Reader Poll]
Whether you work from home full-time or just once in a while, it’s important to create a motivating atmosphere that makes you want to get stuff done. We want to hear a little bit more about your…
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Scott Ballum: The Rise of the Citizen Entrepreneur
It was quite remarkable to get a personal shout-out from the President of the United States last week. Amidst the ovations—some bi-partisan and some quite partisan—I heard a President say that it…
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The iPad has been announced, and yet the rumors still fly rampant. Like at the Register where they feel the need to fuel even more rumors about the iPad having a camera. Oh internet, are we so rumor-addicted that we can’t just be happy to wait for the iPad, but need to jack ourselves up on another maybe-it’s-there-maybe-it’s-not idea?
link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/04/ipad_camera_apple_patent/
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Seeing radio waves with a light bulb
Using a low power amateur radio transmitter and a simple light bulb receiver circuit, we see how radio waves and electromagnetic induction transmit energy and signals wirelessly through…
