CBS Poll: Uncommitted Voters Say Obama Won Debate
UPDATED CBS News and Knowledge Networks have, once again, conducted a nationally representative poll of uncommitted voters to get their immediate reaction to tonight's presidential debate. — And thi...
The Palins' un-American activities
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, at a rally in Vienna, Ohio, on Sept. 16, 2008. — “My government is my worst enemy. I'm going to fight them with any means at hand.” — This was forme...
Flash Player workaround available for “Clickjacking” issue
Vulnerability identifier: APSA08-08 — Affected Software: Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier — Adobe is aware of recently published reports of a ‘Clickjacking’ issue in multiple web browsers ...
Like What You See? Then Click-to-Buy on YouTube
When you view a YouTube video with a great soundtrack, you often see comments from YouTube users asking about the name of the song and where they can download it. Or when users watch the trailer for ...
Drunkblogging Tonight's McCain-Obama Bout
In the blue corner, it's Barack Obama. In the red corner, it's John McCain. Ready to document the blows with a martini in hand, it's Vodkapundit's Stephen Green. — 7:06PM “Let the markets run wild...
Transcript of second McCain, Obama debate
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) — Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama debated in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday night. NBC's Tom Brokaw moderated the debate. Here is a transcript of th...
Introducing Geode
Always know where you are. — You've arrived in a new city, a new continent, a new coffee shop. You don't really know where you are, and are looking for a good place to eat. You pull out your lapto...
Live Blogging: Third Half Hour
10:29: Here's a YouTube of “That One.” — 10:24: McCain uses question about whether US would defend Israel military if Iran attacks to bring up “without preconditions” vow, but McCain does not answer...
Why Facebook is foundering
The great hope of the Valley, the startup everyone thought was the next Google, the company whose IPO might restart the stock-market gold rush for everyone, is not well. Why? Look to its founder. M...
You Guys Are Nuts
We have a disaster here — which is what you should expect when you delegate a non-conservative to make the conservative (nay, the American) case. We can parse it eight ways to Sunday, but I think the...
ACORN office in Vegas raided in voter-fraud probe
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada state authorities are raiding the Las Vegas headquarters of an organization that works to get low-income people to vote. — A Nevada secretary of state's office spokesman said...
Investor David Einhorn Done With Microsoft, Ballmer
Famed hedge-fund manager David Einhorn (Greenlight Capital), the man who shorted Lehman Brothers, has been clobbered along with other Wall Street stars over the past few months. In his “I'm sorry abo...
After Bailout, AIG Executives Head to Resort
Less than a week after the federal government offered an $85 billion bailout to insurance giant AIG, the company held a week-long retreat for its executives at the luxury St. Regis Resort in Monarch B...
Cindy McCain makes appearance at Children's Hospital
Cindy McCain said today that she expects her husband to clear the record at tonight's debate and let America know where he truly stands. — McCain, who stopped to visit a half-dozen children at the M...
Advisers worry about ‘grumpy McCain’
When Politico's Ryan Grim approached Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) after the evening of the Senate bailout vote, the reporter didn't even get his question out. — “Excuse me, you're bothering me,” McCai...
Luntz's Focus Group
This is purely a methodological question. If the reporting on blacks said they were torn between the candidates I wouldn't be asking this question. But his focus group is allegedly a collection of “...
Obama wishes he had more time for staying fit
NEW YORK (AP) — Barack Obama says he wishes he had more time for staying fit. And the Democratic presidential candidate admits that he still occasionally smokes a cigarette. — “Most of my workouts ...
THE “HANDSHAKE” THAT WASN'T
You can see our initial comments on this below. And here's the video — make your own judgments ... Late Update: A few readers say the two shook hands right after the conclusion of the debate, at tha...
A.M.D. to Split Into Two Operations
Advanced Micro Devices plans to announce Tuesday that it will split into two companies — one focused on designing microprocessors and the other on the costly business of manufacturing them — in a dras...
Lightbulbs Could Replace Wi-Fi Hotpsots
Boston University's College of Engineering is launching a program, under a National Science Foundation grant, to develop the next generation of wireless communications technology based on visible lig...
In A Switch, Hulu Will Stream Remaining Presidential Debates Live; Premiere A Film
News Corp-NBCU JV Hulu is going live for the first time since its launch last year. The site will stream the remaining presidential debates, which air respectively on NBC Tuesday night and on Fox New...
Barry Diller's Breakup: Why IAC Didn't Work
Internet Company Was Too Complex, He Says; Smaller Firm Has Sharper Focus — Barry Diller's restless, 47-year business career is yet again taking a new turn. After a dizzying run from mailroom to st...
Have You Seen the Flickr Panda's Technicolor Yawn?
I'm trying to to come up with a decent way to introduce this - there really isn't a sane way to approach this because the latest feature from Flickr, while fairly mundane in function, is borderline in...
Canon's 1Ds Mark IV rumor and two new lenses?
With current Mark III barely 18 months in production, it's too early to predict for a replacement? You've seen the new 50D Canon launched 6 months earlier, broke its usual 18 months product cycle for...
Why Was The Restraining Order On RealDVD Kept Secret?
from the questions,-questions,-questions dept — Monday morning, we wrote about how a judge had issued a temporary restraining order against RealDVD until he had time to review the details and rule o...
Visa finds a home inside a Nokia
Handset vendor or bank? — Visa and Nokia have signed a deal to embed Visa functionality in the NFC-touting Nokia 6212 Classic, enabling US owners to upload their Visa accounts onto the handset as we...
Realism creeping into venture capital calculations
The opening party of Boston-based Northbridge Venture Partners' West Coast office in San Mateo, CA could not have come at a more awkward time. With the U.S. stock market sinking fast and rumors of ve...
Verizon Gets Smacked Down For Its VoIP Patent Suing Spree
from the so-much-for-whacking-cable-competitors dept — Verizon was one of the last players to the VoIP party. Cable companies had been offering VoIP for years, and then Vonage, AT&T and a variety o...
Apple's “Brick” manufacturing rumors - not so revolutionary?
Rumors are buzzing that Apple has been working on a revolutionary manufacturing process involving lasers and waterjets and solid blocks of aluminum for the upcoming MacBooks. The contention is that t...
Steve Wozniak interview: iconic co-founder on the iPod, iPhone, and future for Apple
In an exclusive interview with the Telegraph, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak wonders how long the iPod can stay on top spot, laments the limitations of the iPhone 3G, agrees with the downgrade on Appl...
Sony's expands 66-cent-per-song music attack at Apple
New York (NY) - Music industry giants show more and more effort in supporting digital music download services that compete with Apple's iTunes. Universal Music Group this morning announced that it wi...