Archive for January, 2008

A President Like My Father by Caroline Kennedy

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

OVER the years, I’ve been deeply moved by the people who’ve told me they wished they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president. This sense is even more profound today. That is why I am supporting a presidential candidate in the ...

Obama runs away with SC primary

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Barack Obama routed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the racially charged South Carolina primary Saturday night, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb. 5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic National Convention delegates.Read the full story

Dead spy satellite could hit Earth

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials said Saturday.Read the full story

Obama Leads, Edwards rises in S.C. polls

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

According to the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll, Edwards has gained 4 percentage points since Wednesday and is the choice of 19 percent of likely voters. Obama maintains the S.C. lead at 39 percent but his lead is down 4 percentage points over Clinton from a day earlier.Read the full story

Motley Fool Writes Off Microsoft

Friday, January 25th, 2008

You don't need to watch the 'I'm a Mac, I'm a PC' commercials to see that Microsoft is taking a beating. You see it in the company's financials where its online unit, incredibly, is operating at a loss; overheating Xbox 360 consoles find the company taking a huge warranty hit ...

Pillaged MySpace Photos Show Up in Massive BitTorrent Download

Friday, January 25th, 2008

The creator of the file says he compiled the photos earlier this month using the MySpace security hole that Wired News reported on last week. That hole, still unacknowledged by the News Corporation-owned site, allowed voyeurs to peek inside the photo galleries of some MySpace users who had set their ...

Bill Gates touts ‘creative capitalism’ in Economic Forum speech

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

"I'm an optimist, but I'm an impatient optimist," he said to the standing-room-only crowd. "The world is not getting better fast enough, and it's not getting better for everyone."Read the full story

‘New York Times’ to Endorse Hillary Clinton for President

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Do endorsements in the Pres. race matter? I doubt it. People are so engaged - will make up their own mind. New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., has decided to endorse Hillary Clinton for president, Radar has learned. The editorial expressing that view is scheduled to appear this weekend.Read ...

Democrat Kucinich Quits White House Race on The Huffington Post

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Now MSNBC can leave him out of the debates: "I will be announcing that I'm transitioning out of the presidential campaign," Kucinich said. "I'm making that announcement tomorrow about a new direction."Read the full story

Microsoft beats quarterly estimates, raises forecast

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Microsofts quarterly results, released a few minutes ago, beat Wall Street expectations with earnings per share of 50 cents and revenue of $16.37 billion, an increase of 30 percent over the same quarter last year.Read the full story