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Sphere can run the same kinds of programs as Surface, such as a photo-sharing application in which multiple users can rotate, stretch, and move pictures. Its spherical shape though makes it more practical for some uses, such as gaming and mapping, and less useful for others.

The sphere-shaped, multitouch computer is similar to [...]

This is a screenshot of the quotations page for Barack Obama. Note the search box on the left for searching just within the pages of quotes.
I could find quotations for Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, President Bush, and Vladimir Putin, but not for Bill Clinton or some major actors. As for sports stars, this [...]

Yahoo, at the shareholders meeting, is expected to provide a 10,000-foot view on whether the directors received enough votes to be re-elected as a group, with the per director vote results to be released later, said one person familiar with the plans.

For starters, Yang will not be alone to fend off a potentially hostile crowd. [...]

But for now, its ClosedClip, not OpenClip. Even communities must apparently bow to Apple. Code is law, to borrow Larry Lessig’s phrase, and Apple controls the iPhone code.
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Of course, OpenClip is open source, and perhaps enterprising developers will find a way around the 2.1 firmware. Or maybe (gasp!) Apple will actually deliver the copy-and-paste functionality [...]

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NEW YORK–Spotted, Gossip Girl-style: Teen pop sensations the Jonas Brothers, heralding the launch of MySpace Music atop a billboard in Times Square. The launch of the News Corp.-owned social network’s music service is coming any day now.
MySpace Music will be launching with either three or all four of the major music labels onboard, [...]

Martin said during an interview on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street Thursday that he expected the commission to “do something soon.” But he defended the long review process by saying that the deal was “extraordinary” and raised difficult issues. Specifically, he said the FCC already had a rule in place that prohibited the merger of [...]

The original DirecTV HD TiVo (above) is getting a long overdue sequel.

Beyond specifying that the new HD TiVo DVR would “support the latest TiVo and DirecTV features and services, including TiVo’s Universal Swivel Search and TiVo KidZone,” the press release provided few details about the new hardware. As far as our wish list is concerned, [...]

The service actually looks for more than just words. It can also scan for posts from specific locations (how it determines location is not clear to me) or for tweets that are calculated to have generally positive or negative sentiment, or for those that have links embedded in them.

Updated at 8:23 PM with statement [...]

Yahoo shares jump on latest Microsoft report
Obama flip-flops on telecom immunity

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