Sister Toldjah (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
Z’ latest: —– MSNBC’s Howard Fineman reports that Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) is the “clear frontrunner” in the Obama veepstakes. CNN is on the same wavelength. ‘Twould be an interesting pick for many reasons, among them the fact that when Biden ran for president back in 1988, he ran an ad that included the following quote, “”The White House isn’t [...]
Phones Review (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008 | Technology
We’ve all heard about it for sometime now; the much whispered about HTC Dream, the former “Googlephone” as it were. Well the news is the HTC Dream has just received approval from the FCC. The FCC has listed the handset as “Dream” and the model number is “DREA100”, and appears with a WiFi Interoperability Certificate carrying [...]
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008 | Technology
For those of you keeping score at home, HTC's Dream, due to hit T-Mobile in October as the first Android phone, just got tapped by the FCC's rubber stamp. Unfortunately there aren't any of those...
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago | Technology
It’s a shame, really. A team of developers have partnered to finally bring a legitimate copy and paste solution to the iPhone - one that can actually move data between different applications (previous solutions could only shuffle data within the same app). But as great as it is to see a team of [...]
2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago | Politics
CBS News has confirmed that Barack Obama's campaign now plans to announce Obama's vice presidential choice to supporters via email and text message on Friday afternoon. (This plan could change, of course.) - CBS Or maybe Wednesday, or Thursday, or Saturday, or Sunday or ....
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago | Entertainment
I'll never understand why this took so damn long. Just in time for the closing rush of the presidential election, MSNBC is shaking up its prime-time programming lineup, removing the long-time host –- and one-time general manager of the network — Dan Abrams from his 9 p.m. program and replacing him with Rachel Maddow, who has emerged as a favored political commentator for the all-news cable channel....
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008 | Other
Having seen photo propaganda used in the media to benefit Barack Obama, one has to wonder if it will be equally important to circulate a picture that may not show the 'savior' in a particularly good light. As such, a ticket design for the Democratic National Convention has been accompanied by a bit of controversy. The credential appears to show an upside-down American flag on both sides. What's worse,...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago | Politics
As we stand on the eve of the real election season, two new national polls today (LA Times/Bloomberg and Q-poll) along with the daily trackers (Rasmussen and Gallup) continue to show a tight race with a small Obama lead. LA Times/Bloomberg Registered Voters (June) MoE +/- 3 Obama 45 (49) McCain 43 (37) This poll shows the most movement, with the last polling in June. The latest Bloomberg/Los Angeles...
TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago | Politics
Indiana stays Republican according to SUSA's Indiana poll : In an election for President of the United States held today in Indiana, Republican John McCain defeats Democrat Barack Obama by 6 points, 50% to 44%[.] . . . Compared to an identical poll released eight weeks ago, Obama is down 3 points; McCain is up 3. SUSA's demo breakdowns are always the most interesting part. Let's look at them on the...
Michelle Malkin (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
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OhGizmo! (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008 | Technology
By Andrew Liszewski These days I rarely have the need for a scanner, which is good since traditional flatbed models take up a lot of desktop space. But for those rare times when I do need to digitize a document or a photograph, a sheet-fed model would probably suffice which is why this KeyScan keyboard isn’t [...]
All About Microsoft (Free subscription) | yesterday | Technology
No doubt, Microsoft has been holding back some features that will be added to the new IE 8 Beta 2 test build. Istartedsomething's Long Zheng blogged on August 20 about one such possibility: Private browsing, a k a "porn mode."
Phones Review (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago | Technology
Multi-touch input is all the rage with the latest mobile phones and laptop trackpads, however it doesn’t seem to be a feature in HTC’s latest Touch Diamond and their Touch Pro; however the capability is present, and is exploited in a video by HTC’s debug application. Like many of HTC’s devices is has hidden features, so [...]
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
John McCain again today basically accused Obama of treason . Within that attack is the usual Republican blood lie about Democrats - that they hate America, hate the troops, etc. - with a bit of subtle racism thrown in (playing on Obama's African heritage, and on the fact that some of his ancestor's were Muslim, all adding up to someone "less than American"). Today, Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago | Celebrity
Devastating news for fans of Dave Matthews Band. Saxophone player LeRoi Moore died at age 46 Moore was seriously injured in an ATV accident June 30 outside Charlottesville. He had a punctured lung and broken ribs. Moore went back into the hospital last month due to complications. Moore died in Los Angeles this afternoon, after taking a turn for the worse. We're also told the band will perform tonight...
