After nearly eight years when intellectual curiosity and an appreciation for nuance were viewed as suspect, does the Obama election herald a restoration for the...
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Efforts to restore its recitation have resulted in a dispute.
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New polling and a trickle of stories from the battleground states suggest that Sen. Barack Obama's coalition includes one unlikely group: white voters with negative...
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Falling oil prices have affected some Permian Basin drilling, but oil is easy to drill for here
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Google has developed a new tool which will provide health care officials and the general public with up-to-date flu activity estimates for all 50 states.
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In a company wide memo, Michael Dell has asked his employees who survived the job cuts to take as many as 5 days off unpaid to help cut costs. He's also offering severance packages and other money saving initiatives.
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Google rolled out a Gmail Labs feature that lets you send text messages from your Gmail chat window.
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Scientists have successfully selected and safely erased specific memories in a mouse’s brain, leaving others intact.
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goLITE BLU, a natural, convenient way to offer quick relief from seasonal mood-related problems. With the end of Daylight Saving time many Americans are affected by the increased darkness and experience what is known as the winter blues.
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A new generation of molecular storage media in which binary data are stored by the “switching” of electron spins.
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Scotch tape is not only see-through, it can also see through, for the product can be used to take X-rays.
Designers from The Play Coalition have developed a robotic planter for the home that moves toward the sunlight as the sun moves across the floor.
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Researchers have created a "beauty machine" they say can turn a woman's photo into the likeness of a cover model with the push of a button.
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Time to get shots.
(in Google to Track the Spread of Flu)
Too late for us. It is already in the Austin area. My son came down with the flu over the weekend. He's back at school today because he has...
I'll have to keep that in mind-thanks! :)
(in How Low Can They Go?)
I think we'll be seeing companies doing more things like this as time goes on.
(in Michael Dell Asks Employees to Take Unpaid Leave)
I'm wondering if voluntary measures will be enough to avoid further layoffs. Dell is one of the big local employers in the Austin...
and, you know, I do love a bargain - if you reallly do move 5-7 people 4-5 days a week, SUVs are going for firesale prices right now. $15k will...
Good point, Dennis. This area's pretty much been dominated by SUV's and pickups, but I'm seeing more compact cars and hybrids. I guess a lot of...
Yes, the peak oil doomers ... all knowing, all seeing ... didn't anticipate the impact global recession would have on demand. But they KNEW the...
The ironic thing is, people were saying that the Basin's oil supply was exhausted 7 years ago
This is pretty cool. It will be easier for me to send texts to the kids (and friends) when I'm online since I type faster than I text....
(in Google Now Lets Users Text Message from Gmail)