Google is about to make a huge infrastructure change. Search results are going to be displayed in a whole new way than ever before. This new search algorithm is going to be called Google Caffeine, and rumors of it first surfaced on the website Mashable back in August 2009. However, it [...]
It feels like it is 1999 again! The TechCrunch 50 event was held this week (September 14-15) at the San Francisco Design Center. It promised to be the biggest tech event of the year. Instead, it was a horrible flop. The VCs and even the pundits have become jaded and confused about determining what exactly is a good startup and what is a bad one. At this year’s TechCrunch50 2009, there were few surprises and many disappointments. The people, this time, have voted with their stomachs and pressure from hecklers rather than with their heads.
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WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama took a dose of reality to Michigan on Tuesday, saying that thousands of jobs lost to the auto industry's downturn are not coming back and it is time to prepare for new industries …
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Michelle Obama's father, Fraser Robinson, is buried at Burr Oaks Cemetery, where four employees are accused of digging up graves to resell plots. The first lady's office confirmed to ABC News that Mrs. …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a good thing Sonia Sotomayor speaks Sotomayoran. After week upon week in which plenty of other people on the planet interpreted Sotomayor's past comments, the Supreme Court nominee at last got a chance to deconstruct her own …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department will review and possibly replace the often-ridiculed multicolored terror alert system created after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Since it was created in 2002, the system has been confusing and became …
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WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Asia July 17-23, visiting India to try to deepen US-Indian ties and then Thailand for a regional conference, the State Department said on Tuesday. …
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(CNN) — The Episcopal Church has moved decisively closer to full acceptance of gay men and lesbians, taking steps toward recognizing same-sex marriage and gay bishops. Gene Robinson is the Episcopal Church's first — and so far only — openly gay …
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PENSACOLA, Florida (CNN) — Two more people were arrested in the shooting deaths of a Gulf Coast couple known for adopting special-needs children, authorities told CNN Tuesday. Byrd and Melanie Billings did not have any children together but they cared …
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A ferocious dispute between the CIA and Congressional Democrats centers on an ultra-secret effort launched by agency officials after 9/11 to draw up plans to hunt down and kill terrorists …
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