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Bob Knight resigns as Texas Tech coach (AP)
via Yahoo! News: Top Stories by (author unknown) on February 04, 2008
AP - Bob Knight resigned Monday at Texas Tech, a stunning midseason move by the winningest men's coach in major college basketball. "He said he was tired and that it was best to go ahead and do it now," Texas Tech chancellor Kent Hance told The Associated Press. "I think Bob is through with coaching. I think he got to the point where it wasn't fun for him."
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Mitt Romney Accuses John McCain of Nixon-like behavior
via NixonWasFramed.com by rock.and.roll on January 31, 2008
If we could only be so lucky.Those that watched the California Republican debate witnessed a glorified cat fight between Mitt Romney and John McCain with Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee having front row seats. When the dust was settled Mitt Romney said of John McCain: his latest attack "was reminiscent of the Nixon era."What's interesting to know is that Mitt Romney's father, George Romney,...
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Microsoft to Google: Nuh uh, you're a bigger threat to freedom than we are [Nerdfight]
via Valleywag by Jordan Golson on February 03, 2008
That just about sums up Microsoft's response after Google's top lawyer laid the smack down on the Microsofties. In a short missive, MSFT General Counsel Brad Smith says roughly "you're kicking our ass in search and advertising, so who are you to talk about monopolies on the Internet?" Read the full release after the jump.Statement from Brad Smith, General Counsel, MicrosoftREDMOND,...
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Google's Official Statement on the Microsoft Bid for Yahoo
via Feeddit by (author unknown) on February 03, 2008
What does Google think about the Microhoo deal? They have just released their initial response on the Official Google Blog1351 Diggs and 244 Comments in Tech Industry News - Submitted by bsloane - Mirror
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Microsoft will offer $44.6 billion to buy ... [In Brief]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on January 31, 2008
Microsoft will offer $44.6 billion to buy web pioneer Yahoo. Let's just say we'd expect some pretty interesting changes to some popular web mail, web apps and instant messaging clients if it happens. [via]
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The Pirate Bay Makes $4 Million a Year on Illegal P2P File-Sharing, Says Prosecutor
via TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld on January 30, 2008
When it comes to peer-to-peer file-sharing, as soon as one site is shut down, another takes its place. The current darling of the P2P world is the Pirate Bay, a search engine for BitTorrent files across the Web. It doesn’t actually host any of the files, but that is not stopping Swedish prosecutors from dragging them into court on behalf of Warner Bros., Colombia Pictures, 20th Century Fox,...
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CNN Republican Debate Highlights- Ron Paul's Slam Dunk! Bam!
via Feeddit by (author unknown) on January 30, 2008
A Summary of Ron Paul's responses to questions in the CNN republican debate.3201 Diggs and 738 Comments in US Elections 2008 - Submitted by wwwdot1jesdotus - Mirror
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Romney: McCain used Nixon-like tactics (AP)
via Yahoo! News: Top Stories by (author unknown) on January 30, 2008
AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused his rival John McCain of adopting underhanded tactics from Richard Nixon, the GOP president who resigned in disgrace.
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ControlC: Turning Cut & Paste Into A Web Service
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on January 29, 2008
ControlC is an interesting new site that takes normal copy and pasting (Ctrl-C) and turns it into a web service.At its most basic, any time you hit Ctrl-C, the information is saved to the ControlC website as well as your local clipboard, as simple text or as a URL link if what you’ve copied is a link. The information is both private and encrypted, although you can make any item public if you...
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Former VP Admits "Enzyte Male Enhancement" Ads Are Complete Fiction [Evil]
via Consumerist by Meg Marco on January 28, 2008
If your BS detector doesn't already go off when you watch commercials for Enzyte "Natural Male Enhancement," then listen to what a former vice president of the company that manufactured the product had to say about it:James Teegarden Jr., the former vice president of operations at Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals, explained Tuesday in U.S. District Court how he and others at the company made...
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