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Amazon May Sell $750 Million In Kindles by 2010 (That’s A Lot Of Kindles)
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on May 15, 2008
The Kindle, Amazon’s ugly but useful ebook reader that launched in November 2007, may be a burgeoning hit, says Citigroup Analyst Mark Mahaney. Citi expects Amazon to generate between $400 million and $750 million in revenue from the Kindle by 2010, or 1% - 3% of Amazon’s total revenue.The key points of differentiation with the Kindle and competing devices is the fact that books and other...
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Sad state of affairs …
via Churbuck.com by David Churbuck on May 15, 2008
…at the Harris-Teeter supermarket. Having given into the need to get a Harris-Teeter (why are names like “Teeter” and “Cooter” so southern? Harris-Teeter is now Harris-Cooter) VIC card (don’t ask: it’s one of those plastic barcode discount-getter cards) I went to the Courtesy Desk and filled out a form. As I put pen to paper I realized the following things are securely stored behind...
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TiVo Resurrects Lifetime Service
via Zatz Not Funny! by Dave Zatz on May 15, 2008
TiVo’s been testing the return Lifetime Service on a promotional basis, and I’ve just received word that it’s back for good. (Until they shift course again…) Current DVR subscriptions run $12.95/month, so it’d take about 2.5 years before benefiting from the $399 Lifetime Service fee. And since Lifetime Service is box-specific, you may want to save those pennies for whatever new...
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GOP Insiders See Loss of 20 House Seats
via Taegan Goddard's Political Wire by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
... that would leavethe party facing a 70-vote deficit against Democrats in the House -- astate of powerlessness reminiscent of Republicans' long wildernessyears in the 1960s and '70s."CQ Politics notes the Republican House leadership team "met in crisis mode" yesterday after losing a third special election this year.For a snapshot of the key races, see CQ's Balance of Power Scorecard.
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David Brock's Tough-Talking Third-Party Group Fizzles
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on May 15, 2008
... team has been quietly putting out word to major donors that they didn't want any money to go to such third-party groups. Instead, they wanted the cash to go to the Obama campaign, so Obama advisers could be in sole control of the campaign's message.It worked. Brock has quietly leaked a statement to The Washington Post saying that his group is, for all practical purposes, defunct...
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Video Blogger Lindsay Campbell Arrested
via The Inquisitr by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
Shared by Aaron Brazell The whole concept of this choreography of arrest is ludicrous on its face. The only statement being made is that people aren't leaders, they're just lemmings.Lindsay Campbell, the host of the Moblogic was arrested Wednesday at a New York protest against the three police officers who were acquitted in the Sean Bell trial. For those not familiar with the case, three...
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Stupid Google Tricks: How often do you cut your hair?
via Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
... gotten my hair cut:Then I was reading Google Apps Hacks and Hack 25 caught my eye: “Show the difference between two dates”. A formula like “=INT(A2-A1)” will automatically compute how many days passed between the date listed in cell A1 and the date listed in cell A2.If you copy and paste a date from Google Calendar’s search results into a cell, it will automatically format a nice ...
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Obama Could Clinch Majority Of Pledged Delegates On May 20th -- Even If Florida And Michigan Are Seated!
via TPM Election Central by Eric Kleefeld on May 15, 2008
... from these two states to 135 for Obama, plus all 18 remaining Edwards delegates from other states switching to Obama.As such, Obama would have 1,752 total pledged dels to Clinton's 1,625 for Clinton, and only need 32 more delegates to get the new pledged-del majority number of 1,784. A strong win in Oregon and a decent showing in Kentucky would be all that's necessary to pull that off.
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CWA President, A Super-Delegate, Will Endorse Obama
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on May 15, 2008
Larry Cohen, the president of the Communication Workers of America and a super-delegate from D.C., will endorse Obama today, CWA's communications office confirms to me.A press release will go out sometime soon. CWA's umbrella union sat out the primary, and had left it up to individual locals to decide whom to endorse.That brings Obama's count for the day to two. Seattle Rep. Jim...
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TPMtv: Terrymania!
via Talking Points Memo by Josh Marshall on May 15, 2008
As I noted a couple days ago, in recent weeks, Terry McAuliffe has managed to turn projectile nonsense into something approaching the sublime. But with the primary battle now rapidly winding down, Terry's tear may be coming to an end. So before it's over, in today's episode of TPMtv we bring you some of Terry's greatest recent moments ...High-res version at Veracifier.com.
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