url='http://nowtnews.com/05664/rim-unveils-playbook-its-ipad-crusher/';size='small';Last week’s big rumour is this morning’s big news. RIM, worldwide leader in the handheld market on the strength of its business-owning BlackBerry, pulled the wraps of its much-anticipated tablet, The Playbook. Seizing the opportunity to appear before a loyal, eager audience, Mike Lazardis, a RIM chief executive, promised developers at RIM’s annual conference...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05661/vietnamese-website-leaks-new-ipod-prototype/';size='small';The same Vietnamese website that leaked a prototype of Apple’s new iPhone 4 today revealed a cello-wrapped prototype of an iPod Touch equipped with a camera, confirming widespread speculation that Apple was developing a camera-equipped iPod in time for holiday release. The site featured a big photograph of the prototype, complete with a 2.0...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05659/samsung-throws-down-the-gauntlet/';size='small';The usual tech-world buzz swirls around competition among Apple, Google, and Microsoft—who has which product and service at what price? Especially in a week highlighted by Microsoft’s release of “Halo: Reach,” none of the technorati would have predicted perpetual after-thought Samsung would grab headlines. Staying below the radar and out of the buzz-mill, Samsung...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05657/craiglist-goes-to-congress/';size='small';Craigslist executives reiterated today they have no intention of restoring their “adult services” section, and they renewed their vow to continue aiding initiatives to stop child prostitution and human trafficking. The very public reassurance comes in the wake of last week’s testimony before a House Judiciary sub-committee during which William Clinton Powell, Craigslist director...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05653/google-adds-features-outlines-music-plans-and-blasts-up-sales-charts/';size='small';Although each development has received decent coverage, the real news at Google comes from the sheer volume of their announcements, upgrades, debuts, and buzzworthy developments. In approximately two weeks, the Google guys have increased their browser’s capacity and features, thrown down the gauntlet in the music market, and claimed second place in worldwide handheld...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05651/microsoft-trots-out-internet-explorer-9/';size='small';If little else, give the Seattle software super-stars credit for determination. Although Microsoft’s web tools compete in the marketplace approximately like the Iraqi swim team competes in the pool, they keep reconfiguring, upgrading, coding, and generally trying in every way they can to make their splash. Today, the Explorer entourage trotted-out their latest shot...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05649/us-open-champions-nadal-clijsters-own-the-us-open/';size='small';Rafa was an odds-on favourite, except of course for that Federer guy. Kim Clijsters surely suffered from odds-makers’ vestigial sexism, forfeiting a few places in the seeding because she took time off for family life. Once again, players prevail and pundits blush. Both Rafael Nadal and Kim Clijsters made tennis history as they won...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05647/mtv-video-music-awards-go-gaga/';size='small';Eminem, proclaiming the virtues of sobriety, debuted his heart-wrenching new song, backed-up by feature artist Rhianna. Later, the come-back rapper collected three Video Music Awards and the full measure of the audience’s love. Still, Eminem barely blipped the radar by comparison with Lady Gaga. Proving that she belonged among “the world’s most influential people,”...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05644/dwight-howard-drives-hard-to-the-bucket/';size='small';Earlier this week, Dwight Howard hit the winning bucket. He did not suit-up, lace-up, or even take the court, but he nailed it. Visiting with Kay Kellogg, who has stage three multiple myeloma, Howard delivered the one and only item she had on her “bucket list.” “He has become my seven-foot-tall bottle of medicine,”...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05642/us-open-update-biggest-and-best-weekend-at-the-open/';size='small';Sure, the big finals happen next weekend, and the best seats go for more than Joe the Plumber makes in a month. For true tennis lovers, though, the middle weekend delivers maximum rallies-per-hour and a lot more backhand for the buck. The first few rounds have washed-out the posers and pretenders, leaving the contenders...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05639/dancing-with-the-stars-selects-cast-for-eleventh-season/';size='small';Seriously, when the folks at ABC assemble an all-star cast for a dance-o-rama and general gossip-fest, they do not mess around. Clearly, the alchemists and spellbinders at “Dancing with the Stars” worked overtime, giving special considerations to bloggers’ and late-night comedians’ needs, putting together a delectably eclectic, outrageous cast for their eleventh season. Could...
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url='http://nowtnews.com/05637/super-model-and-cinderella-advance-at-u-s-open/';size='small';New Yorkers exclaim, “We heart Maria Sharapova!” and everybody’s favorite Russian expatriate returns the favor, playing her best tennis before her “hometown” crowd. Glamorous as ever and considerably more fit, Sharapova easily advanced today, defeating Czechoslovakian Iveta Benesova in straight sets. In fact, Benesova barely had time to take her racquet from its cover...
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