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Treasury bolsters Citigroup with capital

Business and Economy . Featured

The U.S. government on Sunday entered into an agreement with Citigroup to bolster the company with $20 billion in capital from the TARP pool. The treasury has also announced that it, along with FDIC, will provide protection against an asset pool of approximately $306 billion of loans and securities backed by residential and commercial real [...]

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US Treasury Changes Mind, Not Buying Troubled Mortgage Assets

Business and Economy . Finance

Just six weeks after it was announced, the so called "financial bailout" plan has reversed its course leading to steep drops in the stock markets worldwide. In an announcement on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson

Gears of War 2 BLASTS and here is why

Lifestyle . Technology

Gears of War 2 If you have not heard of GoW, following rave is not for you. If hated GoW, it is not for you. If you were not getting tingling sensation

Google Introduces Video Chat in Gmail

Technology

Keeping true to the philosophy of making Web Browsers the next PC, Google has announced Video Chat option inside its email service - Gmail on Tuesday. This should give Yahoo and Microsoft run for their

iPhone 3G jumps to the top in a gloomy handset market

Business and Economy . Mobile

iPhone 3G The economy is bad to say the least and consumer spending has been going down. For the month of October consumer spending dropped 0.3 percent

Full Transcript of Barack Obama’s first Press Conference

Politics

OBAMA: Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you very much. This morning, we woke up to more sobering news about the state of our economy. The 240,000 jobs lost in October marks the 10th consecutive

GM slowly dying, reports $2.5B loss for 3Q, full Press Release

Business and Economy . Finance

While reporting their 3Q earnings, GM made a desperate attempt to draw government attention by declaring they would run out of cash in 2009 if the economic slump continues and they do not receive government

Text of Obama/McCain Speeches from Election Night

Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

Democratic President Elect Barack Obama's Victory Speech (Chicago, IL) If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our

Update: McCain concedes, Obama is the 44th President elect of the USA

Featured . Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

Update - 3: McCain gives an emotional conceding speech in Phoenix and congratulates Obama as Obama crosses the 320 electoral votes mark Update - 2: Florida goes to Obama. Landslide becomes closer to reality McCain loses PA

Bush cheers as Obama loses the Election

Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

It is official now! It is 3:15 in the morning on November 5th and Fox News confirmed final state Pennsylvania for John McCain an hour ago. Even John McCain admitted in his victory speech it

Yahoo Calendar Beta: Disappointing!

Lifestyle . Technology

My primary email is Yahoo! Mail and therefore I have been dying to see the integration of Notes, Contacts, Calendar and Mail get better (After all, it has been years since Google calendar came out

Tivo and Netflix join forces

Online Video . Technology

Tivo and Netflix have linked up a deal to provide netflix movies on TV's through the Tivo DVR's. Netflix and TiVo® Series3, TiVo HD, and TiVo HD XL subscribers will now be able to stream

Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop and Server now available

Technology

Canonical Ltd. has announced that Ubuntu Linux 8.10, code named Intrepid Ibex, is now available for download. In related news, Canonical also announced the simultaneous release of Ubuntu 8.10 Server Edition. Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop

Obama = 666? How about Palin?

US Presidential Elections 2008

A friend of mine just sent me proof that Obama is the anti-christ. His proof - Obama's name when used on numeric phone keypad is O(6)-B(2)-A(2)-M(6)-A(2) i.e 62262. (You can also get Obama related information by
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Social gaming play, Playfish raises $17 mil series B

Featured . Lifestyle . Technology

Social gaming play, Playfish, announced today that it has completed a new round of funding led by Accel Partners and Index Ventures. The $17 million Series B investment will be used to grow Playfish. The

“McCain is not Bush” but he too lives in denial

Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

McCain Denial This does not need much elaboration. George W. Bush ignored the painful reality of the war in Iraq for far too long and it did cost America dearly. In

Apple supports Gay Marriage, helps with $100K

Business and Economy . Lifestyle

Apple is political now. In a very unusual move for the industry, Apple has declared itself publicly opposed to Proposition 8. Proposition 8, titled 'Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry', is an initiative measure

Still the “most popular” governor?

Featured . Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

Despite McCain's personal gaffe's, his attempts to vilify Obama by taking things out of context, his campaign rallying divisive forces in the country to win an election and his erratic behavior during the

Funny Video: What if the world hates you for not voting

Online Video . Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

What if result of the Presidential Elections comes down to one vote - yours? And what if you have failed to vote by 4th of November? I am not talking about the movie

Sarah Palin: From Drag to Disaster

Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

Sarah Palin It is not always her fault. But if there is anyone who is holding John McCain's campaign down, it's Sarah Palin. I have always believed that

5 Ways You Might be Helping McCain Win

Featured . Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

As historic as this election has been,  it is not November 5th yet. In fact, the race is just heating up and if previous Presidential  elections are any guide, the Republican Party is going to

Yahoo to layoff 1500 as Profit falls 64 percent, gets sued by AA

Business and Economy . Online Advertising . Technology

Yahoo LayoffsAs we reported of layoff season plaguing the valley, Yahoo announced removing 10% of its 14,300 workforce as its profits fall 64 percent

Layoff season: Wikia, Veoh cut jobs on Monday, Yahoo to detail on Tuesday

Online Video . Technology

We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now... It's Happening. - The Happening (2008) It was expected, that melting WallStreet will hurt everything in its vicinity and now it is happening in the valley. Wikia.com,

Re: Top 10 Reasons All Video Games Should be 2D

Lifestyle . Technology

I just read on Old-wizard.com, Top 10 Reasons All Video Games should be 2D and I wanted to shoot that person's 2D ass with my 3D Dark Matter Gun. Some of

Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 Released (and it gives Beta a bad name)

Technology . Uncategorized

Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 is now available for download. The release is intended for testing the core functionality of many new features scheduled for Firefox 3.1 release.  New features in this release include

Powell endorses Obama: financial crisis, the final exam; McCain appears fickle, Obama a steady hand

Featured . Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

General Colin Powell, the secretary of state for the Bush Administration from 2001 - 2005, today confirmed his endorsement for Barack Obama as the next president of the United States of America. Powell felt that the

Campaign Enthusiasm Gap - 13 times?

Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

Barack Obama has won the final Presidential Debate of 2008 giving his campaign a 4-0 win in Presidential debates. This victory among Independent voters along with a 7-14 point lead in the

Barack Obama Introduces Tax Cut Calculator

Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

After suffering from McCain's attack for weeks, that Obama will "raise your taxes", Barack Obama has decided to give voters a clear shot at comparing who is actually raising the taxes and who isn't. Barack Obama's

Full Text: McCain’s New Economic Plan Speech

Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

John McCain is late yet again! McCain’s campaign was supposed to reveal its new plan for the Economy but the speech was not delivered until Tuesday. In the meantime, Barack Obama has unveiled his

Full Text: Obama’s New Ecomonic Plan speech

Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

John McCain is late yet again! McCain's campaign was supposed to reveal its new plan for the Economy but the speech has been put on hold. In the meantime, Barack Obama has unveiled his bold

Obama unveils middle class economic rescue plan

Featured . Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

The Obama-Biden ticket unveiled an economic stimulus plan for the American middle class today at an economic policy address in Toledo, Ohio. Highlights of the plan for the common man include A New American Jobs Tax

McCain’s lazy web admins!

Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

As McCain slips in the polls, seems like his campaign doesn't feel like working as hard they could. John McCain's official website now has a "removed" you tube ad. The ad "ACORN" was released by

National Debt clock overflows, needs more digits!

Business and Economy . Featured

The US national debt clock has overflown the digits as the country's debt has reached $10 trillion. The one and the dollar sign had to be squeezed into the same square. The clock also display's
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Blackberry Flip, now available from T-Mobile

Mobile . Technology

We had previously covered the announcement of the Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220, the first flip phone from Research in Motion. RIM had announced the flip in September and starting today, the Pearl 8220 is

Barack Obama close to over 300 Electoral Votes

Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

If you need to understand the reason for recent tirade of attacks on Barack Obama's character by John McCain, his running mate Sarah Palin and his surrogates and the reason why his supporters

Capturing Osama is related to the Election?

Politics . US Presidential Elections 2008

Osama Bin Laden is the mastermind of 9/11 and world's most wanted terrorist. So you would expect there should be an urgency in capturing or killing him. Now since the first time John McCain claimed