USA-Audio-Technica supplied microphones used on both candidates,the moderator and audience participants at the third debate in the 2012 presidential campaign on 16 October at Hofstra University in Hempstead,New York. Larry Estrin,of Best ...
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LINCOLNTON, N.C. --- Just over a year ago Bruce Cochrane realized a long-term dream to reopen a case goods factory in the area where his family had done business since 1850. Lincolnton Furniture's product line included the Lincoln ...
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Australian markets got off to a roaring start to 2013 yesterday, with the avoidance of the January 1 US fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts combining with rising iron ore prices to send the stockmarket on its biggest one-day ...
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The sharemarket is set to enter the final trading day of the year on edge after worries that US politicians would not be able to avert the looming fiscal cliff sent US stocks on their biggest one-day fall in more than a month. Futures ...
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AUSTRALIAN stocks are set to rise today after the US avoided falling over its fiscal cliff -- at least for now -- and iron ore prices unexpectedly ended the year in positive territory. US tax and spending cuts due to start on January 1 ...
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There were 123 heads of state and governments using Twitter to communicate with citizens and the rest of the world as of December 2012, a think tank said Tuesday. The number is up 78 percent on 2011, according to a study released on ...
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Verizon's attempt -- unsuccessful so far -- to secure a patent for a so-called 'snooping technology,' which in this case would let television advertisers target individual viewers based on what they're doing or saying in front of their ...
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Craig Mundie has left his role as Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer to become senior adviser to the CEO, as he winds down before retirement. Mundie had led strategy since founder Bill Gates stepped down from full-time work ...
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The most controversial tech issue taken up by the outgoing Congress was, by far, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). This legislation drew a humongous public outcry that prompted a wholesale retreat by its supporters. But thanks to the ...
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IDG News Service-President Barack Obama,currently on the campaign trail ahead of the upcoming November elections,c,a popular online discussion site,on Wednesday. The president appeared on a forum entitled"I am Barack Obama,President of ...
Computerworld-The 2012 Republican Party platform adopted this week calls for a more aggressive U.S.cyber deterrence policy for dealing with security threats against government and civilian targets. The platform,which lists the GOP's ...
The co-chairman of the Ohio Green Party and editor of FreePress.org,Bob Fitrakis,on Monday filed a federal lawsuit over software that was allegedly installed on central vote tabulation machines in 39 Ohio counties without being tested or ...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is set to host the first of several meetings seeking input for its effort to develop new codes of conduct for handling private consumer date on the Internet and mobile ...
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As presidential election day unfolded on Tuesday,people spent time posting photos of long lines at polling places,tweeting about casting a vote and commenting on a viral video of a malfunctioning voting machine. Obama victory tweet ...
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The U.S. on Thursday said it ordered sanctions against Iran's Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Reza Taghipour, and other entities and persons responsible for engaging in censorship in their country. Taghipour is ...
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