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Analyst Predicts Apple Mini Computer in 2010

A prominent technology analyst predicted that Apple Inc. would release a “tablet” or mini-computer for sale early next year, and that it could boost the consumer electronics company’s revenue by 3 percent in 2010.
Speculation of a tablet from Apple has been swirling among analysts and technology blogs for a couple years as other PC makers [...]

August 7th, 2009 

Hackers Attack Twitter & Facebook

A hacker attack Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter, and Facebook also said it was looking into possible site problems.
Twitter said in its status blog Thursday that it was “defending against a denial-of-service attack,” in which hackers command scores of computers to a single site at the same time, preventing legitimate traffic from [...]

August 6th, 2009 

Senate Leader Presses Colleagues On ‘Cash for Clunkers’

Pressing colleagues to replenish the “cash-for-clunkers” program, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warned lawmakers they might miss their August vacation takeoff plans Friday if they don’t quickly pass the $2 billion measure.
“If we don’t work something out on the cash for clunkers,” Reid said from the Senate floor Wednesday morning, he would file motions to [...]

August 5th, 2009 

‘Funny People’ Wins Modest Box Office Weekend

The Associated Press reports that it was a modest weekend for Hollywood, with the shadow of last summer’s juggernaut “The Dark Knight” hanging over the current blockbuster season. Overall summer revenues, which had been running ahead of last year’s since early May, dipped below those of 2008, when “The Dark Knight” was packing theaters for weeks on end.

August 2nd, 2009