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30 Jul 2010 12:25

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Biz, U.S.: GDP crawl: The U.S. economy is growing, but at a very slow rate

  • 2.4% the increase in the GDP in the second quarter, slower than anticipated
  • 3.7% the increase in the GDP after the first quarter, higher than first reported source

14 Jul 2010 20:36

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Tech: Parody video: Apple ignores older phones in its iOS updates

  • Apple has a new beta of iOS 4 coming down the pipe to deal with the dropped calls angering iPhone 4 users, but the old users seem to have a legitimate beef. The guy who made this video, Adam Burtle, says that his phone only started feeling slow after he upgraded to the new iOS. “Apple’s firmware has become bloated, with respect to the processing power of the 3G iPhone,” he writes. We’re on iOS 3 still, and we’ve noticed a lot of lag lately. This guy isn’t alone.

22 Dec 2009 08:57

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Biz: The not-so-incredibly-growing economy: It’s not as big as hoped

  • +2.8% the rate that the economy grew last quarter, according to numbers released last month
  • +2.6% the revised rate that the economy grew last quarter; we want our other .6% back source

01 Oct 2009 10:09

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World: Early warning system? More like late warning in Samoa’s case

  • 15 minutes – the time it takes scientists to properly analyze the data from an earthquake source

05 Sep 2009 19:18

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Biz, U.S.: All those jobs lost? They may not be back for a while

  • 2014 when employment could level out again source

16 Aug 2009 20:25

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U.S., World: The quiet hurricane season finally burped this weekend

  • three storms number of tropical storms – Ana, Bill and Claudette – that formed this weekend source

13 May 2009 08:53

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U.S.: Now that the U.S. has their stimulus, they’re not in a rush to use it

  • $787 billion size of the stimulus package passed by Congress and signed by Obama source
 

01 May 2009 19:24

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Tech: Boost Mobile’s customer’s aren’t getting much of a boost

  • Boost Mobile, in response to the cruddy economy, created a $50 no-contract unlimited plan that’s proved to be very, very popular for broke people. source
  • It’s so popular, in fact, that many users of the service are complaining about slow text messaging. The influx of new users are to blame. source

12 Jan 2009 12:20

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Tech: Microsoft’s Windows 7 Beta saga goes on

  • Want the beta? Now’s the time. Microsoft formally apologized for the delays in getting the software released to customers in a smooth fashion. They will let an unlimited number of people download the Vista-killer in the next couple of weeks. The MS Web site has been incredibly slow since the Beta’s launch and the company was initially afraid it couldn’t handle the load. source
  • Want the beta? Now’s the time. Microsoft formally apologized for the delays in getting the software released to customers in a smooth fashion. They will let an unlimited number of people download the Vista-killer in the next couple of weeks. The MS Web site has been incredibly slow since the Beta’s launch and the company was initially afraid it couldn’t handle the load.
  • This poor man has to do PR magic Brandon LeBlanc, a Windows communications manager, tried calming down the masses: “I know many of you had issues with the Windows 7 beta site of the last 24 hours,” he said. “As you may have noticed the download site has been up and running smoothly since this morning. That said, we apologize for the inconvenience that it caused some of you.” source