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Streaming media players that relay Internet video content to TVs are becoming increasingly common--but ones that do it well and reliably for HDTV over a wireless network are less so. That's why the Roku HD-XR is a real gem: For $130 (as of 11/24/09), it delivers high-definition content from Netflix,...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top internet companies were mixed at the close of trading: Akamai Technologies fell $.32 or 1.3 percent, to $24.27. Amazon fell $.06 or percent, to $132.94. eBay rose $.14 or .6 percent, to $23.59. Google rose $.74 or .1 percent, to $583.09. Yahoo fell $.21 or 1.4 percent, to $15.24.
Photo by kalandrakas via Flickr It was one week ago that students at A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas responded to a posting on Facebook by beating up at least 7 of their redheaded classmates as part of "Kick a Ginger Day," a pseudo-event thought to be inspired by a 2005 South Park episode. Not only did the attacks provoke an investigation (and may well result in arrest and prosecution of ...
Here's how you avoid a value trap.
Photograph by Jason Andra on Flickr From the Gothamist Newsmap : A car vs. building on Kings Highway in Brooklyn, a water main break on St Marks Pl on Staten Island, and a home invasion robbery/shooting on 223rd St in Queens. If it's Thanksgiving, then there will be deep-fried turkey fire incidents . Barneys security caught a thief who attempted to hide two suits (one Gucci, one Alexander ...
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Social networking sites are helping abortion-rights supporters and opponents fire up their grassroots in the fight over insurance coverage. Read more...
Photo by katherine_hitt via Flickr This week, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa commented that he believes the City Council should work to create parameters that would "limit the number of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city," according to CBS2 . He believes the current count of 8-900 is too high, and talk among the Council is to aim to cap "dispensaries at between 70 and 200." The Mayor and the ...
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