September 2009
Time.com Sees 164% Jump in Traffic from Digg →
Time.com’s traffic trajectory in 2009 has been skyward, thanks in no small part to a partnership with Digg. The venerable newsweekly’s Web offshoot has seen its audience balloon by 41% versus last…
Is Hulu Watched More Than Time Warner Cable? →
According to a new survey, Hulu, the online video TV channel, just beat the viewing statistics of Time Warner Cable for July. Does that mean Hulu’s now the second most important TV “channel” in the…
August 2009
More Advertisers Pull Out of 'Glenn Beck: 46 Total →
More advertisers have pulled out of Fox News Glenn Beck Program, bringing the tally to 46, according to the watchdog group Color of Change.
Colbert and Stewart's Best Glenn Beck Moments →
His sponsors keep bailing, but his ratings keep rising, but what is it that makes Glenn Beck so special? Love of country? Long-term lead and mercury poisoning? A kick to the head from a mule? Until…
Republican Admits He's Simply Blocking Health Care... →
Mike Enzi, one of three Republicans ostensibly negotiating health care reform as part of the Senate’s Gang of Six, told a Wyoming town hall crowd that he had no plans to compromise with Democrats and…
TED: Wireless Electricity Demo (VIDEO) →
Eric Giler wants to untangle our wired lives with cable-free electric power. Here, he covers what this sci-fi tech offers, and demos MIT’s breakthrough version, WiTricity — a near-to-market…
Timeline: Edward M. Kennedy: A Life Of Service →
Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy, well known as part of his family’s political dynasty, spent more than four decades in the Senate, where he championed health care, education and labor. Here, a look back at…
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15 U.S. States with the Fastest Broadband Internet... →
Delaware residents now enjoy the nation’s fastest broadband at 9.9 Mbs, nearly twice the national average. California, perhaps the nation’s most high-tech-friendly state, ranked only 11th among the…
Google Maps Adds Traffic Conditions to Major Roads →
Google’s displayed traffic information for major interstates and freeways for years, but starting today, the popular web-based mapping application adds traffic conditions for arterial roads—that is,…
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13 More Advertisers Dump Glenn Beck, Total Now 33! →
Glenn Beck returns to Fox News Channel after a vacation on Monday with fewer companies willing to advertise on his show than when he left, part of the fallout from calling President Barack Obama a…
Twitter Downtime
Twitter really needs to get things together. Half the time I try to visit the site, I can’t! Usually get a partially loaded page or an error, like this one:
HTTP Server Error 503
No available server to handle this request
Barney Frank Confronts Woman Comparing Obama to... →
At a Barney Frank town hall meeting in Dartmouth, MA, a constituent asks, “Why are you supporting this Nazi policy?”Frank responds: “On what p…
Amazing: Jon Stewart Grills 'Death Panel'... →
Betsy McCaughey, the first who equated end-of-life planning with government-ordered euthanasia, goes on the Daily Show to make her case. Stewart takes her apart.
60 Minutes Creator Don Hewitt Has Died →
“60 Minutes”spokesman Kevin Tedesco confirmed 86-year-old Don Hewitt has died. Earlier this year, Hewitt was diagnosed with a small, contained tumor.
Why The PS3 Slim Has No Backwards Compatibility →
Most of us has already figured the PS3 Slim will not be backwards compatible with the PS2 but there were many who still had their hopes up even though it has been removed from later models of the…
