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Just Show Me: How to manually sync your Kindle Fire
Thu,5 Jan 2012 06:17 PM PST
Technology News Blog - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to manually sync your Kindle Fire. Manually syncing your Kindle Fire … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Computer accessory lets you navigate Windows 8 with your eyes
Thu,5 Jan 2012 06:11 PM PST
Technology News Blog - Here's something that could make Windows 8 a lot more fun to use — a system that gives you the power to navigate the computer with your eyes. Microsoft's newest operating system isn't commercially available yet, but Swedish company Tobii has long prepared … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Elizabeth Warren, Scott Brown turn Richard Cordray appointment into election fodder in Massachusetts
Thu,5 Jan 2012 02:31 PM PST
The Ticket - President Barack Obama's decision Wednesday to nominate former Ohio attorney general Richard Cordray to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sparked anger from Republicans who oppose the president's decision to sidestep the Senate with a recess appointment. But in Massachusetts' Senate race, the decision has turned into bipartisan election fodder that both candidates hope to [...] Full Story 		Top

Video: All aboard the Newt Express
Thu,5 Jan 2012 02:04 PM PST
The Ticket - For his campaign swings through Iowa and New Hampshire, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich chartered a bus for members of the press to follow his every move. And over the past few weeks, I've spent several days on the Newt Express, plowing through Midwestern corn fields and down the winding roads of New England. My [...] Full Story 		Top

Print Facebook Timeline business cards (for free!)
Thu,5 Jan 2012 01:56 PM PST
Technology News Blog - Even if you aren't a fan of the Timeline, you have to admit that Facebook's newest design is pretty slick. Through a new partnership with Moo, a business card company known for its own fresh designs, you can print your Timeline right onto … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

PAWS cam gives rescuers a dog's-eye-view
Thu,5 Jan 2012 01:33 PM PST
Technology News Blog - Perhaps because it seems that 2011 was a year rife with natural and man-made disasters, inventors have been making huge strides in creating technology to help with rescue operations in an emergency. There's the robotic sniffer dog and the slightly less … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

80 cent check typo nearly costs man his home
Thu,5 Jan 2012 12:44 PM PST
The Sideshow - A Florida man who accidentally put a "0" near the end of his mortgage check instead of an "8," nearly lost his home. The Tampa Tribune reports that Tom Mudie had recently been approved for a mortgage modification program that lowered his monthly payment by $200. But when Mudie's monthly check was off by 80 [...] Full Story 		Top

Santorum-mania hits New Hampshire: the candidate's fashion shoot/meet-and-greet
Thu,5 Jan 2012 03:10 PM PST
The Ticket - TILTON, New Hampshire—The sign outside the hot pink Tilt'n Diner makes a bold promise: "Real Food! Real People!" The latter part of that claim was put to the test Thursday, even before Rick Santorum rolled up in his Ford F-150 pickup truck for a lunchtime meet and greet. About 20 minutes before Santorum's arrival, nearly 20 [...] Full Story 		Top

Newt Gingrich: Get rid of the super PACs
Thu,5 Jan 2012 03:12 PM PST
The Ticket - LITTLETON, N.H -- Newt Gingrich, who has faced an onslaught of negative ads funded anonymously by so-called super PACs new to this presidential campaign cycle, says that he thinks these new fundraising operations should be eliminated. Super PACs have sprouted up in the wake of FEC v. Citizens United, the 2010  Supreme Court ruling allowing [...] Full Story 		Top

Turkey envoy says Iran, West ready to resume nuclear talks, but EU still awaits Iran RSVP
Thu,5 Jan 2012 11:57 AM PST
The Envoy - Turkey's foreign minister said on a trip to Iran Thursday that he had delivered a western offer to resume talks on Iran's nuclear program, and his Iranian counterpart had accepted. But a European official told Yahoo News Thursday that Iran had still yet to formally respond in writing to a proposal for a new meeting. [...] Full Story 		Top

Santorum swarmed by media in New Hampshire
Thu,5 Jan 2012 11:29 AM PST
The Cutline - Fresh off his impressive showing in the Iowa caucuses, Rick Santorum made a campaign stop in New Hampshire at a diner in Tilton on Thursday--with more than 50 reporters and photographers trailing him. The result was a veritable media crush, with Santorum and co. packed into the tiny small-town diner. ABC News' Shush Walshe called [...] Full Story 		Top

Video: Thief returns stolen Christmas gifts
Thu,5 Jan 2012 10:37 AM PST
The Sideshow - Here's a fitting final gloss on the season of giving: A man who'd stolen a family's Christmas presents has returned the gifts, along with an apology note. Staten Island resident Mike Valloney caught both acts on his home security camera. "You can see him take the packages," Valloney told local news station WPIX as he watched [...] Full Story 		Top

$25 computers sell for over $3,000, money goes to charity
Thu,5 Jan 2012 10:21 AM PST
Technology News Blog - The Raspberry Pi project has the potential to revolutionize low-cost computing. With an expected retail price of just $25, the tiny PCs — which are barely larger than a USB memory stick — are powerful enough to handle daily web browsing, … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Matt Damon Wades Into World Water Struggle
Thu,5 Jan 2012 09:56 AM PST
Around the World - As a child, before he was a movie star, before he won an Academy award, and before he was one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood, Matt Damon was deeply affected by the extreme poverty he witnessed with his mother on trips to Guatemala. Now with the power of name recognition, he has started [...] Full Story 		Top

Data Gods: Sweden recognizes file-sharing as official religion
Thu,5 Jan 2012 09:40 AM PST
Technology News Blog - You might consider your digitally-inclined ways a lifestyle, but a collective of data pirates in Sweden have taken the free flow of information on the web to religious new heights. Members of the group — known officially as the Missionary Church of Kopimism — … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

New Girl Scouts Cookie Fuels Debate about Which Cookie Reigns Supreme
Thu,5 Jan 2012 09:05 AM PST
Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow me on Twitter @Knowlesitall! It is the first week of the new year, and some of you are probably doing a great job of sticking to that resolution of working out and eating more healthfully. Coincidentally, it's also Girl Scout Cookie season, so the battle of the bulge may [...] Full Story 		Top

Whither Ron Paul? After strong Iowa finish, Paul takes a campaign break
Thu,5 Jan 2012 08:35 AM PST
The Ticket - Following his third place finish in Iowa Texas Rep. Ron Paul delivered a rousing speech encouraging supporters to get "ready and raring" to go ahead of the New Hampshire primary. But with less than a week to go before the Jan. 10 balloting in the Granite State, Paul has gone completely off the radar. Paul has [...] Full Story 		Top

Missing Dallas teen accidentally deported to Colombia
Thu,5 Jan 2012 08:25 AM PST
The Sideshow - A Dallas teen missing for more than a year has been found living in Colombia. Lorene Turner tells WFAA that her granddaughter Jakadrien Turner ran away from home in the fall of 2010 when she was just 14. Jakadrien made her way to Houston, where she was arrested by police. That's when things took a [...] Full Story 		Top

Obama, Panetta unveil new Defense plan for leaner, more agile force
Thu,5 Jan 2012 07:41 AM PST
The Envoy - President Barack Obama joined Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at the Pentagon Thursday to roll out a new U.S. defense strategy calling for a leaner, more agile army--in an unprecedented briefing by an American president at the Pentagon podium. The new defense strategy document--entitled "Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense"--calls for cutting the [...] Full Story 		Top

Newt Gingrich makes anti-Romney ad buy in early primary states
Thu,5 Jan 2012 07:19 AM PST
The Ticket - PLYMOUTH, N.H. -- After months of holding his tongue, Newt Gingrich released an anti-Mitt Romney ad in New Hampshire and South Carolina, which will hit the airways before the primary election next Tuesday. "Timid won't create jobs, and timid certainly won't defeat Barack Obama," the ad says. You can read more from Yahoo News on [...] Full Story 		Top

Use Your Eyes Instead of a Mouse
Thu,5 Jan 2012 07:13 AM PST
This Could Be Big - It's hard to imagine a computer you can control with your eyes, but the technology exists and should be available on store shelves in the next couple of years. Swedish company Tobii, a pioneer in eye tracking technology, has come up with a way to control the screen of a laptop or desktop with your [...] Full Story 		Top

Prediction market data provided strong guidance in Iowa
Thu,5 Jan 2012 06:57 AM PST
The Signal - The New Yorker's John Cassidy proclaims two big winners from the Iowa caucuses: President Obama and Justin Wolfers. He's half right:  Wolfers, an economist and fellow proponent of the prediction markets (and a co-author of mine), put his faith in the markets, which were favoring Romney, while many other prognosticators went with their gut reaction to Rick [...] Full Story 		Top

Newt Gingrich test drives new aggressive strategy on first day in New Hampshire
Thu,5 Jan 2012 06:56 AM PST
The Ticket - CONCORD, N.H. -- With only a few hours to sleep after landing in New Hampshire for the first day of primary-week campaigning here, Newt Gingrich hit the airwaves early Wednesday morning, knocking out three media interviews before breakfast. He and his campaign team flew in from Des Moines, taking refuge at a Fairfield Marriott after [...] Full Story 		Top

A good omen for Gingrich in New Hampshire?
Thu,5 Jan 2012 06:12 AM PST
The Ticket - The state amphibian of New Hampshire, where the Republican presidential candidates are battling for victory for the first primary in the nation, is... ... the spotted newt. Via Jo Ling Kent Other popular Yahoo! News stories: Don't forget Jon Huntsman! 'I'm not an isolationist. I'm a realist': Character Sketch Jack Abramoff critiques OWS, Republicans' media exposure [...] Full Story 		Top

Among the free-state faithful in New Hampshire: 'We win even more'
Thu,5 Jan 2012 06:16 AM PST
The Ticket - By Jeff Sharlet There is this curious optimism among the Free Staters of New Hampshire -- "that interesting state that makes Vermont nervous," as a man who boasted of buying his used Dodge Caravan with a gold Kruggerand put it to me this week at an Iowa caucus-watching party in a Manchester bar. Most of [...] Full Story 		Top

Colbert clobbers CNN's caucus-night 'flick' screen fiasco
Thu,5 Jan 2012 05:32 AM PST
The Cutline - Anderson Cooper predicted Jon Stewart would have a field day skewering CNN's tech-heavy but not-so-tech-savvy coverage of the 2012 Iowa caucuses. He was wrong. It was Stephen Colbert. Like plenty of others, Colbert noticed CNN's difficulty with its own technology on Tuesday. "CNN debuted their new 'flick' technology," Colbert observed, "which allowed them to throw [...] Full Story 		Top

Rick Santorum's foreign policy: combative hawk–and, according to Bono, "defender of the vulnerable"
Thu,5 Jan 2012 05:21 AM PST
The Envoy - Rick Santorum--the surprise almost-first-place finisher in the Iowa GOP presidential caucus Tuesday--advocates a hawkish, internationalist and compassionate foreign policy deeply informed by his socially conservative, Roman Catholic faith. Santorum had been a prominent leader in the GOP Senate caucus from 2001 through 2007, when he served as the chair of the Senate Republican Policy conference. [...] Full Story 		Top

Herman Cain launches 'Cain's Solutions Revolution' to 'keep 999 alive'
Wed,4 Jan 2012 07:44 PM PST
The Ticket - Herman Cain appeared on Fox News Wednesday night to make what was billed as a "very big announcement" on Sean Hannity's show. But the hype far outran the actual event. The former Republican hopeful and pizza chain CEO did not endorse a current GOP candidate, as some had predicted he might. Nor did Cain announce [...] Full Story 		Top

Just Show Me: Getting started with the Kindle App for your Android phone or tablet
Wed,4 Jan 2012 06:25 PM PST
Technology News Blog - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to get started with the Kindle App for your Android phone … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Trailer for Netflix's first original series hits the web
Wed,4 Jan 2012 06:16 PM PST
Technology News Blog - Despite a somewhat rough year, streaming media and DVD rental giant Netflix is updating its viewing options with new original content, including its first original series. Called Lilyhammer, it's the unlikely story of an American mobster who relocates to the small Norwegian … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Old age simulator suit shows you that it's not easy being 75 years old
Wed,4 Jan 2012 03:20 PM PST
Technology News Blog - Why imagine how it is to be a septuagenarian decades before you reach that age when there's a suit that lets you experience the difficulties of being old? Similar to the Mommy Tummy that simulates pregnancy, MIT's Age Gain Now Empathy … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Current says Keith Olbermann refused to anchor Iowa caucus coverage
Wed,4 Jan 2012 01:44 PM PST
The Cutline - Analyses of Tuesday's Iowa caucuses are the top of most news sites right now--including Current TV's homepage, which features images of Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich above a video featuring former U.S. vice president and Current co-founder Al Gore breaking down the results. One image conspicuously absent from the page: Keith Olbermann. Olbermann, [...] Full Story 		Top

Tabloid wars: ex-News of the World editor Colin Myler named editor of Daily News, setting up showdown with the Post
Wed,4 Jan 2012 01:25 PM PST
The Cutline - In a surprise move, Colin Myler, former editor of News Corp.'s defunct News of the World, has been named editor-in-chief of the New York Daily News, adding some fuel to what's already a bitter rivalry between the Daily News and the New York Post. Myler replaces the paper's current editor Kevin Convey, whose tenure as [...] Full Story 		Top

Parasite turns honey bees into zombies
Wed,4 Jan 2012 01:22 PM PST
The Sideshow - A fly parasite is being blamed for an epidemic that has struck the honey bee population around the world. The parasite nests in the stomach of the bees and causes them to walk in circles, sometimes pursuing bright lights, before eventually dying. The Parasitic Phorid Fly Apocephalus borealis is responsible for the zombie transformation, laying [...] Full Story 		Top

Don't forget Jon Huntsman! 'I'm not an isolationist. I'm a realist': Character Sketch
Wed,4 Jan 2012 01:22 PM PST
The Ticket - PETERBOROUGH, N.H.--At every stop on Tuesday in the state with the nation's first presidential primary, Jon Huntsman insisted that the opening-gun caucuses being held 1,300 miles away in Iowa were irrelevant. But like so much during the candidate's slow-starting campaign, the words lacked bite. Finally, at a crowded town meeting here, just an hour before [...] Full Story 		Top

Rupert Murdoch celebrates Santorum results with a tweet from his iPad
Wed,4 Jan 2012 11:25 AM PST
The Cutline - "Well, well! Values DO count. Santorum result pretty amazing. Policy very similar to Reagan. Now start to sound like him." -- Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, assessing the results of last night's Iowa caucuses via his new preferred medium: Twitter on the iPad. Murdoch--who joined the micro-messaging service on New Year's [...] Full Story 		Top

How To Lose Weight Playing Video Games
Wed,4 Jan 2012 12:11 PM PST
Upgrade Your Life - Can Video Games Burn As Many Calories as Running? As a working mom of twins, staying fit is a challenge. I have to exercise in a short amount of time; and to stay motivated, I need to find activities that I actually like. Variety is key. I can't stand just running three or four times [...] Full Story 		Top

4 apps to help you keep your New Year's resolutions
Wed,4 Jan 2012 11:22 AM PST
Technology News Blog - When you decide to pursue health and happiness with a New Year's resolution, it isn't a bad idea to make yourself as accountable as possible, but telling your friends is so 1999. This year, why not get a little digital help from … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top

Jack Abramoff critiques OWS, Republicans' media exposure in Yahoo News interview
Wed,4 Jan 2012 11:20 AM PST
The Ticket - Now that Jack Abramoff is out of prison, he's speaking out against corruption in Washington, and he told Yahoo News in a recent interview that he's opened a pathway of communication with an unlikely source: Occupy Wall Street. That's right. The former felon, who served three and a half years in prison for corruption, including [...] Full Story 		Top

UK retailer pirated over 90,000 copies of Windows and sold them to customers
Wed,4 Jan 2012 11:03 AM PST
Technology News Blog - Piracy is a worldwide problem that typically conjures up images of teenagers using seedy file sharing sites to download the latest movie or video game for free. But sometimes the face of piracy is much larger, as is the case … Continue reading → Full Story 		Top


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