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Sean "Diddy" Combs' launches new ad for vodka Ciroc, throwback to 50s era, times at home
AP Business WriterMILWAUKEE (AP) _ Celebrating in the new economy could mean more time at home and less time in the bars, Sean "Diddy" Combs says. The entertainment mogul's new ad for his superpremium vodka Ciroc is a throwback to the 1950s, featuring Combs and his...Tags: ESPN, Frank Sinatra, Entourage, Diageo Plc, New Year's
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Joost to relaunch television-watching site, make it more interactive as TV on the Web grows
AP Technology WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Forget about the boob tube. Places to watch TV on the Internet are proliferating, from NBC Universal and News Corp.'s Hulu to Joost — a site that plans to relaunch Tuesday to make it a more interactive experience. Joost's relaunch,...Tags: Beverly Hills, 90210, NBC, Facebook, Internet, Forrester Research Incorporated
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Stopping loose lips from crashing cars
The Associated PressWhen David Teater's 12-year-old son, Joe, was killed in 2004 by a driver who was talking on a cell phone, he tried to cut back on his own habit of driving and talking. It turned out to be very difficult. "You have to remember to turn the phone off ......Tags: Sony Corp., LM Ericsson Telephone Company, Cell Phones, Nokia Corp., Vehicles
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When loose lips crash cars: New service aims to keep drivers from talking on their cell phones
AP Technology WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ When David Teater's 12-year-old son, Joe, was killed in 2004 by a driver who was talking on a cell phone, he tried to cut back on his own habit of driving and talking. It turned out to be very difficult. "You have to remember to turn...Tags: Sony Corp., LM Ericsson Telephone Company, Cell Phones, Nokia Corp., Vehicles
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Journalists, including former CNN reporter, pan 24-hour news channels as bloated, trivial
Associated Press Writer"No Time to Think: The Menace of Media Speed and the 24-hour News Cycle" (Continuum Books. 240 pages. $24.95), by Howard Rosenberg and Charles S. Feldman: Critics who pan 24-hour news channels now have a pair of unlikely allies — two veteran...Tags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
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The twilight of analog: To paper, to tapes, to slides and prints, a frenzied farewell begins
AP National WriterSometimes, in the decades after he came home from World War II, it seemed as if the movie camera was surgically attached to Christoffel Teeuwissen's hand. He carried it everywhere, trained it on everything. When they widened the street in front of his...Tags: Family, Facebook, DVDs and Movies, Billiards, Snooker and Pool, Google Inc.
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WiMAX Watch: Our first test and review of WiMAX enabled Lenovo laptop
baltimoresun.comThis past weekend, I got my first solo taste of Baltimore's new way to surf the Internet wirelessly -- with a Lenovo laptop that incorporates the new technology. The new network is called XOHM, and it's Sprint's wireless broadband network built... -
Consumers likely to shop cautiously for toys
The Associated PressWill financial-market turmoil be the Grinch this Christmas? With parents already facing high food and gas costs and slumps in the job and housing markets, the turmoil in the financial sector could further spur them to cut their spending, focus on less-...Tags: Family, Video Games, Religious Festivals, Macy's, Petroleum Industry
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Howard Stern loses listeners -- and influence -- on satellite radio
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHoward Stern, the self-proclaimed King of All Media, has lost his crown. The shock jock's syndicated morning radio show once drew a national audience of 12 million, but since jumping to satellite radio three years ago, his listeners have dwindled to a...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Punishment, Fines, Ernest Borgnine, Julia Roberts
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Dream boats for well-heeled only
This is how bad the economy's going: Even the sweater-tied-around-the-neck crowd is hurting. I found this out when I took in the big United States Sailboat Show this past weekend at Annapolis' City Dock. On the surface, everything looked fine. The...Tags: Tony Soprano, Sales, $700 Billion Bank Bailout, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Theft
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Silicon Valley startup beats out low-cost laptop concept for 50,000-PC contract in India
AP Technology WriterA Silicon Valley company is claiming a major victory in its efforts to sell computers to schools that might otherwise be enticed by low-cost laptops such as the green-and-white XO from One Laptop Per Child or Intel Corp.'s Classmate PC. NComputing Inc....Tags: Children, Redwood City, Intel Corp., People, Microsoft Corp.
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Bulls run on Iraq Stock Exchange
The Associated PressWhile the rest of the world is facing a financial meltdown, the Iraq Stock Exchange is booming. The ISX index soared nearly 40 percent during September, boosted by increasing confidence in security gains. The ISX is only open two hours a day, three days...Tags: Stock Broking, Saddam Hussein, Stock Market, Electronics, Financial Markets
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