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Bloggin' baseball: Twins have a mound of confidence
08.07.2008 22:18
usatoday.com
Sports Weekly continues its season- long series of Q&As with bloggers who cover teams in the news. This week, we check in on ...
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Baseball
Hitting .400 proves elusive since Williams
08.07.2008 22:18
usatoday.com
One of baseball's most cherished prizes the .400 batting average has remained off the books since Boston's Ted Williams hit ...
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Baseball
Envy Yankees' A-Rod? Not at this moment
08.07.2008 22:18
usatoday.com
Explain this to me: Alex Rodriguez is a 32-year-old in the prime of a baseball career that would be historic if he quit tomorrow. ...
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Baseball
The Games of E3 08: What to Look For
08.07.2008 22:15
shacknews.com
The best part of E3 are the unknowns: the unannounced games, the press conference surprises, the quiet disappointments. A lot of news will happen in the span of next week, and we'll be there to cover it all. But this year, we're already excited about many of the known quantities. There are dozen...
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Computer Games
Walt Mossberg reviews the iPhone 3G, isn't that impressed
08.07.2008 22:14
engadgetmobile.com
Filed under: Handsets, Reviews, ATT, HSDPA, Apple, OS X Well this was bound to happen. Ahead of schedule, Walt Mossberg has turned his official review of the new iPhone 3G, and we've got the recap. On the whole, Walt stays mostly positive about the device; he likes the form factor (which he wants to stress really hasn't changed much), says the 3G speeds are a big improvement over EDGE (no kidding?), and informs us that the audio quality and phone reception are -- thankfully -- improved all around. Downsides? There are plenty. Mossberg takes issue with AT&T's new pricing policy, which he finds steep, says he only squeezed 4 hours and 27 minutes of talk time out of the battery, and gripes that you can only sync Exchange or personal email accounts -- not both. If you're like us, you'll probably want to just read the whole thing. Too lazy? Check the video after the break.Continue reading Walt Mossberg reviews the iPhone 3G, isn't that impressedRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Mobile Phones
Diamond TF3D Config adds the TouchFLO 3D configurability HTC forgot
08.07.2008 22:14
engadgetmobile.com
Filed under: Software, HTC, Windows Mobile As slick as TouchFLO 3D looks on the Touch Diamond (especially on that VGA display), users don't have much capability to fiddle with the way it looks and acts out of the box, and for the anal among us, that can be a huge hassle. A member of German forum PPC-Welt is doing what he can to ease the pain, though, releasing a "Diamond TF3D Config" utility for changing the order and visibility of tabs and modifying the way the date is displayed on the home screen. Not a huge deal by any means, but it's a step in the right direction -- and let's be honest, it's something dead simple that HTC should've had the forethought to include up front.[Via the::unwired]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Daily Forex Market Commentary
08.07.2008 22:14
actionforex.com
The dollar unexpectedly marched higher on Tuesday after the oil prices fell again and the US stock indices managed to advance. There was little impact from news that the index of pending home re-sales fell 4.7 percent in June following an upwardly revised 7.1 percent gain in April. It's summer...
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E-commerce
FX Technical Commentary
08.07.2008 22:14
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Euro 1.5660 Initial support at 1.5606 (50% retracement 1.5303 to 1.5910) followed by 1.5535 (61.8% retracement 1.5303 to 1.5910). Initial resistance is now located 1.5754 (July 7 high) at followed by 1.5910 (July 3 high).
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E-commerce
Bernanke Helps Out Wall St, Plunging Oil Helps Out The USD
08.07.2008 22:14
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U.S. Dollar Trading (USD) received a boost from falling Oil which posted its largest one day drop since March over $5 per barrel. May Pending Home Sales were weaker than expectations at -4.7% vs. -2.8% forecast and 7.1% in April. Fed Chairman Bernanke helped to boost the stock market and...
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E-commerce
Forex Exchange Morning Report
08.07.2008 22:14
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An unusually sharp decline in oil prices boosted US equities in NY afternoon trade and lent support to the US dollar. However, the greenback's gains were relatively modest, with USD Index only back to where it was on Monday, not helped by more soft housing data. Indeed after a dip...
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E-commerce
Dollar Edges Higher On Jawboning
08.07.2008 22:14
actionforex.com
The dollar edged up higher on Tuesday, rising to 1.5637 versus the euro and 107.51 against the yen as comments from Fed officials' added support for the greenback. Economic data released today included pending home sales and wholesale inventories. May pending home sales plunged sharply, down by 4.7% and reversing...
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E-commerce
Fed May Extend Lending, Bernanke Said
08.07.2008 22:13
actionforex.com
The dollar rose Tuesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the Fed may extend its emergency credit facility program for Wall Street banks into 2009. The greenback was also supported by higher US equity prices. The EUR/USD declined and traded just above the 1.56-handle support. The GBP/USD fell...
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Asian And European Stocks Slide Boosting Risk Aversion
08.07.2008 22:13
actionforex.com
The Pound-Dollar slid 115 pips in the NY session after it had set an intra-session high at the 1.98 level. By 2 PM EST the Dollar had returned to 1.9680, the level it reached yesterday prior to the slide in US stocks. Traders pushed aside the home sales data from...
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E-commerce
New York Session Recap
08.07.2008 22:13
actionforex.com
The greenback was bid in NY trading as the rally in US stocks, sharply lower oil prices, and some more hawkish rhetoric out of the Fed helped the buck extend gains. US stocks rallied with the S&P 500 up nearly 2% on the day after the market was comforted by...
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E-commerce
The Difficulty Divide Redux: Linux vs. Windows
08.07.2008 22:12
linuxtoday.com
<b>Works With U:</b> "Previously, I introduced my theory of the Difficulty Divide. It's a concept that I've used for several years when talking about why I use Linux, and why some people may give up on it..."
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