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iPhones for Everybody?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2009 Apple unveiled a faster, more powerful version of its popular iPhone Monday, but the bigger news is that the company slashed the price of the current model to $99. That makes a robust portable computing experience available to a much bigger crowd, assuming they can handle AT&T's horrendously overpriced service. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nerd Alert: IBM Does ‘Jeopardy’; Scientists Invent Ambulatory Goo

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2009 Tired of making machines that beat humans at chess, IBM is prepping a computer competitor for "Jeopardy," which makes sense since Alex Trebek himself is computer-generated. Japanese researchers, meanwhile, have created walking goo. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Microsoft Wants a Billion New Customers

Staff / Truthdig Apr 19, 2007 Microsoft has given itself less than eight years to find another billion PC users. To help meet that goal, the company has pledged to sell $3 bundles of Windows XP and Office software to governments that provide schools with free computers. That's about 2 percent of the cost of Office alone. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart Lampoons Sen. Stevens’ Net Nonsense

Staff / Truthdig Jul 13, 2006 "The Daily Shows" host tees off on Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens' instantly infamous speech about Net Neutrality--which Stewart likened to "something you'd hear from a crazy old man in an airport bar at 3 a.m." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Military Blocking Progressive Websites

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2006 A Marine in Iraq fills us in on a few of the sites that CentCom prevents its soldiers from accessing: AirAmericaradio.com, alfrankenshow.com, wonkette.com. The following come through fine: billoreilly.com, rushlimbaugh.com, etc. Sense a pattern? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )