Let’s face it. Toyota is just an easy target right now. Millions of its cars recalled because of rare cases of uncontrolled acceleration. The company says it can (and is) fixing the problem; critics claim it is missing the real problem: the complex, computer controlled electronic throttle system. None of this, however, should give the [...]

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Maybe neither rain nor wind nor snow and all that other stuff can stop the postal service from delivering the mail, but, apparently, the rise of email can.
The postal service is saying that it is hurting so much from loss of revenue because of such things as email and private deliver companies, that it may [...]

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Can you be too fat to fly?
Director Kevin Smith apparently was, as far as Southwest Airlines was concerned.
On a flight from Oakland to Burbank, the pilot apparently kicked him off the plane because he didn’t neatly fit into the confines of his seat.
Smith usually purchases two seats for his comfort, but got stuck with only one [...]

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Lots of people already don’t trust Google. Now, there is even better reason.
The New York Times reporting that Google has joined forces with the National Security Agency in an effort to track down who was behind the attacks on its cybersecurity last year.
As the paper correctly puts it, ” The collaboration between Google , the [...]

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It took President Obama a long time in his State of the Union speech before getting around to talking about his health insurance reform initiatives. I can understand why he would not exactly want to highlight this at this point in time.
He did have some typical fighting words indicating that he wanted the reform measures [...]

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Hillary Clinton was right: Barack Obama was (is) just not experienced enough to be President of the United States. 
How else can you explain how badly he and his administration screwed up health care reform by not paying attention to what was going down in Massachusetts until it was too late to make a difference?
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