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Obama and Rush

CBS News: "In an interview with CBS News' Harry Smith yesterday, President Obama was asked if he is "aware of the level of enmity that crosses the…

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Unvarnished & Unintellible

UPDATE: I had a good meeting with Peter Kazanjy about Unvarnished.  My thoughts on that meeting and what I learned here.  Among other things, Unvarnished has no…

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Turing Machines and Bilski

I received a link to a fascinating site (http://www.aturingmachine.com) and video of a working model of a Turing Machine (TM). Turing Machines are named for Bri…

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Google v Everyone

I had a long interview this morning with the Christian Science Monitor .  Like many of the interviews I’ve had this year, the subject was Google.    At the incr…

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The ECJ’s Ruling on Google Adwords

The closely watched battle over the use of trademarks as keywords for purpose of triggering advertisements on Google’s search result pages (AdWords) reached hig…

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Health Care

Well, I have little to add to the nattering nabobs out there, but I'm pleased we passed it. As to the post-script, I'm with E.J. : "By temperament…

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WhatApp.org: Now In Beta

There's an app for everything these days.  But users often don't have a complete picture of the applications they download and use. Privacy policies are…