online.wsj.com - 1/8/2009
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AMY SCHATZ WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama's transition team asked Congress Thursday to consider delaying the U.S.'s planned Feb. 17 switch to digital-only television, citing concerns about consumer readiness for the transition. "We have discovered major difficulties in the preparation ...
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cellular-news.com - 1/15/2009
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Handset vendor, Mi has launched a Barack Obama
branded mobile phone for sale in Kenya - the...
home country of the President Elect's father. The handset is co branded with the Obama colours and logo and is being sold for roughly $30. The company says ...
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money.cnn.com - 1/13/2009
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- President-elect Barack Obama, as
part of the effort to revive the economy, has...
proposed a massive effort to modernize health care by making all health records standardized and electronic. Here's the audacious plan: ...
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Obama's health care challenge - Jan. 12, 2009
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One Laptop Per Child cuts back. [Portfolio] Wired's got tips for getting the most out of your Windows 7 free beta on Friday. [Wired] Obama thinks digital TV rollout should be delayed. [WSJ] CES coverage from Kara Swisher, who's there in case you're not. [AllThingsD] Related Links OLPC Cuts Staff, Sugar Last Bytes: Comcast, CNBC, LinkedIn, OLPC XO Apple's New Laptops: Not So Exciting, But Boy Are They Kicking Microsoft's Hiney
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... Boucher, in taking over the telecom panel, will give up leadership of the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. It means that Markey, who has been instrumental in the telecom committee, will have a much lesser hand in shaping media and telecom policy in the new 111th Congress. But Markey said in a statement Thursday afternoon that he would work with Boucher on the DTV transition that is scheduled to take place in a little more than a month.
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