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Glenn Beck rally attendance figure is usually within the eyes of the beholder only
Attendance to the rally for Glenn Beck at the Washington Lincoln Memorial through the weekend are disputed. Beck claims that around 500,000 of his loyal supporters arrived to pay homage. Up to a million was the declaration by certain Republican political figures. Whether or not an event is deemed significant in the media often is ...
Google Voice now integrated into Gmail user interface
The prospect of making free telephone calls from within the United states to other United States and Canadian numbers – regardless of whether those numbers are land line, cell phone or desktop virtual phone numbers – is enticing to all. Phone service providers are against it, but everybody else likes the idea. Gmail and Google ...
Video game industry gives the U.S. economy a needed boost
Video games have come a long way since Pong, Pac Man and Space Invaders. According to a recent study conducted by Economists Incorporated for the trade association Entertainment Software Association entitled "Video Games within the 21st Century: The 2010 Report," the video game industry contributed a robust $ 5 billion to the U.S. economy in ...
Government oil spill report disputed by three different studies
Scientists are challenging the optimistic scenario presented by a government oil leak report. National Event Command had concluded in a report that the majority of the BP oil leak evaporated or had been collected or burned, but three reports say nearly the opposite . Shrimpers were given the green light. The President and his family ...
FTC trying to ban practice of renting out recalled vehicles
The Federal Trade Commission today received a petition from several auto-safety groups that asks for a ban on renting out recalled cars that have not been serviced. Enterprise, National and Alamo are the companies the FTC complaint comes from. The FTC petition is happening after a $ 1 million jury award was given out this ...
