The latest product she’s gushing over–Microsoft’s new Surface tablet. Oprah even put it on her list of favorite things this year. She even tweeted about it, saying “Gotta say love that SURFACE! Have bought 12 already for Christmas gifts.” But
An Iranian blogger who had the courage to post an open letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khameini, accusing him of running a slaughterhouse against the Iranian people in the name of Islam, was arrested and tortured to death in
An enormous rally for Mitt Romney in Bucks County, PA had people incredulous and tweeting like fury: @robertcostaNRO my mother is at the Bucks County Romney rally. Says she has never seen a crowd like this. Dwarfs the Bush ’04
A new Center for Responsive Politics analysis out this week shows that despite President Obama slipping in the polls, he still has the love of many employees of the biggest players in Washington, D.C.: Google, Microsoft, Lawyers and Lobbying Firms.
In a semi-satirical column, “Paul Ryan vs. The Stench,” Politico’s Roger Simon asserts that the Romney presidential campaign is flailing and a frustrated Paul Ryan has “gone rogue.” “[Ryan] is unleashed, unchained, off the hook,” Simon opens the piece. He
I’m writing this from the media center sponsored by Google. The entire place looks like a cross between an Ikea and Willy Wonka candy room. Bright colors, free wifi, free espresso, lattes, iced coffee, and more. The conservatives with whom
PORT With Mitt Romney’s recent announcement that Paul Ryan is his VP choice, we can now all go back to our BarcaLounger and ponder the real matter at hand: Romney vs. Obama. Not so fast. C’mon, do you really think
The Obama campaign is teaming up with Microsoft and Facebook to make sure the youth of America, who voted in droves for Obama in 2008, don’t forget to vote in 2012. Facebook approached Microsoft about a new app that would
Proving that no misdeed goes unrewarded on the left, reports have it that once Microsoft and NBC News break up housekeeping and put an end to MSNBC.com in its current form, the resulting new Internet outlet will be getting a
The 2012 London Summit on Family Planning, to be held on July 11, is intended to “mobilize global policy” to assure that 120 million women and girls are afforded family planning, contraceptives and other information. Sponsors of the event want more
By ELENA BECATOROSAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceAssailants attacked Microsoft’s office in Athens on Wednesday, driving a van through the front door and setting off an incendiary device that burned the building’s entrance, police said. There were no injuries in the pre-dawn attack
On December 21, 2010 the Barack Obama Administration–via its Federal Communications Commission (FCC)– illegally imposed Network Neutrality. Net Neutrality allows the government to regulate every website on the World Wide Web–a tremendous First Amendment free speech problem. Net Neutrality came from
The ironically named left-wing website, Think Progress, is now demanding Nike stop sponsoring Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, an eight-division world champion who had the temerity earlier this week to agree with the 31 out of 31 states (including California) that have voted to oppose
Patents are back in the news. In the past few weeks alone, Microsoft bought AOL’s patent portfolio for $1 billion, then resold much of it to Facebook for $550 million. Twitter pledged to use its patents only defensively, and to give its employee-inventors a say in
By MATTHEW CRAFTAP Business WriterNEW YORKNews that Spain’s economy entered another recession renewed worries about the fragility of Europe’s finances on Monday and nudged stocks lower. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 35 points to 13,192 shortly after noon Eastern.
Howard Rich in the Washington Times: Having failed earlier this year to foist an Orwellian kill switch on Internet free speech, Congress is now peddling a kinder, gentler piece of “cybersecurity legislation.” However, Washington’s latest attempt to play Big Brother
Consumer demand and technological change will drive stunning growth in online video for years to come, so long as Internet access is widely available to all, a Senate committee heard Tuesday. But he urged Congress to ensure that “the rules
Powerful and forward-thinking players are coming together with the launch of the Planetary Resources company to begin work on what could potentially create a sort of “Gold Rush” in space, as man’s quest for knowledge and wealth continues to grow,
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has withdrawn its support for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), according to a report by the liberal corporate free speech police site, Republic Report: Republic Report’s Suzanne Merkelson covered how the Bill and Melinda
US President Barack Obama called Saturday for higher tax rates on wealthy Americans, saying the current system of tax breaks for top income earners was unfair. He pointed out that under the current system people like billionaire investor Warren Buffett
I’ve come to a cross roads, and I believe many of you are with me. I no longer have faith that members of the Grand Old Party can represent me as a classical liberal or more specifically as a Conservative-Libertarian,
Newt Gingrich has had his ups and downs lately in the Republican Presidential primary. Though much of the setback has been due to his own miscues, he recently hit the nail on the proverbial head when he proclaimed that the
MICROSOFT BRINGS FOX NEWS, SESAME STREET, COMCAST TO XBOX Can someone please tell me how this works? Is this a subscription service like Netflix Streaming? Corp. content from Twentieth Century Fox Films, Fox Television, Fox News and The Wall Street
It’s simply hard to imagine this passes for a Presidency. At what point does he become simply too much for the senses? Sure we have had some interesting and bad Presidents before – recently in fact. Nixon changed our view
Peter Schweizer’s new book Throw them All Out, (full disclosure: Peter is a friend and I had a miniscule part in editing the book) chronicles the long running graft in Washington. Congress is exempt from insider trading laws, which allows
In 2007 Google decided it wanted a more permanent role in the political game. The company launched its D.C. public policy headquarters the following January. Google and policy makers in D.C. were excited to see this step being taken by
Governor Perry made significant strides toward producing a pro-growth tax proposal with his announced “Cut, Balance, and Grow” economic plan. Unfortunately, his plan has some glaring deficiencies. (1) It is NOT strictly a flat tax and will SHRINK the tax
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets102411.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss earnings season, Google and Microsoft bidding for Yahoo, and the $1 trillion
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) – Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died. He was 56. Apple announced his
Another day, another desperate email from Team Lightbringer: Stephen — I’m the national finance director here at OFA. I know we’ve been sending you a lot of email lately. That’s because we’re staring down a critical fundraising deadline tomorrow at
Carol Bartz waylaid her former employer in her first interview since she was fired over the phone from her job as Chief Executive of Yahoo. Barely 24 hours after company chairman Roy Bostock fired Miss Bartz in a call to
The Fourth of July weekend is a time when we Americans expect our 1400 newspapers to take a reprieve from their endless ridicules and criticisms to dutifully celebrate all that is good in our nation. We look forward those beautiful
Inside the political vacuum, the headline story on Drudge was none other than Obama’s birth certificate. It’s the story that just won’t go away-and it won’t go away until Obama himself releases the long-form document. But with the coming release
From The Wall Street Journal: U.S. government lawyers in December argued that Google hadn’t received an important security clearance for a suite of online applications despite the company’s statements to the contrary, according to a court filing unsealed last week.
Yesterday, Grover Norquist’s weekly Americans for Tax Reform conclave was the venue for an announcement by Suhail Khan that he was becoming director for external affairs for Microsoft. Khan’s transformation into a corporate lobbyist comes amidst rising concerns in conservative
I’ve started more than a dozen small businesses. For one, over $20 million was invested by me and investors who believed in me. I’ve paid payrolls, health insurance, payroll taxes, workers comp, and unemployment insurance for hundreds of employees. Because
Last week’s Hollywood Reporter has yet another excellent story (Variety who?) looking into the many fascinating details of where digital technology is currently taking home video — a subject I’m even more obsessed with than Jon Stewart. Powered mostly by
Bill Gates of Microsoft fame (or infamy) visited the Claremont Colleges this past week. You can watch that visit here. What follows is a transcript typed by one of my associates of that event. Gates, after discussing his foundation’s work,
Simply priceless to watch WI Democrat Gordon Hintz have this meltdown on the Assembly floor. Take away his anger and you’d think he was talking about the Obamacare bill that was rammed down our throats this time last year. But,
At two hearings over the past month, including one yesterday, senior officials from the Department of Justice asked Congress to significantly expand its ability to monitor and investigate the online communications of Americans. Law enforcement officials claim that it is