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Democrats Blaze Trails In February Fundraising

Posted on March 3rd, 2008 in Tech News | No Comments »

Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama continued to rewrite fundraising records this month, with Clinton announcing yesterday that she had rebounded from a disappointing showing in January to raise $35 million in February, by far her biggest one-month total of the campaign.

Paramount to End HD DVD Releases

Posted on March 3rd, 2008 in Tech News | No Comments »

LOS ANGELES — In a further sign that Sony Corp.’s Blu-ray has won the high-definition format war, Paramount Pictures home entertainment unit said Friday it will release its last HD DVD titles on Tuesday.

Celera to Move Headquarters To California, May Spin Off

Posted on March 3rd, 2008 in Tech News | No Comments »

Celera, the Rockville biotech company that scientist J. Craig Venter founded to map the human genome, announced yesterday that it will move its headquarters to Northern California.

Study Finds Dogs, Robots Cheer Elderly

Posted on March 3rd, 2008 in Tech News | No Comments »

ST. LOUIS — Dogs may have a hard time wrapping their paws around this one: Robotic competition is nipping at their heels in the man’s-best-friend department. A study by Saint Louis University found that a lovable pooch named Sparky and a robotic dog, AIBO, were about equally effective at relieving…

House Lawmakers Question Privacy in Cyber-Security Plan

Posted on March 3rd, 2008 in Tech News | No Comments »

House lawmakers yesterday raised concerns about the privacy implications of a Bush administration effort to secure federal computer networks from hackers and foreign adversaries, as new details emerged about the largely classified program.