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Samsung Galaxy S Offers Sharp Screen, Half-Baked Features

July 20th, 2010 | No Comments

The Samsung Galaxy S smartphone emphasizes multimedia capabilities, with a Super AMOLED screen and 1GHz processor capable of handily powering everything from games and HD video to streaming movies. The smartphone is being offered on multiple carriers under different names: on T-Mobile, its the Samsung Vibrant; on Verizon, the Samsung Fascinate; on AT&T, the Samsung Captivate; and on Sprint, the Samsung Epic 4G. The Samsung Vibrant and Samsung Captivate, both reviewed by eWEEK, offer some of the best multimedia features seen on a smartphone. However, a few applications, including the Samsung Media Hub touted as an iTunes-killer, were not available yet; and some of the hardware and software could use a bit of tweaking. – …


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Half a loaf, or half-baked?

September 17th, 2009 | No Comments

The latest American health-care reform plan is unveiled in the Senate

WHEN Barack Obama outlined his vision for health reform to Congress on September 9th, he insisted that any bill must cut the uninsured by 30m, cost only $900 billion and raise the federal deficit not “one dime”. The leading congressional bills thus far fail the test, but Max Baucus, the head of the Senate’s powerful Finance Committee, now says he can pull this off.

After intense bipartisan negotiations, Mr Baucus unveiled his bill on September 16th. His effort would force most Americans to obtain cover, but in return insurers must agree not to drop coverage because customers have “pre-existing conditions” or because spending caps have been reached. …

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Josh Dorner: Half-Baked Alaska

July 17th, 2009 | No Comments

She was for it before she was against it. (After she didn’t believe in it.) Aside from incessant twittering, we hadn’t heard too much from…

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