Google launches hub for 2012 elections
The Web giant today launched “an election hub where citizens can study, watch, discuss, learn about, participate in and perhaps even make an impact on the digital campaign trail as it blazes forward to Tuesday, November 6, 2012,” Google elections team member Eric Hysen wrote on the company blog. The Google.com/elections page allows for browsing by candidate or issue, as well a “Trends” browsers that shows how frequently the candidates are the subject of Google searches, Google News mentions, and YouTube views. The page also includes an “On the Ground” map feature that links to recent political news events around the state. “There’s no question that the Internet is set to deliver more political information, opinion and news than any …
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Intel’s ‘Clover Trail’ to pair up with Windows 8 for tablets
Clover Trail is an Atom chip slated for the second half of the year, about the same time frame that Windows 8 is due, a source familiar with Intel’s plans told CNET. Clover Trail is a follow-on to Medfield–due in the second quarter–which is aimed primarily at smartphones. While the Medfield chip will undoubtedly be used in some tablets, it is a single-core design, while Clover Trail will also be offered in dual-core versions, making it more attractive for tablet makers, according to sources. And Intel is expected to show off–either publicly or privately–Clover Trail-based prototype tablets running on Windows 8 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) later this month. This follows comments last month by Intel’s Mark Miller, who …
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Man tries to Facebook friend defendant, removed from jury
You’re at the center of the action. You might have someone’s future in your very hands. And one of the defendants might be entirely gorgeous. I am not suggesting that this was the view of Jacob Jock, a Web designer and juror in Sarasota, Fla. But, at first glance, why else would he have have sent one lady defendant a Facebook friend request? The fascinating tale told by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune offers that Jock was removed from the jury after sending that friend request. (Credit: Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) It seems, though, that Jock might not have found jury duty exciting. He had reportedly already been posting to his Facebook page that it was actually a little on the tedious side. Even …
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