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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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 Why Grandma 
 Texts Better 
 Than You 

Careers that revolved around shorthand give grannies fast fingers

Nov 4, 09 11:42 AM CST

 Celebs' Fave 
 Smartphone 
 Apps 

Katie Couric, Ivanka Trump share the best apps for iPhone, Blackberry, Palm

Oct 13, 09 10:58 AM CDT





 Google, Verizon 
 Team Up on 
 Smartphones 

Move to Android seen as real challenge to iPhone, BlackBerry

Oct 7, 09 9:33 AM CDT

 How to Improve the BlackBerry 

RIM dominates in sales, but the iPhone has big advantages

Sep 3, 09 3:00 PM CDT

 Families' Mornings 
 Start with Tech Check 

Families boot up computers, phones on waking

Aug 10, 09 9:58 AM CDT
glossies

Smartphone App Puts Infidelity a Few Clicks Away

Extramarital affair site releases program
to help cheaters

Jun 28, 09 6:49 PM CDT

 Smartphones Dial Up 
 Etiquette Debate 

Some call tapping rude; others call it necessary

Jun 22, 09 10:20 AM CDT

Curve Grabs
Top Spot as Best-Selling Smartphone

BlackBerry zooms past iPhone with giveaways

May 5, 09 1:54 AM CDT

 Prez's Pimped-Out 
 BlackBerry 
 Nearly Ready 

The NSA begins final tests on encryption software this month

Apr 23, 09 10:26 AM CDT
MARKETs open

 Stocks Flat After Jobs Data 


Apr 3, 09 8:48 AM CDT

 BlackBerry Users 
 Get an App Store 

RIM hopes it'll draw more customers

Apr 1, 09 5:28 PM CDT
OPINION

 While DC  Burns, 
 Congress Twitters 

Congress micro-blogging obsession is unbecoming: Milbank

Feb 25, 09 1:22 PM CST

 Obama's Nightly Fix: 
 BlackBerry Games 

President plays BlackBerry game 'to unwind'

Feb 20, 09 1:33 PM CST

Banks Turn Phone Into New Automated Teller

Banking via mobile device grew by 2.7M users in 2008

Feb 3, 09 11:54 AM CST

Obama Roasts DC's Starstruck Elite at Dinner

Celebuprez surprised to see Palin 'palling around with this crew'

Feb 1, 09 10:00 AM CST

 Dell May Launch Smartphone 


Jan 29, 09 9:42 PM CST
product review

New BlackBerry Lands in
a Sweet Spot

Physical keyboard, just-right size make Curve 8900 a winner

Jan 28, 09 9:57 AM CST

Obama's Staff Finds High Office Means Low Tech

'Kind of like going from an Xbox to an Atari,' one says of White House's rigid apparatus

Jan 22, 09 12:47 PM CST

 Prez Will Keep His BlackBerry 

Spy-proof smartphone tech means Obama won't have to give up beloved 'BarackBerry'

Jan 22, 09 4:13 AM CST

Team Obama Told to Ditch Instant Messaging

Obama's staffers give up their favorite lifeline

Jan 18, 09 6:15 PM CST

 Obama's BlackBerry
 Passion Worth $50M 

But Prez-elect advertises obsession for free

Jan 9, 09 9:35 AM CST


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

9
Nov 24, 09 | 10:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call Gadget, he invariably reverts to talking about Microsoft, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call IBM. What is Microsoft going to do? he asks, oddly echoing—indeed anticipating—Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do? Murdoch’s question... More »

Books Are Bad for You

29
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

11
Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

17
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

8
Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

12
Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

7
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

19
Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

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