Augusta National has opened its gates after a 45-minute delay to give workers time to clean debris from overnight storms before practice rounds at the Masters.
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Jennie-O recalls 55,000 pounds of turkey burgers after 12 people in 10 states fall ill
Read More »PlayStation’s Jack Tretton on 3-D Games and the Gamification of Business
When I sat down with Jack Tretton, the President of Sony Computer Entertainment America, it was the third time in as many years that we got together to discuss the state of the gaming industry and the strategies behind PlayStation.
Read More »iFive: TI Buys National Semic., Twitter Monetizes Fire Hose, Apple Wins Patent Suit, Living Social’s New Funds, Google Antitrust
1. Late yesterday the maker's of many a student's favorite pocket calculator, Texas Instruments, said it would buy chip-maker National Semiconductor.
Read More »Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Reveals the Secret Dirtiness of the Solar Power Industry
Can clean solar energy offset dirty production methods?
Read More »Libyan War Threatens .ly Domain Names
Letter.ly, a startup that helps set up and manage paid email newsletters, had its service briefly shut down by the Libyan war and has had to move its service to the domain Letterly.net. Plenty of startups have chosen .ly domain names as a cutesy alternative to .com, but .ly is the domain extension for Libya, which is under a civil war, NATO-led airstrikes, and a crazy, repressive regime.
Read More »Android’s Elephant In The Room
A new survey released this week shows that a significant number of Android developers are unhappy campers. Here's why... The survey, put out by wireless analyst William Power from Baird , keys in on a number of issues driving Android app developers nuts
Read More »DeLuxe San Diego Showcases West Coast Yachting
DeLuxe San Diego is a new boat and lifestyle show being held April 14 to 16 at the Fifth Avenue Marina and Fifth Avenue Landing in downtown San Diego.
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Last year, Belgian outdoor furniture firm Royal Botania introduced its two-person Wave lounger (starting at $26,600). Designed by Erik Nyberg and Gustav Str
Read More »Ishikawa devoted to golf to inspire a nation
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) -Ryo Ishikawa understands that whatever pressure he faces this week at the Masters doesn't even compare with what his people in Japan are facing as they try to recover from the earthquake and tsunami that destroyed so many lives.
Read More »Europe poised for another run at green jacket
A green jacket defined the golden era of European golf.
Read More »Caddie getting plenty of kudos on 50th Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Carl Jackson stood next to a red azalea bush, two bags of balls dangling from one hand, a golf club clutched in the other.
Read More »The iPhone’s Far From "Dead in the Water"
In the face of rising Android handset sales, some commentators are suggesting Apple's iPhone is soon doomed to become a mere footnote in the development of smartphone tech. But for a number of reasons, Apple's phone is most definitely "not dead yet!" A weekend post in Business Insider carried news of Comscore's latest sales figures for the U.S
Read More »PGT: Westwood’s private jet makes emergency landing
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Read More »Kevin Rose Thinks We Need Another Idea Incubator, And He Might Be Right
Ex-Digg brainiac (by which we mean inventor and CEO) Kevin Rose has got a new baby: Milk. It's an idea incubator, specifically behaving like a development lab for "out there" ideas. It's targeting the mobile Net.
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