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Oracle throws a party, taxpayers pick up tab

Book of Odds opening eyes to new probabilities; Half of iPhone owners would drop AT&T like a bad habit
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Oracle throws a party, taxpayers pick up tab

Aerosmith, Roger Daltrey and -- get this -- Three Dog Night were all signed on to entertain 22,000 of Oracle's best customers Oct. 14 in a former airplane hangar even older than the singers on San Francisco's Treasure Island ... only up crops a problem. Read full story

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Book of Odds opening eyes to new probabilities
You're more likely to be killed by a vending machine than a shark, say the researchers behind a soon-to-debut, semantic-based Web startup called Book of Odds. And, they add, you're more likely to die falling out of bed than win the lottery. Of course, mileage varies if you're a vending machine repairman, a camera operator for Shark Week, or always sleep on the floor, but the idea behind this collection...

Half of iPhone owners would drop AT&T like a bad habit
We knew already of the widespread dissatisfaction with AT&T among iPhone owners, of course, but there's something to be said for attaching reliable numbers to conventional wisdom. According to a CFI Group Smartphone Satisfaction Study released this morning: 50 percent of iPhone customers would like to switch providers;

Facebook still towers over Twitter
Numbers, simple numbers. While Twitter attracts all the media and celebrity attention, Facebook continues to dwarf its 140-character counterpart. The Pingdom blog goes over some of those numbers.

I'm on a roll, baby
Unless you need something written, edited or slapped on a grill, I am perhaps the least handy person on the planet. Not proud of it, but facts are facts. Nevertheless, I did manage to unclog a toilet at home this morning and mere moments ago here at work stopped a dangerously run-amok urinal with a mere wave of my hand. Ta-da!

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October 01, 2009

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