On May 18, 2010

McDonald’s New Look Reveals Company’s Self-Loathing

McDonald's (MCD) recently unveiled its first major store redesign in 30 years. The radically different new look reveals the desperate wish of the burger-giant's managers to be something other than the fast-food leader -- ideally, Starbucks (SBUX). Franchise owners are

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On May 18, 2010

Beverage Lobby’s New Weapon in the War Against Soda Taxes: Cold Hard Cash

In its bid to kill a soda tax proposal under consideration in Philadelphia, the beverage industry has dangled a particularly generous offer in front of the mayor and members of the city council -- deep-six the tax and we'll give

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On May 18, 2010

5 Simple Ways to Conserve Power and Money with Your PC

How much energy does your PC waste? Not enough to retire in the Caymans, even if you save every last electron, of course. But there are a number of painless things you can do to save a few dollars on

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On May 18, 2010

Intel’s New Atom: Moorestown and Beyond

Intel seems to have delivered the goods with its next-gen Atom processor-based platform. On the technical side, it includes Intel's Atom processor Z6xx Series Family, the Platform Controller Hub MP20 and a dedicated Mixed Signal IC. It

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On May 18, 2010

Android Market Revamp: Desperately Seeking Search

Google's Android Market website got a face-lift sometime in the past few days, but the update has many scratching their heads over the continuing lack of search and other capabilities. Layout changes have resulted in a simpler,

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On May 18, 2010

The Big Business of Electronic Health Records, Part 2

The U.S. healthcare sector is about to embark on a multibillion dollar information technology investment program to provide electronic medical records for tens of millions of patients. Doctors will receive as much as $44,000 each to implement

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On May 18, 2010

Sharing 3G: This Is Where the iPad and iPhone Simply Suck

Here in the U.S., iPhone owners still can't tether their iPhones to MacBooks to get on-the-go Internet access for their Macs or PCs. They can't do it for expensive monthly plans, nor can they do it via

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