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Friday, June 29, 2012

GSK again extends its $2.6 billion Human Genome offer

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4 arrested after calling NC deputy for drugs

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Is Google's Nexus Q 'Necessary but Overwrought?' [Chatroom]

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After the announcement of Google's Nexus Q media streamer, our good friend and former Gizmodo chief Brian Lam had an interesting thought: the Nexus Q is necessary, but too overblown for the audience its trying to capture. Does that seem reasonable or crazy to you? [Twitter] More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/XfTEMgyB9no/is-googles-nexus-q-necessary-but-overwrought

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Analysis: GOP sees tax opening in Obama court win

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For President Barack Obama to turn his Supreme Court victory into a clear-cut political win this fall, he must do something other candidates have failed to do: make voters care that GOP opponent Mitt Romney once embraced the health care policies he now fiercely criticizes.

If Obama can't do that, then Romney may find it easy to fire up conservative activists who despise what they label "Obamacare," while also attracting moderate voters who simply dislike it.

And the Republican will have a new anti-tax argument, thanks to the high court.

On the policy front, Thursday's Supreme Court decision was a huge victory for Obama. It's trickier politically, however, because the court upheld the health care law under Congress' power to tax people, a rationale that surprised many.

In essence, the five-justice majority said, the penalty that Americans will start paying in 2014 if they refuse to obtain health insurance amounts to a tax.

Obama has insisted the fee is not a tax. He also notes that poor people would receive subsidies to buy insurance, which amounts to a tax cut. But his lawyers cited the tax-powers argument in their Supreme Court appearance.

Romney and fellow Republicans immediately launched a line of criticism that often has been potent: Democrats - in this case, Obama and his allies in Congress - are too eager to hike taxes.

"Obamacare raises taxes on the American people by approximately $500 billion," Romney said in his brief remarks.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told Democratic lawmakers to "stand by your tax increase or stand with us to repeal and replace Obamacare."

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said: "The Supreme Court has spoken. This law is a tax."

There's a political problem with that argument, Democrats quickly noted. Romney, while governor of Massachusetts, also required almost every resident to obtain insurance or pay a fee. As former Obama aide Neera Tanden put it, "If you call the mandate a tax increase, then Mitt Romney increased taxes in Massachusetts."

That might inoculate Obama from Romney's tax-hike accusations, if Democrats can make it stick. But Romney's GOP primary opponents repeatedly failed when they tried to wrap "Romneycare" around his neck.

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty reminded Republican voters that Obama "said that he designed Obamacare after Romneycare." Texas Gov. Rick Perry said, "I think Mitt is finally recognizing that the Massachusetts health care plan he passed is a huge problem for him."

Former Sen. Rick Santorum tried hardest of all. He said Romney's health care legacy made him "the worst Republican in the country to put up against Barack Obama."

Romney simply stuck to his criticisms of Obama's health law and avoided detailed discussions of its similarities to his Massachusetts initiative.

Some Democrats think Obama and his well-financed ally groups will do a much better job of painting Romney as a hypocrite or flip-flopper on health care.

Romney's GOP opponents "weren't exactly the most formidable of politicians, and they lacked the resources to really make it an issue on TV," Democratic strategist Doug Thornell said. Romney "is the godfather of the individual mandate and health reform," Thornell added, and thus ill-positioned to lead a fight on the issue.

Jim Kessler, co-founder of the Democratic-leaning group Third Way, said: "The individual mandate that Romney invented in Massachusetts is now a tax. That's a real pickle for Romney."

Republicans have options. They can have surrogates and lawmakers carry the health care battle against Obama, leaving Romney as far removed as possible.

Or it may turn out that voters don't care much about what Romney did as a one-term governor several years ago. That would free him to lead assaults on "Obamacare" with minimum damage.

If that happens, Thursday's court ruling could work against Obama's re-election hopes. Recent AP-GfK polls have found that more Americans oppose the 2010 health care law than support it. Opposition to the "individual mandate" - it would require most people to get insurance or pay a fee - was even deeper in a March poll.

Such findings delight Republican operatives. For Obama, Thursday's ruling was "probably the most damaging of all possible outcomes," GOP strategist Mike McKenna said.

"Identifying the mandate as a tax shears away all of the pretense," McKenna said. "It will energize everyone on the right, even those with deep reservations about Romney."

Another Republican campaign veteran, Terry Holt, said: "Obama might have his law, but the GOP has a cause."

Obama seemed eager to avoid the tax debate Thursday. He did not mention taxes in his 1,200-word speech before cameras.

The president's allies might be more willing to engage. If Republicans insist on calling the health insurance fee a tax, said Tanden, who now heads the Center for American Progress, "then the only person in America who has implemented that policy is Mitt Romney."

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EDITOR'S NOTE - Charles Babington covers politics for The Associated Press.

Source: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPREME_COURT_HEALTH_CARE_ANALYSIS?SITE=ORROS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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Inbox Alert: SendGrid Sends 45B Emails For 60,000 Customers, 20B In 2012 Alone

Some may think the end is nigh for email -- with services like Facebook coming to replace it as a one-stop communications hub for consumers -- but going by the numbers out today from SendGrid, the email delivery company, thoughts like that may be a bit premature. The company -- which now works with 60,000 businesses, including buzzy brands like foursquare, Pinterest, Airbnb, Twilio, Spotify and Pandora to send out email communications to their users -- says that it has now sent 45 billion emails since opening for business in 2009 -- and use is accelerating. 20 billion of those emails were sent in 2012 alone -- a sign that no matter what innovations are coming to the web and mobile, many users (and companies) are still looking to email as a solid touchpoint.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/m2sEDxYQaps/

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'Angry Birds' creator sets 'Amazing Alex' in motion in July

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Winda Benedetti

Forget those grumpy birds?and their pesky pig enemies for just?a moment,?if you can. Rovio,?the company behind the?phenomenally?successful "Angry Birds" franchise, is about to push "start" on a brand new,?contraption-themed, physics puzzle?game.?

But one?question looms: Will "Amazing?Alex" be able to soar?

Rovio announced Thursday that "Amazing Alex" ? its first new property?since "Angry Birds" took the world by storm (er?...?talons?) ? will arrive for iOS and Android in July.?

Certainly it's hard to imagine anything taking wing quite like Rovio's stunning fowl-flinging franchise. The various "Angry Birds" games ("Angry Birds Seasons," "Angry Birds Rio,"?"Angry Birds Space") have been downloaded?a BILLION times (no exaggeration). Needless to say, the pressure on Rovio?and the scrutiny this new?game will receive is going to be high.

According to the official "Amazing Alex" website, the game follows a boy named, well, Alex who ...

With his boundless imagination, this whiz kid turns everything into adventure! From cleaning his room to battling cardboard robots in his backyard, Alex creates amazing chain reactions to get the job done. Now he has some challenges for you! What's the most creative solution YOU can create??

When it launches, the game will feature 100 levels in which it appears players will be tasked with putting together?Rube Goldberg-like contraptions as they try to solve puzzles. And with each level having multiple solutions, players will be able to share their own solutions with friends.

Meanwhile, using 35 interactive objects, players will also be able to design and share their own levels (a la?"LittleBigPlanet" and "Spore").

Here's a look at the teaser trailer:

Though that trailer doesn't reveal many specifics about the game,?Rovio honcho?Mikael Hed recently the told?Finnish network?YLE Uutiset?that "Amazing Alex"?is based on intellectual property the company?purchased from a game known as?"Casey's Contraptions."? Check out the trailer for that game?here, for a look at what "Amazing Alex" might be like:

?Winda Benedetti writes about video?games for msnbc.com. You can follow her tweets about games and other things?on Twitter?here?@WindaBenedetti?and you?follow her?on Google+. Meanwhile, be sure to check?out the?IN-GAME?FACEBOOK PAGE?to discuss the day's?gaming news and reviews.?

Source: http://www.ingame.msnbc.msn.com/technology/ingame/angry-birds-creator-will-set-amazing-alex-game-motion-july-851845

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HBT: D-backs broadcaster suspended over dress code?

Yesterday Aaron mentioned how Daron Sutton has been absent from Diamondbacks broadcasts due to a ?personal matter? but that no one is saying anything more. ?Today, per Jerry Crasnick, the plot thickens:

A person familiar with the situation said Sutton recently had been involved in a dispute with the Diamondbacks over the team?s new on-air dress code. But another source said Sutton?s suspension was the culmination of a series of events rather than a single incident.

Crasnick added in a tweet that, while it?s just a hunch, the Sutton thing ?is not going to end well.? ?So, yikes.

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