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		<title><![CDATA[Don't give me special treatment]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/?p=1902]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The US Congress wants to include "Buy American" provisions in the stimulus bill.  I say "no thanks."  Protected industries aren't going to pull America out of recession. by John Carroll]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:01:53 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Group calls on Washington to establish national Broadband strategy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11056]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It's time for the U.S. to step up to the broadband plate. A coalition of companies that includes Google, Cisco, AT&T and Verizon, among others, has sent an open letter PDF, asking President-elect Obama and Congress to make broadband deployment a high priority for 2009, according to a CNET report....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:00:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Top reasons why Americans shopped online in October 2008]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=15244]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Reason Share   Able to shop 24 hours a day 76   Saves time 74   Avoiding crowds 65   Saves gas 59   Sales/Discounts/Promotions 55   Low prices 53   Comparison shopping 48   Selection 40   Available product information...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:07:06 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Internet usage at work among Americans]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=15137]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Constantly Several times a day About once a day Every few days Less often Never   Home 14 26 22 20 11 6   Work 27 22 11 5 6 28   Source: Pew Internet Project by NB]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:29:03 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[78% of Americans own cell phones]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=15115]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[78% of all Americans now own cell phones, up from 65% in 2004 and 73% in 2006. Among those who are working, fully 89% own a cell phone, up from 82% in 2006. Personal digital assistants PDAs, such as Blackberries, are also becoming more common among working Americans. Overall, 13%...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:48:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oxford American English-Brazilian Phrasebank S60 3.0 (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=845707]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A complete Oxford phrasebook with over 3,000 current survival expressions in American English and Brazilian to help travellers and make their trips more comfortable and enjoyable. With an easy-to-use graphic interface separate icons link to topics covering a common travel situation. This American English - Brazilian - American English phrasebook...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oxford American English-Spanish Phrasebank (S60) 3.0 (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=845715]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A complete Oxford phrasebook with over 3,000 current survival expressions in American English and Spanish to help travellers and make their trips more comfortable and enjoyable. With an easy-to-use graphic interface separate icons link to topics covering a common travel situation. This American English - Spanish - American English phrasebook...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oxford American English-Brazilian Phrasebank (Smartphone) 3.0 (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=845175]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A complete Oxford phrasebook with over 3,000 current "survival" expressions in American English and Brazilian to help travellers and make their trips more comfortable and enjoyable. With an easy-to-use graphic interface separate icons link to topics covering a common travel situation. This American English - Brazilian - American English phrasebook...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oxford American English-Spanish Phrasebank (Smartphone) 3.0 (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=845177]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A complete Oxford phrasebook with over 3,000 current "survival" expressions in American English and Spanish to help travellers and make their trips more comfortable and enjoyable. With an easy-to-use graphic interface separate icons link to topics covering a common travel situation. This American English - Spanish - American English phrasebook...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oxford American English-Portuguese Phrasebank (Smartphone) 3.0 (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=845169]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A complete Oxford phrasebook with over 3,000 current "survival" expressions in American English and Portuguese to help travellers and make their trips more comfortable and enjoyable. With an easy-to-use graphic interface separate icons link to topics covering a common travel situation. This American English - Portuguese - American English phrasebook...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Americans discuss on auto forums]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=14961]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Topic Percent of Discussion   Need More Alternative Fuel Vehicles 20%   Commute Via Scooter/bike 19%   Condense trips/Drive Less 16%   European Comparisons 14%   Can&#8217;t Sell Vehicle, Poor Resale & Trade-in Value 14%   Source: Nielsen by NB]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:41:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How much green in greentech?  An accounting]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=1099]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[One VC firm has just added another $450-million US to its fund for placement in cleantech companies.  Those may be devalued US dollars, but that's stillmore than you or I make in a whole month.  RockPort already has considerable money in cleantech start-ups.  RockPortr now has nearly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:36:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oxford American English-Portuguese Phrasebank(S60) 3 (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=791145]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A complete Oxford phrasebook with over 3,000 current "survival" expressions in American English and Portuguese to help travellers and make their trips more comfortable and enjoyable. With an easy-to-use graphic interface separate icons link to topics covering a common travel situation. This American English - Portuguese - American English phrasebook...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Encyclopedia of American Cinema. FREE first chapter in the trial version (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1034165]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This illustrated Encyclopedia includes biographies of the best American directors and actors, reviews of the best American movies, and lists of awards. FREE first chapter in the trial version.Features Fully illustrated. Search for words or phrases. Navigate from Table of Contents or read page by page Add Bookmarks Text annotation...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Calendar of historical events, births, holidays and observances (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1034629]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Features Who was born when! Do you know what is celebrated on March 8, and where? Educate yourself about world history by quick look to what happened on that date around the world. Use your down time to find when you favorite actors were born Navigate from Table of Contents...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["Bad idea" jeans]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/?p=1603]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[  Sometimes the failures of American diplomacy astounds me.  Apparently, the US government put pressure on the EC to go easy on Microsoft during recent debates as to whether to throw the figurative book at Microsoft for failure to complete the required documentation of interoperability protocols on time....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:55:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[America's comparative advantage]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/?p=1581]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It has become conventional wisdom that America's manufacturing base is withering in the face of foreign competition.  Problems at GM and bankrupt auto parts manufacturer Delphi would seem to bear that theory out.  Much of this belief rests on a simple accounting of income differentials.  How can...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:55:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[American competitiveness and the global economy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/?p=1572]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Can the United States remain competitive as 3 billion people in Asia rapidly enter the global economy? It's a question asked by many people across market segments, including IT personnel who worry about offshore outsourcing and the jobs threat that poses. Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International and probably the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:09:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The cost of a bicycle]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=604]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In a talkback about the top ten technology trends in Unix today, contributor "Southernpride"  talks despairingly about American debt to Chinese interests and thus backdoors in the whole out-sourcing, off-shoring, and related economic issues agenda.  I don't agree with him on this; on the contrary I believe that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 03:20:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[74% of single Americans have explored online dating]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=10447]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Among the relatively small and active cohort of 10 mln internet users who say they are currently single and looking for romantic partners, 74% say they have used the internet in one way or another to further their romantic interests. Some 15% of those in this survey of the general...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:10:01 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/american+adult.html"><![CDATA[American adult]]></category>
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