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• Numerous media outlets publish misleading attacks on decision to limit electronic voting

  Published: August 9, 2007, 6:54 pm

  Tags: Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, The Washington Post, Government Elections

  costs add up," the San Jose Mercury News uncritically reported that "[c]ompany officials have said the researchers were given unusual access to the machines that real-world hackers could never gain." On August 5, a Sacramento Bee article -- "Voting decision creates turmoil" -- similarly reported without

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• Xbox 360 "Jasper" shrinks ATI graphics to 65-nm

  Published: October 11, 2007, 9:25 am

  Tags: Jasper, Mercury News, Mercurynews, Microsoft, Rumor, San Jose Mercury News, Sanjosemercurynews, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox360

  how Dean Takahashi of the San Jose Mercury News claims the Xbox 360 timeline will progress. The Jasper motherboard is said to extend the 65-nm shrinkage to the ATI-built graphics chip. As the source for most of the Xbox's heat, that should make Jasper-based 360s more reliable than the existing 90-nm versions. The updated gaming rig will also

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• Death Agony [Newspapers]

  Published: January 9, 2008, 10:10 am

  Tags: Media, Newspapers, San Jose Mercury News

  The Editor of the San Jose Mercury News has resigned after making a "controversial" proposal to reduce the number of sections in the newspaper from five to three. Like that's going to make a...

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• San Jose Mercury News inadvertently offers most accurate analysis yet of Microsoft-Yahoo deal [Great Moments In Journalism]

  Published: April 28, 2008, 8:00 pm

  Tags: Acquisitions, Great Moments In Journalism, Mercury News, Microsoft, San Jose Mercury News, Yahoo

  Wondering what a Microsoft takeover will mean for the Yahoos? Front-page editors at the San Jose Mercury News offer what one hopes will be the last word.

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