The Democratic effort to launch S.B. 940, known as the Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act, would have ended tax breaks for the top five most profitable oil companies.
Since the Galaxy S4's launch, Samsung's been eager to make security one of the device's stronger selling points.
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But if the phone is reflective of Apple and Motorola's launch, it's likely to underwhelm analysts and Apple fans who have been waiting for an iTunes phone since July 2004, when Motorola Chief Executive EdZanderEd Zander first announced plans to roll one out.
Dr Baker reckons that costs can be cut if the launch rocket uses the satellite's guidance computer instead of having its own, and if the satellite's built-in rocket motor is bolstered to do the work now performed by a launch rocket's upper stage.
Australian Donald was among the big names at Wednesday evening's launch of this year's event.
Ghaffary may not be able to tell you the App Store's launch date, but he's happy to discuss his company's iPhone application in detail.
The launch's demand appears to have been built on Motorola's original Droid, which itself was a blockbuster thanks in part to a buy-one-get-one-free promotion at Verizon.
As for the seemingly paltry launch sales of the Wii U console -- 200K units shy of the original Wii's launch week -- Fils-Aime says it's a question of his company's ability to keep it in stores and not of lacking demand.
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In the same month, consumer-price inflation picked up to 4%, the highest rate since the euro's launch and well above the ECB's target ceiling of 2%.
"That's the mission we want fulfilled and the satellite we will launch will be one major step towards that mission, " he said during a visit to Ariane's launch center in Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeast coast of South America, late last month.
We thought we'd come and gone on the whole Apple-does-an-MVNO rumor thing that was buzzing around just prior to the ROKR E1's launch last September, but with Apple's enigmatic "Mobile Me" trademark filing hitting the the wires today, speculation is already re-cropping up that Apple's still working behind the scenes to pound out their own mobile virtual network operator.
She was presented with her Brit trophy - designed by Sir Peter Blake - by Jessie J at Thursday's nominations launch event at London's Savoy Hotel.
Up till now, such insubordination has usually been kept in check: witness the abortive attempt a few years ago by Sverdlovsk's governor to launch his region's own currency.
That's all consistent with promises made at the network's launch, when he said it will allow the Model S to drive across the country for free.
The PlayStation 3's launch titles may not be blowing away reviewers, but there's much promise ahead for the PS3.
Guests at Wednesday's launch were shown a 30-minute compilation of excerpts from this year's line-up.
"Today's launch of Office 365 Home Premium marks the next big step in Microsoft's transformation to a devices and services business, " said Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft.
And like other supermodels before her, she's becoming her own brand: Last year, she collaborated with Momofuku Milk Bar to launch Karlie's Kookies, a line of vegan treats sold to raise funds for children's charities.
More than 1.5 billion devices used Windows 7 and earlier versions of the system at the time of Windows 8's launch, making the OS both the most popular of its kind and one of the company's key sources of revenue.
At last night's launch of the US-bound Galaxy Player 4.2 -- also known elsewhere as the Galaxy S WiFi 4.2 -- we had the opportunity to try out Samsung's remote viewfinder with the WiFi-equipped WB150F digital camera we saw at CES. The free app -- which runs on Android and iOS devices -- provides select Samsung shooters with a wireless viewfinder and remote.
ENGADGET: Samsung Galaxy Player 4.2 remote viewfinder hands-on (video)
LOVEFiLM, an Amazon company, launches on Nintendo's Wii home console today with a launch on Nintendo's new HD home console Wii U to follow shortly, transforming the movie viewing experience for up to eight million UK Wii users who will now be able to select and instantly stream movies and TV shows with a wave of their Wii Remote.
ENGADGET: Lovefilm movie streaming arrives on UK Wii consoles, Wii U compatibility coming 'shortly'
The U.S. launch came too late to be included on Thursday's earnings.
We need to really think seriously about a variety of alternative launch facilities and, also, a launch infrastructure that's really more suited to so-called launch-on- demand, which the Air Force has talked about at various times as a future requirement.
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Despite the console's impending March launch to Kickstarter supporters, OUYA's yet to begin reviewing games for its storefront.
With Samsung's popular Galaxy S III already out and Apple's new iPhone expected to launch soon, Nokia's new phones are expected to see some tough competition.
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Samsung has our attention, but our wallets won't fling open until the camera's official launch this fall, and once they do, there's no telling to what degree.
"Landsat is a centerpiece of NASA's Earth Science program, and today's successful launch will extend the longest continuous data record of Earth's surface as seen from space, " NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a statement.
Eva Longoria nabbed a BlackBerry Curve at Research in Motion 's launch party last June.
Perhaps that's due to this being the 1st anniversary of the platform's launch.
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