grab bag

Intuit’s fourth quarter brought the usual grab bag: A loss in a seasonally slow three months, solid revenue growth and an outlook slightly ahead of expectations.

But Intuit also talked about it view of connected services and the big picture. My epiphany: Microsoft has been talking about software and services for what seems like forever.

Here's a roundup of recent juicy Google tidbits:

• Amid general praise for Steve McQueen's car famed chase in the 1968 movie Bullitt, there are jeers about the recurring green VW Beetle and the geographic hash it makes of San Francisco.

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AP - Despite numerous veto threats, senators in both parties have loaded up President Bush's war funding bill wi

AP - The Senate is working to quickly pass a grab bag of measures aimed at helping homeowners and businesses weather the housing crisis as a key House panel hears from experts on a broader government rescue plan for struggling borrowers.