Rush Hour News: HTC’s new tablet Flyer
HTC today announced the Flyer, a 7-inch tablet running one of the most heavily customized versions of Android I’ve ever seen. The Flyer integrates all sorts of new technologies: a new 3D UI, OnLive cloud-based console gaming, a new streaming movie-and-video store from Saffron Digital, and even a capacitive pen which lets you scribble words […]
Obama’s Budget: $1 Trillion
President Obama is poised to release his budget plan for next year, but don’t expect it to make many Americans happy — even though the White House tells ABC News that it will cut the deficit more than $1 trillion over the next decade. Obama plans to use the savings from those cuts to pay […]
Los Angeles Times criticized Anderson Cooper’s tough talk
“Anderson Cooper’s tough talk about the Egyptian government’s “lies” was criticized by Los Angeles Times columnist James Rainey on Saturday. Cooper, Rainey wrote, should not have called the government “liars” as much as he has. “It’s not often that American television news figures accuse government officials, foreign or domestic, of lying,” Rainey wrote in a […]
Mario Lemieux: NHL failed
“NEW YORK — Pittsburgh Penguins owner Mario Lemieux said the NHL failed in its punishment of the New York Islanders following a fight-filled game between the teams – and went so far as to question whether he wanted to stay in the league. Lemieux, who had a Hockey Hall of Fame playing career with the […]
Grammy Awards 2011 who will win?
The 53rd annual Grammy presentations will be staged on Feb. 13 at Los Angeles’ Staples Center and be televised by CBS and Global TV. After perusing the nominees, I can’t say that I’m looking forward to the show. But I guess it’s part of my job to at least acknowledge it. Apologies to those of […]
Anti-Berlusconi demonstrations held by Italian women
Italian women have held protests nationwide and abroad against embattled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Thousands of protesters marched in more than 60 towns and cities nationwide. Some women carried banners reading “Italy is not a brothel”, and said Mr Berlusconi had demeaned women with his recent sex scandals. The premier denies attending sex parties and […]
Protests in Yemen
Yemeni police have clashed with anti-government protesters demanding political reform and the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the third straight day of anti-government protests. Several thousand protesters, many of them university students, tried to reach the central square in the capital of Sanaa on Sunday, but were pushed back by police using clubs. […]
Surprising benefits of having sex
Look younger A long-term study of 3,500 people between the ages of 30 and 101 found that regular sex may shave between four and seven years off your physical appearance. Researchers at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in Scotland presented photos of the subjects to an impartial panel of judges, who were asked to guess their […]
BREAKING NEWS: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has resigned and handed over power to the military, ousted by a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of Egyptians who demanded his removal. The terse announcement was made live on state TV by a grim Vice-President Omar Suleiman at about 6 p.m. local time Friday. “In […]
Facebook eager to buy Twitter
NEW YORK, N.Y. – There’s a report that Google and Facebook are both sniffing around Twitter with an eye to buying the social networking service. Sources tell the Wall Street Journal that the talks have valued Twitter at between US$8 billion and $10 billion. The same sources say Twitter had revenue of $45 million in […]
Army recruits in Pakistan killed by teen suicide bomber
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – At a military training center in northwest Pakistan on Thursday A teenage suicide bomber killed at least 27 soldiers ,it was reported by police and intelligence officials The bomber wore a uniform from a nearby school, and the outfit apparently allowed him to escape scrutiny upon entering the heavily guarded Punjab Regiment […]
Competition for low airfares
With airlines imposing fees for things like checked bags, priority seating and access to airport lounges, finding a good fare is just the starting point. Ticket buyers then need to check multiple Web sites to figure out the best deal. Now, even that process is on the verge of change, and the impetus is coming […]