HP Touchpad a new competitor on the mobile market
HP announced the TouchPad tablet, as well as the Pre3 and Veer smart phones. They are the first Palm smart phones since the Pre and Pixi in 2009, which scored with critics but failed to secure enough market share in a hotly competitive category dominated by devices such as the iPhone, BlackBerry and Droid. The […]
Latest news: in Egypt protesters’ demands to be met
A senior Egyptian army commander has told anti-government demonstrators that all their demands will be met, The Associated Press reports. The news agency said Egyptian military officials say the army will issue a release shortly that will meet protesters’ demands. Earlier Thursday, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq told BBC Arabic that the possibility of President […]
New Ipad2 coming
The new iPad is expected by Apple watchers to debut in the next couple of months at a similar price range as the current iPad, though exact details couldn’t be learned. It currently costs between $499 and $829. Piper Jaffray & Co. estimates Apple will sell 27 million iPads in 2011, and some investors expect […]
Lohan in court
Los Angeles (CNN) — Prosecutors formally charged Lindsay Lohan on Wednesday with felony grand theft related to a necklace allegedly taken from a California jewelry store last month. Lohan has arrived at the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles for a 1:30 p.m. arraignment. Wearing a white dress, she pulled up in a black SUV and […]
Deutsche buying NYSE in major shakeup ?!
NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s Deutsche Boerse is in advanced talks to buy NYSE Euronext to create the world’s largest trading powerhouse, marking the second major transatlantic deal in 24 hours in a massive shake-up of an industry under pressure from upstart rivals. The London Stock Exchange said earlier it has agreed to buy Canadian […]
A little room in Paris France
A Room in Paris A B&B with gourmet appeal Of the approximately 500 registered chambres d’hôtes (bed-and-breakfasts) in Paris, the majority are run by empty nesters looking to make the most of a spare room without committing to a life of full-time service. Peet Verrest is not one of those people. At his recently expanded, […]
Not enough sleep – you could explode
Researchers found if you sleep less than six hours, or have disturbed sleep you have a 48% chance of developing or dying from heart disease, and a 15% chance of having or dying of a stroke. The study, published in the European Heart Journal, is a meta-analysis of 15 other sleep studies. A meta-anaylsis integrates […]
Mubarak refuses to quit – Protesters keep up
Momentum kept up on the 16th day of protests in Egypt as massive crowds once again jammed Cairo’s Tahrir Square Wednesday and spilled over into a nearby compound housing government buildings. Fueled by anger at the regime’s incremental concessions and a denunciation of demands for President Hosni Mubarak’s immediate exit, the rowdy demonstrations again drew […]
Facebook is changing location
Facebook is moving from Palo Alto, California, to a spot in Menlo Park that would include the offices once held by Sun Microsystems . Facebook is planning to acquire another 2 buildings owned by GM, a huge 400,000-sqft plot adjacent to the 1-million-sqft Sun campus. The new place was determined to keep up 3,600 workers, […]
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