Archive for November, 2011
Acer Will Launch NFC Enabled Liquid Express In UK
Acer is soon to launch a wide range of handsets though the maker has never been the most impressive devices. Now it has been said that the range will be coming with a new addition in the form of the Liquid Express that will bestow it at least one benefit over its competitors by offering [...]
Sony Making An Exclusive Game Like Smash Bros For Playstation 3
Rumors about PlayStation 3 fighting game in the style of Nintendo’s Smash Bros series have been circulating in the Internet. The code-named for this game is ‘Title Fight’, which has been talked about in a personal blog called The Paul Gale Network. The writer is reportedly having an inside source of SuperBot Entertainment, which is [...]
We’ve Had Own Version of Siri for More Than a Year, Microsoft Says
Is Microsoft jealous of Siri? No, according to chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie, because Microsoft has had its own version of Siri available for over a year. In an interview with Forbes tech writer Eric Savitz, Mundie said Siri probably got so much press because “people are infatuated with Apple.” Apple is blessed [...]
Some Questions to Ask When You Are Shopping for a Lender
When shopping for a lender the first thing that often comes to mind to compare is rates, but that is only part of the picture. Lower rates often mean higher fees so it’s important to look at both. Your lender will also be an advisor, so choose someone you feel you can trust. Keep in mind [...]
Family Background’s of Latino Republicans Come Under Scrutiny
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is forced to research and clarify her late grandfather’s immigration status. Marco Rubio, Florida’s GOP Senator, is accused of embellishing his family’s immigrant story. A Republican congressional candidate in California puts on his website that he is the great-grandson of an illegal immigrant. As more Latino Republicans seek and win [...]
Should You Have a Google+ Business Page?
I’ve been experimenting with Google+ Business Pages and recently blogged about how to set up a Google+ Page quickly and easily. But should you create a Google+ page for your business? Here are some of my thoughts on the topic: Why you may not want a Google+ Page 1. It is one more place to post. 2. It is [...]
Angelina Jolie’s New Movie Gets a Poster
Hollywood’s most successful actress Angelina Jolie has now decided to test her directing skills. The actress decided to make a 4 language flick, centered around the ethnic cleansing and civil wars of the early to mid 90′s in Bosnia, instead of making a small romantic comedy or drama. In The Land of Blood and Honey‘s cast includes local [...]
The Myth of Privatization in China
As the People’s Republic of China privatizes companies, there is the illusion that the country is transforming from a communist state to a more capitalist society, like the United States. The reality is dangerously different. The “Socialist Market System” (SMS), as the Chinese call it, is very much what the name implies: a socialist system. [...]
Microsoft considers financing Yahoo bid
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the largest software company, has signed an agreement that lets it take a closer look at Yahoo! Inc.’s financial information to help it consider financing a bid. Private-equity firms TPG Capital and Silver Lake also signed non-disclosure agreements to help size up a possible bid for Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo, people close to [...]
Children Simply Love Video Game Education
Video game education is known as the fun way of educating your child in the modern age. Video game education is known as the fun way of educating your child in the modern age. The whole point of it is to teach your child with the help of a video activity. The goal is for [...]
Kindle Fire Keeps Promises For Adults Despite Criticisms
Along with many other popular technologies Kindle Fire retains its promises for creating opportunities for adult content marketers. The 7-in Android powered Kindle tablet features 8GB internal storage, which is sufficiently enough for storing around 80 mobile apps, plus almost 10 movies and alternatively 800 tracks or 6,000 books. The contents can be displayed up [...]
Haruvis buy lakefront Gordon home for $7.8 million
The longtime lakefront home of the late real estate investor and philanthropist Robert “Bob” Gordon and his wife, Arlette, has changed hands for $7.8 million, according to the price recorded Wednesday on the warranty deed filed with the Palm Beach County Clerk’s office. Palm Beachers Abe and Giovana Haruvi bought the five-bedroom house at 980 [...]
Public Sector Strikes: What Damage Will They Do?
Public sector strikes set to take place next week, on November 30th, could bring the country to a halt, with schools across the country closed down.Heathrow passengers may see 12 hour delays as immigration officers strike over pensions. Up to 3 million workers are expected to strike, in the largest action ever seen in the United [...]
Google Done With 7 More Products
The “spring clean at the end of the season” has brought an end to various services such as Google Wave, Google Gears, and Knoll. The US software firm has announced the elimination of many of its products for the 3rd time. This announcement may be the outcome of recent failure encountered by the company .Experts predicted [...]
Review: ‘Hugo’ Is One of This Year’s Best Movies
Release Date: November 23, 2011 Rating: PG (for mild thematic material, some action/peril and smoking)Genre: Drama, Family, FantasyRun Time: 127 min.Director: Martin ScorseseActors: Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sigourney Weaver, Sacha Baron Cohen, Michael Stuhlbarg, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, Christopher LeeWhen the darkness turns to light, it can be a glorious thing. David [...]
Textile Industry Threatened By KORUS
Now that the South Korean government has ratified the U.S.- South Korea free trade agreement (KORUS), it is set to go into effect early next year. This will likely have negative effects on many U.S. industries, and some will be completely devastated. One industry that looks to be hit particularly hard is the American textile [...]
Happy Belated 10th Birthday to the Microsoft Xbox
I cannot believe that 10 years has passed by already since that fateful day of November 15, 2001, when Microsoft launched the first Xbox system in North America. The Xbox was a sweet gaming system with a custom 733 Mhz Pentium III processor powering up 64 MB of RAM and a 233 MHz nVidia NV2A [...]
Amazon To Make 4 Million Kindle Fire Sale During Holiday Season
A prominent financial analyst said that, Amazon is going to sell 4 million Kindle Fire tablets in the next holiday quarter. But he also said that, the giant tablet producing company will only release 2.5 million of their product. There are reasons behind such comment from the analyst. The company started shipping of their product Fire on November 14 and [...]
Google to Cut Chromebook Prices
Google Inc said the price of some Chromebook laptops will drop by as much as 30 per cent, to $299, part of a push to get users to choose its software over products made by such rivals as Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp. The price cut affects machines made by Samsung Electronics Co, which formerly [...]
Where’s all of Tom Gentz’s affordable housing?
Town Council President Tom Gentz is fronting a plan to kill the state’s affordable housing program. The plan was written by Planning Commissar Ruth Platner and largely benefits the constituents of the Charlestown Citizens Alliance. Here’s how the Platner-Gentz Affording Housing Deconstruction Act works: figure out the price of a residential property that is affordable to somebody or some family [...]
