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5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before You Start A Work-from-home Business

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:00:00 PDT

5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before You Start A Work-from-home Business

Bing Summer Photo Contest

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:00:00 PDT

The Bing Summer Photo Contest will be conducted through the popular Facebook social networking website, and the theme will be "Summer Travel". Photos must be submitted as unwatermarked landscape-format JPEG images with greater than 970 x 528 pixel resolution / 1MB file size. Submissions shouldn't look staged or show signs of manipulation, should leave room around the subject to allow ...

Are You Sure You Are a Writer?

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:00:00 PDT

5 Things Michael Jackson Taught His Fans

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:55:00 PDT

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With the iPod Available, is Music on the Radio Still Popular?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:09:00 PDT

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James Bond rules worldwide box office

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:46:00 PST

The latest James Bond thriller dominated the box office in much of the world during the weekend, boosted by a record opening in North America, distributor Columbia Pictures said on Sunday. "Quantum of Solace" sold $70.4 million worth of tickets in its first three days of release across the United States and Canada. Industry pundits had forecast an opening in the $60 million range. ...

California's bad fire season could have been worse

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:59:00 PST

It's been big, it's been bad, it's been weird. And it could have been worse. Even as flames continued to devour the hills near Santa Barbara and homes in the San Fernando Valley on Saturday, fire season was winding down across Northern California. And although hot dry conditions still could spark more blazes in places like San Diego or Los Angeles County, the 2008 fire season is already being c...

Google Follows Rivals into Voice Search

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:05:00 PST

Don't let it be said that Google has given up on the iPhone. They may be plugging away at their own mobile OS, Android, but the company has just bestowed Apple's popular smartphone with the gift of hearing. The thing is, this isn't new. Not by a long shot. But this is a story with the buzzwords "Google" and "Apple" in it, and people seem to automatically think anything wit...

Major source of Internet spam pulled off the Web

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:02:00 PST

There is a good chance that the spam volume hitting your email inbox could drop drastically. A web hosting firm was identified earlier in the week by the computer security community as a major host of organizations that were engaging in spam activity. The web hosting firm was pulled from the Web. Read more (tgdaily.com)

Sainsbury's criticised for handing book with sexual drawings to schoolchildren

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:17:00 PST

Sainsbury's have been criticised by parents for handing out a book containing sexual drawings to dozens of children on a school trip. The book contained explicit illustrations of a couple having sex in 12 different positions in the bath as they save water by "bathing with a friend". It also encouraged readers to shave in intimate places, go streaking, chat up strangers and hand out y...

Purse stops bullet from hitting student

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:05:00 PST

Don't knock those trendy, oversized purses — they could save your life, as one college student found out. Police say the contents in an oversized purse saved Elizabeth Pittenger, a 22-year-old Middle Tennessee State University student, by stopping a bullet during an attempted robbery. Read more about this (AP-WAAYTV)

Hackers open core of Apple's iPhone

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:24:00 PST

Just over a week after the release of the iPhone 3G, hackers have opened up a whole new world to users of the device by releasing a tool allowing them to install third-party programs not sanctioned by Apple. The news comes within days of a Brazilian company, DesbloqueioBr, claiming to have hacked the iPhone 3G so it can be used on any mobile network without the need to sign up for plans with ex...

YouTube to post full-length MGM films

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:10:00 PST

YouTube, the largest video-sharing website, will show full-length television shows and films from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's archives in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programing, the company told Reuters on Sunday. The site, owned by Google Inc, plans to make the announcement about the new partnership on Monday. MGM Studios will kick off the partnership by po...

Tethering App Coming To iPhone

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:04:00 PST

An approved way to use the iPhone 3G as a wireless modem for computers is expected soon, but there's no definite timetable and it will most likely cost more per month. In the near future, customers will be able to use Apple's iPhone 3G as a wireless modem for computers, an AT&T (NYSE: T) executive said. During an intervie

White House Computer Systems Attacked by Hackers

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:16:00 PST

Authorities revealed that recently, computer systems at the White House have been hacked into, the police stating they believed the computer servers had been compromised by Chinese hackers, who thus came into the possession of several e-mails between government officials. The electronic correspondence did not contain any classified information, authorities added. <a title="White House Compu...