2011

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Italian Government Slaps Apple with $1.2 Million Fine

Apple has been hit with quite a hefty fine from a somewhat surprising place today, Italy. That's right, on December 27, 2011 the country of Italy fined the tech giant 900,000 euros, or roughly $1.2 million, for allegedly encouraging its customers to...

Thursday, December 15, 2011

New Features for Google Chrome v16

Google Chrome was just updated and the newest version brings an option to print any webpage using Cloud Print and multiple profile support for users who are on one computer to maintain separate settings. These new additions will become available with...

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Updated

Microsoft has just updated its Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and posted a service pack with a plethora of new features and bug fixes according to a statement released by the company on Monday. The new features to Microsoft Exchange Service Pack 2 were...

Monday, December 5, 2011

Computer History Museum Opens New Online Exhibit Dedicated to Steve Jobs

In what is perhaps the biggest show of remembrance for him since his death, the Computer History Museum has just launched an online exhibit completely dedicated to former Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs. Jobs, as many of you know, passed away back...

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Western Digital's Deal to Acquire Hitachi's HDD Business Approved

Western Digital has just secured conditional approval from the European Union's competition regulator to purchase Hitachi's hard disk drive business for a grand total of $4.3 billion. This was only made possible, however, after Western Digital agreed...

Friday, November 11, 2011

HDD Shortages to Spill Over into Q1 2012

Considering operations are disrupted at over a dozen hard disk drive (HDD) factories thanks to flooding in Thailand, PC manufacturers should begin preparing for significant supply shortages according to market research firm IDC. Worldwide HDD shipments...

Monday, October 24, 2011

Will March 2012 Give Us the iPad 3?

I wrote recently abut the iPad getting a possible discounted release and a new name (iPad Mini?) in the early part of 2012. While that was sure to spark the interests of iPad and tablet users a little bit, a new report should make that excitement grow...

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Samsung Introduces New Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus

Samsung has just confirmed that another variation of its Samsung Galaxy Tab will be hitting stores soon. This new device, known as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, will begin selling on November 13, 2011 at many U.S. retailers for a surprisingly reasonable...

Friday, October 14, 2011

Toshiba Introduces Tiny Enterprise Hard Drives

Toshiba's Storage Products Business Unit has just announced a high-capacity 2.5" high-performance enterprise-class drive. Known as the Toshiba MK01GRRB/R series, this drive supports the exacting requirements for compute-intensive environments witha 15,000...

Monday, October 10, 2011

London 2012: Powered By Acer

We have known for some time that the London 2012 Olympics will be in part powered by Acer. What we are just now finding out is the details on how they are going to supply the athletes, in house functions and guard stations. It looks like Acer will be...

Monday, October 3, 2011

Napster to be Acquired by Rhapsody

One of the oldest internet subscription music services on the web, Rhapsody, has finally, and officially, acquired Napster subscribers as well as a host of other assets from Best Buy. However, Best Buy will retain a minority stake in Rhapsody according...

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Mozilla Debating a 5-Week Release Schedule for Firefox

I think it is safe to say that the new six week rapid release cycle for Mozilla Firefox internet browser has drawn a lot of controversy since it was announced and put into effect. However, it seems as if Mozilla likes the negative press because it seems...

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Selecting the Right Mortgage

Choosing the right mortgage is something very crucial, because with so many home loan and mortgage choices open in the market of real estate, you require confirming the right mortgage is suitable for your requirements. In order to confirm that you walk...

Which is the best life insurance?

We have already come to know about the impact of life insurances in our lives. The people today have become very conscious and as such, they are not willing to take any chance. People in the present day fear losses and as such, they do not wish to take...

Second Wipe-Maker Issues Recall After Bacteria Detected

A second company that makes and distributes alcohol prep wipes to prevent infection has issued a large recall because of potential bacterial contamination. The firm shares a common supplier with a Wisconsin wipe-maker whose products have been blamed...

Obama's Fatal Conceit

Politico is out with a few excerpts from the new Ron Suskind book, Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President. Suskind is no economist (much less an Austrian). His poor economic understanding causes him to weave his story...

Tony Bennett On 9/11 Attacks: ‘They Flew The Plane In, But We Caused It’

American icon Tony Bennett took to the airwaves at Sirius Radio to promote his new album, “Duets II,” but it’s what he said about war, peace, terrorism, and who was to blame for the Sept. 11 terror attacks that could get people talking.Sitting down with...

Buzz Aldrin’s New Flame 30 Years His Junior

After the scandal of a messy divorce, it appears that astronaut Buzz Aldrin is moving on with a woman 30 years his junior, and his ex-wife of 23 years is calling the woman a “predator.”Aldrin is reportedly dating Michelle Sucillon, 51, a former senior...

ADHD Meds Delay Puberty in Boys, Study Suggests

A medication taken by millions of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may delay puberty, at least temporarily, according to a new study in animals.High doses of the drug methylphenidate — the active ingredient in Ritalin and...

Music Fan Owes $675,000 for Illegal Downloads, Court Rules

Enjoy that song: It'll cost you.In 2009, a Boston jury downgraded a ruling against Joel Tenenbaum for illegally downloading music files from $675,000 to just $67,500, deeming the original penalty "unconstitutionally excessive."Not so fast, an appeals...

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Controversially Made in China

When it was built in 1936, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was a Depression-era project that put scores of Americans to work. When its $6.3 billion replacement opens in two years, it will be an international affair from the bottom up, an example...

Find the Right Home Insurance to Cover Your Property and Assets

Before you buy a policy to coverage a home, it is important to understand the different types of policies. Home InsuranceThis covers a dwelling, usually a house, that you and your family life in. You will need to protect the building, other structures...

Health Insurance Plan for You and Your Family

A good health insurance plan can save you a lot of money once the unexpected does happen. The first thing you should do is to weed through the options that are available to you and your family. If you have a credible job then you will most likely have...

Could the Vatican Go To Court For Human-Rights Abuses?

When a group of victims of pedophile priests announced on Sept. 13 that they would ask the International Criminal Court (ICC) to try the Pope on charges of crimes against humanity, the Vatican was quick to dismiss the petition as a "ludicrous publicity...

Salisbury Area Chamber Of Commerce 1st Annual Freedom 5K & Bike Ride

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Salisbury Police Department Press Releases

On September 19, 2011 at approximately 10:55 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police received a call to respond to the three hundred (300) block of South Salisbury Boulevard for the report of a domestic assault. Upon arrival the officers met with an adult...

New TV Season, And Fewer Viewers

Pay-TV subscriber losses, and younger viewers watching online, spell troubleAs a college student, Jordan Geddis took cable TV for granted. MTV, Comedy Central, and ESPN were just part of the dorm tab at Syracuse University. Even when she moved off campus,...

Why Hunger Is Still With Us

Editor's Note: This piece is one in a series of replies to Frances Moore Lappé’s essay on the food movement today.Amid the joy of local, seasonal ingredients and tides of young people with dirt freshly lodged under their fingernails, it feels unkind...

Filipino Teachers Find More Money, Challenges In Maryland

WASHINGTON -- U.S. schools have been recruiting teachers from the Philippines for some time. Many have come to Prince George's County, and in Baltimore classrooms, one in every ten teachers is Filipino. In her documentary "The Learning," filmmaker...

Virginity Is Not Hot

If you want it then you shoulda put a ring on it...It’s been a while since I really ticked someone off. I mean, I’ve been on a serious streak of low-keyness. This is a clear indication that I’m going soft. Not that I’mintentionally trying to incite a...

Dog Found On Waller Rd. & Spring Hill Rd.

This Pomeranian was found on a neighbors property. It is very clean and well groomed. Please contact Susan at 443-735-44...

Mother, Daughter Reportedly Shot Outside Georgia Private School

Cops say husband of woman approached pair and opened fire, according to reportsA mom and her 10-year-old daughter were shot outside a private, religious school south of Atlanta, authorities said Tuesday.Sgt. Jodi Shupe told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...

Some Lawmakers Earn At Jobs On The Side

Members of Congress tripled their outside income between 2006 and 2010, as lawmakers earned a total of nearly $30 million last year outside of their official salaries. The numbers come from an analysis by the Wall Street Journal, which used LegiStorm's...

Buy American

Take a look at the agenda of the upcoming Take Back The American Dream Conference. There is a session on Tuesday titled, Strategy on State Level for Buy America Campaign.This session will look at ways to trigger state-level procurement rules...

N.C. Lowe's Shooting Leaves Two Dead

(AP) CONCORD, N.C. - A female employee of Lowe's Home Improvement and a man were shot to death inside a North Carolina store Monday and a company spokeswoman described the shootings as a domestic situation.The names of the victims and their relationship...

Perry Pumps Up Pressure on Obama Over Israel

Perry Pumps Up Pressure on Obama Over Israel“We are indignant that certain Middle Eastern leaders have discarded the principle of direct negotiations between the sovereign nation of Israel and the Palestinian leadership. And we are equally indignant...

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Anne Arundel County Vaccinates Against Rabies By Helicopter

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Anne Arundel County health officials are taking to the air to vaccinate raccoons for rabies.Health officials say they are distributing about 70,000 bait packs containing the rabies vaccine by helicopter this year.M...

Oops: Pot-Smoking Elmo Already Claimed @Qwikster On Twitter

Netflix might have flubbed on its due diligence when checking out if there were any a priori uses of the name "Qwikster." (Whether or not just picking that name itself is a flub is another discussion.) It seems there was already an entity out there using...

Copy "Wedding Crashers" Prank, Get Charged With A Felony

In the movie Wedding Crashers, Owen Wilson's character pours eye drops into an enemy's drink to put him out of commission and is rewarded with audience laughter. In real life, a Wisconsin college student does the same to her roommate and is charged with...

QUOTES OF THE DAY 9-20-11

“One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.”― Ron Paul“I’m convinced that you never have to give up liberties to be safe. I think you’re less safe when...

Why Was Congress Forced To Subpoena Head Of Obama's Budget Office To Get Info On Solyndra?

As more developments arise in the Solyndra case, we find the specifics of how it was none other than Jacob Lew, the head of the Office Management Bureau, elsewhere known as the guy who puts together all those forecasts that Obama pulls out of his hat...