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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
It is being reported that actor Mel Gibson is set to star in his first movie since late 2002.
He will be playing the role of a corruption fighting policeman in a new movie entitled The Edge of Darkness.
Despite not acting in more than 5 years, he has kept his hand ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
A new report showed that the amount a woman eats and her eating habits at the time of conception could influence the gender of her new baby.
The report, conducted by researchers from England's University of Exeter and Oxford, showed the first evidence that a child's sex is linked to the ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
It has been reported that Skype has unvailed a new unlimited long distance calling plan for as little as $2.95 per month for people in Canada and the United States.
The company which is owned by auction giant Ebay is one of the world's most well known internet calling companies. Their ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
It is being reported that the country of Vietnam has taken a huge step by launching their first telecommunications satellite into space that will help bring internet and television to rural residents of the country.
It launched from the European spaceport in French Guriana on the back of an Ariane 5 ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Computer giant Microsoft has begun a new beta phase of their project Albany, which is their version of a subscription based service that provides clients with all the software that it is necessary to perform any computer related task.
According to Microsoft Product Manager Bryson Gordon, the all-in-one service pack contains ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Mac compatible computer produced and manufactured by Psystar, a Miami based company, has been taken offline by Apple's legal legion. Psystar who made itself known for its Voice-over Internet, security and networking systems should have known better when it decided to advertised to its used to buy a computer ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Tesla Motors, the so called Silicon Valley maker of electric sports cars, filed a suit in San Mateo Superior Court on Monday against a competing company and two of its employees one of which is Henrick Fisker, contending that they stole some of Tesla's design ideas and trade secrets.
Henrik ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
It is being reported that the search engine giant Google is set to announce a partnership with Salesforce.com.
The partnership will result in Google's new Apps software teaming up with customer relationship management offered by salesforce, in otherwards, a sheer nightmare for rival Microsoft.
Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO, said, as quoted by ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Microsoft is developing a new service, which is designed to help drivers to avoid traffic jams. According to a report by The New York Times, the company is working on a technology called "Clearflow" that would be available as free software on the maps.live.com.
Compared to other navigation software in the ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
South Korean President Lee Myung-back spoke to the country's first astronaut in space Saturday as she orbited the Earth on the International Space Station.
"I am so proud of you as you enhanced national prestige, and I will pray for your safe return," President Lee said during a 15-minute video-audio linked ...
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