In the midst of the celebration of Thanksgiving, a part of the world gives collective pause as one of the most celebrated comedian of our time passes on. Leslie Nielsen, the canadian funny man died today in a hospital near his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from complications of pneumonia at the age of 84. [...]
In a speech Tuesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said it “is time to bring 911 into the Digital Age.” As more and more people in the United States use cell phones, Genachowski plans to revamp the current switchboards into a system that will allow you to send a text message to emergency services [...]
The boy who lived, AKA box-office wizard has outdone himself as Part 1 of Warner Bros.’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows managed to earn an estimated $125.1 million in domestic box office for a franchise-best bow and the eighth-best opening weekend ever. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint earned $61.2 million of that [...]
San Bernardino County, California – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency for San Bernardino County as it’s water supply (and that of the city of Barstow) was found to be contaminated with a toxic chemical used to make explosives and rocket fuel. Testing by the Golden State Water Co revealed that high [...]
It’s a good year for Twitter as, several industry industry claims that Google played with an idea of buying Twitter as whole, offering to put upto $4 Billion up front. Google’s initial bid of $2.5 billion was shot down by Twitter, even characterizing the amount as “insulting”, hence the 4 billion top. Twitter refused the [...]
We love comparing what we have now to what was once was, just like carrying the whole Beatles collection on your trusty iPod instead of lugging around several vinyl discs . Today’s souped up storage medium, the SD card can store upto 64GB on it’s meager size. What does that amount to? Take a look [...]
Watch the Pacquiao vs Margarito Fight Live via Streaming Video only here at The Daily Blend . Manny Pacquiao Boxing Record: Total fights – 56 Wins – 51 Wins by KO – 38 Losses – 3 Draws – 2 Antonio Margarito Boxing Record: Total fights 45 Wins 38 Wins by KO 27 Losses 6 Draws [...]
The search giant has filed twenty separate defenses against Oracle‘s claim that the Android platform infringes on intellectual property that Oracle obtained when they purchased Sun. In their defense, Google contends that the patents at the center of the dispute are invalid, unenforceable, and not applicable to Android. The mobile OS contains a homespun clean-room [...]
Platform wars, you simply got to love it source: Csectioncomics
In what the French media are calling a miracle, an 18th month old girl was fell off from a sixth-floor apartment and survives to tell the tale, figuratively of course (she can’t talk yet). The babe was somehow left unattended by her parents, fell off the window and then bounced off the awning of a [...]
