Gizbuzz » Google to launch Presentations, Arrington wrong about aim

Seeded on Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:00 AM EDT (gizbuzz.co.uk)

Google has just announced that they have acquired Tonic Systems, a company which has already been developing in this area, with the aim of releasing in the summer.

google, technology, office, blog

WUSA9.com | Little Debbie Recall

Seeded on Thu Feb 8, 2007 12:24 PM EST (wusa9.com)

Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin says Little Debbie Nutty Bars are being recalled from Maryland, Virginia, and two other states because metal may be in an ingredient.

business, food, recall, snack, metal, little-debbie

Conan takes on Serena in Wii Tennis - Joystiq

Seeded on Fri Feb 2, 2007 11:23 AM EST (Joystiq)

What should you do when you have a former World Number 1 ranked tennis player on your late night talk show? Challenge her to Wii Tennis, of course!

technology, sports, tennis, conan, serena-williams, nintendo, wii

Zune Exec leaves Microsoft

Seeded on Thu Feb 1, 2007 12:23 PM EST (The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW))

Microsoft's Entertainment Devices division posted a $289,000,000 loss this year, as revealed earlier this week.

technology, business, microsoft, zune, bryan-lee

Sony explains UK's PS3 price, lack of 20GB model - Joystiq

Seeded on Thu Feb 1, 2007 12:13 PM EST (Joystiq)

Maguire points out that merely converting the PS3's US retail price to British currency results in a misleading figure, as it fails to take VAT into account.

technology, europe, sony, console, uk, ps3, playstation

Apple and Cisco agree to delay lawsuit, maybe hug it out - Engadget

Seeded on Thu Feb 1, 2007 10:28 AM EST (Engadget)

Good news on the "let's sue Apple!" front. Apple and Cisco, in a "tersely" worded joint statement yesterday, announced that Cisco has agreed to delay its iPhone lawsuit, while the two companies start up talks again to see if they can't settle this naming dispute out of court.

technology, lawsuit, apple, cisco, mac, iphone

Vizu Gets $2.9 Million for Poll-Based Market Research

Seeded on Thu Feb 1, 2007 10:21 AM EST (TechCrunch)

Vizu Answers announced a $2.9 million round of financing today for its poll based market research, led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

technology, business, tech, polls, vizu

Flixster Growing Like A Weed

Seeded on Thu Feb 1, 2007 10:20 AM EST (TechCrunch)

According to recent Comscore data, Flixster has had a terrific period of unique visitor and page view growth over the last several months. Alexa and Compete also show a solid growth trend.

technology, social, culture, network, computer, web, actors, movies, flixster

Kodak squeezes out a profit

Seeded on Thu Feb 1, 2007 7:18 AM EST (The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

The last time Eastman Kodak Co. was operating at a profit, George W. Bush was about to win a second term, the Dow Jones industrial average was struggling to stay over 10,000 and Microsoft's new Vista wasn't close to prime time.

business, kodak, rochester, eastman

Canandaigua wrestling coach charged, suspended

Seeded on Thu Feb 1, 2007 7:15 AM EST (The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

CANANDAIGUA — The varsity high school wrestling coach in Canandaigua was arrested Wednesday on four charges stemming from three separate incidents this school year.

sports, wrestling, high-school, new-york-state, upstate, canandaigua

Nintendo to replace 3.2M Wii straps

Seeded on Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:15 AM EST (Business Week)

Nintendo said Friday it will replace 3.2 million straps for its popular Wii computer game controllers after receiving a rash of reports that the devices flew out of the hands of overzealous players.

technology, business, game, recall, remote, nintendo, video-games, wii, handstrap

Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Will Powerset Pull a Google?

Seeded on Thu Oct 5, 2006 7:26 AM EDT (TechCrunch)

I haven't seen a demo of upcoming search engine Powerset yet, but reportedly many people who have are impressed, saying they'd never use Google again.

google, technology, search, search-engine, powerset

Suspicious Bag Prompts BWI Evacuation - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:26 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

Two concourses serving Southwest Airlines at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport were evacuated for an hour early this morning, after security screeners spotted a gun inside a carry-on bag and were unable to detain its owner, officials said.

security, airport, southwest-airlines, us-news, bwi

ESA - Mars Express - Cydonia - the face on Mars

Seeded on Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:20 AM EDT (esa.int)

A perspective view showing the so-called 'Face on Mars' located in the Cydonia region. The image shows a remnant massif thought to have formed via landslides and an early form of debris apron formation.

science, astronomy, cydonia, face-on-mars

X-Rated Font Used on Third-Grade Handout

Seeded on Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:17 AM EDT (WTOP)

MONROE, N.Y. (AP) - School officials apologized after an X-rated font was used on a third-grade spelling packet handed out to parents. The font showed male and female stick figures in provocative poses to form the letters of the alphabet.

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