Archive for March, 2012

39 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

Sick of paying out the nose for wireless data? Well, one enterprising startup may have an option for you: FreedomPop, a wireless service set to roll out in July and September, wants to offer you 1GB worth of 4G WiMAX and LTE wireless … Continue …

RIM Doesn’t Need BlackBerry 10 — It Needs a Time Machine

Research in Motion‘s latest quarter almost doesn’t need commentary. With revenues down 19% and posting its first loss in seven years, the company is clearly on the decline. The dismal financial news follows the revelation that BlackBerry phones were no longer the device of choice even in RIM‘s home country of Canada. Many have used […]

Mashable Seeks Graphic Design Rock Star

Sick of paying out the nose for wireless data? Well, one enterprising startup may have an option for you: FreedomPop, a wireless service set to roll out in July and September, wants to offer you 1GB worth of 4G WiMAX and LTE wireless … Continue …

Sir Richard Branson Unveils ‘Virgin Volcanic’

Journey to the center of the earth? Virgin CEO Sir Richard Branson would like you to think the famous Jules Verne novel could be a reality. On April 1, Branson’s Virgin Volcanic program, which will supposedly launch five people into the center of the earth, goes live. If that doesn’t raise your suspicions of a […]

Wait, Google earns four times more from iOS than Android?

What’s worth more to Google — Android or Apple’s iOS? The answer seems straightforward: Android, obviously. After all, Google has spent years developing Android and its associated ecosystem, and Android has long-since overtaken Apple’s iOS as the top-selling smartphone platform. Android is the core of Google’s mobile strategy, and although some players like Amazon hide […]

Acer Iconia Tab raises the bar with Android 4.0, Tegra 3 chip

Setting itself apart in an increasingly competitive Android tablet market, Acer brings a 12-hour battery and a Tegra 3 chip to its Iconia Tab A510, which runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Verizon’s getting its next smartphone this week, confirming the March 29th release of the LG Lucid, while Samsung’s Galaxy Y Duos gets special […]

Top 5 Podcast Apps for Android

Sick of paying out the nose for wireless data? Well, one enterprising startup may have an option for you: FreedomPop, a wireless service set to roll out in July and September, wants to offer you 1GB worth of 4G WiMAX and LTE wireless … Continue …

LulzSec’s Teen UK Operative is Back in Jail

Ryan Cleary (pictured), the 19-year-old from Essex, England arrested last June for aiding in the operations of notorious hacking collective LulzSec, has landed back in jail, the AP reports. Cleary, who was never an official LulzSec member but ran an Internet Relay Chat that the group used to communicate, had apparently been trading e-mails with […]

China punishes popular social media and websites for coup rumours amid political scandal

BEIJING, China – China is closing a dozen websites, penalizing two popular social media sites and detaining six people for circulating rumours of a coup that rattled Beijing in the midst of its worst high-level political crisis in years. The extensive clampdown, announced late Friday by state media, underscores the authoritarian government‘s anxieties over a […]

NBA Brings Twitter Handles to T-Shirts in Pro Sports First

Sick of paying out the nose for wireless data? Well, one enterprising startup may have an option for you: FreedomPop, a wireless service set to roll out in July and September, wants to offer you 1GB worth of 4G WiMAX and LTE wireless … Continue …

NASA Chief Salutes ‘Bold Venture’ to Raise Sunken Apollo 11 Engines

NASA‘s chief hopes that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has “all the luck in the world” recovering one or more of the engines that launched the first manned moon landing mission from where the dot-com billionaire recently discovered them on the ocean floor. “I would like to thank Jeff Bezos for his communication with NASA informing […]

Washington Monument Surveyed for Quake Effects

Teams of surveyors have descended on the area around the Washington Monument in recent weeks to search for any minute changes in ground level wrought by the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that rattled huge swaths of the East Coast last Aug. 23. The surveyors with the National Geodetic Survey are equipped with the modern tools that […]

10 Foolish Résumé Mistakes That Could Cost You the Job

Creating a résumé may seem relatively simple, but you might be surprised by some of the things hiring managers say are big no-no’s on résumés. They say they see these mistakes all the time. Here are their tips on how to avoid making a fool of yourself the next time you send out a résumé. […]

Mysterious Animal-Shaped Structures Are Oldest Known

Manmade mounds shaped like orcas, condors and even a duck may be the oldest evidence of animal mounds outside of North America, according to former University of Missouri anthropologist. Writing in the magazine Antiquity, Robert Benfer, a professor emeritus, describes a series of mounds, some more than 1,300 feet (400 meters) across, in coastal valleys […]

Diabetes Drug Metformin Might Also Help Fight Cancer

SATURDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — A diabetes medication used by millions is now showing promise against a variety of different cancers. Two new clinical studies to be presented Saturday at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, in Chicago, found that metformin (also known by the brand name Glucophage, among others), […]

U.S. Advisers Say It’s Now Safe to Publish Bird Flu Studies

SATURDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — Research on a mutated, more contagious form of the bird flu virus can be published in full, U.S. government biosecurity advisers said Friday, despite initial concerns that bioterrorists could use the information to start a pandemic. The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity said two research papers, which have […]

New Scanning Technology Might Help Guide Prostate Cancer Care

SATURDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — A noninvasive scan might someday help doctors track the progress of prostate cancer and help guide treatment, researchers report. The imaging tool, known as a prostate cancer-specific radiotracer, has so far only been tested successfully in mice. But a team from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City […]

Vietnam battles lingering bird flu threat

Vietnam may have contained the fatal bird flu outbreak that raged in the late 2000s but it is still struggling with new cases of the disease that have puzzled experts in the communist country. Since January, bird flu outbreaks have occurred in 14 provinces. About 65,000 chicken and ducks have died or been culled. Authorities […]

That’s one way to beat the traffic! World’s highest tunnel-to-tunnel bridge stretching 4,000ft long opens in China

By Emily Allen PUBLISHED: 07:24 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 07:33 EST, 31 March 2012 If you’re behind the wheel and you aren’t great with heights it’s probably best not to look down. This record-breaking bridge has opened allowing motorists to cross over a canyon – at 1,102ft.  Named the Aizhai Extra Large Suspension […]

Teenager, 15, drowns in the sea after falling from wall into the waves

By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 07:55 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 07:55 EST, 31 March 2012 The Easter school holidays have started in tragedy after a teenager plunged off a promenade wall and into the sea. Two lifeboats and coastguard officers rushed to the scene after a friend of the 15-year-old called emergency services. […]

Eight people from ‘Holy Death’ cult arrested in Mexico over ritual sacrifices of woman and two 10-year-old boys

The victims blood was found poured round an altar to an idol dressed in robes  Pagan/Catholic cult now has two million members By Paul Milligan PUBLISHED: 08:54 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 09:05 EST, 31 March 2012 The ‘Santa Muerte’ (Holy Death) cult in Mexico places great importance on the dead Eight people have […]

Dog owner Lee Fenton from Middlesbrough filmed beating his five-month-old puppy banned from keeping animals

By Phil Vinter PUBLISHED: 09:52 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 09:53 EST, 31 March 2012 Cruel: Lee Fenton, who was filmed beating his pet puppy has been banned from keeping animals for a decade A cruel dog owner who was filmed smacking and throwing his own puppy has been banned from keeping animals for […]

Britons urged to leave Mali as rebel gunmen attack northern city of Gao ten days after claiming capital

By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 07:52 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 09:57 EST, 31 March 2012 British citizens currently in Mali, in west Africa are being urged to leave.The Foreign Office has changed its travel advice, urging all but those who have urgent business there to leave. The new advice follows an attempted coup […]

He was gentle with an incisive mind: Hundreds gather for funeral of murdered vicar

Rev John Suddards was found stabbed to death on Valentine’s Day Stephen Farrow has been charged with his murder and retired teacher Betty Yates in Bewdley, Worcestershire By Emily Allen PUBLISHED: 12:01 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 12:03 EST, 31 March 2012 Hundreds of people said a final goodbye today to a murdered clergyman […]

It’s spidergirl! Toddler, 22 months, scales rock climbing wall without rope or helmet

By Emily Allen PUBLISHED: 09:55 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 13:01 EST, 31 March 2012 Toddlers are known to be adventurous but this child has taken it literally to new heights. The 22-month old girl has been filmed by her parents scaling a climbing wall – with remarkable ease. She is seen on camera […]

Earth Hour 2012: Iconic buildings across world turn off lights to highlight climate change

By Emily Allen PUBLISHED: 08:09 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 13:47 EST, 31 March 2012 Famous landmarks which normally light up the night sky are being plunged into darkness today to raise the profile of climate change. Sydney’s iconic Harbor Bridge and Opera House were among the first buildings around the world to begin […]

Black and white pictures capture the lives of Londoners in the 1800s

By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:29 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 14:25 EST, 31 March 2012 In the frantic pace of modern life, it is often easy to forget what life was once like for those who built the world we now live in. These fascinating black and white pictures taken by photographer John […]

Relief for Britons caught in blaze terror on board luxury liner as it heads for the shore

British holidaymakers are aboard luxury ship Azamara Quest It is limping at half-speed towards a port in Malaysia Crew members suffer smoke inhalation as one needs emergency care By Jonathan Petre PUBLISHED: 16:00 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 16:00 EST, 31 March 2012 The luxury cruise liner with 100 Britons aboard that drifted for […]

How George Osborne asked Charles’s permission for law change that made the Royal Family millions

By Chris Hastings PUBLISHED: 16:01 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 16:01 EST, 31 March 2012 Consent: Ministers are required to send copies of Bills to Prince Charles Prince Charles was personally consulted by George Osborne about a controversial change to the law which has significantly boosted the Royal Family’s finances. Letters obtained by The […]

Yes, they’re madly in love – but, whisper it, have Mr and Mrs Wales got just a tad middle

By Katie Nicholl PUBLISHED: 16:03 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 16:03 EST, 31 March 2012 Comments (38) Share It was an understandably emotional reunion. After six long weeks apart, the Duchess of Cambridge drove to RAF Brize Norton to give Prince William the romantic welcome he would have dreamed of while serving in the […]

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