NewsupdatesSA says: #Elvis named honorary citizen of Budapest:Budapest's mayor says Elvis Presley will b declared a posthumou #SouthAfrica : http://bit.ly/gGM33H
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America's 51st state: Baja Arizona? America’s 51st state: Baja Arizona? The former Democratic Party chairman for Pima County says he’s so fed up with the conservative politics of Arizona that he wants the county to secede and form a 51st state. … America's 51st state: Baja Arizona? – wcmarktranw's blog The former Democratic Party chairman for Pima County says he’s so fed up with the conservative politics of Arizona that he wants the county to secede and form a 51st state. Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41858048/ns/us_news-life/ … Writing and rants without the use of P.C. filters: Topic … 2011 (326). ▼ March (12). Topic: Rossville teen to perform tonight on “Idol”… Topic: Russian police targeted by ‘mass kissing’ s… Topic: Brainy congressman beats ‘Jeopardy’ compute… Topic: America’s 51st state: Baja Arizona? … GRCONS says: America’s 51st state: Baja Arizona?: TUCSON, Ariz. – Forget calls for unity and common ground… http://goo.gl/fb/6rvCm
Continue reading …A career in cybercrime that began with hacking into boarding school records to erase friends’ detention records ended yesterday with a 19-year-old ringleader sentenced to up to 5 years in jail. Nick Webber and two teenage accomplices were convicted of setting up a “Facebook for crooks” on which criminals around…
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FRANKFURT — German prosecutors said on Thursday that Islamic radicalism may have motivated a Kosovar to open fire on an American military bus at the Frankfurt airport, killing two United States airmen and wounding two others. The suspect arrested at the scene was a 21-year-old who lives in Frankfurt, according to a police spokesman, Manfred F
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If you’re old enough to remember tweaking your Autoexec.bat and tackling IRQ conflicts, days when launching Windows required typing “win” at a command prompt, prepare for a blast of nostalgia. YouTuber Andrew Tait (aka “TheRasteri”) took a freshly minted VMWare instance and spent what looks to be a full day running through every version of Windows starting with DOS 5.0 and Windows 1.0, which was basically just Explorer paired with one heck of a crummy text editor. From there he dutifully leads us on a crazy upgrade path all the way up to modern times, charting interesting things like how long a version of Doom installed in DOS ran (failed in Windows 2000, but worked again in Windows XP) and when color settings made in Windows 2.0 were finally overwritten (also in 2000). It’s a 10 minutes in length and is probably the most interesting video you won’t watch today. Continue reading Charting the upgrade path from DOS 5.0 to Windows 7 (video) Charting the upgrade path from DOS 5.0 to Windows 7 (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …A star cager at Brigham Young University has been bounced from the NCAA basketball team after he admitted having sex with his girlfriend, according to several reports. Center Brandon Davies, a 6-foot-9 sophomore who’s the third highest scorer and leading rebounder on the powerhouse team, is “extremely remorseful and heartbroken,…
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A freight train careened off the tracks near a busy road, narrowly missing drivers in the Australian state of New South Wales on Thursday. Local residents say it was lucky no one was injured. (March 3)
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A 12-year-old boy who reported shots fired at his eastern Colorado home was in custody Wednesday after officers arrived to find his parents dead and two of his siblings in critical condition. (March 3)
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Sudan will hold a referendum on whether to unify the three states of its Darfur territory into one region, a presidential aide has said. Ghazi Salaheddin told a news conference in Qatar’s capital, Doha, on Wednesday that the vote was part of the Abuja agreement 2006, which was signed by the largest
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Revolutionary Egyptians saw Ahmed Shafiq as condescending toward the protest movement. Protesters plan large rallies today as demands remain unmet. Demonstrators shout for the resignation of Ahmed Shafiq outside a government building in Cairo. (Peter Andrews, Reuters / March 3, 2011) Share Related By Jeffrey Fleishman and Garrett Therolf Los Angeles Times Staff Writers…
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