PORT-AU-PRINCE — At 4:53 p.m., Haiti fell silent. It was a rare quiet time — 35 seconds — for this boisterous city normally filled with the sounds of the almost one million people who live on the street. Some marked this painful anniversary in bed, the hurt of memories of the 7.0 earthquake that killed so many a year ago too much to bear. Others visited cemeteries and mass graves where tiny wooden crosses mark the barren land where 200,000 of the estimated 300,000 people who died now lay. From New York, Washington and Miami to Port-au-Prince,…
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Continue reading the main story Related stories Lebanon heads for lengthy political deadlock Fears grow over UN Hariri inquiry Tension as Hezbollah linked to Hariri death Lebanon’s national unity government has collapsed after 11 ministers from Hezbollah and its allies resigned. Energy Minister Gibran Bassil said the decision was prompted by a dispute over the UN tribunal investigating former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s murder. The announcement came as Prime Minister Saad Hariri, his son, was meeting US President Barack Obama in Washington. Tension has been high in Lebanon, amid indications that Hezbollah members could be indicted by the UN tribunal. On Tuesday, officials said efforts by…
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OCZ, a company that started life a decade ago by churning out DRAM modules for enthusiasts to throw into their towering rigs, has now announced it’s abandoning that market entirely. As PC Perspective points out, it’s grown increasingly difficult for companies to differentiate their products when it comes to memory — most of it just works and most of it is pretty fast — and continually declining prices have apparently forced OCZ’s hand. The San Jose-based company’s new primary breadwinner will be solid state drives , which already account for a substantial proportion of revenues and look set to grow exponentially as their own prices dip a little further into the range of the affordable. It’s a shame we’ll no longer have that bold Z to look at when picking out memory sticks for our next self-built machine, but maybe it’s all for the best. Check out an interview with an OCZ VP at the source link below. Continue reading OCZ quits DRAM business to focus on super-speedy SSDs OCZ quits DRAM business to focus on super-speedy SSDs originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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An Ohio homeless man whose silky voice made him a web phenomenon is headed to rehab for alcohol and drug dependency after an appearance on “Dr. Phil,” show representatives said Wednesday. (Jan. 12)
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In an electrifying moment, President Barack Obama revealed that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who on Saturday was shot point-blank in the head, had opened her eyes for the first time shortly after his hospital visit. (Jan. 12)
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President Barack Obama did his best to comfort Tucson, Arizona and the nation as a whole last night at a eulogy for the victims of last week’s tragedy . Urging Americans to forward on “in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds,” his speech evoked memories of the six killed and many wounded. Among those wounded was U.S. Rep. Gabrille Giffords, whose supermarket meet-and-greet instead became the… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Hollywood Gossip Discovery Date : 13/01/2011 05:25 Number of articles : 9
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Trevor Hoffman, baseball’s all-time saves leader, announced his retirement at age 43 after 18 seasons in the major leagues. He’s taking a front-office job with the San Diego Padres, the team with which he became a star. (Jan. 12)
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Floods and landslides devastated several mountain towns near Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, killing at least 257 people as torrents of water and mud swept through the region, burying many families as they slept. The heavy rains also killed 13 people in Sao Paulo state on Tuesday, bringing the total death toll in Brazil’s south to at least 270. Hillsides and river banks in the picturesque Serrana region north of Rio buckled under the equivalent of a month’s rainfall in 24 hours, destroying…
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TUCSON – President Barack Obama mourned the victims of an Arizona shooting spree on Wednesday and urged Americans not to let the debate over the tragedy be used as ‘one more occasion to turn on one another.’ In an emotional address to thousands of people who packed a Tucson arena for a memorial service, Obama said no one knew what prompted a…
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Speaking at a memorial at the University of Arizona, President Barack Obama on Wednesday implored a polarized nation to honor those slain and injured in the Arizona shooting rampage by becoming better people. (Jan. 12)
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