Say you’re one of history’s very best speculative fiction writers. You could do worse than to snag a Google Doodle for your 112th posthumous birthday. Take a virtual bow, Jorge Luis Borges, you’ve been so honored. The Argentine poet, essayist, short-story writer and philosopher is the subject of today’s Google homepage picto-logo, which takes the
Continue reading …It sounds like quite the deal: Kill or capture Moammar Gadhafi, and you’ll be pardoned for any crimes you may have committed … and walk away with $1.7 million. That’s the offer from Libya’s National Transitional Council, which hopes the fairly sweet package will compel someone close to Gadhafi to…
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FDA: The antidepressant Celexa should be taken at doses no higher than 40 milligrams per day because of the risk of potentially fatal changes to the heart’s electrical activity.
Continue reading …For teenagers entering college for the first time this fall, there has never been an official Communist Party in Russia, Amazon is more than just a South American river, and “LBJ” is more likely to mean LeBron James than the man who succeeded Kennedy. These factoids and more are included in Beloit College’s “Mindset List,”
Continue reading …Some fashion companies sponsor celebrities. Others beg celebrities to stop wearing their clothing. Lacoste, of the famed crocodile logo, has taken a third tack: It’s dressing normal people in its clothes. Waiters, busboys, and valets, specifically. Given, the brand has chosen to outfit the employees of some pretty posh places:…
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If this is the same “T-Mobile Sonic” we saw a month back, it’s safe to assume Huawei took the Gingerbread slab back to the drawing board and away from a Magenta debut. Popping up, once again, over at the FCC, and bearing a different model number — U8652 — the new Sonic sports a similar rounded-edge design, although this current incarnation takes on a definite rectangular shape. Gone are both the formerly included NFC functionality and AWS bands, in favor of quadband GSM, UMTS 850 / 1900 / 2100 bands, 3.2 megapixel rear-facing camera, WiFi and Bluetooth. The handset’s radios are tipping us in the direction of an AT&T destiny , but could also very likely indicate a bow on the networks to our north. Will this Sonic ever see the light of day, or will Huawei lob off more bands for an overseas-only birth? We’ll keep an eye out for any new developments, but in the meantime, jump past the break for a closer look. Continue reading Huawei Sonic reappears at the FCC, ditches AWS 3G and NFC functionality Huawei Sonic reappears at the FCC, ditches AWS 3G and NFC functionality originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Odds are, Sarah Palin’s occasional gestures toward the 2012 race are “a long and tiresome tease,” and that’s a shame, writes Steve Kornacki of Salon , because a presidential run “may be the best way of making her disappear for good.” Palin would definitely suffer defeat, after all, “and not just…
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Explicit Content, A Celebration of Kim Kardashian, On Her Wedding Day (Video) Wedding will make Kardashian millions Little Kid Makes Kardashian Wedding Fun Lizzie13x says: RT @ Hannah_wallace : …. Kim Kardashian gets paid $10,000 per tweet. That’s insane
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Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith not separating TMZ: Will and Jada separating? Wendy William Does Weather on FOX Good Day Chicago HardySupplyCo says: I cannot believe this is considered news. “Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith : We are still together.”
Continue reading …![An iPhone 5 concept to lust after [Video]](https://newsbreakingonline.com/wp-content/themes/transcript/timthumb.php?src=%3Cimg+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fnewsbreakingonline.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F08%2F576cff5e15video1.jpeg1-150x112.jpg%22+%2F%3E&q=90&w=190&h=100&zc=1 "An iPhone 5 concept to lust after [Video]")
As we near the release of the iPhone 5, we’re seeing more and more concepts of what the new device could look like. But I don’t think I’ve seen one quite as lust-worthy as this one from San Francisco based Aatma Studio. Not only is it a super slick vision of what the iPhone 5 Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Next Web Discovery Date : 24/08/2011 20:32 Number of articles : 3
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