Hundreds of thousands of Syrians mounted the largest protests Friday since the uprising began, pouring into areas where the government crackdown has been most intense. Authorities fired on the crowds, killing at least 17 people, activists said. (July 15)
Continue reading …After decades of living in the public eye, Hillary Clinton tells the BBC she is ready to get off the “merry-go-round” at the end of President Obama’s first term and enjoy her private life, reports Politico (which has a link to the full transcript .) “I think that I am…
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Trailers abound this week! But with a bumper crop that includes Contagion [1], The Thing [2], John Carter [3], Pirates! [4], and soon The Dark Knight Rises, who’s complaining? Now here is the beautiful trailer for Martin Scorsese’s new film Hugo. As we’ve said so many times before, it is his first 3D film, and his first family-oriented movie. (Or, his first movie for the traditional family, rather… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : /Film Discovery Date : 15/07/2011 01:31 Number of articles : 3
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It’s been almost 20 years since Tiffani Thiessen played the popular Kelly Kapowski on ‘Saved by the Bell.’ Justin Bieber recently wore a Thiessen t-shirt to a Canada award show. Thiessen currently stars on the TV show ‘White Collar.’ (July 15)
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Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke and American Lucas Glover are tied for the lead after 36 holes of the British Open. The AP’s Jim Militello reports from Sandwich, England. (July 15)
Continue reading …Microsoft Store to expand retail presence by 2014, makes shopping for a PC redundant
July 15, 2011 No Comment
Microsoft really wants to hang with the cool kids at the mall. Or, at least park its retail derriere next to the likes of Apple’s sleek boutiques — to the tally of 86 stores by 2014. We know most of you are scratching your heads thinking, “Microsoft store? Don’t you mean Best Buy?” Aye, but we don’t. The MS-branded outfits started cropping up in 2009 and with 11 locations already dotting our map, COO Kevin Turner hopes to plant some more Windows flags in California, Florida and most of the northeast. Comments regarding the Ballmer-led company’s retail expansion came during the 2011 Worldwide Partner Conference and centered mostly on the benefits of customer feedback. It sure is nice to see the former market monopolist catering to us plebes, but we’re more interested in the D-list stars and awkward dancing destined to accompany opening ceremonies. Microsoft Store to expand retail presence by 2014, makes shopping for a PC redundant originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Well, you can save your money and forget about buying that Prius. Because apparently cats, not cars, cause “climate change.” That’s the latest according to some research studies. The problem is reportedly due to a cat “epidemic” in the U.S., where the entire feline population has tripled in the last four decades to some 600 million furry critters. The studies report that “global warming” prompts cats… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Business Insider Discovery Date : 14/07/2011 12:11 Number of articles : 3
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Hinton, who has worked for Rupert Murdoch for over 50 years told staff at the Wall Street Journal he had no option but to resign Rupert Murdoch’s right hand man Les Hinton has resigned in the latest shock development in a saga that is still threatening to engulf the newspaper and TV baron’s empire. Hinton, who has worked for the media baron for more than 50 years told staff at the Wall Street Journal he had no option but to resign. “It is a deeply, deeply sad day for me. “When I left News International in December 2007, I believed that the rotten element at the News of the World had been eliminated “That I was ignorant of what apparently happened is irrelevant,” he wrote in a letter to staff adding: “I feel it is proper for me to resign from News Corp”. Les Hinton, headed Murdoch’s British newspaper arm, News International, when the phone-hacking allegations the media empire first arose. His resignation comes just hours after his successor in the UK Rebekah Brooks fell on her sword as Murdoch made attempts to draw a line under the phone-hacking that was threatening to engulf his worldwide empire. Hinton had come under increasing scrutiny recently as a cascade of allegations indicated the problems at the centre of the scandal were more widespread than he had twice led a parliamentary committee to believe. In 2007 and 2009, Hinton told a select committee that the company had carried out a full investigation into the matter and was convinced just one of its journalists was involved. Murdoch said: “Les and I have been on a remarkable journey together for more than 52 years. That this passage has come to an unexpected end, professionally, not personally, is a matter of much sadness to me.” Hinton was parachuted into New York in 2007 after Murdoch bought the Wall Street Journal and tasked with transforming the paper into the ‘Financial Times of America’. A trust and discreet lieutenant of Murdoch’s, he said in a statement, that he had “watched with sorrow from New York as the News of the World story unfolded”. “The pain caused to innocent people is unimaginable. That I was ignorant of what apparently happened is irrelevant and in the circumstances I feel it is proper for me to resign from News Corp and apologise to those hurt by the actions of News of the World.” He added that “his testimonies” before the “culture, media and sport select committee were given honestly”. At the heart of the scandal were News International’s claims that the phone-tapping was the work of a “rogue reporter” – royal reporter Clive Goodman. In his statement, Hinton says at the time he believed that to be the case. “When I appeared before the committee in March 2007, I expressed the belief that Clive Goodman had acted alone, but made clear our investigation was continuing. In September 2009, I told the committee there had never been any evidence delivered to me that suggested the conduct had spread beyond one journalist. If others had evidence that wrongdoing went further, I was not told about it.” Les Hinton Rupert Murdoch News of the World Phone hacking News International News Corporation United States Wall Street Journal Lisa O’Carroll guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Hinton, who has worked for Rupert Murdoch for over 50 years told staff at the Wall Street Journal he had no option but to resign Rupert Murdoch’s right hand man Les Hinton has resigned in the latest shock development in a saga that is still threatening to engulf the newspaper and TV baron’s empire. Hinton, who has worked for the media baron for more than 50 years told staff at the Wall Street Journal he had no option but to resign. “It is a deeply, deeply sad day for me. “When I left News International in December 2007, I believed that the rotten element at the News of the World had been eliminated “That I was ignorant of what apparently happened is irrelevant,” he wrote in a letter to staff adding: “I feel it is proper for me to resign from News Corp”. Les Hinton, headed Murdoch’s British newspaper arm, News International, when the phone-hacking allegations the media empire first arose. His resignation comes just hours after his successor in the UK Rebekah Brooks fell on her sword as Murdoch made attempts to draw a line under the phone-hacking that was threatening to engulf his worldwide empire. Hinton had come under increasing scrutiny recently as a cascade of allegations indicated the problems at the centre of the scandal were more widespread than he had twice led a parliamentary committee to believe. In 2007 and 2009, Hinton told a select committee that the company had carried out a full investigation into the matter and was convinced just one of its journalists was involved. Murdoch said: “Les and I have been on a remarkable journey together for more than 52 years. That this passage has come to an unexpected end, professionally, not personally, is a matter of much sadness to me.” Hinton was parachuted into New York in 2007 after Murdoch bought the Wall Street Journal and tasked with transforming the paper into the ‘Financial Times of America’. A trust and discreet lieutenant of Murdoch’s, he said in a statement, that he had “watched with sorrow from New York as the News of the World story unfolded”. “The pain caused to innocent people is unimaginable. That I was ignorant of what apparently happened is irrelevant and in the circumstances I feel it is proper for me to resign from News Corp and apologise to those hurt by the actions of News of the World.” He added that “his testimonies” before the “culture, media and sport select committee were given honestly”. At the heart of the scandal were News International’s claims that the phone-tapping was the work of a “rogue reporter” – royal reporter Clive Goodman. In his statement, Hinton says at the time he believed that to be the case. “When I appeared before the committee in March 2007, I expressed the belief that Clive Goodman had acted alone, but made clear our investigation was continuing. In September 2009, I told the committee there had never been any evidence delivered to me that suggested the conduct had spread beyond one journalist. If others had evidence that wrongdoing went further, I was not told about it.” Les Hinton Rupert Murdoch News of the World Phone hacking News International News Corporation United States Wall Street Journal Lisa O’Carroll guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …It’s funny as the deadline is approaching for Debtageddon, that various Republicans are speaking out against this farcical partisan fight over something that should have never happened. Here’s Sen. Bob Corker saying as much: Maybe the debt ceiling was the wrong place to pick a fight, as it related to trying to get our country’s house in order,” Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said Thursday. “Maybe that was the wrong place to do it.” Speaking from the Senate floor, Corker said Republicans demanded linking the two issues because the Senate hasn’t passed a budget in more than 800 days. “I credit both sides for that,” he said. But now, the inability of the White House and Congress to agree to a spending deal — and ensure a timely debt ceiling increase — is “helping our great nation go into decline.” — During his Senate remarks, Corker said the dozen Senators from both parties that he had dinner with on Monday all expressed “tremendous frustration” with the way electoral politics have taken hold in the Senate as a potential debt default looms. “I won’t mention their names, to impugn them in any way,” the Tennessee Republican added, referring to his dinner company. But all agreed that “most Senators in this body are nothing but two-bit pawns … as a political fight is under way, basically, to lay out the groundwork, if you will, for 2012 elections.” Originally the Democrats wanted a clean vote on the debt ceiling that had been raised many times under George Bush with a clean vote, but the Tea Party/Fox News Republicans seized on their spending cut mania and have put the country’s credit ratings and financial well being in jeopardy over the ploy. Sen. Lindsey Graham just said that it’s their own fault that we’re at this point too, but that was before he joined in the Debtageddon chorus. Senator Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., on Wednesday lamented his party’s having made such “a big deal” about its opposition to raising the debt ceiling, and conceded that now Republicans were struggling to walk back their statements. “Our problem is we made a big deal about this for three months,” said Graham of the debt limit debate , according to Politico. “How many Republicans have been on TV saying, ‘I’m not going to raise the debt limit’? You know, Mitch [McConnell] says, ‘I’m not going to raise the debt limit unless we talk about Medicare.’ And I’ve said I’m not going to raise the debt limit until we do something about spending and entitlements.’” — Graham says now Republicans should have tempered their language early on. “We shouldn’t have said that if we didn’t mean it… We’ve got nobody to blame but ourselves,” Graham told reporters. Graham also disputed the argument, made by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday, that Republicans couldn’t vote for the debt ceiling because it would destroy the GOP “brand” and put the party at risk of being blamed “for a bad economy.” Now there’s talk of Grand Bargains and refusals to honor our country’s commitments abroad. It’s been brutal and disgusting to behold. I really can’t stand writing about it anymore. The media and the GOP suddenly have amnesia over the fact that ex-President George Bush actually had a surplus to work with when he took office.
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