News in Brief Category - Page 9
New Survey Shows Eight Percent Would Rather Starve Than Unplug
While there are plenty of studies out there that ask the question as to what you would give up if you had to choose between your cell phone, your cable television or your internet connection a new survey shows some people those are silly choices and that they would rather [...]
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Apple Hires New Global Director of Security
Apple has recently hired a new global director of security in David Rice. This potentially underscores the company’s focusing on issues pertaining to enterprise security, copyright, and information management.
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85-Year-Old Man Sets World Record In Wii Sports Bowling
The next time someone hassles you about how adults aren’t supposed to play video games, direct them to this post. John Bates, 85, from Onalaska, Wisconsin has claimed a Guinness World Record for himself after bowling the most perfect games in Wii Sports Bowling. Who said video games are for [...]
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Hewlett Packard Replaces Third Of Its Board
In a move clearly meant to shake up a stagnant company, Hewlett Packard has replaced a third of its board. Despite some announcements of high tech equipment being released later this year like the HP Slate, the company is having serious financial and public relations problems that forced the company [...]
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Nintendo Denies Jon M. Chu The Right To Use Mario Theme In Upcoming Justin Bieber Movie
Let’s face facts here: Justin Bieber has ruined a lot of things since his debut back 2008. While he may have ruined pop music, Ludacris, and the word “baby” all in one way or another, one thing he won’t be ruining anytime soon is Super Mario Bros., as Nintendo has [...]
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Eric Schmidt Not Happy With Google’s Co-Founders After China Issue?
The truth is that, no matter what the presses will write, we’ll never know what really happened between Google’s main men. On one hand we have the creators of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and on the other hand we have Eric Schmidt, also a brilliant man, that helped [...]
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Eric Schmidt Fired? Starting April 4 Larry Page to Take On Google’s CEO Position
Breaking news, folks, Google’s CEO, famous Eric Schmidt, is stepping down from that CEO position he’s occupied for a bunch of years. Or in other words, he was just fired. How else would you better describe such a decision?
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China's Online Population Grows To Massive 457 Million
The world’s most populous country also easily has the largest population of citizens who surf the web. China’s online population has now hit the 457 million mark as smart phones that allow citizens to surf the web have become far more common place in the Chinese heartland.
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Comcast's Deal With NBC Comes With Several Internet Concessions
While many people were a bit uneasy about the impending merger between Comcast and NBC that would allow Comcast to control a huge portion of television and internet licenses, the Justice Department approved the deal only after Comcast agreed to several provisions that on the surface will immensely help low [...]
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Apple's Stock Shares Dipped After Jobs Leave Of Absence Announcement
One day after Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced he was taking another leave of absence to “focus on his health” the company showed that apparent attempt to limit the damage it would take in the stock market hadn’t been limited all that much after all.
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