Archive for October 2010
Expedia and friends team up to stop Google
A group of travel sites are teaming up to fight Google’s proposed takeover of ITA Software. The group calls itself Fairsearch.org and includes Expedia, Kayak, tripadvisor, travelocity and Sabre Holdings. Google’s $700m bid for the firm has already attracted interest from the Department of Justice. Google said in August it had received a second request…
Read MoreValue Added Forex Analysis News Updates
Forex Trading: Value Added Forex Analysis & News Updates – New York, 24-10-2010 – Forex traders in the Forex Market make profit by trading news. Forex trading news was developed to give traders the information they need to gain knowledge about how to trade based on economic news events from around the world. Forex market…
Read MoreU.S. Swimmer dies during race
Fran Crippen a 26 years old swimmer from Philadelphia who comes from a family of prominent swimmers and was with the U.S.National team, died during an open water race in the United Arab Emirates. When Crippen failed to finish a search was conducted and they found his body two hours later about 400 meters from…
Read MoreChili miners have palace reception and football game
President Sebastian Pinera hosted the 33 rescued miners at his palace in Santiago. Chili. A metal was given each miner to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Chili’s independence from Spain .which was celebrated while they were trapped underground. The government officials, President Sebastian Piners and the rescuers of the miners played football against the 33…
Read MoreCholera Eruption in Haiti
This tiny island nation in the Caribbean that is the homeland to thousands of people that live in slums and have poor sanitary conditions have fallen prey to this often deadly disease. Diarrhea and vomiting and severe dehydration can kill within 24 hours if left untreated. Antibiotics. are needed to treat this disease. The head…
Read MoreNew Firefox Add-on Hijacks Facebook, Twitter Sessions
A new Firefox add-on called Firesheep lets “pretty much anyone” scan a Wi-Fi network and hijack others’ access to Facebook, Twitter and a host of other services, a security researcher warned today. Firesheep was released Sunday by Eric Butler, a Seattle-based freelance Web application developer, at the ToorCon security conference, Butler said he created Firesheep…
Read MoreIntel opens first chip manufacturing plant in China
IDG News Service – Intel announced the opening of its first ever chip manufacturing facility in Asia on Tuesday, in Dalian, China. The US$2.5 billion chip factory is producing chips on 12-inch (300-millimeter) silicon wafers, mainly chipsets to be used in desktop computers, laptops and servers, Intel said. The factory is already fully operational. When…
Read MoreBody scans to begin at New Orleans Armstrong airport
A trip through airport security in New Orleans will subject you to a new piece of technology for national security “a complete body scan”. The next time you pass thru a security check point at Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans, you may be randomly selected for a full body scan. This raises a number…
Read MoreMortgage-Finance Quick Fix Unlikely
Weakness in the U.S. housing market will make it impossible for the federal government to withdraw its support for the mortgage-finance system in the coming year, Freddie Mac Chief Executive Officer Charles E. Haldeman said. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored firms that own or control half of the U.S. mortgage market, have been…
Read Morerugby players among athletes who have tested positive for a banned stimulant
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority has found four rugby league players are among athletes who have tested positive for a banned stimulant. Nine sports players have returned positive tests for methylhexaneamine, also called dimethylamylamine or DMAA – a substance commonly found in body-building and dieting supplements. All the players that tested positive face a two-year…
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