Spartacus has a new stud. Wire-jawed ustralian film and TV actor Liam McIntyre has been hired to replace cancer-stricken Spartacus: Blood and Sand star Andy Whitfield on the gladiator-themed series, Starz said Monday. Andy was unable to film Season 2 due to his battle with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a condition the actor was first diagnosed with [...]
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Dell Replacing BlackBerry Smartphones with Dell Handsets
November 5th, 2010 |
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Dell plans to replace its employees’ BlackBerry smartphones with Windows 7-running Dell smartphones, a move it says will save it 25 percent. RIM has its doubts. – Dell, a relative newcomer to the exploding smartphone market, will be
replacing employees’ Research In Motion BlackBerry handsets with new Dell
smartphones. Just as Microsoft’s Bill and Melinda Gates don’t let Apple
products cross
their doorstep, Dell is looking to keep RIM out of its workplace….
Solid-State Storage Disks Are Rapidly Replacing HDDs: 10 Reasons Why
November 5th, 2010 |
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It’s all too apparent that SSD (solid-state drive) data storage will ultimately replace HDD (hard disk drive) disk storage for all but the most specialized applications. Most people in the IT storage business understand this. It will still take a number of years, but spinning disk storage will eventually give way to the simpler, more efficient solid-state form. The proof is evident: Disk manufacturers Seagate Technology, Western Digital, Samsung, Toshiba, Intel, Micron Technology, Hynix, SanDisk and LSI Logic are just some of the companies producing improved NAND flash disks as the next generation of storage begins to take shape. They are selling them to a list of storage system makers including EMC, IBM, NetApp, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Fusion-io, Pliant, Schooner and Fujitsu that continue to ramp up their output. NAND flash memory currently serves as the core or adjunct storage for new servers, storage arrays, routers, USB flash drives and mobile devices that include smartphones, the Apple iPad, iPod and iPhone. Here are some specifics on why SSD storage will kill HDD storage. (Source: eWEEK reporting) – …
Singapore Airlines names Goh as chief executive, replacing Chew
September 3rd, 2010 |
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Singapore Airlines, the world’s second-largest carrier by market value, named Goh Choon Phong as chief executive officer, replacing Chew Choon Seng, who retires when his contract expires at the end of the year.
Goh, 47, will take charge on Jan. 1, according to a statement the airline sent to the Singapore stock exchange today. Goh, currently executive vice president for marketing and regions as well as chairman of the SilkAir regional unit, will join the airline’s board Oct. 1.
U.S. Postal Service Starts Quoting SDR to Dollar Conversion Rates, and IMF Endorses Replacing Dollars with SDRs
August 27th, 2010 |
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I have repeatedly pointed out that it is possible that the IMF’s special drawing rights (SDRs) will become the world’s reserve currency.And as I noted in April 2009, there is some possibility that the “Bancor” will ultimately fill that role:But you pro…
T-Mobile Makes Google Default Search, Replacing Yahoo
March 7th, 2010 |
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T-Mobile USA has replaced Yahoo with Google as its default search engine on mobile phones, such as BlackBerry smartphones. Yahoo says it will continue to work with T-Mobile, citing the recent partnership on Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger and on content services such as the placement of various Yahoo services on T-Mobile’s Web2Go portal. Default search deals significantly improve search engine market share, as users are more likely to carry out searches through the search engine presented by the browser.
– Wireless carriers AT amp;T and T-Mobile are playing a game of musical
default search engines, giving and taking away in a fun display of mobile phone
brinksmanship.
Days after iPhone carrier AT amp;T said it had chosen Yahoo as the default search
engine for the Android-based Motorola Backflip, T…
J. Lo dismisses rumours of replacing Paula Abdul in American Idol
July 27th, 2009 |
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Jennifer Lopez has dismissed rumours that she in the running to replace American Idol judge Paula Abdul for the next season of the show.
“The rumour of Jennifer Lopez throwing herself in the ring to take over for Paula Abdul is completely false,†People magazine quoted her representative as saying.
The rep added: “Jennifer loves Idol but [...]