Federal agents seized two hard drives from a server in a Texas company believed to have been used to launch the DDoS attack against PayPal as part of a pro-WikiLeaks protest. – The
FBI raided a Dallas-based server farm and seized servers used in the
distributed denial-of-service attack against PayPal earlier this month,
according to an affidavit obtained by the Smoking
Gun Website.
Federal
agents are looking for clues as to the identity of the hackers who orchestra…
What Christmas isn’t complete without the obligatory festive Christmas tree? The symbol of the holidays, spruce, fir and cedar trees dressed in colorful lights and ornaments go a long way in getting us into the festive mood. In an apparent effort to get into the holiday spirit themselves, the guys at Google have decided to [...]
Keppel AmFELS Inc., the wholly-owned US subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), says it has delivered the third of four EXL jackup rigs to a subsidiary of Rowan Companies, Inc. (Rowan) ahead of schedule and within budget.
Christened Rowan EXL-III, the rig is scheduled to depart Keppel AmFELS’ yard in Brownsville, Texas in January 2011 to commence operations on an ultra deep gas well for McMoRan Exploration Company in the Gulf of Mexico.
Jessica Simpson’s Other Ex — NFL ace Tony Romo — is engaged to marry Texas television personality Candice Crawford, the sister of Gossip Girl actor Chace Crawford. The Dallas Cowboys quarterback, 30, popped the question to the former Miss Missouri on Thursday. Romo is the second of Simpson’s former flames to propose in the past [...]
‘Desperate housewives’ star Eva Longoria doesn’t mind spending time with her estranged husband Tony Parker, even though the couple is in the midst of a divorce. The duo was spotted together two weeks ago sharing a meal in Los Angeles. And Longoria flew to Texas to dine with Parker again, reports the New York Daily [...]
John Mayer’s putting the finishing touches on his Christmas Wish List. We hear the Hollywood hound has added newly-single “Desperate Housewife” Eva Longoria to the rundown of Tinseltowners he’d most like to doink. As if Eva doesn’t have enough problems! According to Australian tabloid The Weekly, Mayer is “desperate” to date Eva, who announced her [...]
The line between a “cult” and a “sect” or a “religion” can be thin, but a couple of factors generally define modern use of the word “cult:” Cults revolve around the teachings of one living (or recently living) person, and this person claims to be “chosen” for an important mission on Earth.
ANALYSIS: Dell is getting a quality storage company for way less than half of what it would have paid for 3PAR. – Dell, by announcing Dec. 13 that it is acquiring Compellent
Technologies for $960 million, may have pure-lucked its way into a
sweet deal.
Back on Sept. 2, when the Round Rock, Texas-based PC, server and
storage maker surrendered to Hewlett-Packard after a 10-day bidding
war, enabling HP to b…
While HP led the global PC market in Q3, Dell held its lead over Acer. The strongest performances, however, came from Lenovo and Asustek, which jumped ahead of Toshiba. – Dell, for the second straight quarter, held its lead over Acer during the global PC markets third quarter, market research firm iSuppli reported Dec. 7. The Texas PC maker, which remained in second place and was boosted by corporate PC sales, sold 11.3 million units, representing a growth of 7.2 per…
Country singer-songwriter and activist Willie Nelson will not face jail time after being charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession a week after cops found pot on his tour bus, TMZ reported Friday. The music legend was busted (looking every bit his 77 years) at a Border Patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas on Friday, Nov. 25, [...]
ANOTHER HOT TIME DOWN IN TEXAS
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The 24th Old Settler’s Music Festival will be held Thursday, April 14 through Sunday, April 17, 2011, Salt Lick Pavilion and Camp Ben McCulloch, south of Austin, Texas. More than 30 acts will perform, including:
The Avett Brothers
Sam Bush
Tim O’Brien
Jake Shimabukuro
Green Mountain Grass
Elliott Brood
Emmitt-Nershi Band
Ticketless early-bird wristbands went on-sale November 15. Festivalgoers that purchase the ticketless early-bird wristbands will enjoy as much as a 25 percent savings over at-the-gate ticket prices on three- and four-day wristbands with camping. Four-day wristbands include access to a special kick-off show Thursday night in the campground and access to the camp-side events unique to Old Settler’s. No single tickets are available at this time.
U2’s lead singer Bono has given credit to former President George W. Bush and the massive US funding started in 2003, for helping to bringing about a drop in HIV infections. Specialists in the field and AIDS activists alike, agree that the funding has done a world of good in sub-Saharan Africa, where efforts on [...]
Either we’re on Candid Camera or kooky couple Randy and Evi Quaid truly are “CooCoo for Coco Puffs.” If you thought you’d already heard the best of The Quaids ramblings about those pesky StarWhacker, who are out to kill them — leaving a trail of unpaid hotel bills in their wake, pull up a chair. [...]
This is one jilted bride who isn’t letting a wayward husband or sexting scandal turn her into a “Desperate Housewife.” Actress Eva Longoria and her production company, UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, are currently working on three new TV shows — two series pilots and a miniseries — in the wake of her recent split from NBA hoopster [...]
The Black Eyed Peas is all set to perform at the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLV Halftime Show on February 6, 2011. The announcement was made on FOX during the New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys game, reports UsMagazine.com. The Grammy Award-winning group, which includes Fergie, 35, will.i.am, 35, Taboo, 35, and apl.de.ap, 35, will perform [...]
Willie, you’re getting too old for this shit…. Black Friday’s gone up in smoke for guitar-strumming music icon Willie Nelson: The “On the Road Again” crooner was pinched early Friday after US Border Patrol agents in Sierra Blanca, Texas found six ounces of marijuana aboard Nelson’s tour bus. Are we talking about Willie Nelson or [...]
The Black Eyed Peas will serve as the halftime entertainment at next winter’s 2011 Super Bowl. The NFL made the announcement during the Thanksgiving Day matchup between the New Orleans Saints and the Dallas Cowboys. The alternative hip-hop ensemble have been tapped to take the stage in the Bridgestone-sponsored Super Bowl XLV Halftime Show at [...]
T-Mobile’s self-described 4G footprint now includes eight new metro areas. By year’s end, it plans to cover 100 metropolitan areas, as Verizon shoots to bring LTE to 38. – America’s quot;largest
4G network quot; just got a little larger. Or so says T-Mobile. On Nov. 23, the
country’s fourth-largest carrier announced that it has expanded its HSPA+
network to eight new metro areas: Detroit;
Grand Junction, Colo.;
Harlingen, Texas;
Lafayette and South
Bend, Ind.;…
The world’s largest listed oil and gas company plans to boost supplies by 9 million liters a day to more than 25 million, Exxon said in an e-mailed statement today. The additional daily output is equivalent to 56,600 barrels. China may consume 2.87 million barrels a day of diesel this year, based on forecasts by the International Energy Agency.
