Posts Tagged ‘U.S.’

SXSW THU: BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE, JJ, LET’S WRESTLE, MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS

Friday, March 19, 2010 15:45

Photos by Ryan Dombal; Above: Broken Social Scene Tom Breihan's SXSW Reports: Wed | ThuAmy Phillips' SXSW Reports: Wed | Thu Broken Social Scene [Stubb's; 1 a.m.] "Tell everyone we're back-- and we're ready to fight this time." Those were Kevin Drew's ...

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WHITNEY HOUSTON BRANDS REHAB RETURN REPORTS ‘RIDICULOUS’

Friday, March 19, 2010 10:56

Whitney Houston has tagged reports claiming she will return to rehab as “ridiculous”. U.S. tabloid the National Enquirer had alleged that the singer had collapsed backstage and had been recommended to return to a rehabilitation centre. However, the R and B star’s attorney Marty Singer has refuted the report. “Whitney is not headed ...

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U.S. CONGRESS WAGING FINAL BATTLE OVER HEALTH CARE

Friday, March 19, 2010 8:36

U.S. President Barack Obama and his Democratic Party allies in Congress are making one last push for health care reform after more than a year of debate. Republicans and grass roots conservative activists are making their own last ditch attempt to block the health care bill, and the passionate battle ...

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A LEGAL BATTLE BETWEEN HTC AND APPLE

Friday, March 19, 2010 7:33

HTC is all set to defend itself legally after Apple banged 20 patent infringement lawsuits on the company. HTC has sent an official statement showing its discrepancy to the Apple’s actions. Thus HTC will fight legally for all the accusations made on it. Jason Mackenzie, the vice president of sales and ...

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FACEBOOK BEATS GOOGLE TO BECOME MOST VISITED SITE IN US

Friday, March 19, 2010 7:31

A social networking website getting honored as the most visited site in U.S. by 2010 was a matter of joke few years ago. But it is not at all a joke now when in 2010, Facebook , world’s widest social networking website has built a record to overtake Google and ...

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PUBLIC IMAGE LTD.: NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

Thursday, March 18, 2010 18:25

LYDON AND THE LADS VISIT U.S. TO CELEBRATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY PiL Since returning in December 2009 for seven monumental concerts in the United Kingdom - their first shows in 17 years - Public Image Ltd. (PiL) now continue into 2010 with a headlining North ...

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GOOGLE MAPS FOR MOBILE BOASTS BETTER SEARCH, LATITUDE WIDGET

Thursday, March 18, 2010 17:53

Google March 17 has improved search and added a widget for the Google Latitude location-sharing application to Google Maps for mobile 4.1. Google has also begun putting ads from its local business partners on Google Maps pages in Australia and New Zealand. When users searching for information on businesses zoom ...

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SXSW WED: SPOON, FLYING LOTUS, CHEW LIPS, BEACHES

Thursday, March 18, 2010 15:00

Photos by Ryan Dombal. Above: Flying Lotus Tom Breihan's SXSW Reports: WedAmy Phillips' SXSW Reports: Wed During the first few minutes of my SXSW 2010 experience, I was heckled ("faggots run that way!" some bonehead yelled from his car as I rushed around 7th St.) and propositioned ("I'll write ...

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TURKEY THREATENS TO EXPEL THOUSANDS OF ARMENIANS

Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:58

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatened the future of thousands of Armenian illegal immigrants currently living in Turkey. Following votes in the U.S. and Sweden branding the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in World War One as genocide, Erdogan has lashed out at the country's 100,000 illegal Armenian immigrants.

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CLINTON IN MOSCOW FOR MIDEAST, ARMS TALKS

Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:29

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Moscow for a key international meeting on the Middle East peace process. She also meets with Russian leaders on efforts to conclude a new big-power nuclear arms reduction accord.

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“THE REASON FOR THIS COVER-UP GOES RIGHT TO THE WHITE HOUSE”

Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:21

As I pointed out in 2007:The 9/11 Commission Report was largely based on a third-hand account of what tortured detainees said, with two of the three parties in the communication being government employees.The official 9/11 Commission Report states:Chap...

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SPRINT TO OFFER GOOGLE NEXUS ONE SOON, COST UNKNOWN

Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:58

Sprint March 17 confirmed it would soon offer Google's Nexus One smartphone to its subscribers, but the wireless carrier did not say when it would begin offering or what it would charge for the Google Android-based device. By throwing its hat into the ring, Sprint is the third U.S. carrier ...

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MICROSOFT WILL APPEAL VIRNETX RULING, $105.7M JUDGMENT

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 19:18

Microsoft plans to appeal the $105.7 million legal judgment leveled against it in a patent-infringement suit brought by VirnetX, which develops secure real-time communication links using secure domain names. VirnetX alleges that Microsoft infringed on two of its patents. Microsoft has battled a number of small IT companies in East ...

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THE AMERICAN DREAM HAS MOVED ABROAD

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 18:05

The American dream has always been that even those with humble roots can end up wealthy.The American dream is what has motivated generations of Americans - natives and immigrants alike - to work hard and play by the rules.And as Michael Moore wrote in ...

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HTC HD2 SMARTPHONE, RUNNING WINDOWS MOBILE, LANDS IN U.S.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 17:39

HTC plans on releasing its HD2 smartphone, running on the T-Mobile network, in the U.S. on March 24. Running Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional, the device is clearly meant to challenge both the Apple iPhone and Google Android devices, offering a form-factor and 4.3-inch capacitive touch-screen that makes it heavily reminiscent ...

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FACEBOOK HAS BECOME THE MOST POPULAR SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 16:27

Facebook has become the most popular social networking site among United States users. It became known that the site had 7.07 percent of U.S. Internet visits for the last week while Google turned to be behind Facebook with 7.03 percent. In fact, it is not the first time when Facebook is ...

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BE CAREFUL YOU ARE CHECKED BY FEDS ON FACEBOOK

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 16:23

There is one more reason in order to be careful of what you display on your Facebook account. The thing is that the Feds can check you. According to an internal Justice Department document, U.S. law enforcement agents logged into Facebook in order to fight with crime. It is allowed by ...

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HTC HD2 SALES COULD BE HURT BY LACK OF UPGRADE

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 16:16

HTC's HD2 smartphone, which runs Windows Mobile 6.5, goes on sale in the U.S. on March 24. While the device contains many software and hardware features that could give it substantial appeal in the consumer market, the potential lack of an upgrade to Microsofts upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series could ...

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GOOGLE NEXUS ONE NOW RUNS ON ATANDT 3G IN U.S., ROGERS IN CANADA

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:50

Google said the Nexus One is now available from Google's Web store as an unlocked device without a service plan for AT T's 3G network in the U.S. and on Rogers Wireless in Canada. Nexus One devices can also now be shipped to Canada from Google's Web store and will ...

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SPENCER PRATT TAKES A BREAK TO FIGHT CYBER CRIME

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:33

Fans of Hills were surprised to know last week that Spencer Pratt was not going to manage Heidi Montag’s career. Moreover, it turned out that Pratt was going to leave the reality show as he intended to pursue a career in fighting cyber crime. In fact those facts contradict each other ...

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