New dad Javier Bardem, who just last week picked up a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role in Biutiful, has been offered a part opposite Daniel Craig im the next 007 film, Deadline reported on Monday. The Academy Award-winning No Country For Old Men star has been approached to appear in the 23rd Bond [...]
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2G scam, Radia tapes, black money cases at apex court this week
January 31st, 2011 |
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For the central government battling legal cases on senstive issues, it is a crucial week ahead at the Supreme Court. At least four major legal tangles, riveting the nation’s attention, are slated at the apex court. The four cases closely followed across the nation are: the 2G spectrum allocation scam, corporate lobbyist Niira Radia’s tapes, [...]
Weak start to week for Sensex
January 31st, 2011 |
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A benchmark index for Indian equities markets Monday started the trading week on a negative note as across the board selling continued. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 18,226.21 points, was ruling at 18,155.14 points, down 240.83 points or 1.31 percent from its previous close at 18,395.97 [...]
Microsoft Earnings, Kinect Sales, Salesforce Conflict Marked Week
January 30th, 2011 |
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Microsoft’s earnings call dominated its week, with news of strong Kinect sales. Microsoft also fought TiVo and a Salesforce.com hire. – Microsofts
week was all about the numbers, courtesy of its Jan. 27 quarterly earnings
call.
For the three
months ended Dec. 31, Microsoft chalked up $19.95 billion in revenue and $6.63
billion in net income. It sold some 8 million Kinect units in the hands-free
controllers first 60 days of rel…
Demi Lovato Leaving Rehab Next Week
January 26th, 2011 |
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We hear Disney starlet Demi Lovato will leave the suburban Illinois treatment center where she has been rehabbing since last fall early next week. The Sonny With a Chance actress has been under the watchful eye of professional since suffering a violent emotional breakdown last October. Demi only recently reached a financial settlement with the [...]
John Travolta Turns Down “Glee†— “I Need More Time To Rehearse!â€
January 26th, 2011 |
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John Travolta sounds rather enthused about playing Mob King John Gotti in a proposed biopic, but the Grease actor admitted this week that he turned down an offer to guest star on the Golden Globe-winning TV musical Glee because he didn’t have enough time to prepare for a possible role. “They’ve asked,” Travolta, 56, told [...]
Justin Bieber “Late Show With David Letterman†Double Appearance Next Week
January 26th, 2011 |
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Even David Letterman’s got Bieber Fever! Teen crooner Justin Bieber will make a double appearance on CBS’ Late Show next week as the “Baby” singer promotes the release of his eagerly-anticipated concert movie, Never Say Never. Bieber — who made his Late Show debut last March — will appear on the Monday, Jan. 31 edition [...]
STI +0.6%; eyes on FOMC this week – Phillip
January 24th, 2011 |
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Singapore’s STI rises 0.6% to 3204.94, bouncing after three consecutive sessions of declines amounting to 2.0%, amid broadly positive regional markets after the DJIA’s rise Friday.
327 million shares have been traded thus far worth $215 million. Phillip Securities technical analyst Phua Ming Weii says the benchmark’s severely oversold short term conditions, which may be helping today’s bounce.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Cloud, HP Collaboration Marked Microsoft’s Week
January 23rd, 2011 |
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Microsoft made yet another foray into the cloud with its Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, and displayed some of its collaborative work with Hewlett-Packard, during this week. – Microsofts
week centered on the cloud, with the worldwide launch of the Microsoft Dynamics
CRM Online platform the companys hope for blunting similar competition from
Oracle and Salesforce.com.
A Jan. 17
statement by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer emphasized the cloud platforms
“familiar user exp…
Intel-McAfee Deal Could Get EU OK Next Week: Reports
January 21st, 2011 |
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European regulators apparently are satisfied with concessions Intel has made in conjunction with its $7.68 billion acquisition of security software vendor McAfee, according to news reports. – European approval of Intels $7.68 billion acquisition of security software
vendor McAfee could come as early as next week, according to published reports.
The
giant chip maker, which earlier this month made
several concessions to ease European regulator antitrust concerns, offered
even more cha…
Apple App Store Fight, Muglia Departure Marked Microsoft Week
January 16th, 2011 |
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Microsofts week involved the announced departure of one high-ranking executive, and a brewing fight between the company and Apple over the term "app store." – Microsofts week saw one major executive departure and
several small battles with rivals in the cloud and smartphone space, both of
which could be harbingers of larger things to come.
On Jan. 10, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent a companywide e-mail to the effect that Bob Muglia, president of
the…
Orlando Bloom Miranda Kerr Can’t Decide What To Name Their Son
January 14th, 2011 |
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He’s already a week old, but the infant son of supermodel Miranda Kerr and dashing actor Orlando Bloom still doesn’t have a name! Baby Bloom was born in Los Angeles last Friday and he’s still waiting for his parents to make up their minds about what to write on his birth certificate. “They are both [...]
Twitter’s WikiLeaks Subpoena, Government Talk of Online Identity Lead Security News
January 9th, 2011 |
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A recap of the past week’s security news features another twist on the WikiLeaks controversy, compromised iTunes accounts being sold online and the push for a trusted identity ecosystem for the Web. – The first week of 2011 was a busy one in IT security news.
It was a week that saw an acquisition by Dell, talk of trusted online
identities and reports of a subpoena for Twitter.
The Twitter
subpoena came to light at the end of the week when it was revealed a
federal judge had ordered the micr…
Windows on ARM, Ballmer Speech Marked Microsoft’s CES Week
January 9th, 2011 |
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Microsoft’s big week at CES included the announcement that the next version of Windows will run on ARM chips, and upcoming touch-screen laptops. – Microsoft always has a substantial presence at the Consumer Electronics Show
in Las Vegas, and 2011 was no
different.
The company’s biggest CES announcement came on Jan. 5, when it announced
that the next version of Windows will support SoC (system-on-a-chip)
architecture, in particular ARM-ba…
Microsoft to Patch 3 Windows Security Bugs Next Week
January 6th, 2011 |
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Microsoft has three fixes for Windows vulnerabilities on tap for Patch Tuesday, but other security holes remain open. – Microsoft is kicking off 2011 with a small Patch Tuesday release that will feature fixes for three vulnerabilities in Windows.
The bugs will be patched via two security bulletins, one of which is
rated quot;critical quot; and affects all supported versions of Windows. The
second bulletin, rated …
Snooki “A Shore Thing†Book Excerpts
January 4th, 2011 |
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Hell hath froze over: Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi made her debut as a novelist this week. The poufed-up and heavily-tanned star of MTV’s Jersey Shore took some time out of her busy schedule of partying and blacking out between hookups to pen a fictionalized tale of her exploits on the beaches of the Garden State in [...]
Windows Phone 7, CES Tablet Predictions Marked Microsoft’s Week
January 2nd, 2011 |
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Microsoft’s week included a Windows Phone 7 crack, 5,000 mobile apps in the Phone Marketplace, and readying for January’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. – The last week of 2010 was a quiet one for Microsoft, as the company along
with many other tech stalwarts geared up for January’s Consumer Electronics
Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Rumors suggest that Microsoft CEO Steve
Ballmer will use his opening keynote at the show to reveal a line of Windows
tab…
The Apache Lucene Ecosystem: My View of 2010 Posted By : Lucidimagination
December 29th, 2010 |
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After a week off to enjoy time with my family, I thought I would kick off the last week of 2010 with a look back at the year as it relates to the Apache Lucene ecosystem.
Windows Phone 7 Sales, ARM and Nokia Rumors Dominated Microsoft Week
December 26th, 2010 |
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Microsoft offered some Windows Phone 7 sales numbers, while rumors of ARM and Nokia partnerships swirled around the company ahead of CES. – Microsoft’s week was filled with rumors about its announcements at the
upcoming Consumer Electronics Show.
On Dec. 21, Bloomberg reported that Microsoft would use the show to debut a
version of Windows that leverages ARM
Holdings technology. ARM chip designs currently
dominate much of the mobil…
New Apple TV Sales to Top One Million This Week
December 21st, 2010 |
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Apple today announced that it expects sales of its new Apple TV to top one million units later this week. The new Apple TV offers the simplest way to watch your favorite HD movies and TV shows and stream content from Netflix, YouTube, Flickr, and MobileMe — all on your HD TV, for the breakthrough price of just $99. iTunes users are now renting and purchasing over 400,000 TV episodes and over 150,000 movies per day.