The so-called Oscar Curse that left Best Actress Academy Award winners like Halle Berry, Reese Witherspoon, and Sandra Bullock single not long after winning the most esteemed prize may be more common than you think, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and Pittsburgh Carnegie Mellon University [...]
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Chip Shot: Winners of MeeGoâ„¢ Article Contest Announced
January 24th, 2011 |
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Congratulations to the five winners of the Intel AppUpSM developer program “Innovate, Educate and Win” MeeGo™ article contest. The winners, each receiving $2,000, describe how to develop different types of Intel AppUpSM center apps for the MeeGo platform. Awards were given in such categories as graphics & user experience, innovation, porting, and multitouch & gesture enablement. The winners – Thomas Perl, Dmitry Rizshkov, Niels Mayer, Aparna Nandyal, George Christopher and Suresh – live in Austria, India, Russia and the U.S. Their articles are designed to help developers do things like write MeeGo apps for citizen journalism, port Symbian apps and create modern mobile apps with Qt. Check out this blog post for more details.
MLK Day Crunch Crumbs: 2011 Golden Globe Winners; Kim Cattrall New Face Of Olay Total Effects; Nickelodeon Reviving Power Rangers!
January 17th, 2011 |
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Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ‘Crunchers. Remember: “It’s a day on, not a day off!” So remember to do something wonderful for someone else today. We’re up bright and early to deliver your Morning Links — which counts as our good deed for the day. You can thank us later! -Here’s a list of [...]
Apple, Google, Sprint Among Winners in Yankee`s 2011 4G Predictions
December 10th, 2010 |
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In a new report, the Yankee Group is taking a close look at the effects 4G will have in 2011. Expecting 4G to lay the foundation for a "fundamental reshaping of the telecom industry and commerce as a whole," the big message for 2011 is to get ready: Corporations and consumers will see 4G beginning to make inroads next year, but the really big changes will arrive in 2012. Still, therell be plenty of shifts and adjustments in 2011, with prepared companies& such as Sprint, AT&T, Google and Apple& expected to benefit, while others& including Clearwire, Nokia, and, again, even Apple and AT&T& feel the pinch of being unprepared or otherwise losing out to rivals. Among Yankees 13 predictions are that carrier VOIP (voice over IP) still wont be in the picture, Google will benefit from mobile data, Chinese vendors will beat out 3G incumbents, and a malicious denial-of-service attack with take down a 4G network, to its enormous expense. Happy New Year. – …
The 12 Worst “Best Picture†Winners
December 6th, 2010 |
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The Academy Awards’ “Best Film” is meant to be the highest accolade that can be given to a motion picture, putting it beyond every piece of cinema made that year. Each film to win the prize is meant to be a triumph, defeating countless hordes of other flicks to prove itself full of artistic merit [...]
Chip Shot: Who Dat? Autographed Drew Brees Football Winners Announced!
November 30th, 2010 |
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Our thanks to the hundreds of football fans who participated in Intel’s Twitter contest, and tweeted opinions and ideas about the Supercomputing 2010 Conference with the chance of winning a signed football by New Orleans Saints quarterback, Drew Brees. Intel is proud to award footballs to Todd Davis (@rtodddavis) from Corinth, MS and Stephen Colomb (@scolomb6) from New Orleans, LA. The winners will be contacted individually to claim their prize. Please read, “What Does a Supercomputer & Drew Brees Have in Common?” for more information.
Winners deserve the real Ashes urn: Ponting
November 25th, 2010 |
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Ricky Ponting has reopened the age-old debate about where the Ashes urn is held by declaring Australia should be rewarded with the real item if they defeat England this summer. Despite originating in Australia, the urn lives at the spiritual home of cricket at Lord”s in London and series victors are presented with replica Ashes. [...]
Orlando Bloom, Beth Ditto among big winners at Bambi Awards
November 13th, 2010 |
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Orlando Bloom and Beth Ditto ruled Bambi Awards in Germany. A UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2009, ”The Pirates of The Caribbean” actor Bloom was honoured with the Charity Bambi Award for his humanitarian work with children in some of the world”s poorest regions. “I”ve fallen in love with your country,” the Daily Express quoted him [...]
Chip Shot: “Superstars” Songwriting Competition 2nd Round Winners
November 10th, 2010 |
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Today, Intel, along with Cakewalk and OurStage.com, announced the Urban, Latin and Singer-Songwriter genre winners of its “Superstars” Competition. The competition invited artists to submit original music and the submitted tracks were judged by fans of the Intel Facebook page. The top five ranked artists won Intel® Core™ processor-based PCs, Cakewalk SONAR Producer Software, V-Studio 100 and V-Studio 20 recording solutions. The top 20 in each of the 6 genres advance to the final round of competition, which runs through December, for a chance to win $10,000. Check out our Facebook page for more information and to vote.
Sketch-a-Space Winners Announced
November 5th, 2010 |
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[sketchup] Last week, the SketchUp guys announced the winners of the exciting Sketch-a-Space contest. If you don’t remember, the Sketch-a-Space competition was born of a relationship between the Project Spectrum team and the folks over at Easter Seals. You may not know this, but Easter Seals does a lot of charitable work for individuals living with autism and their loved ones.
SIA, FJ Benjamin winners from SGD Strength – UOBKH
November 4th, 2010 |
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After SGD hit all-time high vs USD yesterday, UOB KayHian’s Andrew Chow highlights potential winners, losers from SGD strength.
For winners, cites Singapore Airlines (C6L.SG), rated Buy, $18.00 target; estimates 21% of group’s revenue denominated in USD, “hence, SIA is net short the U.S. dollar.”
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7: The Winners and Losers
October 11th, 2010 |
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Microsoft has finally officially announced Windows Phone 7. It is a significant departure from previous Windows Mobile products, and a major gamble. Here, Knowledge Center analyst Jack E. Gold discusses who will be the winners and losers now that Windows Phone 7 is here. – It’s official. Microsoft has finally announced Windows Phone 7, although much of what they announced has been a pretty well-known fact for some time now. Much of the announcement event centered on showing just how radical a change Windows Phone 7 is from previous Windows Phone devices and indeed it …
Winners and losers
April 22nd, 2010 |
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Normal politics, and hard questions, loom in Poland
IN THE churches of Warsaw and other Polish cities, the funerals continue but questions are looming. Why were so many of the country’s top brass on the plane that crashed on April 10th, killing President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and 94 others, including some of the country’s brightest and best military officers? Some of the relatives are, privately, furious. They say that their menfolk were ordered to travel to the Katyn memorial service as a backdrop for the launch of Mr Kaczynski’s re-election campaign.
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Intel Science Talent Search 2010 Winners Announced
March 17th, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON, D.C., March 16, 2010 – Honoring the next generation of American innovators, Intel Corporation and Society for Science & the Public today announced the winners of America’s oldest and most prestigious pre-college science competition, the Intel Science Talent Search.
Chip Shot: Intel, Epic Games Reveal $1M Innovation Winners
February 17th, 2010 |
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At this week’s 2010 D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada, Epic Games, Inc. announced the grand prize winners in its “$1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest“. The contest rewards top modifications, or “mods,” created for Unreal Tournament 3. In addition to its participation in this contest, Intel consistently provides opportunities for game developers to innovate through its Visual Adrenaline developer program. Learn more about Visual Adrenaline here.
Oscars to have â€thank you cam†to keep winners†speeches short!
February 17th, 2010 |
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This year’’s Oscars will definitely end on a high note as producers have decided to introduce a ”thank you cam” which will enable winning stars to keep their acceptance speeches short.
The winners will be able to make a second speech back stage to the “thank you cam” in which they will be able to express [...]
The winners of 52nd Annual Grammy Awards
February 1st, 2010 |
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Country star Taylor Swift bagged four Grammy Awards at the prestigious US music ceremony in Los Angeles.
The 20-year-old won best country album for ”Fearless”. She also received best country song and best female country vocal performance, both for the track White Horse.
She also picked up the coveted album of the year title, reports Radaronline.com.
Meanwhile, [...]