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Windows Phone 7 Out And Problems Already Brewing

Posted by Featured, Telecommunications Friday, February 25th, 2011

The Windows Phone 7 release for SP1 was unveiled only just yesterday, and problems have already started arising. Various phones have been reported to jam from the operating system update that is available either as a direct download from Microsoft, or as an update through Windows Update.   Windows Phone 7 users would download the [...]

Libya Riots Spur 7% Oil Price Increase

Posted by Featured, Finance Thursday, February 24th, 2011

The recent upsurge in Libyan riots has sparked a 7% increase in oil prices that were soaring as high as $98 per barrel by Tuesday. This comes following speculations that the unrest in Libya would seep into several other oil producing nations, such as Saudi Arabia.   The April crude oil supplies for the US [...]

Royal Wedding invitations Out – About 2,000 Guests Welcome

Posted by Entertainment, Featured Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Invitations to the royal wedding of Prince William and his long-time girlfriend, Kate Middleton, have been sent out to 1,900 guest invites who will be lucky to attend the long awaited wedding set for April 29th.   The 2,000 or so guests to regal wedding include over 50 people from the English Royal Family, and [...]

Scientists Unveil The Globe’s Very First Anti-Laser

Posted by Featured, Health Friday, February 18th, 2011

Researchers at Yale University have unveiled the very first anti-laser in the world, and though its distinct uses are yet to be defined, it has been indicated that its applications would be in computers and radiology.   The “nega-laser” or Doppelganger was developed by two Yale scientists, A. Douglas Stone and Hui Cao. It is [...]

US First Lady: Obama Kicked His Smoking Habit

Posted by Featured, Health Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

The US First Lady, Michelle Obama, came out clear on Tuesday that her husband, President Barack Obama, has kicked his smoking habit. President Obama has been a smoker for decades, but as was revealed by the First Lady, the president has not had a cigarette for almost a whole year.   Michelle Obama mentioned the [...]

Writers Guild of America Awards – ‘Inception’ and ‘Social Network’ Win

Posted by Entertainment, Featured Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

The key winners of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) awards were ’Inception’ – a science fiction thriller movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, alongside ’The Social Network’ – the movie about Facebook, the biggest social network worldwide.   Taking the WGA award for “Best Original Screenplay” was ‘Inception’, while ‘The Social Network’ scooped the WGA award [...]

US Employment Stats A Mix-Up – Both Positive And Negative

Posted by Featured, Finance Monday, February 7th, 2011

A trifling growth in employment was realized in January, according to the Labor Department whose Friday announcement revealed that only 36,000 jobs were gained for the first month of 2011.   The January numbers were the least seen in 4 months with the primary reasons being owed to the poor erratic weather conditions as well [...]

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