After 25 years of asking the hard questions, Larry King has decided to call it quits. Larry posted the news to fans via Twitter today, saying that he would formally end his reign sometime before the end of the year. Larry celebrated his 25th anniversary earlier this month and currently resides in the Guinness Book [...]
Archive for June 2010
Coalition forces are beginning to see glimmers of light in what has been a dark situation in Afghanistan. Over the past several months a number of Commando raids have been undertaken all over the country and has resulted in over 120 insurgent leaders being captured. This has been in conjunction with a build up of [...]
Did you know there was a third founder of Apple Computers besides Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak? There was, and he is known to occasionally try his luck at video poker in Nevada casinos. Although he lives on his Social Security and “a modest trade in collectors’ stamps and coins”, Ron Wayne is not remorseful. [...]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has called the new iPhone 4 “the most successful product launch in Apple’s history,” what with the gadget breaking all sales records in just days after it went on shelves. The futuristic phone sold 1.7 million units in just two days, and could break 2 million when Sunday’s figures are factored [...]
As if the oil continuing to pour into the Gulf, the most disastrous spill in American history wasn’t enough, hurricane season is firing up. The weather is making the cleanup efforts more difficult for logistical and safety reasons. Winds in excess of 46 Miles per Hour grind all cleanup efforts to a halt including the [...]
CBS announced Sunday in New York City that Nicaragua has been chosen as the next location for the filming of the Emmy Award-winning reality television series Survivor. The beaches on Nicaragua’s southern pacific coast will become the new locale of one of TV’s most successful shows during the 21st and 22nd seasons, after a careful [...]
Apple’s ‘distaste’ for Flash has been known. The company has resisted repeated user requests to add Adobe Flash to its iconic phone iPhone. The just-released iPhone OS too does not support Flash. Apple’s new Tablet iPad too does not support Flash. This despite reviews terming lack of Flash support one of the weaknesses of these [...]
As many expected, President Obama relieved General McChrystal after harmful comments surfaced in a Rolling Stones articles that is not yet published. McChrystal’s staff made comments that undermined the effectiveness of the mission in Afghanistan and the Middle East. Up for debate is the effect the comments will have on the model of civilian-run military. [...]
In the heat of the U.S. economic bailout, consumers and taxpayers were concerned they had just written a check that couldn’t be repaid. However, as the U.S. economy slowly recovers, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner reports banks have repaid 75% of taxpayer’s money. This is optimistic and promising figure as the U.S. Government struggles to wrangle [...]