“The Wizarding World of Harry Potter”, a new theme park at Universal Studios, Florida is now open for business. And what a business it will do. Like other theme parks, the wizard park will undoubtedly capitalize on the incredibly passionate and large fan base of the young adult series by J.K. Rowling. Along with various [...]
Archive for June 2010
A recent study by the BBC shows that people in Britain are beginning to doubt climate change. Previously a hot bed of pro-climate change support, the BBC survey now shows that 26 percent of Britons believe that “climate change is happening and is now established as largely manmade”. In November last year 41 percent of [...]
A new company based in Tel Aviv hopes to make the rotating hourglass a thing of the past. To kick things off, the company, Soluto, is offering a free program that cuts boot (start up) time, sometimes in half. The program will analyze the processes for boot-up and recommend ways to trim it down. The [...]
U2 frontman Bono facilities underwent emergency surgery after an injury during rehearsals for the band for their upcoming world tour, his spokesperson said on Friday. According to the statement, Bono “is to recover in the next few days” in a hospital in Munich before returning home. ” There is no word just yet how this [...]
Watson, the latest creation of IBM engineers was designed for a specific purpose. The supercomputer is able to decipher human language and create meaningful responses. For example, it can take a typical Jeopardy! question, presented in a quizical manner, and determine the underlying query, returning the accurate answer. Engineers actually set up a simulated Jeopardy [...]
It was up in the air until today. Following a meeting with President Obama, BP has agreed to commit $20 Billion for damage claims by Gulf Coast residents, fishermen/women and others affected by the spill. The commitment undoubtedly secured some of Obama’s wavering support in regards to his handling of the oil spill. Perhaps equal [...]
Americans often complain that health care is too expensive, that the government should not be in the health insurance business. However, the reality is that many European countries offer their citizens health care. That isn’t a shock to anyone. What might be a shock is that a country as poor as Rwanda can offer health [...]
In an effort to curb negative public opinion on his handling of the Gulf War oil spill. On the eve of his first address from the Oval Office, Obama announced new efforts to ensure seafood from the region will be safe – shorting up concerns around long term economic fallout from the spill. In response [...]
Google announced yesterday that their new search technology, code-named Caffeine has been activated. Caffeine is a new take on search indexing which, in short, decreases the delay between index releases. In doing so, Google has ensured that the search results we see each day are more relevant, topical and recent. As far as the numbers [...]
Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott is almost finished recording with his new band Down N’ Outz according to guitarist Guy Griffin. Griffin, best known for his work with the Quireboys, has told Sleaze Roxx, “We’ve almost finished a record and who knows from there. We’ve played with Mott The Hoople, doing songs that Mott The [...]