Loading ...Bob Parsons the CEO of GoDaddy apparently went on a safari and killed himself an elephant according to a story by businessinsider.com The elephant was supposedly stampeding through the villagers crops and was at risk of causing major damage to their crops. The idea was for them to kill the elephants and prevent the villagers [...]
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A Radio Shack owner in Montana has upped foot traffic at his Hamilton store by offering free guns for new satellite television subscribers, according to a local paper. Fear not, those opposed to gun ownership and those who might fail background checks. You can have free pizza instead. The sign says it all: “Protect yourself [...]
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The future of earthquake-ravaged nuclear power plant Fukushima Daiichi is still anyone’s guess, but it’s already triggered fears of subsequent nuclear disasters elsewhere. As efforts continue to get radiation levels under control in the damaged facilities in Japan, several countries have expressed doubts about their own nuclear programs. And seven in 10 Americans say they’re [...]
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Firefox 4 for Android is now available but don’t get too excited just yet. You can download Firefox 4 RC from the Android Market however don’t expect this to be used as your primary browser. Initial impressions are that the load time is very slow compared to the default Android browser that ships with Android [...]
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The Japanese government said Saturday that abnormally high levels of radiation were detected in spinach and milk that came from farms near a tsunami-affected nuclear plant as emergency workers moved closer to restoring cooling systems in the reactors. Crews struggling to bring the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant under control had some success Sunday as [...]
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Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for Google’s Android OS was released last year, and now a new version has been introduced. This brings better performance on dual-core processors, as well as other improvements. Many new and upcoming smartphones have dual-core processors with GPUs, such as the Motorola Atrix 4G and LG Optimus 2X. Flash Player 10.2 [...]
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu told members of Congress Wednesday that the rapidly unfolding nuclear crisis in Japan may be more serious than the situation faced by U.S. officials during the Three Mile Island meltdown in 1979. But “we don’t really know in detail what’s happening” in Japan, he cautioned. “We hear conflicting reports.” “What I [...]
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On Tuesday, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9, and rival Mozilla unveiled its Firefox 4. On Tuesday, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9, the latest version of the company’s venerable Web browser. Rival Mozilla just unveiled the all-but-official version of Firefox 4. Both will go up against the ever-speedy and sparse Google Chrome, which was recently updated [...]
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It has been a long time coming, but Microsoft has decided to stop creating new iterations of its Zune media player due to sub-par sales, according to an inside source. Instead, the company will shift its focus towards other devices. The last model of the series that Microsoft released was the Zune HD in 2009, [...]
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