October 2011 - USA HOT NEWS

Monday, October 31, 2011

DevilRobber trojan steals Bitcoins and data

While software piracy may be enticing for some people, its drawbacks, besides theft, not only include running potentially unstable software, but also provide an avenue for malware to wreak havoc on your system and your personal information.
Many times when software packages are offered for free, they are done so by thieves as a lure to spread Trojans and other malware among the systems of unsuspecting people who are trying to get away without paying for software.
This practice is nothing new,

Continue Reading →

Brophy on Leafs: The cost of success

The Maple Leafs were singing the praises of Mikhail Grabovski Saturday night, and rightly so.

Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf went as far as calling his teammate, "one of the most underrated players in the league."

With the way he is playing, Grabovski won't be underrated for much longer. In fact, there could come a point very soon when the 27-year-old centre will be in huge demand. Grabovski is in the final year of his contract and will be eligible for unrestricted free agency July 1,

Continue Reading →

TMZ: Kim Kardashian files for divorce after 72-day marriage

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2011 file photo, television personality Kim Kardashian arrives at the 2011 Elton John Academy Award viewing party in West Hollywood, Calif. Kardashian on Wednesday, July 2011 sued Old Navy and its parent company, The Gap Inc., alleging their ads featuring someone who bears a resemblance to Kardashian violated her publicity rights. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg,

Continue Reading →

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Apple prepping Air-like 15-inch MacBook, report says

Apple is readying a MacBook that would extend the ultrathin Air design beyond the 13-inch market segment, according to reports.
Japanese-language site Macotakara says a new 15-inch model has entered the test phase.
It's not clear at this point whether this will be an addition to the MacBook Air series--currently offered in 11- and 13-inch sizes--or a new MacBook Pro.

The MacBook Air is Apple's bestselling laptop line. Will Apple extend the design to 15-inch form factors and

Continue Reading →

Sens edge Leafs to continue winning ways

THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA -- For a while the Ottawa Senators felt like they were playing a road game in their own building.

But a key goal by Kaspars Daugavins quited the Maple Leaf fans at Scotiabank Place as the Senators hung on against their provincial rivals.

Daugavins' first career goal stood as the winner as the Senators won their sixth straight game, 3-2 over Toronto on Sunday.

It's the Senators' longest winning streak since April 2010.

"It was a pretty

Continue Reading →

Reality: A soaring population. Reality check: Food, water and poverty

Monday marks the birth of the world’s seven billionth baby, according to the United Nations.
In all likelihood, that child will probably take its first breaths in a city in a developing country, where projections say the majority of new children will be born.
Thomas Malthus, an English scholar, painted a gloomy picture in 1798 when he wrote that unchecked population growth would condemn us to widespread starvation. “The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth

Continue Reading →

Saturday, October 29, 2011

SPORTS - Randle has 4 TDs, No. 3 Cowboys beat Baylor 59-24 (AP)

STILLWATER, Okla. – When it mattered the most, No. 3 Oklahoma State made every yard seem like the longest yard for Robert Griffin III and Baylor.
Joseph Randle set career-highs by running for 152 yards and four touchdowns, Justin Blackmon matched his career best with 13 catches for 172 yards and two scores and the Cowboys carried a shutout into the fourth quarter of a 59-24 win over the Bears on Saturday.
Brodrick Brown recovered two

Continue Reading →

Can Apple make more stuff in the USA?

One of the more topical discussions in Steve Jobs' biography addresses Apple's tendency to "employ" a disproportionately large number of workers in China. And that strategy has been fodder for debates on national news networks like CNN because of stubbornly high levels of unemployment in the U.S.
Let's start with some recent statements by luminaries as politically diverse as Jim Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters President, Donald Trump, and CNN's Piers Morgan.
Here's what Hoffa

Continue Reading →

A Windows 8 smartphone could be coming next year

The XPPhone 2 is slated to run Windows 7 and 8.
(Credit:
ITG)

A Chinese company says it will bring the yet-to-be-released Windows 8 to the small screen.
In Technology Group has seemingly dedicated itself to merging the Windows PC experience with the smartphone--something the company has dubbed the "post-smartphone." They started with phones running Windows XP a few years ago, and by earlier this year, ITG's XPPhone was available with
Windows 7. Now it says a far slimmer, lighter, and energy

Continue Reading →

Gustavsson, Phaneuf lead Leafs past Pens

THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO -- Phil Kessel picked an opportune time to score his league-leading 10th goal for the red-hot Toronto Maple Leafs.

The puck barely touched his stick before he fired a shot past Brent Johnson at 10:08 of the third period Saturday as the Maple Leafs beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3.

Kessel and Pittsburgh's James Neal entered the evening tied for the NHL lead in goals. The Leafs sniper edged ahead shortly after the Penguins erased their third

Continue Reading →

CW network to offer new TV episodes on Hulu

LOS ANGELES —
Continuing the evolution of its digital strategy, the CW television network said Friday it would offer online streams of new episodes through Hulu and the Hulu Plus subscription service.

The five-year deal with Hulu comes just two weeks after the CW, a joint venture between CBS Corp. and Warner Bros. Entertainment, announced a similar partnership with Netflix. Netflix will make available episodes of past seasons of CW shows, including “Gossip Girl”

Continue Reading →

Abramovich weighs Chelsea stadium options

Roman Abramovich is pondering whether to make a revised offer to buy back the freehold of Stamford Bridge after Chelsea fans succeeded with a dramatic revolt against his stadium masterplan.
Billionaire Blues owner Abramovich and his board were forced to rethink their proposal to Chelsea Pitch Owners, which was seen as a precursor to a move to a new ground, after it was voted down at an extraordinary general meeting on Thursday.
Chelsea failed to convince the holders of 75 per cent or more of

Continue Reading →

Friday, October 28, 2011

Philips SpeechMike Antibacterial Dictation Device

It seems that there are many places that germs and bacteria pose a serious risk. Offices as well as hospitals and clinics harbor germs and bacteria that can sometimes spread and be shared by one...

Continue Reading →

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Davidi on World Series: Cardiac Cards

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals simply cannot be eliminated.

Buried in the regular season, they came out nowhere to win the wild card. Trailing in the division series, they came back to beat the Philadelphia Phillies. Trailing in the NLCS, they came back to knock off the Milwaukee Brewers.

And now, facing elimination in the World Series, down to their final strike, they rallied in the ninth, then down again in 10th, they came back once more before David Freese homere in the 11th to

Continue Reading →

Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek had a blast with 'Puss in Boots' roles

Salma Hayek (who voices Kitty Softpaws, right) says her relationship with Antonio Banderas (voice of Puss in Boots, left) is "like family. It's nice to have actors you grew up with around. ... We get along wonderfully."

"Puss in Boots" -- based on one of the most beloved characters of the Shrek Universe -- tells the

Continue Reading →

Lions limp into clash with Eskimos

Just a few weeks ago, in the midst of an eight-game win streak, the B.C. Lions were not only the CFL’s hottest team, they were also the healthiest.
That was a scary proposition for the rest of the league, because a healthy team this late in a season is a rare occurrence in a sport defined by its capacity for injury. But, as they say in football: injuries are not a matter of if, but a matter of when. And they have certainly taken a bite out of the Leos in October.

The team enters

Continue Reading →

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Stefanski joins Raps as VP of basketball ops

THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO -- The Toronto Raptors named Ed Stefanski as the team's executive vice-president of basketball operations Wednesday.

Stefanski previously worked in the front office for both the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Nets.

With the Raptors, Stefanski will report to president and general manager Bryan Colangelo.

"Ed Stefanski embodies everything I was hoping to attain when the search began for a top level basketball executive to join our

Continue Reading →

'Beavis and Butt-Head,' 'Good Vibes' and 'Allen Gregory,' premiering Thursday on MTV

Beavis and Butthead

LOS ANGELES —
Thursday marks the return of Mike Judge’s “Beavis and Butt-Head” to MTV, after 14 years — enough time for a baby to have grown up to be Beavis or Butt-Head.

The cartoon, which began in part as an ironic, idiotic but not inaccurate commentary on the network’s original bread and butter — the music video — will now include among

Continue Reading →

Scientists confirm: Aussie beaches the best

Australian beaches have been voted the best in the world. Picture: Dan Himbrechts Source: The Daily Telegraph

Gathering of 20 nations votes Australia best beaches
World looks to Australia on beach protection
Population to reach 7 billion

AUSTRALIA has the world's best surfing beaches, according to an international gathering of scientists, legislators, environmentalists and wave riders.

At the Global Wave Conference in France this week attendees from more

Continue Reading →

Demi Moore visits Ashton Kutcher on 'Men' set

Photo by Hermann J. Knippertz/Associated Press

Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher may be keeping his head down through allegations of cheating that have rocked his life for the past month, but the actor got some unexpected support at work Friday from his wife, Demi Moore.

The actress and "Five" director turned up on the set of "Two and a Half Men" with

Continue Reading →

The pink elephant in the classroom

Certain things I know about myself. For example, my name is Andrew and I’m 24. I’m a high-school teacher, I love hockey and I’m gay. I also know that when I read the story of Jamie Hubley or young victims like him, I could no longer remain silent. Bullying in schools isn’t new. But, tragically, gay bullying often comes to the forefront only when it’s too late to save another young man or woman from taking their life to escape daily torment. If gay is still taboo for some, gay bullying

Continue Reading →

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Sportiiiis HUD Makes Displays Out Of Any Eyewear

There are many professional athletes and fitness buffs that depend on getting performance data while on the move during practice sessions or even in actual competition. Getting the data from a device worn on the...

Continue Reading →

Monday, October 24, 2011

Jagr scores pair as Leafs fall to Flyers

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

All Danny Briere could hear were the agonizing screams. Chris Pronger buried his face in his hands after taking a brutal blow to the outside of the right eye, fearful of the worst for his eyesight.

Hunched over, Pronger skated straight to the bench, his hands over his eyes.

"I knew he was in trouble and needed help," said Briere, who skated with Pronger to the bench.

Pronger, the Flyers captain, will miss two to three weeks and spend the next few

Continue Reading →

Madonna's brother says he's homeless

Photo by Andrew Medichini/Associated Press

Singer Madonna arrives for the premiere of her movie W.E. at the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011.

Madonna’s brother is reportedly homeless and living under a bridge in Michigan after losing his job a year and a half ago — and he’s annoyed that

Continue Reading →

State Department Pulls U.S. Ambassador Out Of Syria

Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. The Forbidden Fashion Show roars into the Seattle Art Museum on Saturday, May 21, with sexy swimwear and lingerie strutting a runway designed like a roadway. The James Bond-themed show, titled “Live Another Night,” is in its fourth year, and it’s the only show of its kind in Seattle,
Powered By WizardRSS.com | Full Text RSS Feed | Amazon Plugin | Settlement

Continue Reading →

Sunday, October 23, 2011

SPORTS - Game 4: Holland throwing well, Rangers lead 1-0 (AP)

With a runner on second, Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler made a nice play up the middle to end the second inning. Kinsler, who has been shaky on defense during the Series, threw out Yadier Molina, who didn't get down the line very well.
Molina picked off Kinsler at first base to end the bottom of the inning.
Texas starter Derek Holland has faced one more than the minimum through three innings, allowing only a second-inning double to Lance

Continue Reading →

Steve Jobs, family man beyond the public persona

College student Reed Jobs decided to study oncology after seeing his father, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, battle cancer. Reed's younger sister Eve is a great horseback rider, and their sister Erin has her father's great sense for design. And the eldest, Lisa, who was estranged from her father when she was young, became very close with him in recent years.

These are some of the insights that Jobs' biographer Walter Isaacson shared with "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft as the two browsed through

Continue Reading →

Leafs' Reimer ruled out for game vs. Flyers

Speaking to the media on Sunday, Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Ron Wilson said goaltender James Reimer has been ruled out for Monday's game against the Philadelphia Flyers but will likely get the start against the New York Rangers on Thursday.

Reimer suffered neck stiffness during the first period against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night when the Leafs No. 1 goalie was clipped on the jaw as Montreal captain Brian Gionta tried to squeeze past just outside the crease 1:15 into the

Continue Reading →

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Bio quotes Jobs on partners in crime: Cook and Ive

Tim Cook and Steve Jobs
(Credit:
Josh Lowensohn/CNET)

Still more snippets of the authorized Steve Jobs biography have emerged, with Bloomberg relating a couple of choice bits about Jobs' relationship with new Apple CEO Tim Cook and the company's industrial design wizard, Jonathan "Jony" Ive.
Jobs hired Cook away from Compaq not long after the
Mac mastermind had returned to the company he'd founded. Cook had an undergrad degree in industrial engineering from Auburn University and an MBA from

Continue Reading →

Davidi on World Series: Mound of decisions

ARLINGTON, Texas - Tony La Russa asked the question, and it's one baseball fans everywhere are likely debating.

"Has somebody had a better day than this ever in the World Series?"

For those who watched Albert Pujols crush three home runs among his five hits, collect 14 total bases, drive in six runs and score four times to help settle a 16-7 thumping of the Texas Rangers that gave his St. Louis Cardinals a 2-1 lead in the Fall Classic on Saturday night, it's difficult to imagine that's

Continue Reading →

Real Madrid go top as Barca held

Real Madrid went top of the La Liga, seeing off Malaga 4-0 before Barcelona were held to a goalless draw by Sevilla.
Cristiano Ronaldo struck a first-half hat-trick for Real – his third La Liga treble of the season – as they eased to victory at La Rosaleda.
Ronaldo had not scored in his previous three Madrid matches but he brought that mini-drought to an end in some style with goals in the 23rd, 28th and 38th minutes to take his tally to 10 in La Liga this season.
Gonzalo Higuain also

Continue Reading →

Friday, October 21, 2011

Ray leads Eskimos past determined Argos squad

THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO -- Ricky Ray threw two TD passes and ran for another as the Edmonton Eskimos held on to beat the Toronto Argonauts 31-24 on Friday night.

Edmonton outscored Toronto 18-0 in the second quarter to erase a 3-1 deficit before a generously announced Rogers Centre gathering of 19,176. Players, coaches and officials all sported various pink-coloured items as per the CFL's weekend campaign to promote awareness for women's cancers.

Ray was 17-of-29 passing

Continue Reading →

Epstein resigns from Red Sox, joins Cubs

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO -- Theo Epstein is joining the Chicago Cubs as president of baseball operations.

The 37-year-old Epstein resigned from the Boston Red Sox on Friday night with a year remaining on his contract as general manager to run a team that has gone 103 years without a World Series championship.

With Epstein at the helm, the Red Sox ended an 86-year World Series championship drought in 2004 and won the title again in 2007.

Cubs fans can only hope he

Continue Reading →

TMZ: Lindsay Lohan's cupcakes turned away by coroner

Getty Images

Celebrity news site TMZ.com is reporting that Lindsay Lohan’s peace offering of 36 gourmet cupcakes to the Los Angeles County Morgue was rebuffed at the door today by Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter, who told the site, “It’s unacceptable. We’re not here to accept food.”

The actress was attempting to make amends for missing her first day of community service at the

Continue Reading →

Magnitude-7.6 earthquake hits South Pacific

A strong earthquake struck far off the South Pacific island nation of Tonga on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports the magnitude-7.6 quake struck Friday at 1:57 p.m. ET about 870 kilometres south of Nuku’Alofa on Tonga. The quake struck at a depth of 39 kilometres.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a tsunami alert, but its report on the quake said sea level readings indicated that a tsunami was generated.
The

Continue Reading →

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Jets in Ottawa searching for first road win

Reset LayoutPowered By WizardRSS.com | Full Text RSS Feed | Amazon Plugin | Settlement

Continue Reading →

Leafs hit the road for clash with Bruins

Reset LayoutPowered By WizardRSS.com | Full Text RSS Feed | Amazon Plugin | Settlement

Continue Reading →

Knoxville woman to talk about child beauty pageants on 'Anderson' Thursday

Brooke Breedwell, a Knoxville woman and former child beauty queen, will be featured on “Anderson” Thursday (4 p.m. WATE, Channel 6).

The show, hosted by Anderson Cooper, will examine the impact child beauty pageants have on children, and one of the guests will be current star Eden Wood from the TLC reality show “Toddlers and Tiaras.”

Breedwell, now 21, was featured in the 1995 documentary “Painted Babies,” which explored the world of two pageant stars. She

Continue Reading →

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Kessel leads Leafs rally in win over Jets

THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO -- Phil Kessel is looking like the franchise player the Toronto Maple Leafs thought they were acquiring back in 2009.

The red-hot forward heads into Thursday's game against his former team as the NHL leader in goals and points after sparking the Maple Leafs to a come-from-behind 4-3 shootout victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday night.

Kessel had a goal and two assists against the Jets, but was given very little time to enjoy it before

Continue Reading →

Brophy on Leafs: Squeaking one out

It's probably a good thing -- big picture -- that the Toronto Maple Leafs could play as poorly as they did Wednesday night, and still deposit two points into the bank.

The way they stumbled and bumbled around their own zone for the first 40 minutes was downright painful. If you have this game on tape, you'll see virtually no tape-to-tape passes in the first 40 minutes. A team that prides itself on its speed continually threw up (figuratively) road blocks with tape-to-skate blade passes that

Continue Reading →

Knoxville's Tara Bowlin competes on 'Sweet Home Alabama'

Tara Bowlin

Knoxville’s Tara Bowlin is one of the contestants on the CMT reality TV show “Sweet Home Alabama.” In the show’s first season bachelor and former Clemson University quarterback Tribble Reese was one of 20 men vying for the attention of University of Alabama student Devin Grissom. He didn’t get the girl, but this season, which premieres at 9 p.m. Thursday,

Continue Reading →

As Germany demands austerity, Greeks go on the rampage

Shortly after mass protests in Athens turned violent, filling the streets with flames and tear gas, German Chancellor Angela Merkel assured Europeans that the euro can – and must – survive.
“If the euro fails, Europe fails and we will not allow that,” she said Wednesday at an event in Frankfurt.
Greeks want to know how much Ms. Merkel’s ambitions will cost and many suspect the price will be the destruction of the Greek economy, the result of a seemingly endless series of austerity

Continue Reading →

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Davidi on Cardinals: Season-altering trade

ST. LOUIS -- Long before the team meeting that helped alter the course of their season, the subsequent on-field turnaround, and the Atlanta Braves' stunning collapse, there was the trade.

On July 27, the St. Louis Cardinals sent centre fielder Colby Rasmus to the Toronto Blue Jays for relievers Marc Rzepczynski and Octavio Dotel, outfielder Corey Patterson, and starter Edwin Jackson (via the Chicago White Sox), a deal that didn't look very good back then given that they parted with a

Continue Reading →

The Band Perry, Kelly Clarkson to perform on tonight's 'DWTS'

The Band Perry, poster image.

The Band Perry and Kelly Clarkson will perform on the Tuesday (Oct. 18) episode of "Dancing With the Stars: the Results Show" at 9 p.m. on WATE, Channel 6.

According to the ABC press release, Greeneville's The Band Perry will perform its hit single "If I Die Young" (accompanied with pro dancers Louis Van Amstel and Karina Smirnoff) from its

Continue Reading →

Human rights commission calls on Morales to protect Amazon Indian tribes

Indians are marching against a road project that crosses an ecological park
Zoom Image

“Given the use of excessive force by the police in the repression of the 25 September 2011 march, the IACHR calls on the State of Bolivia to urgently adopt all necessary measures for the due protection” of the demonstrations, said a release.
Hundreds of indigenous people from the Amazon region are marching to La Paz since August to protest the construction of a road, alleging it crosses pristine

Continue Reading →

Giuliana Rancic reveals breast-cancer diagnosis

FILE - In a Monday, Sept. 12, 2011 file photo, "E! News" co-host Giuliana Rancic attends the Rachel Zoe Spring 2012 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. Rancic says she has early stages of breast cancer. The 37-year-old made the announcement Monday, Oct. 16, 2011 on NBC's "Today" show. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)

Giuliana Rancic revealed Monday that

Continue Reading →

Canada-EU trade deal: Go big or go home

Canadian business and consumers have much at stake as the next round of negotiations between Canada and the European Union toward a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement gets under way in Ottawa this week. A significant opening up of trade between Canada and the EU will support higher incomes and a more dynamic economy in Canada, but also generate more competition. With an early 2012 deadline looming for completing a deal, negotiators will soon be getting down to the tough tradeoffs that

Continue Reading →

Monday, October 17, 2011

Nokia Launches Luna Bluetooth Headset

While Nokia may still be struggling in the mobile phone market, it is continuing to forge on trying to make up for some lost ground. It may be doing it for more than just trying...

Continue Reading →

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Apple's new 'Find My Friends' app finds wife cheating?

When your wife tells you that she "hates meat packing," should you be suspicious?
This question seems to have consumed one new
iPhone 4S owner, as he pondered whether his beloved always told him the truth.
According to this unnamed New York man's posting to a MacRumors forum, he was one of the privileged who managed to get his hands on an iPhone 4S.

You might have heard of these new machines. They come equipped with a highly intelligent companion called Siri. They also give you the

Continue Reading →

SPORTS - Indy 500 winner Wheldon dies after massive wreck (AP)

LAS VEGAS – Race car drivers always know the worst can happen whenever they get behind the wheel.
On Sunday, it happened to one of IndyCar's biggest and most popular stars.
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died after his car became ensnared in a fiery 15-car pileup, flew over another vehicle and hit the catch fence just outside turn 2 in a season-ending race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
"Things happen in this

Continue Reading →

Hackers add porn to Sesame Street YouTube channel

Sesame Street's YouTube channel was hacked today, leaving its normally family friendly content replaced with pornographic content, according to a report on the tech blog The Next Web.

YouTube had the content removed in 22 minutes, according to the report, and as of this writing, the show's channel has been replaced by a message saying it is unavailable. YouTube representatives declined to comment on Sesame Street's incident but said the removal of the content was in keeping with user

Continue Reading →

Brunt on Wheldon: The razor's edge

You likely flipped right by it on a football Sunday afternoon, because for all but the most devoted, open-wheel auto racing has become that kind of afterthought.

It wasn't always thus, and the reasons for the sport's decline certainly aren't the point right now.

But really how many casual fans even knew that the IndyCar season finale was taking place in Las Vegas, that a championship was being decided between Will Power and Dario Franchitti, that the series' most famous face -

Continue Reading →

Help – I’m a healthy guy losing my hair

The question
I’m a healthy guy in my early 30s, and my hair – tons of it – is falling out. Are there any medications I can take? I’ve heard of a prostate drug that’s good for hair loss – but is it safe?
The answer
Hair loss can significantly affect self esteem and is a real issue for many men your age. But before discussing potential medication options, you should know what is causing your hair loss.

If your hair loss is generalized (all over your scalp) and falling out in full

Continue Reading →

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Steve Jobs' last big project: The next iPhone

The
iPhone 4S is not the last major project that Steve Jobs worked on, according to one analyst. That would be the next iPhone--let's call it the
iPhone 5.
The next-generation iPhone "was the last project that Steve Jobs was intimately involved with from concept to final design. For that reason...this product will establish the high water mark for iPhone volumes," Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, wrote in a research note this week. He expects the iPhone 5 to be a "cult

Continue Reading →

Leyland rules out Verlander for ALCS relief

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Detroit manager Jim Leyland would love to see Justin Verlander pitch again because that would mean the Tigers are in the World Series.

While Leyland could put him on the mound sooner, he's already made it clear that he won't.

Before Game 6 of the AL championship series against the Texas Rangers on Saturday, Leyland said that even if Detroit forces a seventh game on Sunday night, he would not use his ace in relief. The Tigers were

Continue Reading →

Apple takes ambitious step for tech-kind with Siri

Apple Inc. AAPL-Q took one of the most ambitious products it has ever created and hid it inside an iPhone.
At one point on Friday, a Globe and Mail editor – a former technology section editor, at that – passed by my desk, where one of Apple’s shiny new iPhone 4S units sat next to a now-dated iPhone 4. The editor picked both phones up and looked them over, convinced he could tell one from the other just by studying the outsides – he couldn’t.

The iPhone 4S, as far as design goes, is

Continue Reading →

HBO film celebrates life of Harry Belafonte

"Sing Your Song" (10 p.m. Monday, HBO), a feature-length documentary about Harry Belafonte, is a fascinating, gloriously inspiring work that will leave you in awe over how this extraordinary artist and activist has managed to cram so much living into one lifetime.

And then, once that feeling passes, you'll want to immediately leap off the couch to do something good for the sake of mankind. Such is the power of Belafonte.

Lovingly crafted by filmmaker Susanne Rostock,

Continue Reading →

Developing economies proposal to double size of IMF shot down by main members

IMF has very substantial resources uncommitted, said Geithner
Zoom Image

The outlines of the plan, that had the backing of several developing economies, emerged as G20 finance ministers and central bankers began meeting in Paris to discuss a world economy under threat from European nations mired in debt.
One G20 source said some policymakers backed injecting some 350 billion dollars into the IMF. Other options under consideration included loans, special purpose vehicles and note purchase

Continue Reading →

Friday, October 14, 2011

Logitech Wireless Headset

With headphones today, it is not just about good sound quality anymore. Wireless convenience has also become a popular (if not a common) feature in many new headphones today. There are now wireless models like...

Continue Reading →

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Verlander shines, Tigers stay alive in ALCS

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT -- One moment, Justin Verlander and the Tigers were on the verge of watching their season slip away.

After a double play and a lucky bounce, they were headed back to Texas.

Verlander helped save Detroit's season with a gutsy effort and the Tigers hit for a sudden cycle to break away in a 7-5 victory Thursday that cut the Rangers' lead to 3-2 in the AL championship series.

Delmon Young hit two of Detroit's four homers and Miguel Cabrera had

Continue Reading →

E! Online posts smoking pics of Megan Fox in Armani ads

Megan Fox for Armani cosmetics

E! Online has posted some gorgeous pics of Megan Fox as part of an Armani cosmetics campaign.

The website states:

"Wait. What year is it?

After all, it certainly doesn't feel like 2011 as we gaze upon these new shots of Megan Fox as part of Armani's cosmetics campaign.

Seriously. The gorgeous gal totally makes us think of the famous faces of

Continue Reading →

Air travel row threatens your holiday plans

Image
Video
Video

Source: Herald Sun

Qantas will ground five of its aircraft and cut up to 100 domestic flights a week because of ongoing industrial action. Picture: Herald Sun Source: Herald Sun

< Prev
of 2
Next >

You're grounded

Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce announces five Qantas planes will remain grounded for at least one month due to ongoing industrial action

Playboy bunny lifts Qantas workers spirits

Kendra Wilkinson, an

Continue Reading →

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Brophy on Leafs: Like a 'kick in the (groin)'

Cody Franson had a vision of how his first season with the Toronto Maple Leafs would unfold.

Suffice it to say his vision did not include being a healthy scratch for the first two games of the year.

"It's like a swift kick in the (groin)," Franson said. "My mindset coming here was, I had worked really hard this summer and I wanted to be a guy who plays a lot of minutes for this team. I want to be accountable and reliable.

“I had a lot of confidence coming here and to not be in the

Continue Reading →

Albania’s mushroom bunkers

As a reminder of Albania’s communist past, bunkers from Enver Hoxha’s regime still dot the country.
By Guus Koelman for Southeast European Times in Tirana — 12/10/11

The bunkers were placed in remote spots throughout the country.

Like mushrooms in a forest, Enver Hoxha’s bunkers still stand as a reminder of the country’s communist past. One can find beach bunkers, gun pillboxes, mountain bunkers and underground facilities throughout Albania.
More than 600,000 concrete bunkers were

Continue Reading →

Richard Hell working on memoir

Richard Hell working on memoirNEW YORK (AP) Punk pioneer Richard Hell has joined the wave of rock memoirists.Hell, known for his punk anthem "Blank Generation," has a deal with Ecco for "I Dreamed I was a Very Clean Tramp."

Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Tuesday that the book would come out in Winter 2013. Hell will write about his time with such bands as Television and Richard Hell and the Voidoids and his encounters with Patti Smith,

Continue Reading →

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Samsung W200 Rugged Full HD Pocket Camcorder

Samsung has recently been making waves with their recent set Android tablets and smartphones. After all, it is their most popular consumer devices of late. It may just be unfortunate that the same attention is...

Continue Reading →

Monday, October 10, 2011

Twitter secures trademark for 'tweet,' report says

Twitter's long quest to secure the trademark to "tweet" appears to be at an end.

Twittad will transfer the trademark to Twitter in exchange for the microblogging site dropping a lawsuit that challenged the Des Moines-based company's right to the trademark, the company's CEO told The Wall Street Journal. Twitter will also restore the Twitter account for Twittad, which helps Twitter users get paid to tweet ads on the microblogging service.

"We've arrived at a resolution with Twittad that

Continue Reading →

Cruz belts walkoff slam, Rangers up 2-0

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Detroit Tigers certainly had their chances in Game 2 of the AL championship series.

Two on and none out in the first inning, middle of the order coming up. Bases loaded in the second and ninth. A runner on second base with one out in the 10th. A man on for AL batting champion Miguel Cabrera in the 11th.

Detroit couldn't manage a single run in any of those situations, failures that loomed large once Ryan Perry served up a game-ending grand slam to Nelson Cruz in the

Continue Reading →

As DVD sales die, Hollywood puts its faith in the cloud

Hollywood is making a major bet this coming holiday season that consumers will buy movies, instead of renting, and view them on the go.
Facing the steady decline of physical disc sales, studios from Warner Bros to Sony will launch their UltraViolet cloud-based movie storage – or “digital locker” – service.

The studios are making a push to jump-start movie sales by attracting consumers to the cloud. The new digital lockers keep purchased copies of films on remote servers for viewing

Continue Reading →

Sunday, October 9, 2011

SPORTS - Brewers rally to beat Cardinals 9-6 in NLCS opener (AP)

MILWAUKEE – The barbs already were flying. Come Sunday, the Milwaukee Brewers bashed the St. Louis Cardinals with their bats.
Needing a rally in the NL championship series opener, Milwaukee turned to its power duo of Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder, then got a clutch hit from Yuniesky Betancourt to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-6.
Braun launched a two-run, 463-foot homer in the first inning and added a two-run double during a six-run burst

Continue Reading →

Tablet vendors scurry to undercut $500 iPad

Lenovo K1 is the latest tablet to go on sale. Now $329 at Best Buy, reduced from $499.
(Credit:
Best Buy)

What's the sweet spot for
tablet pricing? We're finding out as Hewlett-Packard, RIM, HTC, and others learn that trying to sell a tablet at the
iPad's starting price of $500 may be a fool's errand.
Lenovo and Best Buy are the latest to bring down pricing, selling the 10-inch Lenovo IdeaPad K1 tablet with 32GB today and Monday for $329, down from $499. And that 10-inch tablet comes with a

Continue Reading →

Stosur, Zvonareva up for Istanbul

US Open champion Sam Stosur and Vera Zvonareva have booked their places in the season-ending WTA Championships.
The pair’s qualification leaves just one spot in the eight-woman field up for grabs – but it will not go to Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters.
The WTA have confirmed that no wild card will be offered to the event, meaning Clijsters, whose injury-hit season means she has not qualified automatically, will not be in Istanbul.
The WTA introduced its ‘wild card rule’ last year

Continue Reading →

Saturday, October 8, 2011

SPORTS - Rangers win 3-2 over Tigers in twice-delayed ALCS (AP)

ARLINGTON, Texas – After the rain, the Texas Rangers opened the AL championship series by beating Justin Verlander once again.
Nelson Cruz broke a postseason slump with a home run that helped boost the Rangers over the Tigers 3-2 Saturday night as rain followed the Detroit ace and caused nearly two hours of delays.
The defending AL champion Rangers scored all their runs off Verlander before the game was interrupted twice for a total of 1

Continue Reading →

SPORTS - Renegade Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis dead at 82 (AP)

OAKLAND, Calif. – Al Davis was a rebel with a cause — "Just win, baby" he exhorted his beloved Oakland Raiders.
And as the NFL well knows, he was also a rebel with a subpoena.
Davis, who bucked league authority time and again and won three Super Bowl titles during his half-century in professional football, died Saturday. He was 82.
The Hall of Famer died at his home in Oakland, the team said. The cause of death was not

Continue Reading →

Apple's Jobs still shapes PC laptop future

Steve Jobs' imprint on PC laptop design in 2012 and beyond will be large. But we have to step back a few years to see the arc of that influence.
In January 2008 Apple introduced the MacBook Air. That groundbreaking design bore most of the hallmarks of PC laptops that are expected to flood the market in 2012.
Let's look at what Jobs said at that time (see video below).
Highlights of Jobs' MacBook Air presentation in January 2008: "Instant-on the minute you open it up" "Generous trackpad"

Continue Reading →

Rangers win rain-soaked ALCS Game 1

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ARLINGTON, Texas -- After the rain, the Texas Rangers opened the AL championship series by beating Justin Verlander for the second time this year.

Nelson Cruz broke a post-season slump with a home run that helped boost the Rangers over the Tigers 3-2 Saturday night as rain followed the Detroit ace and caused nearly two hours of delays.

The defending AL champion Rangers scored all their runs off Verlander before the game was interrupted twice for a total

Continue Reading →

Friday, October 7, 2011

Sony Pictures making deal for film rights to Jobs bio--report

It looks like Sony Pictures wants to release a biopic about Steve Jobs based on Walter Issacson's upcoming authorized biography.
According to Mike Fleming at blog Deadline New York, the studio is working on a deal that would give it film rights to the book, which is set to be released later this month.
Fleming says the film's producer will be Mark Gordon, who produced "Saving Private Ryan," among many other projects.
Sony, the studio behind last year's hit Facebook/Mark Zuckerberg flick "The

Continue Reading →

East Tennessee finally gets Popcorn Sutton's Tennessee White Whiskey

In commemoration of what would have been Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton's 65th birthday, Popcorn Sutton's Tennessee White Whiskey arrives in East Tennessee this week, according to a statement from a Nashville publicity firm, Webster & Associates.

The recipe by the legendary mountain moonshiner, who died in 2009, was acquired by Hank Williams Jr. and his partners. The whiskey was produced in small batches and first sold in Middle Tennessee.

According to the

Continue Reading →

UPDATE: Fire destroys Dunelm Mill store

A Dunelm Mill store on Orchard Retail Park in Coventry has been destroyed by a large fire which broke out in the early hours of yesterday morning.

More than 80 fire fighters battled the blaze, which caused partial collapse at the Dunelm store and also destroyed a neighbouring Dreams bed store.Neighbouring Currys, PC World, and Carpetright stores have also suffered 10% smoke damage, according to an incident report from the West Midlands Fire Service.Group commander Nigel Soame said: “A small

Continue Reading →

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Android tablet to debut at less than $40

Thought the $99 HP TouchPad was a bargain? Think again. India will sell a subsidized
Android
tablet at prices as low as $22, according to a Bloomberg report.

The subsidized 7-inch Aakash tablet will sell for as little as $22. At retail, about $60.
(Credit:
Aakashslate)

The Indian government will buy 100,000 tablets for 2,250 rupees (about $49) and then resell them to schools at prices as low as 1,100 rupees, about $22, according to Bloomberg. (Note: a Wall Street Journal report says it

Continue Reading →

Can Apple re-create Jobs' intangibles?

Steve Jobs in March 2011 during the unveiling of the iPad 2.
(Credit:
James Martin/CNET)

Apple has had an effort under way to replicate Steve Jobs' approach and way of thinking about products as a way to continue the company's culture. Now that effort to carry forward Jobs' corporate DNA will be put to the test.

For the last three years, a group inside Apple has focused on replicating Jobs' approach and vision. The effort, which has taken on increased importance in the last year, is run

Continue Reading →

Grange on NHL: The T.O. kid who got away

When Michael Cammalleri was growing up in Richmond Hill, Ont., straight north of where his beloved Toronto Maple Leafs played their home games, he dreamed big hockey dreams.

He scored thousands of Stanley Cup-winning goals in his basement, everyone one of them on Hockey Night in Canada and most while imagining himself wearing the blue and white.

No wonder that on Jul. 1, 2009, the first day of free agency, he and his agent made their first order of business a visit to the offices of the

Continue Reading →

Grange on NHL: The T.O. kid who got away

When Michael Cammalleri was growing up in Richmond Hill, Ont., straight north of where his beloved Toronto Maple Leafs played their home games, he dreamed big hockey dreams.

He scored thousands of Stanley Cup-winning goals in his basement, everyone one of them on Hockey Night in Canada and most while imagining himself wearing the blue and white.

No wonder that on Jul. 1, 2009, the first day of free agency, he and his agent made their first order of business a visit to the offices of the

Continue Reading →

Vulture: Netflix makes move to resurrect 'Reno 911!'

Photo by Stephen Chernin/Associated Press

"Reno 911!" co-creators/stars are, from left, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Thomas Lennon and Knoxville native Robert Ben Garant.

Netflix may be resurrecting "Reno 911!" two years after Comedy Central canceled the show, according to the website Vulture.

In an exclusive report, the site calls the possibility a "long

Continue Reading →

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Steve Jobs in his own words

At the unveiling of the Apple iPad in January 2010, Steve Jobs paces the stage and reflects on the birth of Apple. The black-and-white photo from 1976 shows Jobs (right) with co-founder Steve Wozniak.
(Credit:
James Martin/CNET)

For many people, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs spoke most vividly through the distinctive consumer electronics products and services he ushered into the world--the
Mac, the NeXT computer, the
iPhone, iTunes and the
iPod. But Jobs, who died today at age 56, also left

Continue Reading →

Freese powers Cardinals past Phillies

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. LOUIS -- Big swings by a slumping hitter, clutch innings by a journeyman pitcher. Suddenly, the St. Louis Cardinals are looking very dangerous.

As for the Philadelphia Phillies? Things have turned downright squirrelly.

David Freese, shut down by Phillies aces the first three games, became a hometown star Wednesday night. He homered, doubled and drove in four runs as the Cardinals defeated nemesis Roy Oswalt and forced a deciding fifth game in their

Continue Reading →

Canadian Danny Watkins set for first NFL start

Canadian lineman Danny Watkins is set to make his first NFL start Sunday for the Philadelphia Eagles when they travel to Buffalo to take on the Bills.
Watkins, from Kelowna, B.C., was the Eagles’ first-round pick in the 2011 draft, but was benched in favour of Kyle DeVan just four days before the season opener after struggling with his technique and with learning the playbook.
“Honestly, these last four weeks I’ve just been coming in early, leaving late, just trying to get better and work

Continue Reading →

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Beltre hits 3 homers, Rangers eliminate Rays

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- This is what Adrian Beltre envisioned when he signed with Texas in the off-season. Balls jumping off his bat in October, the Rangers making another run for the pennant.

Beltre hit three straight home runs and the defending AL champions advanced again, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in Game 4 Tuesday to win their playoff matchup.

Beltre put on a power show that few players in major league history have matched, helping Texas take

Continue Reading →

Phillies hang on to put Cardinals on brink

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. LOUIS -- Pinch-hitter Ben Francisco and closer Ryan Madson made manager Charlie Manuel's moves look smart, and the Philadelphia Phillies held off the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Tuesday for a 2-1 lead in their NL playoff series.

Francisco batted for pitcher Cole Hamels and broke open a scoreless game with a three-run homer in the seventh inning.

Madson earned a five-out save. He induced a double play to escape in the eighth and gave up a run in the

Continue Reading →

Terry Morrow: 'American Horror Story' from Ryan Murphy sets foundation on camp, not creeps

Connie Britton stars as Vivien Harmon in "American Horror Story" airing on FX.

An homage to the over-the-top but interestingly effective gore flicks of the early 1970s, "American Horror Story" is a haunted house tale built on a sturdy foundation.

Former News Sentinel reporter Ryan Murphy, who created this series with producing partner Brad Falchuk, hammers his trademark camp

Continue Reading →

Limit your cellphone time (that goes for kids, too): Health Canada

Health Canada is reminding Canadians they can take steps to limit the length of time they spend on their cellphones.
The department is also encouraging parents to get their kids under the age of 18 to curb their cellphone usage.
The new Health Canada guidance on cellphones is a response to a World Health Organization report earlier this year that suggested cellphone use may be linked to higher rates of cancer.

Health Canada says the evidence to date is thin and more research is needed.
But in

Continue Reading →

Hugh Jackman pumps the Knoxville crowd at benefit screening of 'Real Steel'

A personable Hugh Jackman, shaking hands with fans and flashing that silver screen smile of his, knew how to win over the home crowd attending a charity screening of his new family film "Real Steel" at Turkey Creek on Monday night.

Stepping up to the podium and with an orange foam rubber finger on one hand and a Vols cheerleader shaker in the other, he raised both to the sky and yelled, "Go Vols!"

To which the audience broke out

Continue Reading →

Mosque attack outrages Israeli leaders

Israeli credibility to protect its own Arab population is on the line after an arson attack on a unique Arab village in northern Israel.
In the early hours of Monday morning, someone crept into the large mosque of the village of Tuba-Zangariya and, in a manner similar to attacks recently carried out in the West Bank, set fire to holy books and a carpet, causing considerable smoke damage. On the walls, a vandal spray-painted in Hebrew, “Mohammed is a pig,” as well as the words “Revenge”

Continue Reading →

Monday, October 3, 2011

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Holder with Bike

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 can be a hassle to carry around while riding a bicycle, so why not buy a tablet holder that comes with a bike? Samsung UK has teamed up with...

Continue Reading →

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Perfect Xmas gift: The Lego assault rifle

Like banking, love, and cooking with beets, Lego must move with the times.
The times, in case you hadn't noticed, are somewhat troubled. Who can be surprised, therefore, that a vast and imaginative mind has found a way to take its little bricks of Lego and make an assault rifle out of them?
My mind went entirely Boing-Boing when that publication revealed to me this act of ingenuity.

The creation of the Palm Brothers, this Lego Lancer assault rifle was inspired by Gears of War, a very fine

Continue Reading →

Thunderbolt, other HTC phones have big security hole, report claims

HTC
Android smartphones including the Evo 3D, the Evo 4G, and the Thunderbolt contain a flaw that gives Internet-connected apps installed on the devices access to personal information such as text message data, location info, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers, according to a trio of security researchers.

The HTC Thunderbolt
(Credit:
Sarah Tew/CNET)

Researcher Artem Russakovskii says that he, Justin Case, and Trevor Eckhart have discovered a vulnerability involving logging tools that HTC

Continue Reading →

Pujols, Cards rally vs. Phillies to knot series

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA -- John Jay knocked Carlos Ruiz backward with a hard forearm shiver, then the St. Louis Cardinals flipped this series around.
Albert Pujols hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning after Cliff Lee blew a four-run lead, and the Cardinals rallied past the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Sunday night to even their NL playoff matchup at one game each.
Down early, Jay jolted Philadelphia's catcher on a bruising play at the plate. Jay was out,

Continue Reading →

Sen. Durbin Defends Reform Despite New Bank Fees

Are we living through the least violent moment in human history? Has there ever been an age, during the past 10,000 years, with fewer wars or mass killings or chances of being murdered? The answer seems, to me, almost self-evident. There are terrible wars today, but they are extremely scarce, not very intense and do
Powered By WizardRSS.com | Full Text RSS Feed | Amazon Plugin | Settlement Statement | WordPress

Continue Reading →

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Doc & Howard hammer Cards in Game 1

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA -- Kyle Lohse couldn't beat Roy Halladay twice in two weeks.
Unhittable for a few innings, Lohse later struggled and the St. Louis Cardinals blew an early lead against Halladay, losing 11-6 to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night in the opener of their NL division series.
Lance Berkman hit a three-run homer off Halladay in the first, a lead that stood until Ryan Howard connected off Lohse in a five-run sixth.

Now the

Continue Reading →

Atlanta 'Housewives' star Kandi Burruss gets her own Bravo show

Kandi Burruss

Kandi Burruss is willing to see if her success with making a hit out of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" cast mate Kim Zolciak's single, "Tardy For The Party," can be replicated and Bravo's cameras will be there to capture the whole process.

The network announced Thursday that it has given a green light to a new special called "The Kandi Factory."

"With her

Continue Reading →

CFL: Stampeders dismantle Riders

Are we living through the least violent moment in human history? Has there ever been an age, during the past 10,000 years, with fewer wars or mass killings or chances of being murdered? The answer seems, to me, almost self-evident. There are terrible wars today, but they are extremely scarce, not very intense and do
Powered By WizardRSS.com | Full Text RSS Feed | Amazon Plugin | Settlement Statement | WordPress

Continue Reading →

Hollywood stars lining up for audiobooks

Kate Winslet accepts the award for outstanding lead actress in a mini-series or movie for “Mildred Pierce” at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Audible.com is going Hollywood, enlisting a roster of A-list stars to record a new line of audiobooks drawn from famous works of literature.

Kate Winslet, whose

Continue Reading →

In most places around the globe, violence has stopped making sense

Are we living through the least violent moment in human history? Has there ever been an age, during the past 10,000 years, with fewer wars or mass killings or chances of being murdered?
The answer seems, to me, almost self-evident. There are terrible wars today, but they are extremely scarce, not very intense and do not affect the lives of many people. If we assume that Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria and Somalia are all “at war” today and all their people are affected, that means

Continue Reading →

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

© Copyright 2010-2011 USA HOT NEWS All Rights Reserved.
Published by GSJA City Blessing | Powered by Blogger.com