January 2010 Blog Posts (58)

Google Nexus One Reveals Retail Ambitions

Google's Nexus One is a nice phone. It's fast, attractive, and can run some great software. The Android Market may currently offer less than a fifth as many apps as Apple's iTunes Store and the phone itself my lack the multitouch support that makes iPhone interaction so intuitive, but Nexus One users have access to Google Voice, Google Goggles, and system-wide speech… Continue

Added by bloglist on January 6, 2010 at 4:56pm — No Comments

007 bondage would be a bad move for Sam Mendes

No, this isn't an April Fool's prank. According to both The Times' Hero Complex blog and the Hollywood Reporter, Sam Mendes, the wonderfully cerebral and cultured filmmaker who once upon a time won an Oscar for directing "American Beauty," is in discussions to make the new James Bond film, which could go into production as early as this June. Daniel Craig would… Continue

Added by bloglist on January 6, 2010 at 11:29am — No Comments

Misconception– Health care is or should be a right – not a privilege and not a responsibility

During the presidential debates, Tom Brokow asked “is healthcare a right, a privilege or a responsibility?” The candidates did not answer the question but now would be a good time for Congress and the Obama Administration to balance the rights being offered as part of reform with corresponding responsibilities.

We are the only developed country that does not assure all of its citizens basic medical care insurance access – shame on us. We spend more per capita for medical care than any… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on January 6, 2010 at 10:15am — No Comments

CARS 2010 – Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery ... Reminder Call for Papers Deadline: 11th January 2010

Colleagues,

Please see message below from organizers of the annual CARS 2010 – Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 24th International Congress and Exhibition, http://www.cars-int.org ...

ENJOY!

CC

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CARS 2010 – Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

24th International Congress and Exhibition,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on January 6, 2010 at 8:42am — No Comments

Obama promises security increases

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that U.S. officials had all the intelligence needed to keep Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from boarding a Detroit-bound flight but "failed to connect the dots," putting at risk the lives of nearly 300 people on board in an alleged bombing attempt.

Calling it a "potentially disastrous" failure, Obama delivered his sternest… Continue

Added by bloglist on January 6, 2010 at 4:49am — No Comments

Microsoft's Office 2010 Pricing, Explained

Microsoft's new Office 2010 suite is coming soon. The company says 2 million people are already using the beta (and claims 9 out of 10 beta users consider it "an improvement over their current productivity suite.") So it's time to find out just how much it'll cost you to get it. The new SKUs include:

Office Professional, $499 boxed or $349 via Product Key Card.… Continue

Added by bloglist on January 5, 2010 at 5:29pm — No Comments

Timbaland Wants An End To Gossip About Himself, Tiger Woods

Vanity Fair's new cover boy Eldrick "Tiger" Woods, Major League Baseball World Champion Alex Rodriguez and Timbaland. The last guy on that list says all three famous dudes have at least one thing in common: They've been the subject of frequent gossip on the Internet and tabloids. While the aforementioned jocks have seen their love lives become fodder for the rumor mill,… Continue

Added by bloglist on January 5, 2010 at 2:58pm — No Comments

Kepler scientists find five very hot planets

Opening a new chapter in planet hunting, scientists reported Monday that they had discovered five worlds orbiting nearby stars by using the Kepler space telescope.

"These planets orbit quite close to their stars, so they're quite hot," said Kepler science team leader William Borucki of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., who made the… Continue

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Two Killed in Las Vegas Courthouse

A gunman opened fire Monday morning in the lobby of the Federal Courthouse in downtown Las Vegas, killing a court security officer and wounding a deputy United States marshal before fleeing. He was then shot in the head and killed nearby.

“The suspect was in the lobby, but he never made it past the security checkpoint,” said Barbara Morgan, a spokeswoman for the Las… Continue

Added by bloglist on January 4, 2010 at 6:55pm — No Comments

It's not just Britain shivering as record snow hits China and South Korea

British commuters may have shivered, cursed and slid as they headed back to work after the Christmas break today, but the UK has been spared the worst of the cold weather that is gripping much of the northern hemisphere, bringing freezing temperatures and record snowfalls to parts of north Asia, Europe and the US.

The punishing winter weather has brought transport… Continue

Added by bloglist on January 4, 2010 at 4:26pm — No Comments

'Avatar' Rules Box Office For Third Straight Weekend

Box-Office Top Five

#1 "Avatar" ($68.3 million)

#2 "Sherlock Holmes" ($38.4 million)

#3 "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" ($36.6 million)

#4 "It's Complicated" ($18.7 million)

#5 "The Blind Side" ($12.7 million)

The third time isn't just the charm for "Avatar" — it marks yet another notch in the science-fiction epic's… Continue

Added by bloglist on January 4, 2010 at 12:28pm — No Comments

Healthcare Reform Misconception - Giving patients more control of their healthcare expenditures will lead to lower costs

It makes good sense to have all of us more involved in our healthcare decision-making and with that its payments. But individuals purchase healthcare in a manner unlike any other purchase. Patients or their loved ones do not “shop” for the best price the way they shop for a new washing machine. They shop for the best [as they understand it] physician, hospital, etc. Mostly they accept the advice of their personal physician as to drugs, surgery or rehab. That said it makes sense to have high… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on January 4, 2010 at 10:24am — No Comments

Iran Plans Large-Scale War Games

Iranian media reported Tehran would conduct a large-scale defensive military exercise next month, coinciding with what Tehran officials now say is a deadline for the West to respond to its counter-offer to a nuclear-fuel deal.

The commander of Iran's ground forces, Brig. Gen. Ahmad-Reza Pourdastan, said the drill would be conducted by Iran's army, in… Continue

Added by bloglist on January 3, 2010 at 3:58pm — No Comments

Climate change far worse than thought before

Global alarm over climate change and its effects has risen manifold after the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Since then, many of the 2,500-odd IPCC scientists have found climate change is progressing faster than the worst-case scenario they had predicted.

Their studies will be considered for the next IPCC report, but since that will come out… Continue

Added by bloglist on January 3, 2010 at 12:56pm — No Comments

Obama Vacation Day 10

After his regular early morning workout at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii and following a secure conference call with top aides investigating what went wrong with anti-terror programs, President Obama took his daughters, Malia and Sasha, and some other members of his family to the Sea Life Park, a privately owned marine park about ten miles down the coast from the Obama's vacation… Continue

Added by bloglist on January 3, 2010 at 10:20am — No Comments

For tobacco states, a change is in the air

Reporting from Arlington, Va. - The changing face of the Old Dominion can be seen in the stuff Jimmy Cirrito sweeps up off the floor of his bar every night. It used to be cigarette butts -- now it's gum.

"I got Nicorette and Bubblicious and green and yellow and purple. It looks like a circus down there," said Cirrito, owner of Jimmy's Old Town Tavern in the northern… Continue

Added by bloglist on January 3, 2010 at 6:44am — No Comments

Cable TV Standoffs Threaten Viewing Costs, Choices

Many questions remain for cable TV viewers nationwide even after Fox and Time Warner Cable settled their noisy spat with a New Year's Day agreement.

The deal was good news for more than 6 million Time Warner customers in the short term: College bowl and National Football League games, "American Idol" and a host of other popular Fox programs in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas,… Continue

Added by bloglist on January 3, 2010 at 4:40am — No Comments

Twin brothers born in different years

Two twin brothers were born in different years thanks to their mother giving birth late New Year's Eve in Tampa, Fla., the boys' father says.

Juan Velasco said his wife Margarita underwent emergency surgery at Tampa General Hospital to deliver the twins with the first, Marcello, being born just before midnight Thursday and brother Stephano being delivered shortly after… Continue

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