Articles Archive for October 2008
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And now the Chinese government is crying over spilled milk.
China’s Premier Wen Jiabao said in an interview that his government was partly to blame for the contaminated milk scandal.
While assuring tough legislation and monitoring, the Chinese Premier said his government is to blame concerning industry regulation.
Technology »
Days ago Apple has released their new line-up of laptops such as the New MacBook, the New Mac Book Pro, and the New Mac Book Air. I quoted descriptions for each MacBook from the apple site below for a quick glance of the specs.
All I can say is that the rumored $800 price is not within our reach.
The next-generation MacBook.
The new MacBook has something for everyone. Less than an inch thin and 4.5 pounds, it fits your backpack (and your mobile lifestyle). It offers great integrated graphics performance for …
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And the richest is . . . Roger.
Swiss tennis superstar Roger Federer has become the richest tennis player in history according to ATP News.
With career prize money earnings listed as a staggering $US43.29 million he has overtaken Pete Sampras of the USA.
Federer will take his earnings to $US43.5 million should he win the ATP Madrid Masters. Sampras earned $US43.27 million in his career.
Federer and Sampras, with 13 and 14 Grand Slams win each, stand almost $ US12 million clear of third-placed Andre Agassi.
“It’s not very special,” Federer said. “It’s very …
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Entertainment »
Will Smith would be movie fans’ top pick to play Barack Obama in his biopic, according to a new survey.
The actor topped the poll by Virgin Media asking who would be most likely to play Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in the big screen about his life.
Will Smith acquired the highest votes in the survey. Denzel Washington came second while Gary Coleman and Jamie Foxx tied for the third spot.
Will Smith has played Muhammad Ali, the last person on earth and a boozy superhero so why not play Obama?
The senator …
Entertainment »
Watching Mariah Carey ‘making out’ with another man is not easy for Nick Cannon.
Mariah’s husband admits he didn’t realize how difficult it would be to see her shooting steamy scenes with a good-looking model when he directed her new video ‘I Stay In Love’.
You see, Mariah had to roll around a bit with a hunky actor and Nick was almost unable to watch. He says he didn’t feel intimidated, but could have “knocked him out at any point.”
Despite having to watch the intimate sex scene, Nick claims he likes working …
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Another 1,500 workers at three General Motors Corp. plants will be laid off indefinitely over the next few months due to decreasing demand for many products, the International Herald Tribune reported on its website.
GM, which posted a $15.5 billion net loss in the second quarter, has been battling an industry sales slouch in the United States. Its 2008 U.S. sales were down nearly 18 percent through September.
GM plans to lay off 700 workers at its Pontiac Assembly plant, about 400 hourly workers each at its Wilmington, Del., assembly plant and …
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Technology »
FriendFeed real-time (beta)
My favorite Web 2.0 site friendfeed has launched a new cool feature. The feature is that you can read the feeds in real time. Casey wrote on the friendblog that the move was inspired by a user comment on the question “what you liked about friendfeed?” And one said “procrastination is only a refresh away”, hence the friendfeed real-time gave birth to a bouncing “beta-hood” (just invented the word).
Casey also wrote that the technique they’ve used is called long polling. Long polling according to the ever realiable wikipedia …
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It’s not so surprising that David Duchovny and wife Tea Leoni have separated. The pair split some time ago, but opted to keep the news of the break-up private for the sake of their two kids.
Duchonvny and Leoni have two children — daughter Madelaine West, 9, and son Kyd, 6. The couple married in 1997.
Duchovny, best known for his roles on TV’s The X-Files and Californication, recently completed a stint in rehab for sex addiction. The actor willingly entered rehab last summer.
News of the former couple’s breakup came on …





