Month: August 2010

Country singer Jimmy Wayne can finally put his feet up. He arrived in Phoenix Sunday with a broken foot after walking approximately 1700 miles over the past seven months. Read the original post by KHWB-TV Houston

If you’re trying to outfit an office on the cheap, the Acer Veriton M498G-UI5650C gives you a whole lot of power and future-proofing for only about $700 a pop. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

ISS crew members in great spirits after despite a cooling system failure. – (AHN) Read the original post by Times-Picayune

Hot on the heels of this weekend’s release of the JailbreakMe Web-based jailbreak tool for iOS devices, users with jailbroken iPhone 4s can now think about installing My3G from Intelliborn, which was just updated to enable FaceTime video calling over… Read the original post by Vancouver Sun

The telecom regulator in the United Arab Emirates said Monday its looming ban on BlackBerry email, messaging and web browsing services will extend to foreign visitors, too, raising the stakes in its dispute with the maker of the popular business tools. Read the original post by CBC

LIBRARIES in Haringey are now loaning digital and audio books and readers can check them out without leaving their homes. Read the original post by Haringey Independent

Following her highly publicized break-up with middle brother Joe, Demi Lovato is heading out on tour with the Jonas Brothers and the rest of the ?Camp Rock 2? crew this week. She took time to talk to CNS exclusively about her new music, new sound, and touring with her ex-boyfriend. – (AHN) Read the original…

Clean up work continues along the Kalamazoo River even as the company that owns the pipe that leaked last week declared there is no longer oil in the river, which drains into Lake Michigan. – (AHN) Read the original post by Times-Picayune

The Coast Guard is facing tough criticism for approving dozens of requests by BP to widely use toxic dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico. The agency is reported to have signed off on hundreds of thousands of gallons of surface oil dispersants during the height of the recent oil spill. – (AHN) Read the original…

Today only, Amazon.com offers the Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Internal Hard Drive, model no. WD10EARS, for $55.49 with free shipping ($0.06/GB). That’s $5 under our mention from two weeks ago and the lowest total price we’ve seen for this model. (It’s also a current low by $14.) This “green” drive purports…

JailbreakMe, a new web-based jailbreak has been released, offering users of Apple’s iOS devices, including iPhone 4 and iPad, a simple tool to open up their devices for installation of non-Apple-approved applications, customizations, and file… Read the original post by Vancouver Sun

If you want a Samgung Galaxy S with a slide-out keyboard, there’s only one choice : the Sprint Epic 4G which will be coming out “who knows when.” The release must be getting closer, however, as on Monday Sprint’s Epic 4G teaser site went live. Read the original post by NBC New York

Today only, the Amazon MP3 Store offers downloads of House Of Heroes’ Suburba MP3 Album bundled with the digital booklet for $2.99. That’s the best price we could find for this 13-track, DRM-free album, released today. (iTunes charges $7.99.) Amazon MP3 downloader is required. Read the original post by dealmac.com

The National Hurricane Center in Miami has determined a storm 3,200 miles east-southeast of Palm Beach has a strong likelihood of developing into a tropical storm named ?Colin.” It poses no immediate threat to land. – (AHN) Read the original post by Times-Picayune

Paying via a cell phone using a technology called Near Field Communication has proven a tough sell. Read the original post by NBC New York