Month: August 2010

Last week in Silicon Valley : Monday We’ve been closely tracking the latest developments in the long-running Silicon Valley soap opera that is Hewlett-Packard. No, we don’t mean the continuing fallout over the departure of Mark Hurd as CEO of the giant Palo Alto maker of computers and printers. Read the original post by LA…

A malfunctioning injector valve caused a chlorine leak at a major Las Vegas hotel on Friday. – (AHN) Read the original post by ESPN

The National Weather Service said Sunday morning that Tropical Storm Earl is expected to become a hurricane later in the day as it heads toward the Leeward Islands. – (AHN) Read the original post by ESPN

Heavy rainfall is being blamed for a 69-car pileup in Phoenix, Ariz. on Saturday. – (AHN) Read the original post by ESPN

The Environmental Protection Agency has denied a petition from several environmental groups calling for a ban on lead hunting ammunition and fishing sinkers. – (AHN) Read the original post by ESPN

The Elburn Lions announced the following winners of the various raffles held during the Elburn Days festivities. Read the original post by Elburn Herald

Solo and small team developers usually have to limit the availability of their application to only one or a few operating systems. Read the original post by Examiner.com

newegg.com offers the Toshiba 40″ 120Hz 1080p Widescreen LCD HD Television, model no. 40G300U, for an in-cart price of $579.99. With free shipping, that’s $70 under our July mention and the lowest total price we could find by $47. Features include a native resolution of 1920×1080 (1080p), 8ms response time, four HDMI inputs, Ethernet port,…

MUMBAI, India a ‘ Efforts by Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry, to broaden the debate over data encryption were dismissed by Indian industry groups as unnecessary Friday and appeared unlikely to break a logjam over government demands for access to users’ e-mails by an Aug. Read the original post by Lubbock…

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UPDATED: Drake and Nicki Minaj Get Married Posted by AJ Grey on 08.28.2010 Both stars confirm it on Twitter… UPDATED: Both sides have confirmed they were just joking. Read the original post by 411mania.com

GiveawayotDay: PCHand Media Converter Pro is an all-in-one best media converter, combining DVD Ripper, Video Converter and HD Vid… http://bit.ly/cSvSxd Read the original post by CNN

For its newsletter subscribers, newegg.com offers the Samsung E1920X 18.5″ Widescreen LCD Monitor for $129.99. Coupon code “EMCYTZT120″ knocks it to $104.99. With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find by $15. Features include a resolution of 1360×768, 5ms response time, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 250 cd/m2 brightness, and both VGA and DVI…

PC Micro Store knocks up to 82% off select Apple iPod touch accessories. Even better, coupon code “20OFFTCH23″ takes an extra 20% off. Combined with free shipping, it’s the best discount we’ve seen on these items from PC Micro Store since January. Coupon ends after 500 uses. Notable after the above coupon is the AIMO…

PC Micro Store knocks up to 77% off its entire selection of iPhone 4 accessories. Plus, take an extra 10% off via coupon code “10OFFIP4G”. Plus, bag free shipping on most items. In all, hundreds of items are available, with many at the lowest total price we could find after discount. Coupon expires after 500…