Month: October 2010

A recent study found that vigorous exercise of more than two hours a week reduces the risk of developing breast cancer in postmenopausal African-American women by 64 percent. – (AHN) Read the original post by NBC Washington

Mark Kanny is the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s classical music critic and can be reached at 412-320-7877 or via e-mail. The components of a rewarding concert are simple: great music in outstanding performances. Read the original post by Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Nearly lost amid Apple’s recent product and software rollouts was the most significant announcement of all: the arrival of the company’s AirPlay audio streaming system, a technology with the potential to become a Top-10 consumer electronics product, according to the market research firm iSuppli. Read the original post by Cellular News

CNN has fired one their most outspoken anchors. Rick Sanchez was terminated from his position at the network cable news source Friday, a day after he made controversial comments about Jews and John Stewart during a radio interview. – (AHN) Read the original post by NBC Miami

With a series of polls showing movement in her direction, Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer took aim at her rival Carly Fiorina in a new ad Friday that targets the Republican candidate’s decision to move American jobs abroad during her 51/2-year stint heading Hewlett-Packard. The three-term senator amplified that message at a fundraiser featuring Vice ……

Authorities have arrested one suspect and remain on the hunt for possibly two to three others following the shooting of an armored truck security guard outside a Miramar bank on Friday. – (AHN) Read the original post by NBC Miami

A concave surface will focus sound or light onto a focal point. Unfortunately, those designing the concave-shaped reflective facade of the MGM Resorts International Vdara hotel and condominium, which opened on the Las Vegas “strip” in December, overlooked that fact, something high school physics students know. Read the original post by WPMT-TV York

Radiohead-Prague offers downloads of Radiohead: Live in Prague in multiple video formats for free. Available formats include DVD, MOV (Quicktime and iPad/Apple TV), MP4 (iPhone / iPod), and others. This fan-produced video features footage from Radiohead’s performance at the Výstavišt? Holešovice Exhibition Hall in Prague, Czech Republic on August 23, 2010. Read the original post…

Even Google does not dispute that its on-screen keyboard leaves much to be desired when compared with iOS’. Thus, alternative keyboards like Swype and Swiftkey, among others, have become quite popular. Read the original post by KSWB-TV San Diego

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has been very open with his opinion of the decision of HP’s board to out then-CEO Mark Hurd what amounted to an expense report scandal . Read the original post by KSWB-TV San Diego

It wasn’t long ago that the music video was on life support. MTV phased out videos in favor of reality programming and other shows that attracted better ratings. Read the original post by Providence Journal

Houston, TX, October 02, 2010 — – Dr. Cell Phone – a Texas-based phone, laptop, and electronics repair center – offers on-site MacBook repairs at its Houston location. Read the original post by Earth Times

Saturday is the 60th anniversary of “Peanuts,” the classic syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip written and illustrated by Charles Schulz. Read the original post by NBC Miami

Today only, the Amazon MP3 Store offers downloads of Belle and Sebastian’s The Life Pursuit MP3 Album for $3.99. That’s the best price we could find for this 13-track, DRM-free album, released in 2006. (iTunes charges $9.99.) Amazon MP3 downloader is required. Read the original post by dealmac.com

We’ve reported before on a fake dead body on Google Street View, a girl ” playing dead ” to fool her friends. Read the original post by NBC Miami