The Motion Picture Association of America has reversed its first NC-17 ruling Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams’ controversial indie drama flick “Blue Valentine.” The ratings board reconsidered its decision after hearing an appeal from The Weinstein Company honcho Harvey Weinstein. – (AHN) Read the original post by Whizkid
Month: December 2010
Streamline wins Texas contract
Streamline Health Solutions Inc. has landed a more than $370,000 contract with one of the largest faith-based, nonprofit health care delivery systems in the U.S., providing the Streamline suite of health information management document workflow solutions at one of its affiliate acute-care hospitals in Texas. Read the original post by Cincinnati Business Courier
(AHN) AHN correspondent receives permanent White House media credentials
Tejinder Singh, a senior correspondent for All Headline News, has received his ?hard pass,? or permanent, credentials for the White House. – (AHN) Read the original post by Whizkid
USB 2.0 SDHC/MMC Memory Card Reader for 89 cents + free shipping
EverydaySource.com offers this USB 2.0 SDHC/MMC Memory Card Reader in Smoke for $5.99. Coupon code “S1208MCRA” cuts it to 89 cents. With free shipping, that’s 10 cents under our Cyber Monday mention of a similar item and the lowest total price we could find for a similar item by $6. It features a USB 2.0…
(AHN) AIG to pay back Federal Reserve $21 billion credit line
The American International Group announced Wednesday it will repay the U.S. Federal Reserve $21 billion credit line. AIG will fund the repayment from the sales of two life insurers outside the U.S. – (AHN) Read the original post by Whizkid
Apple Starts Rolling Out 90 Second Song Previews in iTunes
Apple has started rolling out 90 second song previews on iTunes tonight. The offering is presently sporadic with not every album, or even every eligible song on an album, offering a full 90 second preview. According to a pr… Read the original post by CNN
European Wireless Carriers Miffed by iPhone Data Usage
Could it be revenge for Apple’s suggestion that iPhones carry embedded SIM cards? European wireless carriers are concerned about the heavy bandwidth-usage devices operating on their networks, and have suggested that companies like Apple pay for network upgrades. It’s no secret that iPhone owners download a lot of data. What’s new is that wireless carriers…
What Australians Googled this year
Australians were more interested in new gadgets like the iPad and iPhone 4 than the federal election or BP Oil spill according to a ranking of popular news searches on Google and Yahoo7 for this year. Read the original post by The Age
Epic Games Launches ‘Infinity Blade’ – an Unreal-Based Game for iPhone and iPad
Epic Games has released their first full iOS game tonight. Infinity Blade is a gesture-based fighting game that is based on the company’s Unreal Engine 3. Epic showed and released a free technology demo of the engine at Apple’s 2010 Fall M… Read the original post by CNN
RIM PlayBook Faces Crowded Tablet Market, iPad Enterprise Use
RIM’s PlayBook will face an ever-more-crowded tablet market in 2011, with challenges from Google, Windows and Apples iPad. – Research In Motion co-CEO Mike Lazaridis seemed a bit laissez-faire at times during his Dec. 7 talk at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference in San Francisco. When asked whether he viewed Apple and Google as…
Dell Professional 24″ 1080p LED-Backlit LCD Display for $160 + free shipping
Dell Small Business offers its Dell Professional P2411H 24″ 1080p LED-Backlit Widescreen LCD Monitor for $229. Coupon code “0ZD?BFDT57LVTS” cuts it to $160.30. With free shipping, that’s $46 under our mention from five days ago and it’s the lowest total price we’ve seen for this new display. (It’s also a current price low by $105.)…
Chinese housewives recruited to smuggle in iPads
If you can’t get it into the country legally, smuggle it in. Particularly, it appears, if its the 3G iPad, 88 of which 14 housewives were reportedly trying to smuggle into China. Read the original post by Whizkid
OnLive demonstrates flash running on an iPad, through Internet Explorer
FROM GAMERTELL – OnLive is making possible the things that should not be. MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for Appletell. | Comment on this Article » Read the original post by NEWS
Seagate looks to raise $1.1B from loan, debt sale
Hard-disk-drive maker Seagate Technology PLC is looking to raise as much as $1.1 billion through a combination of a loan and the sale of some debt. Read the original post by Boston Globe
Bing’s Mall Maps Help You Find The Store You’re Looking For
Getting online maps for streets was already great, but now the folks over at Bing are taking it one step further with the introduction of mall directory maps for Bing Maps. Read the original post by Ubergizmo