Month: December 2010

U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday arrived at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan on an unannounced trip. According to the White House, the President would remain at Bagram and would not be visiting Kabul due to ?bad weather.? Obama is expected to go to the base hospital to visit troops. – (AHN) Read the…

Samsung Electronics promoted its chairman’s son, Jay Y. Lee, as president in a move that tightens the founding family’s grip over the world’s biggest memory chipmaker as it battles slower growth. Read the original post by WNWN-FM Battle Creek

Aretha Franklin is recovering after a “highly successful” surgery on Thursday, the Queen of Soul told The Associated Press . Read the original post by NBC Philadelphia

BundlesForMac offers downloads of its BundlesForMac Fall 2010 12-Application Bundle for $49.99. Together, that’s a savings of $355 compared to paying the list price for each program and the biggest BundlesForMac bundle we’ve ever seen. Deal ends December 14. The 12 included apps are: skEdit: all purpose Text/HTML editor Yummy FTP: FTP/SFTP client application MyStuff:…

The United States this week continued its damage control against international diplomatic tensions unleashed by the latest release of cables from WikiLeaks. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made phone calls to nearly a dozen foreign counterparts to explain the U.S. position and apologized to Pakistani President Asia Ali Zardari. – (AHN) Read the original post…

Investors pushed shares of VeriFone Systems Inc. higher Thursday evening as the company’s quarterly outlook came in above analysts’ current expectations. Read the original post by MarketWatch

From time to time the Apple iPod screen may end up freezing, and you should know how to fix a frozen iPod in such a situation. Read the original post by Buzzle.com

Today only, the Amazon MP3 Store offers downloads of Santana’s Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time MP3 Album for $3.99. That’s the best deal we could find for this 12-track, DRM-free album, released in September. (iTunes charges $9.99.) Amazon MP3 downloader is required. Read the original post by dealmac.com

Below are downloads of several applications which have dropped in price and are available for a limited time from Apple’s App Store. These apps are created for the iPhone and iPod touch; they’re also compatible with the iPad but will run at a significantly lower resolution. (Check the individual apps for further information.) Each is…

It’s the holiday shopping season, and the stores are full of kitchen gift items — some great, some not so much. Read the original post by Fishers Topics

We tested the newest HDTVs from brands like Sony and Samsung. These 50-to-55-inch models will make your media room the envy of your friends while they showcase your favorite programs to their best advantage. Read the original post by PC World

Today only, MacUpdate.com offers downloads of Jumsoft’s Pages Templates 6 for Mac for $19.50. That’s $19 off and the lowest price we could find for this version of the software. This software provides a comprehensive collection of templates for business and personal use with Apple’s Pages. Click here for more information. Read the original post…

Here’s a little Android 2.3 Gingerbread sighting that went undetected for a little while. Read the original post by Ubergizmo