A major release of Linux Ubuntu operating system will soon be available. And the Ubuntu version of Linux will be available off-the-shelf pre-installed on a full featured laptop from Dell. The new Dell Vostro V13 – Comes with Ubuntu Preloaded. The Dell laptop features a full sized keyboard, 13.3" WLED display, aluminum body and Ubuntu [...]
This year Daylight Saving Time begins on the second Sunday of March 2010 at 2 a.m. At that time clocks should move ahead (Spring forward) one hour. Daylight Saving Time in the United States lasts for eight months and ends on the first Sunday in November of 2010. At that time clocks should move back [...]
Google has Bridged Microsoft Office and Google Apps with Google’s purchase of DocVerse. Google purchased DocVerse on March 5. The purchase price for the DocVerse plug-in is reported as $25 million dollars. DocVerse takes Microsoft Office documents that are created off-line with the Microsoft Office Suite and converts them to online versions that can be [...]
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards are Sunday, March 7, 2010. The ceremony is to be held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, with actors Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin hosting and will be televised on ABC starting at 8:00 pm EST and 5:00 pm on the west coast. Annually the Academy of Motion Picture Arts [...]
The divorce proceedings of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Jenny Sanford are set to be televised on TV this Friday (February 26, 2010), according to The Post and Courier. The divorce case is scheduled to be heard from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. but is not expected to take the entire time allotted because [...]
The U.S. Mint has unveiled the release of a new penny during a ceremony at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. The shiny new penny has a redesigned reverse for the US One Cent Piece. The coin features a union shield with 13 vertical stripes with a scroll draped across it that reads “One Cent.” The [...]
IPTV meets Brick and Motar: Wal-Mart is about to buy the Set-Top-Box start-up Vudu. Vudu is a Santa Clara, California based online movie service and is backed by Silicon Valley venture capital firms that include Benchmark Capital and Greylock Capital. Vudo had been building set-top-boxes but change to a streaming media service. It is estimated [...]
After the magnitude 7.0 devastating earthquake in Haiti on Tuesday, 12 January 2010 a remake of We are the World was planned for the benefit of the Haitian survivors. The We are the World 25 Remix re-release features many of today’s top artist. Over 85 artists are listed as participating. The recording was organized by [...]