Egyptian President-elect to Appoint Woman, Christian Vice-Presidents

Posted in: Featured, World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | June 27th 2012 | no comments

Egyptian president-elect Mohamed Morsi on Tuesday announced that he would nominate six vice-presidents, including a woman and a Christian, in a bid to keep his word to be a president to all Egyptian. The move is also perceived as a step toward ending the reign of the military, which is [...]

Update for Google Maps for Android Smartphones

Posted in: Technology by Monica Ionescu | June 23rd 2010 | no comments

Google made available on Tuesday June 22 2010 three more new updates for the Android phone version 4.3. The updates are available only for the phones that run an operating system created after the 1.6 version. The Latitude module is the Google's social beacon for locating your friends which use the same system. Now, this module suggests friends for you that you could add to your [...]

The iPads Sold in Over Three Million Copies

Posted in: Technology by Monica Ionescu | June 23rd 2010 | no comments

Apple officially announced that they sold three million iPads by the end of June 22 this year. The introduction on the new gadget from Apple was 80 days ago and since then the world has gone crazy. Everybody wants to have this technological wonder. This gadget can become a part of your daily life, if you let it. The starting price of the iPad is of 499 dollars. This toy provides the [...]

Sony NEX-5 – The Smallest Interchangeable Lens Camera in the World

Posted in: Technology by Monica Ionescu | June 23rd 2010 | no comments

Sony creats innovative products for many years. And this time, it is no surprise that the technicians at Sony's managed to design the smallest interchangeable lens camera there is today. It is hard to find the middle between a DSLR camera and a compact camera. This camera created by Sony has plenty of alternatives to a DSLR camera, even though it is not a fully DSLR. This camera uses a [...]

What If There is Something Better than the iTunes?

Posted in: Technology by Monica Ionescu | June 23rd 2010 | no comments

Have you ever imagined your life without iTunes? If you have a Mac or an iPhone, you probably haven't. Google, the search giant is planning to launch a music download service, so that everyone who uses Google and searches for music tracks, to be able to find the soundtracks that interest them. This service is preparing to be launched in 2010, according to the Wall Street Journal and in [...]

The Sun is Singing – Find Out How This is Possible

Posted in: Technology by Monica Ionescu | June 23rd 2010 | no comments

The sounds produced by our sun have been observed recently by the scientists and astronomers of the University of Sheffield as the Daily Telegraph Journal in the UK reported. The sun is the inspiration for many songs, but apparently it has its own music. Thanks to the technologies today, the scientists have been able to observe those sounds with the help of some special computer [...]

Just Google It

Posted in: Technology by Monica Ionescu | June 23rd 2010 | no comments

Now all the Americans who reside in the USA can use the Google Voice feature, as the search giant announced Tuesday. In the past, you had to receive an invitation in order to sign up for an account. Still, more than 1 million users have Google Voice accounts. This amount is expected to increase rapidly after the decision made by Google. Google Voice is an excellent service, because it [...]

Hundreds of people rescued from Chinese floods

Posted in: Environment by Irina Ionescu | June 23rd 2010 | no comments

The Xinhua news agency reported that in Beijing, China, more than 1,000 people were rescued from rushing flood waters. Moreover, more than 35,000 people had to immediately leave the area because of the rushing water, the agency added. This new flooding comes as it has rained [...]

Wildfire In Flagstaff, Arizona Burns 10,000 Acres.

Posted in: Environment by Irina Ionescu | June 22nd 2010 | no comments

A wildfire in Flagstaff, Arizona continues to grow, consuming at least 10,000 acres as of Tuesday morning. Stephanie Smith, a Flagstaff fire spokeswoman, told the public that an abandoned campfire left by campers started the fire and that anyone with information should step forward and tell proper authorities. Coconino, Kaibab, and Prescott national forests all implemented fire [...]

Lil’ Wayne Could Avoid Time In Jail

Posted in: U.S. News by Irina Ionescu | June 22nd 2010 | no comments

Multi-platinum and Grammy winning rapper Lil’ Wayne could possibly be avoiding three years in jail according to a plea deal that was announced on Monday. Lil’ Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, currently serving one year in prison for a gun charge, had to appear in court electronically through video.  The three-year sentencing could possibly be reduced to 36 months on [...]

Fremont, Nebraska Implements New Immigration Guidelines.

Posted in: U.S. News by Tudor Daniel | June 22nd 2010 | no comments

New immigration measures were implemented in Fremont, Nebraska on Monday.  The new ordinance banned business ad landlords from hiring and renting to illegal immigrants.The community has been in a state of ethical turmoil since these measures were implemented. "It is with great disappointment and sadness that tonight we acknowledge a majority of Fremont voters approving this misguided [...]

Peanuts To Be Banned From Planes?

Posted in: U.S. News by Tudor Daniel | June 22nd 2010 | 2 comments

Aimee Katz Zipkin and her 3-year-old daughter, afraid to travel by plan due to the 3-year-old’s severe peanut allergy, are pushing to ban the consumption of peanuts on airplanes. Aimee stated that "If you so desire, take a bath in peanuts, but if you're 30,000 feet up and someone has an allergic reaction, then the plane is going to have to go into emergency landing in God knows where, [...]

“Like” Buttons Used for Click Fraud Schemes

Posted in: Technology by Monica Ionescu | June 22nd 2010 | no comments

Facebook is a social utility program used by more than 500 million users. If you are one of those, you probably know that when you like a person, a team, a song, a game, a statement anything you may hit a button called Like.This button was introduced by Facebook at the beginning of 2009 and it was never supposed to become involved in click fraud schemes, like it is today. This button is [...]

Watching the World Cup in 3D – A failure?

Posted in: Technology by Monica Ionescu | June 22nd 2010 | no comments

Have you ever wanted to watch a 3D movie and this was available only at cinemas? I guess you did. But today, in this era we're living in, the technologies evolve very quickly and let us to be a part of their spectacular performances. This was supposed to happen with the World Cup 2010 too hosted by South Africa. Sony is the company which allowed us to watch the first match using our [...]

Microsoft’s Center for Reporting Data Theft

Posted in: Technology by Monica Ionescu | June 22nd 2010 | no comments

As announced by USA Today in this weekend, the Microsoft Corporation in its attempt of stopping and preventing data theft or cybercrimes, opened a center for reporting the identity and data theft, when this happens. The center will have the purpose of finding the data which is stolen and stashed out all over the Internet, without the data's creator accept. Malicious software are [...]

Invasion on Little Big Planet 2

Posted in: Technology by Monica Ionescu | June 22nd 2010 | no comments

Since its appearance in 2008, Sony has sold more than 4 million copies of the Little Big Planet game to adults and children alike. Sackboy, the hero from the first game variant is back and now it's coming along with some new friends. The price for playing with this little star is not known yet for sure, but the thing that is very sure is that this game will be available for the [...]

Applications Upgraded for iPhone 4 Already

Posted in: Technology by Monica Ionescu | June 22nd 2010 | no comments

Even though the iPhone 4 was not yet released on market, some of the applications that will be included in the new toy were already updated to deliver the best experience. More than 600000 people pre-ordered their iPhones, but some of them will just have to wait until the next charge of iPhones is on its way, because the Apple's capacity of producing these mobile phones is exceeded by [...]

Intel – Monopoly in the World of Processors

Posted in: Technology by Monica Ionescu | June 22nd 2010 | no comments

I guess that is no surprise that Intel has been accused of monopoly, since every computer we have uses an Intel processor. Of course, there are also other processor manufacturers, but they don't raise to Intel sales volume. One of those is AMD, which produces AMD Sempron processors, Duron, Athlon and others. The Federal Trade Commission acussed the Intel Company of abuse over its market [...]

Nintendo’s 3DS – the world’s most popular portable game system

Posted in: Technology by Monica Ionescu | June 22nd 2010 | no comments

This is not actually a fact, but it will happen shortly, after the massive succes this gadget had at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Better knows as E3, this electronic expo is the host for some of the most interesting gadgets in the world. This takes place at Los Angeles every year and if you are interested in video games, then this is the place to be. The star of the this year's [...]