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U.S. Store Traffic Fell 24% on Pre-Christmas Weekend 2009-01-26 22:07:57 U.S. retail store traffic fell 24 percent last weekend from a year earlier as deepened discounts failed to entice consumers to spend during what may be the worst holiday-shopping season in four decades.Source: Read more:Christmas
, Store
, Weekend
Windows 7 beta 1 review 2009-01-26 15:22:57 The Mac guy must be shaking in his iboots. ZDNet News & Blogs has a new review
up for Windows
7 beta 1 and they like it, a lot.
"I like Windows 7, a lot. Microsoft seems to have put a lot of effort into developing a core operating system that is free from the pointless frills of the likes of XP and Vista. The OS is solid and fast and based on what I’ve seen so far I’d have no probl
Hangover Remedies - Fact and Folk 2009-01-25 12:09:56 Some Fact and Folk Hangover Remedies
that may help you bring in the New Year without the morning after.Source:
Top Five Amazing Astronomy Discoveries of 2008 2009-01-10 21:59:41 Astronomers have continued to cast their eyes to the heavens, with bigger and better telescopes and as much passion as ever this year, but some of the coolest findings of 2008 were right in our own backyard or at least looked like they were.Source: Read more:Amazing
, Astronomy
, Top Five
U.S. unemployment lines longest in 26 years 2009-01-06 22:11:37 The nation's labor market continued to worsen in recent weeks, with the unemployment lines stretching to the longest in 26 years, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.Source:
Universal Broadband Plan Calls for $44 billion in Spending 2008-12-19 21:48:19 President-elect Obama is calling for a massive $850 billion
or more economic stimulus package to jump start the US economy and rebuild neglected infrastructure. As part of this plan the Obama administration has pledged to deploy next-generation broadband to every community in America. The Free Press has put forth a $44 billion plan to achieve universal broadband availability for the United States. Read more:Spending
, Universal
Video: Nike - Fate 2008-12-19 00:43:18 It wasn't luck, chance or coincidence. It was Fate.Source:
The Top 5 History Makers of 2008 2008-12-18 22:05:18 When history books and TV documentaries distill 2008 to its bare bones, down to the handful of people who dominated the mediasphere 24/7, who will we remember?Source: Read more:History
, Makers
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" Cancelled 2008-12-17 21:54:17 "The Chronicles of Narnia
: The Voyage
of the Dawn Treader" will have to sail without Disney.
While declining to elaborate, Disney and Walden Media confirmed Tuesday that for budgetary and logistical reasons the Burbank-based studio is not exercising its option to co-produce and co-finance the next "Narnia" movie with Walden.Source: Read more:Cancelled
Blagojevich appoints senator, gets expected response 2008-12-10 16:47:10 Blagovevich has appointed a new junior senator for Illinois.
"The people of Illinois are entitled to have two United States senators represent them in Washington D.C.," Blagojevich said. "As governor I am required to make this appointment."
America wonders what the winning bid was.Source: