beyonceVEVO Beyonce’s new song, ‘XO,’ isn’t going over well with family members of the astronauts killed in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. One of Beyonce‘s new songs has struck the wrong chord with family of the victims of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The pop star’s new song, “XO,” opens with a six-second audio sample that originally was ...
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Arsenal takes back top spot with help from City
SUZANNE PLUNKETT/REUTERS Arsenal ride Theo Walcott’s double to come back from behind against West Ham United. MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Arsenal is on top of the Premier League heading into the second half of the season as Arsene Wenger looks to win the trophy for the first time in a decade. Theo Walcott’s double ensured Liverpool’s stay atop the standings ...
Read More »Nvidia’s GameWorks program usurps power from developers, end-users, and AMD
Over the past few months, Nvidia has made a number of high-profile announcements regarding game development and new gaming technologies. One of the most significant is a new developer support program, called GameWorks. The GameWorks program offers access to Nvidia’s CUDA development tools, GPU profiling software, and other developer resources. One of the features of GameWorks is a set of ...
Read More »An innovation to keep love matches from fizzling
Pearl Gabel/New York Daily News Rahul Saggar, founder of Presentation Dating Experts would tell you that it’s not good to brag about your personal failings on a first date. But Rahul Saggar is no expert. His dating strategy involves boasting to prospective lovers about years of coming up with wacky inventions — yet selling none of them. And now the ...
Read More »Hugh Jackman departs from Broadway’s ‘Houdini’
Juan Naharro Gimenez/Getty Images Hugh Jackman won’t be chained to the Broadway production of ‘Houdini’ after all. The actor cited scheduling issues for his departure. Hugh Jackman is the latest high-profile name to escape from the Broadway production of “
Read More »Lawson went from ‘hyperactive Duracell bunny’ to ‘zombie’: ex-aides
Oli Scarff/Getty Images Nigella Lawson, a celebrity chef who admitted hard drug use, was known by her former assistants to have wild mood swings. Nigella Lawson acted like a “zombie” one minute and a “Duracell bunny” the next, said the Italian sisters cleared Friday of defrauding the TV chef and her ex-husband Charles Saatchi while working as assistants for Lawson. ...
Read More »Black market flooded with 40 million credit card numbers stolen from Target
ABC Target offered a 10 percent discount to shoppers this weekend as an apology for a security breach that exposed 40 million credit and debit card numbers. But the reduction was only available in stores, and not on the Internet. Holiday news for Target shoppers got even gloomier with reports that credit card information stolen from 40 million accounts has ...
Read More »Meet the real-life Barbie from Bradford who spends 4 HOURS a day perfecting herself
Lhouraii Li is the Bradford barbie [BARCROFT] Blonde Lhouraii Li says her extraordinary appearance is a combination of Japanese fashion and pink princess Barbie. Using special contact lenses and fake eyelashes, she has made her eyes more doll like and with clever make-up she’s learnt how to contour her face without surgery. The 21-year-old is so attached to her look ...
Read More »From eons to hours: new process can pressure-cook algae into crude oil
A new discovery could let scientists artificially create crude oil in under an hour, accelerating a natural process that normally takes at least a few million years to complete. In nature, crude oil is the product of hundreds of species of algae and bacteria that grew, died, and slowly settled to form deposits of decaying organic matter. This matter builds ...
Read More »New gadget claims to stop wearers from dozing off
Courtesy of Rhyme Lou Wearing the Vigo on the road could help keep drivers from dozing off, its makers suggest. A new wearable device claims to be able to put an end to untimely sleepiness by measuring alertness and nudging the user awake if necessary. Vigo is a headset which uses an infrared sensor to track blinking patterns and eye ...
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