Posts Tagged ‘tuesday’
AP – People you know have spent small fortunes on shiny new smart phones such as the iPhone 3GS, a BlackBerry or the Droid. But the devices still don’t have all the features they want.
PC World – RadioShack is offering the 15.6-inch Acer Aspire AS5517-1208 laptop for $400. This Aspire laptop features an AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 320GB hard drive, and it runs Windows 7. It’s currently selling on the RadioShack Website for about $550, so the deal is a good $150 off.
AP – Israel’s foreign minister said Thursday it is up to the Palestinians to decide whether to resume Mideast peace talks now that Israel has announced a settlement freeze.
A roadside bomb targeting a police officer exploded in the main northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday, injuring three people in the latest of a wave of attacks to strike the area since the army launched a major anti-Taliban offensive last month.
AP – Brady Quinn’s best game as a pro seemed to make him nostalgic about his college days.
The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple managed to slip into Tuesday night’s state dinner even though they were not on the guest list.
AP – A helicopter belonging to an international military contractor has gone missing in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday.
NewsFactor – Google launched a mobile version of its movie search service Tuesday that is compatible with Apple’s iPhone as well as all mobile devices running Android and the Palm webOS. The new offering promises to make it easier for movie fans to plan their next theater trip while on the go.
PC World – Way outdone by rivals like Hulu and YouTube, Web video service Joost is now in the throes of winding down, only two-and-a-half years after its rollout with very high hopes by Skype co-founders Janius Friis and Niklas Zennstrom.
Google has apologized for a racist caricature of Michelle Obama that became the top result for users searching for images of the US First Lady.