Jan 24 2009

Samsung A836 phone designed for rugged environments – Digital Home


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Samsung A836 phone designed for rugged environments
Digital Home – 21 Jan 2009
If you're the kind of person who works outdoors or under physically demanding conditions, then you may be interested in the new A836 rugged phone from Samsung.
Canada's Rogers adds two rugged phones to lineup Electronista
Rogers Adds to Rugged Lineup With the Samsung Rugby A836 and ZTE IntoMobile
MobileWhack.com – Canada NewsWire (press release) – Unwired View – Boy Genius Report
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Jan 24 2009

Willie Nelson & Snoop Dogg – Superman (LIVE in Amsterdam)

Willie Nelson invites his good friend Snoop Dogg on stage in Amsterdam to help him perform Superman. The video footage doesn’t start until about 30 seconds in, probably because whoever was filming didn’t realize the lens cap was on.

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Jan 23 2009

A thousand Merry Christmases. – North Shore News


Keokuk Gate City Daily

A thousand Merry Christmases.
North Shore News – 11 hours ago
We have heard and read a great deal of complaining lately about all the problems the snow has caused, so I would like to tell you how wonderful the people really are on the North Shore.
Salvation Army surpasses fundraising goal; United Way of Toronto The Canadian Press
Donors, volunteers helped Salvation Army campaign Windsor Star
Keokuk Gate City Daily – WWMT – Muscatine Journal – Sioux Falls Argus Leader
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Jan 23 2009

BlackBerry handsets on Fido by February? – Electronista


Boy Genius Report

BlackBerry handsets on Fido by February?
Electronista – 21 Jan 2009
While it is still unofficial, last week's rumors of Canadian wireless provider Fido, a sub-brand of Rogers, starting to offer BlackBerry handsets seem to be true as Fido staff has been trained on the RIM-made devices.
Fido launching BIS BlackBerry service February 4th? Blackberry Cool
Fido to offer BlackBerry as of February 4 Boy Genius Report
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Jan 23 2009

Provincial, retail partnership makes waste disposal easier – Sault Star

Provincial, retail partnership makes waste disposal easier
Sault Star – 9 hours ago
A new partnership between Ontario's recyclers and several retailers will make it easier for consumers to rid of household hazardous waste.
/REPEAT — Important Announcement For Ontarians re Household CNW Telbec (Communiqué de presse)
Making recycling easy Toronto Star
Hamilton Spectator – CNW Telbec (Communiqué de presse) – CNW Telbec (Communiqué de presse)
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Jan 23 2009

Galileo may get eyes checked 367 years after death

ROME – Italian and British scientists want to exhume the body of 16th century astronomer Galileo for DNA tests to determine if his severe vision problems may have affected some of his findings. “If we knew exactly what was wrong with his eyes we could use computer models to recreate what he saw in his telescope,” said Paolo Galluzzi.

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Jan 23 2009

GM to build battery packs – StarPhoenix


Christian Science Monitor

GM to build battery packs
StarPhoenix – 6 hours ago
General Motors Corp. will assemble its own battery packs in North America's first mass production lithium-ion facility in order to arm itself with a "key competitive advantage" over other manufacturers of plug-in electric cars, the company said
Hope's alive, at least a little, in Michigan Windsor Star
Detroit Auto Show The Kingston Whig-Standard
Business Green – Earth2Tech – Christian Science Monitor
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Jan 23 2009

Samsung A836 phone designed for rugged environments – Digital Home


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Samsung A836 phone designed for rugged environments
Digital Home – 21 Jan 2009
If you're the kind of person who works outdoors or under physically demanding conditions, then you may be interested in the new A836 rugged phone from Samsung.
Canada's Rogers adds two rugged phones to lineup Electronista
Rogers Adds to Rugged Lineup With the Samsung Rugby A836 and ZTE IntoMobile
MobileWhack.com – Canada NewsWire (press release) – Unwired View – Boy Genius Report
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Jan 23 2009

EA Black Box staff sent packing – GameSpot

EA Black Box staff sent packing
GameSpot – 10 hours ago
By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot At least 80 employees of Skate 2 and Need for Speed developer given walking papers; online reports put number at nearly 200.
EA Cuts 200 More Employees IGN
EA announces 'significant' layoffs at Vancouver's Black Box studio Vancouver Sun
Gamasutra – GamesIndustry.biz – Fudzilla – Crispy Gamer
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Jan 23 2009

How the Xbox and PS3 can take down the Wii – TechRadar UK


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How the Xbox and PS3 can take down the Wii
TechRadar UK – 17 hours ago
Everybody loves an underdog – even when the underdog is a massively rich mega-corp with a track record of silly decisions. In the early days of the current console generation, Nintendo was on a dangerous back-foot.
Sony and MS are both right, says analyst News Eurogamer
Amazon Drops Xbox Live Price to PC World
BNET – Softpedia – Ars Technica – Afterdawn.com
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