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Posted: Friday, March 12th, 2010 06:02:36 AM
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At least 39 people were killed and 95 others injured when two suicide bombers targeted a high security area in the Pakistani city of Lahore. |
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Posted: Friday, March 12th, 2010 05:36:51 AM
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 After spending much of Thursday negotiating with the Seahawks and Browns, free-agent tight end Ben Watson opted to accept Cleveland's offer, a league source tells ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. |
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Posted: Friday, March 12th, 2010 05:26:14 AM
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 After meeting with Minnesota coach Brad Childress and other members of the organization, LaDainian Tomlinson left the Vikings' facility Thursday evening carrying a Vikings jersey. |
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Posted: Friday, March 12th, 2010 05:25:03 AM
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 Video shows ex-Texas Tech coach Mike Leach ripping team's "God squad guys" and threatening living situations. |
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Posted: Friday, March 12th, 2010 05:07:00 AM
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scumm writes "This year's Turing Prize has been awarded to Charles Thacker, whom they describe as (among other things) the 'creator of the first modern personal computer.' From the ACM's announcement: 'ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery today named Charles P. Thacker the winner of the 2009 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his pioneering design and realization of the Alto, the first modern personal computer, and the prototype for networked personal computers. Thacker's design, which he built while at Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), reflected a new vision of a self-sufficient, networked computer on every desk, equipped with innovations that are standard in today's models. Thacker was also cited for his contributions to the Ethernet local area network, which enables multiple computers to communicate and share resources, as well as the first multiprocessor workstation, and the prototype for today's most used tablet PC, with its capabilities for direct user interaction.' For further reading, the Wall Street Journal has an article providing more background about Mr. Thacker and the Turing Prize. In the spirit of full disclosure, the submitter feels compelled to point out that this Mr. Thacker is his uncle, and that he thinks this is really cool."
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Posted: Friday, March 12th, 2010 04:26:00 AM
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itwbennett writes "Sony on Tuesday 'rolled out the ability to buy HD movies from the PlayStation Network,' writes blogger Peter Smith. Sony claims they're the first service to offer HD titles to own from all six major movie studios. Smith runs the numbers on 'standard' pricing for titles ($19.99 for new releases; $17.99 for older movies), file sizes (ranging from 4 GB for Zombieland to 7.5 GB for 2012), and resolution (720P as far as he can tell)."
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Posted: Friday, March 12th, 2010 03:40:00 AM
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judgecorp writes "Harriet Harman, the deputy leader of the Labour Party, has said that UK government ministers are 'taking action' to get Facebook to add a British child protection button (called CEOP) to its site. The move comes after the UK's Daily Mail withdrew allegations that teenagers on Facebook are continually pestered — though Facebook is still considering suing the paper. The campaign apparently ignores Facebook's assertion that it already has better child protection in place and the CEOP button would be limited to the UK."
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Posted: Friday, March 12th, 2010 03:21:42 AM
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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has ordered the army to seal off the West Bank for 48 hours and tightened security around Jerusalem, Israeli officials say. |
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Posted: Friday, March 12th, 2010 02:00:00 AM
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lilbridge writes "Huge reserves of "combustible ice" — frozen methane and water — have been discovered in the tundra of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. Estimates show that there is enough combustible ice to provide 90 years worth of energy for China. Burning the combustible ice may be a far better alternative than letting it just melt, releasing tons of methane into the air."
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Posted: Friday, March 12th, 2010 01:13:52 AM
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A New York judge may approve a $657 million settlement Friday for workers who became ill after the 9/11 terrorists attacks. |
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