by wildcherry on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 | News, Tech/Gadget | No Comments

Users visiting the Google search engine’s home page today were greeted with a multi colored bouncing balls or dots.
The balls can be dispersed around the page by moving the mouse, but gradually form into the Google logo if left alone.

Although there’s no official word on Google what’s the mystery behind the Google logo, balls and [...]

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by wildcherry on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 | News, World | No Comments

Pastor Terry Jones, a Florida pastor from the Dove World Outreach Center in Florida is calling for a burn a Quran day on September 11 to commemorate the tragic day of September 11th (9/11) that destroyed the World Trade Center and killed 2,996 persons including the hijackers.
I can not believe anyone would instigate burning of [...]

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by wildcherry on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 | News, Tech/Gadget | No Comments

This infographic put together by the team at Cell Phones.Org, tells the history of RIM (Research In Motion) created Blackberry and much of the BlackBerry’s and RIM’s history right up to the release of the new Blackberry Torch 9800.
It also gives some interesting facts such as the ‘Blackberry Thumb Injury’ and the statistic which shows [...]

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by wildcherry on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 | News, World | No Comments

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake just struck southern New Zealand at 4:35 a.m. Saturday local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey on Friday.
The massive quake, which struck at 9:35 a.m. Pacific time, was centered 19 miles northwest of Christchurch, and 186 miles southwest of Wellington. Earlier, the USGS had reported a preliminary magnitude of 7.4.
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by wildcherry on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 | News, Tech/Gadget | No Comments

Steve Jobs have decided to take on Facebook and Twitter by creating Apple’s own social network for music called “Ping.” The new social network will be available on Apple’s latest iTunes version: iTunes 10.

Ping will have features similar to Twitter and Facebook such as: follow people (including artists), establish a “circle of friends,” post comments, [...]

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by wildcherry on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 | News, World | No Comments

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A massive China traffic jam which has lasted for nine days will not end till several weeks according to China officials.
The traffic jam stretching 100 kilometers in distance. That’s approximately 62 miles of congested traffic, and it’s not going to stop until into early September. Some drivers have been stuck in the jam [...]

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by wildcherry on Monday, August 23rd, 2010 | News, World | No Comments

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera announced that the 33 Chile Miners are still alive, after being trapped for 17 days.
The miners tied a note (seen on the video) to a drill to make contact with the world. The note says “the 33 of us in the shelter are well”
The 33 Chile miners are trapped because [...]

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by wildcherry on Monday, August 23rd, 2010 | News, World | 1 Comment

Former senior police inspector Rolando Mendoza held hostages a busload of Hong Kong Tourists in Manila, Philippines. The ex-cop claimed that he had shot two Chinese and will kill them all if the SWAT team tried to move closer to the bus.
At the end the Phillippines SWAT team attacked the bus by destroying [...]

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by wildcherry on Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 | Design, News | No Comments

“Poppy Flowers”, a painting by Vincent Van Gogh has reportedly been stolen from an museum in Cairo, Egypt. “Poppy Flowers” has an estimated value of about $50 million.
Egyptian authorities stopped two Italians at Cairo International Airport , a man and a woman suspected in the theft of the painting by Vincent Van Gogh, just moments [...]

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by wildcherry on Thursday, August 19th, 2010 | Coupons, Deals | No Comments

Groupon has a $50 Gap Gift Certificate for $25. Valid at Gap Stores only. Expires November 19, 2010.

THE FINE PRINT:
Limit 1/person. Valid in-store at US and Canada Gap stores only. Not valid @ Gap Outlet, Factory, Generation, online. Not valid for GiftCards, tax, or w/other offers. $50 minimum purchase.
What Happens After I Buy?
Within a [...]

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