Microsoft released Zune HD in the United States today. The 2.07"x 4.08"x .35" (52.7mm x 102.1mm x 8.9mm) device is the first portable media player which has a built-in HD radio tuner. The Zune will initially be...
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Unbelievable? Even more so when you look at the companies figures for 2007 [PDF]"A County Londonderry pensioner who has lived without electricity for 27 years has been told Northern Ireland Electricity will charge him £67,000 to link his home to the grid."The company made a...
" Every time British businessman Robert Charlton cheated on his wife, he bought her some extravagant jewelry to try to make amends. After 26 years of marriage, long-suffering Elizabeth Charlton had more than 40...
"" Even if Congress extends health coverage to the nation's 46 million uninsured Americans, there's no guarantee that everyone will have access to care -- unless payment reforms and new models of care are...
"" A government report released Tuesday says a middle-income family with a child born last year will spend about $221,000 raising that child through age 17.The report identified housing as...
" Household energy bills will rise by more than £200 a year under the Government’s low-carbon strategy being announced next week. Meeting Britain’s targets for cutting emissions could push another 1.7...
In his latest weekly address, President Obama says health care reform must no longer mean “reform that throws good money after bad habits”.
An usually wide array of interest groups that have lined up...
It looks like Microsoft may be onto Apple's achilles heel. Where is it? Cost. With the economy so bad, people are starting to weigh cost to performance to coolness. Microsoft has a new campain, that...
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By, Uwe Paschen. The ever rising Health care cost of the Social Democracies such as Japan, Germany, Sweden and to a certain extend even Canada is putting public health care in serious jeopardy. Last week I took...
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Ezhimala (Kerala): Dedicating the Indian Naval Academy here, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday that the Indian Navy has a key role in protecting the country from threats coming across the sea. All through his brief speech, Singh stressed upon the threats from across...
LG Electronics USA: French Door Refrigerator losing Energy Star
LG Electronics has made an agreement with the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency on the matter of Energy Star rating for its French door bottom mount freezer model...
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Deborah Hobson - EXCLUSIVE British public service broadcaster, the BBC, has decided that Tv licence fee payers do not have a right to know how much money was spent in news coverage of last month’s monumental American presidential election. They have refused to answer...
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"The main union representing U.S. film and television actors said on Wednesday it would mail ballots to members in January seeking authorization for a strike over a new contract. The Screen Actors Guild,...
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On Monday, the Ontario auditor general released a value-for-money report on a controversial hospital that was built using private finance as a so-called public-private partnership. It's a model for providing...
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It may not be what every child hopes for in their stocking, but it may be exactly what many young women need in this time of financial crisis. This year Planned Parenthood of Indiana is spreading good cheer via condoms and birth control. While health costs continue to...
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