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Microsoft reduces price of Vista
Microsoft has announced a price revision for its Windows Vista operating system. In Asia, Malaysia is the only market to enjoy the adjusted pricing offered thru local IT partners, and is one of the only two countries in the world to adopt this strategy. Depending on the editions of the Windows Vista, price adjustments range from 10 to almost 50 percent.
Wireless USB heads for handheld devices
Wisair, the folks who are responsible for wireless USB solutions has just released a brand new SDIO Wireless USB solution which features the Wisair WSR601 low-power single chip within, enabling users to enjoy the benefits of wireless USB connectivity in portable devices that accept SD memory cards such as digital cameras, cell phones, and camcorders among others. The only problem now would be to find a wireless USB hub of sorts to go along with this SDIO wireless USB solution.
American Idol 2008 - More 80’s!
The Top 10 American Idol contestants took to the stage last night to sing songs from ‘The Year they Were Born’ … which obviously means more songs from the 80’s!
A few weeks back the contestants sang 80’s songs and there were great performances as there were lousy ones!
But … how did the Top 10 do last night?
od Bless the USA may keep Kristy Lee Cook in American Idol
Kristy Lee Cook’s rendition of “God Bless the USA” may spare her from getting voted out this week; “that was the most clever song choice I’ve ever heard.” Simon said.
So Kristy Lee may be safe…well, that was a hard one to predict. She’s been in the bottom three vote getters for weeks and she’s got the worst odds to win American Idol, 75 to 1. Is there more to say about her?
Webber Set to Announce Retirement
Chris Webber is ending his comeback with the Warriors and will retire after 15 seasons in the NBA.
Golden State spokesman Raymond Ridder said Webber will make the announcement today.
Webber, 35, played only nine games with the Warriors before being sidelined by a bum left knee that has hampered him in recent years.
Chris Webber Will Announce His Retirement
It was a week ago to the day that I pointed out how irrelevant Chris Webber had become for the Warriors. Not surprisingly, he also made that same realization: the San Francisco Chronicle reports that C-Webb will announce his retirement at a press conference tomorrow morning. Don Nelson, though, couldn’t wait that long before waxing nostalgic:
‘Dancing With the Stars’: Two stars are sent home
It’s double elimination night on Dancing With the Stars — let’s get to the recap and see who’s getting cut loose.
Judge Len Goodman says tonight’s encore dance is Jason Taylor and Edyta Sliwinska’s mambo, which is a nice choice.
Dancing With the Stars Results has Poker Pro Shannon Elizabeth Moving to Next Round
The poker community favorite, Shannon Elizabeth, moves on to the next round of Dancing With the Stars following a double elimination night - the first of the new season.
Elizabeth, who starred in American Pie, is an accomplished poker player.
Elizabeth, who describes poker as her “second career” has been called “one of the leading celebrity poker players.”
Dancing With The Stars Results: Two Stars sent home
The first two stars to be eliminated from the 6 Season of Dancing With The Stars show were Penn Jillette and Monica Seles.
Penn added a dash of magic to his quickstep, but his footwork failed to impress the judges.
Nude pic of Sarkozy’s wife up for auction
A nude portrait of French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife Carla Bruni will go under the hammer in New York next month, according to auctioneers Christie’s.The 32.5 x 22.5cm gelatine silver black and white photograph was taken in 1993, when Bruni was one of the world’s top fashion models, and is being sold by art collector Gert Elfering.
Country singer Sara Evans engaged
Country singer Sara Evans, 37, who finalized a bitter divorce last year, is engaged to former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker, 35, Evans’ publicist said Tuesday. No date has been announced for the wedding. Barker, who’s also divorced, has four children; Evans has three.
Picture of a past life
Sarkozy’s ex remarries
While the current wife of French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, has nude pictures up for auction in New York, his former wife is getting remarried there.
Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz married her third husband at New York’s ritzy Rainbow Room in a ceremony attended by 150 guests.
Moroccan born Richard Attias, a multi-millionaire events organiser, arrived in a black limousine pursued by a swarm of paparazzi.
Nude wife photos stir up Sarkozy UK visit
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Oregon’s Pregnant Man Is Former Hawaii Woman
HONOLULU — A pregnant man in Oregon making headlines around the world is originally from Hawaii.Thomas Beatie used to be a woman. Before Beatie became a transgender man, he was Tracy LaGondino living in Hawaii as a woman.LaGondino fought for the right for gay couples to adopt children and against hate crimes when she lived in Hawaii.
A pregnant man?A former isle gay rights activist says he is with child and has created a stir around the world
A transgendered male, formerly of Hawaii, claims he will give birth to a baby girl. Thomas Beatie, who was born a woman and moved from Hawaii to Bend, Ore., says he kept his reproductive organs after having a sex change with chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy because he always wanted to have a child, he wrote in a March 14 article for Advocate.com, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender news Web site. He is featured in a photo on the Web site with a bulging belly.
‘Pregnant’ man stuns medical profession
A man who used to be a woman is five months pregnant, according to an article he has written for an American magazine that features a picture of him at 22 weeks, with facial hair and a man’s flat chest above his swollen stomach.
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2 killed in Miami crane accident
MIAMI — A 20-foot-long construction crane plummeted 30 floors at the site of a high-rise condominium Tuesday, smashing into a home that the contractor used for storage and killing two workers, police said. Five workers were injured, including one in critical condition, officials said.
Officials investigate whether parachute belonged to D.B. Cooper
The FBI says it’s analyzing a torn, tangled parachute found by children in Washington state to see whether it was used by legendary plane hijacker D.B. Cooper.
Officials say children in Amboy, in southwest Washington, found the chute sticking up from the ground this month.
Parachute Of Infamous Hijacker ‘D.B. Cooper’ May Have Been Found
Is it a tantalizing clue to one of the biggest mysteries in modern history or just a coincidence? That’s what the FBI is trying to figure out after an amazing discovery in Washington State.
D.B. Cooper’s Parachute Possibly Found
SEATTLE (AP) — The FBI is analyzing a torn, tangled parachute found buried by children in southwest Washington to determine whether it might have been used by famed plane hijacker D.B. Cooper, the agency said.
Children playing outside their home near Amboy found the chute’s fabric sticking up from the ground in an area where their father had been grading a road, agent Larry Carr said Tuesday. They pulled it out as far as they could, then cut the parachute’s ropes with scissors.