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Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt is allegedly set to join Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in the follow-up to "Sherlock Holmes". Following speculation that the "Inglourious Basterds" star will play the villain in the...

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A strong Christmas Day at the U.S. Box Office didn't give "Sherlock Holmes" the push it needed to dethrone James Cameron's sci-fi love story "Avatar" over the weekend (25-27 Dec 09).

Nicolas Cage

An investment company is not suing Nicolas Cage for fraud and a reported $36.7 million, People magazine has clarified. Christmas reports suggested the movie star was facing another huge financial...

Archive - Aug 2009

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August 30th

Chandrayaan-I Spacecraft Loses Radio Contact

ISRO

Radio contact with Chandrayaan-I spacecraft was abruptly lost at 0130 Hrs (IST) on August 29, 2009. Deep Space Network at Byalalu near Bangalore received the data from Chandrayaan-I during the previous orbit upto 0025 Hrs (IST).

All New Saab 9-5 Sedan: Start Of A New Era For Saab

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Making its public debut at next month's IAA in Frankfurt, the all new Saab 9-5 sedan announced signals the start of a new era for the Saab brand. Sleek, sophisticated and unmistakably Saab, it combines stand-out looks with advanced technologies and will bring a fresh alternative choice to the premium sedan segment when sales start later in model year 2010.

NVIDIA CUDA Superhero Challenge Sparks Competitive Fire for GPU Computing Developers

NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation today announced that it will be working with TopCoder, a competitive software development community, on the CUDA Superhero Challenge, a series of contests for computer programmers who will harness the parallel processing power of the NVIDIA CUDA architecture to solve some of computing's biggest challenges.

August 28th

Toyota Announces Safety Recall on Select Vehicles

Toyota

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., will launch a voluntary Safety Recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) involving approximately 95,700 Toyota and Scion vehicles sold in the United States.

Freescale samples eight-core QorIQ P4080 processor

P4080

Freescale Semiconductor is now sampling its QorIQ P4080 multicore processor – the flagship member of Freescale's QorIQ product family and the company's fourth device now available based on 45-nm process technology for optimal performance and power efficiency.

Sony Brings Full-frame Quality To A New Class Of DSLR Photo Enthusiasts

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Aimed at experienced shooters looking for value and sophisticated SLR performance, Sony today introduced the full-frame α (alpha) DSLR-A850 camera and a new 28-75mm F2.8 lens.

iMagic OS 2009.9 Pro Has Arrived

iMagic OS

Carlos La Borde recently announced the release of iMagic OS 2009.9, a version that features updated software, proprietary multimedia format support and parental controls and brings improvements to the way Windows applications can be installed.

VIA Launches Stackable Multi-Story Chassis for VIA EPIA Boards

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VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced its latest additions to the VIA AMOS series of universal chassis products; the VIA AMOS-1000 and VIA AMOS-2000 chassis are specially designed to work with VIA EPIA Mini-ITX and Nano-ITX boards and feature unique multi-story stackability.

Maemo 5 injects speed and power into mobile computing

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Nokia marked the next phase in the evolution of Maemo software with the new Nokia N900. Taking its cues from the world of desktop computing, the open source, Linux-based Maemo software delivers a PC-like experience on a handset-sized device.

August 27th

IBM X-Force Report Reveals Unprecedented State of Web Insecurity

IBM

IBM released results from its X-Force 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report. The report's findings show an unprecedented state of Web insecurity as Web client, server, and content threats converge to create an untenable risk landscape.


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