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June 03, 2008 Hot Trends

Podcast: 330lb wii limit and privacy schmivacy

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:21:19 PDT
The Wii has a 330lb weight limit, Facebook privacy schmivacy, ebooks and billboards that look back at you. A daily, audio tech news podcast. Add it to your mix of Leo, Dvorak, BOL, and MBW.

10 Social media websites covering for traffic building

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:21:49 PDT
We love to visit social media websites where we get latest news about the topics we are interested in. I’ve created a list of 10 social media websites where I get the stuff of my choice and also been able to drive some quality traffic on my websites:

PS3 Getting Pay For Demo, "Exclusive Content" Program

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:21:51 PDT
Sony announced monthly interactive gaming program "Qore: Presented by the PLAYSTATION Network." HD PS3 gaming program Qore (pronounced "Core") will feature exclusive news, interviews and previews — not to mention game demos and betas, "game add-ons" and other downloadable content. Starts 6/5 and is $2.99 for a single episode and $24.99 for a year.

Bipasha Basu in “Freeze”

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:33:59 PDT
Bollywood’s hot babe Bipasha Basu has recently made a huge blast in the industry by the movie “Race”, which has acquired huge collections at the boxoffice. After this she is getting huge offers to act in many movies, presently she is acting in a movie which is titled as “Freeze”, the intresting news in this is that Bips has requested to director

Greater access to ARVs, but much more to be done

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:36:29 PDT
First, the good news: in 2007 about a million more people in poorer countries across the globe began taking antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, bringing the total number to almost three million. The pace of providing the life-prolonging treatment has also accelerated, and an increasing number of children are receiving the medication.

Ac Milan Favorites To Sign Samuel Eto

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:43:38 PDT
News Reports in Italy speculates Ac Milan are ready to outdo local rivals Inter Milan for the signature of Barcelona’s Cameroun international Samuel Eto Fils .

FIIs to invest $20b in Indian real estate

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:45:46 PDT
Even if there are reports of some correction happening in the real estate market in India, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have full faith in India’s growth story. They have lined up investments of up to $20 billion in the Indian real estate funds for the next three years.http://www.maaproperties.com/Pages/ModuleContent.aspx?Module=News

CAW expecting bad news from GM restructuring plans (Detroit News)

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:48:00 PDT
Canadian Auto Workers is preparing for bad news this morning from General Motors Corp., which is expected to announce restructuring plans today that could include eliminating shifts and closing factories.

Webb Alert - June 3

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:52:30 PDT
Daily tech news with Morgan Webb (obviously). NASDAQ breaking new ground, Best Buy e-cycling program, Wii Fit, Google Street View, Phoenix Mars Mission latest.

Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion (Japan Today)

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:53:12 PDT
Where are you located? Get the latest Japan-related news via mail! Yes Please!

Apitherapy News: Royal Jelly Component Lowers Blood Pressure

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:55:47 PDT
In this study, we investigated the renin inhibitory effect of a royal jelly (RJ)-derived peptide. A dipeptide YY was isolated from the digested fraction of RJ proteins by proteases and was found to inhibit human renin activity.

VoicePrint Wins for Spoken-Word Programming - mediacaster

VoicePrint Wins for Spoken-Word Programming
mediacaster, Canada - May 19, 2008
VoicePrint can be accessed on the Secondary Audio Program of CBC Newsworld; Star Choice (ch 825), ExpressVu (ch 49 & 967) and Look TV (ch 400); ...

Coverage overload - Woodstock Sentinel Review

Coverage overload
Woodstock Sentinel Review, Canada - May 8, 2008
The coverage by Canadian media of the longest US political race in recent memory - check out CBC Newsworld at any given half hour - has been never-ending. ...

War has made some media redefine meaning of heroism in Canada - Hill Times (subscription)

War has made some media redefine meaning of heroism in Canada
Hill Times (subscription), Canada - Jun 2, 2008
CBC Newsworld interrupted regular programming to broadcast pictures of the van. Journalist Laurie Graham later reported, "The original van that helped Terry ...

This story has legs - CBC.ca

This story has legs
CBC.ca, Canada - May 5, 2008
CBC Newsworld went live from the scene, and other networks placed the story prominently in their noon newscasts. Also in the crowd, quietly taking notes, ...