RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The beachfront house featured in the movie “Nights in Rodanthe” will soon have a new home itself, thanks to a bail bondsman who fell in love with the surf-threatened house after his wife bought the movie for him as a Christmas present last year. Ben Huss of Newton said Monday he [...]
Just like the rest of us, country music artists are making some New Year’s resolutions. Except for Phil Vassar. Taylor Swift says she wants to organize her new condo in Nashville. She’ll have to move in first. Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum is wishing he could just replay 2009, during which he got married and [...]
By Christopher Hope, Whitehall EditorPublished: 9:30PM GMT 31 Dec 2009 Some police officers are hiding behind red tape as an excuse not to go out and catch criminals, Jack Straw said Photo: PA In an unprecedented attack, Jack Straw said some officers had the “wrong approach” to dealing with the public. He said he was [...]
In a column on Datamation, industry analyst Rob Enderle details the implications from the latest bout of interest in what we today call “cloud computing”. Who’s best positioned to capitalize on the trend? And who’s likely to fail? It’s interesting that we tend to go through cycles. We started off with big centralized computers and [...]
IDG News Service – 2009 was a very big year for Clearwire, as the wireless Internet provider took its ambitious rollout of mobile WiMax from just two cities to nearly 30 markets. After years of planning and false starts, a national 4G (fourth-generation) mobile data network began to take shape in the U.S., and in [...]
New Year’s Eve is never dull. But nights like tonight happen just once in a blue moon. The term “blue moon” now refers to the second full moon in a month, but folklorists say the phrase has a long and rich history. (Getty Images) Not only will a full moon light up the festive evening, [...]
Three decades, three countries, three incidents. Highlands of Papua New Guinea, 1984: A car had run off the dirt road into a ditch. We came upon the scene about 10 minutes after the accident. No one was hurt. The car was surrounded by about 50 people, all yelling suggestions, commenting on the suggestions of others [...]
The upcoming movie “Nine” has more stars per square inch than most planetariums. Think Penelope Cruz. Think Daniel Day-Lewis. Think Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson and Dame Judi Dench. Think Fergie and Marion Cotillard. Share The stars of "Nine" talk about their film and working together. More Photos A casting nightmare? Director Rob Marshall said it [...]
ATLANTA (AP) — Movie producer and actor Tyler Perry says he is taking his sharp-tongued character “Madea” back on tour. Perry posted a message on his Web site Saturday that said he had taken some time off in the past few months “so I could spend my mother’s final days at her side.” His mother, [...]
MUMBAI: Asus has announced a range of enhanced motherboard solutions that deliver true USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps data throughput performance. The Asus Xtreme Design P7P55D-E Series motherboard has onboard support while the Asus Xtreme Design P7P55D Series utilizes the Asus U3S6 PCIe x4 expansion card to deliver the latest USB and SATA data transfer [...]
