History unfolded in 6 minutes and 59.70 seconds.
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Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Michael Phelps wins record 19th Olympic medal
The U.S. wins the 800-meter freestyle relay gold medal to give Phelps a record 19th medal in the Olympics.
History unfolded in 6 minutes and 59.70 seconds.
History unfolded in 6 minutes and 59.70 seconds.
Amazon updates Cloud Player with 256 Kbps matched files, faster import, direct delivery (update: Roku, Sonos coming soon)
Amazon's Cloud Player service just scored some major upgrades, including quality and import enhancements. Perhaps most notable is a new 256 Kbps option for matched files, including songs you imported before today. That bitrate, in MP3 format, is available for new tracks and albums added to the cloud -- a process that's been streamlined as well, with Cloud Player scanning your library and automatically offering up matched tracks, rather than requiring manual imports. In addition, music you buy in the Amazon MP3 Store will show up in your Player automatically, including past purchases (in cases where the site has the necessary rights). There's also an option to edit metadata directly, such as artist and album info, along with album art, or you can use the label information already in Amazon's catalog. Cloud Drive will also be less integrated with Player -- previous uploads will be moved to an "Archived Music" folder and won't count against storage caps, but will still be accessible and downloadable, while new imports will be stored in Player directly. You can upload up to 250 songs to Cloud Player for free, or pay a $25 annual fee to bump that cap to 250,000. Full details are at the source link below.
Update: Amazon also mentioned that it has secured new licensing agreements with Sony Music Entertainment, EMI Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, adding that Cloud Player will be available on Roku and Sonos devices soon as well.
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Cuba charges Spaniard in dissident Paya's death
HAVANA (AP) ? Cuba has charged a Spanish citizen with the equivalent of vehicular manslaughter in a car accident that killed prominent dissident Oswaldo Paya and another government opponent, official media said Tuesday. Angel Carromero, who was behind the wheel of the car that was carrying Paya when it crashed July 22, "has been accused of the charge of homicide while driving a vehicle on public roads," Communist Party newspaper Granma said. Granma said Carromero and Swedish citizen Jens Aron Modig, who was also riding in the car when it crashed, entered the country July 19 on tourist visas and, "in violation of their migratory status, got involved in clearly political activities contrary to the constitutional order." The editorial ticked off a list of purported attempts to stir unrest and foment dissent through social media and cell phones, and longtime complaints about U.S. contacts with the dissidents and USAID democracy-building programs. Since 2009 Cuba has held American citizen and USAID subcontractor Alan Gross, sentenced to 15 years in prison under a statute governing crimes against the state, after he was discovered importing communications equipment onto the island and setting up satellite Internet networks.
Source: http://www.chron.com/news/article/Cuba-charges-Spaniard-in-dissident-Paya-s-death-3749631.php
CEO Kim Kwang Soo meets with the parents of Hwayoung and Hyoyoung
Core Contents Media’s CEO Kim Kwang Soo has demanded that the media cease reporting unconfirmed news...
Source: http://www.allkpop.com/2012/07/ceo-kim-kwang-soo-meets-with-the-parents-of-hwayoung-and-hyoyoung
Monday, 30 July 2012
Swimming showdown looms, weather, transport fine
LONDON (Reuters) - Swimming's biggest names slug it out in the men's 200 metre freestyle on Monday as the weather stayed cool but sunny and London's transport system defied predictions of gridlock on the first regular working day of the Olympic Games.
NBC does not need Twitter world?s help
It has become the most boring, predicable story of the Olympics, that NBC doesn’t have a clue about covering them because they don’t show everything live in the United States on network television. This theme goes back to forever, or at least when NBC won the U.S. rights over other networks 20 years ago. The criticism is worse now because social media reports the results spontaneously. Why actually watch Ryan Lochte beat Michael Phelps if you have read about it hours earlier in 140 characters or less? So�those in London who are working in real time, reporting instantaneously, believe they are somehow superior. I love you, all. I have been [...]
Source: http://blog.chron.com/olympics/2012/07/nbc-does-not-need-twitter-worlds-help/
Michelle Obama Hugs U.S. Men's Basketball Team After Opening Round Win
Talk about an awesome way to commemorate a victory.
While on hand for the U.S. men's basketball team's matchup against France Sunday, Michelle Obama made sure to congratulate...
Got First World Problems? Then Boy Do We Have a Drink for You!
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Sunday, 29 July 2012
Andrew Bynum says he believes the Lakers won't trade him
The Orlando Sentinel's Brian Schmitz talks with Lakers center Andrew Bynum, who says he believes he'll remain a Laker after the March 15 trading deadline.
Source: http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2012/02/lakers-andrew-bynum-trade-kobe-bryant.html
Driver charged with DWI in fatal Hempstead Highway crash
One driver is dead, and another is charged with a DWI, although authorities say the intoxicated motorist wasn't at fault in a crash Saturday morning.
Source: http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2012/07/driver-charged-with-dwi-in-fatal-hempstead-highway-crash/
Gorilla accidentally hangs himself in Prague Zoo
A 5-year old gorilla has died after accidentally hanging himself with a climbing rope in the gorilla enclosure at the Prague Zoo.
Geoffrey Huges talented, comedy actor dies
Geoffrey Huges is a legend who will be remembered for his memorable roles in Coronation Street and Keeping Up Appearances, to name a few.
Saturday, 28 July 2012
I Say, Are You Mad, Ey Wot?
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The Greatest Olympic Athlete
The Olympics kick off today and the excitement is electric.� Records will be broken and what was once thought impossible will come to pass.� And while we all will be inspired at the character, drive and courage of many of these athletes, it?s going to be tough to beat … Continue reading...
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London Olympics: Swimwear that will make you feel like Michael Phelps
With the London Olympics in full swing, even those of us whose usual activity level consists of pressing buttons on the remote may get inspired to become more active. And to get started, it wouldn't hurt to look the part.
Sony rep confirms some 2011 Xperia handsets won't be tasting Google's Jelly Bean
Some of you might be familiar with Sony's earlier struggles to successfully (and in a timely manner) deliver Google's Ice Cream Sandwich to a slew of Xperia handsets. And, as we all know, Android 4.0's no longer the freshest treat around, thus the Walkman maker will now have to answer all the Jelly Bean questions to come. The first one to do so was a resident Sony mobile expert on the company's UK Facebook page, revealing that the Xperia Arc S and the itty-bitty Xperia Mini Pro won't be receiving the latest and greatest OS from Mountain View. Meanwhile, he also stated there's nothing buttery in the works for the elegant Xperia S, though he did say "ICS should now be approved" for the device. Perhaps this is a sign it's time to start looking for an upgrade, no?
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Icahn wins legal fight over Forest Labs books
WILMINGTON, Del, July 27 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor
Carl Icahn scored a court victory in his proxy fight with
drugmaker Forest Laboratories Inc on Friday after he was
granted access to some of the company's records. 
Carl Icahn scored a court victory in his proxy fight with
drugmaker Forest Laboratories Inc on Friday after he was
granted access to some of the company's records.
Friday, 27 July 2012
He's had enough of Michael Phelps
The 14-time gold medalist doesn't seem like a team player, so here's one person in London who is rooting for Ryan Lochte.
LONDON – Me, I'm pulling for Lochte.
LONDON – Me, I'm pulling for Lochte.
Facebook wrestles with identity crisis
Is it a social networking service or is it an advertising company? Can it be both at once?
"The fox," wrote the great philosopher Isaiah Berlin, "knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." As we think about that big corporate hedgehogFacebook Inc., which just released its first post-IPO earnings report, the question is: What if the one big thing it knows — that everyone in the world wants to be interconnected through its service — is wrong?
"The fox," wrote the great philosopher Isaiah Berlin, "knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." As we think about that big corporate hedgehogFacebook Inc., which just released its first post-IPO earnings report, the question is: What if the one big thing it knows — that everyone in the world wants to be interconnected through its service — is wrong?
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