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Mounting sea levels a jolting shock for the East Coast! Mon, 25/06/2012 - 13:42 by Minnie Mahendru Global warming has the whole world in a tizzy. The polar ice is melting at a speedy rate and gushing to the oceans forcing them to swell over. It’s a horrendous thought to be faced with flooding basements, traffic commotions, a general disarray to life activities.The government scientists report a fear that Boston may bear a lopsided and unbalanced brunt of the creeping sea levels. The U.S. Geological Survey yells a vigilant outlook for the East Coast as they scrutinize a 600 mile area along the East Coast. Comments Read more	Amazon apologizes for outage, promises credit Mon, 02/05/2011 - 15:38 by Ann Tyler Following a data center outage last week, Amazon.com Inc.(AMZN) has apologized in a 6,000-word statement Friday. Comments Read more	MySpace fading out: 10mn users quit in one month Sun, 27/03/2011 - 13:24 by Jaspreet Virk MySpace is declining and it's declining fast. Despite attempts to rejuvenate the social networking site, MySpace is losing users. Comments Read more
Does a Driverless Car Mean Road Safety? Mon, 27/12/2010 - 09:36 by Anil Das Remember watching all those futuristic sci-fi movies, which made your jaw drop with highly developed cars such as driverless varieties, ones with auto-drive capacities, or ones that could fly? Well, the future in those movies may not be so far away, as Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is close to making one of these cars a reality. The Internet giant recently created a lot of buzz over its computer-driven cars, which it has been testing on the West Coast. Comments Read more	Google Just Dodged a Bullet Mon, 06/12/2010 - 22:50 by Rick Aristotle ... Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) won't be getting its Groupon after all. The Chicago Tribune is reporting over the weekend that the market leader in social couponing is rebuffing Google's offer, reportedly in the $5 billion to $6 billion range. Comments Read more	Ford to Install Rearview Cameras by End of 2011 Mon, 06/12/2010 - 11:06 by Motley Fool Ford (NYSE: F) will complete the installation of rearview cameras on all Lincoln models by the end of 2011 to eliminate fatal blind zones, the carmaker said in a statement. Comments Read more
Microsoft Scores Some Points Fri, 03/12/2010 - 00:09 by Rick Aristotle ... Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Xbox 360 has been the hot console in recent months, but Mr. Softy isn't going to rest on his laurels. The world's leading software maker is rolling out Xbox Live Rewards, the platform's first loyalty rewards program. Comments Read more	Truck spills Jell-O, pudding onto road Thu, 25/11/2010 - 07:01 by Prince damin Charles City, Iowa -- Authorities in Iowa said a semi-trailer veered off a county road and spilled 53 pallets of Jell-O and pudding cups into traffic. The Floyd County Sheriff's Department said the semi left the road in the early hours Tuesday and the roof ripped open, spilling the snacks onto Rudd Park Road near the intersection with Highway 27, The (Mason City) Globe-Gazette reported Wednesday. The driver, Eric Young, 39, of Charleston, S.C., and passenger Martin Brandon, 32, of Bridgeport, Conn., received treatment for minor injuries. The sheriff's department said crews spent about three hours cleaning the Jell-O and pudding from the road. Damage to the semi was estimated at $50,000. Comments Read more	Patriot's Brady in traffic collision Fri, 10/09/2010 - 00:45 by Prince damin Boston -- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was involved in a traffic collision that left an occupant of the other vehicle unconscious, authorities said. Firefighters had to use the Jaws of Life to free the passenger in a minivan involved with Brady's Audi in the Thursday morning accident, the Boston Herald reported. The man extricated from the van was conscious by the time he was taken into the ambulance, witnesses said. Brady refused treatment at the scene and was reportedly on his way to Gillette Stadium for practice, a team source said. Emergency Medical Services personnel transported one person to a hospital, spokeswoman Jennifer Mehigan said. Comments Read more
Strike slows commuting in London Tue, 07/09/2010 - 22:00 by Prince damin London -- Maintenance workers at London Underground went on strike Tuesday, bottling up commuter traffic in the British capital to protest job cuts, a union leader said. The British Broadcasting Corp. quoted Bob Crow, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime, and Transport union, as saying, "The message to the mayor and his transport officials is clear: Stop playing fast and loose with safety, stop the drive towards unstaffed stations, drop the threat of these lethal cuts and start meaningful talks on a safe and secure future for the London Tube system." Comments Read more	Pig wanders Fla. neighborhood Tue, 17/08/2010 - 22:24 by Prince damin Panama City, Fla. -- Residents of a Florida neighborhood said a pig has been spotted wandering through traffic in the area. Locals in the Bunker's Cove neighborhood of Panama City said the pig, which has been spotted taking daily 6 a.m. walks and was blamed for a Saturday traffic jam, does not appear to be the "Cove Pig" that was spotted repeatedly during the course of several months last year, the Panama City News Herald reported Tuesday. Charlotte Bailey, owner of Baileys Service Station, said she spotted the pig during the Saturday traffic jam outside of her business. She said the pig appeared feral and she estimated it weighed 15 pounds. Comments Read more	Don't Bail on Google Now Sat, 17/07/2010 - 01:04 by Rick Aristotle ... Playing against type, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) posted a second-quarter profit that missed Wall Street's target. Comments Read more