Monday 30th August 2010
by WayneHere is today’s Daily Run Down.
- Intel is reportedly going to purchase Infineon’s Wireless Operations for $1.4 Billion.
- Speculation is that YouTube is hoping to get Hollywood to agree to a Pay-per-View service.
- A Court has ruled TechCrunch and Joojoo were business partners.
- AMD has killed the ATI brand and is now going to use AMD.
- A Titanic expedition has produced some new crisp images.
- The US Department of Justice is focusing on how Comcast’s purchase of NBC Universal could affect Internet Video.
- The Large Hadron Collider is pushing petabytes of data.
- Nintendo of America is going to drop the price of the DSi and DSi XL starting September 12th.
- Smoking Rates are linked to Education and Cigarette Taxes.
- In 1954, Dwight D. Eisenhower signs Atomic Energy Act.
- Xbox Live Gold prices are increasing in the US, UK, and Canada beginning November 1st.
- Astronaut William Lenoir, who flew the first operational shuttle mission in 1982, has died at the age of 71.
- A toilet owned by John Lennon has sold for $14,740 at auction.
- NASA has teamed up with Flickr to share Historic photos online..
- Microsoft has enabled ActiveSync on all live.com email addresses.
- A Maine Climber has been found in a melting Canadian glacier after 21 years.
- Updated Car stickers are now going to include environmental information.
- A new predatory Dinosaur has been found in Romania.
- The Next Oxford English Dictionary may become all digital.
Look for more stories tomorrow. If an important story has been missed please put it in the comments.
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