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Monday 30th August 2010

by Wayne

Here 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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