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Posted by Wayne on 2nd September 2010
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Daily Run Down 09/02/2010

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • The FCC is seeking more input on wireless rules.
  • The original Android phone, The T-Mobile G1, has a successor. The G2 is going to be $199 with contract and $199 with contract.
  • An Armed Man had taken hostages at the Discovery Channel’s Headquarters.
  • Samsung has made it’s Galaxy Tab official.
  • Bacteria are crafty at sharing antibiotic resistance.
  • Call of Duty Black Ops Multiplayer is getting some intersting game mechanics.
  • BP is said to remove it’s equipment in the Gulf by Sunday.
  • Furor has erupted over self-sacrifice in Evolution.
  • Amazon has Fox and ABC episodes available for purchase for $0.99.
  • China is now requiring an ID to buy mobile phone numbers.
  • eBay is blocking all third-party checkout tools.
  • Stephen Hawking has chosen physics over ‘God’ for the Big Bang.
  • Evidence has suggested that Ancient Nubians made antibiotic beer.
  • A Shapeshifting robot plane can fly in bad weather.
  • 41 Years ago today, in 1969, the First ATM went into operation.

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Posted by Wayne on 1st September 2010
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Daily Run Down 09/01/2010

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • A New Study is suggesting that hunger may fight fatigue.
  • Sony has updated it’s entire e-reader lineup with touch.
  • The Windows 7 family pack discounts have returned for the anniversary of Windows 7.
  • WebOS 2.0 beta is now ready for developers.
  • Sea Creatures are the keys to hints at a ‘recent’ Trans-antarctic seaway.
  • Neal Stephenson has revealed his new Digital Novel platform.
  • Here’s a new image of a Superwind-blowing Galaxy.
  • Apple has announced a bunch of new stuff today.
  • A cup of tea has forced a jet to make an emergency landing.
  • Hot Water that surrounds a Giant Carbon star has created an interstellar mystery.
  • Microsoft has released their ‘Fix-It’ for DLL load hijacking.
  • Brain exercises can delay mental decline.
  • The FCC has struckdown a free broadband plan.
  • Windows Phone 7 has reached Release-To-Manufacturing stage.

Look for more stories tomorrow. If an important story has been missed please leave it in the comments.

Posted by Wayne on 31st August 2010
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Daily Run Down 08/31/2010

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Two men have been arrested on a flight from Chicago to Amsterdam after some ‘suspicious items’ were found in their checked luggage.
  • There are two finalists for Illinois Lottery management.
  • Mexico has fired 10% of it’s federal police force.
  • Roku has dropped prices on three media players; they now start at $59.99.
  • Viewsonic’s 7″ ViewPad is official with Android 2.2.
  • New York landlords are now required to tell tenants about bedbugs.
  • Fidel Castro, in a rare interview, stated that he was ‘at death’s door’.
  • AutoCAD has returned to the Mac.
  • Heaps of fossils from the evolutionary ‘Big Bang’ have been discovered in the Canadian Rockies.
  • US Food and Drug Administration investigators have found two egg farms failed to follow their own safety procedures.
  • Chinese officials are going to hear a case where a potential school teacher was denied a job because he is HIV positive.
  • US Federal officials are suggesting grade letters for vehicle efficiency.
  • Borders has upped the ante for Amazon and Barnes & Noble with a $99 e-reader.
  • TweetPhoto has renamed itself to Plixi and adds location-based services.
  • The Magna Carta is getting some new preservation gas.
  • A Tube of plasma has been able to create solar eruptions in the lab.
  • Tesla Motors has paid a fine for lacking emissions certificate of conformity, despite none of their cars producing emissions.

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Posted by Wayne on 30th August 2010
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Daily Run Down 08/30/2010

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.

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Posted by Wayne on 29th August 2010
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Daily Run Down 08/29/2010

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

Current News

  • The Chicago White Sox have retired Frank Thomas’ Number 35.
  • There is now a 64GB Flash Drive that is the size of a postage stamp.
  • China is going to mine the Yellow Sea floor
  • Giant Rings around Galaxies have Astronomers a bit  perplexed.
  • Due to a downpour in Phoenix has caused a 69-car pile up.

Historical News

  • In 1632, English Philosopher John Locke was born.
  • In 1786, Shay’s Rebellion begins due to High Taxes.
  • In 1898, The Goodyear company was founded
  • In 1923, English Director Richard Attenborough was born.
  • In 1949, the Soviet Atomic Bomb project tests it’s first bomb.
  • In 1968, Ulysses S. Grant III, died.

Look for more stories tomorrow. If I forgot any important stories please let everybody know in the comments.

Posted by Wayne on 28th August 2010
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Daily Run Down 08/28/2010

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Clearwire is reportedly going to offer a pay-as-you go service.
  • The United, Continental mega-merger has been approved by the Justic Department.
  • Fidel Castro is claiming that Osama Bin Laden is a CIA Agent.
  • Bankrupt Mexicana Airlines has suspended travel.
  • Google has backed out of JavaOne, due to Oracle Lawsuit.
  • A Mock Astronaut will be launched by a Private Danish Rocketeer.
  • NASA is going to study Hurricanes by flying directly into them.

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Posted by Wayne on 27th August 2010
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Daily Run Down 08/27/2010

Here is today’s Daily Run down.

  • A Prehistoric man found naturally mummified may have had a funeral ceremony.
  • USA Today is going to reorganize.
  • Ford is recalling 575,000 Winstar Vans in the US and Canada.
  • 20 Des Plains, Illinois liquore sellers have been caught in a sting by teens.
  • Scientists have the genetic code for Wheat.
  • Exchange’s ActiveSync technology is reportedly making it’s way to Hotmail on Monday.
  • Facebook is going to cease supporting Internet Explorer 6.
  • A Baby Tiger was found stuffed in a bag in Bangkok.

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Posted by Wayne on 26th August 2010
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Daily Run Down 08/26/2010

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Former Disney CEO, Michael Eisner, could become the CEO of the Tribune Company.
  • Google will begin putting Red Google Voice Telephone booths in the US
  • Amazon has lost an exclusive deal with Wiley Publishing.
  • The Co-founder of Paypal and Slide is now Google’s new Vice President of Engineering.
  • BP is scrapping plans to drill in the Arctic due to the Gulf Oil Spill.
  • Scientists have found some colorful life living off the coast of Indonesia.
  • A proposed German Law would allow employers to Google potential applicants, but not use Facebook.
  • A Grad Student has created a cheap $200 Laser Cutter.
  • Mophie and Intuit have partnered to create an iOS compatible Cred card Swiping solution.
  • 127 Years ago, in 1883, Krakatau erupted and changed the world again.
  • MIT has unveiled swimming robots that clean oil.
  • New Orleans schools will receive $1.8 Billion for Katrina Damages.
  • The NFL Owners have agreed to 18-game seasons.
  • Ever Wonder why Fish in the Arctic don’t freeze? Well, now there’s an answer.
  • New drugs are offering extraordinary hopes for skin cancer patients.

Look for more stories tomorrow. If an important story has been missed please leave it in the comments.

Posted by Wayne on 25th August 2010
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Daily Run Down 08/25/2010

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Two people have been sentenced in a ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ like crime spree.
  • FEMA has rejected aid to flood victims.
  • A New Film is going to focus on 3rd Generation Holocaust survivors.
  • Egypt has announced the site for it’s first Nuclear Power Plant.
  • The Body of a British Spy has been found.
  • Ancient Roman Statues were colored.
  • The Original Kermit the Frog muppet is going to the Smithsonian.
  • Internet Explorer 9 is getting a new interface.
  • Google has integrated Google Voice with Gmail.
  • A Micro Frog has been discovered inside a Borneo Pitcher Plant.
  • Apple’s September 1st Event is official.
  • Whooping cough is making a comeback.

Look for more stories tomorrow. If an important story has been missed please leave it in the comments.

Posted by Wayne on 24th August 2010
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Daily Run Down 08/24/2010

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

  • Bloggers are crying foul with Philadelphia’s new Business Tax.
  • Tivo has created a QWERTY keyboard for it’s Tivo devices.
  • Planets are being weighed using Pulsar flashes.
  • Some people are wondering what makes Death Valley rocks wander.
  • US courts have halted federal funding of all stem cell research.
  • The Farthest Full moon of 2010 is tonight, it’s also the smallest.
  • 13 Hawksbill Turtles have been released off of Singapore in order to conserve the species.
  • Take Two Interactive has lost it’s bid to acquire BioShock.com.
  • Home sales last month dropped to their lowest levels in 15 years, by 27%.
  • 380,000 pounds of meat have been recalled.
  • Eggshells appear more colorful through the eyes of birds.
  • A Man went five years without noticing that he had been shot in the head.
  • It was Four years ago today, that Pluto was no longer considered a Planet.

Look for more stories tomorrow. If an important story has been missed please leave a comment with the story.