Technology

Killzone: Mercenary launching on Sept. 10, one week ahead of schedule

Killzone: Mercenary launching on Sept. 10, one week ahead of schedule

Killzone: Mercenary has a new launch date! The game will be launching on Sept. 10. for the PS Vita in North America, one week ahead of schedule, publisher Sony Computer Entertainment revealed today. Gamers across the pond will be getting the game even earlier, as it is set to release on Sept. 4 in Europe [...]

NVIDIA Shield May 20 pre-order date didn’t fly, pre-orders open today instead

NVIDIA Shield May 20 pre-order date didn’t fly, pre-orders open today instead

We earlier reported that the NVIDIA Shield would be up for pre-order on May 20. Now it seems like NVIDIA has changed its mind on the matter, as pre-orders for the Shield are open as of now. If you’re interested in pre-ordering the $350 Android handheld gaming console, you can do so through select retailers: GameStop, [...]

Good news! The Razer Atrox arcade stick still exists, and pre-orders for it begin next week

Good news! The Razer Atrox arcade stick still exists, and pre-orders for it begin next week

Remember the Razer Atrox? The arcade gaming stick for the Xbox 360? Well, Gaming hardware manufacture has pulled it out of the beta testing phase, and now it’s preparing to accept pre-orders for the Razer Atrox next week. A prototype version was shown at TGS in 2011, and seems to have been received quite well. [...]

Sports

Frank Lampard Signs New Chelsea Deal, Talks About Jose Mourinho

Frank Lampard Signs New Chelsea Deal, Talks About Jose Mourinho

After several months of speculations, Frank Lampard formally extended his stay at Stamford Bridge after signing a one-year contract extension with Chelsea, ending rumors about his eventual exit after the season. Lampard was a subject of different transfer rumors for the past few months with reports suggesting that his days with the Blues are numbered. [...]

Mario Balotelli Of AC Milan Cries Foul Over Racist Chants

Mario Balotelli Of AC Milan Cries Foul Over Racist Chants

AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli has heard enough of the racist chants towards their team and said that he will do something to show his disgust if ever he will experience another one in the future. Balotelli, who has been a subject of several racism incidents in football, said in an interview with CNN that [...]

Roberto Mancini Fired As Manchester City Manager

Roberto Mancini Fired As Manchester City Manager

The Manchester rivalry will feature two new managers next season after Manchester City announced the firing of manager Roberto Mancini, almost a week after Sir Alex Ferguson announced the upcoming end of his reign at the Old Trafford. Manchester City fired Mancini after the club failed to defend their English Premier League title this season. [...]

Health

Feds Sues New York Fish Company for Unsanitary Conditions

Feds Sues New York Fish Company for Unsanitary Conditions

The U.S. Department of Justice in behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has filed a lawsuit against a New York fish company for processing fish under unsanitary conditions. The accusation was made against New York Fish Inc., makers of smoked salmon and mackerel, for failing to take steps to prevent contamination of their [...]

Does Using Marijuana Reduce The Risk Of Getting Diabetes?

Does Using Marijuana Reduce The Risk Of Getting Diabetes?

A new research suggests that people using marijuana are less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes compared to people who don’t use marijuana. The research conducted by representatives of the University of Nebraska, Harvard and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center shows that people who regularly use the weed take in more food calories than nonusers, [...]

FDA Approves Xofigo For Treatment Of Advanced Prostate Cancer

FDA Approves Xofigo For Treatment Of Advanced Prostate Cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced this Wednesday that they have approved a new injectable drug that can help people with advanced prostate cancer that has spread to the bones. The drug from Bayer Pharmaceuticals called Xofigo uses radiation in treating men whose cancer has grown to bone tumors but not to other organs. [...]

Entertainment

Gears of War Movie May Have a Sprinkle of Hope as Producer Scott Stuber Gets Onboard

Gears of War Movie May Have a Sprinkle of Hope as Producer Scott Stuber Gets Onboard

The Gears of War movie, which has been in development for a very long time now, may have gotten a sprinkle of hope now that producer Scott Stuber has joined the project. This news comes from a report done by Variety, who also says that he will be producing and developing the script for the [...]

Gucci Targets on Ceramics Company this Time

Gucci Targets on Ceramics Company this Time

The Doccia porcelain Company from Doccia, at present known as Richard-Ginori Ceramics Company which used to be reigning over porcelain in the Auzzy’s ruled industry in the mid eighteen century. The Ginori’s had this industry under them until 1896 when it went to the hands of the Società Ceramica Richard of Milan as the Ginori’s [...]

New York City’s Fashion Industry is backed up by Mayor Bloomberg

New York City’s Fashion Industry is backed up by Mayor Bloomberg

The recent launch of the semi annual Fashion week will earn a huge amount of currency which summed up to a total of $865 Million annually that was resoluted by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and council of fashion designers of America President Diane von Furstenberg. This event is believed to create a huge impact from [...]

Finance

Yahoo Acquires Summly App From 17-Year-Old British Founder

Yahoo Acquires Summly App From 17-Year-Old British Founder

Yahoo announced their acquisition of the mobile news aggregator application Summly from its 17-year-old founder as part of their bid to bolster their mobile service to regain their lost popularity. Yahoo bough the Summly application from Nick D’Alosio, who created the application that takes on any news story and provides a high quality 400-word summary. [...]

Dell Buyout: Carl Icahn And Blackstone Could Tie Up To Upset Michael Dell

Dell Buyout: Carl Icahn And Blackstone Could Tie Up To Upset Michael Dell

Famed investors Carl Icahn revealed that a tie-up talk with Blackstone Group is being explored to challenge the buyout proposal made by Dell founder Michael Dell and his buyout-partner Silver Lake group. Michael Dell earlier announced that he and Silver Lake agreed on a partnership deal to purchase the company and make it a private [...]

Should I Get HSA or Traditional PPO Health Insurance Plan?

Should I Get HSA or Traditional PPO Health Insurance Plan?

  When choosing health insurance plans, most people go for the PPO since it offers low deductible and it is the default option offered by employers.  Traditional PPO does provide the peace of mind with the low deductible, then  the insurance company will pick up most of the tab thereafter.  But is traditional PPO the [...]

News

Microsoft to unveil the successor to the Xbox 360 on May 21

Microsoft to unveil the successor to the Xbox 360 on May 21

Microsoft will be announcing the next generation Xbox on May 21 in Redmond, WA in addition to a ”full line-up of blockbuster gaming experiences” that will accompany Microsoft’s next gaming console. The Redmond based company also confirmed that Microsoft will have an E3 briefing this year at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, CA on June [...]

Photos From The Bomb Explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon

Photos From The Bomb Explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon

Very little confirmed details are currently available, but what we do know is that two separate bombs exploded from inside and near The Fairmont Copley Plazam Hotel in Boston, right at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon. The explosives were reported as to have originated from a trash can.  The first explosion occurred [...]

How Yom HaShoah is Celebrated in the United States

How Yom HaShoah is Celebrated in the United States

Yom HaShoah falls on April 8 this year. It is a commemoration of a tragedy that happened not so long ago during the time when Nazi Germany dreamt of dominating the world. While many people in the world want to forget what happened that day, Israelis cannot. That is the reason why wherever they are, [...]

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Unreleased Wii U Games will be playable at Best Buy while E3 is underway

Unreleased Wii U Games will be playable at Best Buy while E3 is underway

| May 17, 2013 | 0 Comments

As we all know, E3, the Electronics Entertainment Expo, is coming up fast being only a few weeks away. It’s going to be an exciting year at E3, as two big giants in the gaming industry, Sony and Microsoft, have and are announcing their new consoles prior to the event. Nintendo isn’t going to let [...]

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The Walking Dead and other Telltale Games titles now available on Green Man Gaming

The Walking Dead and other Telltale Games titles now available on Green Man Gaming

| May 17, 2013 | 0 Comments

Online retailer Green Man Gaming, who operates a store similar to Steam (without the desktop platform), has announced that titles from Telltale Games are now available. You’re now able to download Windows and Mac versions of hit titles like The Walking Dead, Back to the Future: The Game, Tales of Monkey Island, and more. You [...]

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89 People Arrested In The US For Medicare Fraud Schemes

89 People Arrested In The US For Medicare Fraud Schemes

| May 14, 2013 | 0 Comments

Authorities have arrested 89 people spread out across eight U.S. cities on Tuesday for schemes that defrauded the Medicare program of $223 million. Those that were arrested were licensed professionals which include doctors, nurses and other medical professionals who made false billings. Charges filed against the defendants are conspiracy to commit health care fraud, money [...]

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NVIDIA’s Project SHIELD to launch before the end of June 2013, costs $349

NVIDIA’s Project SHIELD to launch before the end of June 2013, costs $349

| May 14, 2013 | 0 Comments

NVIDIA has announced that Project SHIELD, now Nvidia Shield, will launch before the end of June for $349.99. If you’re itching to be one of the first people to get their very own Nvidia Shield, pre-orders will open on May 20 through various online and brick-and-mortar retailers. Interested consumers will be able to pre-order the [...]

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China Reports Three New Deaths Linked To Bird Flu Virus

China Reports Three New Deaths Linked To Bird Flu Virus

| May 13, 2013 | 0 Comments

Chinese health officials have reported that three people have died recently from the new strain of H7N9 bird flu virus raising the death toll to 35. The number of people infected has already risen to 130. The World Health Organization said that this new strain is one of the most deadly viruses around and seem [...]

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Anthony Rizzo Signs Extension Worth up to $70M

Anthony Rizzo Signs Extension Worth up to $70M

| May 12, 2013 | 0 Comments

The Chicago Cubs have locked up the middle of their lineup with new a seven year contract for first baseman Anthony Rizzo.  The deal, reported by Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, is for seven years, $41 million, with an option that could extend the contract an additional two years worth $14.5 million a year.  The [...]

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Second Case Of SARS-Like Virus Reported In France

Second Case Of SARS-Like Virus Reported In France

| May 12, 2013 | 0 Comments

Health officials from France have confirmed the second case of a new SARS-like coronavirus in the country that has infected a patient who shared a room with the only other confirmed sufferer. Little is still known about this new coronavirus strain (nCoV). What is known so far is that it was first reported in the [...]

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FDA Approves GlaxoSmithKline’s Breo Ellipta For Lung Disease Treatment

FDA Approves GlaxoSmithKline’s Breo Ellipta For Lung Disease Treatment

| May 10, 2013 | 0 Comments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has just GlaxoSmithKline’s Breo Ellipta for treatment in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. The approval came a month after it was endorsed by a federal advisory panel last month. Breo Ellipta is jointly developed by Theravance Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline. It is administered once daily using an inhaler. GSK [...]

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