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1.5 Billion Pounds Spent on Games

ulva — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:59:00 -0500

Statistics registered that gamers from the United Kingdom spent not less than a record £1.52 billion on titles this year. This is a 25 percent increase in comparison with the last year and still more than a week to count till 2008. Tagged by ulva under

Golden Coins from Cheerios Still Valuable

ulva — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:49:00 -0500

A $1 Million Award for Developers of Open Source Software

ulva — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:44:00 -0500

Officials from the American vendor of computers, components, software, and IT services, Sun Microsystems, have stated that the company started a new program aimed towards independent software developers. Tagged by ulva under

Rare 1776 8 Reales Coin Found at the Cemetery

ulva — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:25:00 -0500

While workers performed restoration works at the Nashville City Cemetery, archeologists suddenly spotted the famous "piece of eight", which was latter named the "peso" and then the "8 reales," dated 1776. Tagged by ulva under

500 Year Old Gold Coin Proved to be a Fake

ulva — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:11:00 -0500

A lot of collectors continue to suffer from fake coins producers. There were a lot of reports stating that replica coins really upset enthusiasts passionate about numismatics.The coin that included an old look and a lure of value turned out to be another fake, which has no value and thus has be considered junk. Tagged by ulva under

AMD Says Sorry in Front of Financial Analysts

ulva — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:05:00 -0500

The annual meeting with financial analysts, held by AMD, turned into a wave of apologies from the company's representatives to experts from Wall Street. AMG said sorry for the mistakes that occurred this year. The company stated that in 2008 it would get in full shape by launching its renewed version of Barcelona quad-core line, the functionality of which is seriously crippled due to its design flaw. Tagged by ulva under

Golden Coins from Cheerios Still Valuable

ulva — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:58:00 -0500

Some of those who purchased a box of Cheerios back in 2000, and namely in January, got very lucky because they received more than a plain breakfast, they found a very special golden coin, called Sacagawea.It is not just a simple dollar. Each one of these golden coins from Cheerios is currently sold among collectors for several thousand dollars. Tagged by ulva under

More Privacy Guaranteed by Ask

ulva — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:53:00 -0500

InterActive Corp.'s search engine, Ask, announced the introduction of a new online tool that will be able to help people who surf the Internet keep their history of search private. The new tool was entitled AskEraser and with its help users will be able to delete any data regarding the searches they made on the Ask website, this includes the elimination of information from the company's servers. Tagged by ulva under

The Royal Canadian Mint Issues a 2007 Line of Collector Coins

ulva — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:58:00 -0500

On October 19 the Royal Canadian Mint produced and launched into circulation 10 new collector coins dated 2007. Among them there was a 25-cent coin, which was nicely painted to commemorate the 60th wedding anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Tagged by ulva under

Yahoo to Use Content from CNBC

ulva — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:50:00 -0500

One of the most popular news websites, Yahoo Finance, on December 12, will start the distribution of its content from CNBS, a channel for business news. According to the executives, the deal between the two parties will serve well for the video options of Yahoo as well as for the visibility of CNBC.com. Tagged by ulva under

U.S. Mint to Fine any Misuse of Its Names and Symbols

ulva — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:43:00 -0500

The new Treasury Department regulation gave the U.S. Mint the power to charge fines of up to $25,000. In such a way the Mint will be able to police the use of its names, emblems and symbols. It will also be able to fine those who misuse names and symbols of Treasury in their advertisements and other activities. Tagged by ulva under

China and India Registered Huge Growth in Mobile Service Industry

ulva — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:33:00 -0500

Statistics for the last year show that Chinese users of mobile phones sent about 429 billion text messages. At the same time India registered an enormous growth of mobile service subscribers. Both countries joined the group of the two fastest growing countries if the field, Brazil and Russia. Tagged by ulva under

Greenpeace Asks Gaming Giants to Act Greener

ulva — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:24:00 -0500

The environmental campaign group states that Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, companies producing game consoles did not reduce the amount of toxic elements used to manufacture their products. Tagged by ulva under

Fashion in Vain: Back-breaking Gold Coin Dress Worth $1.2 Million

ulva — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:15:00 -0500

If you want to look like a millionaire than all you have to do is to wear the million on yourself. This is exactly what happened on a fashion show, where, for the sake of fashion, people were able to see a gold coin dress worth millions of dollars. Tagged by ulva under

United States to Reach $1 Trillion Hospital Bill

ulva — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:09:00 -0500

In 2005 all hospitals in the United States were able to charge $873 billion, which represents an increase of 90 percent in comparison with 1997. Such data was provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research.In average the yearly increase in the national hospital bill was around 4.5%. If this rate is maintained, researchers presume that in 2008 the bill may reach a huge sum of $1 trillion. Tagged by ulva under

US Court to Continue the Dispute over Treasure Shipwreck Found Near Spain

ulva — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:03:00 -0500

According to the court documents the legal debates between the deep-sea explorers from Florida and Spanish government regarding a sunken treasure, which is valued at $500 million, are to continue for a year or more.A case management report, which was filed in federal court, states that both Odyssey Marine Exploration and Spanish government attorneys are ready to act beyond their abilities in trail that will take place some time after October 1, 2008. Tagged by ulva under

New Congressional Gold Medal Offered to Dalai Lama

ulva — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:32:00 -0500

The Capitol Hill housed Dalai Lama to present him the Congressional Gold medal, which is the highest civilian honor currently given in the United States. The honoring of Dalai Lama with Congressional Gold medal infuriated the Communist leaders of Peoples Republic of China. On Wednesday Chinese leaders outlined that they were insulted by the fact that the United States "interfere" in the internal affairs of Tagged by ulva under

World's Biggest Gold Coin Registered in Guinness Book of Records

ulva — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:58:00 -0500

The Royal Canadian Mint was highly appreciated in the Guinness Book of Records for its innovative approach towards producing coinage products. The RCM created a 100-kg (220lb) bullion coin, being made of 99.999 percent pure gold, which was registered in the Guinness Book of Records. Coin's face value is $1 million. Tagged by ulva under

Data Protection Minister Uninformed about the Missing Information on 25M People

ulva — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:47:00 -0500

The amount of mistakes the British government created in order to protect personal information critically increased when Michael Wills, the data protection minister, revealed that he had been not informed about the disappearance of the disks with information that included personal data of 25 million people. It is worth reminding that Revenue & Customs lost the disks and Mr. Tagged by ulva under

The Wrong Inscription of U.S. Coins

ulva — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:34:00 -0500

One of the greatest American symbols - the American dollar, have been presented to the world with a new look. 300 million new George Washington dollar coins were recently struck. About 50,000 proved to be without the edge inscription "In God We Trust"without the edge inscription . People around the world are arguing whether it was made mistakenly or intentionally. New coins are even considered a disgrace to the country. Tagged by ulva under