Sony BRAVIA KDL46HX750 46-Inch 1080p 3D LED Internet TV, Black

Posted on April 3, 2012 by admin

Experience all the features of the Sony KDL46HX750 1080p 3D LED Internet TV as it becomes the centerpiece of your living space. With highly acclaimed X-Reality Engine technology that analyzes each scene, it's no wonder the colors and textures in everything you watch—HD movies, sports, even YouTube clips—look so natural. Lifelike motion comes via Motionflow XR 480 technology for that at-the-game feeling. Plus, Internet connectivity provides access to music, thousands of movies, TV shows, and more.1

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Toshiba Satellite L755-S5152 15.6-Inch Laptop (Silver)

Posted on April 3, 2012 by admin

Offering plenty of mobile computing power plus room to multitask, study, and play, the Toshiba Satellite L755 (model L755-S5152) offers a generous 15.6-inch LED-backlit HD display that's great for doing more things at once--handling business at home or in the field, watching movies or playing online RPG games. And its high-gloss Fusion Finish in Matrix Silver will be sure to raise a few eyebrows.

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Toshiba Satellite L755S5166 15.6-Inch Laptop

Posted on April 3, 2012 by admin

Offering plenty of mobile computing power plus room to multitask, study, and play, the Toshiba Satellite L755 (model L755-S5166) offers a generous 15.6-inch LED-backlit HD display that's great for doing more things at once--handling business at home or in the field, watching movies or playing online RPG games. And its brushed aluminum blue finish will be sure to raise a few eyebrows.

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Panasonic VIERA TC-P55UT50 55-Inch 1080p Full HD 3D Plasma TV

Posted on April 3, 2012 by admin

The UT50 features VIERA Link, a technology that allows a consumer to operate all VIERA Link compatible AV components using only the TV’S remote control. In addition to operating a VIERA HDTV, video source, and home theater receiver can be connected to a VIERA HDTV and controlled via VIERA Link remote. Users can then watch their child, pet and/or property by installing the camera and networking to the VIERA HDTV via Ethernet cable.

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Dell acquires Wyse to extend cloud computing offerings

Posted on April 2, 2012 by admin

While Dell lost some market share last year to Lenovo, they still hold a strong presence in both the desktop and server market. It looks like the company is hoping to make more inroads into the virtualization market, as Dell this morning announced the acquisition of cloud client computing company Wyse Technology.

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Coty Offers to Buy Avon Products for $10 Billion in Cash

Posted on April 2, 2012 by admin

Coty Inc. offered to buy Avon Products Inc. (AVP), the door-to-door cosmetics seller conducting an internal bribery probe, for about $10 billion to more than double its sales.

The unsolicited cash proposal of $23.25 a share is 20 percent higher than Avon’s closing price on March 30. Coty said it has held “extensive discussions” about financing a deal and has no intention of pursuing a purchase on a hostile basis, the New York-based company said today in a statement. Avon in a separate statement today rejected Coty’s offer, saying a deal wouldn’t be in the best interests of shareholders.

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Coast Guard saves yacht crew after violent storm

Posted on April 2, 2012 by admin

(CBS News) – A U.S. Coast Guard cutter is expected to reach San Francisco Monday morning carrying two seriously injured British sailors rescued late Sunday night.

Two members of the crew of the Geraldton Western Australia – a 50-year-old doctor and a 29-year-old engineer – were injured when a violent storm in the Pacific Ocean ripped the helm clean off their ship’s dock.

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Update: Creepy Girls Around Me pulled from the iTunes App Store

Posted on April 1, 2012 by admin

After a barrage of negative press and user complaints, the creepy Girls Around Me app this week was formally removed from the iTunes App Store. One still questions how it ever got there in the first place.

Here’s the background.

Girls Around Me, an app that up until just recently displayed foursquare check-in information of women within a user’s proximity, illustrated how privacy increasingly takes a backseat to social connectivity.

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Nomination fight could end in Wisconsin, but state contests and stars gives GOP hope for fall

Posted on April 1, 2012 by admin

MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin voters are just warming up.

The national political spotlight promises to be hotter than normal this year, considering the series of contests in the state that serve as tests on issues confronting the country as a whole. And that’s after Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary, which effectively could end the race for the nomination.

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Micah True: Ultrarunner’s Body Found in New Mexico’s Wilderness

Posted on April 1, 2012 by admin

Searchers have found the body of ultrarunner Micah True, who went missing last week after going on a 12-mile run in southwest New Mexico's Gila National Forest.

New Mexico state police said True's body was discovered Saturday night, the Associated Press reported.

His cause of death was still unknown but incident commander Tom Bemis told the Boulder Daily Camera that there were "no obvious signs of trauma."

True, 60, was a legend in the distance running community. He was depicted in Christopher McDougall's best-selling book, "Born to Run," in which he took up residence in the remote Copper Canyons of Mexico among the Tarahumara, a desert-dwelling tribe of the best ultrarunners in the world who gave him the moniker.

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