Sports Illustrated investigation adds detail
A Sports Illustrated investigative report by senior writer George Dohrmann, with staff writer David Epstein, reveals a program rife with alleged NCAA rules violations. The new allegations include that the memorabilia-for-tattoos and cash violations stretch back to 2002, involve at least 28 players (22 more than had previously been reported) and accusations that Buckeyes traded [...]
Sony to Restore PSN in Nearly All Regions
Sony said Monday that the company will restore almost all of its services, including the Playstation Store, by the end of the week in the Americas, Europe, and most of Asia. Sony Corp. said Tuesday it plans to fully restore services on its PlayStation Network (PSN) by this weekend in all regions except Japan, Hong [...]
Portable Air Conditioner
Haier Portable Air Conditioner, 8000 BTUs, CPRB08XCJ The ultra-compact portable air conditioner has 3 modes of comfort; cool, dehumidify and fan. This capacity air conditioner is designed to a cool a 251-350 square feet area. For smaller rooms up to 200 square feet in your office or home, the Haier Portable Air Conditioner is a [...]
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M and NVIDIA GT 520MX GPUs
Nvidia has taken the wraps off its latest high-end graphics chips for notebooks at Computex. The newGeForce GTX 560M brings a welcome performance boost from the GTX 460M as well as improved battery life thanks to the company’s Optimus graphics switching technology. Specs include 192 CUDA cores, with 1550MHz shader frequency, a 775MHz graphics clock, [...]
Asus PadFone Is Both a Tablet and a Phone, Review
At the end of the Asus press conference at Computex 2011, Chairman Jonney Shih waited until the very last minute to unveil the best product of the night: The Asus PadFone, a convergent device that docks a smartphone into the back of a slate so that they can be used together as a single device. [...]
E.coli contaminated cucumber in German, 10 Deaths
German health chiefs on Saturday announced four more deaths feared to have been caused by E. coli-contaminated cucumbers, bringing to ten the number of suspected deaths in the country. Two of the ten deaths have so far been officially attributed to the deadly E. coli strain, with about 300 cases of infection reported in several [...]
Sarah Palin: From Mama Grizzly to motorcycle mama (Video)
A motorcycle-riding Sarah Palin fueled speculation of a White House run Sunday by launching a tour that will take the Republican rock star to the key early presidential voting state of New Hampshire. Sarah Palin and her family sneaked out in Washington on Sunday night for what she called an “incognito” tour of the national [...]
Sean Kingston jet ski accident in Miami Beach
“Beautiful Girls” hitmaker Sean Kingston was injured following a jet skiing accident in Miami Beach. Sean Kingston, the 21-year-old singer and a female passenger were taken to a hospital after his personal watercraft crashed into a bridge around 6 pm on Sunday. Sean Kingston crashed into the bridge connecting Miami Beach’s Palm Island to the [...]