Jim Leavitt Fired

Jim Leavitt Fired Breaking news updates :-  Jim Leavitt South Florida football coach has been fired following an investigation of an allegation that he struck one of his players in the locker room.

Jim Leavitt confirmed his dismissal, telling The Associated Press he was “disappointed” and the allegation was “absolutely false.”

USF would not confirm Leavitt’s dismissal, but university spokeswoman Lara Wade said all questions would be answered when the school released a report later Friday.

AOL FanHouse first reported the firing Friday. USF president Judy Genshaft and athletic director Doug Woolard launched the investigation last month after a FanHouse report said Leavitt had grabbed sophomore Joel Miller by the throat and hit him in the face twice during halftime of a game on Nov. 21.

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Jim Leavitt Fired was first posted on January 8, 2010 at 10:36 pm.

Rain Man Dies

Rain Man Dies, Kim Peek, the man who inspired the 1988 comedy-drama film Rain Man, has died. He was 58.

Kim had suffered a major heart attack on Saturday (December 19) and was pronounced dead at a hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Over the years, Kim has inspired a lot of people. He had mental handicaps but scientists and researchers called him “a mega-savant” because he could memorize and recite huge amounts of information on various topics. However, simple tasks like dressing himself or setting the table eluded him.

Kim’s astounding gift to retain knowledge inspired Barry Morrow to write Rain Man, the Oscar-winning movie starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise.

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Rain Man Dies was first posted on December 22, 2009 at 10:20 pm.

Brittany Murphy Investigation Leak

Brittany Murphy Investigation Leak latest breaking news :- County Coroner Office are looking into how details of how an investigator’s report on the actress’ death was leaked to TMZ.com, Brittany Murphy’s sudden death at age 32.

Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter says he doesn’t know how the AOL-owned celebrity-centered website obtained a confidential report that included a trove of info on the final day of the 32-year-old star’s life; including the desperate attempt by her mother and husband to save her life. TMZ’s report stated the investigator, who is only identified by last name, noted numerous bottles of prescription medications were found in Murphy’s name at the Hollywood Hills home where she collapsed Sunday.

Less than 36 hours after Brittany Murphy’s death County Coroners have completed the autopsy on her body, however the determination of cause of death will be deferred, pending the rest of the other tests and it could take eight weeks. A famous website claimed that excessive use of medicines caused the death of Murphy, whereas police reject the claim of website. Different type medicines were found in the Murphy’s room which was taken in the name of her Husband and Mother- in- law, according to website. Murphy’s neighbors says that she died before taken to hospital. According to Murphy’s mother, her daughter was diabetic and was sick for last few days. Murphy’s death was natural, says Police.

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Brittany Murphy Investigation Leak was first posted on December 23, 2009 at 12:52 am.

Buju Banton Arrest,Buju Banton Arrested

TrendPK.com Buju Banton Arrest,Buju Banton Arrested:Buju Banton is in the midst of controversy yet again. The rapper has been arrested on Thursday on the charges of illegal possession of drugs with the intention to distribute. He is currently in the custody of the federal police of the United States in Miami. It [...]

John Lackey,John Lackey Red Sox

TrendPK.com John Lackey,John Lackey Red Sox:John Lackey is reportedly close to signing with the Red Sox after taking a physical for the team on Monday, a development that could have major implications for the Mets.
AOL Fanhouse reported — and several other outlets later confirmed — that Lackey was undergoing a physical, which [...]

Google Profit Falls For 1st Time

Google posted the first-ever decline in its quarterly earnings Thursday but still beat market expectations in the withering economic climate.

The web search giant said that it earned 382 million dollars, or 1.21 dollars per share, in the three months ending in December – a drop of 68 per cent from the same period in 2007. But the profit was hit by a 1.5-billion-dollar charge for write downs on investments like AOL and Clearwire and the cost of issuing new stock options to employees whose existing warrants were below the company’s share price.

Revenue increased 18 per cent to 5.7 billion dollars, or 4.2 billion dollars once payments that Google makes to its ad partners were taken into account.

“Our business is quite healthy, especially given the economic climate,” Google chief executive and Chairman Eric Schmidt said.

He warned that the company was heading into “uncharted territory” as conditions could worsen in the shrinking US economy.

“We don’t know how long this period will last,” Schmidt told analysts in a conference call. “We obviously hope it will be short. We’re certainly prepared to get through this, no problem.”

Shares of Google rose more than 2 per cent in after-hours trading to 312.75 dollars, following the earnings announcement.

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Google Profit Falls For 1st Time was first posted on January 23, 2009 at 10:06 am.

Microsoft says EU may boost Google dominance

Microsoft says EU regulators will hand Google more dominance of the Internet search business if they go ahead with planned regulations on Microsoft’s Windows operating system, the Financial Times reported.

The FT said on Saturday that the move by Microsoft was contained in a confidential last-minute submission to the European Commission aimed at heading off antitrust action.

A Commission spokesman said in response to the report: “The Commission will examine all the arguments outlined by Microsoft in their reply to the statement of objections.”

Microsoft officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

The Commission, which regulates competition in the 27-country European Union, has charged Microsoft with seeking to stymie rivals by tying the firm’s Web browser to its dominant Windows system.

Microsoft replied to the EU antitrust charges, a so-called “statement of objections”, on April 28. It is due to respond orally to the accusations in early June.

By bundling Internet Explorer with Windows, Microsoft shielded its browser from competition with rival products, harming innovation and reducing customer choice, the Commission had said.

Microsoft has said the Commission may order it to distribute other browsers with the operating system.

But the newspaper reported that Microsoft had questioned in its official response, a copy of which the FT had seen, whether such a proposal from the Commission would be legal.

The company claimed competition would be harmed in the Internet search market, the report said.

This is because two of the main rival browser companies, Opera and Mozilla, maker of the Firefox browser, have agreements with Google so their browsers automatically default to the Google search engine, as does Google’s browser, Chrome, it said.

Also, if the screen showing computer users their browser choices is created by the PC makers, Google could work directly with these manufacturers and have them set the search defaults in its favour, the paper cited the software company as saying.

Microsoft also contends that a requirement to distribute other browsers with Windows could infringe its brand rights and impose a potential intellectual property liability, the paper said.

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Microsoft says EU may boost Google dominance was first posted on May 9, 2009 at 7:31 pm.

Intel hit with record $1.45 billion antitrust fine

BRUSSELS: The European Commission imposed a record 1.06 billion euros ($1.45 billion) fine on chipmaker Intel Corp on Wednesday and ordered it halt illegal rebates and other practices to squeeze out rival AMD.

“Intel has harmed millions of European consumers by deliberately acting to keep competitors out of the market for computer chips for many years,” European Union Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said in a statement.

The EU executive said Intel paid computer makers to postpone or cancel plans to launch products that used AMD chips, paid illegal, secret rebates so computer makers would use mostly or entirely Intel chips, and paid a major retailer to stock only computers with its chips.

It ordered Intel “cease the illegal practices immediately to the extent that they are still ongoing.”

Intel may continue to offer rebates, so long as they are legal, the Commission said.

The EU antitrust fine is the biggest imposed on an individual company, exceeding an 896-million euro penalty last year against glass maker Saint-Gobain for price fixing, and a 497-million euro fine in 2004 on Microsoft for abuse of dominance.

The Commission investigated practices dating back to 2002, and said Europe accounted for 30 percent of Intel’s current worldwide 22 billion euro market.

The Commission said Intel must pay the fine, which represents 4.15 percent of the company’s 2008 turnover, within three months of the date of the notification of the decision.

Intel, whose microprocessors power eight out of every 10 PCs in the world, posted first quarter sales of $7.1 billion. Analysts estimated the company enjoys a sizeable cash balance, generating close to $10 billion in cash last year.

The Commission, tasked with ensuring companies do not abuse any market dominance or make deals that restrict competition in the 27-country European Union, started its investigation into Intel in 2001 after a complaint by Advanced Micro Devices.

AMD has also filed a U.S. lawsuit against Intel, which is set to be heard in court in 2010.

The Commission characterised its investigation as one of several, citing rulings against Intel by the Japan Fair Trade Commission and the Korean Fair Trade Commission.

It also referred to investigations by the U.S. Trade Commission and the State of New York.

The decision comes against the background of a renewed determination by the United States to pursue dominant companies that use their power to crush rivals.

The U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust chief, Christine Varney, announced this week she “will be aggressively pursuing” such abuse.

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Intel hit with record $1.45 billion antitrust fine was first posted on May 13, 2009 at 10:26 pm.

Nokia e71x

Remember the Nokia E71x? Well, you probably know that this is a remix of the Nokia E71 QWERTY smartphone that was really welcomed by the public, but fully deserved. The Nokia E71x looks really great. I mean it. It really does, and IMO Nokia manufactures some of the worst looking cellphones, but this one is really great and it can compete against the BlackBerry Curve or BlackBerry Bold. Well, last time we’ve talked about the Nokia E71x, the cellphone just hit the AT&T store for a price of $99.99, however, upon hearing the fact that Samsung Jack will come to AT&T for $99.99, Nokia got scared and it is now selling its QWERTY smartphone for 1 cent for a two-year commitment with AT&T.

I like the Samsung Jack, but the E71x is even better and it’s available for only $.01 and how can you turn this down? Geez… However, let me remind you that the Nokia E71x features a 3.2MP camera, 2.4? LCD screen, 3G, full QWERTY, Bluetooth, USB, 12)MB internal memory, a microSD card expandable slot, Symbian S60, AOL Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Xpress Mail, Windows Live Mail, Microsoft Outlook, and many many others that will make anybody drool.

Thanks http://www.softsailor.com

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Nokia e71x was first posted on May 15, 2009 at 6:30 pm.

Google increas Share oF Web Search

NEW YORK: Google increased its share of the US online search market in April while Yahoo! and Microsoft both lost ground, according to figures released by tracking firm comScore.

ComScore said that 64.2 percent of the searches conducted by Americans in April were at Google sites, up from 63.7 percent in March.

Yahoo!’s share of the search market slipped 0.1 percentage points in April to 20.4 percent while Microsoft saw its share fall by 0.1 percentage points to 8.2 percent.

Search engine Ask held steady at 3.8 percent while AOL saw its market share fall by 0.3 percentage points to 3.4 percent, comScore said.

The tracking firm said Americans conducted 14.8 billion searches in April, up three percent over March, with Google accounting for 9.5 billion searches, followed by Yahoo! with three billion and Microsoft with 1.2 billion.

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Google increas Share oF Web Search was first posted on May 19, 2009 at 10:51 am.