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It’s 2014. Apple has gathered everyone together for a special event. As Tim Cook presents, he says, “Today we’re introducing three revolutionary new products. The first one is a cable box. The second one is a revolutionary streaming media device. The third is a new way to play games on your TV. So, three things: a cable box, a streaming box, and a game console. Are you getting it? These are not three separate devices. This is one device. And we’re calling it iTV.” [...]
How Xbox One opens the door for the next Apple TV
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Imagine this.
It’s 2014. Apple has gathered everyone together for a special event. As Tim Cook presents, he says, “Today we’re introducing three revolutionary new products. The first one is a cable box. The second one is a revolutionary streaming media device. The third is a new way to play games on your TV. So, three things: a cable box, a streaming box, and a game console. Are you getting it? These are not three separate devices. This is one device. And we’re calling it iTV.” [...]
Sandy who? Jersey shore opens for summer seven months after storm
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SEASIDE HEIGHTS, New Jersey |
Fri May 24, 2013 1:26pm EDT
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, New Jersey (Reuters) – The New Jersey shore ushered in the unofficial start of summer on Friday, with businesses making last-minute preparations and officials declaring the resort towns ready for visitors seven months after Superstorm Sandy.
Governor Chris Christie oversaw a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open a freshly re-constructed boardwalk in Seaside Heights and declared it “a great day for New Jersey [...]
Vatican punishes Freemason priest
24 May 2013
Last updated at 13:06 ET
Father Pascal Vesin is seen outside his church in Megeve on Friday
A Roman Catholic parish priest at an elite French ski resort has been stripped of his Church functions for refusing to renounce Freemasonry.
Father Pascal Vesin was ordered by his bishop to cease his work in the Alpine resort of Megeve, the parish said.
Bishop Yves Boivineau had warned Fr Vesin about his “active membership” of the Grand Orient de France lodge.
Freemasonry has been condemned as anti-C [...]
Home team left without credible Derby contender as trials season ends
The Listed Cocked Hat Stakes here on Friday was, in theory at least, the final British Derby trial of 2013 and it drew a suitably disappointing line below a process that has failed to produce an obvious home-trained contender for the sport’s most famous Classic on 1 June. Three horses were declared, without an entry at Epsom between them, and just two went to post. One of those was a gelding, ineligible for the Derby. With an air of inevitability on a damp, grey afternoon, the gelding won.
Time may show that Disclaimer’s defea [...]
MAD debuts Obama ‘Drone Ranger’
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How is President Barack Obama like the Lone Ranger? MAD Magazine is having its say on the matter, featuring the president — in spoof form— as the masked, Old West ranger on the cover of its latest issue. (The Lone Ranger was a 1930s radio show that became a television program and comic series. Most recently, it was made into a movie, coming outin July.)
His Tonto, of course, is Vice President Joe Biden.
The subject? Drones. The headline? The Drone Ranger. The subhead? “Now Bombing Eve [...]
Heart healthy lifestyle may cut kidney disease patients’ risk of kidney failure
Maintaining a heart healthy lifestyle may also help protect chronic kidney disease patients from developing kidney failure and dying prematurely, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The findings suggest that patients with kidney disease should be encouraged to improve their heart health. Poor kidney health puts people at risk of developing heart problems, but it’s unclear whether the opposite is true. Does heart health also affect kidney health?
To investig [...]
Xbox One: Apple’s best friend
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Imagine this.
It’s 2014. Apple has gathered everyone together for a special event. As Tim Cook presents, he says, “Today we’re introducing three revolutionary new products. The first one is a cable box. The second one is a revolutionary streaming media device. The third is a new way to play games on your TV. So, three things: a cable box, a streaming box, and a game console. Are you getting it? These are not three separate devices. This is one device. And we’re calling it iTV.” [...]
Spanish princess faces new tax probe
24 May 2013
Last updated at 13:15 ET
Princess Cristina’s husband is under investigation over suspected embezzlement of public funds
A Spanish judge has ordered an investigation into the tax affairs of King Juan Carlos’ daughter, Princess Cristina, over suspected fraud.
Judge Jose Castro has requested details of her financial assets and finances tied to her husband, Inaki Urdangarin.
The Palma de Mallorca court recently withdrew a subpoena against the princess for questioning over an embezzlement case against [...]
Adidas boss signals backing for "good guy" Garcia
LONDON |
Fri May 24, 2013 1:06pm EDT
LONDON (Reuters) – Golfer Sergio Garcia is a “really good guy”, the head of his sponsor Adidas said on Friday, indicating the sportswear company would not drop the Spaniard over a jibe directed at Tiger Woods.
Garcia was forced to defend himself against accusations of racism after he said he planned to invite rival Woods to dinner and serve him “fried chicken”.
Fried chicken has become a racial stereotype in the United States when referring t [...]
Valeant Pharma near deal to acquire Bausch & Lomb -source
NEW YORK |
Fri May 24, 2013 1:08pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Canada’s Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is nearing a deal to acquire eye care company Bausch Lomb from private equity owner Warburg Pincus LLC for about $9 billion, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.
The person requested anonymity because the matter is not public. Valeant and Bausch Lomb could not be immediately reached for comment. Warburg Pincus declined to comment.
The Wall Street Journal, which earlier reporte [...]
Budget cuts mean Furlough Friday at four federal agencies
WASHINGTON |
Fri May 24, 2013 12:39pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Across-the-board budget cuts have created Furlough Friday in Washington and elsewhere, as the one-day closing of four federal agencies forced an unpaid day off for 115,000 workers.
Employees at the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Internal Revenue Service and the Office of Management and Budget stayed home on Friday.
The furlough affects about 5 percent of the federal workforce, accordi [...]
These 11 Robot Bartenders Will Get You Drunk
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In the future, we’ll take self-driving cars to cookouts, raise a glass to the robots fighting wars abroad (or, okay, to their remote human operators), and drink cocktails made by robots.
Wait, what? Robot bartenders! They’re everywhere! Here, I’ve assembled 11 of the most intriguing autonomous machines involved in serving alcohol. Some are test models, others are hobbyist creations, and at least one is a successful crowdfunded project (yes, people are willing to pay for a bartender w [...]