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Apple: No New Macs, We're All Set for the Holiday

Apple spokesman Bill Evans has toned down rumors of iMac refreshes this year, as well as those concerning hardware upgrades for the company's desktop computers, the Mac mini and Mac Pro.According to Macworld, Bill Evans said that “[Apple's] holiday line-up is set,” “despite Internet rumors...

4 November 2008
03:30 GMT

Microsoft Says This Is the Best Holiday Season

The holiday season has always been one full of promotions and a huge line-up of quality games from developers and publishers in the industry. This large number of excellent games also compels the three big console manufacturers to undertake certain measures to make their products more successful. Microsoft is definit...

4 November 2008
02:27 GMT

Halloween Through the Ages

As we all know, Halloween is a worldwide holiday, taking place on October 31 and linked to celebrating the spirits of the dead. Still, this is pretty much all that the celebrations have in common in the parts of the world where they are held. While Halloween was imported in most of the countries during the last part ...

30 October 2008
04:55 GMT

Nintendo Doesn't Think It Will Satisfy Christmas Demands

Nintendo is one of the most popular companies out there, having a wide and numerous fan base that will buy anything the Japanese company attaches its name to. Such was the case with their latest gaming device, the Nintendo Wii, which broke all sales records and is the current console leader, leaving Sony with its Pla...

28 October 2008
10:01 GMT

Microsoft Confident in Holiday Season Sales

Microsoft is definitely proud of its console in this period; the Xbox 360 managed to overcome the sales of the PlayStation 3, its main competitor and is now holding the number two spot in the most popular console chart, behind Nintendo and its immensely successful Wii. Recent sales reports have even highlighted that...

20 October 2008
12:01 GMT

Full Stocks of Wii and DS for the Holidays from Nintendo

The holiday season is one filled with profit for the big producers of consoles and games. Most of the time, they begin hyping up their releases months before the start of the season. Things like special versions or collector's editions only serve to awaken the buyer’s enthusiasm. Preparing for the massive...

3 October 2008
03:45 GMT

A Traveler's Guide to Slovenia Part 1

If I were to describe Slovenia in just two words, "hidden gem" would definitely be my best guess. This small Central European country is pretty much the geographical and cultural equivalent of the proverbial casket of wonders: relatively small as far as surface goes, Slovenia will make travelers feel they've go...

21 April 2008
08:25 GMT

Heather Mills Sabotages Sir Paul's Holiday

Heather Mills is in the running for the prestigious "most bitchy celebrity ever to see the light of day" title, and although there is heavy competition for the part, it totally looks like she will end up being crowned queen of the always-ranting, perpetually bitching gold diggers. Although her divorce from Beatles le...

10 April 2008
05:27 GMT

Oh, My! Eva Longoria in a Bikini

I know Eva Longoria in a bikini is usually a treat for most of you out there - but I must admit I feel slightly envious, huddled up in front of my computer on a cold winter's day, looking at Eva topping up her tan looking better than Posh or Lindsay Lohan ever looked in those hideous orange fake tans that they s...

18 February 2008
09:39 GMT

Search Engines Paying Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.

Knowing how important keeping users happy is for any web company, the main search engines have decided to pay homage to Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and designed doodles, or changed the background on their homepages. All except for a few, amongst which one will stand out from the rest, as you'll see.Go...

21 January 2008
09:29 GMT

Amy Winehouse Has a New Man?

And there I was thinking there was no hope left for Amy Winehouse! Apparently, I was as wrong as everybody else who thought poor little Wino had been brainwashed by her husband, notorious crack-head Blake Fielder-Civil, into not getting any help for her own addictions and partying non stop, according to the infamous ...

7 January 2008
10:59 GMT

The Hilton Sisters: Still Naked, Still Rich

It was funny to see people's reactions to the news that the Hilton sisters (along with their parents, uncles, aunts and horde of cousins) have just about kissed their fabulous $30 million apiece inheritance goodbye. Some were sorry for Paris and Nicky, others rejoiced and thought this would teach the greedy Hilt...

28 December 2007
10:11 GMT

Holiday Doodles from all the Search Engines

As usual, the biggest search engines have reached to the public and chosen yet again to lighten up the atmosphere with some very special holiday logos that are displayed on their homepages. The trifecta is the first to make its move and it has chosen to do it all at once: first Google, then Yahoo and Ask.com.Google h...

21 December 2007
09:53 GMT

Google Maps the Holiday Lights

It's like a mass hysteria running amok in all the malls and stores in the land. It's like a wave of change and bankruptcy hitting all players at the Monopoly table at once. It's the Holiday spirit and all it implies, shopping for presents for others, or just indulging yourself to whatever it is you wis...

21 December 2007
05:41 GMT

iGoogle Has Finally Set Its Mind on a Holiday Theme

The Google people in charge with the themes for their iGoogle page must have lived after a different calendar than the rest of us. They showed us short previews of the winter theme, and then they withdrew it, they had galleries that showed us all sorts of things and then they closed them down and there would still be...

19 December 2007
04:33 GMT

Holiday Theme to be Released by Google

The people over at the Mountain View based company are probably undecided whether to release the theme for iGoogle or just tease us with it. Brinke Guthrie found this morning that he was able to see a new holiday theme, but since that moment he has found it to be missing again. Sort of "now you see it, now you don�...

12 December 2007
15:41 GMT

Want to Be a YouTube Holiday Star?

I myself do not qualify for the "handmade" fan group that is growing wider by the day, because I'm rather clumsy when it comes to hammering things into walls or into anything by that matter. I always seem to manage to hit the hardest blow against my finger and that would make me a disaster in the kitchen as well...

10 December 2007
03:57 GMT

Google: "Ho-Ho-Ho, I Come Bearing Gifts"

AdSense and AdWords users beware, do not trust in Google even when it brings you gifts! Or was it the saying "Do not trust the Greek"? Anyway, as a means to atone for yesterday's taking away of the option to choose exactly where you'd like to advertise your product, today Google has started sending the Holi...

6 December 2007
05:12 GMT

Activision's Holiday Lineup... Wow!

Activision is well known for making top brand games available each year. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock are just two of the truckload of games they have on offer for gamers this year. So without further ado, here are Activision's "Titles Based on Top Brands in Interactive En...

6 December 2007
03:35 GMT

Spouse 2.0 Day Coming

It's Ashley Angel, a partner in Attention Management startup Particls.com, who came up with the idea that a special day should be instituted for his and everybody's better half, who doesn't get the attention truly deserved. The tagline was "the day to think about those running your other startup" and,...

5 December 2007
04:10 GMT

Kate Moss Topless Makes Some of Us Go "Ha!"

I must confess, it sort of pains me to look at these Kate Moss topless pictures. First of all, because, well, it's not like there's anything about her boobs, weird nipples and overall battered appearance that we haven't seen before, and then, there's just the simple fact that no one seems to react...

4 December 2007
04:41 GMT

40 Billion To Be Spent Online

The upcoming Christmas shopping season is about to bring impressive revenues in the United Kingdom as the total online spending for 2007 is expected to reach 40 billion, Web User News reported today. The UK residents are expected to spend no less than 14 billion in the holiday season around Christmas, statistics is...

12 November 2007
06:59 GMT

SCEA's Holiday Lineup Lists 53 New PS3 Titles

This is the day that most PlayStation 3 owners have been waiting for. Sony has issued a report announcing its lineup of titles for the holiday season, but everyone's of course interested in what the PlayStation 3 lineup holds. To kill the suspense, owners of Sony's next-gen system should know that by the en...

10 November 2007
06:15 GMT

Second-Hand Clothes Demanded by Email

Since the holiday season is quickly approaching, the email spammers adapted and started new unsolicited messages assaults over millions of users from all over the world. Security vendor Marshal wrote that most spammers beg for donations such as second-hand clothes, blankets and... money. In fact, this last element is...

9 November 2007
06:08 GMT

Santa to Run Windows Vista?

There is no alternative for Microsoft with November around the corner but to kick in high gear its holiday pitch. And the Redmond company is more than ready to make up for the past holiday season which it managed to miss with the postponing of Vista's general release until the end of January 2007. Towards the en...

29 October 2007
13:25 GMT

No, Kate, No! Don't Go Back to the Doherty!

Kate Moss is taking a well-deserved break from the madness that has surrounded her life lately, what with her highly publicized split from Pete Doherty, her new romance with Jamie Hince and her generally busy and over-the-top life as a world-famous supermodel. And of course, just to round off the whole thing nicely, ...

26 October 2007
04:46 GMT

Apple Aims for Unlimited iPhone Sales

Apple has just increased its iPhone production in order to make sure that they will be able to respond to the high demands that the holidays are expected to bring. It's only natural that the sales number will considerably boost after the recent price drop, especially now, that the shopping season is approaching....

21 September 2007
03:29 GMT

International Holiday Scares People

Today, September 19, is the International Talk Like a Pirate day. I had no idea about this 'special day', until someone called me. I was working on a piece of news when my mobile rang and a friend asked me what I knew about the Flickr hack and what has happened to them. My instant reaction was: "What?! Flic...

19 September 2007
08:57 GMT


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