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Tim Cook Could Be the Next U.S. President, Says Ex Apple Staffer (Video)

Apple’s new CEO certainly has what it takes to make profits soar, but one former employee believes he has enough charisma to be the next president of the United States.Speaking to Adam Lashinsky at LinkedIn, the former Apple employee confirmed an interesting account from the author’s book, Inside Apple, r...

29 January 2012
16:24 GMT

Sony Dismisses Rumors that Kaz Hirai Will Replace Howard Stringer as President

Sony, the worldwide technology giant which also has a big presence in the video game space, has denied rumors that it plans to replace current president Howard Stringer with Kaz Hirai, who is well known to gamers for the prominent role that he has played in the development of the PlayStation hardware and associated v...

9 January 2012
09:14 GMT

New President of Ireland Attacks Video Games

The next in a long line of politician to talk about video games as a force which is detrimental to the development of children these days is the newly elected president of Ireland, who has addressed the issue at a meeting with supporters at the well-known landmark that is Temple Bar.Michael D. Higgins, who is the jus...

28 November 2011
07:52 GMT

President Obama Got His iPad Directly from Steve Jobs (Video)

The president of the United States is not shy of technology and, in fact, does a lot of his newspaper reading on the web nowadays. Asked what specific device served the task, the prez confirmed he used an iPad, and one that he actually received personally from Apple’s iconic co-founder, Mr. Steve Jobs. In a te...

4 October 2011
03:23 GMT

Acer Chooses New President, Puts Emphasis on the Mobile

Acer may have finally chosen a CEO, but it hadn't made overly many management changes to support the new direction it chose, but it looks like things are now moving, with a new Corporate president being decided upon.The whole point of the leadership changes that so abruptly started happening to Acer was so that...

21 April 2011
04:27 GMT

Obama Says He Owns an iPad, Doesn’t Have to Borrow Computers - Video

Interviewed by Univision's Jorge Ramos, U.S. President, Barack Obama confirmed he owned not only an iPad, but also a personal (full-fledged) computer, following up with a joke that he didn’t have to borrow such products from bystanders. Though you’ll never find President Obama dressed smart-casual a...

29 March 2011
09:19 GMT

PlayStation Boss Becomes Deputy President, Might Lead Sony

Kaz Hirai, the leader of the division at Sony that is in charge of the PlayStation brand, has been promoted to executive deputy president of Sony in a company management reshuffle and sources say that he might be in line to become the overall boss of the Japanese giant soon. Howard Stringer, who is now the chief e...

10 March 2011
03:04 GMT

Digital Autographs Becoming a Trend as Obama Signs His Second iPad

United States President, Barack Obama was asked to sign another iPad, this time at a NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal. The President is at his second such encounter with the Apple tablet, following a rally in Seattle for Senator Patty Murray, where Obama was kind enough to offer a digital autograph to a person handing...

26 November 2010
08:22 GMT

Donald Trump to Run for President in 2012 Elections

Real estate mogul and television personality Donald Trump, aka The Donald, is seriously considering making a career change and going into politics, by running in the presidential elections of 2012. As OMG Yahoo! puts it, every morning The Donald looks in the mirror, he sees the potential future president of the Unite...

7 October 2010
09:37 GMT

Matt Carter Is the New Sprint Nextel 4G President

Sprint Nextel Corp. named Matt Carter, currently the president of its Boost Mobile prepaid unit, as the new chief of the 4G department, where he will oversee the company's fourth-generation wireless broadband service. The Overland Park-based carrier said that Carter, vice president for Sprint’s fast-growin...

11 December 2009
08:45 GMT

Sprint Nextel Names New President for Its CDMA Business

Sprint Nextel announced on Monday that it had named Robert H. (Bob) Johnson as the president of its CDMA business unit. According to the company, Johnson, formerly a senior marketing, sales and customer service executive with AT&T Wireless, will join the company on Wednesday, May 20. “Bob is the perfect leader...

12 May 2009
09:57 GMT

Chuck Norris Will Run for the Presidency of Texas

Much has been said about action movie star Chuck Norris, including that “when the Boogeyman goes to sleep, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris,” as fans certainly know from the many “facts” circulating on the web. However, the star is now set to get into politics, running for the presidency ...

17 April 2009
10:27 GMT

Apple Rejects App that Throws Shoes at Bush

Apple has rejected an application that simulates the shoe incident occurring at a press event attended by former US President, George W. Bush. At least one source was able to post the developer's answer to the rejection.Obviously, the app's maker was outraged by Apple's decision. Given that iTunes curr...

9 February 2009
10:04 GMT

Jacques Chirac Viciously Attacked by Clinically Depressed Pet

They say poodles are amongst the cuddliest dog breeds there are, with few exceptions. However, former French President Jacques Chirac would tell an entirely different story, after being rushed to the hospital following a “vicious attack” of his pet Maltese, Sumo. Sumo, it should be noted, has been sufferi...

23 January 2009
05:55 GMT

Barack Obama Likes Wii Bowling

Last year's presidential race was one of the most animated ones we've seen in quite some time. The two candidates, the Democrat Barack Obama and the Republican John McCain, battled for each North American's vote and did so by making some very interesting decisions. One of the most innovative and risky...

13 January 2009
16:51 GMT

Eight Years to Remember: Best ‘Bushisms’ Ever

If you ever had one of those moments when you wanted to say something in front of an audience and you opened you mouth to speak, and only weird things came out, then you know only too well how President George W. Bush often felt during his public speeches in eight years of office. Since on January 20, his run as &ldq...

8 January 2009
09:04 GMT

Speculation: Steve Jobs, Obama’s New Chief Technology Officer

It is rumored that America isn't losing Steve Jobs, but rather witnessing his move to an even higher position, as Barack Obama's CTO. The US President has appointed pretty much everyone for every position close to him, except a Chief Technology Officer. Apple's CEO, as many will agree, is quite possibl...

5 January 2009
04:17 GMT

The Weaponry Fate under Obama

American president-elect Barack Obama's views on the course and actions to be undertaken in relation to the international mass-effect weapon possession and usage seem to be somewhat worrying. This is mainly because he appears largely interested in preventing the use of nuclear weapons, but much less so in dealin...

5 December 2008
06:27 GMT

Physics for Presidents

Surely, the field of physics is far from being the first thing that presidents concern themselves with when it comes to the skills they require for the job. However, having a more solid knowledge of the way things happen around the world and in nature in general, as well as in space, might make the difference at some...

3 November 2008
11:08 GMT

Obama Wants People to Stop Playing on the Wii and Vote

The presidential race for the United States’ White House is entering its final stage, with the elections taking place on November 4. The two main candidates, the republican John McCain and the democrat Barack Obama have held debates about every topic on their campaign lists which were hosted by almost every ki...

29 October 2008
17:31 GMT

Atari Gets Two for the Money

Recently departed from Sony, Phil Harrison certainly took a real short vacation. Today, the surprise announcement appeared that he is the new president of Infogrames, and that he will be working alongside new CEO David Gardner to revive the Atari's fortunes. Gardner himself is an interesting move, coming from an...

4 March 2008
05:13 GMT

French Press Credibility Questioned after Greatest Facebook Hoax Ever

A third-party Facebook application, aimed at quarterly designating a new "Facebook Worldwide president", made the head news in France after it designated as a winner resident Arash Derambarsh, who campaigned intensively in the weeks allowed. His official program? Tolerance across religions, fighting illiteracy and pr...

10 January 2008
18:26 GMT

YouTube Video Reminiscing the Memory of a Rape Victim connected to Presidential Candidate

The video that became a viral hit and had drawn almost 50 thousand viewers, by the time I watched it, is said to not be oriented as a tool against Senator Huckabee, it does not advocate for any candidate and hasn't aired so far as paid advertisement on any television network. "It's pretty brutal, and it...

18 December 2007
09:19 GMT

Mario for President in Canada?!

One of the latest surveys shows that Canadians would rather recognize Mario, Nintendo's famous character, than their own Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. It seems that videogame characters are now more famous than real life stars, so that's probably why more and more actors choose to play in movie-game tie-...

14 November 2007
12:16 GMT

Abraham Lincoln Had a Lopsided Face And Strabismus

We all have a good side. The problem is when the other side is horrible. Now, a new research has confirmed this in the case of President Abraham Lincoln. Laser scans of a bronze and a plaster copy of two life masks of Lincoln's face, belonging to the Chicago History Museum, show the 16th president's degree ...

14 August 2007
05:00 GMT

YouTube Accidentally Removed "Bomb Iran" Song

The story so far: a phone clip recorded in South Carolina showed the presidential candidate John McCain singing a small song about a potential war in Iran. Although the clip wasn't infringing any of the YouTube guidelines, it was removed from the online video sharing service without any official reason. Now, th...

24 April 2007
05:48 GMT

First Google President After Two Years

Google is a huge company with offices in every corner of the world but the ones from the Asian market are somehow more important. Why, you'll ask. There is no official reason but Google really wants to expand their products into numerous countries because there are several users waiting for the search giant. Alt...

10 April 2007
10:20 GMT


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