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Understanding Honduras

...of our Posse Comitatus in place; but neither did we for the first 102 years of our existence as a country. It will be an interesting story to follow. © U.S. Department of State ...

Rare Corvette Discovered on Australian Beach

...domain? I'm especially guilty as I live in what is arguably the loveliest part of a spectacular country (Canada, Sidney, BC, on Vancouver Island) yet often dream of being elsewhere. "Elsewhe...

Pandora is Charging So Consider Aluratec Internet Radio

...ss to 13,000 radio stations in 300 countries. You can search the radio stations by genre, state, or country, and you can even create favorites lists. Granted, you cannot create or request your own sta...

Sprint Says All Smartphones Will Have Wi-Fi

In a surprising move, Sprint has said that it is requiring all of the smartphones it carries to come equipped with Wi-Fi capabilities. This will include an updated version of the much-anticipated Blackberry Tour, which was released for the Sprint network on Sunday. In effort to keep up with ...

Amazon.com Launche Wireless Superstore

If you were to look at the cellular phone market as a graph, there would be some periods of rabid growth, followed by periods of leveling off but the overall pattern would be continued expansion. Sensing the opportunity such a business model presents, Amazon.com, one of the world's largest...

Do you still have faith in Obama's stimulus plans?

...led to see George Bush and his cronies swept away. But I had no illusions: I knew that fixing the country's problems, especially its struggling economy, would require a long, hard slog. I knew, ...

T-Mobile To Begin Pre-Selling New Android Phone

In effort to reaise up some well needed capital, struggling wireless carrier T-Mobile today began pre-selling the myTouch 3G, its second Google-powered smartphone. T-Mobile, which currently sits in fourth-place in terms of sheer size among US carriers, is feeling the pressure amid a busy summ...

Ready Wireless Launches Prepaid Unlimited Voice Plans

... . "The new plans will be sold by Ready Mobile retailers, Susser's Stripes and Town and Country Stores. Ready Wireless' new unlimited plans come on the heels of prepaid reseller Trac...

Animoto Releases Updated iPhone App

Animoto has released an update to their popular music video creation app for the iPhone and iPod touch, Videos 2.0 . The Animoto Videos application allows users to easily create and view professional-quality music videos on the go. With nearly 500,000 videos created through the application ...

Satellite Hopes To Make Deadzones a Thing of the Past

The world's largest commercial satellite has been launched into earth orbit with the goal of providing mobile phone service to "dead zones" all across North America. Owned by Reston, Va.-based TerreStar, the satellite is designed to pick up and relay signals from mobile phones. ...

Housing slump boosts population in New York City, other big cities

...ased by about 27,000 in Los Angeles and about 21,000 in Chicago. The Bloomberg story says that the country's migration bubble has burst. This means that people are no longer flocking to states su...

It's getting tougher to get a mortgage-broker license

...lons. The reason for all this scrutiny? States don't want to see another mortgage mess hit the country. During the housing boom, a lot of unqualified, unskilled and unsavory mortgage brokers pass...

Verizon and Sprint to Launch Blackberry World Phone

You could say that with the help of Verizon, RIM's latest Blackberry is going on world tour. In fact, that's exactly what's going on in the latest word that Verizon Wireless will launch the BlackBerry Tour on July 12 for $200 with a new two-year contract. The Tour is loaded with m...

DHL makes exansion in China

...in China," he said. DHL Supply Chain is a key driver for DHL group's growth in China. The country continues to ban foreign companies from entering its domestic express mail market. DHL grou...

Is plain vanilla the right goal?

... As part of his efforts to protect consumers, and keep the country from suffering another wave of foreclosures, Pres. Barack Obama has called for the creation of a new consumer protection agency. ...

Sony Next to Release an iPhone Killer

We often talk about attempts to dethrone the immensely popular iPhone and it looks like consumer electronics giant Sony is about to take a stab at it next. Sony has released word that it is considering setting up a project team as early as July to make a new device that combines the functions...

Undervalued or Not, the Yuan is Not Likely to Gain Much

...an excellent explanation of the theory behind exchange rate. The currency exchange rates of every country in the world are based on a concept called the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). This concept s...

Verizon's New Global Smartphone Aims for the Ozone

Tired of worrying about whether or not your cell phone will work when traveling abroad? Verizon understands where you're coming from and, with HTC, are planning on bringing a true global handset to the market. Set to run Windows Mobile 6.1 this new smartphone will run on both CDMA and GSM...

Motorola Karma Has Texting in Mind

AT&T and Motorola are working on a device with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard aimed at consumers looking to use their phones to send text messages and access social networking sites like Facebook. Calling this new handset the Karma, Motorola says that the design will be especially pleasing t...

Goldman Wedding Bands

... As a result, Frederick Goldman is the manufacturer of choice for thousands of retailers across the country....

Did Sonia Sotomayor's mortgage views help send county into recession?

...39;ll often hear conservative commentators on FOX News and other stations putting the blame for the country's mortgage meltdown on the poor and on the federal agencies that tried to get them into ...

T-Mobile's New Android Phone Coming Soon

T-Mobile's got an ace up their sleeve in the ongoing struggle to dethroning the Apple iPhone coming out this August. Calling it the myTouch 3G, its new Google Android equipped phone is a more equipped version of the popular G1. It will feature a built-in 3.2-megapixel camera, music player...

Philippines Announces 10-Year Nanotech Roadmap

... (DOST-PCASTRD) made this announcement as part of an effort to bolster economic development in the country," writes INQUIRER.net's Alexander Villafania . "The PCASTRD's nanotechnolo...

Have a Ball - in Dublin...

...Ireland's famed "Celtic Tiger" economy is now more of a sickly kitten these days, the country is still vibrant as can be for travelers. And Dublin offers the best (and many would say onl...

T-Mobile Aims High with the Dash 3G

T-Mobile has apparently stood-by and watched RIM and Apple dominate the market long enough. The company has announced its plans to enter the hotly contested smartphone scene with their Dash 3G, which is set to hit streets next month (July). T-Mobile says that the Dash 3G, which was designed b...

CIA recruits bankers

...ine. As long as they can make that attitude switch from profit being the motivator to serving their country, I think they'll fit in very well with us." It's hard to imagine any actually ...

Mafia cashes in on crisis

...ere , Italy's shopkeepers' association last year did a study showing that the mafia is that country's biggest business. Not that this would surprise anyone who has spent some time there. ...

Apple Updates its Software While the Government Rethinks Law

Apple today officially released the iPhone OS 3.0 software, updating 45 software patches to address rare security vulnerabilities in its popular iPhone and iPod Touch mobile devices. The company said the new features include cut, copy and paste, MMS, and push notifications. Analysts expect ...

Does owning a home have to be the American Dream?

...#39;t we? And today, a lot of us are busy looking for people to blame for the mortgage meltdown the country is currently suffering through. You know all about the meltdown: Housing foreclosures are s...

Nokia Announces Successor to the E71 Smartphone

Nokia has answered the question on the minds of business users all around the globe today by announced its E72- an updated version of its top-selling E71 business phone. The company says that the E72 builds on the successful E71; its hot selling QWERTY- equipped smartphone, by adding performa...

How'd the mortgage meltdown happen? NPR knows

...ngly unending pledge drives, the people at NPR routinely present some of the best journalism in the country. Recently, "This American Life," one of the most popular NPR shows, ran a story ca...

It will be years before jobs return

...er. Don't hold your breath. According to this report from McClatchy Newspapers , most of the country won't get back to pre-recession employment levels until 2012, and there are parts that w...

Vopium-Free VOIP Application for Smartphones

...m any mobile handset. By using the Vopium application on their mobile to make calls from their home country, consumers and businesses alike can save up to 90% on international mobile and land-line cal...

Motorola Rival Coming to Verizon

Texters on the Verizon network have reason to celebrate in the form of the Rival from Motorola. Designed specifically for the challenges of texting, the Rival features a 2.2-inch screen and a backlit QWERTY keyboard that lights up either red or green depending on entry mode. The handset offer...

NIKA Water: Helping Body and Soul

...the environment and recycled. To do this, NIKA is working with schools and universities around the country to create plastic bottle buy‐back programs. Participating schools will have their empty plast...

Archos Makes Sexy Portable Tablet Because Apple Won't

The Archos 9 is the sexy, portable, and practical tablet that Apple refuses to make, and it runs Windows 7. I count that as a major win for Microsoft, Archos, and all of us tablet loving people out there. Archos is calling it the MiniPC the the super sexy tablet, but that is ok; it simply is a n...

Beverley K Jewelry

...ing Morrie with the daily operations of his jewelry firm, often appearing at trade shows across the country. Lemon Quartz Ring with Diamonds Beverly K Lemon quartz ring with .32 carats diamonds...

Mugabe's lecture on fixing economies.

...i is in Washington and will meet President Obama on Friday and as he explains here , he thinks the country just might be on the right path. Don't hold your breath with Mugabe breathing down his ...

Nokia Hopes Cell Phones will No Longer Require Chargers

Quick- what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of charging your cell phone? If you said a cord, an electrical outlet or even a docking station, you may want to read on. Nokia researchers are working on development of cellular phone charging by simply capturing ambient rad...

Is it time to refinance your mortgage?

...heir existing mortgage loan. Home values have fallen during the last two years in most parts of the country. Some homeowners may, in fact, owe more on their residences than what they are worth. Homeow...

US President Obama's Eating Habits, BEing Followed By Foodies

...ly because people wanna know what you are up to and what you are doing when you are not running the country. As in the case of President Barack Obama. Foodies are feasting and closely following his ...

Apple Slashes Prices on the iPhone

Apple Inc. slashed the entry price for an iPhone in half as well as lowered some of their laptop prices today; the company's first dramatic price cuts since the recession began a year and a half ago. The 8-gigabyte iPhone 3G, which came out last year, now costs $99, instead of $199. The 1...

Subprime and racism

... hold subprime loans versus 16.1% of blacks. American might have elected a black president but the country has a long way to go to sort out its racial issues. The subprime crisis is a mirror that ref...

Despite the Recession, Support for Immigration Reform Grows in the U.S.

...nsive reform - reform that includes the possibility amnesty for undocumented aliens already in the country and increased enforcement and stronger penalties for companies hiring undocumented aliens. ...

Save Money by Avoiding Shopping at the Local Convenience Stores

... © wilhelmja Most of us in this country are spoiled by convenience. Stores that are close by can be real time savers and they often carry items that are needed when we are in a hurry. Unfortunat...

T-Mobile To Release Second Android Phone While Samsung Targets Photogs

T-Mobile, the fourth-largest U.S. carrier, is hoping to increase its rank by launch its second smartphone to run Google's Android operating system in a few weeks. While details aren't overly specific just yet, the new smartphone is slotted to run Google's codenamed "Cupcake&q...

Rising healthcare costs put strain on homeowners

...ankruptcy. The Times story doesn't focus on it, but the health-care problem does relate to the country's rising foreclosure rate. Homeowners are already burdened with the very real fear of lo...

Victoria Cunningham Jewelry

...pieces, which range in price from $300 to $3,000, are a mainstay at high-end boutiques all over the country. ...

What next for GM?

...uld be done. Moore argues the money would be better spent building bullet trains running across the country, as they do in Japan, using GM factories to build mass light rail lines and energy efficient...

Inq To Release Twitter Handset

It was only a matter of time… Let's face it, as a whole, the world is quick to adopt a trend, run with it, and then leave it for dead. First it was Myspace then Facebook. Now the world is Twitter-obsessed and to that end mobile phone maker INQ Mobile plans to launch a Twitter phone in time...

Be honest with your finances before taking on a mortgage

...Many things have caused the housing slump the country is still working through. But one of the biggest factors? Borrowers weren't honest with themselves before taking on their mortgage loans. A...

Palm Pre has Captured Wireless Carriers' Attention

Business users and smartphone fans alike are anxiously counting down the days until Palm's Pre hits the market. In a surprising move, the Pre will launch on June 6 for $200 exclusively for Sprint. As expected, the remaining domestic carriers have their sights set on the Pre as well. Earli...

Summer Golf Deals

...u. I'm talking specifically of the border between Ontario and New York State, down in the wine country of the Niagara Peninsula. The economic demise continues to make itself felt in the golf bus...

EU Citizens Get New Visa Waivers in Six Countries.

... EU without a visa. The only stipulation is that the travelers cannot be paid for work while in the country. © nedrichards ...

Kinoma Introduces World’s First Mobile Social Media Browser

With today's release of Kinoma Play, the leading way to find, play and share media on a mobile phone is now also the best way to find, play and share media across social networks and media services like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and Picasa. The new release of Kinoma Play for Win...

A First Taste of PowerPlay Golf

...th IMG, the global sports marketing company. And PPG is working with the national golf body in each country to help firmly plant the seeds at the recreational level. So the strategy - or is it a hope...

Nokia Announces 6600i - Slimmest Camera phone to Date

Nokia, the world's leading handset maker, has announced the 6600i Slide, its smallest 5.0-megapixel equipped slider to date. The company said that tucked within the handset's brushed steel shell is an upgraded 5.0-megapixel camera with a dual LED flash. It features a hidden external...

China's today national distribution capabilities

...ese market, shaping a national distribution chain matters a lot. 3rd party service providers in the country have now got enough maturity to offer logistics capabilities at the national level. Sinodi...

Loan modifications not always helping homeowners

...losure, we have to embrace the idea behind them. Yes, loan modifications are not a cure-all for the country's foreclosure problem. But they are one important part of the solution. ...

LG Glance Coming Soon To Verizon

While the slim candy bar-style handset may not be the first form factor that comes to mind for business use, but apparently that isn't slowing Verizon down any. The company is set to launch an all-new candy bar from LG next month aimed at business users known as the Glance VX7100. The han...

Happy Memorial Day

...y Memorial Day to our United States readers! Today we celebrate those who have given service to our country in the Armed Forces and related ways. Thanks to everyone who helped play a role in the safet...

Britain to lose AAA rating, US is next

... the next several years the debt of each may approach 100 percent of GDP, which is a level at which country downgrades tend to occur." Despite the warning, President Obama has played down the ...

Cuba's City of Churches: Camagüey

...Tínima and Hatibonica meet, this beautiful old Cuban city has the largest city center in the country - some 10,000 buildings, according to the Cuba Travel Blog . Camagüey is a hodge podge of tw...

Samsung's Affordable T349 Comes To T-Mobile

T-Mobile, the nation's fourth-largest wireless carrier, has launched the Samsung T349, a slim messaging phone with a 20-key, partial QWERTY keypad and XT9 enhanced predictive text for faster text messaging. Multiple messaging options include email, instant message, picture messaging, vide...

AT&T Considers Dropping Cost of IPhone Plans

AT&T is considering offering cheaper data plans with limited Web surfing as early as late May in hopes of significantly boosting iPhone sales. The possible price cut (to $60 a month; a $10 reduction off the current lowest plan) reflects the back-and-forth negotiations between AT&T and...

Nokia Announces World's Cheapest G3 Phones

Hey times are tough here in the US- Nokia realizes that not everyone wants to break the proverbial bank just to enjoy the high-speed capabilities of the G3 network. As such he world's top handset maker has unveiled its 2720 Fold and 7020 series phones, including the 2730 Classic - the chea...

Vancouver All British Show Highlight No. 1: Morgan Three-Wheeler

... family and friends where, strangely enough, I had my first introduction to cars from "the old country," via the British Empire Motor Club. ...

Sprint Follows Verizon with Personal Wi-Fi

A week after rival Verizon Wireless announced its plans to offer a personal Wi-Fi device, Sprint says that its ready to launch its own "Mobile Hotspot" gadget, a portable unit that creates a localized Wi-Fi cloud to share high-speed Internet with wireless electronics like laptops, ne...

Corporate social responsibility and recession

...n interactive tool called the Socially Responsible Investing Stock Screener, which ranks 500 of the country's largest companies according to five categories of behavior: gay and lesbian rights; en...

Times' reporter's story a reminder: It's easy to fall into foreclosure nightmare

...tory my wife forwarded me yesterday. It was written by Edmund Andrews, an economics reporter at the country's top newspaper, the New York Times. What is intriguing is that Andrews should know all...