Western Digital announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST), the disk drive arm of Hitachi Ltd., in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $4.3 billion — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A new study commissioned by several entertainment industry outfits made the rounds in the Australian news yesterday. It claims that illicit movie, music and games downloads cost the industry $900 million a year as well as 8,000 jobs and that an increase in broadband adoption could propel the losses to a staggering $5.2 billion in the next five years. However, it looks like the public isn’t buying it, figuratively speaking — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Google Monday announced Maps Navigation beta software, which it says can automatically route drivers around high traffic areas as determined by an analysis of current conditions and historical traffic patterns — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Google will start a public test of a new Gmail feature that will automatically label certain types of mass and automated e-mail so that users can more easily recognize and assign proper priority to them.
The idea is to make the Gmail inbox more organized and help users more quickly distinguish these types of messages from other more personal ones that are sent to them exclusively and that may be more important.
The feature is called Smart Labels and needs to be activated from the Labs tab on the Gmail Settings section of the account. When it’s on, Smart Labels creates three labels called Bulk, Forums and Notifications, Google announced on Wednesday — via redwolf.newsvine.com
British rock legend Eric Clapton parted with 70 of his guitars in a charity auction that drew hundreds of fans and aficionados, and broke sale estimates.
Clapton’s 1948 Gibson hollow body guitar on Wednesday brought in $83,000, making it the most expensive item in the auction. Its estimated value stood at $30,000.
Most items sold for much higher than estimated by Bonhams auction house — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Big Brother is watching. Listening. Reading your notes. What can you do? The tinfoil hat only protects your brain from the aliens. Once you put your ideas down on paper, anyone can read them. ANYONE. Possibly even the aliens with their x-ray beams. But definitely Big Brother since you’re 99% sure that your house is bugged for video and audio. How else does Google find out you want to bake spam casserole? — via ThinkGeek
A well-known Chinese commentator has accused Facebook of insulting him by closing his account on the grounds he uses a pseudonym, while hosting a page for founder Mark Zuckerberg’s puppy — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Each year, an estimated 10,000 shipping containers fall off container ships at sea. Although many of these containers float at the surface for months, most eventually sink to the seafloor. No one knows what happens to these containers once they reach the deep seafloor.
From March 8 to March 10, 2011, a team of researchers from MBARI and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) will use a robotic submarine to study the biological impacts of a shipping container resting on the seafloor about 20 kilometers (12 miles) outside of Monterey Bay (but still within the boundaries of the sanctuary) — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A bizarre family feud left two hamsters dead and a teen behind bars after a Brooklyn clash that would make Jerry Springer cringe — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Two South African men who hijacked a car with a two-year-old girl inside have returned the toddler — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A fake internet escort agency scam has made a gang £6m, trading standards investigators have discovered — via redwolf.newsvine.com
French police have found stolen jewellery worth 14m euros (£12m; $19m) hidden in a drain in a Paris suburb — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Tobacco displays in shops will be banned in England as part of a package of measures to discourage smoking — via redwolf.newsvine.com
People relying on home wi-fi are getting significantly slower speeds than from their fixed broadband connection, research suggests — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Sydney homoeopath and his wife have lost an appeal against their manslaughter conviction for failing to obtain proper medical help for their baby — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Federal Government has given final environmental approval for a new pulp mill in northern Tasmania — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Dalai Lama has announced he is stepping down as political leader of the Tibetan government in exile — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Squatters have taken over a London house thought to belong to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libyan dictator Moamar Gaddafi — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Metro Trains is trying to work out why a train derailed and smashed into a bank in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham last night — via redwolf.newsvine.com
You start with your cords side by side, make two loops and pass the ends through the loops. Then you pull them through a little ways and pass the ends through the next loop. Tighten the whole thing up gradually as you will have to twist and work the loops a little bit as you pull everything taut. After practicing a few times it will be a piece of cake — via Atwood Knives
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