Thursday, June 4, 2009 The fourth annual Maker Faire took place this past weekend at the San Mateo Fairground in San Mateo, California located in the United States. The first Maker Faire, which took place in 2006, had approximately 20,000 people in attendance. This year, more than 80,000 people were Continue Reading
Several groups seek to purchase Saturn auto brand
Thursday, May 7, 2009 Penske Automotive Group, Inc., an Ohio-based investment group and Telesto Ventures have indicated separately that they are interested in purchasing the Saturn auto brand from General Motors (GM). According to The Wall Street Journal, Nissan-Renault is interested in purchasing Saturn. Bloomberg, however, indicated that Nissan-Renault may Continue Reading
Category:June 27, 2006
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Former Japanese prime minister Hashimoto indicated his retirement
Friday, August 12, 2005 On the 11th August, the former Prime Minister of Japan Riyutaro Hashimoto, age 68, formally indicated he would not run for the Okayama 4th constituency of the House of Representatives, the Lower House of Japan, due to defectiveness of his physical condition, possibly nominally. Since the Continue Reading
Honda Civic tops Canada’s list of most stolen cars
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 The 1999 and 2000 year model Honda Civic SiR tops the list of Canada’s most stolen cars. Consumer popularity also assures the cars will be popular with thieves. Its the second year in a row the Honda SiR has topped the list. Rick Dubin Vice President Continue Reading
NASA issues survivability report on Columbia crash
Friday, January 2, 2009 NASA has issued a report on survivability during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, entitled “Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Report”. Although the report finds the accident was impossible to survive, it still faulted a number of design issues with the astronauts’ equipment. The accident investigation report was Continue Reading
British Airways and Iberia sign merger deal
Friday, April 9, 2010 British Airways (BA) and the Spanish airline Iberia have signed a merger deal, which will create one of the largest air carrier groups in the world. The two announced the merger yesterday, and said that the deal, which has been expected for a long time, is Continue Reading
British scholar Tony Judt dies aged 62
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 British historian Tony Judt died Friday of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the age of 62. Judt was known for his contributions to European history and his controversial position regarding the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Judt’s death was announced in a statement from New York University Continue Reading
Category:Food
This is the category for food. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 14 April 2017: Google blocks home device from responding to Burger King commercial 1 January 2017: William Salice, creator of Kinder Surprise eggs, dies at 83 3 December 2016: Chinese chef Peng Chang-kuei’s death announced 5 Continue Reading
Microsoft Windows metafiles are a vector for computer viruses
Monday, January 2, 2006 Microsoft Windows metafiles have been discovered to be a vector for computer viruses, as they are treated as image files, but can execute machine code. Windows metafiles often use the extension .wmf files, but they may also execute if their extension is .jpeg, .png or any Continue Reading