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Date: June 2nd, 2009

Windows 7 to be released for Christmas

2 June, 2009 (22:41) | Technology | By: ricjames

Windows 7, the next generation of the Windows operating system, is to go on sale October 22nd this year. Unlike the current beast, Vista, Windows 7 is getting generally positive reviews from the Beta testers. Clearly MS and the PC industry are teaming up to give folks who have tried to wait out Vista a [...]

Sichuan Hummer?

2 June, 2009 (16:09) | Economy, Politics | By: ricjames

And the 1st part of GM to get sold off is…. Hummer! And you’ll just never guess what country they’re going to: General Motors Corp. has a tentative agreement to sell its Hummer brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. of China, Jeff Flock of FOX Business Network has confirmed. GM announced Tuesday that [...]

John Brownlee: class act urges support for Cuccinelli

2 June, 2009 (16:02) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Having spoken with John Brownlee personally, I’m completely unsurprised by his tone and the class he displays in the e-mail sent to his supporters today wherein he urges support for Ken Cuccinelli. From that letter: Dear Republican Friends: Well, the Convention is over, the votes have been counted, and we came up a little short. [...]

Pilots report seeing fire on ocean surface along missing airliner’s path (Update: wreckage spotted)

2 June, 2009 (07:06) | Aviation, Human Interest | By: ricjames

Doesn’t sound good:  Pilots flying a commercial jet from Paris to Rio de Janeiro for Brazil’s largest airline, TAM, spotted what they thought was fire in the Atlantic Ocean along the same flight path of an Air France jet that vanished Monday, the airline said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press. Brazilian Air [...]