Ever since the first concrete details about the new Assassin’s Creed game leaked out a few weeks ago, Ubisoft has been gradually opening up a floodgate of information to start filling in the gaps in our understanding of their new American Revolution adventure. The picture has become quite a lot [...]

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 20:46

We must be at the point where statisticians are being employed around the globe just to keep track of the records being set by Lionel Messi. This past week Messi beat the Barcelona all-time goal scoring record of Cesar Rodriguez that had stood for over half a century. They say that [...]

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 13:57

see photosAP Photo/Chitose SuzukiClick for full photo gallery: Beat College Debt One of the most common nuggets of advice dispensed by financial experts is to pay down your debt aggressively. According to this strategy, paying down high-interest rate loans and debt before saving for retirement ensures that compound interest doesn't eat up any more [...]

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 14:49

Here’s the rub though: will we ever get to a point where shareholders hold companies accountable for customer outrage when the customers are, well, wrong.

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 00:47

What went wrong with the now-retracted "This American Life" story on Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer of Apple devices? According to a chagrined Ira Glass, it came down to a single, missing phone number, the cell belonging to monologuist Mike Daisey's Chinese interpreter: During fact checking before the broadcast of

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 22:04

Apple's new iPad was available from stores first thing this morning as the international date line travelled around the world. The one thing that seems to be missing though is the now traditional sight of ravening mobs screaming to be allowed to purchase one of Cupertino's new products. There were initial [...]

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 15:54

Whitney Houston talking to the audience before proceeding to perform "Saving All My Love for You" during the HBO-televised concert "Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston" honoring the troops, who took part in Operation Desert Storm, their families, and military and government dignitaries. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Whitney [...]

pubblicato il: 22/03/2012 - 22:46

Whitney Houston Central Park, NYC September 1, 2009 (Photo credit: asterix611) Things are not adding up in the Whitney Houston death. The LA County coroner says  Houston died from accidental drowning. They also found cocaine in her system and five other drugs. She also had coronary artery disease. She had [...]

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 07:35

Video Image via Wikipedia In her interview with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday night, Whitney Houston's sister in law Pat said she didn't care who took the picture of her best friend lying in an open coffin and sold it to the National Enquirer. But the photo has upset a lot of people. [...]

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 15:48

Photo: HANDOUT/Reuters Big surprise: Oprah’s interview with Bobbi Kristina, Whitney Houston’s daughter, gave OWN its biggest ratings by a huge margin. The 90-minute interview garnered Oprah’s Next Chapter 3.5 million viewers – most of those in its highly desired women 25-54 demo. Three and a half million doesn't sound like a [...]

pubblicato il: 13/03/2012 - 16:53