What’s New in the New, Slim IMac?

affiliate marketing Apple‘s iMac, or all-in-one desktop Mac, has always had a flair for the dramatic. From the “transparent gumdrop” original, to the “Pixar lamp” model, through to today’s enormous flatscreens, it’s been perhaps the most distinctive desktop computer in each of its iterations.Now, at the event where Apple introduced the...

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Disney to buy “Star Wars” producer for $4.05 billion

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co agreed to buy filmmaker George Lucas‘s Lucasfilm Ltd and its “Star Wars” franchise for $ 4.05 billion in cash and stock, a blockbuster deal that includes the surprise promise of a new film in the series in 2015.Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger told analysts on Tuesday that the...

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Sandy prompts harrowing NYC hospital evacuation

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (AP) — Evoking harrowing memories of Hurricane Katrina, 300 patients were evacuated floor by floor from a premier hospital that lost generator power at the height of superstorm Sandy.Rescuers and staff at New York University Langone Medical Center, some making 10 to 15 trips down darkened stairwells, began...

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Sandy prompts harrowing NYC hospital evacuation

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (AP) — Evoking harrowing memories of Hurricane Katrina, 300 patients were evacuated floor by floor from a premier hospital that lost generator power at the height of superstorm Sandy.Rescuers and staff at New York University Langone Medical Center, some making 10 to 15 trips down darkened stairwells, began...

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NYC Rats: Stronger Than Sandy

affiliate marketing Unprecedented flooding throughout low-lying portions of New York City over the past two days undoubtedly left hundreds—if not thousands—of rats scrambling for their dear lives. According to experts, most of them likely survived. “They’re a jack of all trades when it comes to locomotion,” says Rick Ostfeld of the Cary...

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Hurricane’s death toll rises to 65 in Caribbean

affiliate marketing PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As Americans braced Sunday for Hurricane Sandy, Haiti was still suffering.Officials raised the storm-related death toll across the Caribbean to 65, with 51 of those coming in Haiti, which was pelted by three days of constant rains that ended only on Friday. affiliate...

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Steve Ballmer Wants You to Come Over to Windows 8 [VIDEO]

affiliate marketing On the fence about Windows 8, or Microsoft‘s Surface Tablet, or the new batch of Windows phones? Wondering whether to develop for them, or purchase one? The CEO of Microsoft would like a word with you.[More from Mashable: Steve Ballmer on Tim Cook’s Attack: ‘I’m Glad He’s Paying Attention’] affiliate...

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Armstrong rehab stint forces Green Day cancellations

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Green Day said on Monday they are canceling their fall club tour and postponing early 2013 dates as frontman Billie Joe Armstrong continues treatment for substance abuse.“Obviously the timing for this isn’t ideal, but Billie Joe‘s well-being is our main concern,” band member Mike Dirnt said in...

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Meningitis outbreak spreads to 19 states with case in Rhode Island

affiliate marketing (Reuters) – The deadly meningitis outbreak tied to steroid injections from potentially tainted medications spread to a 19th state on Monday with the first case reported in Rhode Island, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.Only four of the 23 states that received some of the medication have not reported...

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Meningitis outbreak spreads to 19 states with case in Rhode Island

affiliate marketing (Reuters) – The deadly meningitis outbreak tied to steroid injections from potentially tainted medications spread to a 19th state on Monday with the first case reported in Rhode Island, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.Only four of the 23 states that received some of the medication have not reported...

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