Archive for June 18th, 2009

First iPhone 3G S Teardown Posted (PC World)

PC World – Thanks to electronics repair service RapidRepair, we now know a little more about what powers the iPhone 3G S, as they have posted the first 3G S teardown guide.

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First iPhone 3G S Teardown Posted
(PC World)

DreamWorks Animation enrolls in "Boo U." (Reuters)

Reuters – DreamWorks Animation is moving forward with an untitled feature about a ghost who is bad at his job and must return to ghost school.

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DreamWorks Animation enrolls in "Boo U."
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Schools out, but Hong Kong teachers stay online (AFP)

AFP – The closure of dozens of Hong Kong schools to try to halt the spread of swine flu has kept thousands of children at home, but new technology has meant they can no longer escape their teachers.

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Schools out, but Hong Kong teachers stay online
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Schools out, but Hong Kong teachers stay online (AFP)

AFP – The closure of dozens of Hong Kong schools to try to halt the spread of swine flu has kept thousands of children at home, but new technology has meant they can no longer escape their teachers.

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Schools out, but Hong Kong teachers stay online
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Bailed-out banks’ CEOs used jets for personal use: report (Reuters)

Reuters – Chief executives of some banks that received federal money, including Bank of America Corp, Morgan Stanley and Regions Financial Corp, used company jets for their personal use, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website.

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Hudson’s HR helps Dodgers beat A’s 3-2 (AP)

AP – Orlando Hudson homered, pinch-hitter Mark Loretta drove in the go-ahead run and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Thursday night to take the rubber game of their interleague series.

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Hudson’s HR helps Dodgers beat A’s 3-2
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Khamenei to lead prayer amid Iran poll unrest (AFP)

AFP – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was due to lead weekly prayers here, in a move seen as an effort to quell the unrest triggered after defiant supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi continued to dispute the poll result.

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Khamenei to lead prayer amid Iran poll unrest
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It’s our turn now, says Pakistan’s Younus (AFP)

AFP – Pakistan captain Younus Khan wants his team to win the World Twenty20 title to bring joy to the millions in his volatile country starved of big-time cricket.

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It’s our turn now, says Pakistan’s Younus
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