‘Start-Ups’: A Lifeless Take on Silicon Valley

affiliate marketing In that so-terrible-it’s-great James Bond film A View to a Kill, the diabolical Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) intends to destroy Silicon Valley by means of a man-made earthquake, giving him a monopoly on semiconductor production. If Silicon Valley resembled anything like what was being shown in the first episode...

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As foreigners go, Afghan city is feeling abandoned

affiliate marketing KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — By switching from studying business management to training as a nurse, 19-year-old Anita Taraky has placed a bet on the future of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar — that once foreign troops are gone, private-sector jobs will be fewer but nursing will always be in demand.Besides, if...

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Say Farewell: Apple’s Skeumorphism Hall of Shame [PICS]

affiliate marketing iBooksCheck it out: It’s your own personal bookshelf, much like the one you probably have for your collection at home.Click here to view this gallery. affiliate marketing [More from Mashable: Kids Discover a Halloween Without Candy [VIDEO]]Like the look of stitched...

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Say Farewell: Apple’s Skeumorphism Hall of Shame [PICS]

affiliate marketing iBooksCheck it out: It’s your own personal bookshelf, much like the one you probably have for your collection at home.Click here to view this gallery. affiliate marketing [More from Mashable: Kids Discover a Halloween Without Candy [VIDEO]]Like the look of stitched...

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Colin Firth, Michael Fassbender set for A. Scott Berg adaptation ‘Genius’

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Colin Firth and Michael Fassbender will star in “Genius,” directed by Michael Grandage, with Film Nation handling international sales, the company announced on Thursday.Based on A. Scott Berg‘s biography “Max Perkins: Editor of Genius,” the tells the story of the relationship between Thomas...

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Nurses Who Saved NICU Babies Remember Harrowing Hurricane Night

affiliate marketing Nurses at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at New York University’s Langone Medical Center have challenging jobs, even in the best of times. Their patients are babies, some weighing as little as 2 pounds, who require constant and careful care as they struggle to stay alive.On Monday night, as superstorm Sandy bore...

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Comet calls in the administrators

affiliate marketing 2 November 2012 Last updated at 16:57 ETThe electrical retail chain Comet has appointed Deloitte as administrators, putting 6,611 jobs at risk. affiliate marketing The move confirms private equity firm OpCapita, which bought the 236-store business last year for...

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Gruesome video raises concerns about Syria rebels

affiliate marketing BEIRUT (AP) — A video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns Friday about rebel brutality at a time when the United States is making its strongest push yet to forge an opposition movement it can work with.U.N. officials...

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Google’s Android software in 3 out of 4 smartphones

affiliate marketing SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Three out of every four smartphones sold in the third quarter featured Google Inc‘s Android mobile operating system, as the gap between Google and Apple Inc-based phones widened further, according to a new research report.Shipments of Android-based smartphones made by Samsung, HTC and other...

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Google’s Android software in 3 out of 4 smartphones

affiliate marketing SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Three out of every four smartphones sold in the third quarter featured Google Inc‘s Android mobile operating system, as the gap between Google and Apple Inc-based phones widened further, according to a new research report.Shipments of Android-based smartphones made by Samsung, HTC and other...

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“The Man with the Iron Fists” review: RZA serves up half-baked chop-socky

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Homage is a tricky thing – you can be full of love for the object of your tribute, and recreate its trappings with accuracy and sincerity, but that doesn’t mean your results will match the original.Take “The Man with the Iron Fists,” the first film directed by RZA, founding father of legendary...

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The Final Attack Ads

affiliate marketing Both sides in the presidential race are making one last push for votes with false and distorted claims on television, radio and even in text messages:A liberal super PAC’s radio ad in Ohio twists Mitt Romney’s words by having him say six times: “I’m not concerned about the very poor.” He actually said: “I’m not concerned...

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Hey, Gov. Christie: Don’t Rebuild in Harm’s Way

affiliate marketing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, usually a tireless advocate of individual responsibility and self-reliance, has been sending a different message since Hurricane Sandy devastated the Jersey Shore. Now he’s emphasizing a “we’re all in this together” message as he seeks support from his new best friend, President...

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Canada will push to keep bank capital rules on schedule

affiliate marketing OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will urge all countries to stick to the agreed schedule for implementing tougher bank capital rules at a November 4-5 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations, a senior finance ministry official said on Thursday.The so-called Basel III rules are the world’s...

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‘Assassin’s Creed’ stumbles on PlayStation Vita

affiliate marketing There’s never been a video game heroine quite like Aveline de Grandpre.The daughter of an African slave and a French shipping magnate in New Orleans at the end of French and Indian War, Aveline is the deadly but charming protagonist of “Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation” (Ubisoft, for the PlayStation Vita, $ 39.99)....

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