Published on October 15, 2010 by Technology Slice
President Obama wants to postpone the ruling on the military “Don’t ask don’t tell” policy on dealing with homosexuals. In a nutshell, soldiers cannot be asked their sexual orientation and in no way are they allowed to display their homosexuality if they are that was inclined. The “don’t ask don’t tell” policy has been a [...]
Tags: Activists, Battlefield, Contentious Issue, Homosexual Man, Homosexual Soldiers, Homosexuality, Homosexuals, Long Time, Nutshell, obama, population, Sexual Orientation, Soldier, Soldiers In The Army, Tactic, U S Army
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Published on June 10, 2010 by Technology Slice
Second Life Staff Cut – Linden Lab, creator of the online virtual world Second Life, said overnight it was laying off 30 per cent of its staff. Linden Lab did not reveal how many people it was letting go as part of what it called a “strategic restructuring,” but the San Francisco-based company reportedly has [...]
Tags: Chief Executive, Internet Browser, Life Staff, Linden, North America, Popularity, population, Restructuring, San Francisco, Second Life, Sensation, Social Networks, Software Development Teams, Virtual Life, Virtual World, World Experience
Posted in Internet
Published on May 12, 2010 by Technology Slice
Rare Grey Whale Spotted – The discovery Saturday of a gray whale swimming in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel has been labeled by Robert Brownell, a prominent cetacean researcher, “the most amazing sighting in the history of whales.” Alisa Schulman-Janiger, who runs a gray whale census and behavior project in Southern California for the American [...]
Tags: American Cetacean Society, Census, Centuries, Dinosaur, Discovery, Gray Whale, Gray Whales, Grey Whale, History Of Whales, Israel, Mediterranean Sea, population, Researcher, Robert Brownell, Schulman, Scientists, Southern California, swimming
Posted in Science
Published on April 20, 2010 by Technology Slice
One Million XBOX 360s Sold In Australia – Microsoft has finally crossed the “magic 1 million mark” of Xbox 360 sales in Australia and New Zealand, and is celebrating with a special series of charity auctions to help a local children’s charity, but while the number sold is definitely noteworthy, one can only wonder how [...]
Tags: 1 Million, anz, aussie, Australia And New Zealand, Australia One, australians, Charity Auctions, Consoles, Magic 1, microsoft, New Zealanders, One Million, Point Of View, population, scandal, Xbox, xbox 360, Xbox 360s, Xbox Microsoft, Xbox Sales
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Published on February 28, 2010 by Technology Slice
Concepcion Chile – The death toll from a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Chile early Saturday has risen to 78, Chilean officials said. President Michele Bachelet declared a “state of catastrophe” and said the death toll would rise. “Without a doubt, with an earthquake of this magnitude, there will be more deaths,” the president [...]
Tags: catastrophe, Concepcion Chile, Darkness, Death Toll, Deaths, Doubt, electricity, Epicenter, Helicopters, Magnitude Earthquake, Michele Bachelet, Mobile Phone Services, Neighborhood, population, Santiago, Southern Chile, Telecommunications, Xinhua
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