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Moviephone, which is known for its Mr. Moviephone voice and its 777-FILM number, has been in business since 1989 and makes its money from advertising. A spokeswoman for AOL Moviephone said the Web site had five times the unique users of the next biggest site and sells tickets for 30,000 screens in 200 cities. |
The theaters canning the AOL Moviephone ads have not run any for the last year, and none of them are based in New York City. |
The move comes as traditional industries, such as steel and airlines, reassert themselves against the upstarts by using their own infrastructure to provide the same service. |
Linkin Park are set to sell over 200 instruments used by the band to raise money for charity. |
The nu-metal band last played live in October 2017 at a tribute concert held for late frontman Chester Bennington. The musician died by suicide on July 20, 2017. He was 41 years old. |
On April 4, guitars, keyboards, samplers, a megaphone, and more gear from their collections will go up for sale. Proceeds will go to Music For Relief, the Entertainment Industry Foundation non-profit that the band set up. The charity gives aid to communities and individuals affected by natural disasters. |
A Yamaha KX5 Keytar used by the band on tour will be sold with a banner used for backstage signings and fan events. Other items up for sale include a Moog Etherwave Plus Theremin used by Mike Shinoda during 2010 concerts and at the MTV Music Awards that same year, Brad Delson’s Amplivox S602M Megaphone used on tour in ... |
The items will go up for sale on Reverb.com‘s Techno Empire marketplace site on April 4. |
Richard Baguley, chief cellular ninja over at WirelessInfo.com, just published a number that, when called, turns your iPhone into a mobile field testing station. Suddenly, up pops a new menu (as you can see on our own iPhone at left) that provides detailed reporting on strengths and characteristics of the cell towers i... |
What's cool is that you can even enter field test mode during a call just by tapping the iPhone's "Add Call" icon, then the field test number. But before I give you this magic number, it is my duty to share Richard's warning. |
Are you the type of person who Googles for GIFs? Then you’re going to love this new Chrome Extension. |
Built by Gihub user peeinears, the “Google GIFs Chrome Extension” is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. The invisible little application will animate the GIFs in your search results. That doesn’t necessarily mean that all of your results will be animated, because not all of the images in the results are themselve... |
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper shows off his cool look in front of New York media on Tuesday. |
WrestleMania will celebrate its 25th annual event in front of thousands of adoring, screaming fans in Houston Sunday, but the WWE heavies kicked off the big week Tuesday by coming back to where it all started. |
Past legends "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and Ric "Nature Boy" Flair joined current WWE star Chris Jericho and others at a news conference at Hard Rock Cafe in New York City's Times Square. |
The first WrestleMania took place at Madison Square Garden. Who could forget King Kong Bundy devouring SD Jones in nine seconds? Or the $15,000 cash prize Andre the Giant won for defeating Big John Studd? |
Gone are the Superfly Snukas and the Precious Paul Ellerings of the sport. The names have changed, but the acting exciting wrestling remains the same, as does the pay-per-view availability for what the sport bills as "The Greatest Spectacle." |
WrestleMania XXV goes down at Houston's Reliant Stadium at 7 p.m. ET Sunday. |
Today, as in the last 17 years, the United Nations is taking up a resolution, demanding that the United States end its trade embargo on Cuba. Every year, the measure has overwhelmingly passed. This year, the same is expected. |
But, this year, the resolution comes with a bit of a change, in the American attitude towards Cuba. Since President Barack Obama took power, he's slowly tried to ease tensions with the communist island. Yet, the embargo remains in place. And, there are no signs that that will change. Some say the reason is simple: Flor... |
The southern U.S. state is among the most important, when it comes to national politics. Arguably, no one can become president of the U.S. without winning the "Sunshine State" - as we all saw in 2000, when George W. Bush took the White House, thanks to the close vote in Florida. Cubans make up a significant portion of ... |
As a result, presidents from BOTH political parties have shyed away from eliminating the embargo. But, will Barack Obama be different? |
One thing going in his favor is the growing generational divide within the Cuban-American community. Namely, younger Cubans are more and more inclined to support the end of the embargo. I can make that claim, because I am one of those young Cuban-Americans. My generation (known by some, as "Generación Ñ") did not grow ... |
Only time will tell what Pres. Obama plans to do. But, like he said during the presidential campaign, it's time for a "change" - both in U.S. policy and in Havana's government. |
The United States looks more like the World's Evil Empire, deciding which right-wing dictators should remain in power (Colombia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia) and which left-wingers should be toppled. |
The rightist dictator Fulgenio Batista, a Washington favorite, was involved in American organized crime and, when he and his cronies fled the country with their profits, they were - and still are - embittered. |
The Cuban embargo has obviously not harmed the Castro brothers, but it has hurt the Cuban people. The entire world is opposed to it. When will Washington listen to the World rather than the Electoral College? |
I am married to a Cuban top ranking athlete and have many relations and friends in Cuba, as well as spending a lot of time there. I am firmly convinced that lifting the embargo would bring about changes within Cuban society and politics in a timely fashion. The embargo is being blamed for everything that can possibly g... |
1- Lift the embargo: They will still claim that Cuba is (and will be) under an economic crisis because of so many years of embargo. They will also say that it will take decades before they can recover from that unless the US government pays them back all the "loses". |
2- Don't lift the embargo: Will continue the current situation and will keep claiming that it is all because of the embargo. |
Direct result of either 1 or 2 -> Cuban people will live in misery for decades to come no matter what. |
Don't believe me? Check other cases: Internet –> We don't give access to internet to cubans because we don't have a cable and it's too expensive using satellite connections. Obama offers to put a cable and what do they say? We don't want a cable coming from the US, who's gonna control that? |
Embargo must be lifted and this is long overdue, reasons for its inception had nothing to do with human rights, how does the US trade with China and the Gulf states? This is typical US hypocracy – Israel is commiting genocied against the Palestininians with US financial political and military support, end the blockade ... |
Hmmmm tough situation but I say keep the embargo. I'm not Cuban but grew up in Puerto Rico where MANY Cubans go after they leave the island. Most of my teachers were from born in Cuba - math teacher was a prisoner in Mariel, chem teacher has/had a daughter in Cuba & another teacher escaped using fake passports, so I've... |
Having said that, while the embargo might pinch some part of the population, I think it's a necessary evil. While it's true that the embargo hasn't changed the politics of Cuba and has given Fidel Castro a platform to blame the US for everything under the sun, what makes anyone thing that lifting the embargo will chang... |
Diplomacy is not a tool for lifting embargoes.UN should not interfere how Washington and Havana clear their skeletons from their wardrobes. |
As a Cuban American I enjoyed the report. I totally agree it is time to drop the embargo. The embargo is a joke and the only people who are suffer are the cuban people. |
I understand and respect the older generation including my parents on their stance on this topic, but it is time for a change. |
Dropping the embargo would help boost the economy in FL/US and would help improve the lived of the Cubans. |
Am a cuban trained medical professional,nigerian by nationality.The embargo doesnt only affects the cuban government but mainly the cuban citizens,it has to come to an end.Hopefully President Obama,as a nobel ward winner for peace,has all the jurisdiction to put an end to this Blockade. |
Just would like to add that W. Jones Jordan is of course totally and utterly right; so is our friend Liphoto from South Africa. |
It does not really help the way the US have dealt for ages with totalitarian regimes all around the globe, never caring about how unspeakable their athrocities and human right abuses were, as long as they signed the right papers and treaties to assure to keep the oil, gas or any kind of natural resources coming in a fa... |
All in all, it is time to move on and settle this once and for all, for us and for our children´s sake. Let us not pass on our doubts and fears, our hatred and regrets to yet another generation. We now have a once in a lifetime opportunity to move closer together and look at a much brighter future with hope. |
A highly decorated former U.S Army officer who distinguished himself in both Iraq and Afghanistan has officially stated that he will return to his native home Kenya in the year 2012 to run for mayor of the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi. David Karuri, who is the son of a wealthy Kenyan businessman with considerable pol... |
Is David Karuri going to run for mayor in Kenay? |
David Karuri is a great American war hero and if he goes back to Kenya he will do great things there too. |
The US embargo really means what? Restricted trade and travel between the 2 countries? |
The EU (8.1 billion Euros),China (2.2 billion $) and South America all do business with Cuba. In fact, the US is still Cuba's 5th largest trading partner ($491). There are other trade options besides the US. |
So the trade embargo gets lifted and then what? A big rush of money into cuba from the US? Hardly. |
As noted earlier anyting Cuba needs it already gets. |
The embargo is a symbol or lightning rod for anti-US feelings and that is the only reason to get rid of it. |
It will hardly do anything great for Cuba. |
Fidel Castro would always be an icon of history evethough he is against the U.S.–. |
The foundation of the fourth wave of digital services is mash-ups between traditional, native network services like voice and texting, along with cool and useful app functionality. ADTRAN (News - Alert) hopes to help service providers and organizations create these mashups with its new open API for service orchestratio... |
Service providers are challenged by the complexity associated with implementing, scaling and creating customized services that address individual customer demands. Wi-Fi solution vendors often offer some API functions such as presence and guest access, and broadband providers are starting to move toward APIs for their ... |
What the API enables can be illustrated by the example of a college that recent used the API to create a device registration portal where students could easily register their wireless devices on the school’s network. This helped the school gain better insight into what devices are on the network, and that in turn helpe... |
The API by ADTRAN is an example of so-called fourth wave digital services, where the various digital components at the disposal of network providers are put together in new ways to bring value-added services to customers. Companies such as Comverse (News - Alert) are helping these providers generate new sources of reve... |
By mashing up digital services and serving them in new ways, operators can differentiate themselves with new service offerings while hedging against the pressures on their core services. |
Harris County District Attorney Ken Magidson was sworn in yesterday, in the wake of his predecessor Chuck Rosenthal’s resignation in disgrace. While Rosenthal faces the possibility of contempt charges in federal court for destroying requested emails and saying he forgets why he did so, Magidson faces trying to keep the... |
Magidson, who I’ve know since the late ’70s when he was a baby assistant DA and had a mustache, will return to his post with the U.S. Attorney’s office after a new DA is elected in November and sworn in in January 2009. |
There to watch him being sworn in Wednesday were the assistant district attorneys and investigators of his office. All of them have to be sworn in again every time there’s a new DA. |
It’s fairly civilized to do this on an afternoon in the jury assembly room. My colleague Brian Rogers recalls in his old haunt of Odessa when a sheriff asked to be sworn in at midnight, making his staff appear then too. As one might guess, there was rancor between the incoming sheriff and the outgoing incumbent in that... |
Magidson basically just has to keep a lid on the office. He told his new troops Wednesday that he wants fairness in the pursuit of justice. He also thanked three guys who hired him and he said taught him to be a prosecutor and a leader — Carol Vance, Johnny Holmes and Henry Oncken. Magidson said this in a happily succi... |
Any thoughts? Leave a comment here. |
Four organisers of a planned Indian gig by US rock group Metallica have been arrested after the show was called off, leading fans to smash up the stage. |
The band had been due to play in Delhi on Friday. They said the concert was postponed after a security barrier in front of the stage collapsed. |
Dozens of angry fans then raided the stage and vandalised equipment. |
Police said on Sunday that four executives of DNA Entertainment Network were arrested on fraud charges. |
Alok Mittal, joint commissioner of police in Gurgaon, near Delhi, told the AFP news agency a member of the public had made a complaint after DNA Entertainment Network refused to refund the ticket money. |
DNA has posted details of how to obtain refunds on its website. |
Reports suggest that some 25,000 people were waiting to watch the band when it was called off. |
The Times of India said fans then vandalised the sound systems and threw bottles at the LED display screens. |
Organisers tried to rearrange the show for the following day but were unable to get the required permit in time. |
The band issued a statement saying they were "notified that there was a serious question as to whether the show could proceed with regard to the safety of the concert audience". |
"And our first and foremost concern is always for the safety of you, the fans," they said. |
"Once we, along with DNA, the promoters of the show, determined that there was a failure of a security barricade in front of the stage that could not be adequately repaired, the promoter reluctantly announced the postponement of the show until Saturday. |
"Unfortunately, on such short notice the promoters were unable to secure a permit for a show on Saturday." |
The concert was due to be Metallica's first show in India and was timed to tie in with the inaugural Indian Formula One Grand Prix. The group are due to play in Bangalore on Sunday. |
PITTSBURGH — Martin Jones stopped everything. |
The seemingly endless barrage of shots the Pittsburgh Penguins threw his way. Pittsburgh’s long-awaited house party more than five decades in the making and — most importantly — his team’s breakthrough season from serving as mere fodder to a coronation for Sidney Crosby and company. |
The San Jose Sharks goaltender made 44 saves, including all 31 over the final two periods in a 4-2 victory in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night. Outplayed but not outscored, San Jose will host Game 6 on Sunday after jumping on Pittsburgh rookie Matt Murray early and holding on behind the spectacular Jon... |
Logan Couture had a goal and two assists in the first period for the Sharks. Brent Burns, Melker Karlsson and captain Joe Pavelski also scored for San Jose, which was outshot 46-22 but held firm after surviving a chaotic opening five minutes and playing capably after getting the lead in regulation for the first time in... |
Evgeni Malkin and Carl Hagelin scored for Pittsburgh but the 22-year-old Murray, whose postseason play helped fuel Pittsburgh’s return to the final after a seven-year break, faltered early and his high-profile teammates struggled to get to Jones. |
San Jose coach Peter DeBoer preached patience with his team in a hole only one club in NHL history has climbed out of to raise the Cup. He pointed to the Sharks’ own first-round collapse two years ago against Los Angeles — when a three-game lead became a 4-3 loss that took an entire season to get over — as proof of how... |
The Penguins stressed the final step in the long slog from the tumult of December — when Mike Johnston was fired and replaced with Sullivan with the team languishing on the fringe of the playoff picture — would be the most difficult. Yet the prospect of celebrating the first title captured within the city limits in 56 ... |
Things were no different inside, with the largest crowd in the arena’s brief history — a group that included Pirates Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski, whose epic ninth-inning blast in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series at Forbes Field marked the last time a championship season ended in Pittsburgh — in a frenzy from the openin... |
It took all of 64 seconds for the Sharks to quiet them and 2:53 to leave them stunned. Burns’ first goal of the final, a wrist shot from the circle that didn’t look unlike Joonas Donskoi’s overtime winner in Game 3, put San Jose in front in regulation for the first time in the series. Couture doubled San Jose’s advanta... |
The momentum evaporated nearly as quickly as it appeared. Malkin scored on the power play 4:44 into the first and Hagelin followed 22 seconds later to tie it, the fastest opening four-goal sequence in the history of the final. |
Things settled down — at least a little — until Karlsson’s shot from in front with just under five minutes left in the first, set up by a pretty backhand feed from Couture. |
The advantage set the stage for Jones, who spent a large portion of the second period fending off one odd-man rush after another as Pittsburgh’s relentless speed pinned the Sharks in their end for long stretches. Yet the goalie who watched as a backup behind Los Angeles star Jonathan Quick two years ago as the Kings ro... |
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday urged flood-stricken Thailand to overcome political infighting during the crisis as she announced immediate assistance for the historic ally. |
Clinton said that a US warship, the USS Lassen, had docked and that its crew would begin work on pressing priorities including repairing the city’s second largest airport, Don Mueang and restoring police stations. |
“We are proud to stand with you now, in this time of challenge, as you contend with the worst floods of your nation’s history,” Clinton told a joint news conference in Bangkok with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. |
Clinton stood firmly behind Yingluck, who is facing intense pressure after only three months in office as she confronts the kingdom’s worst flooding in decades which has killed at least 562 people. |
Yingluck is the sister of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a deeply divisive figure in Thailand who was ousted in a 2006 military coup and she has come under pressure from critics for her handling of the flooding disaster. |
Last year the kingdom faced a different crisis in the shape of mass political protests by pro-Thaksin “Red Shirts”, which were put down violently by Thai authorities. |
“These floods pose an early and serious challenge to the new Thai government and the hard-won peace that the Thai people achieved after the political violence you have endured in recent years,” Clinton said. |
“We encourage the government to move forward with a political reconciliation process, which is critical to Thailand’s long-term stability and security. As it does, it can count on support from the [US],” Clinton said. |
Yingluck, speaking alongside Clinton, said that her government “attaches a high priority to promoting political reconciliation and social cohesion”. |
President Barack Obama’s administration has been looking to do more with historic allies in Asia as part of a growing focus on the continent. |
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