Millions of people have tried out Ubuntu, a free operating system for desktop and notebook PCs. Like Android, Ubuntu is open-source and based on Linux, and while it’s mostly seen as an OS for hobbyists here in the U.S., hardware manufacturers like Dell and HP make Ubuntu PCs for markets like mainland China.Now Canonical, the startup which drives Ubuntu’s partly community-based development, has announced...
Calvin Harris returns to top of British album chart
Label: LifestyleLONDON (Reuters) – Scottish producer and singer Calvin Harris returned to the top of the British album charts with “18 Months” in the first week of 2013, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday.The release, his third studio album, had hit the number one spot on its debut in November, and climbed from seventh place to regain the best sellers’ crown.Singer Emeli Sandé slipped one notch to number...
Alarm in Albuquerque Over Plan to End Methadone for Inmates
Label: HealthMark Holm for The New York TimesOfficials at New Mexico’s largest jail want to end its methadone program. Addicts like Penny Strayer hope otherwise. ALBUQUERQUE — It has been almost four decades since Betty Jo Lopez started using heroin. Her face gray and wizened well beyond her 59 years, Ms. Lopez would almost certainly still be addicted, if not for the fact that she is locked away in jail,...
At Disney Parks, a Bracelet Meant to Build Loyalty (and Sales)
Label: BusinessORLANDO, Fla. — Imagine Walt Disney World with no entry turnstiles. Cash? Passé: Visitors would wear rubber bracelets encoded with credit card information, snapping up corn dogs and Mickey Mouse ears with a tap of the wrist. Smartphone alerts would signal when it is time to ride Space Mountain without standing in line. Fantasyland? Hardly. It happens starting this spring. Disney in...
Jan
06
Alleged maternity hotel now appears to be vacant
Label: World An alleged maternity hotel operating out of a hilltop mansion in Chino Hills has apparently shut down after city officials obtained...
Cricket-Herath alive and bowling despite death rumours
Label: TechnologySYDNEY, Jan 5 (Reuters) – As Mark Twain might have said, rumours of the death of Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath which spread like wildfire across social media late on Friday proved to be greatly exaggerated.Far from lying in a Sydney morgue alongside former test bowler Chaminda Vaas after perishing in a car crash as the reports had suggested, Herath was very much alive when he pitched up for work...
HBO Sets Premieres for ‘Parade’s End,’ Christopher Guest’s ‘Family Tree’
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – ‘Family Tree,’ Christopher Guest‘s latest foray into documentary-style comedy, will premiere this spring on HBO, the network said Friday.Meanwhile, the five-part, World War I-era miniseries “Parade’s End” will premiere February 26 at 9 p.m. The miniseries, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall and Adelaide Clemens, will have additional airings on February 27 and...
Despite New Health Law, Some See Sharp Rise in Premiums
Label: HealthHealth insurance companies across the country are seeking and winning double-digit increases in premiums for some customers, even though one of the biggest objectives of the Obama administration’s health care law was to stem the rapid rise in insurance costs for consumers. Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles TimesDave Jones, the California insurance commissioner, said some insurance companies...
Michael Cronan, Who Gave TiVo and Kindle Their Names, Dies at 61
Label: BusinessMichael Cronan, a San Francisco-based graphic designer and marketing executive who placed his stamp on popular culture when he created the brand names TiVo and Kindle, died on Tuesday in Berkeley, Calif. He was 61. The cause was colon cancer, said his wife, Karin Hibma, with whom he founded the marketing firm Cronan in the early 1980s. Mr. Cronan, who studied art in college, had many...
Jan
05
State parks officials deliberately hid millions, report says
Label: World SACRAMENTO — Fear of embarrassment and budget cuts led high officials at the California parks department to conceal millions...
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