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October numbers show America loves video games

November 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - U.S. video game sales experienced an 18% spike in the month of October.
Compared to one year ago, video game sales were up 18% in the month of October.
This comes after video game sales experienced a 7% decline in September.
The leader of the pack was the Nintendo Wii, which sold more than 800,000 […]

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Endeavour is now docked with the International Space Station

November 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - The NASA space shuttle Endeavour is now docked with the International Space Station.
Endeavour commander Chris Ferguson led the space shuttle to the Harmony Node of the International Space Station.
The two were docked at around 5:00 p.m. on Sunday evening, with the two crews being matched up around 7:15 p.m. EST.
Astronaut Sandra Magnus […]

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Space Plumbers all go for Shuttle Launching

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

NASA (OTL) - Space plumbers and lube job specialists will soon take a journey to the International Space Station. This trip is dedicated to finishing a $100 billion dollar laboratory that is in orbit. There is equipment that is going that will help NASA in doubling the crew’s size at the space station by next […]

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EA fitness: It’s on the WII

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - Electronic Arts is ready to launch their own fitness game for the Nintendo Wii with EA Sports Active.
The game is expected to be ready to release in March 2009 and is going to be far more intense than Wii Fit.
The game is said to be like having your very own personal trainer […]

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YouTube to put ads into search results

November 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Hollywood (OTL) - YouTube, the popular video-sharing site is going to let advertisers pay to put ads into search results.
Google has been trying to turn YouTube into a more profitable set-up.
Google bought YouTube for $1.76 billion two years ago.
YouTube does not have much of a revenue model just yet though, but that is soon to […]

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Google gives Gmail e-mail a massive upgrade

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - Google has announced that they have upgraded their Gmail e-mail application to support video and audio chat.
Gmail is now the most popular Web-based e-mail services on the Internet, and for good reason.
Google continues to upgrade it, with the latest push to bring video and voice chat to users.
This comes as the Gmail […]

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R.I.P. Phoenix Mars Lander

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - The end has come for the Phoenix Mars Lander.
NASA has announced on Monday that the Phoenix Mars Lander has died.
The Phoenix lander no longer has the ability to communicate back to Earth.
This has been the case since November 2nd when it lost power for the first time.
NASA stated that they are convinced […]

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MP3 player Headphones may hinder pacemakers

November 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) -  Pacemakers and defibrillators are medical devices which deliver electrical impulses via electrodes to the heart muscle causing the heart to contract rhythmically. A pacemaker sets the heart rate and a defibrillator monitors the heart for abnormal rhythm which it corrects, effectively regulating the heart rate.
Once a patient has a medical device inserted […]

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Headphones have a negative impact on heart devices

November 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - According to a new study, headphones can have a negative impact on heart devices.
Researchers were led by Dr. William Maisel of Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston.
For the study, they tested 60-patients to see how headphones impacted heart devices.
They found that these headphones can harm those who have a pacemaker or an […]

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Tethering coming to the Apple iPhone

November 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington (OTL) - AT&T has announced that they are going to reveal plans for an iPhone 3G tethering plan soon.
AT&T Mobility chief executive Ralph De La Vega spoke at the Web 2.0 Summit this week, and announced that tethering was coming to the Apple iPhone.
There have been rumors for months that AT&T was going to […]

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