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Fourth storm in a month to hit the Philippines

Fourth storm in a month to hit the Philippines

The 4th Typhoon to his the Philippines is named Mirinae. Typhoon Mirinae followed a similar route to a September storm, Ketsana, which dumped the heaviest rains in 40 years on Manila. It was reported that 7 people have been killed and several others are missing. Many regions are still suffering after the worst storm-related floods [...]

Yahoo! GeoCities Signed Off Today.

Yahoo! GeoCities Signed Off Today.

Today is the end of the road and it has been a wonderful 15 years, Yahoo! Finally closed its GeoCities for better and good. Today, October 26 makes the end of the memorable years and countless homemade websites that was popularized and called Geocities their own home. Yes indeed, one of the best services that [...]

Germany ranked 1st in the top countries playing My Brute

Germany ranked 1st in the top countries playing My Brute

My Brute Cheats, the most prominent source of all stuff, news, updates, tools, cheats, and facts about My Brute, compiled a list of top countries playing the said game. These are based on the unique visitors and page views from each country where My Brute players are from. Others mistakenly thought that these are based [...]

Raj Rajaratnam arrested in insider trading case

Raj Rajaratnam arrested in insider trading case

Raj Rajaratnam, billionaire founder of the Galleon Group, a major hedge fund, is led in handcuffs from FBI headquarters in New York Friday, Oct.16, 2009. Rajaratnam was charged with insider trading in the stock of several companies including Hilton, Clearwire, and Google. He was one of the wealthiest persons in the whole world. He ranked [...]

Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental and 747-8 Freighter

Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental and 747-8 Freighter

The search volume Boeing 747-8 rose in the search trends today. Why was it hot in the news and in the world wide web? Simply because Boeing Delays 747-8 again and will take a $1 billion charge as production and design problems persist at its commercial aircraft unit. Boeing Chairman and Chief Executive Jim McNerney [...]

Google, Inc. and Verizon Wireless Team Up to Compete with iPhone

Google, Inc. and Verizon Wireless Team Up to Compete with iPhone

It will be a big combine forces between the Google, Inc. and Verizon Wireless as they will team up to develop a mobile device using the Google, Inc.’s Android software and operating system that will simultaneously access the telecom giant’s network. Now, Verizon Wireless, which is a joint venture of Verizon Communications, Inc. of New [...]

Nissan EPORO: Robot cars are now smarter!

Nissan EPORO: Robot cars are now smarter!

Here’s another juicy news to satisfy your geekery. We can’t deny the fact that Nissan is really the leading innovator of futuristic thingamajigs and technology. Nissan announced its new Robot car concept. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.’s new Nissan “EPORO”, which is designed to travel in a group of like-vehicles, mimicking the behavioral patterns of a [...]

A Dream Come True for New Housemates of Pinoy Big Brother Double UP

A Dream Come True for New Housemates of Pinoy Big Brother Double UP

Hello Philippines!, Hello World! In just a few hours to go, we will witness once again as the door open for Pinoy Big Brother house and the premier night episode of Pinoy Big Brother Seasons 3 also known as Pinoy Big Brother Double UP. After months of anticipation, preparation and series of auditions for potential [...]

Typhoon Parma Updates and Damage Approximation

Typhoon Parma Updates and Damage Approximation

On 2 October at about 21:00 GMT, Typhoon Parma hit the Philippines. The point of landfall was near 17.0 North, 123.4 East. A minute of maximum sustained winds to the region of around 185 km is brought by Typhoon Parma. Report say that the strength of wind will be higher 5 to 6 hours fro [...]

Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympics

Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympics

After the last two choices, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro, the latter emerged as the winning city to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Everybody clapped, shouted, and was in awe after the final announcement was made by the International Olympics Committee during the 121st Session in Copenhagen last October 2, 2009. The XXXI Olympiad in [...]

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