General Motors Corp bankruptcy and additional $30 billion
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: May 26, 2009 | No CommentsTag: general motors
General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM) could file for bankruptcy as early as next week, and it is thought that the struggling automaker could get up to $30 billion in additional federal bailout funds, which comes straight out of our pockets.
Chrysler Deals: Cars sale and dealerships closing
By: Alan Ng | Posted: May 26, 2009 | 2 CommentsTag: general motors
Despite all the negative news surrounding General Motors, Chrysler and dealerships closing, it looks like there is a bit of good news for those looking for a bargain on selected Chrysler models.
Microsoft Live Search: May change to ‘Bing’
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: May 26, 2009 | No CommentsTag: microsoft
We know that Microsoft is working on a new Live Search Engine, is seems as if they are to drop the Kumo codename in favor of Bling. Microsoft is all set to launch a massive ad campaign on Bling, the…
GM, Chrysler Restructuring: Bankruptcy and crunch time
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: May 26, 2009 | No CommentsTag: general motors
Today will see the gathering of United Auto Workers’ officials to see how many more jobs will be cut at GM and Chrysler factories due to this crunch time in their bankruptcy case. The union officials who represent 54,000 General…
Nvidia Ion platform based Lenovo IdeaPad S12 netbook
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: May 26, 2009 | No CommentsTag: lenovo
Lenovo are to offer the first Nvidia Ion platform based IdeaPad S12 netbook. The new netbook comes with an Intel Atom processor as well as up to six hours of battery life. The price of the Lenovo IdeaPad S12 netbook…
Tomah’s GM dealerships not on closing list, safe
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: May 26, 2009 | No CommentsTag: general motors
GM dealerships across the U.S. were waiting for a letter to say that they were one of the 1,100 dealerships to close; thankfully, Tomah’s general Motors dealership was not one of them. They did not appear on the dreaded closing…
Dell Studio XPS 13 with Ubuntu Linux
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: May 26, 2009 | 2 CommentsTag: dell
Dell have certainly been showing Ubuntu some much needed attention over the last few months, and now they have decided to offer a Linux-based operating system on their new Dell Studio XPS 13 notebook, this is one of their hottest…
Heading to AT&T: RIM BlackBerry Onyx, Magnum, Gemini, Pearl 3G
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: May 26, 2009 | No CommentsTag: att
If your preferred carrier is AT&T then you will be pleased to know that they will have a few new RIM BlackBerry handsets to offer you. There are four new handsets coming, these include the Onyx, Magnum, Gemini and Pearl…
HTC’s Fortress and Warhawk are AT&T’s Pro2 and Touch Diamond2
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: May 26, 2009 | No CommentsTag: att
We already know that Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon will all be getting versions of the HTC Touch Pro2, but what about Apple’s mate AT&T. It seems as if the carrier is getting the handset but is codenamed Fortress, they will…
Chrysler Dealers News: Going Out of Business Sales
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: May 26, 2009 | 1 CommentTag: Chrysler
The recent news of Chrysler dealers being forced to close is bad news for thousands of people, but not if you are in the market to purchase a new car. If you are looking for a new vehicle, then you…
Nokia N96 firmware update 20.050 released
By: Alan Ng | Posted: May 25, 2009 | 1 CommentTag: nokia
Just letting all Nokia N96 owners know that an official firmware update has been released for the phone. Version 20.050 fixes a lot of the bugs that were present in the previous version, while also adding improvements to existing software…
E3 2009: New Capcom game is not Devil May Cry 5
By: Alan Ng | Posted: May 25, 2009 | 6 CommentsTag: Capcom
Capcom have confirmed that Devil May Cry 5 will NOT be revealed at this year’s E3 event, which kicks off at the start of June. The news is set to be a big blow for fans of Dante and Co….
General Motors Corp Bankruptcy Update
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: May 25, 2009 | 1 CommentTag: general motors
General Motors Corp (NYSE:GM) has still not managed to come to an agreement with bondholders over the $27 billion exchange offer, which is hoped to keep the automaker out of bankruptcy. GM filed a notice to the U.S. Securities and…
O2: New Palm Pre and Apple iPhone in 2009
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: May 25, 2009 | No CommentsTag: palm
UK’s O2 as we know have had huge success with being the only phone operator in Britain to offer the Apple iPhone, The Guardian have announced that O2 will also provide the new Palm Pre in June 2009, beating of…
Modern Warfare 2 World Premiere
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: May 25, 2009 | 2 CommentsTag: infinity ward
The teaser trailer of Modern Warfare 2 certainly got our gaming juices going, and it all built up to an awesome world premiere of the game which was aired on last night’s NBA playoffs. So has the game been worth…
