Panasonic Corporation and eight other companies that are spearheading advanced environmental initiatives through eco-conscious urban development and smart city projects today announced they will work together to implement a smart town concept called “Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town (Fujisawa SST)” which showcases Panasonic’s “entire solutions” business model in full scale to the world. The city of [...]
More Than 40,000 Attendees Expected for Multicultural, Interfaith Observance Shinnyo-en, a global Buddhist denomination, and the Honolulu-based Na Lei Aloha Foundation are hosting the 13th annual Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 2011 at Ala Moana Beach in Honolulu, 6:30 PM HAST. The ceremony will be broadcast live online and updates [...]
Fact vs. Fiction: American’s struggle to distinguish “real” or “fake” bank fees and services. A survey by ING DIRECT USA, the nation’s largest direct bank, revealed not one of the 1,000 consumers surveyed were able to categorize all of the bank fees correctly. The survey tested American’s knowledge of current bank fees by choosing “real” [...]
Students who buy select Windows 7-based PCs will get a free Xbox 360 console with purchase. Microsoft announced a new offer for students who purchase a new Windows 7-based PC. Starting May 22, students buying a new Windows 7-based PC priced at $699 (U.S.) or more will also get a free Xbox 360 4GB console. [...]
Eurovision 2010 Final winners: Ell/Nikki from Azerbaijan collected 221 points altogether, followed by Raphael Gualazzi from Italy with 189 points and Eric Saade from Sweden who managed 185 points. Last year Eurovision winner, Lena from Germany, with Taken By A Stranger, collected 107 points and managed the 10th place. 1 Azerbaijan – Ell/Nikki – Running [...]
The European song contest, Eurovision, is down to its semifinals. Nine countries were eliminated in the first round. The first nine countries that were disqualified on Tuesday night in Dusseldorf are: Albania, Armenia, Croatia, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino and Turkey. The second round of semi-finals will take place on Thursday, when 25 other [...]
Manchester United only need one point in the next two Premier League games in order to secure the title, as Chelsea has squandered the huge title chance it had yesterday. United has won the home game against Chelsea 2-1, after it had a 2-0 advantage at halftime. Manchester United couldn’t have asked for a better [...]
Tom Durkin, the announcer who has traditionally worked at the Kentucky Derby since 1984, has chosen not to do the calling for NBC-TV’s transmission of the Kentucky Derby this year. Durkin will be replaced by Larry Collmus, who has a considerable amount of experience in calling, being in this job since he was 18 in 1985. [...]
The 2011 Kentucky Derby is one of the most important horse races of the year and the contenders in it are always some of the best. Here are 10 of the most important things you will want to know about the Kentucky Derby. 1. It is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, USA and is considered [...]
Sony Ericsson launched two new smarthpones during its latest event, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and the Xperia Mini Pro. Both are running Android 2.3 Gingerbread and use powerful 1 GHz Snapdragon processors. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini is said to be the smallest Android equipped mobile that is also capable of HD video recording. [...]