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>>> this morning on “today’s health,” forbidden food . imagine being hungry but not being able to eat or drink without throwing it back up. well, that is what one teenager had to deal with for more than seven months, and you will meet her in just a moment. but first nbc’s chief medical editor dr. nancy synderman has her story. >> reporter: 14-year-old gentrie hansen had not had a bite of food or drink in seven months. ...
HELENA, Mont. — Two young goats wandered onto the thin ledge of a railroad bridge and spent almost two days high above the ground until rescuers in a towering cherry picker plucked them from their perch, hungry but safe. The rescue occurred Wednesday 60 feet above a little-trafficked rural roadway in southern Montana between Billings and Roundup, after a caller told the Rimrock Humane Society the goats were stranded on the 6-inch ledge.
CUPERTINO, Calif. – ArcSight Inc. stated Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit tripled as the cybersecurity software and services company’s sales jumped 39 percent. The company stated net income rose to $3 million, or 8 cents a share, in the three months ended July 31. That compares with net income of $1 million, or 3 cents a share, in the same period last year. Excluding one-time charges, adjusted earnings amounted to $6.6 million, or 18 cents a share, the company said.
SEATTLE – Dell Inc. doesn’t have to begin over in its quest to become a significant purveyor of technology for businesses after losing a multibillion dollar bidding contest for an obscure data-storage maker. But it will not be easy, either, for Dell to shake its “Dude, you are getting a Dell” image and move into the more profitable business of selling powerful behind-the-scenes technology to other companies. Dell, which launched the bidding contest for 3Par Inc.
MEXICO CITY – Mexico wants to auction more spectrum for wireless communications, including 4G standard, and boost competition in the TV market as it frees up capacity by digitalizing television. In a decree published in Mexico’s official gazette on Thursday, President Felipe Calderon ordered to free up the 700 MHz band — currently used by broadcasters Televisa, TV Azteca and other regional companies — by 2012, the year he concludes his administration. The transition will allow Mexico to “offer more ...
Finishing touches complete, Microsoft sent its latest Windows Phone 7 operating system to equipment manufacturers Wednesday, paving the way for a round of Windows-based mobile devices to debut in time for the holiday season. “While the final integration of Windows Phone 7 with our partners’ hardware, software and networks is under way, the work of our internal engineering team is largely complete,” wrote Microsoft’s Terry Myerson on the company’s Windows 7 blog. Bold Promise Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled Windows ...
A laptop computer with 3-D video and games. Sony, hoping that could be the Next Big Thing, showed prototypes Wednesday of an upcoming VAIO 3-D laptop at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Germany, and announced plans to launch a 3-D TV channel. The laptop, with a 3-D button and active-shutter glasses, will formally debut in the spring, according to Sony CEO Howard Stinger. The prototypes use a frame-sequential technology that alternates between left- and right-eye views, with blank ...
The rapidly growing category of tablets has a new family member. On Thursday, Toshiba announced that its Folio 100, a 10.1-inch, Android 2.2-based tablet computer, will be on sale in Europe by the end of October. The tablet could capture as much as 15 to 20 percent of that market in Europe by the end of next year, according to Gianluca Dianese, Toshiba’s head of marketing for digital products in that region. He made the prediction at the IFA 2010 ...
Director Daniel Stamm explains the controversial ending to the #2 motion picture in country this week.By Adam Rosenberg Ashley Bell in “The Last Exorcism”Photo: Lionsgate SPOILER WARNING: Before you read past this point, be warned: This article discusses the end of “The Last Exorcism” in depth, so stop reading if you intend to see the motion picture and do not want to know how it ends.
Photos of the singer from the movie’s set surface online.By James Dinh Rihanna on the set of “Battleship” on WednesdayPhoto: Splash News While rumors of a new single spread across the Internet, Rihanna is already beginning work on the set of her feature film debut in “Battleship.” Photos of the Barbadian songstress surfaced on-line yesterday showing a brunette Rihanna dressed in character.