Archive for April 27th, 2008

AOL acquires fantasy football site

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Time Warner’s AOL has acquired Fleaflicker, a free fantasy football site.

Site founder and operator Ori Schwartz confirmed the acquisition Saturday but declined to describe terms of the deal. AOL’s move was reported Friday by TechCrunch.

MediaPost Publications reported that AOL will add the site to its AOL Sports

Saudi blogger freed

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

A Saudi blogger was released Saturday after spending four months in prison without being charged, several news outlets reported.

The Saudi government had warned Fouad al-Farhan, who is 33, about his activist blogs before his arrest in mid-December. The government said at the time of his arrest that it was …

MySQL closes $10 million deal

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

MySQL, the open-source database maker that Sun Microsystems bought earlier this year, recently closed a $10 million deal, according to Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz.

Schwartz noted the deal Saturday in a Twitter Q&A related to the Web 2.0 Expo.

A $10 million deal…that’s big, even …

Mexican official accused of lifting White House BlackBerrys

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Did he or didn’t he?

An aide to Mexico’s president has lost his job after allegedly swiping BlackBerrys off a table outside of diplomatic talks taking place in New Orleans this week, according to several media reports.

Rafael Quintero Curiel, who coordinated Mexican journalists who follow the president, …

Australia’s cocaine use up, smoking down

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

AUSTRALIANS are smoking fewer cigarettes and less cannabis but using more cocaine, a report shows.

Laser attacks on planes soar

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

DOZENS of laser-light attacks on aircraft are still being reported, despite attempts by federal and state governments to deter offenders with threats of jail.

Thousands of phones, cut off within hours

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

UP to 10,000 mobile phone users will be unable to make a call after Telstra’s CDMA networks shuts down within hours, experts warn.

Red faces over halal gaffe

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

ISLAMIC delegates at this month’s 2020 Summit were forced to dine on salad sandwiches because their dietary needs were ignored.

Woman ‘bore 6 children’ to her father

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

POLICE have taken DNA tests of a family after a mother claimed she has had six children to her 73-year-old father.

White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

CELEBRITIES rubbed shoulders with political luminaries and the Washington power elite at the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner and after party. Click here for gallery