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Submission + - Disney Buys Lucasfilm Ltd; new Star Wars in 2015 (ign.com)

Submitted by Sez Zero on Tuesday October 30, 2012 @04:31PM

Sez Zero writes: Not only did the news break today that the Walt Disney Company has acquired Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.05 billion, but the studio press release also announces that a Star Wars: Episode VII feature film is targeted for a 2015 release! Yes, 2015 will give us The Avengers 2, Justice League of America and now a new Star Wars movie!

Submission + - Software Engineer is 2012 Best Job, according to CareerCast (careercast.com)

Submitted by Sez Zero on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @10:41AM

Sez Zero writes: CareerCast gathered mounds of data and sorted through all of the factors to break each element into five key categories: Physical Demands, Work Environment, Income, Stress and Hiring Outlook. Jobs receive a score in each individual category, and when these are added together, the career with the best overall score is ranked 1st, while the one with the worst overall score is ranked 200th.

Which one came out on top? A job this crowd might be familiar with...

Submission + - Study Shows Alcohol Buzz Prompts Intuitive Insights (sciencenews.org)

Submitted by Sez Zero on Friday April 13, 2012 @01:54PM

Sez Zero writes: A moderate alcoholic high loosens a person’s focus of attention, making it easier to find connections among remotely related ideas, Andrew Jarosz of the University of Illinois at Chicago and his colleagues propose online January 28 in Consciousness and Cognition.

On average, participants at peak intoxication solved about nine problems correctly, versus approximately six winners for the sober crowd. It took an average of 11.5 seconds for intoxicated men to generate a correct solution, compared with 15.2 seconds for sober men.

Submission + - 7-inch Google Tablet Coming From ASUS (slashgear.com)

Submitted by Sez Zero on Friday March 09, 2012 @09:42AM

Sez Zero writes: Google and ASUS have been collaborating on a co-branded 7-inch Android tablet, with a launch as early as May, according to sources, challenging low-cost rivals and the iPad with a $199-249 price tag. The fruits of the partnership, whispered to the runes readers at DigiTimes by industry sources, will take on the NOOK Tablet and the Kindle Fire, with ASUS selected for its willingness to flex to Google’s requirements.

Submission + - Debit Card Outrage Takes Down BofA Site (reuters.com)

Submitted by Sez Zero on Friday September 30, 2011 @10:04AM

Sez Zero writes: Bank of America Corp plans to charge customers who use their debit cards to make purchases a $5 monthly fee beginning early next year, joining other banks scrambling for new sources of revenue. Senator Richard Durbin, architect of debit card interchange fee reform, bashed the proposed monthly fee. "Bank of America is trying to find new ways to pad their profits by sticking it to its customers," he said in a statement. It's overt, unfair, and I hope their customers have the final say."

This morning, it looks like Bank of America's website is down.

Submission + - Russian space freighter lost (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Sez Zero on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @11:31AM

Sez Zero writes: An unmanned freighter launched to the International Space Station (ISS) has been lost.

The Russian space agency has confirmed the Progress M-12M cargo ship was not placed in the correct orbit by its rocket and fell back to Earth.

The vessel was carrying 2.5 tonnes of supplies for the ISS astronauts.

With the retirement of the US space shuttle, there is now a critical reliance on the robotic freighters to keep the station supplied.

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