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Submission + - Apple Buys Beats for $3bn

Submitted by SimonTheSoundMan on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @04:51PM

SimonTheSoundMan writes: Apple has announced it is to buy Beats Electronics for $3bn, $2.6bn in cash and $400m in Apple stock. Beats acquisition is largely due to their streaming service, not a bad deal to say Beats Streaming only has 110k subscribers.

Submission + - Avatar banned in China (sky.com) 2

Submitted by SimonTheSoundMan on Tuesday January 19, 2010 @09:31AM

SimonTheSoundMan writes: Avatar has been banned in China for being too successful, according to Sky News. Instead, state funded 'Confucius' will take its place.

Sky News quote:

James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster Avatar is to banned from cinemas in China — despite breaking box office records in the country. 2D versions of Avatar have been banned from Chinese cinemas. Non-3D versions of Avatar are to be pulled next week, in order to protect the nation's home grown films. The country's censors ruled that the epic had become too dominant and also worried about its effect on audiences, according to reports. "First, it has taken in too much money and has seized market share from domestic films," Hong Kong's Daily Apple said...

Submission + - Youngest galactic supernova (not aliens) found (badastronomy.com)

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Simon Howes

on Wednesday May 14, 2008 @02:35PM

Simon Howes writes: "After searching for decades, astronomers have found a supernova in our galaxy! So it wasn't little green men we were waiting for. It's located very near the center of the galaxy, about 28,000 light years away, and it's only at most about 140 years old.

Quote from Bad Astronomy: "If you're wondering what all the buzz has been about the past few days over a NASA discovery, then wait no longer. No, it's not aliens or an incoming asteroid. Instead, it's still very cool: astronomers have found the youngest supernova in the Milky Way.""

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