Manny Ramirez Traded To LA Dodgers, Red Sox Get Jason Bay
July 31, 2008
Boston (ChattahBox) - Multiple sources are reporting that Manny Ramirez has been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a three-way deal, with the Boston Red Sox getting Jason Bay from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The initial report comes from SI.com, and has since been picked up by multiple other news outlets in Boston and abroad. Read more
As Trade Deadline Nears, Manny Ramirez Remains With Red Sox
July 31, 2008
Boston (ChattahBox) - The Major League Baseball trade deadline is getting closer and closer by the minute. As that time nears, it appears that Manny Ramirez, following the deadline, will still be playing in a Boston Red Sox uniform.
The trade deadline has been hanging over the heads of Red Sox fans for quite some time now, as many expected that the Red Sox would try to move their star slugger Manny Ramirez. Read more
Ancient Greek Computer Used As Calendar For Olympics
July 31, 2008
Boston (ChattahBox) - Researchers have come out and stated that a 2,100-year-old ancient Greek computer was used as a calendar for the Olympic Games.
The computer was found in a shipwreck in Rome back in 1901, and since then has been a mystery to scientists. Read more
Hacker Successful In Getting Scrabble Off Of Facebook
July 31, 2008
Boston (ChattahBox) - A hacker who was reportedly not too pleased with the fact that Scrabulous had been taken off of Facebook following a lawsuit from Hasbro, successfully managed to take the official Scrabble game off of the social networking site.
A couple of days ago, Hasbro Inc. filed a lawsuit against the creators of Scrabulous, Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, which they responded to by removing the game from the site. Read more
YouTube, Google Hit With $780 Million Lawsuit By Italian Company
July 31, 2008
Washington (ChattahBox) - An Italian media company by the name of Mediaset has filed a $780 million lawsuit against YouTube, as well as its parent company Google.
This lawsuit comes as YouTube is already facing a $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Viacom. Read more
Portugal Agrees To Buy 500,000 Classmate PCs From Intel
July 31, 2008
Washington (ChattahBox) - Portugal and Intel have reached an agreement which will have the company purchasing 500,000 Classmate PCs.
This is the biggest deal to date for Intel’s low-cost laptops. Read more
LG Adds Netflix Streaming To Features In New Blu-ray Player
July 31, 2008
Boston (ChattahBox) - LG Electronic Inc. has announced that their newest Blu-ray player will also feature the ability to stream movies from Netflix.
The new Blu-ray player is called the LG BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc Player, and will do a lot more than play Blu-ray movies. Read more
Scientists Unveil Portrait Under Van Gogh “Patch” Painting
July 31, 2008
Boston (ChattahBox) - Scientists have been able to uncover a portrait underneath the famous Vincent Van Gogh panting, Patch of Grass.
European scientists have managed to reconstruct the original portrait using technology which was unavailable in the past. Read more
Liquid Lake Found On Saturn’s Moon Titan, How About Life?
July 31, 2008
Boston (ChattahBox) - Scientists have managed to discover that there is indeed a lake filled with liquid on the Saturn moon Titan. This had led many to ask the question if there could be life on the planet.
Scientists have confirmed that the lake on the Saturn moon of Titan is indeed filled with liquid. Read more
FDA Orders Amgen To Make Changes To Label Of Anemia Drug
July 31, 2008
Washington (ChattahBox) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has told Amgen Inc. that they need to make changes to the label of their anemia drug, Aranesp.
The FDA is ordering changes to be made to the drug from Amgen Inc., as well as similar anemia drugs. Read more