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National Wear Red Day

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

National Wear Red Day

Today, February 1st, is National Wear Red Day! This represents the Go Red Movement, a national movement founded by the American Heart Association to help fight back the No. 1 killer of American women, heart disease and stroke.

Too few realize that heart disease can largely be prevented. By wearing red, you’ll help spread the Go Red For Women message “Love Your Heart” that raises awareness of heart disease, and you’ll help the American Heart Association support ongoing research and education about women and heart disease.

Wearing red is only the first step, it’s also very important to get a check up in your own personal fight against heart disease. The American Heart Association has created Go Red Heart CheckUp to help you determine how healthy your heart is, or you can call 1-888-AHA-2222 to learn more.

Your involvement in the Go Red Movement can help save lives of mothers, sisters, aunts, daughters, grandmothers, best friends, and other women just like you!

For more information, please visit Go Red For Women.

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AgfaPhoto’s DV-5000G camera plays games, falls short of potential

Friday, February 1st, 2008

AgfaPhoto DV-5000G

AgfaPhoto — you know, the company that used to just make really high-end gear, but now lends its name to lame sauce stuff built by plawa — has a new camera on display at PMA, the DV-5000G. In addition to the regular 5 megapixel camera duties, this thing works overtime as a 720 x 480 video camera — there’s 64MB of built-in memory, but we’re guessing you’ll want to hop to SD or SDHC in a hurry. Of course, most cameras do full-res video, but AgfaPhoto is also pulling a page out of DXG’s book and packing in video games, playable on the 3-inch “960 x 240″ screen (we’re guessing that’s a typo, and this thing is standard 320 x 240 QVGA). Unfortunately, the games are super weak, and there are no emulators in sight. We don’t think PMP or webcam functionality is going to save this one either, and the $260 pricetag seems a bit silly for what you’re getting. Let’s catch up at next year’s PMA, huh Agfa?

[via Engadget]

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Dell unsurprisingly denies rumors of Google phone

Friday, February 1st, 2008

s is the custom in these matters, Dell has flatly denied the existence of any product to announce at MWC, and went further on to state that the company doesn’t even plan on attending the show. Rumors of a “Gphone” were probably greatly exaggerated to begin with, and now at least the venue has been firmly shot down. That said, there was no explicit denial of an Android-related product (there never is), so the optimistic ones out there can go on hoping for a Dell phone to solve all their problems. Hey, if Garmin can do it, what’s stopping them?

[Via Electronista]

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Microsoft offers $44.6 Billion for Yahoo

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Microsoft just announced what has been rumored forever: a formal offer for Yahoo. Microsoft’s proposal to Yahoo’s board of directors represents $31 per share (a 62% premium over yesterday’s closing price) or about $44.6 Billion. Steve Ballmer, CEO and big fan of developers, says, “We have great respect for Yahoo!, and together we can offer an increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, publishers and advertisers while becoming better positioned to compete in the online services market.” Apparently, the deal was laid out in a letter sent by Ballmer to Yahoo’s board just yesterday. Seriously. The letter confirms that the two giants have been discussing the topic since late 2006. It also appears to be a direct response to the Google threat as outlined in the following paragraph:

“Today, the market is increasingly dominated by one player who is consolidating its dominance through acquisition. Together, Microsoft and Yahoo! can offer a credible alternative for consumers, advertisers, and publishers.”

The deal, of course, rests with the two coming to a “merger agreement” and Microsoft (and Yahoo to a limited degree) having the time to conduct the required due diligence. Microsoft is ready to begin immediate discussions and have a draft merger agreement ready for consideration. So Yahoo, ball’s in your court. The world is wondering… what will you do?

[via Engadget]

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