Early Friday morning the northeastern coast of Japan was hit by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake which launched a tsunami advisory for waves up to just under 2 feet tall (20 inches to be exact). The earthquake hit Japan at 2:36pm and was approximately 70 miles from the coast of Fukushima, and 175 miles northeastern of Tokyo. Fortunately there are no reports of injuries or damage at this point in time.... 

Hewlett Package reported it’s Q3 earnings today, with a total of $1.10 per share right on track with their expected revenue. Before the announcement of HPQ’s Q3 earnings the stock was trading on the market for $30.42, but is expected to open below $30.00 Hewlett Packard confirmed Autonomy Corporation in regards to their business combination as well as other announcements. Earlier today... 

As authorities continue to look into whether a fatal stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair on Saturday was preventable, the just-released official timeline sheds new light on the topic. This timeline, released by the Indiana State police, shows that the National Weather Service and fair staff made contact numerous times during the afternoon and evening. 7PM: Fair staff was advised by the National... 

Cowboys and Aliens might have won the box office big screen debut but long term revenue is definitely siding ‘The Smurfs’. There’s no time to waste. Hollywood producers are on the race of delving into the cartoon treasury for possible remakes. In fact, there’s already a good amount of cartoons on the remake process. A notable title to arrive by 2013 is ‘The Flintstones’ to be redone by... 

Warner Bros. announced a reshuffled date of release schedule for two Oscar-worthy films, an intriguing sci-fi movie, and an upcoming sequel that most people were probably shocked was even produced. The movies involved are: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, J. Edgar, Gravity, and Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, the sequel to the underwhelming 2008 film, Journey to the Center of the Earth. J. Edgar:... 

Twelve people in Dallas, Texas have died from the heat this summer, which is three more than last year’s total. August is predicted to be the hottest month. The first day of August made the 31st day in a row that temperatures reached 100 degrees and above in Dallas. On Monday, a coach at Prestonwood Christian High School in Plano, Texas, collapsed during football practice and was later pronounced... 

A Navasota man was killed early Sunday in one vehicle accident in south Brazos County when he was thrown from his pickup truck during a rollover. Michael Leroy Long II, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which took place in the early morning hours of July 31 on Chisolm Trail Road, 6.3 miles north of Navasota in southern Brazos County, according to investigators with the Texas Department... 

Search engine and internet giant, Google, tried to enter a new market with a TV set-top box product known as Google TV.  The product was highly anticipated and the company thought that consumers would go wild.  However, after last quarter, it is clear that consumers are not as crazy as the company had hoped. In fact, rather than pulling out their credit cards to buy, more consumers are actually returning... 

Motorola announced Thursday, in an earnings report, that sales of its Android tablet have reached depressingly low levels.  Worse still, Android sales were only the tip of the iceberg in a report that detailed less than satisfactory sales figures for all Motorola devices over the past three months. In the last three months, the company has shipped about 11 million mobile devices.  But, even though... 

If you’re a hardcore fan of NBA video games (like me), then you’ll remember the notable exclusion of Michael Jordan from the original, NBA Live 95 video game. As a big supporter of Michael Jordan, I was devastated: for whatever reason, he would not allow his face – or his name – to be included on the roster of the Chicago Bulls. Of course, like many ambitious sports games at the time,...