Steve Jobs has passed

Steve Jobs — the man who brought us the iPhone, the iPod and the iMac — has died. The co-founder of Apple was 56 years old. Jobs had been battling a rare form of pancreatic cancer for years.  He dies only weeks after resigning as chief executive of computer giant Apple Inc. for health reasons.

"We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," read a statement by Apple's board of directors. "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts." 

Apple's website is remembering Jobs with a full page image of Jobs with his years of birth and death.
When clicked, the image changes to more text: "Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple." 


RIP Steve Jobs

Mom sells baby to go to Disny World

A Delaware woman sold her newborn son for $15,000 to take her other two sons to Walt Disney World.

Bridget Wismer, 33, was arrested in Newcastle, Delaware after  she sold the child to John Gavaghan, 54, of Philadelphia.Police have surveillance footage of the deal going down .The child was born Aug. 31, but Wisner didn't want him.Wismer's grandmother let authorities know in September of the deal that was taking place. She justifies the situation by saying: "I wouldn't just give my baby away and never see him. I gave him to a friend. " Both buyer and seller face several charges.

Amanda arrives

Amanda Knox returned to her hometown of Seattle on Tuesday night and was as overcome with emotion as she was a day earlier in Italy, when she was acquitted on murder charges after four years in prison.
"Thank you for being there for me," she tearfully told her supporters in front of a crowd of international reporters.

That little speech she gave convinced my husband that she is in fact innocent.  
Italian prosecutors say they will take their appeal to Italy's Supreme Court -- the highest legal authority in the country. The Kercher family has said it would support any prosecution appeal.  Knox doesn't have to be present when this occurs in the Italian courts.

Family used Google to learn how to kill

An 89 year old man's daughter (49) and three grandchildren ( 19, 16, and 14)  Googled "the easiest way to kill an old person" before trying to kill him for an inheritance.
Police analysis of computers seized from the family home in Hampshire, England, also revealed Google searches on ''1000 ways to die,'' ''how to kill someone'' and ''10 easy ways to kill someone with no trace."   The 19 year old's girlfriend was also involved in the searches.
In an attempt to ''frighten him to death,'' they threw bricks through his window at night and cut the fuel line on his car to try to make it explode.
Eventually, they attacked the man using bricks in plastic bags at the house he shares with his 87-year-old wife near Winchester, England.
Police are not naming names due to the underage children involved. All denied charges of conspiracy to murder over the plot in October and November last year.  The victim — suffered head injuries — had reportedly given his privately educated daughter, his paid care-giver, lavish gifts including a car in the months leading up to the attack.
She was jailed for 17 years. Her son was given an indeterminate sentence in a young offenders' institution. His girlfriend was given three years in youth detention. The 16-year-old received a 26-month youth detention order, and her her younger sister was given a two-year youth rehabilitation order.
According to a Guardian report on the court hearings:

The victim's son spoke of his bewilderment at discovering his sister had committed the attack. The man said he and his sister had enjoyed a privileged upbringing, including private education, and that she had been planning to kill their mother, too.

''The police told me they had reason to believe my own sister and her family had been planning to kill mum and dad. They told me they believed they were planning to do away with dad first and then my mum as well. Thankfully, they never got that far.''

Samsung Galaxy S 2

Can the Samsung Galaxy S II compete against the iPhone 4S?

Primary Camera:

The Samsung Galaxy S II and the iPhone 4S can shoot HD videos of up to 1080p.

Secondary Camera:

The iPhone 4S is equipped with VGA front-facing camera while the Samsung Galaxy S II is sporting 2-megapixel secondary camera. The Samsung Galaxy S II supports MicroSD card slot, so with the 16GB model only, a user can

Cheryl Burke Rob Kardashian

Last night, on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars we watched as Rob Kardashian gave us a heartwarming and beautiful performance, but did you know that Rob has been losing weight? Cheryl Burke recently dished on Rob Kardashian’s weight loss, and shared how proud of her partner she is.

Cheryl Burke is impressed with Rob Kardashian’s hard work, and she was thrilled when Rob got some motivational praise

The Clinic

Valoración: 5/10

James Rabbitts firma el guión y la dirección de la producción australiana “The Clinic”,  un thriller ambientado en los 70.

Su argumento nos narra cómo una pareja de novios (Beth y Cameron) se halla de viaje para visitar a los padres de ella, que se encuentra embarazada. Cae la noche, llega el cansancio, y con él, la consabida parada en un motel de carretera para descansar. Amanece, Cameron está solo en la cama del motel. Amanece, Beth, está sola en un inquietante lugar desconocido y en su vientre, una inmensa cicatriz. Comienza la carrera, él por encontrar a su amada y su hijo nonato, ella, por la supervivencia.

“The Clinic”, pese a cumplir su función de vehículo de entretenimiento, y jugar a su favor las siempre impresionantes localizaciones de los páramos australianos, así como las de la “clínica” que le da título, está demasiado plagada de lugares comunes, tópicos del género y recursos que nos traen a la memoria innumerables producciones anteriores.

Todo ello le confiere un sabor de “ya visto” y de nula aportación al género. Ni siquiera las interpretaciones de sus protagonistas, la sufridora Tabrett Bethell en el papel de Beth o el malogrado actor Andy Whitfield (“Spartacus: Sangre y Arena”) como su desesperado consorte consiguen implicar al espectador, víctimas, quizás, de un guión demasiado pobre, que no trabaja el lado más humano de los personajes y evita la empatía de aquellos que se embarcan en esta aventura desde las butacas.

Es con todo ello esta película un producto, pese a que se aleja de toda innovación o aporte al mundo del celuloide además de no conseguir esa buscada inquietud en el espectador,  que entretiene al espectador  pero que no generará poso alguno en su memoria cinéfila.  Aceptable pero prescindible.  

- Enoch -