Bank of Hawaii offering coupons free online - San Francisco Chronicle
The bank has launched a free, online virtual coupon book that offers a wide range of deals in various categories, including automotive, clothing, dining, entertainment and travel. The coupons can be found at the bank's Online Marketplace. The senior vice president of the bank's Internet Department ...
Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this week - Star-ecentral.com
NEW YORK: Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week, inaugurating what manufacturers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room. However, because the sets require bulky glasses, and there is for now little to watch in the enhanced format, it will take at least ...
Bike Lane Feature Added To Google Maps - CBS 11 News
Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option. The new bicycling directions available on Google Maps starting Wednesday supplement the guidance already provided to motorists and pedestrians. The biking directions initially will be available only for the United States ...
Quake relocates Chilean cities, just a bit - Toronto Star
WASHINGTON–The Earth really did move during the massive Chile quake: Researchers say cities and islands physically shifted west a bit. Thanks to satellites, scientists at Ohio State University and the University of Hawaii found that the city of Concepcion moved at least 3 metres to the west. It is ...
U.S.-born panda freed from quarantine in China - Everett Herald
CHENGDU, China — After a month in quarantine, American-born panda Tai Shan paced around his new home in southwest China as he was put on public display today for the first time since his much-anticipated arrival in the country. Visitors and staff cheered and waved as the 41/2-year-old panda born ...
What to do if your car suddenly accelerates - Columbia Missourian
What should you do if your car suddenly accelerates? Here are three ways to stop the vehicle, according to Toyota: _ Step on the brake pedal with both feet using firm and steady pressure. Do not pump the brakes. _ Shift the transmission gear selector into neutral. Use the brakes to make a controlled ...
IBM, Stanford Develop New Plastic Recycling Method - Industrial Distribution
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- When you recycle a plastic bottle, it doesn't necessarily become another plastic bottle. Because of limitations in recycling technology, a common type of plastic used in water bottles and food containers weakens so much when it's recycled that it can't be used again for the ...
NASA: Money Key to More Space Shuttle Flights - US News and World Report
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month. NASA's three shuttles are scheduled to retire in September, after four more trips to ...
Silicon Image to Present at the Sidoti & - Consumer Electronics Net
Silicon Image, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIMG), a leader in semiconductors and intellectual property (IP) for the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high-definition (HD) content, today announced that the company will present at the Sidoti & Company 14 th Annual Emerging Growth Institutional ...
'Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designer - PhysOrg
(AP) -- A Microsoft Corp. researcher won the $250,000 Turing Award, one of technology's most coveted prizes, on Tuesday for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer. While at Xerox Corp.'s famed Palo Alto Research Center, or PARC, in the 1970s ...
