Hudson River Helicopter Plane Collision

This is raw video showing the moment of impact between the small plane and tourist helicopter that collided over the Hudson River in New York last weekend that killed nine people.

The accident was caught on video by an Italian tourist who was practicing with a new camera.

May God be with the family and friends of those involved in this tragic situation.

Microsoft Banned From Selling Word in US

A Texas judge ruled Tuesday that Microsoft cannot sell Word in the United States any more.

A company based in Toronto called i4i Inc won a ruling against Microsoft concerning the company’s XML patents. i4i said that the ruling “prohibits Microsoft from selling or importing to the United States any Microsoft Word products that have the capability of opening .XML, .DOCX or DOCM files (XML files) containing custom XML”. According to the Seattle PI, Microsoft has 60 days to adhere to the ruling

The injunction reads:

Microsoft Corporation is hereby permanently enjoined from performing the following actions with Microsoft Word 2003, Microsoft Word 2007, and Microsoft Word products not more than colorably different from Microsoft Word 2003 or Microsoft Word 2007 (collectively “Infringing and Future Word Products”) during the term of U.S. Patent No. 5,787,449:

1. selling, offering to sell, and/or importing in or into the United States any
Infringing and Future Word Products that have the capability of opening a .XML,
.DOCX, or .DOCM file (“an XML file”) containing custom XML;

2. using any Infringing and Future Word Products to open an XML file
containing custom XML;

3. instructing or encouraging anyone to use any Infringing and Future Word
Products to open an XML file containing custom XML;

4. providing support or assistance to anyone that describes how to use any infringing and Future Word Products to open an XML file containing custom XML;

and

5. testing, demonstrating, or marketing the ability of the Infringing and Future
Word Products to open an XML file containing custom XML.

This injunction does not apply to any of the above actions wherein the Infringing and Future Word Products open an XML file as plain text.

With this news, Microsoft wont pull Word of the market as yet, and plan to appeal this ruling. Microsoft will probably settle this out of court by writing a very enormous check to i4i

The Karen Sypher & Rick Pitino Scandal

Assault, rape, adultery, abortion, extortion. Does it get any better? Well for University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino it cant get any worse than it already is. Pitino is accused of assault and rape of Karen Sypher. but according to a witness Vinnie Tatum (Pitino's aide) it was consensual sex.

Pitino admitted to police that he did have sexual intercourse with Karen Sypher back on August 1, 2003. The incident took place at Porcini restaurant in Louisville with Vinnie Tatum close enough to hear the entire encounter.

Pitino told police that he had consensual sex with Karen Sypher at a Louisville restaurant where he’d been drinking on Aug. 1, 2003.

The sex took place in the restaurant the two had ran into each other hours before.

Pitino said Sypher left the restaurant and returned at about closing time. He said that after the restaurant closed and the last employees and owner Tim Coury had left, Sypher “started coming on to him and that they had sex,” according to Abbott’s report. Pitino said he later learned that Tatum was still there.

Tatum told the FBI that he had lain down and couldn’t see what happened but that he heard what sounded like consensual sex, Abbott wrote in a report.

Sypher called Pitino two weeks later claiming she was pregnant. He also told police that he later gave Sypher $3,000 to have an abortion, according to Louisville Metro Police reports.

Sypher is the woman that has been accused of blackmailing Pitino for money in exchange for her silence about the sexual relations and alleged rape by Pitino. She has been indicted by a Grand Jury on charges to extort money from Pitino.

GM's Chevy Volt

Imagine being able to drive from Maryland to Pennsylvania and only use one gallon of gas! Well the future is here. Gm has announced the release of the 2011 Chevy Volt with a staggering estimated 230 mpg. It set to be distributed for consumer use in 2010, and the mileage and range guidance adheres to the new guidelines for electric cars set by the Environmental Protection Agency. The Volt will be priced at $40,000 with buyers eligible for a $7,500 tax credit. The Volt is the first of an estimated 25 GM vehicles that will be launched by the year 2011. It is also the first car to be labeled by the EPA with a triple digit MPG rating. Stay tuned everyone, the "green" era is coming to a household near you.