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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that the 2010 International CES® was named Favorite Show by Trade Show Exhibitors Association’s (TSEA) Exhibitor’s Choice Awards. CEA’s senior vice president of events and conferences, Karen Chupka, was also named TSEA’s Best Show Manager.
Off The Map: The Complete Series (Street Date: 8/23)
Brothers And Sisters: The Complete Fifth And Final Season (Street Date: 8/23)
Phineas And Ferb The Movie: Across The Second Dimension (Street Date: 8/23
Bambi II Special Edition (Street Date: 8/23)
OnStar plans to produce and highlights the lengths to which we are going to support local 12 volt retailers who are selling OnStar FMV. Independent retailers play a huge part in the success of this product and we want them to know that this is just the beginning of the type of support OnStar plans to provide
Other World Computing (OWC®) http://www.macsales.com, a leading zero emissions Mac® and PC technology company, announced today that its in-house MaxRAM™ tested and verified compatible OWC DDR3 1333MHz 16GB Memory Upgrade Kit ‘supercharges’ 2011 Apple® MacBook® Pro and Mac mini models by doubling the Factory maximum offered memory. The OWC 16GB Memory Upgrade Kit, now priced at $929.99, joins existing popular OWC memory upgrade kits for MacBook Pro and Mac mini models including the 8GB Memory Upgrade Kit priced at $71.99, which offers savings up to 70% compared to the same sized Factory installed 8GB option
Westwood One's revenue increased 1.8% to $40.8 million in the second quarter, putting it roughly in line with the rest of the radio industry, as companies' revenues were generally flat or up slightly, according to this article. The company's news programming saw its advertising revenue increase, while advertising on other kinds of programming declined
Google's $12.5 billion deal to acquire Motorola Mobility, maker of cable boxes and other devices, is part of the online giant's push to gain a place in the nation's living rooms, experts say. The deal could breathe life into the company's interest in Smart TV applications, they add. It also will allow the company to play a bigger role in developing smartphones and tablets that use its Android technology.
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Plácido Domingo, LA Opera's Eli and Edythe Broad General Director, has announced that LA Opera's 2011/12 Season will open with the Company premiere of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, opening at 7:30pm on Saturday, September 17, 2011, and running for six performances through Sunday, October 9. "I am delighted to open our new season with the Company premiere of a beautiful and incredibly compelling Russian masterpiece," said Mr. Domingo. "This will be only the second time that LA Opera has presented an opera by Tchaikovsky, after our 2001 performances of The Queen of Spades, and I know that many of our audiences have been eagerly awaiting these performances." James Conlon, LA Opera's Richard Seaver Music Director, will conduct all performances of Eugene Onegin.
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Robby Woods came to Glen Helen Raceway last weekend with a score to settle. While Woods currently resides in the top ten in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) premier Pro2 Unlimited class, his first visit to historic Glen Helen Raceway this season did not meet his demanding expectations. LOORRS' return to Glen Helen started on Friday with Woods qualifying third amongst 15 of the best off-road racers on the planet. When he was not on the track, Robby Woods was busy signing autographed posters and handing out free t-shirts to fans. When the Pro2 Unlimited trucks took the green flag Saturday under the night lights, the crowd was a sea of blue Dethrone Royalty shirts cheering for Woods and his No. 99 Lucas Slick Mist / Superchips Chevrolet.