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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

HLN's Nancy Grace to air 50 missing persons cases

Primetime's HLN will spotlight those lost in the shuffle
by Whitney Jenkins

Popular primetime news show, Nancy Grace, will be placing the spotlight on 50 missing persons cases beginning this week, throughout the next two months. "Nancy Grace: America's Missing" airs Monday to Sunday beginning at 9 p.m. EST on HLN.

Grace is known for provocative news casts, in an effort to provoke dialogue among homicide and crime experts, and the public. Popular stories include the Casey Anthony case, of which Grace provided around-the-clock nightly news coverage. Missing persons date back as far as 20 to 30 years.

"Anything that can move a case forward to me would be worth it," says Grace. "If a case gets solved that would be like a blessing from heaven."

Grace intends on showcasing several minority missing persons cases, as many of these stories are lost amidst the outrageous coverage given to missing Caucasian women.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Easy Filing through TurboTax App, SnapTax

New smartphone app for taxes

by Whitney Jenkins

Amongst a plethora of other business and personal finance apps, SnapTax is the first of its kind, guaranteeing 100 percent accurate calculation and ensuring “your biggest tax refund.”

The release of this mobile application allows consumers to file their taxes via their smartphones. The concept of SnapTax, is to “snap” a picture of your taxes and then the TurboTax app goes to work to do the rest.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

IBM Watson Supercomputer scheduled for Jeopardy! combat

Specs of supercomputer prove massive

by Whitney Jenkins

Jeopardy! sit-in Watson, a supercomputer, will be using DeepQA technology to procure Jeopardy! answers. It is armed with a Linux system that is powered by 10 refrigerator-sized racks of IBM POWER 750, with 15 terabytes of RAM and a 2,880 processor core. Throughout its lifespan, Watson has stored tens of millions of informational pieces—perfect for combat. With specs like this, former champs had better prepare.