peternoriega http://peternoriega.com Peter Noriega Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:11:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 en Avatar tops Titanic with $1.859 billion at the box office http://peternoriega.com/2010/01/27/avatar-tops-titanic-with-1859-billion-at-the-box-office/ http://peternoriega.com/2010/01/27/avatar-tops-titanic-with-1859-billion-at-the-box-office/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:11:41 +0000 peter Interesting titanic avatar office tops “avatar” marquee billion blogs http://peternoriega.com/2010/01/27/avatar-tops-titanic-with-1859-billion-at-the-box-office/ “Avatar” is now the highest-grossing movie of all time. James Cameron’s 3-D epic adventure eclipsed worldwide box office sales of the previous top-selling flick, Camerons “Titanic,” on Monday, making $1.859 billion at the box office compared to “Titanic’s” $1.843 billion. The difference between the two? A mere $16 million. And “Avatar” will only continue to bring in cash. The film has only been in theaters for 6 weeks.

Avatar tops Titanic with $1.859 billion at the box office – The Marquee Blog - CNN.com Blogs

]]> http://peternoriega.com/2010/01/27/avatar-tops-titanic-with-1859-billion-at-the-box-office/feed/ With iTunes, Apple Conditioned Us For The App Store http://peternoriega.com/2009/12/07/with-itunes-apple-conditioned-us-for-the-app-store/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/12/07/with-itunes-apple-conditioned-us-for-the-app-store/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:35:19 +0000 peter Apple conditioned store itunes obtain wouldn’t touch experience devices http://peternoriega.com/2009/12/07/with-itunes-apple-conditioned-us-for-the-app-store/ While Apple’s two sexy devices (the iPhone and the iPod touch), make apps very simple to use, it’s the iTunes experience that makes them easy to obtain. Without the latter, the former simply wouldn’t matter.

With iTunes, Apple Conditioned Us For The App Store

]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/12/07/with-itunes-apple-conditioned-us-for-the-app-store/feed/ Young adults who exercise get higher IQ Scores http://peternoriega.com/2009/12/04/young-adults-who-exercise-get-higher-iq-scores/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/12/04/young-adults-who-exercise-get-higher-iq-scores/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:38:11 +0000 peter Science higher sahlgrenska adults young exercise scores carried university http://peternoriega.com/2009/12/04/young-adults-who-exercise-get-higher-iq-scores/ Young adults who are fit have a higher IQ and are more likely to go on to university, reveals a major new study carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital.

Young adults who exercise get higher IQ Scores

]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/12/04/young-adults-who-exercise-get-higher-iq-scores/feed/ Top Ten Discoveries of 2009: Nat Geo News’s Most Viewed http://peternoriega.com/2009/12/04/top-ten-discoveries-of-2009-nat-geo-newss-most-viewed/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/12/04/top-ten-discoveries-of-2009-nat-geo-newss-most-viewed/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:35:25 +0000 peter Science discoveries viewed 2009 snakes geographic sharks rescued eaten http://peternoriega.com/2009/12/04/top-ten-discoveries-of-2009-nat-geo-newss-most-viewed/ National Geographic News’s most popular coverage of 2009 scientific finds is swarming with megamouth sharks, giant snakes, a transparent-headed fish, and rare species rescued from obscurity—then eaten.

Top Ten Discoveries of 2009: Nat Geo News’s Most Viewed

]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/12/04/top-ten-discoveries-of-2009-nat-geo-newss-most-viewed/feed/ Disney To Acquire Marvel Entertainment For $4 Billion http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/31/disney-to-acquire-marvel-entertainment-for-4-billion/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/31/disney-to-acquire-marvel-entertainment-for-4-billion/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:36:49 +0000 peter Interesting Entertainment disney marvel acquire entertainment share transaction cash approximately http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/31/disney-to-acquire-marvel-entertainment-for-4-billion/ The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment in a stock and cash transaction, the companies announced this morning. Under the terms of the agreement and based on last week’s closing price of Disney, Marvel shareholders would receive a total of $30 per share in cash plus approximately 0.745 Disney shares for each Marvel share they own.

Based on the closing price of Disney stock on Friday, August 28, the total transaction value is $50 per Marvel share or approximately $4 billion.

Disney To Acquire Marvel Entertainment For $4 Billion

]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/31/disney-to-acquire-marvel-entertainment-for-4-billion/feed/ Sony unveils slimmer PS3 for $300 http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/19/sony-unveils-slimmer-ps3-for-300/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/19/sony-unveils-slimmer-ps3-for-300/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:14:38 +0000 peter Technology Interesting slimmer sony september unveils percent itll 120gb weve http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/19/sony-unveils-slimmer-ps3-for-300/ Hardly a surprise, but Sony got on stage today at GamesCom and confirmed what weve all known deep down in our hearts: the new, slimmer PS3 is really real. It’ll be out in the first week of September September 1 in North America and Europe, September 3 for Japan, and will retail for $300 or 300 Euro, or 29,980 Yen. Its smaller and lighter, has a 120GB HDD, and packs “all the same features” of the regular PS3 while consuming 34 percent less power and taking up 32 percent less space.

Sony unveils slimmer PS3: $300, lands in September

]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/19/sony-unveils-slimmer-ps3-for-300/feed/ Friendship - The Laws of Attraction http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/09/friendship-the-laws-of-attraction/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/09/friendship-the-laws-of-attraction/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:40:31 +0000 peter Interesting Psychology friendship attraction laws friends thought delineated forces attract http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/09/friendship-the-laws-of-attraction/ When people are asked, “What gives meaning to your life?” friendship figures at the top of the list. Yet the dynamics of friendship have remained mysterious and unquantifiable. Like romantic love, friendships were thought to “just happen.” New research shows that the dance of friendship is nuanced—far more complex than commonly thought. With intriguing accuracy, sociologists and psychologists have delineated the forces that attract and bind friends to each other, beginning with the transition from acquaintanceship to friendship. Theyve traced the patterns of intimacy that emerge between friends and deduced the once ineffable “something” that elevates a friend to the vaunted status of “best.” These interactions are minute but profound; they are the dark matter of friendship.

Friendship: The Laws of Attraction | Psychology Today

]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/09/friendship-the-laws-of-attraction/feed/ Adidas sees profits plunge by 95% http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/07/adidas-sees-profits-plunge-by-95/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/07/adidas-sees-profits-plunge-by-95/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:44:01 +0000 peter Interesting Sports adidas profits fell euros plunge results sees period http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/07/adidas-sees-profits-plunge-by-95/ Sportswear giant Adidas has reported a fall in profits for the April to June period of 93% as consumer spending fell during the economic downturn.

But the company was upbeat about its prospects for the rest of the year. “I believe we have seen the bottom in our financial performance this year,” said Adidas boss Herbert Hainer. “We did not see any fundamental deterioration in our business since publishing our first-quarter results… I am confident that our results will improve as we go through the remainder of the year,” he added. Sales grew in the US and in Latin America, but fell in most major European and Asian markets.

BBC NEWS | Business | Adidas sees profits plunge by 95%

]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/08/07/adidas-sees-profits-plunge-by-95/feed/ What Is JJ Abrams Trying To Tell Us? http://peternoriega.com/2009/05/19/what-is-jj-abrams-trying-to-tell-us/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/05/19/what-is-jj-abrams-trying-to-tell-us/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 06:53:51 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/05/19/what-is-jj-abrams-trying-to-tell-us/ Fans of Lost, Fringe and the new Star Trek may have noticed a couple of recurring themes running through JJ Abrams’ work, making us think that he’s trying to tell us something. But what?

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/05/19/what-is-jj-abrams-trying-to-tell-us/feed/ “Hulk” screenwriter gives Megan Fox the role of a lifetime http://peternoriega.com/2009/05/19/hulk-screenwriter-gives-megan-fox-the-role-of-a-lifetime/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/05/19/hulk-screenwriter-gives-megan-fox-the-role-of-a-lifetime/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 02:02:20 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/05/19/hulk-screenwriter-gives-megan-fox-the-role-of-a-lifetime/ Screenwriter John Turman turned a childhood love of comic books and science fiction into a career writing for TV and features. His HULK pitch to Universal ended up with his first big studio gig and a co-writing credit on the 2003 film. An acclaimed unproduced draft for SILVER SURFER wound up being used as the story for…

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/05/19/hulk-screenwriter-gives-megan-fox-the-role-of-a-lifetime/feed/ Bruce Lee Like Strength Without Ever Going to a Gym http://peternoriega.com/2009/03/08/bruce-lee-like-strength-without-ever-going-to-a-gym/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/03/08/bruce-lee-like-strength-without-ever-going-to-a-gym/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:40:04 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/03/08/bruce-lee-like-strength-without-ever-going-to-a-gym/ Bruce Lee was a paragon of cool and an icon of the ultimate bad-ass. Not only were his martial arts skills incredible, but he had such an impressive physique that even bodybuilders in the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger admired him.

More impressively is that Bruce trained his body without ever stepping into a gym and with very little use of…

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/03/08/bruce-lee-like-strength-without-ever-going-to-a-gym/feed/ Protein reverses Alzheimer’s brain damage http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/protein-reverses-alzheimers-brain-damage/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/protein-reverses-alzheimers-brain-damage/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:27:07 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/protein-reverses-alzheimers-brain-damage/ Injections of a natural growth factor into the brains of mice, rats and monkeys offers hope of preventing or reversing the earliest impacts of Alzheimer’s disease on memory. The benefits arose even in animals whose brains contained the hallmark plaques that clog up the brains of patients.

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/protein-reverses-alzheimers-brain-damage/feed/ HIV Mutates to Death With New Drug http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/hiv-mutates-to-death-with-new-drug/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/hiv-mutates-to-death-with-new-drug/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:26:45 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/hiv-mutates-to-death-with-new-drug/ HIV is notorious for its ability to mutate and evade drugs designed to destroy it. Now scientists are testing a new drug that actually speeds up that rate of change in the hope that the deadly virus will mutate itself to death.

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/hiv-mutates-to-death-with-new-drug/feed/ Kissing feels so pleasurable due to hormone surge: research http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/kissing-feels-so-pleasurable-due-to-hormone-surge-research/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/kissing-feels-so-pleasurable-due-to-hormone-surge-research/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:22:27 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/kissing-feels-so-pleasurable-due-to-hormone-surge-research/ The reason that kissing feels so pleasurable is that sparks a surge of hormones in our brains, according to new research.

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/kissing-feels-so-pleasurable-due-to-hormone-surge-research/feed/ Study Suggests Why Gut Instincts Work http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/study-suggests-why-gut-instincts-work/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/study-suggests-why-gut-instincts-work/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:21:50 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/study-suggests-why-gut-instincts-work/ After conducting some unique memory and recognition tests, while also recording subjects’ brain waves, scientists conclude that some gut feelings are not just guesswork after all. Rather, we access memories we aren’t even aware we have.

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/10/study-suggests-why-gut-instincts-work/feed/ Extinct ibex is resurrected by cloning http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/01/extinct-ibex-is-resurrected-by-cloning/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/01/extinct-ibex-is-resurrected-by-cloning/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:05:12 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/01/extinct-ibex-is-resurrected-by-cloning/ An extinct animal has been brought back to life for the first time after being cloned from frozen tissue.

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/02/01/extinct-ibex-is-resurrected-by-cloning/feed/ 10 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2009 http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/29/10-ways-social-media-will-change-in-2009/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/29/10-ways-social-media-will-change-in-2009/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:42:58 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/29/10-ways-social-media-will-change-in-2009/ Social media today is a pure mess: it has become a collection of countless features, tools, and applications fighting for a piece of the pie. Social media, in essence, is bumping up against its own ceiling, no longer able to serve the needs of those living within its walls; and for these reasons, social media as we know it is changing course.

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/29/10-ways-social-media-will-change-in-2009/feed/ Gorgeous Shot of a Jaguar in Brazilian Rain Forest http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/gorgeous-shot-of-a-jaguar-in-brazilian-rain-forest/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/gorgeous-shot-of-a-jaguar-in-brazilian-rain-forest/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:08:09 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/gorgeous-shot-of-a-jaguar-in-brazilian-rain-forest/ Endangered species. Wallpaper pic.

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/gorgeous-shot-of-a-jaguar-in-brazilian-rain-forest/feed/ Smuggler Caught With Heads of 353 African Gray Parrots http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/smuggler-caught-with-heads-of-353-african-gray-parrots/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/smuggler-caught-with-heads-of-353-african-gray-parrots/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:07:40 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/smuggler-caught-with-heads-of-353-african-gray-parrots/ A new trade in parrot heads and tail feathers is adding to the pressure on the world
’s wild population of African Grey Parrots, which is confined to the tropical forest area of West and Central Africa. One suspect arrested by game rangers who was found to be carrying 353 parrot heads and 2000 tail feathers.

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/smuggler-caught-with-heads-of-353-african-gray-parrots/feed/ ‘Immortal’ jellyfish swarming across the world http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/immortal-jellyfish-swarming-across-the-world/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/immortal-jellyfish-swarming-across-the-world/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:06:10 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/immortal-jellyfish-swarming-across-the-world/ An ‘immortal’ jellyfish is swarming through the world’s oceans, according to scientists.

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/immortal-jellyfish-swarming-across-the-world/feed/ 100 Hottest Women of 2009 http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/100-hottest-women-of-2009/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/100-hottest-women-of-2009/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:04:36 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/100-hottest-women-of-2009/ Our goal with making this list was to avoid the cliche as much as possible, while still picking out the hottest women in the world.

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/100-hottest-women-of-2009/feed/ Coach fired for not apologizing for 100-0 Win http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/coach-fired-for-not-apologizing-for-100-0-win/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/coach-fired-for-not-apologizing-for-100-0-win/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:04:14 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/coach-fired-for-not-apologizing-for-100-0-win/ The coach of a Texas high school basketball team that beat another team 100-0 was fired Sunday, the same day he sent an e-mail to a newspaper stating he will not apologize “for a wide-margin victory

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/coach-fired-for-not-apologizing-for-100-0-win/feed/ Obama tells Muslim world: ‘Americans are not your enemy’ http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/obama-tells-muslim-world-americans-are-not-your-enemy/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/obama-tells-muslim-world-americans-are-not-your-enemy/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:01:42 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/obama-tells-muslim-world-americans-are-not-your-enemy/ President Barack Obama presented a humble and conciliatory face of America to the Islamic world Monday in the first formal interview since he assumed office, stressing his own Muslim ties and hopes for a Palestinian state, and avoiding a belligerent tone — even when asked if America could “live with” an Iranian nuclear weapon.

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/obama-tells-muslim-world-americans-are-not-your-enemy/feed/ Obama Officials Tells Citibank To Ditch $50M Plane Purchase http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/obama-officials-tells-citibank-to-ditch-50m-plane-purchase/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/obama-officials-tells-citibank-to-ditch-50m-plane-purchase/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:00:50 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/obama-officials-tells-citibank-to-ditch-50m-plane-purchase/ ABC News has learned that Monday officials of the Obama administration called Citigroup about the company’s new $50 million corporate jet and told execs to “fix it.”

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]]> http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/28/obama-officials-tells-citibank-to-ditch-50m-plane-purchase/feed/ Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/06/apple-introduces-revolutionary-new-laptop-with-no-keyboard/ http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/06/apple-introduces-revolutionary-new-laptop-with-no-keyboard/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:45:58 +0000 peter Interesting http://peternoriega.com/2009/01/06/apple-introduces-revolutionary-new-laptop-with-no-keyboard/ It couldn’t be simpler! This is seriously funny… I think they are taking a shot at me with the guy that says he’ll buy anything with an Apple logo on it. LOL

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