CNET's Most Popular TVs of 2009

No. 10: Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ800U
CNET rating: 7.9
The Bottom Line: With the accuracy of its THX mode and great black-level performance, the Panasonic TH-50PZ800U is one of the best-performing HDTVs available.
Release date: 5/1/2008
Review date: 5/23/2008, Updated 4/6/2009
2009 replacement model: Panasonic TC-PG10 series

Top 10 Movie Flops of The Decade (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Movie flops aren't just about losing money. Yes, big budgets that go bust are one consideration. But flops are also about lofty expectations dashed and high profiles brought low. They trigger embarrassing catcalls from the peanut gallery and a general whoever-thought-that-was-a-good-idea-in-the-first-place bewilderment.

Any judgments of flopitude are necessarily subjective, but here are 10 movies from the past decade that made those few moviegoers who saw them cringe. Disagree? Talk among yourselves.

Top 25 Richest In The US 2009

Here is the list of 25 american's richest men extracted from top 400 richest americans 2009 according to forbes.

RANK NAME NET WORTH ($MIL) AGE RESIDENCE SOURCE

1 William Gates III 50,000 53 Medina Microsoft

2 Warren Buffett 40,000 79 Omaha Berkshire Hathaway

3 Lawrence Ellison 27,000 65 Redwood City Oracle

4 Christy Walton & family 21,500 54 Jackson Wal-Mart

5 Jim C. Walton 19,600 61 Bentonville Wal-Mart

6 Alice Walton 19,300 60 Fort Worth Wal-Mart

7 S. Robson Walton 19,000 65 Bentonville Wal-Mart

8 Michael Bloomberg 17,500 67 New York Bloomberg

9 Charles Koch 16,000 73 Wichita manufacturing, energy

Apple Earnings

Technology giant from the United States, Apple, managed to get out from recession with recorded profit increase due to strong demand iPhones, laptops, and desktop computers.

In the last three months ended 26 September 2009, Apple recorded net profit of US$ 1.67 billion or up 47% from the same period in the previous year. The increase was leveraged by increasing sales by 25% which is US$ 9.87 billion.

Apple Earnings Reached New Record

Apple, Monday (19/10) local time, reported its quarterly net profit reached 1.67 billion dollars and the sales of iPhones and Macintosh computers are touching a new record.

Apple's earnings recorded 9.87 billion U.S. dollars during the this quarter ended 26 September and there is an increase compared to last year which was 7.9 billion dollars for the same period.

Apple quarterly profits of 1.82 dollars per share increased significantly compared to the same quarter last year when reported profits are 1.14 billion dollars, or 1.26 cents per share.