Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile getting Wimax devices

Boost-VirgSprint may be killing off its Wimax line in favor of LTE, but that doesn't mean the nation's first widespread 4G network is actually going to die. During this mornings Q1 earnings call, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse announced that Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile -- two prepaid names it manages -- both will have Wimax devices later this year.

That's particularly interesting for Android fans on the prepaid carriers because it almost certainly means Wimax Android devices.

Hesse promised additional information later this year.

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Mase Addresses Maybach Signing Rumors, Preps Comeback

'I think I'm meant to do it,' says rapper, who drops a new verse on Wale's 'Slight Work' remix.
By Rob Markman


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Mase went from Harlem World to on top of the world to his own world, and now he wants it all back. It was 13 years ago when the charismatic rap star with the boyish smile unexpectedly pulled the plug on his flourishing career so he could dedicate his life to God.

On April 20, 1999, Mase called New York radio DJ Funkmaster Flex to announce his retirement from rap months before his sophomore LP, Double Up, was scheduled to drop. "I gotta do what makes me happy. A lot of people gonna say I'm crazy, I'm leaving money behind and a lot of things, but it's just how I feel in my heart," he said on the radio 13 years ago. "Once God puts something in your heart, you know, God talks to everybody different."

He tried his hand at a comeback with his gold-selling Welcome Back album in 2004 and then again as a member of 50 Cent's G-Unit crew, but it was all short-lived.

Well, M-A-dollar sign-E is back at it. On Tuesday night, Wale dropped his "Slight Work" remix featuring French Montana, Diddy and Mase. Right after that, the former Bad Boy rapper called Flex on Hot 97 to catch up. "Nobody gets as many chances as I got," Mase said over the phone with a chuckle. "I think I'm meant to do it. That's the conclusion I came to."

Last week, after a picture of Rick Ross, Montana, Omarion, producer Rico Love and Mase in the studio was posted online, rumors began to swirl of a Maybach Music signing. Montana suggested to XXL magazine that a deal may be in the works, but Mase wouldn't confirm whether he was planning to sign with Rozay.

"[Rico Love] just called and asked me to take a ride with him — I didn't know who was gonna be in the studio," Mase explained. "I got there and everybody was there, and they just said, 'Take a flick.' The next thing I know I got a Maybach chain, I got 20 beats from Kanye. The stories just keep getting crazier."

If he does return to music full-time, Mase wants to do things on his terms. He feels that his strong religious association has restricted his musical output. "I can only do music if I can do it the way I can do it," he said. "That's what be making me stop. I don't want to do music in a box, like everybody say what I can't do, 'he can't say this.' "

While the slow-flowed MC says that he will always put God first, he is ready to take the gloves off while in the studio. "I'm taking all my limitations off," he promised. "They gonna have to pray for me."

Should Mase return to rap for good? Tell us in the comments!

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Katherine Heigl & Josh Kelley Adopt Second Daughter!

Katherine Heigl & Josh Kelley Adopt Second Daughter!

Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley have adopted a second little girl, which was confirmed by Heigl’s representative. The couple are already parents to 3-year-old [...]

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HackStore is like Cydia for Mac OS X, replaces walled garden with open dacha

HackStore for Mac OS X

Despite its loud anti-piracy notice, Andrey Fedotov's HackStore sees no issue in ripping off the official App Store's interface. Nevertheless, its aim is to gather up legit and readily available apps that didn't make it past Apple's trellis for whatever reason, and hopefully with Fedotov keeping an eye out for malware. You'll find FileZilla, Gimp and many rarer specimens -- and they're all just regular .dmg files so there's actually no hacking involved. That said, we downloaded the RTF to ePUB Converter and then struggled to make it run, so we're not ready to vouch for HackStore's ease-of-use any more than its security or legality. All we're saying, officer, is that it exists.

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Tiny Skis for Wheelchairs Tackle Snow With Ease [Wish You Were Here]

The small and thin front wheels on a wheelchair or stroller might roll easy on hard surfaces, but on snow and ice they sink right in like a hot knife through butter. So a Swedish inventor has created a simple ski accessory that lets smaller wheels easily slide over frozen conditions. More »


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Lung transplant recipient thrives nearly 20 years later

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UT Southwestern Medical Center

DALLAS April 24, 2012 UT Southwestern Medical Center has performed more than 300 lung transplants in recent decades, and Michael Young represents a remarkable success story.

Mr. Young, 59, of Grand Prairie, whose lungs were ravaged by pulmonary fibrosis, underwent a lung transplant in 1993. Nineteen years later, he is the longest living survivor of UT Southwestern's Lung Transplant Program.

Before his transplant, Mr. Young's lung function was so diminished that he spent his days on oxygen confined to his La-Z-Boy. At night, he was forced to sleep sitting up in order to breathe.

"After my operation, I walked out of the intensive care unit to my patient room and realized I had the capacity to breathe again," Mr. Young said. "It was the most joyous moment of my life."

The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients ranks UT Southwestern among the highest in survival rates for one year and three years after surgery. The medical center, which began its lung transplantation program in 1990, has an 86 percent survival rate one year after surgery and a 75 percent survival rate three years after surgery compared to national averages that are 84 percent and 67 percent, respectively.

"As an academic medical center we bring our advanced research to the bedside, benefiting patients who come to our institution with few remaining alternatives," said Dr. Fernando Torres, associate professor of internal medicine and medical director of the Lung Transplant Program. "Our multidisciplinary team approach creates a close relationship with patients, providing both compassionate and cutting-edge care to an increasing number of transplant patients."

UT Southwestern's treatment of difficult and deadly lung diseases goes above and beyond transplantation surgeries. Recent research undertaken by Dr. Christine Kim Garcia, associate professor of internal medicine and a member of the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth & Development, delves into the inherited genetic factors that contribute to the development of pulmonary fibrosis. Her laboratory discovered mutations in the genes encoding telomerase and surfactant protein A2 in patients with pulmonary fibrosis, the same condition that put Young on the transplant list 20 years ago.

Mr. Young's lung transplant, which took place at St. Paul University Hospital, was only the fourth such operation undertaken by the medical center.

Today, he relishes the time he spends with his 12-year-old granddaughter Kayla, born seven years after his transplant. Simple pleasures like picking up Kayla from school and weekend family barbecues, once unimaginable, now are commonplace.

"If it weren't for the operation, I would not have had the joy of helping raise her," he said. "We are so close and I praise the physicians and staff at UT Southwestern for saving my life."

Before Steven Songer, 17, became the 301st lung recipient at UT Southwestern around Thanksgiving 2011, doctors gave the Denison resident mere months to live. His case of congenital cystic fibrosis had deteriorated his lung function to a meager 19 percent, and he suffered a collapsed lung just hours before undergoing life-saving bilateral lung transplantation.

Two days later, Mr. Songer was walking the hospital hallways without an oxygen tank, communicating with his friends on Facebook, and working hard to recover in time to attend his high school graduation.

"My feet have not touched the ground since his operation," said his aunt, Suzanne Moody. "There are not enough words in my vocabulary to express the gratitude I feel toward UT Southwestern. The care and attention we received were perfect it was exactly what we needed and it was beyond superb."

Mr. Songer's transplant occurred just days before National Donate Life Month in April, which calls attention to the critical shortage of organs, tissues, and eyes available for donation. According to Donate Life Texas, the state's official donor registry, there are more than 7,000 Texas-based patients currently awaiting transplantation.

"Every April, I would volunteer at a Donate Life table in the lobby of UT Southwestern, encouraging people to become donors," Mr. Young said. "I am so appreciative of the organ gift I was given. I recommend everyone donates. The Lord doesn't need them. The worms don't need them. When you are already gone, you don't need them anymore. It is a gift of life."

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For information on the Lung Transplant Program, call 214-645-8300.

Visit www.utsouthwestern.edu/patientcare/medicalservices/transplants/lung.html to learn more about UT Southwestern's clinical services in lung transplantation.

This news release is available on our World Wide Web home page at www.utsouthwestern.edu/home/news/index

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Contact: Lisa Warshaw
lisa.warshaw@utsouthwestern.edu
214-648-3404
UT Southwestern Medical Center

DALLAS April 24, 2012 UT Southwestern Medical Center has performed more than 300 lung transplants in recent decades, and Michael Young represents a remarkable success story.

Mr. Young, 59, of Grand Prairie, whose lungs were ravaged by pulmonary fibrosis, underwent a lung transplant in 1993. Nineteen years later, he is the longest living survivor of UT Southwestern's Lung Transplant Program.

Before his transplant, Mr. Young's lung function was so diminished that he spent his days on oxygen confined to his La-Z-Boy. At night, he was forced to sleep sitting up in order to breathe.

"After my operation, I walked out of the intensive care unit to my patient room and realized I had the capacity to breathe again," Mr. Young said. "It was the most joyous moment of my life."

The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients ranks UT Southwestern among the highest in survival rates for one year and three years after surgery. The medical center, which began its lung transplantation program in 1990, has an 86 percent survival rate one year after surgery and a 75 percent survival rate three years after surgery compared to national averages that are 84 percent and 67 percent, respectively.

"As an academic medical center we bring our advanced research to the bedside, benefiting patients who come to our institution with few remaining alternatives," said Dr. Fernando Torres, associate professor of internal medicine and medical director of the Lung Transplant Program. "Our multidisciplinary team approach creates a close relationship with patients, providing both compassionate and cutting-edge care to an increasing number of transplant patients."

UT Southwestern's treatment of difficult and deadly lung diseases goes above and beyond transplantation surgeries. Recent research undertaken by Dr. Christine Kim Garcia, associate professor of internal medicine and a member of the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth & Development, delves into the inherited genetic factors that contribute to the development of pulmonary fibrosis. Her laboratory discovered mutations in the genes encoding telomerase and surfactant protein A2 in patients with pulmonary fibrosis, the same condition that put Young on the transplant list 20 years ago.

Mr. Young's lung transplant, which took place at St. Paul University Hospital, was only the fourth such operation undertaken by the medical center.

Today, he relishes the time he spends with his 12-year-old granddaughter Kayla, born seven years after his transplant. Simple pleasures like picking up Kayla from school and weekend family barbecues, once unimaginable, now are commonplace.

"If it weren't for the operation, I would not have had the joy of helping raise her," he said. "We are so close and I praise the physicians and staff at UT Southwestern for saving my life."

Before Steven Songer, 17, became the 301st lung recipient at UT Southwestern around Thanksgiving 2011, doctors gave the Denison resident mere months to live. His case of congenital cystic fibrosis had deteriorated his lung function to a meager 19 percent, and he suffered a collapsed lung just hours before undergoing life-saving bilateral lung transplantation.

Two days later, Mr. Songer was walking the hospital hallways without an oxygen tank, communicating with his friends on Facebook, and working hard to recover in time to attend his high school graduation.

"My feet have not touched the ground since his operation," said his aunt, Suzanne Moody. "There are not enough words in my vocabulary to express the gratitude I feel toward UT Southwestern. The care and attention we received were perfect it was exactly what we needed and it was beyond superb."

Mr. Songer's transplant occurred just days before National Donate Life Month in April, which calls attention to the critical shortage of organs, tissues, and eyes available for donation. According to Donate Life Texas, the state's official donor registry, there are more than 7,000 Texas-based patients currently awaiting transplantation.

"Every April, I would volunteer at a Donate Life table in the lobby of UT Southwestern, encouraging people to become donors," Mr. Young said. "I am so appreciative of the organ gift I was given. I recommend everyone donates. The Lord doesn't need them. The worms don't need them. When you are already gone, you don't need them anymore. It is a gift of life."

###

For information on the Lung Transplant Program, call 214-645-8300.

Visit www.utsouthwestern.edu/patientcare/medicalservices/transplants/lung.html to learn more about UT Southwestern's clinical services in lung transplantation.

This news release is available on our World Wide Web home page at www.utsouthwestern.edu/home/news/index

To automatically receive news releases from UT Southwestern via email, subscribe at www.utsouthwestern.edu/receivenews


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President Obama test drives a Sphero on Boulder visit

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President Obama was in the Centennial State last night, hyping up an enthusiastic crowd at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Coors Events Center. Of course, he couldn't help but take some time to check out some some of the local innovation. The President took a few moments out of his busy schedule to play around with the smartphone-controlled Sphero RC ball, declaring "how cool is that," before demanding that the crowd, "give me some space to drive my ball." He also tossed out some superlatives like "terrific," after nearly driving it into a woman's flip-flop. Now that's a solid endorsement, if ever we've heard one. In all, it didn't last long -- the guy's got a country to run, after all.

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