Article appeared on ibnlive.in.com
Mexico City: More than 2,700 bullets were fired at a Mexican official in a failed attempt on her life, an official has said.
Public safety secretary Minerva Bautista Gomez, who was wounded in the attack in the western state of Michoacan, "is now stable and she'll leave the hospital very soon", the official said Tuesday.
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Apple Buys Intrinsity, a Maker of Fast Chips
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Apple wants the fastest chip for its mobile devices and has bought another chip maker to gain an edge over its competitors.
Apple has acquired a small Austin, Tex., company called Intrinsity, known for making zippy versions of a computer chip often found in mobile devices. The deal, which closed late last month and was confirmed by Apple on Tuesday, shows the company continuing to try to gain an edge in the mobile device market by purchasing technology and chip experts.
Apple wants the fastest chip for its mobile devices and has bought another chip maker to gain an edge over its competitors.
Apple has acquired a small Austin, Tex., company called Intrinsity, known for making zippy versions of a computer chip often found in mobile devices. The deal, which closed late last month and was confirmed by Apple on Tuesday, shows the company continuing to try to gain an edge in the mobile device market by purchasing technology and chip experts.
Will Tiger's divorce cost him 600 million dollars?
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Press Trust of India: Golfer Tiger Woods' estranged wife Elin is holding "round the clock" discussions with lawyers regarding her divorce, which could cost Woods anywhere between USD 500 million to USD 600 million.
Elin Nordegren Woods has been in "round-the-clock" conversations with a battery of lawyers both in her native Stockholm and in the United States, where she actually would file for divorce, the Chicago SunTimes quoted a source close to Elin as saying.
Elin Nordegren Woods has been in "round-the-clock" conversations with a battery of lawyers both in her native Stockholm and in the United States, where she actually would file for divorce, the Chicago SunTimes quoted a source close to Elin as saying.
First woman to climb world's 14 highest peaks
Kathmandu: South Korean climber Oh Eun-sun claimed the record as the first woman to summit all 14 of the world's peaks over 8,000 metres when she scaled Mount Annapurna in Nepal on Tuesday.
Oh, 44, reached the Annapurna summit, the world's 10th highest at 8,091 metre (26,545 feet), at 0918 GMT with three Sherpa climbers and two members of Korea's KBS Television, said Song Hea-kyoung, an official of the Korean Trek and Expedition, which provided the logistics for her record attempt.
Facebook privacy hole 'lets you see where strangers plan to go'
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Article appeared on guardian.co.uk
Developer says new API lets you query social network's databases – and there doesn't seem to be a way to turn it off.
Facebook's new system for connecting together the web seems to have a serious privacy hole, a web developer has discovered.
Developer says new API lets you query social network's databases – and there doesn't seem to be a way to turn it off.
Facebook's new system for connecting together the web seems to have a serious privacy hole, a web developer has discovered.
Police search home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen over lost iPhone 4G
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Six computers and other items seized by task force from San Mateo police - in a case that could turn into a test of whether bloggers can claim journalistic exemptions.
Six computers and other items seized by task force from San Mateo police - in a case that could turn into a test of whether bloggers can claim journalistic exemptions.
Millionaire mom leaves just $ 4.50 for girls
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Sydney: A former mayor in Australia has left her three daughters $ 1.50 each out of her $ 3.5 million estate because she believed they were involved in the death of her mother.
Valmai Roche, who died in 2009 aged 81, left "30 pieces of silver of the lowest denomination of currency" - or 30 five cent pieces - to each of her daughters saying it was "blood money due to Judas", the Daily Telegraph reported on Monday.
Sydney: A former mayor in Australia has left her three daughters $ 1.50 each out of her $ 3.5 million estate because she believed they were involved in the death of her mother.
Valmai Roche, who died in 2009 aged 81, left "30 pieces of silver of the lowest denomination of currency" - or 30 five cent pieces - to each of her daughters saying it was "blood money due to Judas", the Daily Telegraph reported on Monday.
If you smoke too much 'blame your genes', say experts
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Smokers who find it hard to cut down or quit may be able to blame their genes, new research suggests.
Scientists identified three genetic mutations that increase the number of cigarettes people smoke a day.
Sony to stop selling floppy disks from 2011
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The first floppy disk was introduced in 1971 by IBM.
Sony has signalled what could be the final end of the venerable floppy disk.
The electronics giant has said it will stop selling the 30-year-old storage media in Japan from March 2011.
Avatar breaks US DVD sales record
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No Surprise Avatar is going to break all the records as it becomes the becomes fastest selling Blu-ray on record.
Article appeared on news.bbc.co.uk
Avatar has become the fastest-selling home entertainment release of all time in North America, shifting 6.7 million DVDs and Blu-rays in four days.
James Cameron's 3D sci-fi epic, released in the US on 22 April, sold 4 million DVDs and 2.7 million Blu-rays. The sales brought in $130m (£84.1m).
Prince Harry locks himself in loo to escape girls: Report
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PTI: Prince Harry, the third-in-line to the British throne, reportedly locked himself in a toilet after he was chased by a group of frantic girl fans at a club during a night out with his friends.
But, the squealing fans followed him into the gents' toilet, and then climbed up the side of the cubicle he was hiding in to take snaps of him on their mobile phones, the 'News of the World' reported.
But, the squealing fans followed him into the gents' toilet, and then climbed up the side of the cubicle he was hiding in to take snaps of him on their mobile phones, the 'News of the World' reported.
Al-Qaeda's al-Zawahiri appears on Facebook
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London: Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's top deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri had appeared on Facebook, but the social networking site later removed those pages.
Less than a fortnight after bin Laden came on Facebook, The Sun revealed Monday that al-Zawahiri, who has a 16.5 million-pound price on his head, also appeared on the site.
London: Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's top deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri had appeared on Facebook, but the social networking site later removed those pages.
Less than a fortnight after bin Laden came on Facebook, The Sun revealed Monday that al-Zawahiri, who has a 16.5 million-pound price on his head, also appeared on the site.
US preparing most advanced conventional weapon?
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(PTI): The US is devising an advanced conventional weapon of new strength called 'Prompt Global Strike' which can reduce dependence on atomic weapons, as it aims to accomplish great tasks without crossing nuke threshold, a media report said today.
President Barack Obama, in the coming years, will have to decide whether to deploy such weapons cutting the US reliance on nuclear weapons, the New York Times said in its report.
(PTI): The US is devising an advanced conventional weapon of new strength called 'Prompt Global Strike' which can reduce dependence on atomic weapons, as it aims to accomplish great tasks without crossing nuke threshold, a media report said today.
President Barack Obama, in the coming years, will have to decide whether to deploy such weapons cutting the US reliance on nuclear weapons, the New York Times said in its report.
Undersea cable faults may hit Internet in India
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Press Trust of India, (New Delhi):The disruption in the SEA-ME-WE 4 undersea submarine cable system, which links South East Asia and Europe, is likely to affect the high-speed Internet services in the country.
The South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) project links the two regions via the Indian sub-continent and the Middle East. The project is run by a consortium of 16 international telecom companies, including Indian majors Bharti Airtel and Tata Communications.
Press Trust of India, (New Delhi):The disruption in the SEA-ME-WE 4 undersea submarine cable system, which links South East Asia and Europe, is likely to affect the high-speed Internet services in the country.
The South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) project links the two regions via the Indian sub-continent and the Middle East. The project is run by a consortium of 16 international telecom companies, including Indian majors Bharti Airtel and Tata Communications.
IBM Research creates world's smallest 3D map
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(Credit: Image courtesy of Advanced Materials)WASHINGTON: Scientists claim to have created the world's smallest three dimensional map -- a map of the Earth so small that 1,000 of them could fit on one grain of salt.
A team at computer giant IBM accomplished this through a new, breakthrough technique which uses a tiny, silicon tip with a sharp apex -- 100,000 times smaller than a sharpened pencil -- to create patterns and structures as small as 15 nanometers at greatly reduced cost and complexity.
‘Twilight’ patriarch Cullen leaps to top of Forbes list of rich and imaginary
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From forbes.com
Carlisle Cullen, age 370, has accumulated a fortune of $34.1 billion — much of it from long-term investments made with the aid of his adopted daughter Alice, who picks stocks based on her ability to see into the future.
Topping the list this year is newcomer Carlisle Cullen, patriarch of the Cullen coven of vampires in the "Twilight" series of novels. Cullen, age 370, has accumulated a fortune of $34.1 billion — much of it from long-term investments made with the aid of his adopted daughter Alice, who picks stocks based on her ability to see into the future. Low-key and undead, Cullen has spent recent years posing as a mortal doctor in a small town in Washington State.
Carlisle Cullen, age 370, has accumulated a fortune of $34.1 billion — much of it from long-term investments made with the aid of his adopted daughter Alice, who picks stocks based on her ability to see into the future.
Topping the list this year is newcomer Carlisle Cullen, patriarch of the Cullen coven of vampires in the "Twilight" series of novels. Cullen, age 370, has accumulated a fortune of $34.1 billion — much of it from long-term investments made with the aid of his adopted daughter Alice, who picks stocks based on her ability to see into the future. Low-key and undead, Cullen has spent recent years posing as a mortal doctor in a small town in Washington State.
Iceland is the cleanest country in the world.
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Iceland is the cleanest country in the world. This may be hard to believe right now, what with the clouds of volcanic ash grounding flights across northern Europe, but according to researchers at Yale and Columbia universities, the Nordic island ranks first out of 163 countries on their Environmental Performance Index.
Iceland is the cleanest country in the world. This may be hard to believe right now, what with the clouds of volcanic ash grounding flights across northern Europe, but according to researchers at Yale and Columbia universities, the Nordic island ranks first out of 163 countries on their Environmental Performance Index.
World's Biggest Bike Balloon is Full of Hot Air!
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We keep running into motorcycle riders with tall claims all the time, but this one really takes the cake.
Being touted as the "world's biggest flying bike", this hot air balloon has been made for the promotion of the George White Superbikes racing team from the Land of the Queen, which races in the British Superbike Series.
Adobe abandons iPhone code tools
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The decision reverses an earlier pledge in which it said it would help get Flash working on the gadgets.
Flash is very widely used on the web and many sites use it to power animations, media players and other multimedia elements.
Despite this, Apple's products do not support Flash and it has made public statements criticising the technology.
Dell’s Thunder and Lightning phones revealed
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Article appeared on telegraph.co.uk
New top of the range handsets from computer giant Dell have been leaked online to blog Engadget. The Lightning, a phone running the forthcoming Windows 7 mobile operating system, and the Google Android-based Thunder are both due out in America later this year, although no UK dates have yet been announced.
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