Thank you Pakistan, says Facebookers

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Mumbai, April 26: Trust social networking sites to not miss a chance to have a say in any heated current topic. Fan pages and messages on two popular sites - Facebook and Twitter - are fast becoming an ideal place for Internet junkies to vent.

Facebook reportedly has over 90 fan pages on Sania Mirza and her much talked about wedding to Pakistani cricketer, Shaoib Mallik. The page called 'Thank you Pakistan for taking Sania Mirza, now please take Rakhi Sawant also' has earned itself over 65,000 fans in a matter of two weeks. It currently has over 75,000 people supporting the statement.

Thank you Pakistan, says Facebookers

Night vision goggles coming soon to mobile phones, eyeglasses

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Washington, April 27 (ANI): A thin film that converts infrared light into visible light has been developed - a breakthrough which, researchers claim, could give cell phones, eyeglasses and car windshields cheap, lightweight night vision.

To come up with the film, boffins adapted technology found in flat screen television sets, reports Discovery News.

Night vision goggles coming soon to mobile phones, eyeglasses

Salman-Katrina hottest couple, SRK actor of the decade: Poll

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New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif may be tight-lipped about their relationship status, but they have been voted the hottest couple of the decade in a poll by MSN India that also declared superstar Shah Rukh Khan the actor of the decade.

The two have beaten the likes of Abhishek Bachchan-Aishwarya Rai, Bipasha Basu-John Abraham and Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor.

Salman-Katrina hottest couple, SRK actor of the decade: Poll

Woman survives after 2,700 shots fired at her

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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.

Woman survives after 2,700 shots fired at her

Windows 7 now fastest-selling Windows OS

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By Tim Ferguston silicon.com

Just six months after its release, Windows 7 is now installed on one in 10 of the world's PCs, Microsoft has confirmed.

The operating system was launched on 22 October, 2009 and has gone on to sell more than 100 million licenses, making it the fastest-selling Windows OS in history according to Microsoft.

Windows 7 now fastest-selling Windows OS

Laughter may boost appetite

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• The discovery that laughing may have the same effect on appetite as exercise could lead to 'laughter treatment' for patients who have lost their interest in food.
• Laughter, which is already claimed to lower blood pressure and boost immunity, may also give you a healthy appetite.

A hearty laugh can unleash some of the same changes in the body's chemistry as a quick bout of physical exercise, scientists claim.

Laughter may boost appetite

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 Buys Intrinsity, a Maker of Fast Chips

I am bored, says Oz millionaire

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An Australian, who became a millionaire at the age of 25 by setting up an internet firm, says he has "never been so bored" in his life.

Leon Hill, a Brisbane resident who founded uSocial.net, angered social networking sites when he developed a service that sells Twitter followers and Facebook fans.

I am bored, says Oz millionaire

Will Tiger's divorce cost him 600 million dollars?

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.

Will Tiger's divorce cost him 600 million dollars?

First woman to climb world's 14 highest peaks

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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.

First woman to climb world's 14 highest peaks

Nudists ban clothes on British island

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London: Nudists banned clothes over the weekend on a British island that is famous as the site from where Marconi sent the first ever radio message across water over 100 years back.

Nudists ban clothes on British island

Ten Simple Tricks To Remembering Names

Helen Coster, Forbes.com

Few situations will make you cringe more than standing next to someone you've met several times and drawing a blank on his or her name.

Plenty of business deals and romantic rendezvous have been foiled because someone failed to recall the right name at the right time. In the Web age e-mail and social networks offer safe harbor; being able to use someone's name (and pronounce it correctly) in a face-to-face situation can set you apart.

Ten Simple Tricks To Remembering Names

You're on camera! - Watch out ladies

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We were shocked beyond words when we read this: A male employee of a call centre in Delhi allegedly put a 'camera pen' in a packet of air-freshener just so he could record women while they were in the lavatory.

You're on camera! - Watch out ladies

Chimps' emotional response to death caught on film

Chimpanzee Pansy the morning after she died. Photograph: Nicola McCleery/Blair Drummond Safari Park

A video of the reaction of chimps to the death of an elderly group mate challenges procedures for dealing with terminally ill animals in captivity.

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In the final hour, they huddled around, studied her face and shook her gently as if to revive her. And when the others had drifted away, one stayed behind to hold her hand.

Chimps' emotional response to death caught on film

Facebook privacy hole 'lets you see where strangers plan to go'

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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.

Facebook privacy hole 'lets you see where strangers plan to go'

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.

California police have taken six computers and other items from the house of Jason Chen, the editor of the gadget blog Gizmodo who appeared on a video on the site showing off a lost Apple iPhone prototype which, it transpired, had been bought from a middleman for about $5,000.

Police search home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen over lost iPhone 4G

Top 10 gaffes on Facebook, Twitter and Google

A new poll says that three in every four Facebook users avoid adding their boss as a 'friend' out of fear that their actions on the site could cost them their job. We round up the best social media gaffes from Facebook, Twitter and Google.

According to a new survey 73 per cent of Facebook users are not 'friends' with their bosses on the site for fear of losing their job because of their actions on the site.

Top 10 gaffes on Facebook, Twitter and Google

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.

Millionaire mom leaves just $ 4.50 for girls

Shoaib summoned for 'selling' invite

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Lahore: A Pakistani court on Monday summoned cricketer Shoaib Malik to appear before it on May 3 in connection with a petition that alleged he had "sold" invitation cards for a reception to celebrate his wedding to Indian tennis star Sania Mirza.

The additional sessions judge Malik Rafiq of the court in Lahore admitted the petition filed by a man named Safdar Ali, who alleged the cricketer was selling invitation cards for his 'walima' (reception) on April 27 for Rs 15,000 (about $200) each.

Shoaib summoned for 'selling' invite

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.

If you smoke too much 'blame your genes', say experts