Archive for February, 2008

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Facebook?

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Surely this title is a bit too hard, but with UK users fell 5% to 8.5 million in January from 8.9 million in December, according to data from Nielsen Online for Facebook;Social networking site Facebook has to start to thinking of a web 2.0 new winning formula from now on.May be in “real growth potential [...]

Microsoft open community-created games on Xbox Live

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Microsoft has launched a community driven service that will let amateur creators build and distribute games.At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco,Microsoft’s Chris Satchell, said that it will allow ten million people to play

SM-3 missile Hits Dying US Spy Satellite

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

In a statement the Pentagon said that the SM-3 missile was fired from the USS Lake Erie in the Pacific at about 10:26 EST and hit the bus-sized satellite about 133 nautical miles above the ocean.”Confirmation that the fuel tank has been fragmented should be available within 24 hours,due to the relatively low altitude of [...]

‘Hacker’ launches iTunes copying

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Jon Lech Johansen,DoubleTwist,famous for releasing software which cracked the encryption codes on DVDs at the age of 15 has now released software allowing users to share digital media files across devices.It would allow songs bought on Apple’s iTunes to be shared on other

Apple introduces 2GB iPod Shuffle

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Apple on Tuesday slashed the price of its 1GB clip-on iPod shuffle music player from $79 to $49 and introduced a new 2GB model for just $69.

Three killed by Indonesian quake

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

At least three people have been killed and 25 seriously injured by a 7.5-magnitude quake near Indonesia’s western Aceh province.”Everything shook very strongly for more than a minute and I ran along with the others. I heard people screaming in panic,” Ahmad Yushadi told the Associated Press news agency.
Tags: Indonesian+quake, News

Total lunar eclipse

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

On Wednesday, February 20, 2008, beginning at 7:01 p.m. PST, the moon will move completely under the shadow of the Earth in a total lunar eclipse. The eclipse can be seen in the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
Tags: Total+lunar+eclipse

Kosovo Independence

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Kosovo’s parliament is called for an emergency session Sunday to formally declare independence from Serbia.”We are on the brink of a very crucial moment — an important decision that will make us one of the free nations of the world,We have to take decisions on the future of our nation” said Prime Minister Hashim Thaci.Bush [...]

Liverpool out of the FA Cup

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Brian Howard’s last-gasp goal earned Barnsley a famous 2-1 win over Liverpool to dump Rafa Benitez’s side out of the competition.
Line-ups: Liverpool (4-4-2): Itandje – Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Riise – Benayoun, Lucas (Gerrard 75), Alonso, Babel (Kewell 69) – Crouch, Kuyt Subs not used – Martin, Pennant, Arbeloa Barnsley (4-4-2): Steele – Hassell, Souza, Foster, [...]

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith unveiled

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Activision Inc on Friday unveiled a new “Guitar Hero“,named “Guitar Hero: Aerosmith,” focusing on the rock band Aerosmith. Guitar Hero: Aerosmithi s based on the technology of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, which has sold 6 million copies in its first four months. The $820 million in Guitar Hero sales for 2007 set a [...]

Toshiba Corp to give up HD DVD format

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

According to a source from Toshiba Corp,the company is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp.This move by Toshiba Corp will cetainly put an end to a battle that has gone on for several years between consortiums [...]

Trafficking: A very modern slavery

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Penny was almost 29 when she was trafficked from Rwanda to the UK, tricked into believing she could start a new life.Instead, she ended up trapped in a small flat in south-west London.
BBC NEWS | Europe | Trafficking: A very modern slavery.

Wal-Mart Stores Picks Blu-Ray Over HD DVD

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.said Friday it has decided to sell only Blu-ray DVDs and hardware in its 4,000 U.S. stores and no longer carry rival HD DVD offerings.Gary Severson, head of home entertainment for Wal-Mart’s U.S. stores, said in a statement that they have listened to customers, who are showing a clear preference toward Blu-ray products and movies with [...]

Save the Saudi ‘witch’

Friday, February 15th, 2008

In a letter to King Abdullah,Human Rights Watch described the trial and conviction of Fawza Falih as a miscarriage of justice.Fawza Falih was tried for the undefined crime of witchcraft and that her conviction was on the basis of the written statements of witnesses who said that she had bewitched them, said Human Rights Watch.Fawza [...]

Gunman Kills 6 on Illinois Campus

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

A former tall skinny graduate student in sociology at Northern Illinois University dressed all in black stepped out from behind a curtain on the stage of the lecture hall at Northern Illinois University , said nothing, and opened fire with a shotgun, killing six students, wounding 16 and commited suicide,the authorities and witnesses said.University [...]

Bush Plans to Shoot Down Malfunctioning Spy Satellite

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

The Bush administration ,acting on the advice of the national security advisers,is planning to shoot down a malfunctioning spy satellite that is expected to crash to Earth early next month.
Tags: Spy+Satellite

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