China’s state-run news agency,Xinhua, says the country’s quality control investigation has found a toxic substance was contained in Chinese-produced toy beads that harmed at least five children in Australia and the United States.

After a dormitory matron was charged with abusing students talk show host and media magnate Oprah Winfrey said on Monday she was “cleaning house” at her exclusive all-girl academy in South Africa.”We are removing the dorm parents, and as I have said to the girls, (we are) cleaning house from top to bottom,” Said Oprah Winfrey

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Today is the BIG Day, The New Mac OS X Leopard arrives.

First of all the Tech

• Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
•  512MB of memory
• DVD drive for installation
• 9GB of available disk space
• Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
• Some features require Apple’s .Mac service; fees apply.

NEW

• Time Machine – automatic file back-up
• Stacks – related files and folders grouped automatically
• Spaces -keep separate desktops for different uses
• Quick Look – Examines the contents of a file without having to open the related program
• Coverflow Finder – flick through files and folders like album art in iTunes
• Boot Camp – run Windows on a Mac

An eye-opening experience.
Start from the top. The menu bar hovers transparently above your workspace, letting the desktop image–perhaps a favorite from your iPhoto library–take center stage. Dock icons rest on a reflective floor with a bright active application signal. And the look of Leopard extends to all applications: Every window has a consistent design theme, and active applications are even more distinct, casting deeper shadows….Read More

After a seven-hour journey from Singapore, the world’s largest plane, the Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 has landed in Sydney with about 450 passengers.

Microsoft Japan have announced that staring on November 1 in Japan,a 13 percent price cut for the Xbox 360, with the premium version dropping from ¥39,795 ($348) to ¥34,800 ($304). The Core version of the console, without a hard drive, will drop from ¥29,800 ($261) to ¥27,800 ($243).

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia are separating by mutual consent, according to a statement by Elysee Palace.

Two people have died in a tunnel fire on California Freeway and at least eight people were also hurt. “Traffic is a nightmare. It’s backed up in all directions,” said Inspector Jason Hurd of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.According to Jason Hurd of the Los Angeles County Fire Dept at least 15 tractor-trailers were involved in the accident began when two trucks collided late Friday and started a chain reaction in Interstate 5’s southbound truck-only tunnels.

At Least 2 Dead, 10 Injured After Massive Tunnel Fire on California Freeway

The medal ceremony, scheduled for Oct. 17 at the U.S. Capitol building, will mark the most important award for the exiled Dalai Lama since he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989″I really feel very gratified that this will give yet another sometime for the Tibetans to continue to have more patience, to continue to remain nonviolent, continue to, you know, have hope so that some kind of result, you know, could be. So I think that this is very important. This is very important. In fact, the Chinese should be happy because it gives all of us some more space time, breathing space, you know, for us to sort out our differences,”said Special Envoy to the Dalai Lama, Lodi Gyari

UK scientists led by Dr Alan Tunnacliffe of the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge,have solved the mystery of how an animal has survived for 80 million years without sex.Dr Alan Tunnacliffe, University of Cambridge said to the BBC that “There could be some benefit to millions of years without sex after all.”"It’s particularly exciting that we’ve found different, but complementary, functions in genes which help bdelloid rotifers survive desiccation,Evolution of gene function in this way can’t happen in sexual organisms, which means there could be some benefit to millions of years without sex after all.” said Dr Alan Tunnacliffe, from the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge.

 A 14-year-old gunman was killed Wednesday after going on a shooting spree at SuccessTech Academy, a Cleveland High School, at East 14th and Lakeside Avenue, according to police and media reports.Andrea Jackson, press secretary for Cleveland’s mayor said that two students were taken to hospitals.

Microsoft confirmed on Monday that two free games will be bundled with holiday Xbox 360 packages.Forza Motorsport 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance will be included with Xbox 360 Pro ($350) and Xbox 360 Elite ($450) models by the end of October.

RIAA attorney Richard Gabriels has the right words for those dealing in file sharing “This is what can happen if you don’t settle”.Jammie Thomas, a single mom with two kids, was found liable for copyright infringement to the tune of $222,000.Even if Brian Toder, Jammie Thomas attorney, maintained that there existed no proof that her client was the person behind the username “Tereastarr,”sharing over 1,700 files via the Kazaa network on February 21, 2005.The offending songs from popular artists such as AFI, Green Day, and Aerosmith were linked to her cable modem’s MAC address, as well as her home IP address.

The first UK’s paired kidney swap has taken place, Roma Horrell, 57, from Cambridgeshire, and a man from Lothian, Scotland, received kidneys from each other’s partners .The operations took place on July 4 2007 at the Edinburgh royal infirmary and Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge.

The British inquest into the death of Princess Diana and her companion Dodi Fayed has begun on Tuesday in London.Lord Justice Scott Baker told the jury due to hear evidence on the Princess’s death that despite “millions of words” which had been written and spoken on the crash, theirs was: “The only view that matters.”Members of the jury, in the early hours of Sunday August 31, 1997, a motor car in which Diana, Princess of Wales, was a passenger, crashed into a pillar in the central reservation of the Alma Underpass in Paris.Most if not all of you will remember where you were when you heard about the subsequent death of the Continue Reading