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LTE Dual—Screen Cell Phone Shown by Fujitsu
[6 Oct 2010 | posted by: Andres Ruiz | No Comment | ]
LTE Dual—Screen Cell Phone Shown by Fujitsu

If you want to see double on a cell phone the newest from Fujitsu allows this to happen. The handset contains two screens and a very innovative kind of user-interface, while a high-class design on the extra screen helps in bringing clarity on mobile services that are cloud based.
The phone will be on show during the week at an electronic show by Ceatec held in Japan. It is currently a concept while Fujitsu does not wield commercialization plans yet, although its development shows an eye for the future in LTE …

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Facebook Users Affected by Site Outages
[6 Oct 2010 | posted by: Charles Glover | No Comment | ]
Facebook Users Affected by Site Outages

There were reports right from Facebook, saying that site issues yet to be specified caused it to be unavailable or slow for a good number of its users, deemed 500 million.
A representative of the social networking site, Kathleen Loughlin, through an e-mail to the media said that the problem was being worked upon on Tuesday slightly before 10pm PDT. In another e-mail on the same about 10:25 PDT she confirmed the issue had been resolved.
Loughlin was not able to say when the site started showing problems although the trending topics …

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Sarah Burton Still Faithful to McQueen’s Mantle in Fashion Debut
[6 Oct 2010 | posted by: Richard Forbes | No Comment | ]
Sarah Burton Still Faithful to McQueen’s Mantle in Fashion Debut

When Sarah Burton took the mantle from Alexander McQueen in May of this year, she was right on the challenge in her solo first ever collection that was presented at the Paris week of fashion on Tuesday.
Sarah Burton worked as the sidekick to McQueen before his demise in February, after committing suicide.
McQueen passed away when he was expected to present and produce a collection of spring and summer, with many wondering whether Sarah would stick to the codes and spirit that defined the McQueen brand, and she did follow them …

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Tony Curtis Already Missed After Celebrity-Filled Funeral in Vegas
[6 Oct 2010 | posted by: Margery Zimmerman | No Comment | ]
Tony Curtis Already Missed After Celebrity-Filled Funeral in Vegas

Reports from Vegas in Tony Curtis funeral indicated that the actor was buried with an assortment of some of his most prized and favorite possessions, which include an iPhone, driving gloves, copy of ‘Anthony Adverse’ his favorite novel, Armani scarf and a Stetson hat. Anthony Adverse is believed to be the book that has inspired his showbiz life, right from celebrity name as well in the launching of a very outstanding film career spanning many genres and decades.
He passed away on Wednesday last week in a Vegas suburb known as …

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Geysers on Saturn Moon ‘Perrier Ocean’
[6 Oct 2010 | posted by: Rachel Hanson | No Comment | ]
Geysers on Saturn Moon ‘Perrier Ocean’

The mysterious eruptions of icy jets from Enceladus, Saturn’s moon, might be from a ‘Perrier Ocean’, bubbling and flowing below the frozen surface of the moon, as found out by a novel study.
The salty sea subsurface might be feeding Enceladus with violent geysers while giving them supplies of dust, gas, heat and water prior to sinking right back on the depths of its darkness.
A NASA researcher observed the new thinking that Enceladus has a circulation system, although the Saturn’s moon does have its own unique properties.
The Enceladus ice geysers were …

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Afghan Government and Taliban Secret Talks to End the War
[6 Oct 2010 | posted by: Martin Shaffer | No Comment | ]
Afghan Government and Taliban Secret Talks to End the War

Reports by different media say that secret talks are taking place that aim at ending Afghan war have commenced between Taliban representatives and those of the Afghan Government.
Anonymous sources of Arab and Afghan were cited by the media saying they now believe the representatives of the Taliban have been fully authorized for speaking on behalf of the Quetta Shura, an organization of Afghan Taliban, Pakistan based, as well as the leader of the organization, Mohammad Omar.
The representatives of Omar have been categorical in the past that all the foreign troops …

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Key Chemical Tool Wins Trio Nobel Prize for Chemistry
[6 Oct 2010 | posted by: Grace Taylor | No Comment | ]
Key Chemical Tool Wins Trio Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Two scientists an American and two Japanese share the 2010 Nobel chemistry prize on Wednesday after they have developed chemical methods that are largely in use in the making of essential cancer medicine and other drugs, plus slimmed-down screens for computers.
Akira Suzuki, Ei-ichi Negishi and Richard Heck were the honored gentlemen after their development of a very essential and sophisticated tool 40 years ago, with the tools now available in chemists. It is known as cross couplings palladium-catalyzed.
The tool helps chemists in joining carbon atoms, which is a very important …

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Dancing with the Stars former Contestant Mario Assaults Mother
[6 Oct 2010 | posted by: Andres Ruiz | No Comment | ]
Dancing with the Stars former Contestant Mario Assaults Mother

R&B heartthrob singer and a former contestant of Dancing with the Star, Mario, has allegedly assaulted his own mother at their home in Baltimore.
Authorities were called in Fells Point in an apartment building earlier on Friday, with the police saying that Shawntia Hardaway, mother to the 24-year-old Mario Barrett, said he had duly pushed her.
As per filed charges, Mario’s mother had said that her head was still hurting after he had pushed her right onto a wall in another separate incident that had taken place on MondayBarrett had an …

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The Seal Scampers Away from Obama
[6 Oct 2010 | posted by: Jamie Downey | No Comment | ]
The Seal Scampers Away from Obama

They say rats desert a sinking ship, are seals going the same way? Obama’s presidential seal ditched him at Fortune’s Women Summit for the Powerpuff girls, where thumping his fist for emphasis meant that the seal fell off the podium. Critics sniggered that this was the latest in a series of Democrat doldrums that spell impending doom.
Obama swept through the podium malfunction with manly stoicism before the ladies, and never-say-die humour, quipping that it was OK because ” You all know who I am”, and jokingly commiserating with the guy …

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Rock God Steve Lee on Stairway to Heaven
[6 Oct 2010 | posted by: Jamie Downey | 2 Comments | ]
Rock God Steve Lee on Stairway to Heaven

It was no cocaine overdose, but a grisly motorcycle accident that claimed another rock star, screamed a breaking news spread that first appeared on the Swiss news publication Blick. Singer Steve Lee of Gotthard, two months after he and partner Brigitte Balzarini narrowly escaped death on an Italian highway car crash, was killed in a bike incident.
No updates were initially forthcoming from Steve Lee’s record label with insiders keeping mum on the tragedy, but manager Jan Gotthard Bayati confirmed the news that devastated fans in Switzerland and abroad. The veteran …