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Submission + - Pope Benedict XVI Will Resign on February 28 (rtoz.org)

rtoz writes: "Pope Benedict XVI announced he will resign on February 28, a Vatican spokesman told AFP. He will be the first pope to do so in centuries.
“The pope announced that he will leave his ministry at 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) on February 28,” said the spokesman, Federico Lombardi.

Pope Benedict XVI saying that he is too old to continue as Pople at the age of 85.

He became Pope in 2005 following John Paul II’s death.

The announcement made the Roman Catholic world to think about his likely successor. Indications are that Rafa Benitez will assume the position ‘Interim Pope’ until a better candidate is found.

The last pope to resign was Gregory XII, who left the papacy in 1415 to end what was known as the Western Schism among numerous competitors for the papacy.

Read here the Full text of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation letter:"

Apple

Submission + - Michael Dell clarifies his comment about Apple's shut down (rtoz.org)

qptopm writes: "Dell Inc. Founder Michael Dell has clarified his comment about Apple which was made 15 years back. Michael Dell said that he was taken massively out of context.He had made an infamous statement “I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders” 14 years ago when Apple was trading at $17 a share."
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Submission + - Dell Goes Private by selling itself for $24.4 Billion (rtoz.org)

rtoz writes: "According to Wall Street Journal, Dell Inc. struck a $24.4 billion deal to take itself private that it called a turning point in efforts to boost its value, even as some shareholders said they are unhappy with the deal’s premium.

Founder and CEO Michael Dell—along with Silver Lake Partners—will offer Dell’s holders a per-share price of $13.65 in cash."

Google

Submission + - Google shows Doodle which allows the users to play Hurdles Game on Home page (rtoz.org)

rtoz writes: "Today (August 07, 2012, Tuesday) Google is featuring “ Hurdles” by showing the Doodle “London 2012 hurdles“. It’s an interesting animated doodle.

On clicking the play button the player starts running
We can control the speed by mouse click and left/right arrow keys.
Use space bar key to jump
The result shows the time taken by the player to complete it.
We can share it in Google+.

Google will give three Gold stars if we take time less than 12 seconds for completing the race and we should jump all 10 hurdles.

Today We can play it on Google Home Page itself and it will be available in Doodle site in future."

Google

Submission + - London 2012 hurdles Google doodle (rtoz.org)

qptopm writes: "Today (August 07, 2012, Tuesday) Google is featuring “ Hurdles” by showing the Doodle “London 2012 hurdles“. It's an interesting animated doodle."
Google

Submission + - London 2012 Table Tennis Google Doodle (rtoz.org)

qptopm writes: "Today (August 02, 2012, Wednesday) Google is featuring “Table Tennis” by showing the Doodle “London 2012 Table Tennis“. This is the Seventh Doodle for the London 2012 Summer Olympics.
The event is taking place from Saturday 28 July to Wednesday 8 August."

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