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abhatt writes:
The negative publicity seems to continue for Congressman Anthony Weiner as he is all set to see the debut of a doll, that is modeled on him. Herobuilders- known for coming out with dolls of famous and sometimes controversial public figures — has announced that they will start selling Weiner dolls from the 13th of June !!
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abhatt writes:
Google's infrastructure may not be as high-tech as outsiders are being made to believe, according to revelations' by former engineer of the Internet giant.
The ex-googler says the tools at Google were made by "engineers in a vacuum, rather than by developers who have need of tools."
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abhatt writes:
German authorities have found vultures as very valuable creatures and as such have trained some of them to be detectives. The work of the vultures are well defined — any guesses?
Well .. their work is to find hidden corpses :)
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abhatt writes:
Hacker group "NaijaCyberHactivists" in Nigeria launched a protest against govt's plan to spend N1 billion or $6.6. million on President Goodluck Jonathan's May 29th inauguration.
In a first, hackers attacked the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) website forcing it to be shut down on Wednesday.
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abhatt writes:
Sony's woes just do not end.. Sony had to shut down its webpages temporarily in a few countries after it detected unauthorized intrusion into its portal. Countries affected include Canada, Thailand, Indonesia and Greece.
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abhatt writes:
Bizarre !
From the article:
A woman in Saudi Arabia has been arrested for violating laws in that allow men-only driving. In an attempt to garner widespread awareness she posted a video on the Internet defying the law behind the wheel driving in the eastern city of Khobar. But .. !
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abhatt writes:
From the article:
The world's largest tunnel boring machine finished drilling a 10.2-kilometer (6.3-mile) long and 14.4-meter (47.2-feet) high tunnel under the Niagara Falls on Friday.
The 4,000-ton machine, known as Big Becky, had been drilling the tunnel under the world famous waterfalls since 2006.
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abhatt writes:
Rebelling Syrians are using all possible alternate methods to pass information to the world amidst a total blackout on the internet by the Government. Believe it or not, Donkeys are a part of the revolution now !
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abhatt writes:
To add to the woes of Sony which is already under tremendous pressure, now a Canadian woman who is an avid PlayStation player has filed a class action suit against Sony for breach of privacy and neglect !
When will Sony's nightmare end?
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abhatt writes:
The French Finance Ministry admitted on Monday that it came under a heavy cyber attack in December with hackers taking-over 150 of the agency's 170,000 computers and stealing files related to the G20.
The cyber attack was discovered in January.
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abhatt writes:
A 78-year old convicted child molester had himself castrated Thursday as a condition for his release from a Louisiana prison. Francis Tullier paid for the procedure and is expected to ...
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abhatt writes:
A moviegoer was shot dead when he complained about another person who was noisily eating popcorn in the movie theatre. The incident happened in a movie theater showing Black Swan in Latvia last Saturday.
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abhatt writes:
A team of UCLA and Veterans Administration scientists investigating the effects of stress on the gastrointestinal system may have accidentally discovered a way of growing hair. The researchers said that they may have found a chemical compound that induces hair growth by blocking a...
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abhatt writes:
A man in China complaining of headaches and strange taste in his mouth was found to have a 4-inch knife buried in his brain. Doctors examining Li Fu realized the blade had been in his head for four years without him realizing it. The 37-year-old from Yunnan Province suffered a ...
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abhatt writes:
The netbook is no longer the hottest technology gadget. The iPad has replaced the small notebook computer priced at about $300 as the most in-demand gizmo. The fall of the netbook came in just about two years. Since Apple launched the tablet computer in April 2010, technology experts have...