Costa Rica elected its first female president, Laura Chinchilla , as the ruling National Liberation Party claimed a historic victory.
“I want to thank the pioneering women who years ago opened the doors of politics in Costa Rica,” Laura Chinchilla said Sunday to flag-waving supporters in the capital, San Jose. “My government will be open to all Costa [...]
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YouTube delivered on its promise to upload all the Super Bowl Ads as soon as they aired today, with users voting to choose which one will adorn the YouTube front page on Thursday
You can go out http://www.youtube.com/user/adblitz and vote for your favourite ads. The winner will be featured on the front page of Youtube this [...]
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Internet connections are crawling in Iran and text message traffic has been disrupted ahead of planned anti-government protests in that country this week. The timing is raising eyebrows.
Connections have been poor since last week, writes the AFP, with Communications Minister Reza Taghipour blaming damage to undersea optical fibre under the Gulf.
“The cause of the reduced Internet [...]
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The director of the raz-tastic action film “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” Michael Bay, earned more money than both Steven Spielberg and James Cameron in 2009.
Bay netted $125 million in the past year, which put him in the number one spot on Vanity Fair’s list of the top 40 Hollywood earners of 2009.
Executive producer of “Transformers” [...]
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