AIRBORNE LASER DESTROYS BALLISTIC MISSILE MID-AIR

February 15, 2010

For the first time, the Missile Defense Agency destroyed a ballistic missile using an airborne high-energy laser. The event occurred during a test conducted off the coast of California by the Airborne Laser Testbed.
Ballistic missiles move at speeds of about 4,000 miles per hour, but the laser that obliterated it moved at 670 million mph. No [...]

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Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren sets fastest time during Formula One testing

February 13, 2010

Lewis Hamilton ended the week of Formula One testing at Jerez on a high note after powering his McLaren to the top of the timesheets with a string of blistering late laps.
The McLaren team were happy to bide their time over the previous three days of the rain-affected multi-team test sessions as they concentrated on aero-mapping runs [...]

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Bill Clinton hospitalized !

February 12, 2010

Former President Bill Clinton was hospitalized Thursday after complaining of a discomfort in his chest and difficulty breathing. According to The Huffington Post, President Clinton was transported to New York Presbyterian Hospital, the same facility where Clinton had bypass surgery in 2004.
President Clinton has been on a healthier diet since his 2004 operation, but maintains a [...]

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Captain Phil Harris dead at 53

February 10, 2010

Phil Harris from The Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch has died.  After a stroke on January 29, 2010 in Alaska, Harris had surgery and was thought to be progressing.
Deadlest Catch is a popular series which depicts the dangerous task of crab fishing. It has aired for five seasons.
You will remember Phil Harris as the captain of the [...]

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Honda adds 437,000 cars to global air bag recall

February 10, 2010

Honda Motor Co. is adding 437,000 vehicles to its 15-month-old global recall for faulty air bags in the latest quality problem to hit a Japanese automaker.
The company will replace the driver’s side air bag inflator in the cars because they can deploy with too much pressure, causing the inflator to rupture and injure or kill [...]

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Costa Rica elects first woman president

February 8, 2010

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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The best Super Bowl 2010 ads

February 8, 2010

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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Iran’s Internet Fails Ahead of Protests

February 8, 2010

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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Who made the most in Hollywood last year? Guess again !

February 7, 2010

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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Volunteers try to help young sex workers on Super Bowl weekend

February 7, 2010

Volunteers are taking to the streets of Miami, Florida, this weekend to provide alternatives for teenage girls working the streets as prostitutes on Super Bowl weekend.
Just as Miami’s hotels, restaurants and retail stores are seeing a bump in business for one of the biggest sporting events of the year, law enforcement and social service agencies [...]

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Amazon and Macmillan Agree: You Should Pay More for eBooks

February 7, 2010

Macmillan printed books and eBooks began to return to Amazon last night following a dispute over Amazon’s $9.99 eBook pricing scheme. Under the agreement, publishers can now raise prices to up to $14.99.
Macmillan, which was later joined by fellow publisher Hachette, requested the price increases over fears that Amazon would undercut its hardcover sales.
Amazon reacted by [...]

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