Month: July 2009

Honduras suspended from Organisation of American States

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Washington, July 05: The Organisation of American States (OAS) voted to suspend Honduras from the group late Saturday as diplomatic efforts failed to overturn a coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya one week ago.

The resolution immediately suspending the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti was approved unanimously by 33 member nations – with the exception of Honduras, which was barred from voting – during a special session of the OAS general assembly in Washington.

News 5 Public Beta of Norton Internet Security 2010 and AntiVirus 2010 unveiled by Symantec

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Washington, July 05: Recently, Symantec rolled out its beta versions of the upcoming 2010 releases, to the public. A novel protection model codenamed Quorum is featured in the new version, which will put a heavier focus on reputation-based malware detection.

Going by a Norton statement, the reputation model can detect zero-day malware that’s never been seen before, although it won’t replace the existing signature-based detection for known threats.

Man murders wife over Facebook entry

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London, July 05: A British man murdered his estranged wife after she changed her marital status on social networking site Facebook to ‘single’, a media report said Sunday.

Edward Richardson, 41, stabbed Sarah Richardson, 26, to death at her parents’ home in Staffordshire May 12, 2008, BBC News reported.

Richardson, who tried to commit suicide after the attack, has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 17 years in prison.

Cut power costs by dimming laptop display

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Hanover, July 05: Simply adjusting the brightness of your laptop’s display can go a long way toward conserving battery life.

It’s just one of the simple steps computer users can take to get the most battery life out of their laptop, since the portable computers can use a lot of power.

The tip comes from German computer magazine, c’t. Drawing on advice from experts, it also suggests doing without a screen saver, since they also use up unnecessary energy.

—–Agencies

Clean your PC’s fans to combat overheating

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Munich, July 05: PC users should clean out the fans on their computers before the summer really heats up. The dust that collects on the fans over time can reduce their effectiveness in cooling, leading to computer crashes from overheating.

The easiest option is to simply vacuum the dust away from areas like the air intake grille on the rear of the PC, reports Munich- based Gamestar magazine. The vacuum head shouldn’t be held too close to the fans, however. Otherwise, the rotor bearings could be damaged.

—–Agencies

Man murders wife over Facebook entry

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London, July 05: A British man murdered his estranged wife after she changed her marital status on social networking site Facebook to ‘single’, a media report said Sunday.

Edward Richardson, 41, stabbed Sarah Richardson, 26, to death at her parents’ home in Staffordshire May 12, 2008, BBC News reported.

Richardson, who tried to commit suicide after the attack, has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 17 years in prison.

Too much gaming may harm parent-child bond

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London, July 05: Parents might be alienating their kids by allowing them to play computer games for too long, according to a leading author.

Bernadette Tynan, a former child development academic, insists that the solitary nature of the games might have an adverse impact on parent-child bond, which is believed to be key to development.

“Parents are right to be concerned about online products as some do tend to focus on solitary time and do little to help build parent-child relationships,” the Scotsman quoted Tynan as saying.

Sameera to go de glam in her upcoming film Red alert

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Mumbai, July 05: Glam doll Sameera Reddy is all set to try something different.

The sultry actress will don a deglamourised avatar in her next venture Red alert that deals with the issue of the naxal movement.

Sameera Reddy, who hails from Andhra Pradesh which is a hotbed of Naxalism said in a press conference in Mumbai that she thoroughly enjoyed playing the role.

-Agencies

Michael Jackson planned to adopt Octomom’s kids

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London, July 05: ‘King Of Pop’ Michael Jackson was planning to adopt the eight babies of ‘Octomom’ Nadya Suleman just weeks before his sudden death.

The pop icon was concerned about the plight of the eight babies born to “penniless” Suleman who already has six children and had offered to adopt them, reported Mirror online.

The 50-year-old singer who has three children, two with ex-wife Debbie Rowe and one with an unknown surrogate, was desperate for a larger family and had contacted Suleman’s publicist Victor Munoz for the adoption.

Tata Motors to drive in Nano to Africa in 2010

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Abuja, July 05: Tata Motors, India”s largest auto maker, will introduce its small car Nano considered the world”s cheapest in Nigeria within next 18 months, ahead of its planned launch in Europe. The car would be available for about NGN 360,000 for the base model, same as the price in the Indian markets.

The car carries a price tag of Rs 1.23 lakh to Rs 1.72 lakh (ex-showroom) in the Indian capital for three variants. “Tata Motors will make the Nano available in Nigeria in the next one year to one and a half years,” a senior official of Tata Africa Nigeria, Sudeep Ray, said.

Lalu turns non vegetarien again

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Patna, July 05: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad has started relishing non-vegetarian delicacies once again, after turning vegetarian some years ago.

“I started with fish recently and ended up with chicken,” Lalu said on Saturday. “The rest of the birds will follow.”

Lalu said he tasted non-vegetarian dishes after six years. “I could not do anything about it. I felt like eating them. But I did it after apologising to Lord Shiva and other gods and goddesses,” he said.

Hinduism does not condemn gay people

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London, July 05: The Hindu Council UK welcomed the Delhi High Court’s historic judgement which decriminalised consensual homo sexual relations and said Hinduism does not condemn gay people.

Seasonal cycles promote global hunger

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Houston, July 05: Most of the world’s hunger doesn’t occur in conflicts or natural disasters but is actually driven by seasonal cycle, according to a new research.

The ‘hunger season’ is the time of year when the previous year”s harvest stocks have dwindled, food prices are high, and jobs are scarce, and is often under recognized.

Computer and internet briefs

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Washington, July 04: Sliding windows and menus might look cool, but in Windows, they’ll slow you down.

You can turn off animation effects in Windows to get some snappiness back. Right-click My Computer and select Properties from the pop-up menu.

In Vista, select Advanced System Settings, and in XP, click the Advanced tab. Click Settings in the performance box, and remove the check mark next to anything that says animation, slide, or fade.

Reservation in pvt sector no answer for the future: Khurshid

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New Delhi, July 05: The government said that creating more jobs, not reservation, is needed for the uplift of weaker sections of society.

“I am not a great votary of reservation. I don’t believe reservation is the answer for the future,” Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said in New Delhi at a function organised by industry body Confederation of Indian Industry.

Shopian rape case: HC orders exhumation of womens’ bodies

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Srinagar, July 05: Jammu and Kashmir High Court directed exhumation of the bodies of two women allegedly raped and murdered in Shopian last month to collect their DNA samples subject to the consent of their family.

Noting that the DNA report is missing and post-mortem was done in a proper way, a division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Barin Gosh and Justice Mohammad Yaqub Mir ordered exhumation of the bodies of Asiya and Nelofar.

Justice Gosh directed the principal of medical college Srinagar to set up a team of doctors to perform the tests.

MJ’s funeral: ‘King of Pop’ to be buried in $25,000 casket

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Indiana, July 05: Michael Jackson’s family is leaving no stone unturned to make sure that the pop legend has a grand funeral and they have reportedly chosen a custom made USD 25,000 casket to bury the ‘King of Pop’.

The ‘Thriller’ hit maker will be laid to rest in a gleaming gold plated coffin, known as The Promethean, just like his idol, soul legend James Brown, reported.

The bronze coffin inlaid with velvet is made by a company from Jackson’s home state of Indiana called the Batesville Casket Company.

Advani wants ballot papers back, says EVMs can be rigged

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New Delhi, July 05: Senior BJP leader LK Advani has expressed apprehensions about the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in elections, saying they are prone to rigging.

Advani, who was BJP’s prime ministerial candidate in the recent Lok Sabha polls, further demanded that the ballot papers be reintroduced, starting with the Assembly Elections in Maharashtra scheduled for October, and three other states later this year.

Federer takes on Roddick, history at Wimbledon

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London, July 05: A year ago, plenty of people were feeling sorry for Roger Federer.

They were sending him letters with good wishes or – believe it or not – tennis tips. They were offering advice about how to deal with a perceived drop in performance and ideas for how to beat Rafael Nadal.

“If you achieved a lot, like I did, for so many years, and then you don’t win some tournaments, people say, ‘Oh, you’re already on the decline,’ very quickly,” Federer said today. “I hope it just opens some eyes, these last few months.”

Yes, indeed. Look at Federer now.

Galle Test: Pakistan’s young brigade rattles Sri Lanka

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Galle, July 05: Teenage fast bowler Mohammad Aamer led Pakistan’s spirited new-look attack to bowl out Sri Lanka for 292 on the opening day of the first cricket Test.

Pakistan were 15-2 in reply at stumps with skipper Younus Khan on seven and nightwatchman Abdur Rauf yet to score after openers Salman Butt and Khurram Manzoor had fallen in the first four overs.

Butt was bowled by Nuwan Kulasekera off the second ball of the innings and Manzoor was trapped leg-before by Thilan Thushara to set up a thrilling contest ahead.

Kisses and expletives, but `Love Aaj Kal` a family film

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Mumbai, July 05: Imtiaz Ali openly admits that his upcoming `Love Aaj Kal`, which stars Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone, has unabashed kissing scenes and shows the lead actors mouthing expletives, but the director insists that it will still be a complete family entertainer.

The director says he has included the so-called objectionable scenes in the movie`s promos so that people are already used to it by the time they see the film.

Statue of Liberty’s crown reopens to the public

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New York, July 05: The Statue of Liberty’s crown, which has been closed since the September 11, 2001 attacks here, reopened to the public on Saturday as the United States celebrated Independence Day.

Each hour, 30 people will be able to climb up a spiral staircase that leads to the very top of the iconic statue, which has been closed to the public amid security concerns.
The first group of visitors to enter the crown were chosen by a special lottery.

Bedwetting, being overweight linked to sleep apnea

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New York, July 05: Children who are overweight and wet the bed at night may have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), researchers report.

Both being overweight and wetting the bed are associated with the nighttime breathing disorder, they found. However, overweight and bedwetting are not associated with each other.

In a “case-control” study, Dr. Joseph G. Barone, of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, and colleagues performed overnight sleep studies in 149 children between the ages of 5 and 15 with OSA, and 139 matched control children.

Migraine headaches linked to bad academic performance

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Washington, July 05: Teens who suffer from migraine headaches are more likely to get lower grades, and less likely to graduate from high school, or attend college than those who don’t have migraine, according to a study.

Conducted by Joseph Sabia, a professor of Public Policy at American University’s School of Public Affairs, and Daniel Rees, a professor of Economics at the University of Colorado Denver, the study is the first to have examined effect of migraine in teens on future academic achievement.

Tooth implant helps blind man see his wife for first time

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London, July 05: A SUSSEX surgeon has helped a blind man see his wife for the first time after implanting a tooth into his eye.

Consultant ophthalmic surgeon Christopher Liu, based at the Sussex Eye Hospital in Brighton, fixed Martin Jones’ sight with the scifi style operation, meaning he could see wife for the very first time.

Patients travel from around the world for Mr Liu and his team’s pioneering surgery.

Mr Liu has performed about 60 of the procedures since 2001, but said Mr Jones was one of the most successful patients.