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India Has The Cheapest Tablet PC
Today it’s a big day for all Indians – it’s the cheapest tablet that was unveiled. Completely made in India. Aakash – is the name given for the tablet pc project. It is available at an extremely subsidized rate of Rs.1100 ($25). What it Has? This is a basic android device with not so good [...]
Continue reading...Facebook Banned in Pakistan
20. September 2011
Today Pakistan took the decision of banning the most popular social network of the world Facebook.com Facebook was banned because Pakistani government feels that facebook is spreading the religious hatred in their country. Reports say, facebook was not the only one, which was banned – there were more websites that were banned. Names of other [...]
Continue reading...Military can’t find its copy of Iraq killing video
7. April 2010
The U.S. military said Tuesday it can’t find its copy of a video that shows two employees of the Reuters news agency being killed by Army helicopters in 2007, after a leaked version circulated the Internet and renewed questions about the attack. Capt. Jack Hanzlik, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said that the military [...]
Continue reading...Who’s Behind Obama’s First Major Security Leak?
22. September 2009
Bob Woodward’s Monday-morning exclusive on a 66-page report from Gen. Stanley McChrystal to President Barack Obama about Afghanistan policy was a rite of passage for the new administration: the first major national security leak and a sure sign that the celebrated Washington Post reporter has penetrated yet another administration. White House officials greeted the leak [...]
Continue reading...Eclipse Spooks Superstitious
20. July 2009
Indian astrologers are predicting violence and turmoil across the world as a result of this week’s total solar eclipse, which the superstitious and religious view as a sign of potential doom. But astronomers, scientists and secularists are trying to play down claims of evil portent in connection with Wednesday’s natural spectacle, when the moon will [...]
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5. October 2011
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