Lindsay Lohan issues Cease and Desist Letter to her father over her personal diary
Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by Latha B. Reddy in Entertainment
Troubled celebrity star Lindsay Lohan has made a startling revelation: My father is trying to sell my personal diary.
Lohan also issued a C&D letter (Cease and Desist) to her father that orders him to stop selling her property.
Lindsay Lohan was released from the rehab after serving 23 days following a court order. She now has [...]
Typhoon Kompasu lashes central South Korea
Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by Latha B. Reddy in Buzz
Tropical cyclone hit south Korea early Thursday morning. The Typhoon Kompasu, as it is named, struck the central South Korea region causing chaos and disturbance in the transport service of the region. The metropolitan subway service came to a grinding halt.
The typhoon got weakened from a category 3 storm and as it passed through Okinawa [...]
Low cost and high speed nanotechnology water filter for developing world
Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by Allen Smith in Technology
US researchers say they have developed a high-speed water filter that uses nanotechnology and comes at low. The new water filter they say could well be a perfect water-filtering solution for the developing world.
Researchers at Stanford University have used plain cotton cloth dipped in a solution of silver nanowires as well as carbon nanotubes to [...]
Rape allegations investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reopened
Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by Allen Smith in Buzz
The rape probe against WikiLeaks founder was reopened on Wednesday, September 01, 2010. The investigation on rape allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was reopened again by a senior Swedish prosecutor; the new twist to which prosecutors overruled each other.
Assange; however, denied the rape allegations against him and even suggested them to be part of [...]
US to sign $60 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Allen Smith in General
US eyes at $60 billion arms deal with Saudi; the largest deal if it achieves in the recent times selling arms to any foreign nation.
The deal has recently added Apache and the Black Hawks (attacking choppers) worth $30 billions to the already inked deal package that include F-15 fighter jets (84 numbers).
If the deal finalizes [...]
BlackBerry okays for monitoring of its messenger services
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Allen Smith in General
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion today gave in to the governments request of access to monitoring of its services.
RIM promises access to the encrypted message to the security agencies and monitor its services. These will be operationalized with immediate effect, reads the statement released by Home Ministry.
Initially the Blackberry insisted that it cannot grant access [...]
Emmy Awards 2010 Winners
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Latha B. Reddy in Entertainment
The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards event was held at the Nokia Theater, Los Angeles.
It had been a great night and a bag of awards especially for Mad Men and Modern Family.
While Modern Family bagged the Best Comedy, Mad Men was voted as the Outstanding Drama.
Following is the list of all Emmy 2010 award winners: [...]
Mount Sinabung volcano in Indonesia erupts for second day on Monday
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Murthy in Buzz
The Mount Sinabung volcano which remained calm and dormant for about four centuries erupted yesterday causing panic among the neighborhoods and the locals.
Officials report now that Mt. Sinabung erupted again, the second day on Monday. According to Muhammad Hendratno of the Volcanology Agency the volcano present on the Sumatra Island spewed smoke high into the [...]
Iran to bid adieu to Google and Yahoo and welcome ‘Ya Haq’ aka ‘Oh Lord’
Posted on 29. Aug, 2010 by Allen Smith in Buzz
Iran will have an indigenous search engine that will go live by 2012.
Google coming up with so many goodies and add-ons it would never be expecting to face a new competition in Iran. Yes, Iran has been developing its own search engine ‘Ya Haq aka ‘Oh Lord.’
New kid on the block, the ‘Oh Lord,’ [...]
PepsiCo CEO stays off the race to succeed Ratan Tata as Chairman of Tata Group
Posted on 29. Aug, 2010 by Latha B. Reddy in Business
CEO and Chairman of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi has been talked about as promising successor to Ratan Tata.
However, Ms. Nooyi puts an end to all speculations by ruling herself out from the race to succeed Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Group. She says she loves what she’s been doing currently.
When questioned about her linking to [...]
