Facebook’s new Timeline feature looks set to really enrage users after it emerged the ability to anonymously “defriend” people will become a thing of the past. Using the new Timeline feature, which is set to be rolled out in the near future, users will be able to see all their entire Facebook history, including their… Continue reading Facebook Timeline: the new feature that allows users to see who doesn’t like them.
Year: 2011
iHeartRadio Music Festival Las Vegas
Dubbed “the biggest live music event in radio history,” iHeartRadio Music Festival has taken over Las Vegas this weekend. The inaugural iHeartRadio festival, hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Elvis Duran, was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 23 and September 24. Biggest pop radio stars took the stage at the iHeartRadio… Continue reading iHeartRadio Music Festival Las Vegas
Occupy Wall Street protesters clashed with police in Manhattan.
“Occupy Wall Street”, the anti-capitalist protest demonstrators clashed with police in New York yesterday after beginning an impromptu march up Wall Street. New York police officers were accused of using overly-aggressive tactics as they battled to control the quick-moving protesters who left their camp near Wall Street to march up Broadway. Scores of “Occupy Wall… Continue reading Occupy Wall Street protesters clashed with police in Manhattan.
Sarah Palin is offered $1 million if she passes lie detector test.
Sarah Palin has been offered $1million if she passes a lie detector test over claims made a Joe McGinniss’s book about her. In Joe McGinniss’s book Sarah Palin is accused of cheating on her husband Todd Palin, with his ex-business partner and using drugs. The former Alaska Governor has vehemently denied everything. The adult website… Continue reading Sarah Palin is offered $1 million if she passes lie detector test.
Prostate cancer: alpha radiation drug trial is so successful researchers decide to stop it early.
A new prostate cancer treatment (a powerful alpha radiation drug) trial has been so successful researchers have decided to stop it early. Specialists at London’s Royal Marsden Hospital, UK, were testing a powerful alpha radiation drug on 461 patients while another group of the same number was being treated with placebo. The group taking… Continue reading Prostate cancer: alpha radiation drug trial is so successful researchers decide to stop it early.
Tony Blair and Ofra Strauss intriguing friendship.
Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister has developed a close personal friendship with one of the richest and most controversial women in Israel, Ofra Strauss. Ofra Strauss is a 51 year-old businesswoman, who divorced her second husband last year and she is the head of a $2 billion food company whose high prices triggered… Continue reading Tony Blair and Ofra Strauss intriguing friendship.
Jim Henson 75th birthday anniversary celebrated with Google Doodle
Google celebrates Jim Henson 75th birthday anniversary featuring a doodle with 5 Muppets. The logo is HTML5-powered and it is interactive, clicking on the circle below each character, it follows the cursor with its eyes, and double-clicking on one, it opens its mouth. One of them throw its glasses, and other eats its… Continue reading Jim Henson 75th birthday anniversary celebrated with Google Doodle
Where did the satellite land last night?
NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) hit the Earth last night. NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite UPDATES: “The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California said the satellite entered the atmosphere over the North Pacific Ocean, off the west coast of the United States. The precise re-entry time and… Continue reading Where did the satellite land last night?
Shooting incident before Pope Benedict XVI Mass celebration in Germany
On Saturday morning a man fired three air gun shots in Erfurt, Germany, around one mile (1,6 kilometers) from the city’s main cathedral (Saint Mary), where Pope Benedict XVI was to celebrate Mass. The shooting incident has occurred on the edge of the security zone about an hour before the Pope started his celebration… Continue reading Shooting incident before Pope Benedict XVI Mass celebration in Germany
Elizabeth Taylor Collection Tour now in London at Christie’s.
Elizabeth Taylor Collection of gems, gowns and art is unveiled at Christie’s in London today. Elizabeth Taylor was renowned for her impeccable taste in jewellery, and over her lifetime amassed a dazzling collection worth a staggering $30 million (£20million). Many of the pieces were designed by Elizabeth Taylor herself in partnership with her favoured jewellery… Continue reading Elizabeth Taylor Collection Tour now in London at Christie’s.
Is Theory of Relativity wrong? Breaking light speed.
Physicists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the international nuclear research facility near Geneva, Switzerland, are saying that an experiment in which a beam of neutrinos were sent 500 miles from CERN to a laboratory in Italy has thrown up a quite staggering result. Specifically, the specialists found that the particles got there… Continue reading Is Theory of Relativity wrong? Breaking light speed.
Falling satellite is landing tonight or Saturday morning. NASA updates.
A new post on NASA’s official Twitter account said of the falling satellite: “Re-entry prediction now later than expected – tonight or late Saturday morning,” at just before noon Eastern Time. It seemed that NASA’s earlier prediction of a landing late this afternoon was wrong. A second update from NASA said, “predicted re-entry moving later.” Meanwhile,… Continue reading Falling satellite is landing tonight or Saturday morning. NASA updates.
LovEvolution 2011 Oakland, California
The largest single day electronic dance music event, LovEvolution: A Dance Music Parade and Festival is hosted at the historical stadium O.co Coliseum and Oracle Arena in Oakland, California on Saturday, September 24, 2011. LovEvolution 2011 has a main stage, a grassy area at the Supperclub, 17 community produced, unique floats, with great names… Continue reading LovEvolution 2011 Oakland, California
Thyroid cancer’s risk is higher for diabetics new study shows
There were studies suggesting that diabetes increases a person’s lifetime risk of developing thyroid cancer, and a new report published shows this linkage for retirement-age Americans. The medical scientists found that if a person between 50 and 71 years old has diabetes the 10-year risk of thyroid cancer is increased by one-quarter. The researchers… Continue reading Thyroid cancer’s risk is higher for diabetics new study shows
Lawrence Brewer’s 3,500 calories meal bans the last meal request privilege for death row intimates.
Lawrence Brewer’s over-the-top meal, who was executed on Wednesday night for the dragging death of James Byrd, meant the end of the death row intimates last meal requests. Houston State Senator John Whitmire wrote to the executive director of the Texas Criminal Justice Division saying that he had long opposed the practice, and that “enough is… Continue reading Lawrence Brewer’s 3,500 calories meal bans the last meal request privilege for death row intimates.
GOP Presidential Debate: Rick Perry under fire in Florida
Texas governor Rick Perry engaged in persuasive dispute with his rivals at Thursday night’s GOP presidential debate in Orlando. Social Security, immigration, border security and Perry’s 2007 executive order mandating that middle-school girls be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted HPV virus that can cause cervical cancer were the main topics. Texas governor Rick Perry struggled… Continue reading GOP Presidential Debate: Rick Perry under fire in Florida
Medusa: the world’s largest snake of 300 lbs (135 kg) and 25 ft (7.5 m).
Medusa, the world’s largest snake weighs more than 300 lbs (135 kg), is 25ft (7.5 meters) long and it takes 15 people to hold her. Medusa, a massive python is set to slither into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest snake living in captivity. The giant snake, which will be on… Continue reading Medusa: the world’s largest snake of 300 lbs (135 kg) and 25 ft (7.5 m).
Sleepbox, the first temporary bedroom has been introduced into Moscow Airport.
Sleepbox is the first temporary bedroom which can be rented out for half-hour periods and was just introduced into Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow. Sleepbox will allow travellers to get a light kip if their planes are delayed. The specially equipped boxes, which work as mobile bedrooms have been created by Russian architecture company the… Continue reading Sleepbox, the first temporary bedroom has been introduced into Moscow Airport.
Satellite strikes Earth tonight and could land between UK and South America.
A satellite, weighing six tons and currently out-of-control, will strike Earth at 18,000 mph and could land almost anywhere this evening – NASA warned last night. The satellite has the size of a bus and will break up on entering Earth’s atmosphere, flinging huge chunks of metal weighing up to 350 lb (150 kg) across… Continue reading Satellite strikes Earth tonight and could land between UK and South America.
Carla Bruni: “I can’t wait to have a smoke”. Why she is desperate to give birth.
Carla Bruni says she is desperate to give birth, but the French First Lady has confessed that her urgency is not driven simply by the desire to see her baby, she is also desperate to start drinking and smoking again. The 43 year-old former model, admitted that, after nearly eight months of carrying her first… Continue reading Carla Bruni: “I can’t wait to have a smoke”. Why she is desperate to give birth.
Kweku Adoboli is “sorry beyond words” for the $2.3 billion losses.
Kweku Adoboli, the suspected UBS rogue trader said today that he was “sorry beyond words” for the record $2.3 billion losses suffered by Swiss banking giant. Kweku Adoboli sat in the dock at City of London magistrates’ court as his barrister Patrick Gibbs QC told the court: “He is sorry beyond words for what has… Continue reading Kweku Adoboli is “sorry beyond words” for the $2.3 billion losses.
Troy Davis execution by eye-witness reporters who watched him die.
Rhonda Cook from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, JoAnn Merrigan of WSAV News in Savannah and Greg Bluestein of the Associated Press, who all have covered more than 20 executions between them in the past, were three of five reporters allowed to watch the controversial death of Troy Davis at Georgia State Prison last night. Troy Davis,… Continue reading Troy Davis execution by eye-witness reporters who watched him die.
Cardiff After Dark portfolio, a squalid portrait of binge-drinking Britain by Maciej Dakowicz.
Cardiff After Dark portfolio presents the images of the British night life with young women and men vomiting and sleeping on the streets after weekend parties. The images look like those you might find in some depressing police dossier. Here, in vivid detail, is a squalid portrait of binge-drinking Britain. Some of the more incapacitated… Continue reading Cardiff After Dark portfolio, a squalid portrait of binge-drinking Britain by Maciej Dakowicz.
Alzheimer’s: 9 Ways to Lower Its Risk and Progression
A report of Alzheimer’s disease International (ADI) published in 2009, said there were 35.6 million people were with dementia and Alzheimer’s and it was expected that the number would increase to 65.7 million by 2030. Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that is a collective name for progressive degenerative brain syndromes. They affect memory,… Continue reading Alzheimer’s: 9 Ways to Lower Its Risk and Progression
Jesse Coombs: first person to kayak successfully down Abiqua Falls.
Jesse Coombs became the first person to kayak successfully down Abiqua Falls in Oregon, USA. Lucas Gilman, Jesse Coombs’ friend and extreme sports photographer captured the jaw-dropping three-second plunge on camera. Jesse Coombs and Lucas Gilman hiked to the remote 96 feet (30 meters) waterfall armed with five cameras to film the stunt. Before Jesse Coombs, only… Continue reading Jesse Coombs: first person to kayak successfully down Abiqua Falls.