Great Pyramid Mystery ‘Solved’

"A French architect,Jean-Pierre Houdin,claims to have been able to find the mystery behind Egypt’s Great Pyramid.He said that the 4,500-year-old pyramid which is just outside Cairo was built using an inner ramp to...

Video Sharing Website Award | YouTube

"YouTube one of the greatest Video-sharing website is to present awards for the best user-generated videos of 2006.According to reports users will be able to vote for their favourite clips in seven categories: most creative, most inspirational, best series, best comedy,...

Single celebrates 116th birthday

"May be the secret of living old is to remain single! Hryhoriy Nestor,thought to be the oldest living person in the world is celebrating his 116th birthday, Read More"

Microsoft buys TellMe.

"“Speech is universal, simple and holds incredible promise as a key interface for computing,” Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said.Microsoft has bought a voice-recognition software firm,California-based Tellme Networks,for a reported $800m (£413m)."

Citizen journalists ban Reporting Violence | France

"16 years after an amateur videographer George Holliday, filmed the beating of Rodney King by the Los Angeles police officers on the night of March 3 1991,the French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by...

Flames engulf Jet on landing | Indonesia

"An Indonesian jetliner Boeing 737-400 owned by state airline Garuda was carrying 140 people burst into flames as it landed on Java island Wednesday, trapping a number of people inside the burning plane, the airline...

WordPress 2.1.1 Cracked

"Long story short: If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately.Read More"

Internet Radio Rates Increase

"The Copyright Royalty Board decision on the royalties for to be paid by Internet Radio stations for streaming music during the years 2006-2010 was released to the participants in the proceeding today. And the rates are going up significantly over the next few years. More...

Dengue Fever Emergency | Paraguay

"Paraguay declares a state of 60 day emergency to deal with dengue fever, which has killed 10 people this year.According to officials 14,654 people have been diagnosed with dengue.Read More"

Paid by Mobile Phone | Japan

"NTT DoCoMo, Japanese mobile phone operator, will soon team up with McDonalds to offer electronic payments and special promotions for mobile users.Read More"

Oscars Winners 2007

*Editor's Note*Thanks for the updates bigbrother. Many industry analysts, like the one from the New York Times says it was the most boring and casual show for a while.  I liked Ellen hosting, and I appreciated...

Blogger jailed for 4 years

"“On blogs everyone is allowed to write what they want. This proves how unintelligent the president and Al-Azahr are “Said kazia.Abdel Kareem Soliman,22, an Egyptian blogger blogging under the name Kareem Amer,has been sentenced for four years’ prison for insulting...

My post on Nowpublic Rss Yahoo Widget.

"Now you can get my post and that of Nowpublic “Just in and Popular Posts” on your desktops.I have made a Yahoo widget for that, Please note that it is still in Beta and it may contain some bug.You can download...

$1m for Britney’s hair

"According to Report the US salon where pop star Britney Spears shaved her head has apparently set up a website,buybritneyshair.com, to auction her locks for more than $1m.The salon’s website created by Salon Owner...

Open source is not free | Steve Ballmer

"Steve Ballmer,Microsoft’s chief executive, said that open-source vendors must respect Microsoft’s intellectual property and that open source “is not free”.”I would not anticipate that we make a huge...

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