PS3 Slim Specs And Release Date

Sony finally announced the release date of PS3 Slim, an upgraded version of its Playstation 3, which was first released in 2006. The PS3 Slim specifications, or specs, includes a blu-ray drive, a 120GB hard...

UK house prices fall at record annual rate in Oct

Uk home prices are continuing to plummet, causing a great amount of anxiety for the sector. House prices fell at a record rate this month in the UK."British house prices fell in October at their sharpest annual rate since records began in 1991, the Nationwide building society...

Government Set to Takeover HBOS as Lloyds TSB Merger Flounders

THE government is set to make an announcement before the markets open this morning of a £49bn rescue package, which will in effect mean that the government becomes the majority shareholder in the HBOS group,...

Israel's Kadima begins voting to elect new head

Israel's ruling Kadima party has begun voting for a new prime minister, and a new one should be in place by the end of the week. Israel's foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, is the current favourite. She would be the...

UK homes are smallest in Europe

UK is facing an extreme space crunch and now houses are becoming smaller and smaller. London has the smallest house in the Europe and to end this woes London Mayor Boris Johnson has threatned to make a law about minimum space standards on all council flat houses. The Mayor...

"Killer Dolphins" attacking each other for food.

Remember the dolphins we see either on TV or in aquariums where they jump through hoops and performs tricks in front of crowds of people. Well, these dolphins are not as innocent as we perceive them out to be. Now...

Russia investors flee after conflict

"Investors have pulled funds out of Russia at the fastest rate since the country's 1998 debt crisis, in the wake of the conflict with Georgia, official figures have shown.Official figures from the Central Bank of Russia showed yesterday that the country's foreign exchange...

Acadian Day leads to calls for a national holiday

"Acadians are pushing to mark Aug. 15, which they celebrate as National Acadian Day, a countrywide holiday. Acadians should be able to celebrate the holiday the same way the rest of the country celebrates July 1, said Françoise Enguehard, president of the Société Nationale...

Self-assembling polymer arrays improve data storage potential

""In the past 20 to 30 years, researchers have been able to shrink the size of devices and the size of the patterns that you need to make those devices, following the use of the same types of lithographic...

Russia calls halt to 5-day invasion of Georgia

"Declaring "the aggressor has been punished," the Kremlin ordered a halt Tuesday to Russia's devastating assault on Georgia — five days of air and ground attacks that left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted 100,000 people. Both sides accepted the general outlines of a...

Tight security, visa restrictions and high fares deter Olympic tourists

Chinese government is not very enthused with the response from tourist for  Olympic games.Main deterrents are strict China visa regime and tight security restrictions. Expensive cost is hampering even domestic tourist in China. Fewer people are going to Beijing...

Warming world sends plants uphill

"Climate change has resulted in many plant species moving an average of 29 metres uphill every decade. Climate change has caused plants to seek cooler conditions at higher altitudes. Smaller species such as...

Her Maj is a burger Queen

THE QUEEN owns a McDonalds!As the Royal accounts are opened to public scrutiny the press are having a field day with the Royal family and their extraordinary personal wealth whilst still dipping into the public...

Midwest towns hold their breath as more levees break

More residents are starting to worry that the flood waters are not receeding fast enough as more levees are breaking along the Mississippi River and still more flooding could occur."He returned and remodeled his...

Look, It's a Super Earth!

Not just one, in fact, but three:"Astronomers have identified a trio of so-called "super-Earths" - rocky planets between two and 10 times the mass of Earth.The three new planets were detected using the Harps instrument at the La Silla Observatory in central Chile.The star...

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