iPad mini 'mini' only in size not in price

Apple inc. launched a 7.9-inch iPad mini that is as thin as a pencil and as light as a pad of paper, Apple threw itself into the market for smaller tablets currently ruled by its rivals. Its price is higher than expected.Its much higher than Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire HD or Google Inc.'s Nexus 7. The iPad mini starts at $329....

Read More

AUTUMN PASQUALE

New Jersey A teenage boy lured a 12-year-old girl into his house under the guise of getting parts for her treasured bicycle and then, with his older brother, killed her, police said Tuesday. The girl's disappearance had sparked a frantic search by residents of her small town until a tip from the boys' mother led police to her body, stuffed into a home recycling bin. The boys, ages 15 and 17, were charged with murdering Autumn Pasquale, who...

Read More

iPad mini

Apple Inc. is expected to make its biggest product move on Tuesday since introducing the iPad two years ago, launching a smaller, cheaper tablet into a market to give competition to Amazon's Kindle and Google's Nexus 7 . Apple has invited for an event taking place on October 23 and the event will be live streamed on Apple TV.It states "we've got a little more to show you" -it refers to the iPad mini most probably. It is speculated that tablet...

Read More

Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3 is an upcoming American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Iron Man, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. "Iron Man 3" pits billionaire, playboy, philanthropist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn,...

Read More

Google:Past,Present & Future

In present time 'Google' is one of the most common words we encounter in our daily life.This word has influenced our way of thinking,our life style and point of view in a permanent manner.Now we can just google anything :) In this post I'm updating you with some facts behind this phenomenon.What is Google? Who founded it? and when? where? 'GOOGLE' word is a modified form of word 'GOOGOL'which stands for hundered zeroes after 1. Google.Inc is...

Read More

Presidential debate : USA facts

Current news: In their final debate before the November 6 U.S. presidential election, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney battled over foreign policy issues, including the U.S. response to Syria's civil war, Iran's nuclear program, and defense spending.   The 90 minute encounter was Governor Romney's chance to put to rest doubts about his ability to handle foreign affairs challenges, and an opportunity for President...

Read More

Google data storage centre

EVER wondered what happens to your Google searches every time you hit the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button on the search site's front page? Google did something unprecedented recently, and took its Street View cameras inside one of its own top-secret data centres. The huge building in North Carolina is crammed full of thousands of specially made computers. No piece of data is stored in just one place, everything is doubled up in case of disk failure. Disks...

Read More

Paranormal Activity 4

Paranormal Activity 4 is next installment of American supernatural horror film series.It is directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost.Its writer is Zack Estrin.It is a sequel to Paranormal Activity 2. Story: Alex (Kathryn Newton) films her younger brother Wyatt's soccer match. At Alex's house, she shows her boyfriend Ben (Matt Shively) the treehouse in the garden. Here they discover Robbie, the neighbor's child. Puzzled as to why he is there,...

Read More

Pope Benedict XVI : 265th Pope

Pope Benedict XVI,born as Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on 16th April 1927 is the 265th Pope. He is a native of Bavaria, and has both German and Vatican citizenship. As Pope he serves dual roles of being soverign of Vatican City and leader of Catholic Church. He is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter the Apostle. He was elected on 19 April 2005 in a papal conclave.He took possession of his cathedral, the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, on...

Read More

Kateri Tekakwitha:First native American Saint

POPE Benedict XVI has named seven new saints, including the first Native American saint. Kateri Tekakwitha, known as "Lily of the Mohawks".For centuries she has been a symbol of hope for the long-oppressed American Indians.She was canonised in a lavish ceremony in St Peter's Square . The Pope is the Bishop of Rome and he is the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. Catholic Church,regards him as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle. The...

Read More

Orionid Meteor shower

The Orionid meteor shower, usually called Orionids, is associated with Halley's Comet. These are so called because they appear to come from a point called the radiant,which lies in the Orion constellation. Orionids are an annual meteor shower which last for one week in late-October. The Orionid meteor shower is produced by Halley's Comet, named on astronomer Edmund Halley who calculated its periodicity in 1705.It passes through inner solar system...

Read More

James Bond -007:SKYFALL

"Name is Bond,James Bond!!".You must have heard this dialogue i'm sure.Let me tell you about the character who delivers it and latest news about him. James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming. James bond's first movie was" Dr. No", starring Sean Connery as Bond. As of 2012, there have been twenty two films with a twenty third, "Skyfall"due for release on 26 October 2012. The film will star Daniel...

Read More

Big Tex

It's a cowboy mascot,52 feet tall made for the State Fair of Texas.It got burnt up due to a suspected electrical malfunction, reducing the animated structure to a charred skeleton. Big Tex was built in 1949 as a giant Santa Claus for a Christmas celebration in Kerens, 60 miles south of Dallas.The State Fair paid $750 for the structure, which debuted as Big Tex in 1952...

Read More

Tagg Romney

Tuesday's second presidential debate was a clash of finger-pointing, interruptions etc.Eldest son of Romney had an especially visceral reaction. Tagg Romney said his instinct was to “jump out of your seat” and “rush down to the debate stage and take a swing’’ at President Obama. He answered that when a North Carolina radio host, asked him how it felt to hear the president “call your dad a liar.’’ Tagg Romney quickly indicated he wasn’t speaking...

Read More

Interior Designing tips

When it comes to design there are few rules to adhere to. I mean let’s get something straight here, it’s about creative expression and really showing off your true personality. Setting up a list of rules on how you should and shouldn’t design your home is like telling a painter how they should wave their brush strokes. We all do it differently, approach it from all directions but the end result is always magic. So when designing your home, whether...

Read More

Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life. The International Cycling Union (UCI) said it supported the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) decision to erase the rider's entire career after August 1998. Earlier Armstrong stepped down as chairman of the Livestrong cancer support charity he founded.As a sponser Nike Inc dropped him too.Livestrong rubber bracelets are worldwide famous. Lance Armstrong is...

Read More

Kyna Treacy -A-rod

Kyna Treacy, a 33-year-old Australian bikini model,got suddenly famous when she became the "cause of distraction" for the New York Yankees' highest-paid benchwarmer Alex Rodriguez nick name A-rod. Treacy — a sexy catwalker who started her own swimwear line, Kini Bikini— was sitting two rows behind the dugout with pretty pal Kate Quinn. She received a baseball from ARod with his phone number on it. Follow her on twitter: @kinibikin...

Read More

Herman melville : Moby-Dick

Google moby dick doodle: oogle on 18th Oct is celebrating the 161st anniversary of the publication of the novel Moby-Dick or The Whale written by an american novelist Herman Melville who was also a poet, essayist and short story writer. Novel was published on October 18, 1851. The classic novel Moby Dick, classified as American romanticism, is a symbolic allegory with exemplary commentary on human destiny and universe. Each character in the novel...

Read More

Make your wood furniture more beautiful

Revealing The Beauty: Some will contend that the natural colors, patterns and depth of wood surfaces are beautiful in themselves and need no enhancing and further that efforts to enhance actually distract from the natural beauty of the wood. We acknowledge that wood does possess a natural beauty. However, when you look at a standing tree, you don't see any of the beauty of the wood grain within. The sawyer first of all needs to cut the wood of...

Read More

Protect wood furniture

Wood Deteriorates: We are generally aware that in woods and forests, fallen trees will decompose. Insects, birds and animals, as well as fungi, algae and bacteria, all participate in that process. Two silent partners in the process of decomposition are moisture and sunlight. Either too much water or too little water will weaken wood. Even in a protected household environment, prolonged exposure to high moisture content air, such as damp, misty,...

Read More

How to protect outdoor wood furniture

You can keep your outdoor wooden furniture safe and prolong its life by following ways: 1)Wet a sponge in soapy water. Completely clean your wood outdoor furniture of dirt, tree sap and other grime that has built up. Rinse the furniture well with a garden hose and let it air dry. Pollution, bird droppings, tree sap and other substances will stain patio furniture if they aren't cleaned off. 2)Spread a waterproofing wax or gel over the furniture...

Read More

Gangnam style

Gangnam Style (강남 스타일) is a 2012 dance pop single written and performed by Korean pop singer Park Jae Sung, better known by his stage name PSY. Since the release of the song and its highly entertaining music video in mid-July 2012, the video has gained more than 8 million views in the span of two weeks and spawned numerous parodies and copycat dance videos on YouTube. The song “Gangnam Style” was written and recorded as the title single of the...

Read More

Heather clem-Hulk hogan-Bubba-gawker

Hulk Hogan the american wrestling legend (real name Terry Gene Bolle) is suing the parties allegedly behind his recently leaked sex tape for more than $100 million. He and his attorney appeared at a press conference in Tampa, announcing two lawsuits. One suit is against Hogan’s pal Bubba the Love Sponge and his ex-wife Heather Clem (Hogan’s partner in the tape) for secretly recording Hogan’s sexual encounter with Clem. The other lawsuit is...

Read More

Facebook

Facebook is a social networking service launched in February 2004. It is owned and operated by Facebook, Inc. As of September 2012, Facebook has over one billion active users,more than half of them using Facebook on a mobile device. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.The website's membership was initially limited by the founders...

Read More

Winsor McCay:Google doodle

Winsor Zenic McCay  was an American cartoonist and animator, best known for the comic strip Little Nemo (begun 1905) and the animated cartoon Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). He worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. Google has celebrated the 107th anniversary of Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland with one of the search engine's most elaborate doodles ever. The doodle recreates the adventures...

Read More

Felix Baumgartner

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner has become the first person to go faster than the speed of sound, reaching a maximum velocity of 833.9mph (1,342km/h). He jumped out of a balloon 128,100ft (24 miles; 39km) above New Mexico, the 43-year-old also smashed the record for the highest ever freefall. It took just under 10 minutes for him to descend. Only the last few thousand feet were negotiated by parachute. "Let me tell you - when I was standing...

Read More