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This is a collection of various news feeds that I like to read on a regular basis. Placed them all here on one page for ease of use. The rss feeds on this page are updated automatically every hour by there various suppliers (mostly Yahoo and Google) so is well worth bookmarking if you like to read about current News and Technology. Many of the news items published here are less than one hour old. Enjoy…
Odd But True…
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Modern Technology…
Yahoo News Most Viewed Stories…
Cyberspace And Web News…
![]() Kansas City Star | iPhone Owners Protesting at Apple HQ Over Foxconn Tom's Guide Thursday at 10 am local time (doesn't matter what zone), customers plan to waltz into Apple's headquarters and stores located in Washington DC, New York, San Francisco, London, Sydney and Bangalore. Their mission: to deliver petitions signed by 250000 ... Protests against iPhone factory conditions planned Thursday for Apple Stores Apple store protests planned for Thursday Do Apple Users Care Enough to Protest Chinese Working Conditions? |
![]() ITProPortal | Path CEO Apologises Over Privacy Goof Up ITProPortal A developer, Arun Thampi, revealed in his blog post that Path, a photo sharing application for the iOS platform, uploads entire iPhone address book from a users' handset to its servers without explicitly asking for any kind of permissions from the user ... Path apologizes for saving iPhone contacts, wipes data, updates app Path steals users' address books; apologizes Lessons From Path and Pinterest: Tell Users Everything |
![]() Chicago Tribune | Microsoft, Facebook, Ericsson, Motorola: Intellectual Property BusinessWeek By Victoria Slind-Flor (This is a daily report on global news about patents, trademarks, copyright and other intellectual property topics.) Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp., the largest software maker, said it would be “fair and reasonable” in ... Google says it won't support fair licensing in open standards as Apple ... US to Clear Google's Deal Apple to EU: Set FRAND Licensing Standards |
![]() ZDNet | Google Chrome Update Brings Faster Browsing Mashable The new stable release of Google's web browser Chrome brings several improvements, most importantly faster browsing and more protection from malicious downloads. From now on, when you start typing in Chrome's address box (or omnibox, as Google calls ... Chrome for Android app review Chrome for Android comes with Easter eggs New Stable Chrome 17 Preloads Autocomplete Sites |
![]() News Quench | Windows 8 Consumer Preview Date Confirmed InformationWeek Microsoft is set to release a trial version of its touch-centric operating system to everyday computer users. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek The general public won't have to wait long to get its hands on Windows 8, as Microsoft has confirmed the ... Why Metro now rules at Microsoft Microsoft fixes Windows 8 Consumer Preview launch event for Feb. 29 Designing Windows 8, or how to redesign a religion |
![]() TG Daily | EPIC sues FTC over Google privacy changes TG Daily The Electronic Privacy and Information Center has launched a lawsuit against the US Federal Trade Commission, aiming to force it to stop Google going through with its planned changes to its privacy policy. The new policy, announced last month, ... Lawsuit targets Google privacy policy Privacy group wanting FTC to punish Google files lawsuit Watchdog sues FTC over new Google privacy policy |
![]() BBC News | America and Eurasia 'to meet at north pole' BBC News By Neil Bowdler Science and health reporter, BBC News America and Eurasia will crash into each other over the North Pole in 50-200 million years time, according to scientists at Yale University. They predict Africa and Australia will join the new ... New supercontinent 'Amasia' will form over the Arctic with North and South ... Look North for the Next Supercontinent Amasia Next Supercontinent Will Form in Arctic, Geologists Say |
![]() msnbc.com | Sprint Posts Sales Loss, but iPhone Lifts Revenue New York Times Nabbing the iPhone was a victory for Sprint Nextel, but the blockbuster handset has yet to pay off in profits for the company. Sprint Nextel, the nation's No. 3 cellphone carrier, on Wednesday reported a net loss in the fourth quarter of $1.3 billion, ... Sprint's Widening Loss Signals IPhone Not Helping Turnaround Sprint loss widens on iPhone costs Sprint Reports Wider-Than-Estimated Loss on Costs for Subsidizing IPhone |
![]() GigaOm | Sprint gets the Nextel monkey off its back CNET by Roger Cheng February 8, 2012 12:18 PM PST Follow @RogerWCheng Pretty soon, the Nextel in Sprint Nextel isn't going to make much sense anymore. Dan Hesse, pictured at the company's headquarters in July, has gently steered the Nextel network to its ... Sprint can barely wait to rid itself of Nextel network Sprint's iDEN shutdown visualized with map tool, coverage starts to shrink mid ... Sprint shows you where and when it's disabling Nextel's iDEN legacy network |
![]() CBC.ca | Life in Antarctic lake? It's everywhere else The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — If scientists find microbes in a frigid lake two miles beneath the thick ice of Antarctica, it will illustrate once again that somehow life finds a way to survive in the strangest and harshest places. And it will offer hope that life ... Russian Scientists Bore Into Ancient Antarctic Lake Russian Scientists Drill to Sub-Glacial Antarctic Lake Lake Vostok drilling team claims breakthrough |
Australian And World News…
![]() AFP | Syria's Homs under new deadly blitz AFP DAMASCUS — Regime forces launched a new blitz on the Syrian city of Homs on Thursday, killing more than a dozen people, activists said, as the UN weighed a joint mission with the Arab League to end the unrest. Activists said at least 13 people were ... Syria: UN offers help as Homs assault continues - live updates China says Syrian opposition visited, first such contract China: Syria veto won't hurt cooperation with US |
Wyatt Roy ejected from Question Time in first 10 minutes by new Speaker Peter ... Courier Mail FROM CANBERRA: Speaker Peter Slipper tosses QLD MP Wyatt Roy out of Parliament during Question Time. ON THE OUTER: Liberal MP Wyatt Roy in his office watching Question Time after being ejected from Question Time in the House of Representatives. Pete Slippers into something more comfortable Slipper plays the part in a tough parliamentary theatre Speaker Peter Slipper warns he will be tougher maintaining order |
![]() ABC Online | Sparks fly in Parliament over Thomson allegations ABC Online By Naomi Woodley and staff Prime Minister Julia Gillard has hit back sharply at the Opposition's latest attempt to raise questions about the Fair Work Australia investigation into controversial backbencher Craig Thomson. The Coalition has publicly ... Improper to push FWA on Thomson: PM Oppn attacks Gillard integrity over HSU Labor keeps economy, jobs in focus |
![]() The Hindu | Arrest warrant issued for ousted Maldives president ABC Online The former president of the Maldives faces arrest after being ousted from his post earlier in the week in what he said was a coup at gunpoint. A criminal court in the capital Male issued arrest warrants for ousted president Mohamed Nasheed and his ... Maldives court issues arrest warrant for former president Protests Rock Maldives After Coup Police issue warrant for ex Maldives president |
Military 'gun-shy' on discipline? QC asks Herald Sun THE senior lawyer who investigated bad behaviour aboard HMAS Success has suggested that the "civilianisation" of Australia's military may have gone too far too quickly. Roger Gyles QC also has questioned whether concern for individual rights has made ... Flawed command contributed to Success troubles Civilianisation of military may be weakening defence discipline, new navy ... No resolution for 'ship of shame' sailors |
![]() BigPond News | Court hears gruesome evidence in murder trial ABC Online By Peta Carlyon, wires The Victorian Supreme Court has heard gruesome details of the alleged killing of a man who found out about an associate's drug crop. Leonard Borg, 28, of Mickelham in Melbourne's north-west, is charged with murdering 56-year-old ... Man killed, dissolved in acid over fears he told police about drugs - court Chainsaw, hatchet, acid used to dispose of body, court hears Maltese man faces trial in Australia for killing, axing and dissolving victim ... |
![]() Brisbane Times | Minister not surprised Wivenhoe accounts differ ABC Online Queensland's Water Minister has told the inquiry into last January's flood disaster that he is not surprised about conflicting evidence on how Brisbane's Wivenhoe Dam was operated. Counsel assisting the commission Peter Callaghan has accused the dam's ... Queensland floods commission of inquiry extended for a further two days Minister missed flood report discrepancies Queensland Water Minister defends himself on dam report inconsistencies |
![]() Sydney Morning Herald | Ugg boots clue to prostitute Elaine's death Sydney Morning Herald Police hope that a $100000 reward will help catch the murderer of prosititute Elaine King, nearly 40 years ago. A pair of ugg boots at a pub could be the key to police solving the cold case killing of a woman in a Sydney hotel almost 40 years ago. Police search for man in ugg boots for clues to 1974 murder of Elaine King Ugg boot man holds key to 40-year-old murder Reward to solve 1970s prostitute murder mystery |
![]() Sydney Morning Herald | Government appears to have means test numbers ABC Online By chief political correspondent Emma Griffiths The Federal Government appears to have won a $2.4 billion budget reprieve by gaining enough support in Parliament to means test the private health insurance rebate. Government sources have told the ABC ... Private health insurance costs to jump Federal Government on the brink of winning support for private health rebate cuts Private health bills to jump for higher earners |
Train partly derails at Hurstville Sydney Morning Herald Train services on the Illawarra and Southern lines have been suspended after a train partly derailed just passed Hurstville station. Trains are running again on the Illawarra Line after a derailment this afternoon at Hurstville, but passengers are ... 'Minor derailment' forces passengers off citybound Tanagra train outside ... Train derails at Hurstville Services resume on Illawarra line with lengthy delays |
Entertainment News And Gossip…
AP - On a chilly winter afternoon, Andrej Pejic settles into a Manhattan cafe with a cup of Earl Grey tea, sitting gracefully, long legs crossed. The blue-eyed fashion model gazes out a window, unaware that almost every man sitting at surrounding tables is transfixed.
AP - A judge has granted Katy Perry and Russell Brand a divorce, although the pair won't be legally split up until July.
AP - Fox's medical drama "House" is ending its eight-year run this season.
AP - On a chilly winter afternoon, Andrej Pejic settles into a Manhattan cafe with a cup of Earl Grey tea, sitting gracefully, long legs crossed. The blue-eyed fashion model gazes out a window, unaware that almost every man sitting at surrounding tables is transfixed.



















