Apple unveils new look for iOS 7

Apple has unveiled a flatter look for the user interface of its smart device iOS operating system - the first to be overseen by its design chief Jony Ive.
He said the aim was to make the system look "cleaner" to help "elevate" users' content.

Posted by Unknown 6/11/2013

North and South Korea agree to government-level meeting

Officials from North and South Korea have agreed to hold their first high-level meeting since 2007.

The agreement came after hours of preliminary talks in the truce village of Panmunjom aimed at rebuilding trust between the two sides.

The talks will take place in Seoul on Wednesday and Thursday.

The announcement follows months of tension between the two nations, following the North's third nuclear test in February.
Source: BBC Posted by Unknown 6/10/2013

Nelson Mandela admitted to hospital in 'serious condition'

Former President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital in South Africa with a lung infection.

A presidential spokesman said he is in a "serious but stable condition", although he was able to breathe on his own - a "positive sign".
Posted by Unknown 6/09/2013

The world's 10 most powerful women

Angela Merkel

Rank           Name                Age       Country      Category
1     Angela Merkel
Chancellor, Germany            58          Germany         Politics

2     Dilma Rousseff
President, Brazil                   65            Brazil            Politics

Posted by Unknown 5/26/2013

WHO urges countries to share information over novel coronavirus

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged countries with possible cases of novel coronavirus to share information.

The move comes after Saudi Arabia said the development of diagnostic tests had been delayed by patent rights on the NCoV virus by commercial laboratories.
Posted by Unknown 5/25/2013

Google acquires kite-power generator

Google has acquired a US company that generates power using turbines mounted on tethered kites or wings.

Makani Power will become part of Google X - the secretive research and development arm of the search giant.
Posted by Unknown 5/24/2013

Nissan to recall more than 800,000 cars

Nissan has said it plans to recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide due to a faulty steering wheel.

In the UK, the recall will affect 133,869 models of the Nissan Micra, built between 2002 and 2006.
Posted by Unknown 5/23/2013

FBI kills Florida man with suspected ties to Boston bomb suspect

Investigators outside the Orlando apartment block

Boston bombing investigators have shot dead a man who became violent as they questioned him in Orlando, Florida, FBI officials say.

The shooting took place early on Wednesday as law enforcement personnel interviewed 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev, according to officials.
Posted by Unknown 5/22/2013

Vitamin C kills drug-resistant TB in lab tests

Vitamin C can kill multidrug-resistant TB in the lab, scientists have found.

The surprise discovery may point to a new way of tackling this increasingly hard-to-treat infection, the US study authors from Yeshiva University say in Nature Communications.
Posted by Unknown 5/22/2013