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Call of Duty:Teenager Arrested Over Cyber Attack


A 17 year old teenager from Manchester has been arrested by the Metropolitan Police’s ecrime unit on suspicion of being behind a denial of service attack against the online game Call of Duty.
It followed a “denial of service” attack, which saw large numbers of people unable to play the game online.Denial of service attacks are aimed at making websites unusable.
Games company Activision contacted police in

Facebook Announces Inaugural Hacker Cup 2011

Facebook has announced it will hold its first annual multi round programming competition called Hacker Cup. Entrants will have their answers to “algorithmic based problem statements” scored on accuracy and speed.
Facebook has been using its Hackathons to engage the development community, promote its status as a technology company, and recruit top

Submarine Cable Announced to Link Asia-Europe Faster

IMEWI thumb Submarine Cable Announced to Link Asia Europe FasterThe launch of IMEWE (India-Middle East-Western Europe), a fiber optic submarine cable system which links India & Europe via Middle East was announced today in New Delhi.
The 13,000 km long three pair fiber optic cable named IMEWE (India- Middle East- Western Europe), has a design capacity of 3.84 terabits per second.
Backed by Bharti Airtel and deployed by Alcatel-Lucent, IMEWE is result of a consortium of nine partners comprising leading global telecom operators from South East Asia and Middle East.
Internet Service Providers and Network Operators hope to utilize the additional bandwidth to support high-bandwidth peer-to-peer IP-based broadband services such as

Dear govt, wake up and smell the inflation!


As inflation rises, our poverty level increases.
Just last week, tomatoes were being sold for Rs60 per kg, but this week they were priced at Rs80 for the same amount. When I asked why the sudden price rise of Rs20 in just one week, I got a short reply:
Baji, saardiyan shuru hogayi hai,” (Sister, winter has commenced.)
Now, what do tomato prices have to do with the

WikiLeaks’ Assange moved to isolation in British jail

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Protesters hold banners in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during a demonstration in front of the British Embassy in Budapest December 9, 2010. The sexual misconduct case against Assange is a personal matter and not connected with his work releasing secret US diplomatic cables, a Swedish prosecutor said on Tuesday. - Photo by Reuters.
LONDON: WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange was in a segregation unit of a London jail Saturday for his safety, as new secret US diplomatic cables were made public, increasing the embarrassment to Washington.
The 39-year-old Australian has been transferred from the main section of Wandsworth prison to an isolation unit, Jennifer Robinson, one of his legal team, said Friday.
“The prison authorities are doing it for

US suspends aid group in Pakistan fraud probe

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"USAID terminated a $150 million development agreement in Pakistan after evidence of procurement fraud had been uncovered." — File Photo
WASHINGTON: The United States has suspended a US-based aid organization from receiving new development contracts as it investigates reports of fraud and other misconduct in development projects in Pakistan, the US Agency for International Development said.
The Office of Inspector General at the

Australia squad for third Ashes Test





Australia’s 12-man squad announced Friday for the third Ashes Test against England, starting in Perth on December 16.
Australia – Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke (vice-capt), Michael Beer, Brad Haddin, Ryan Harris, Phillip Hughes, Ben Hilfenhaus, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Steven Smith, Shane Watson.

Unveiled: Lady Gaga's eight wax statues




Pop star Lady Gaga has become the first celebrity to have her eight statues unveiled at Madame Tussauds worldwide.

The 'Paparazzi' hitmaker wax models flashingh her famous outfits were displayed yesterday at London, New York, Las Vegas, California, Amsterdam, Berlin, Shanghai and Hong Kong museums, Contactmusic reported.

"It's been quite a challenge to keep details of eight figure launches top secret but the fans certainly seem to

Angelina Jolie 'open' to having more kids



Hollywood beauty Angelina Jolie may find "motherhood tiring" but that has not discouraged her from expanding her rainbow family.

The actress, who raises six children with partner Brad Pitt, has adopted three children from three different nations besides her three biological kids.

Jolie says she would love to expand her family at some point of time but right now she has no concrete plan, BBC online reported.

"I don't know, no plans at the

Was Dolly Bindra 'possessed' for TRP ratings?



Bigg Boss 4 was already competing with Kaun Banega Crorepati, and now that the latter is almost out with its season finale, Big Boss finds itself pitted against Madhuri and Malaika on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.

Dolly Bindra's 'fit' could not have come at a better time. But was it all an act to boost the channel's TRP ratings?

As per the week's task, allotted by Bigg Boss, the contestants find themselves at wits end. They have been sleep deprived, due to which, they are edgy and at each other's throats. Ashmit Patel and Seema Parihar are the most affected. When the

Watchout for six-month pregnant Vidya



Vidya Balan will be seen in a totally different avatar in Sujoy Ghosh's Kahaani. The actress will be seen as a woman with a six-month baby belly. And it is not just in passing. The actress will be seen with a big bump throughout the film.

Shot in Kolkata and London the film will be out some time mid 2011. A source reveals, "Vidya's character is that of a pregnant woman whose husband travels from London to India for work. However, he goes missing and she comes to Kolkata in search of him."

Sujoy, who just wrapped the

Katrina postpones holiday for Imran



Katrina Kaif will forego her usual Christmas vacation with her family in London, thanks to her Tees Maar Khan director Farah Khan (their film is due for release Christmas Eve) and her Mere Brother Ki Dulhan co-star Imran Khan.

"Ideally, I'd have liked to be in London with my siblings and mom for Christmas. But Tees Maar Khan is up for release. So I pushed the trip back to the New Year," said Katrina.

Prod her some more, and she lets the cat out of the bag,"Imran's wedding is on 8 January. We have to

Kajol works out to get back in shape, post pregnancy





Though onlookers may have found Kajol flaunting her post-pregnancy flab at the Toonpur Ka Superhero music launch, she has been gymming daily to get back into shape. The actress became a mum for the second time on September 13.

Kajol has been working out at husband Ajay Devgn's personal gym along with the star's trainer Shereveer Vakil. Her sister Tanishaa has been providing her company and going through the paces with her.

Says a source, "As soon as she

Oooh So Nasty Priyanka: Does Kareena have a computer in the first place


Oooh So Nasty Priyanka: Does Kareena have a computer in the first placeBollywood ladies are known for their catfights. But so openly ahem!!

But then, K Jo can make that happen on his show ‘Koffee with Karan’. Kareena and Priyanka got engaged in this real nasty fight. Friendly during the making of Aitraaz but then later turned foes over the fact that Priyanka ‘Piggy Chopps’ was with her ex beau Shahid Kapur, the duo exchanged scathing remarks between each other.

Taking another potshot at the female scion of the Kapoor khandaan, Piggy Chopps said that though she is extremely flattered at being praised by the lady for her acting skills, she doesn’t know of anyone in the industry who takes her seriously. Work wise or personally? Well Saif has to answer that.

Kareena aka Bebo asked innocently as to where on earth did Piggy Chopps get that ‘accent’ of hers. And pat came the reply from our Desi Girl “from the same place where her boyfriend (Saif Ali Khan) got his." This was a smart reminder to Bebo and all those who were tuned in, that apart from chote nawab Saif, even she had the

Vidya becomes 'Really' hot


Vidya becomes `Really` hotVidya Balan, who debuted in Bollywood by portraying a very docile and sober character in Parineeta, has become a favorite choice for the filmmakers these days when it comes to playing a real life character.

Recently, Vidya has played the character of Sabrina Lall, the elder sister of Delhi based Jessica Lall, who was murdered on April 29, 1999 in the movie No One Killed Jessica.

The 32-year-old actress is also set to play the South actress Silk Smitha's character in Milan Luthria directed film 'A Dirty Picture'. Vidya will be playing the hot seductive actress Smitha, who acted in more than 200 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi.

Now, the latest reports suggest that the simple and sweet looking Vidya has now got the offer to play the yesteryear classic Bollywood beauty Madhubala, who died of serious illness at only 36 years of age.

Everyone is aware of the fact that dancing diva Madhuri Dixit is often considered to be the best actress to