ASIA: Isolation, poverty loom for an aging population IRINnews Photo: David Longstreath/IRINMore of her in coming yearsBANGKOK, 14 February 2012 (IRIN) - With 60 percent of the world’s population, Asia has one of the largest concentrations globally of aging persons, creating a host of potential challenges, experts warn. | “Asian countries, besides J...
MySpace adds 1 million users since December TechRadar | Rumours of MySpace's death have been greatly exaggerated – at least, that's what the company is expected to announce today with the news that it has signed up one million new users since December. | The reasons for the renewed interest stem from a new music player, which was launched in December...
Bangladesh group hacks BSF website to ‘avenge border killings’ The Times Of India SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetA group of Bangladeshi hackers have breached thousands of Indian websites, including that of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Trinamool Congress. AGARTALA: A group of Bangladeshi hackers have breached thousands of Ind...
Brand Boss: Tadato Kimura, General Manager - Marketing of Sony India The Times Of India Education: | Law Graduate, Kyoto University, Japan 1996 | One thing that the B-school education taught you: | Society is at the heart of human existence is wellknown to all and the most important thing that I learnt at the University is the importanc...
Centerra says Kyrgyz strike hits output Mining Weekly | MOSCOW - Toronto-listed Centerra Gold said on Tuesday the ongoing strike at its Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan, the country's largest, had impacted output. | "The Kumtor operation is currently suspended except for a minimal amount of mining to ...
Lake site for airport Canberra Times LAKE SITE FOR AIRPORT | David Edmunds says the need for a second airport for Canberra is strong and growing (''Second airfield for Canberra is no flight of fancy'', February 14, p13). After all, the proposed substantially increased use of the one we ...
A new Web experience, for the visually impaired Mumbai Mirror | Mumbai Mirror Bureau Tweet Rate me.... | Share Share Share Share | Posted On Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 02:58:24 AM | Rakesh Babu demonstrates how a blind person uses the Internet. He runs his mouse across the pad, and a screen reader rapidly ...
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Facebook Is Killing Friendships and Causing Fist Fights Gizmodo Sam Biddle - | We usually think of Facebook as a place to either keep in touch with real friends or cryogenically freeze old and artificial ones that wouldn’t otherwise...
Venezuela primary to set up Capriles-Chavez showdown The Star | CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition supporters vote on Sunday in a primary likely to anoint youthful governor Henrique Capriles as the candidate to face socialist President...
Time to make security guards secure Hong Kong Standard Last month a 57-year-old security guard was chopped to death at the housing estate where he worked. The suspect, who is a resident of the estate, is believed to be mentally ill. | //--> Tuesday, February 14, 2012 | ADVERTISEMENT | Last month a 57-yea...
No contracts for no-w Hong Kong Standard In view of the controversy over the right of abode for maids and the pending appeals, I suggest that the authorities immediately stop approving new contracts and stop renewing old ones until the situation is finally resolved. | //--> Wednesday, Febru...
Incendiary insults ... Hong Kong Standard More yapping and snapping is certain before the dogs unleashed in the Hong Kong-versus-Mainland war of words are brought to heel and common sense and courtesy are restored to the "one country, two systems" deal that's supposed to rule our lives. | //...
Facebook: a timeline of the social network The Daily Telegraph How a dorm-room idea at Harvard turned into a social network with 800 million members. | Mark Zuckerberg, who launched Facebook at Harvard in 2004 Photo: Getty tag --> | 8:00AM GMT 01 Feb 2012 | Comments | Early 2003: Adam D'Angelo, a student at Harvard University, creates a service called Buddy Zoo, which allows users to upload lists of their...
US Incentive Fund to boost Arab democracy Middle East Online | WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama's administration on Monday requested a fund of nearly $800 million to boost political and other reforms in Arab countries undergoing pro-democracy revolutions. | The new fund is part of $51.6 billion requested for the State Department and US Agency for International Development in 2013, which amounts to arou...
