The ruling party in India has pressured its home minister Shivraj Patil to resign following the biggest terror attack in Mumbai on 26 November. Patil and a bureaucrat AK Narayanan the National Securities Advisor, both submitted their resignations.  After each of numerous previous attacks, the Union home minister would go on the defensive while explaining his position on the lapses that allowed the attacks to take place. Each time he would do little more than saying that there was desperate need to set up a federal investigating agency.
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Popular radio show ‘The Infinite Mind’ is expected to be off the air indefinitely starting next week. The National Public Radio announcement follows discovery that its host Dr Frederick Goodwin was paid by drug companies to talk about their products. From GlaxoSmithKline alone Dr Goodwin had received more than $329,000 to talk about their anti-depressant Lamictal, on his show as well as in promotional lectures.
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A young cardiac patient in Miami lived for close to four months without a heart. The patient survived with the help of a device that functioned as her heart pumping blood and keeping her alive.
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As many as 110 banks have requested the US Treasury Department’s rescue fund for $170 billion to bail them out of financial crisis. The Treasury has set aside $250 billion to purchase stock in banks as a rescue measure.
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Effective November 11, 2008, you may curse fewer times, perhaps you’ll even grind your teeth less as you open your mailbox. Of course, that depends on which side of the spamming fence you’re on. The virulent population of spammers has been reduced by more than two thirds with the shutting down Tuesday of Internet hosting site McColo Corp.
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A Los Angeles court dismissed a case against ‘Matrix’ star Keanu Reeves today. The civil lawsuit was brought by photographer Alison Silva who claimed that Reeves knocked him down with his car resulting in wrist injuries in March 2007 and consequent loss of earnings.
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Around the world, PC buyers have different needs and expectations. Manufacturers continually try to develop products that match customer preferences but in the arena for PDAs and mini-laptops, they have come up with a monster of a puzzle.
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Computer-makers Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo and Acer have decided to recall the Sony battery in their laptop models sold around the world. This is the second time in this decade that the electronics giant has had to recall its batteries. The battery in question is the 2.15 Ah lithium ion cell powering laptops made by the five PC makers. The batteries were found to cause overheating with some incidences where smoke and flame were observed. In some cases users had suffered burn injuries and “minor property damage”.
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Tintin fans could soon see their favorite comic-book character come to life on the big screen, courtesy Spielberg and company. The influential film-maker has teamed up with Peter Jackson to plan a trilogy of films on the globe-trotting reporter and his adventures.  Studios being approached for the required finance and production are Sony Pictures and Paramount Pictures.
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