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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Do you think spam is a big problem on Facebook?

Sanford Wallace is accused of compromisign about 500,000 Facebook accounts between November 2008 and March 2009 by sending massive amounts of unwanted ads.

Sanford Wallace is accused of compromising about 500,000 Facebook accounts between November 2008 and March 2009 by sending massive amounts of unwanted ads. (Dan Loh/ Associated Press)

Wallace now faces the possibility of more than 40 years in jail in addition to a fine of $2 million US.

A judge banned him from using social networking sites in 2009, but authorities say he has violated that ban.

The indictment filed in San Jose federal court said Wallace compromised about 500,000 Facebook accounts by sending "phishing" messages that tricked users of the social networking site into providing their passwords.

clip image002 MSI launches sub 15K Android tablets in India

MSI has launched two sub-15K Android tablets in India today including the world’s lightest tablet‘Enjoy 7’. Other tablet to debut in Indian market is Enjoy 10 and both of them are available for purchase starting today from MSI India website and retail stores.

Powered by Gingerbread, MSI has priced Enjoy 10 & 7 quite attractively in Indian market. The Enjoy 10 will be sold for just INR 14,999, while the smaller Enjoy 7 will go for INR 13,999 – not bad fortablets coming with 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex A8 processors.

New Delhi: Chinese hackers may be using websites similar to those of 19 high courts in the country to spread computer virus which can convert the user's system into a virtual zombie, a security expert has claimed before the CBI.

Commander (Retd.) Mukesh Saini, former naval officer who is a cyber security consultant, brought the nefarious designs of these alleged hackers to the notice of Cybercrime wing of the CBI recently, which is looking into it.

Chinese hackers spreading virus through HC replica websites?

NEW DELHI: Chinese hackers may be using websites similar to those of 19 high courts in the country to spread computer virus which can convert the user's system into a virtual zombie, a security expert has claimed before the CBI.

Commander (Retd.) Mukesh Saini, former naval officer who is a cyber security consultant, brought the nefarious designs of these alleged hackers to the notice of Cybercrime wing of the CBI recently, which is looking into it.

Charles Darwin theorized how primates evolved. Charlton Heston played one in the original "Planet of the Apes." On Friday, the evolution of apes and movie-making will be showcased in "Rise of Planet of the Apes," the latest installment in one of the most profitable and longstanding franchises in Hollywood history.

Students pay tribute to Western classical maestros

Their nimble fingers moving dexterously on the piano keyboard and their violins playing on the heart-strings, students of the Kolkata Chapter of the Trinity College of Music, London, rendered some of the choicest Western classical music compositions, to celebrate the centre's 125-year-long journey here on Saturday.

Vivek Express Gives Fascinating Glimpse into Swami Vivekananda's Life

Mangalore, Aug 5: Vivek Express, an exhibition train depicting the life and principles of Swami Vivekananda chugged into Mangalore Central Railway station on Friday August 5.
The train will be stationed here for three days from August 5 to Sunday August 7. The train exhibition is open to public between 10 am and 6 pm, free of cost.

MF Husain reaps posthumous ‘acceptance’ through a plethora of art shows

Celebrating Maqbool Fida Husain seems to have become rather trendy for the art community. Apart from a plethora of exhibitions dedicated to the late maverick, the printing press is running overtime to churn out books on him. These include Pradeep Chandra’s MF Husain: A Pictorial Tribute and Barefoot Across the Nation: Maqbool Fida Husain and the Idea of India, an anthology of essays by Yoda Press.

Punjab has the second highest number of drug addicts in India after Nagaland, state Congress chief Amarinder Singh said Friday, quoting a United Nations Development Project report.

As many as 73 percent of the adults are addicts, Singh said, with 62 per cent of them between the ages of 19 and 24. He was speaking on the topic, ‘Punjab of my Dreams’, at the Punjab Press Club’s Meet the Press programme.

Malaika Arora Khan at IIJW(PTI Photo).The fashion event, currently in its second edition, has actress Sonam Kapoor as its brand ambassador. It is a platform for Indian jewellery designers and design houses to showcase their creativity. But emerging, successful, as well as veteran Bollywood beauties sporting exquisite jewellery pieces have been stealing the show with their star power.

Man gets 7-year term for raping minor

NEW DELHI: A trial court has sentenced a 28-year-old man, father of three children, to a seven-year jail term for raping a minor girl and fathering her child with the false assurance that he would marry her.

After Yana Gupta nad Shamita Shetty, Bollywood actress Preeti Jhangiani has done the daring act.

The actress was recently spotted pantyless during the promotional event of ‘Sahi Dhande, Galat Bandheher’ her debut film as a producer with her husband Pravin Dabas.

Celebrating M. F. Husain

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MASTER’S WORK: An M. F. Husain work from his Horses series that features in the exhibition.

An exhibition to celebrate the great M. F. Husain

As a tribute to the internationally-renowned Indian artist M. F. Husain who passed away recently, Arushi Arts is hosting a five-day exhibition of contemporary art at Stainless Gallery here beginning August 8.

This year's ‘Harvest-2011', an annual project Arushi Arts has organised for over a decade, has been conceptualised in fond remembrance as the artist, who passed away on June 9 this year in London, had actively collaborated with the gallery in celebrating art.

Ajay Devgn is in a wildly experimental mood. Swinging from the hardcore mainstream Singham, he now goes into what is arguably the quirkiest film of his career. The film to be entitledThe Arab, The Camel & P Madhavan Nair is currently on the verge of completion in Priyadarshan's mother tongue Malayalam. The original stars the inimitable Mohanlal.

As the film neared completion, Priyadarshan felt Ajay Devgn was the only actor in Bollywood who could do justice to the part in Hindi.

Story: Based on the decade-old TV series 'Office Office,' 'Chala Mussaddi Office Office,' is the story of Mussadi Lal Tripathy (Pankaj Kapoor), who is a common man. The story revolves around Mussadi, who is a retired school master. Post his wife's death, he decides to go on a 'char dham yatra' with her ashes, but he only returns to realise that the pension office has declared him dead. This creates a new set of problems for him. In spite of many attempts to prove himself alive, he fails to get justice from the slow and corrupt administrative system. So, he decides to take law in his own hands. Will Mussaddi be able to get justice in the end, is the question, the flick aims to answer.

Vidya Balan apparently has decided to make use of her boyfriend Siddharth Roy Kapoor’s connections at UTV. Since he is the head honcho there, jealous actresses are talking about how she is canvassing for all the plum projects at UTV for herself. Apart from that she is really keen on doing an Anurag

Kashyap film, but sadly he isn’t too keen on casting her. The poor girl has dreams of working with the Khans too, but sources close to them say they too are not interested as they think she’s too much of a bahenji to match steps with them.
Top heroes might not be dreaming about working with her, but sources say this is not depressing Vidya one bit as she thinks her next film Dirty Picture will make everyone take notice of her.

Arbaaz Khan Ready for 'Dabangg-2'

Mumbai, Aug 7: Though Salman Khan is busy with several movies in hand, 'Dabangg' producer Arbaaz Khan said he was ready for 'Dabangg-2'. But the bad news is, Salman's fans will have to wait for at least another year-and-a-half to watch the sequel.
Arbaaz Khan knows that Salman is too busy shooting for the movies in hand. His immediate priority is 'Bodyguard', which is already making headlines even before the completion of its shooting.
"I am ready for 'Dabangg-2', but I have to wait for Salman's dates. I must respect him, being a superstar, it's not easy to devote time so easily," says Arbaaz.

Director: Nila Madhab Panda
Cast: Harsh Mayar, Gulshan Grover, Pitobash Tripathy, Hussan Saad
Release Date: 2011-08-05 12:00:00
Quick Take: Endearing and enriching

Director Nila Madhab Panda’s debut film I Am Kalam is charming. It’s a beautiful collage of heart-warming moments, sparkling performances and inspiring stories. The film proves that small can be beautiful.

What's Ram Gopal Varma's aag?

The enfant terrible of Bollywood moves with bodyguards who seem to have popped straight out of Satya, and likes to place a pillow on his lap when he chats. In an interview with Sunday MiDDAY, Ram Gopal Varma discusses why he chose to make a film on the Maria Susairaj case
It is the third day of Ramzan, and the 2 pm shoppers in the bylanes of Mohammed Ali Road are spilling onto the main street. In one such alley, squeezed between a rundown hotel whose kitchen has been shifted outside, and a makeshift stall of blue tarpaulin sheets, selling a variety of sweets, is Bismillah Hotel.

Lalu vows stir against Nitish govt

PATNA: RJD president Lalu Prasad has said that the NDA government's claims that Bihar is changing for the better is a gimmick.

"I would like to know what chief minister Nitish Kumar has done on his own and without the financial aids from the Centre," Lalu said while addressing a 'mahadharna', organized by the party at the JP roundabout near Gandhi Maidan on Saturday.

Lalu insists on special screening of `Aarakshan`

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Patna: Bollywood seems to have been clouded by unwanted interference from politicos. Earlier it was Ajay Devgn`s `Singham` that went under the scanner before its release and now Prakash Jha’s ambitious project `Arakshan` - starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Prateik and Deepika Padukone - that is facing the political music.

After being engulfed in a series of controversies in Mayawati’s Uttar Pradesh, `Aarakshan` is now under the subjugation of Bihar’s Lalu Prasad Yadav.

Ace actress Priyanka Chopra is following Madonna’s footsteps to reinvent her career as a singer. Madonna had started her career as an actress, but later on stepped into the world of music. Just like Madonna, Piggy Chops is also trying to start her musical innings after proving her acting prowess. She has gone ahead and signed a recording deal for her first International music album.

London, August 04 (ANI): A BBC journalist has claimed that he has seen a UFO when he was just outside the Hertfordshire village of Cottered, England.

Sports reporter Mike Sewell told how he "totally freaked out" the moment he saw the disc-shaped craft zoom in front of his car as he drove across the countryside in darkness at 4.15am.

Early Saturday morning and an Indian tabloid carried news that Rahul Dravid might be selected as part of the limited overs squad for the England series. I termed the story ridiculous while discussing it with a colleague, but then again taking into account what the selectors had done in the past, I didn’t put it past them.

Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) For the first time in history, credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded America's top notch credit rating, stripping the world's largest economy of its prized AAA status.

'We have lowered our long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States of America to 'AA+' from 'AAA,'' S&P said Friday in a stunning blow to the country, that has enjoyed the top rating for 70 years, and its political leadership.

The smartphone market in India is hot like never before. Nokia is losing its sheen and Samsung and Apple are racing ahead.

Consumers have a plethora of options to choose from. This may lead to a serious brainstorming session on their part. In case, you're planning to buy a smartphone, we've made life a little easier for you by complining a list of the top 5 smartphones to buy at present.

New Delhi, Aug 6 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who successfully underwent a surgery on August 4, has been moved out of the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital in the United States after remaining there for a day.

"Her family has expressed gratitude on her behalf for all the messages and good wishes that have been sent to her," NDTV quoted a statement issued by the Congress Party, as saying on Saturday.

From workouts to healthy diets, many of us make an effort to look after ourselves. However, we could be compromising our health on a daily basis without even knowing it. From carrying heavy handbags to wearing crippling heels, here are the top 10 female habits you should try to break.

women-health

Wearing heels

More and more of us are opting to wear heels on a daily basis, and this could be bad news for our health. High heels affect our posture, put pressure on joints, and can lead to a range of conditions including arthritis, hammer toes, back pain and tendon injuries – and that’s before you take into account any heel-related accidents! To minimize damage, limit your heels to 1.5 inches for daily wear, and wear insoles to help reduce the pressure on joints.

Bangalore, August 6 (Yahoo! Cricket): Former India captain Rahul Dravid was the surprise inclusion in India's 16-man squad for the one-off Twenty20 international and the five-match one-day international series that will follow the Test series against England.

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The Sourav Ganguly-led Indian team had opined that Dravid needed to push the envelope and contribute in two aspects of the game, as the team needed it dearly.

He was asked to don the wicket-keeping gloves so that India could play an extra batsman. Keeping wickets is a specialized job that demands both a specific skill-set and special physical fitness. Since it's impossible to acquire both overnight, Dravid went that extra yard, on and off the field.

Less than 12 hours after earning a shock recall to India’s ODI squad, Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from one-day and T20 cricket at the end of the England tour.

Dravid made the announcement after India’s practice game against Northamptonshire.

A Raja

New Delhi, July 26: A. Raja today urged court to make P. Chidambaram a witness in the 2G case, claiming the then finance minister had been aware of equity allocation by two telecom companies to foreign investors.

“Chidambaram should be made a witness in the case,” Sushil Kumar, Raja’s counsel, told special court judge .P. Saini, explaining that Chidambaram had told the Prime Minister in a meeting that equity sales by Swan and Unitech to foreign companies were legitimate.

In its first quarterly update since its sizzling IPO, online professional networking service LinkedIn Corp. reassured investors who have been buying into the hype surrounding a promising crop of Internet companies.

The second-quarter results announced Thursday injected some hope into a grim stock market and could feed the mounting excitement for upcoming initial public offering of stocks from other rising Internet stars such as online coupon Groupon Inc. and Web game maker Zynga Inc.

Are movie cameras a thing of the past? Yes, if Gulp, the world's largest stop motion animation is anything go by. It was shot using just three Nokia N8 phones.
We believe that's a heck of an achievement for a smartphone camera. If you needed real proof that the phone's 12-Megapixel sensor is the gold standard of portable photography, this is it.

Washington: The courtroom remarks of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have reportedly become popular cell phone ringtones in his native country.

The 83-year-old former president appeared at a special court in Cairo on Wednesday. He faced charges of corruption and the unlawful killing of over 850 protesters during the Tahrir Square revolution that forced him from power.

Mogadishu, Somalia: Somali government troops opened fire at hungry civilians on Friday, killing at least seven people, as both groups made a grab for the food at a U.N. distribution site in the capital of this famine-stricken country, witnesses said.

Witnesses accused the government soldiers for starting the chaos by trying to steal some of the 290 tons of dry rations as the aid workers tried to hand them out in the biggest camp in Mogadishu for famine refugees. Then refugees joined in the scramble, prompting some soldiers to open fire, they said.

Hawaii: A new lava flow has broken out at Kilauea, a volcano in Hawaii that has been continuously erupting for nearly three decades.

The lava flow is entirely within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and currently poses no hazard to residents.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said on Wednesday that lava broke out at 2:20 pm local time.

The location was less than half a mile from the Kamoamoa fissure that erupted in March.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

From workouts to healthy diets, many of us make an effort to look after ourselves. However, we could be compromising our health on a daily basis without even knowing it. From carrying heavy handbags to wearing crippling heels, here are the top 10 female habits you should try to break.

women-health

Wearing heels

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