Zeenews Bureau Washington: The US State Department may designate Nigeria’s militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, as a “foreign terrorist organisation”, a news agency said on Friday. Citing a document, the agency said Assistant Attorney General for National Security Lisa Monaco sent a letter to State…
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling When the White House refused to offer an explanation as to why U.S. air strikes in Afghanistan killed six innocent civilians, not to mention dozens of other air bombardment campaigns that have also caused the deaths of many other innocent people, it evoked Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s profound words regarding the U.S.-Vietnam War: “A Time comes when silence is betrayal.” The year was 1967 and Dr. King had started to publicly declare that in order to save the soul of America, in order to get on the right side of the world revolution, that the U.S. must undergo a radical revolution of values. While calling on the madness of war to cease, he…
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Despite there being so many smartphones nowadays, finding cases for certain handsets can be tricky — unless you’re toting the likes of an iPhone or the latest Android flagship device, that is. Keeping that in mind, Sony has good news for Xperia owners, as it’s officially announced a partnership program to bring more case options for its phones to market. According to Sony, 10 companies are currently onboard, including the likes of Case-Mate and Incipio, and some will be announcing what’ll be on offer before the month’s out. There’s no word regarding designs or prices just yet, but here’s hoping that Case-Mate brings its cuddly Creature cases into the fray — especially the Waddler.
Sony helps you ‘personalize’ your Xperia further, announces case maker partnerships originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 May 2012 04:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It may still be some time before you can take Google’s ambitious wearable computing project for a spin, but there’s certainly no shortage of head-mounted displays out there for those looking to blaze a trail of their own. You can now add Silicon Micro Display’s new ST1080 glasses to that list, a full 1080p display that will handle both 2D and 3D content (in a variety of formats), and also allow you to see through the glasses for augmented reality applications (albeit with just 10 percent transparency). As with most such glasses, however, you won’t get head-tracking capabilities, and you’ll have a couple of tethers to contend with (HDMI for video and USB for power, including via an optional battery pack). Those not put off by those constraints or the whole visor look can place their order now for $799.
Silicon Micro Display rolls out $799 ST1080 wearable display originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 May 2012 03:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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AFP – UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan on Tuesday urged Syria to stop delaying UN access to more than one million Syrians in need of assistance. The United Nations has been negotiating with President Bashar al-Assad’s government since March and the UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said…
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Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and using child soldiers. A report released on Wednesday by the London-based rights group said government soldiers had also carried out extrajudicial killings, branding the crisis Mali’s worst human rights situation in 50 years. Tuaregs fighting for the separatist Azawad Liberation Movement (MNLA) and other groups have seized control of much of the north of the country since a military coup in Bamako in March. “After two decades of relative stability and peace, Mali is now facing its worst crisis since independence in 1960,”…
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It’s been nearly a month since we saw the Roku 2 and LT get hit with some performance-boosting updates, and now the pair’s about to be on the receiving end of some additional enhancements. Version 4.7 — which is also coming to that new Roku HD — brings with it a slew of improvements, including refined stability for the aforementioned player and a sharpened device discovery method on the company’s Android / iOS applications. Inside v4.7, Roku’s also added support for channels using Microsoft Smooth Streaming as well as other improvements to help with launch of “several new partner channels” later this year. The refresh is set to arrive automatically over the next 48 hours, though you could always grab it manually by hitting the Software Update menu on your tiny box.
New Roku HD, 2 and LT updated to version 4.7, slew of ‘under the hood’ improvements in tow originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 May 2012 03:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Japanese mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo, is making a play at the Italian firm Buongiorno, a mobile content provider that boasts two billion customers across 57 countries. The €224 million offer must still be approved by Italian regulators, and would reflect a purchase price of €2 per share for the entirety of Buongiorno’s outstanding stock. For its part, NTT DoCoMo hopes the buyout will help bolster its reach outside the home country of Japan, although the purchase is a bit of a gamble just the same. As it stands, Buongiorno’s annual operating profit hovers in the neighborhood of €7 million, which means DoCoMo may be in for a bit of a wait before this deal bears fruit. You’ll find the nitty gritty details in the PR after the break.
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NTT DoCoMo hopes to expand content game with Buongiorno buyout originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 May 2012 03:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Shyamnagar, May 14: Claiming that the UPA government has not done anything to control unprecedented price rise of essential commodities, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Sunday said the Left parties would meet in New Delhi on May 23 to chalk out protest programmes. “The country has seen the highest rise in the prices of essential goods during this UPA government’s tenure,” Karat said at a public meeting…
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By CricketCountry Staff Jaipur: May 14, 2012 Rajasthan Royals’ off-spinner Ajit Chandila says that his match winning four-wicket haul against Pune Warriors India was his best performance so far in cricket. Talking about his hat-trick ball that he bowled to Robin Utthappa, Chandila said, “I have taken a hat-trick before in Twenty20 cricket. So the only thing I was thinking about was to bowl my best ball. Robin Uthappa…
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