SPAD to begin study on Penang transportation development plan

SPAD to begin study on Penang transportation development plan


SPAD to begin study on Penang transportation development plan

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:31 AM PST

The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) will begin the study on providing a development plan for public transport system in Penang.

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VIDEO: Eddie the arthritic otter shoots hoops

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:02 AM PST

Eddie the otter is 15 years old and suffers from arthritis in his elbow so his keeper has come up with a novel way for him to improve movement in his joints - basketball.

The HSR spin-off

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:04 AM PST

A piece of business news caught my attention several days ago: Air France to launch direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to Paris.

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Pistorius lead detective faces attempted murder charges

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:58 PM PST

The lead detective in the murder case against Oscar Pistorius is himself facing attempted murder charges, police announced on Thursday, dealing a further blow to the prosecution's case against the star sprinter.

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Sony bills PS4 console as gaming's future

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:52 PM PST

Sony unveiled a new generation PlayStation 4 system Wednesday and laid out its vision for the "future of gaming" in a world rich with mobile gadgets and play streamed from the Internet cloud.

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HTC One a true Android flagship

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:41 PM PST

HTC may have struck gold with its new flagship handset, the HTC One.

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Energy consumption to surge in APEC countries

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:38 PM PST

Energy consumption is expected to surge in APEC member countries by 2035, whilst efficiency will emerge and sustainability diverge, according to the APEC Energy Demand and Supply Outlook report.

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Google has cut Gmail spam by 99.7% since 2011

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:36 PM PST

Google claims that less than 1 percent of spam messages make it into Gmail users' inboxes and that over the last two years, improvements to its security systems have taken the fight to the spammers, but notes that users also need to improve their own approaches to online security by adopting two-factor verification.

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Developers find "80 new uses" for Google Glasses in first Glass Foundry events

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:31 PM PST

Though what actually went on at the search giant's first official developers' events in San Francisco and New York remain a closely guarded secret, Google has published some information and a number of photos from the events held a few weeks ago.

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EU wants Cambodia to pay more for Khmer Rouge crimes court

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:14 PM PST

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The European Union is calling on Cambodia to come up with more cash for a Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal, where resignations have slowed proceedings and some staff are threatening to strike after going for more than two months without pay.


Scientists' iPhone case could electrify mobile gaming

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:28 PM PST

While rumbling gamepads and vibrating steering wheels have been standard equipment since the 1990s, they haven't been able to have quite the same impact on mobile gaming -- power consumption problems see to that -- but a team based in Germany might be about to change all that.

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Australia teens fuel 'Harlem Shake' dance craze

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:26 PM PST

A group of Australian teenagers have sparked a Gangnam Style-like viral dance craze called the "Harlem Shake", with their pelvis-thrusting moves inspiring tens of thousands of Internet copycat clips.

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Pre-pregnancy folic acid linked to lower autism risk

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:23 PM PST

Children born to women who started taking folic acid supplements four to eight weeks before pregnancy appear to be at a lower risk of autism, a study showed Tuesday.

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Air India pilot's rap rant lands him in hot water

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:21 PM PST

An Air India pilot faces the wrath of his bosses after appearing in a YouTube video rapping about bad pay, ageing female flight attendants and cancelled flights at the airline.

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Indonesia district chief sacked over texted divorce

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:20 PM PST

Indonesia's president on Wednesday sacked a district chief who took an 18-year-old as his second wife but divorced her after four days via text message, accusing her of not being a virgin.

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US Postal Service to launch fashion line

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:19 PM PST

The US Postal Service is looking to fashion as it struggles financially.

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From bullet train to high-speed rail link

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:18 PM PST

The most realistic problem is, how should the high-speed rail fare prices be set amidst the competition from increasingly popular low-cost airlines?

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Tiny Texas community thrust into U.S.-Russian adoption debate

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 10:54 PM PST

GARDENDALE, Texas (Reuters) - The sand-coloured brick house with a red roof sits off a gravel road surrounded by farmland and oil fields in a tiny west Texas community thrust into a raging international debate over the death of a boy adopted from Russia.

VIDEO: Console absent from Sony PS4 launch

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:00 PM PST

The electronics giant Sony has unveiled its brand new gaming console, the PlayStation 4, in New York.

Japan’s Abe seeks to show off alliance, get Obama nod on Abenomics

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:04 PM PST

TOKYO, Feb 21 — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be seeking to put a strong US-Japan alliance on full display in the face of potential threats from a nuclear North Korea and an assertive China when he meets US President Barack Obama tomorrow. Abe, who has kept his ratings high since taking office in December, also needs Obama's signoff on ...


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