VIDEO: N Korea 'readies rocket force' |
- VIDEO: N Korea 'readies rocket force'
- Google Translate goes offline for Android
- Google retracts a number of Glass invitations
- Gesture control armband hits 25,000 sales in one month
- Flipboard 2.0 lets everyone be an editor
- Temple Run and other top apps come to Windows Phone
- Chromebook Pixel LTE to launch on April 8
- Canadian judge jails juror over tardiness
- Golf and BBQ lobbyists behind US hour change
- India's Jet Airways says sorry for pet cat's death
- A good government is all we want
- VIDEO: The Bible hooks US TV audiences
- Sabah immigration director appointed ESSCOM chief
- Mandela ‘responding positively’ to treatment
- Japan talent show reject, 70, rings in bomb threat
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- Philippines marks Easter with bloody mock crucifixions
- Taiwan president sorry over confidant's graft case
- Cambodia court rules Pol Pot's deputy fit for trial
- How Sesame Street tones down for Afghanistan
VIDEO: N Korea 'readies rocket force' Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:23 AM PDT North Korea says it has put missile units on stand-by to attack US targets in response to US stealth bomber flights over the Korean peninsula. |
Google Translate goes offline for Android Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:15 AM PDT Google's latest update to Google Translate for its Android OS, out this week, supports offline translation, helping travelers out of tight spots or even just when ordering in restaurants -- regardless of whether or not they have an internet connection. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Google retracts a number of Glass invitations Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:13 AM PDT Google has found itself in the position of having to reject some Google Glass Explore competition entries previously announced as winners. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Gesture control armband hits 25,000 sales in one month Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:11 AM PDT Overwhelming interest in an armband launched last month signals that consumers are ready to embrace gesture commands. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Flipboard 2.0 lets everyone be an editor Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:09 AM PDT Flipboard 2.0, the latest version of the popular news aggregation, digital magazine application, gives the app a makeover that lets each user become the editor of their own magazine. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Temple Run and other top apps come to Windows Phone Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:07 AM PDT The hit Android and iOS action adventure application Temple Run is now available for Windows Phone, Microsoft announced this week. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Chromebook Pixel LTE to launch on April 8 Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:05 AM PDT Google has confirmed that its premium notebook will officially go on sale in the US next month and that owners will be tied to Verizon's network. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Canadian judge jails juror over tardiness Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:01 AM PDT A Canadian judge jailed a tardy juror for delaying a rape trial this week, media reported on Thursday. |
Golf and BBQ lobbyists behind US hour change Posted: 29 Mar 2013 12:00 AM PDT Europeans will lose an hour of sleep this Sunday, something most Americans did three weeks ago. And in the fall they'll get it back a week before their US counterparts. |
India's Jet Airways says sorry for pet cat's death Posted: 28 Mar 2013 11:59 PM PDT India's Jet Airways has voiced "sincere regret" and offered a lengthy public apology to the owner of a pet cat that was run over before boarding a flight from New Delhi to Singapore. |
A good government is all we want Posted: 28 Mar 2013 11:56 PM PDT Has our democracy progressed or retrogressed after the 2008 general election? Do we miss the old strong government more or prefer the mutual checks and balances over the past five years? These are questions that must be pondered over before we cast our votes in the next general election. |
VIDEO: The Bible hooks US TV audiences Posted: 28 Mar 2013 11:46 PM PDT Millions of Americans are expected to tune in to The History Channel on Sunday for the culmination of one of the year's surprise cable TV hits: a five part dramatisation of The Bible. |
Sabah immigration director appointed ESSCOM chief Posted: 28 Mar 2013 11:48 PM PDT Sabah Immigration Director Datuk Mohammad Mentek has been appointed director of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) effective April 1. |
Mandela ‘responding positively’ to treatment Posted: 28 Mar 2013 09:58 PM PDT JOHANNESBURG, March 29 — Former South African President Nelson Mandela is "responding positively" to treatment for a recurring lung infection after being admitted to hospital overnight, the government said yesterday. "He remains under treatment and observation in hospital," it added in a statement, without giving further details about the health ... |
Japan talent show reject, 70, rings in bomb threat Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:51 PM PDT A 70-year-old Japanese man was so enraged at being rejected by a TV talent show that he allegedly threatened to blow up the programme's broadcaster, police said Friday. |
Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:38 PM PDT Some 100 members of animal protection group L214 carry dead rabbits on Trocadero Plaza in Paris to protest against poor conditions at industrial rabbit farms, such as excessive use of antibiotics and medicines. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Philippines marks Easter with bloody mock crucifixions Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:38 PM PDT Catholic zealots in the Philippines re-enacted the last hours of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, whipping their backs and nailing themselves to crosses in a grisly Easter ritual that persists despite Church disapproval. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
Taiwan president sorry over confidant's graft case Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:26 PM PDT Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou apologised Friday after one of his confidants was implicated in a corruption scandal, just months after another friend resigned from the cabinet amid bribery accusations. |
Cambodia court rules Pol Pot's deputy fit for trial Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:25 PM PDT Cambodia's war crimes court ruled Friday that Pol Pot's former deputy Nuon Chea was fit to continue standing trial after the death of a co-defendant renewed fears that the elderly accused may not live to see verdicts. |
How Sesame Street tones down for Afghanistan Posted: 28 Mar 2013 10:25 PM PDT Indian and Afghan producers of children's TV favourite "Sesame Street" are brainstorming in a New Delhi office, swapping tips on how to make Big Bird and his fluffy pals palatable to local viewers. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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