Polar releases stride-tracking gadget for runners

Polar releases stride-tracking gadget for runners

Polar releases stride-tracking gadget for runners

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:34 AM PDT

Runners now have a new device to help them geek out over training stats -- maker of Bluetooth fitness gadgets Polar has launched a Bluetooth Smart running sensor that attaches to your shoe to capture detailed data while you run.

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Bombs hit Baghdad districts, at least 10 dead

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:31 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb and several roadside blasts exploded in Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim neighbourhoods across Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 10 people in the latest in more than a month-long surge in attacks, police and hospital sources said.

YouTube adds slow motion to video editing options

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:32 AM PDT

Video sharing site YouTube has announced the launch of a new editing tool that enables users to add slow motion effects to their videos.

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HTC One Google handset will be a limited edition

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:30 AM PDT

Taiwanese phone-maker HTC is expected to limit its run of pure Android handsets to just 50,000 examples.

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Perodua cautiously optimistic of achieving sale target

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:29 AM PDT

Perodua is cautiously optimistic of achieving this year's target to sell 194,000 cars, up three per cent from last year's 189,000 cars, if the current momentum continues and no major challenges surface.

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Apple chief sees computers on wrists - not in glasses

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:29 AM PDT

Apple chief Tim Cook on Tuesday said he sees promise in computers shrunk down and worn like watches or other accessories, but drew the line at Internet-linked eyewear such as Google Glass.

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Pelican super camera may be coming to Lumia phones

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:26 AM PDT

Nokia hints that Pelican Imaging's 16-lens super cameras will be coming to the next generation of Lumia smartphones.

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Bland wants to hook up with Dull and Boring

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:22 AM PDT

Fed up with people ridiculing its name, Bland Shire in Australia wants to cash in on it by hooking up with Dull in Scotland and the American town of Boring.

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Australian prime minister dodges another sandwich

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:22 AM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was forced to dodge a flying sandwich for the second time this month Thursday when someone's salami lunch was flung at her during a school visit.

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Oops! Miss Universe Canada crowns wrong winner

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:21 AM PDT

Losing is never easy, but for one unlucky contestant in Canada's Miss Universe competition the bad news came 24 hours later -- after she'd been crowned the winner.

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Mexican city's digital TV switch causes uproar

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:20 AM PDT

Mexicans love their televisions and telenovelas, so when thousands of TVs went blank after the city of Tijuana switched from analog to digital broadcasting, some people got off their couches to protest.

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Mexican climber sets Everest record with double summit

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:19 AM PDT

A veteran Mexican climber was confirmed on Thursday as the first person to climb Everest from both sides of the mountain in the same season.

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Moving on

Posted: 30 May 2013 12:17 AM PDT

For ordinary people, the ideal society is actually very simple, that is, a society with little corruption (as it is impossible to have no corruption at all), more fairness (as it is impossible to be absolutely fair) and more freedom (as it is impossible to have unrestrained freedom).

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VIDEO: Female and funny: Indian comedienne

Posted: 29 May 2013 06:40 PM PDT

BBC News speaks to one trailblazing Indian woman, who has broken into the traditionally male-dominated world of stand-up comedy.

Singapore defends Internet licencing rules

Posted: 29 May 2013 11:26 PM PDT

Singapore's media regulator on Thursday sought to allay fears that a controversial new rule requiring news websites to obtain licences was aimed at stifling Internet freedom.

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Do traditional, social media need further regulation?

Posted: 29 May 2013 11:22 PM PDT

With the proliferation of information in both the traditional and social media, debates often take place on how much the authorities should regulate, how much leeway citizen journalists should enjoy and what professional media practitioners should do to safeguard their turf.

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Australian mother takes son's police shooting to UN

Posted: 29 May 2013 11:17 PM PDT

An Australian woman whose 15-year-old son was shot five times by police who were cleared of wrongdoing took her case to the United Nations Thursday, saying they "didn't even ask him his name".

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TM records better Q1 revenue

Posted: 29 May 2013 10:52 PM PDT

Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) posted a better revenue of RM2.424 billion for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 from RM2.383 billion recorded in the same quarter last year.

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Assad says Syria has received Russian missile shipment - Lebanese media

Posted: 29 May 2013 11:52 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria has already received the first shipment of an advanced Russian air defence system and will soon get the rest of the S-300 missiles, President Bashar al-Assad was quoted as saying on Thursday.

VIDEO: France sells off presidential wine

Posted: 29 May 2013 10:44 PM PDT

The French presidency is to auction off part of its famous wine cellar for the first time.

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