General Motors, US largest automaker, posted a net loss of $3.3 billion, or $5.74 per share on Wednesday for first quarter. This is much wider than the $42 million, or 7 cents a share, loss from continuing operations it reported in the same period last year. According to GM it is due to struggles at […]
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General Motors posts big loss of $3.3 billion in first quarter
April 30th, 2008 by Kiyani
Windows XP SP3 delayed by Microsoft
April 30th, 2008 by Kiyani
Microsoft said late yesterday it was suspending mass download of the long-awaited service pack while it investigates the problem between its point-of-sale app – Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) – and both XP SP3 and Vista SP1.
This is not the first time that XP SP3 has been delayed.
Proposed ammendments to Canadian immigration system
April 30th, 2008 by Kiyani
On March 14, the Government of Canada proposed changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. These will have far reaching effect on the immigration system and every one who are planning to come to Canada must read.
The purpose of this article is to discuss the nature of changes and how they will affect the […]
Your email address can reveal your personality
April 29th, 2008 by Kiyani
How extroverted is smartboy80@hotmail.com?
Researchers in Germany have shown that your email address can reveal your personality. So next time you pick an email, think twice!
Research was done at the University of Leipzig in Germany where they found that an email address may speak volumes about the character of the person who created the unique online […]
Microsoft vs Yahoo - Hostile take over explained
April 29th, 2008 by Kiyani
I am sure most of us have been following this recent event of Microsoft planning to purchase Yahoo. News is all over that Microsoft may go hostile against Yahoo. In this case the company or more specifically its board of directors doesn’t want to be purchased but buyer company can do it. I will explain […]
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GTA IV suffering from freezing problem on PS3
April 29th, 2008 by Kiyani
Grand Theft Auto IV which was released yesterday is reported to be suffering from freezing problem on PlayStation 3. Although scale of the problem is not much and only few users have reported it but in coming days as the sales will increase, the problem may also increase.
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Spam turns 30 - unhappy birthday
April 29th, 2008 by Kiyani
On 3rd May 2008, spam will turn 30!
The first unwanted email message inviting (all) 393 Arpanet users to a product presentation by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) was sent on May 03, 1978.
Ah, can you believe that? It’s so interesting yet hateful.
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Diamondbacks beat Astros 5-3; Major League Baseball
April 29th, 2008 by Kiyani
ARIZONA - Diamondbacks beat Astros 5-3 thanks to Dan Haren who played brilliantly with bat. Haren (4-1) shined for 7 2/3 innings, allowing a total of seven baserunners, five of them in the fifth inning, as Arizona ran its Majors-best home record to 10-2 in front of 19,868 in Chase Field.
Google announces PageRank for images, VisualRank
April 28th, 2008 by Kiyani
Last week, at the International World Wide Web Conference in Beijing, two Google-affiliated researchers presented a paper called “PageRank for Product Image Search,” trumpeting a fledging algorithm that overhauls the primitive text-based methods used by the company’s current image search technologies.
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Islamic country names Jewish woman as ambassador to USA
April 28th, 2008 by Kiyani
Bahrain is nominating a Jewish woman named Huda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo as its ambassador to the United States, according to official hand out.
She is Bahrain’s nominee for the post and this is of course very good news for Bahrain’s deep rooted values of tolerance and openness.
Faisal Fouladh, a Shura Council representative said.
