A patent application for software that lets users control computers and phones using swipes of their fingers has been filed by Apple Inc., maker of the iPhone and iPod Touch media player.
The users would be able to insert spaces, line breaks and uppercase characters by swiping the screen rather than pressing keys via the Apple's system.
The family of the UP PWD engineer, killed by workers of the BSP for refusing to give donation for the Chief Minister Mayawati's birthday, refused the compensation from the government.
Manoj Gupta was beaten to death by the BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari when he refused to give donation for Chief Minister Mayawati's birthday.
Tiwari was arrested for the killing and has been charged under the National Security Act (NSA) and Gangster Act. The post mortem report of the engineer showed two head injuries, wounds all over his body and fractures in one arm and both legs. Probe by CBI is being continuously demanded by the family of the victim despite Mayawati's refusal.
Meanwhile the political unrest over the killing continues.
On Friday, the honorable Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met the chiefs of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, who briefed him on the country's defence preparedness.
Other than this, the pay and service conditions in the armed forces against the backdrop of dissatisfaction over the Pay Commission's recommendations were also discussed by the services chiefs.
It seems that the unfortunate scene of economic slowdown may never end. It has been learnt now that the year 2008 is being made longer by the world's timekeepers, as they add a leap second to the last day of the year.
The Earth too is slowing down along with the economy, and it has persuaded the timekeepers to add an extra second to their atomic clocks to keep in sync with the Earth's slightly slowing rotation. So this means that on December 31st 2008, an extra second will be tacked on after 5:59:59 p. m. and before 6 p. m. Central Standard Time.
The extra second will actually make 2008, that already had an extra day on Feb. 29, the longest year since 1992.
It was reported just a few days back that a Sony Vaio laptop would soon hit the PC market. The details of the new netbook, apparently called Sony P series netbook were accidentally released by the company on its SonyStyle site, after it released the countdown page.
It has been learnt that the netbook has a meaningful name where 'P' stands for Pocket. It can be guessed from here that the netbook might fit into your pocket. It has been further leart that users would be able to avail this net book in three colors, namely crimson red, champagne gold and black silk.
A patent application for software that lets users control computers and phones using swipes of their fingers has been filed by Apple Inc., maker of the iPhone and iPod Touch media player.
On Friday, the honorable Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met the chiefs of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, who briefed him on the country's defence preparedness.
Bollywood’s naughty hottie Salman Khan turned 43 on December 27, 2008. 
It was reported just a few days back that a Sony Vaio laptop would soon hit the PC market. The details of the new netbook, apparently called Sony P series netbook were accidentally released by the company on its SonyStyle site, after it released the countdown page.
