Research In Motion to offer free apps for outage

Research In Motion to offer free apps for outage:

Trying to make amends for massive outages last week, Research In Motion is giving customers some free premium apps and a month of technical support.

The Canadian company says that the apps, worth more than $100, will be made available over the coming weeks on BlackBerry(at) App World. They include iSpeech Translator, Bejeweled and Texas Hold'em Poker 2. The offer runs until the end of the year.

Custom Motorcycle for Playboy's Tron Photo Shoot

Custom Motorcycle for Playboy's Tron Photo Shoot


Mark Parker of Parker Brothers creates unique motorcycles. He created a custom motorcycle used in Playboy's sexy neon Tron photo shoot.

Bad news for corrupt traffic cops

Bad news for corrupt traffic cops:

The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has said it is not afraid of tackling corruption, even if it means arresting its own. A national traffic police officer and a motorist were arrested for bribery and corruption in Pretoria East on Saturday.

200 passengers stranded for nine hours in Air India jet, deboarded at Gatwick airport http://t.co/bwGBb5Ot

200 passengers stranded for nine hours in Air India jet, deboarded at Gatwick airport http:

200 passengers stranded for nine hours in Air India jet, deboarded at Gatwick airport http://t.co/bwGBb5Ot

‘SA is losing its moral compass’

‘SA is losing its moral compass’:

The Congress of South African Trade Unions General-Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi on Monday said Cooperative Governance Minister Sicelo Shiceka’s refusal to resign shows how far South Africa has gone......

Scientists reveal how superbug turns killer

Scientists reveal how superbug turns killer:

Sydney, Oct 17 (IANS) Researchers have revealed how a common hospital pathogen turns into a deadly superbug, killing more and more patients worldwide.
A mutation in the Clostridium difficile causes potentially dangerous diarrhoea among indoor patients undergoing antibiotic therapy, according to Dena Lyras and Glen Carter from the Monash University School of Biomedical Sciences, [...]

Google teams up with the Citizens Advice Bureau to promote online safety

Google teams up with the Citizens Advice Bureau to promote online safety:

"Google has teamed up with the Citizens Advice Bureau in the UK to launch a new initiative that will see the search giant and the independent charity launch a adverts in newspapers, on public transport and online to promote safer Internet use and help users adopt safer practices when online, The Telegraph reports.

The campaign is the first of its kind for Google, which sees the company promote something other than one of its products, but will concentrate on safe password adoption, logging out of web browsing sessions on public computers and increasing only safety by incorporating more elaborate ways to sign-in to an account, to ward of potential attackers.

Google has called its collaborative campaign “Good To Know”, making sure to write its tutorials in “in clear language” and featuring “practical examples to illustrate complex security and privacy issues”. Whilst Google will fund a range of advert across various mediums, it has also made a Good To Know website available at google.co.uk/goodtoknow."

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