Ron Palillo; played nerd on ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’

Ron Palillo, the actor best known as the nerdy high school student ­Arnold Horshack on the 1970s sitcom ‘‘Welcome Back, Kotter,’’ died Tuesday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was 63.

Mr. Palillo apparently suffered heart attack at his home about 4 a.m., said Karen Poindexter, a close friend of the actor. He was pronounced dead at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center.

Mr. Palillo was inextricably linked with the character he played from 1975 to 1979 on ‘‘Kotter,’’ the ABC situation comedy, in which the title character returns to his Brooklyn alma mater to teach a group of lovable wiseguys known as the Sweathogs. Horshack was the nasally teen who yelped, ‘‘Oooh, ooh,’’ and shot his hand skyward whenever Kotter posed a question.

The show was a ratings success and a pop cultural phenomenon, injecting smart-Alec phrases such as ‘‘up your nose with a rubber hose’’ into the mainstream and propelling costar John Travolta to stardom. But the series only lasted as long as a high school education and its end, for Mr. Palillo, brought difficulty.

He said he felt exiled throughout the 1980s, unable to find parts, sinking into depression, and rarely venturing from his apartment. When offers did come, he felt typecast as Horshack.

‘‘While I loved him — I really loved him — I didn’t want to do him forever,’’ he told the Birmingham News in 1994.

Ronald Paolillo was born April 2, 1949, in Cheshire, Conn., eventually dropping the first ‘‘o’’ from his surname. His father died of lung cancer when he was 10, and he developed a stutter. His mother thought getting him involved in a local theater might help.

He fell in love with the stage and overcame his speech imped­iment.

He attended the University of Connecticut and earned parts in Shakespearean productions before his big break.

When he auditioned for ‘‘Kotter,’’ he thought he would be passed over for others who had more of a tough-guy New York look. He said his dying father’s voice inspired his character’s trademark wheezing laugh, and he said Horshack tapped into feelings any teenager could relate to.

‘‘I think he was the smartest kid in school,’’ he told the Miami Herald in 2009. ‘‘He was giving up his aptitude in order to be liked. Then and now, that is a very common thing in teenagers.’’

Mr. Palillo went on to get a host of bit parts in shows from ‘‘The Love Boat’’ to ‘‘Cagney and Lacey’’ to ‘‘The A-Team,’’ and played himself for a time on the series ‘‘Ellen.’’ But ‘‘Kotter’’ remained his best-known acting part, and he focused on stage directing and writing.

His last act in life mirrored his most famous one, in a real-life classroom instead of one at the fictional James Buchanan High School. Mr. Palillo taught acting at G-Star School of the Arts, a high school in West Palm Beach. He was due to return for the school year Tuesday morning, Poindexter said, and classes were to resume next week.

Mr. Palillo leaves his partner of 41 years, Joseph Gramm; two brothers, and a sister. Poindexter said that while her friend might, at times, have resented the shadow Horshack cast over him, he remained fond of the character and knew the part was always more of a blessing than a curse.

He remained close to his costars, she said, and knew how closely fans related to the characters.

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Taylor Swift releases new breakup song from fourth album, 'Red'

The first volley has been fired in what will certainly be another meticulously mapped-out campaign to set up Taylor Swift’s fourth album, “Red,” due Oct. 22.
As she did ahead of her “Speak Now” album two years ago, the singer and songwriter unveiled the first single from the forthcoming collection by way of a live Web chat. On Monday, she introduced the first single, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” which quickly zoomed to the top of the iTunes Top Songs chart.
The track also immediately generated considerable speculation on who the target of the song might be after Swift said during the 25-minute Web chat that it was inspired by a real-life relationship. Her boyfriends in recent years have included singer Joe Jonas, actors Taylor Lautner and Jake Gyllenhaal and musician John Mayer, many of whom already have figured into her songs. She’s currently said to be dating Kennedy family member Conor Kennedy, and Swift recently bought a $5-million vacation home near the Kennedys’ Cape Cod compound.
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She elaborated on the song’s genesis on an interview she gave Tuesday morning on ABC-TV’s “Good Morning America.”
“This guy walks in who is a friend of my ex's and starts talking about how he's heard we're going to get back together,” she said on the show, referring to one of the sessions with her songwriting partners on the track, Max Martin and Shellback. “And that was not the case. So I start telling them the story: Break up, get back together, break up, get back together -- just, ugh, the worst! And I picked up the guitar and [Martin] said, 'This is what we're writing'."
Swift also told her live and video-chat audience that choosing the title for the album “was crazy,  because it was really simple. I wrote a song called ‘Red,’ and thinking about what that means to me and all the different emotions that are written about on this album, they’re all pretty much about tumultuous, crazy, insane, intense, semi-toxic relationships that I’ve experienced in the last two years.
“All those emotions -- spanning from intense love, intense frustration, jealousy, confusion all of that -- in my mind, all of those emotions are red; there’s nothing in between -- there’s nothing beige about any of those feelings -- so I called the record `Red’,” the 22-year-old Swift said.
In contrast with "Speak Now,” which for the first time featured songs written by Swift, "Red" is built from her collaboration with a variety of songwriters and producers over the album's 16 tracks. Swift said that the songs were culled from 30 to 35 tunes written during the two years she’s been working on it.
Because “Speak Now” was the first album in more than 5½ years to sell more than 1 million copies during its first week, music industry observers will be looking closely to see whether she’s able to repeat that feat -- and whether she’s able to keep her track record intact of increasing both first week and overall sales with each successive album she’s released since her 2006 debut, “Taylor Swift.”

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Olympics 2012: After sloppy start, U.S. women’s soccer team roars back to outclass France, 4-2, in opener

GLASGOW, Scotland – The first two shots Hope Solo faced on Wednesday found the back of the net, and the match, much like the Olympics, had barely started.

“We weren’t fazed at all,” Solo said of allowing two goals in 14 minutes. “We were ice cold. We knew France was good but we know we’re better.”

Call it confidence with a dash of arrogance, but the fact is that once the United States spotted France a two-goal lead, the world’s top-ranked women’s soccer team and its world-class goalkeeper played as if they had the French right where they wanted them.

“We weren’t stressed out at all,” Abby Wambach said. “We knew there was a lot of time.”

The U.S. women, vying for their third straight Olympic gold, rallied from the disastrous start with four unanswered goals to win their opening match, 4-2, on a mild afternoon at iconic Hampden Park. Alex Morgan, the made-for-Madison-Avenue striker, scored two goals, and Wambach netted the team’s first.

But the game-winner was produced by midfielder Carli Lloyd, the hero of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, who is adjusting to her new role as a substitute.  Lloyd’s powerful right-footed shot in the 56th minute gave the U.S. the lead for good and ended France’s 17-match unbeaten streak.

In 2008, Lloyd used her left foot to beat Brazil in overtime for the gold medal. She had been a regular starter in center midfield and even played all 120 minutes in last summer’s World Cup final loss to Japan. But in three matches leading up to the Olympics, Lloyd was not in Pia Sundhage’s starting 11, and on Wednesday, the coach featured Shannon Boxx and Lauren Cheney in the area.

Lloyd, however, impressed the staff and her teammates by not sulking over the demotion. Instead, she’s made it a point to stay ready and in the 17th minute Lloyd was called to replace Boxx, who suffered a hamstring injury with the team trailing 2-0.  Over the next 49 minutes, the U.S. scored four goals. “She changed the game,”  Sundhage said. “She didn’t start the game but she finished the game.”

With Lloyd on the bench, France scored twice in the span of two minutes. Gaetane Thiney opened with a thunderous strike from 30 yards, and Marie-Laure Delie made it 2-0 from close range after the U.S. had three chances to clear the ball from danger and failed to do so.

Wambach immediately called her teammates in for a quick pep talk that probably included something along the lines of “just pass me the ball in the air.” No one in the history of the women’s game has been better at heading the ball than Wambach, who added to her goal count by heading home Megan Rapinoe’s corner kick in the 19th minute. Thirteen minutes later, Solo aimed a 60-yard free kick that was intended for Wambach but appeared to deflect off Wendie Renard’s back. The ball found Morgan’s feet, and in her first-ever Olympic game, she easily beat Sarah Bouhaddi. France’s two-goal advantage was now history.

“I was really pumped up,” Lloyd said. “When the whistle blew at halftime I said, ‘Is that it?’ I wanted to keep going.”

The French, with star midfielder Louisa Necib replaced at halftime, were neither creative nor dangerous after intermission. The U.S. began to control play and was rewarded when Lloyd struck from 23 yards out. She punctuated her goal with by sliding on both knees near the U.S. bench.

“I wanted to show the bench some love,” Lloyd joked.

Ten minutes later, a defensive error sent Tobin Heath alone down the left flank, and her pass was tapped in by an unmarked Morgan at the back post.

“We were a little shaky in the beginning,” Sundhage said. “But I think it’s amazing the way we responded.”

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Olympics 2012: U.S. women’s soccer opens with 4-2 win over France

GLASGOW, Scotland — Twice, Hope Solo stretched to her left to stop the ball. Twice, she couldn’t quite reach it.

Bang! Boom! Two quick shots, and the U.S. women’s soccer team had an early hole at the start of the quest for a third consecutive Olympic gold medal.

Fortunately for the Americans, they have firepower like no other squad in the world, enough to overcome such a deficit and take control, beatingFrance 4-2 Wednesday as they opened their London Games far from London.

Weren’t aware that the Olympics were already under way? There’s nothing like a come-from-behind win to make people notice.

“There’s a lot of other sports going on,” deadpanned midfielder Megan Rapinoe. “So we have to catch the attention early.”

They did so not only by falling behind, but by finding four dynamic ways to score goals. Abby Wambach used her size and strength to head in a corner kick, speedy Alex Morgan raced ahead to chip one over the goalkeeper, Carli Lloyd nailed a 25-yard rocket, and Morgan cashed in with a simple tap-in after a nice run from Tobin Heath.

“I think there was a lot of nerves and stuff going on in those first minutes,” defender Rachel Buehler said. “And we got ‘em out. It probably went as bad as it could — and then we were able to turn it around.”

Soccer always starts early at the Olympics in order to have time to play a full tournament of games. In this case, the Americans were on the field two days before the opening ceremony and 400-plus miles from the British capital.

And they knew that an early stumble wouldn’t be the end of the world. The U.S. gave up two goals in the first four minutes to open the last Olympics in China, losing to 2-0 to Norway. The Americans rebounded to win their final five matches and take the gold.

“After 2-0, I thought about China,” coach Pia Sundhage said. “We’ve been there before and we came back. If you look at the whole tournament in China, we won the gold medal. Now this team is better than 2008. We came back in the game.”

While the Americans are favored to take the title again — and even though the U.S. is now 13-0-1 all-time against France — it was hardly a surprise to see the French make it a game. The teams were tied late in the second half in last year’s World Cup semifinals before the Americans finished off a 3-1 win, and France entered these Olympics on a 17-game winning streak.

Still, the Americans allowed more goals in the first handful of minutes Wednesday than they had allowed in any game since the World Cupfinal loss to Japan. Gaetane Thiney (12th minute) and Marie-Laure Delie(14th) found holes in a supposedly impenetrable defense — a potential cause for U.S. concern as the grueling tournament progresses.

“It’s not the game we wanted to play,” defender and captain Christie Rampone said. “But we’ve got a lot of games ahead of us to try and get our rhythm back.”

Another concern for the Americans: Midfielder Shannon Boxx left in the first half with a hamstring injury and is day-to-day.

“Magic things could happen after a good sleep,” Sundhage said. “So we’ll just wait and see.”

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British Warship Commander Woman

Royal Navy, Royal Navy, has a long history that boasts over 500 years. And now their new record torehkan: appoint a woman as commander of a warship in the forefront.
She is Sarah West. Female 40 years it has been officially held the baton of command of HMS Portland, Type 23 frigate ship weighing 5,000 tons, prepared for the "all-out war".
Before the West, there is Commander Sue Moore (43), first woman to lead a smaller ship, the First Patrol Boat Squadron (1PBS). He is responsible for the ship nontempur, 18 P2000 Archer conducting maritime security operations in UK waters, participate in securing the Olympics by patrols on the River Thames, and escorting the Queen in celebration.
West designation is a tremendous achievement. Because, until 1990, women are prohibited from joining the Navy.
West admitted honored with the appointment. "Being the commander of HMS Portland is the highest achievement of my 16 years in the Navy. It is a challenge and I am ready for it," he said as quoted by the Daily Mail, Tuesday, May 22, 2012.
"I feel very proud to be the commander of the ship Type 23 frigate, a warship that is very flexible. I will lead the HMS Potland with professional and focused team.
HMS Portland is not normal vessels. It was equipped missile can be fired into another vessel, also directed upward to the plane and helicopter. He was also able to hunt and destroy submarines.
The warship also has a 4.5 in guns, anti-submarine torpedo equipped with radar and sonar equipment to help guide the ammunition or the navigation.
Commander of the West of Lincolnshire will also be responsible for the 180 crew, which 10 percent are female sailor Wrens alias.
The appointment of West as a commander was announced last August 2011, which became big news in the UK. Because, he was the first female warship commander.
Moreover, who commanded the ship, HMS Portland to fame as the Punisher ship Somali pirates and drug smugglers in the Caribbean. West of submarine warfare specialists, and planning of the Navy, was a scholar of mathematics.

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Religious Leaders Prospective Study in 11 Countries RI

A total of 15 future leaders of Islam, Christianity, Catholicism, Buddhism, and Hinduism from eleven countries received scholarships to study for seven weeks in Yogyakarta. They came from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Indonesian Arts Scholarship Program - 2012 Future Leaders Faith (BSBI FFL) was opened by Kusuma Habir, Director of Public Diplomacy at the Foreign Ministry of Indonesia Jakarta, May 21, 2012. "This program is to introduce the Interfaith Dialogue among candidates for religious leaders in the Asia Pacific region," said Kusuma.
According to him, this scholarship is an implementation of Semarang Action Plan to the Regional Interfaith Dialogue-6, held in Hyderabad on 11-15 March 2012 by 14 countries. They are ten members of ASEAN with Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Timor Leste.
"The program is also to encourage the candidates to expand the network of religious leaders, exchange views on current issues that occur in society from the viewpoint of various religions, as well as expand their horizons to enhance mutual understanding among religions," said Kusuma.
Nurwahyudi Azis, Head of Sub Directorate of Social and Cultural who handles the event, explained that the program is a collaboration BSBI FFL RI Foreign Ministry with State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta. During the seven weeks the participants will be given the opportunity to study at university.
Activities in the form of seminars, discussions with various religious institutions, education, and NGOs, as well as visits to various houses of worship. They will also learn some of the local culture.
This scholarship will be terminated with Channel Indonesian activities to be held in Solo on July 14, 2012. They will join the BSBI Regular program participants who attended 50 youth from 37 countries and is currently being held in Bandung, Solo, Surabaya, Denpasar and Makassar.
During the three-day orientation period, the participants BSBI FFL get a briefing materials about the development of cooperation in the Asia Pacific region, Indonesia's efforts in creating harmony in religion, the role of media in creating religious tolerance, the basics of Indonesian language, and a visit to Taman Mini Indonesia beautiful as well as various places of worship.

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Renovation of the royal family of Qatar Masion Rp 2.9 T

A member of the Qatar royal disburse funds for the renovation of an old English mansion that has become his property. No half-hearted, money is being spent to reach 200 million pounds, or Rp.2, 9 trillion.

Citing page Daily Mail, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani will change the face of Dudley Mansion bought for 37.4 million pounds (Rp.558 billion) in 2006. Promising properties of the sheikh will become the most expensive building in the UK which offer views of Hyde Park in London's beauty.

185-year-old building has an area of ​​0.4 hectares and been renovated at a cost of 75 million pounds (Rp1, 1 trillion). Renovation was carried out to knock down the three original buildings Dudley Mansion for then made a giant mansion.

This building also has a ballroom and an extensive gallery of paintings, as well as luxury furniture that cost could reach 100 million pounds (Rp1, 4 trillion). Shaykh Hamad also plans to renovate the original interior of the Dudley Mansion and Victorian Regency style.

Based on a site property, the renovation also will include construction of 17 bedrooms and 14 reception rooms, which will re-turned with the feel of the 19th century.

"With all the renovation plan, if the Dudley Mansion re-sold, the price could reach 250 million pounds (Rp.3, 7 trillion)," said a property expert who recently visited the property that was founded in 1827.

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U.S. Military Use Counterfeit Goods Made in China

Counterfeit goods made in China was also haunted the U.S. military. Findings emerged that some of the superpower military equipment was using non-original spare parts made in China.
According to BBC news station, May 22, 2012, the findings revealed by the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee. One task of the committee in parliament that the U.S. military is monitoring the performance of Uncle Sam, including issues related to facilities and equipment.
After a year carry out an investigation, the Senate Committee found 1800 cases of fake spare parts in the U.S. military aircraft. There are about one million units of counterfeit spare parts, and 70 percent were allegedly made in China, the report of the Senate Committee.
The rise of non-original usage of this tool, the report continued, allegedly because of lack of supply lines in the U.S. alone. In addition, Chinese authorities still do not effectively address the proliferation of black market counterfeit goods.
This problem could pose a risk to national security and safety and lead to higher costs for the Department of Defense (Pentagon), the Senate Committee report.
Consciously or not, U.S. military personnel have to rely on the false components. These are found in a number of night vision system equipment (infrared goggles), radio, and GPS. Counterfeit parts are also found in the SH-60B helicopters, C-130J cargo plane and the C-27J and P-8A Poseidon used by the U.S. Navy.
"Our report illustrates how the swift flow of counterfeit goods, mostly from China, had threatened national security," said Sen. Carl Levin, who chairs the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, told Fox news station website.
"The Department of Defense and its contractors have to tackle these problems more aggressively, especially because the counterfeiters are now more sophisticated in protecting their goods from the observation," said committee member, Senator John McCain.
Apart from China, Canada became the source of counterfeit parts supplier for U.S. military equipment.

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Conquer Everest Climber Killed 4 & 1 Missing

Four international climbers dying after a mission to conquer Mount Everest on the weekend. Meanwhile, a climber from Nepal is still not known to exist, but they are believed to have been killed.

The Guardian newspaper reported the body of a climber from China, Ha Wenyi, became the latest victims were found. Three other climbers who had been declared dead was Eberhard Schaaf of Germany, Shriya Shah-Klorfine from Canada, and Song Won-Bin South Korean. One climber was still unaccounted for.

Schaaf, Shah-Klorfine, and Song dying down as the highest mountain in the world last week. "Schaaf may have died because of altitude sickness in the southern peak of the mountain," said Ang Tshering of Asian Trekking, the expedition set Schaaf, who was found dead on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Won-Bin who was reported missing since Saturday, was found in the Balcony, the area near the summit of Everest. Reported by News.com.au, 44-year-old man died of altitude sickness that had fallen into the abyss.

Ha, which is the fourth of deaths, was found at an altitude of 8600 meters along with Shah-Klorfine on Sunday. Again, altitude sickness is thought to be the cause of death.

The victims included from the 341 climbers who attempt to conquer the 8848 meter high mountain climbing since the season opened last April. Their deaths make the number of climbers who died on this busy season to eight people.

On Mount Everest, at an altitude of 8,000 meters to the top known as the 'Death Zone'. The name was derived considering the almost impossible anyone could survive more than 48 hours at a very piercing bone and lack of available oxygen in there.

"Medan climb this year can be fairly dangerous, with high winds and snow storms that cause delays in emergency bridge construction over the cliff," said Gyanendra Shrestha of Nepal authorities.

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Tokyo Got a transmitter tower of the World

Japan today opened a television transmitter tower as well as the latest attractions, Tokyo Skytree. With a height of 634 meters, needle-shaped building is also claimed as the world's tallest tower transmitters.

The tower is not as tall as the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which still holds the world's tallest building along the 828 meters. According to BBC news station, Tuesday, May 22, 2012, Tokyo Skytree will be used by major television stations in Japan starting next year.

Thus, it will Skytree will replace Tokyo Tower as a main transmitter. With a height of 333 meters or half the height Skytree, Tower Tokyo since 1958 has become a symbol of the Japanese capital.

According to The Washington Post, Tokyo Skytree been noted as the tallest tower version of the Guinness World Records, breaking the record of the Tower of the Canton in China which has a height of 600 meters. Tower in downtown Tokyo, the tower construction was delayed two months due to the tsunami disaster in March 2011.

At its opening, over 8,000 enthusiastic visitors who flocked to climb the tower elevator building which is considered as a testimony antigempa and Sakura is a symbol of resistance. Many of those who have already ordered tickets over the previous week.

Of course, the visitors had to take turns because, as reported by local media, the tower was built for three and a half years to have two observers deck. The first observer deck can accommodate up to 2000 people, while the second deck with a capacity of up to 900 people.

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5.6 quake rattles capital of Bulgaria SR

An earthquake measuring 5.6 magnitude shook the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, today at 03:00 local time. Panicked residents running into the street. However, the authorities until the morning local time has not received reports of casualties or material damage.

Reuters news agency reported Tuesday, May 22, 2012, the center of the quake was 22 kilometers to the west of Sofia. U.S. Geological Survey noted institutions, accounting for shallow depth of the earthquake, which is 9.3 kilometers.

Meanwhile, the civil defense office said the epicenter was near the town of Pernik, western Bulgaria. Here, felt the tremor was strong enough, can even be felt by residents in southwestern Bulgaria.

"The quake caused chimneys and old houses collapsed," said Mayor of Pernik, Rositsa Yanakieva. At least 30 people Pernik seek medical help, mostly complaining about his blood pressure rose during the earthquake.

In Sofia, the panicked residents out of their homes and choose to be in the streets.

Bulgaria is the Eastern European country located near the Black Sea and a population of eight million people. Geographically, the country is located in the Balkans, which is quite prone to earthquakes.

Earthquake in Bulgaria comes days after a region in Italy, precisely in the City of Finale Emilia, had a similar natural event last weekend.

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Best 3D Throughout the 2012 Smartphone

3D smartphones become the next generation mobile devices. Bids enjoy 3D without glasses gives temptation to the market. Three-dimensional features of this functionality will be offered on many phones.

3D technology has moved into in everyday life. 3D TV, 3D games, 3D computer screen to a 3D movie can be enjoyed. However, the technology was still include special glasses to be enjoyed.

Since 2011, the 3D cell phone was offered to the public. In 2012, this type of phone is expected to increasingly widespread and reap the positive response. Here's a list of the best 3D smartphone on the market as reported by Squidoo.com:

LG Optimus 3D

 

This phone is a smartphone pioneer that introduced a 3D technology to the public. 3D camera to be superior 3D Optimus. The beauty of this feature is coupled with the clarity of the 3D display measuring 4.3 inches. Shortcomings of this phone on a low battery.



 

HTC Evo 3D

3D display without glasses to excellence HTC EVO 3D. This smartphone has a good performance and respond quickly.

4.3 inch large screen adds to the enjoyment of watching 3D content. Unfortunately, the phone is heavy.

Sharp Aquos SH-12C

Until now, mobile Sharp Aquos SH-12C widely praised worth buying. Smartphone supports all types of 3D content and dual 8 MP camera which is located adjacent to each other. This camera can capture images and 3D video. This smartphone is smaller and lighter than its competitors. Despite the smartphone is only available in Japan, hopefully smartphone with 4.2-inch screen will be circulated widely.

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Google Heat rivalry with Facebook

Social network Facebook has sold its first shares last Friday. Officially, the price is set at the level of U.S. $ 38 per sheet. With these prices, is estimated to be scooped up fresh funds up to U.S. $ 16 billion or Rp144 trillion.

Steps taken up by the sale of shares was taken Google's founders, Larry Page. While doing an interview with Charlie Rose on PBS television stations, Page hopes to do an IPO could tighten up the competition in Silicon Valley.

"I do not want to talk about what they do. But I think it's very interesting to see the competition - our competition. And the Valley seemed enthusiastic," said Larry Page.

In the interview, Charlie Rose then asked about the chances Facebook dethrone Google as king of search engines. However, Larry Page said with regret the closure up to the information they have.

"I think it is unfortunate that Facebook is very closed to the information they have," said Page.

Page went on to explain the position that claims Google is open, which is different from Facebook. For example, when you join on Facebook, you can not import contact information from Facebook to Google users.

"From a user perspective, let's say .. I joined Facebook. I wish that I had contact. At Google, we say, please. You can retrieve a list of contacts from Google. But the problem is not to say Facebook, Google, you can not do it otherwise (import contact data), "explained Page.

For this reason that Google used to not want to share user information to Facebook. Google was looking to open up a new, willing to share.

"I think it's important that you as a Google user can retrieve your information, and retrieve them whenever you want, and placed in other places that you want," said Page.

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Record 1 Million "Like" to Squire Facebook

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gone through special moments last Saturday by marrying his girlfriend, Priscilla Chan. More than 1 million Facebook accounts put thumbs symbol "like" on Zuckerberg marital status is only within 48 hours of load.

Status posted on Saturday, May 19, 2012 is displaying the work of Noah Kalina wedding photos. Short sentence "Married to Priscilla Chan" get "like" up to 1,203,195. Comments arising from this status reaches 766. The latest news is disseminated to 9143 times.

In contrast to Zuckerberg, status Chan won only 52 153 thumb "like" and 93 comments. Chan load status at the same time as Zuck.

For comparison the amount of response this Zuck status, notes the popularity of the death of Steve Jobs through a total of 580 thousand "like". Facebook pages Zuck has reached 14 million subscribers.

Zuck on a regular basis to share news about his personal life. Video of the behavior of his dog, Beast to the welcome note of optimism IPO.

According Thenextweb.com, one charge of the most monumental Zuck news when he registered the shares to Nasdaq. California-based company, the U.S. is celebrated with a mat Hackaton.

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Washington Post Seize Digg

leading U.S. newspaper, The Washington Post has been reached with several staff agreement Digg technology. They will work for new business lines, SocialCode. This site aims to help the marketing department to buy ads on Facebook and Twitter.

According to AllThingsD reported earlier, the recruitment team will strengthen the Digg team that made ​​the Social Reader. The team is working for other business lines, WaPo Labs.

SocialCode is a social media advertising agency of the Washington Post. A total of 15 people staff Digg this technology will soon be moving. Relax, do not swallow Digg this newspaper. Those pages will continue to exist.

"Domain Digg.com, services, and technology is not acquired by SocialCode," wrote the Washington Post said in a statement quoted from Poynter.org.

The position of leader in the development team will be filled SocialCode Alan Lippman as Chief Scientist and Will Larson as Director of Engineering. Additional members of Digg will join as a developer as well.

"We are proud to share that information technology team will join SocialCode Digg. Join the SocialCode feels like the usual next step," said CEO Digg Matt Williams who had not moved.

SocialCode release in January 2011 as a marketing firm up. The company offers a competitive analysis, application development, management page, social commerce, and monetization of fans. SocialCode market has expanded to Twitter. (Sj)

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Best Diesel Cars in 2012

 

Range Rover Evoque won the title as the best diesel car 2012 by British Diesel Car Magazine. Previous Evoque also crowned as the best cars for women.

Predicate that is given after the cars that use Victoria Beckham as the Brand Ambassador has reached one million units of production and had sold 10,000 units in 50 days in Inggri, several European countries, as well as America.

"Evoque has a very good and supported high-tech features. This award reinforces the premium SUV class Evoque lead in Europe and America," said Robertson told Inautonews Diesel Car Editor, Friday, May 11, 2012.

Range Rover Evoque manufactured since 2011 and is still assembled in the UK Halewoodm. In the UK Evoque is available in three and five door versions and comes with two engine choices and two transmission options.

Meanwhile, the Range Rover Evoque 2200 cc diesel engine equipped with a turbocharger. This machine is capable of producing the 150 and 190 horsepower. The CO2 emission level of not more than 135 grams /km.

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Japanese Scientists Create Robot Able to Mimic Human Movement

A group of scientists from Sakura managed to assemble a robot that can mimic human movements controller. By using special equipment TELESAR V, the users allowing them to see, hear and feel the same as perceived robot machine and move the robot from a distance.

According to Professor Susumu Tachi, from Keio University, the system contained on the headgear, vests, and gloves operator or user, sending detailed instructions to the robot, which then automatically mimic every move of the user. At the same time, the android direction sensor communicates the information flow is converted into a sensation for its users.

Polyester gloves are used operator connected with the semiconductor and small engines that allow users to feel what the mechanical hands touched, whether it's smooth surfaces, bumps or heat and cold.

The robot is also equipped with a camera that serves as the eyes. This camera can capture images and the results will appear in a small video screen in front of the user's eyes. This allows the user to see in three dimensions.

Then the microphone on the robot serves to take the vote, while the speaker allows the user to make his voice heard by those who are close to the robot.

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