Twitter interface changes!

Twitter has relaunched their home page and have made quite a few changes on to the interface and not it aims at providing greater ease of use and also helps companies to advertise their profile. The new version of Twitter, which the company is gradually making available starting on Thursday, will feature a new look and feel and faster performance, the company said.

The redesign seems to be due to the latest releases on google plus and facebook subscribe, which works very much close to the idea what twitter does. This seems to be quite evident in the changes as the hash tags has been added on with a link that will help you search the contents. Also a new activity bar which helps you find or follow the latest on your favorites.

"We have to provide the simplest and fastest way for people around the world to connect to everything they care about," Twitter Chief Executive Dick Costolo said as he introduced the new version of the site at an event at the company's future headquarters in San Francisco.

Costolo appeared alongside Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who returned to the company in March as executive chairman to oversee the company's product design and development efforts.

Twitter allows people to send 140-character messages, or "tweets," throughout the network of over 100 million users. It is one of the Web's most popular social networking services, along with Facebook and Zynga.

People also find this increase due to the latest signups and tie-ups the company has been making. Apple had integrated the application on to their devices and this had increased the subscription by 25 million. "Twitter should be useful by those who know the shortcuts, and also equally useful by those who don't really use the shortcuts," said Dorsey.

A new "Discover" section of the website highlights the most popular topics on the site based on each user's location and interests.

The new version of Twitter also features a revamped profile page, in which a company can customize the look of their brand and highlight specific content, such as videos or photos. Previously, the profile pages displayed a chronological list of the company's most recent Tweets.

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Free Virgin for every Runaway Bride!

Beijing: This is not a joke, but this was one of the classifieds that were seen around the streets of China where the marriage bureaus had announced that they will provide a free virgin Vietnamese girl for every runaway bride. The offer was valid for any women that the Chinese men bought from the neighboring country. The country's low sex ratio has brought it upon itself as per latest census there are 118 men for every 100 females. 

Chinese men had to move to the neighboring country to get women for marriage but in the turn of events, the brides that Chinese men married from Vietnam went missing after the marriage resulting in both loss of wife and money that the men spent on. This has resulted in the campaign. The report was made by Daily Telegraph which did shock the readers!

"We ensure you that the women is virgin and if she runs away then we will give you another one in an year" the advertisement mentioned. The cost for the option is $32,000. The Chinese entry-exit authorities has confirmed that there has been many cases where the women were bought through agencies by the Chinese people and they fled and were not to be found. 

The reports did not hit the police stations as they were buying brides from Vietnam. The latest news should increase the popularity of the marriage bureau.

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We have the Right To Kill Gaddafi - Rebels

Tripoli: Speaking to AFP the rebel troops mentioned that the ex-president and leader Maomer Gaddafi is suspected to be in Libiya and the rebels have given time till Saturday evening for Gaddafi and allied troops to surrender and hand over the power.

Omari Hariri, the head of military forces told AFP in Tripoli that " The information I have says that there is 80 per cent chance that Gaddafi is still in Libiya". He also added that the former chief is incapable of doing any harm to the rebels who are currently strong in the country. Hariri said that rebels suspect him to be at Bani Walid, South-east of Tripoli or on the outskirts of the capital. He also added that the city is in war and the information changes rapidly.

"We think he is in Libiya" said Ahmad Darrad, who is in charge of monitoring the interior affairs of the country until the new government is in power. "It is our right to kill him" he added, while speaking to AFP.

"He is killing us, he is a criminal and all around the world if a criminal doesn't surrender by himself then it is the responsibility of the law enforcers to hunt him down" Darrad continued.

Earlier, Ali Tarhuni, one of the highest ranking members of the rebels' National Transitional Council (NTC), hinted to reporters that they knew where the former leader is hiding but refused to give any details.

Catching Gaddafi is the primary goal of the rebels and they are also working on negotiations on for the surrender of regime loyalists in Sirte, hometown of the strongman. 

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China Prints Quran with Mistakes!

Tehran: Recently the Government of Iran had issued contracts to Chinese publishers for printing the Holy Quran and this seems to have caused trouble to the government. The Mehr News agency has reported that the copies that have arrived Iran are full with spelling mistakes.

Many publishers in Iran had asked the issue of contracts to Chinese publishers as the cost for publishing was found to be low. Ahmad Haji-Sharif, the director of the department of evaluation of Holy Quran mentioned that the books are littered with mistakes and cannot be approved.

He said that " The copies were cheaply made in China and was sent at a much higher price than what it cost for printing the book". He added that "If customers find that the actual cost of the book is much less and the current one is full of mistakes they will opt for the Quran published in Iran and with no mistakes.

Iran has high quality printing presses and publishing firms, with around 1,000 of them publishing the Quran, he said. "So why should we send our publications outside Iran?" he asked.

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'Prevent' Policy agitates Muslim Students

London: UK universities have been asked to report students 'vulnerable' to radicalization to police. The vulnerable term is being defined as depressed and isolated and this is part of the 'prevent' policy in effect by the police to fight terrorism. The prevent policy was announced in June.

Police and local authorities are reported to be visiting universities gathering the information. Following this the student unions and lecturers have expressed their unease on this move as a one that could affect the privacy of students and also expressed concern over the student liberties. The National Union of Students have asked universities not to inform details to police unless a valid warrant is produced. The Union of universities and colleges have made it clear that they will not police their students and also take any steps that might erode the bond between university and students.

Reports mention that Prevent officers met London University's goldsmiths college students' union president and inquired about Muslim students and the institution's Islamic society.

"We were appalled to have Prevent officers asking us to effectively spy on our Muslim students," the union president said. He described this "morally repugnant". He asked, "Why are Prevent not also telling us to refer on students who have irrational hatred of Islam?"

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Oracle vs HP : Break of Trust

San Francisco: Oracle Corpt accused Hewlett Packard of concealing facts during negotiations of the two companies according to a court filing. The recent case between two companies is the latest salvo on the ongoing litigation on the Itanium processor.

Itanium processor is a powerful processor from the Intel Corp, recently Intel had announced that the processor will be discontinued and following this Oracle had mentioned that there will not be any further support on the processor. This had made HP to announce the decision from Oracle as 'anti-customer' act and had issued a statement on this. HP had sued Oracle at the in California stat court in June. 

Also the litigation had increased with the hire of Mark Hurd, former chief executive of HP who had to leave due to an allegation with a female contractor. In return HP filed a law suit against Hurd for Trade Secret lawsuit. HP and Oracle had arrived at amicable settlement and the suit was discarded. 

HP had also concealed the fact that it was hiring Leo Apothekar as the Chief Executive and Ray Lane as its Chairman and Oracle claims that they were concealing the fact during the agreement on lawsuit. 

Apotheker and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison have long been rivals from the time Apotheker headed European software maker SAP AG. HP Chairman Ray Lane and Ellison had a troubled relationship from the time Lane was fired from Oracle in 2000, according to the filing. 

In response, the spokeswoman for HP,Mylene Mangalindan mentioned that the Oracle Corp is making blatant excuses for its legal obligation to the joint customers. Other claims asserted by Oracle against HP include defamation and intentional interference with contractual relations. Oracle seeks rescission of the Hurd agreement, general and punitive damages and other remedies. 

The case in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara is Hewlett-Packard Company v. Oracle Corporation, No. 11CV203163.

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Windows 8 in preview

San Francisco: The Windows Division president, Steven Sinofsky revealed another glimpse of the successor to Windows 7 technology, which is code named Windows 8. The introductory speech by Sinofsky mentioned that now windows will be re-engineered to provide the ultimate performance, he also added that the new version of the OS will be able to operate independent of the device in use. The new windows operating system is designed to work on mobile phones, tablets, slates and PC's alike.

"We have made the operating system to a gem by adding a ribbon of commands that were not familiar to non-power users of Windows and will be available in the form of commands" Sinofsky mentioned. "Windows has provided its users the first feel of desktop and here we had improved on the most used software in Windows (besides Solitare) and made it more powerful" he added on his blog.

The windows explorer is expected to be much more advanced than the previous versions and it will also include Internet explorer 10 which is also said to play major part. The OS will also be using touch tiles instead of icons for navigation and opening of applications, which is a feature derived from WinOS.

Sinofsky also added that more features will be revealed in the upcoming developers conference in Anaheim, California, opening on September 13.

The first preview was provided on June, the programming head of this project is Alex Simmons.

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HP Touchpad might get second life!

LOS ANGELES: Following the announcement of dropping the touch pad series in August 18, the company has now decided to give a second line of production to meet the unfulfilled demands of users. Earlier when HP had announced the demise of its touch pad series there was a rush at stores which did have the last pieces available. The decision of the HP management was following the Apple Inc's boom on the tablet market where HP found no space to stand in competition.

The company has also slashed the price of tablets from $399 and $499 to $99 and it is also mentioned that this will be a second line production and they will not be commenting on the quantity of products that will be shared across the market. The company reviewers mention that the tablet does hold parts which might add to a price of $318 and this production line might cost the company too much. The shares of HP had slashed by 20 per cent when the company had announced the halt on production of tablets, this might help the boost but the recent markets have been slow to react on the announcement.

The company had plans to launch WebOS which was dropped later following the stop on production for tablet PC's. The CEO, Leo Apothekar, the former cheif of SAP has been seeing lots of downs since he joined and was forced to cut down the budget of the company by thirds and also is fighting hard to convince investors on the new move.

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Manish Tiwary Apologizes to Anna

New Delhi: After the stir which happened across the nation, the spokesman to Congress, Manish Tiwari quoted that he regret his statement that Anna Hazare is 'steeped in corruption from head to toe' and also made an appeal for the activist to end his fast which has been running for 10 days now.

Recently, Tewari had said Hazare himself was involved in corruption. "The Sawant Commission ripped apart the moral core of Hazare as it found him steeped in corruption from head to toe," the Ludhiana MP had said. He had also alleged that Team Anna comprised "armchair fascists, overground Maoists, closet anarchists funded by invisible donors".

Here on thursday, Tewari appealed to Anna "I know some of my recent utterances has hurt Mr. Hazare and I regret this. I, as a common citizen of India will like to appeal to him to end his fast"

He also added that " In the course of political cut and thrust, certain things are inadvertently said that cause pain."

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Indian Can make it up in ODI rankings!

Dubai: After getting shattered on the test matches held at England team India is hoping that the ODI tour doesn't go as bad as the test did. Currently the world champions, India is ranked third after Australia and Srilanka, who holds the first and second spot respectively. For attaining this task, the Indian team will have to grab the series by 4-1 or better. Currently the point table is as follows:

• Australia - 130
• Srilanka  - 119
• India       - 117 

The recent defeat of Srilanka in the series against Australia has given only 1 point in the ODI rankings and also allows India to reclaim the position. To achieve the number two position, India will have to beat England by 4-1 or whitewash the hosts in the five-match series, starting at Chester-le-Street on September 3.

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Facebook Introduces pre-approval of Photo tags

San Francisco: Facebook to introduce pre-approval for tagging your name on any photos posted by friends, earlier the tradition was that any of your friends could tag a photo of you and you might know it quite late, although you can remove the tag later after viewing the tag.

But there has been continuous requests from users to have this removed, now the users will be provided the option to approve the tag and then have the post published with your name. Speaking on this facebook officials did mention that this wont intercept the option of your friends in adding a photo of you, instead this is effective only for photo tags.

The option will be available to all users without changing any further settings on their fb account.

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Rebels Shatter The Gaddafi Home

Tripoli, Libya: In the recent turn of events the rebels marched in to the head quarters of Gaddafi and had looted the armories and killing the loyalist troops. The rebels also crushed the symbolic statue of Gaddafi set outside the home. The troops did cause destruction to the home and was searching for the man himself if the reports are to be believed. The president was already off the house and according to the pro-Gaddafi channel in Libya, the move was of tactical importance and was done during the hours of NATO attack on to the palace. 

The attack on to Bab Al-Aziziya, long the nexus of Gaddafi power marked the end of 42-year old regime of the Gaddafi power, but since the president and the powerful sons are still out of reach, the rebels cannot claim victory. The sources mention that there are still sounds of gun shots heard through the city and the rebels are pretty strong in the fight.

Al-Rai TV quoted that they will be screening the excerpt from the President Gaddafi mentioning that he will be resisting the rebels with full strength and the quote also includes his appreciation to the troops and their resistance. The government spokesman also mentioned that:

"We will be back to take on Tripoli"

The rebel force entered the compound after fighting for five hours with Gaddafi loyalists outside, using mortars, heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. They killed some of those who defended the compound and hauled off thousands of rifles, crates of weapons and trucks with guns mounted on the back in a frenzy of looting.

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