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Woman loses both arms, legs in series of medical mistakes

Kamal Kishore — Sat, 30 May 2009 12:42:12 +0000

Woman loses both arms, legs in series of medical mistakes
When the sharp pain shooting through Lisa Strong’s back got worse, she thought it was another kidney stone and expected the discomfort to pass. This time was different.
Through a series of mistakes, miscommunications and misdiagnoses, she wound up having her arms and legs amputated. She sued the doctors, who essentially blamed one another for what everyone involved agrees were profound errors.

Gabol hints at Indian hand in Lahore attack

Kamal Kishore — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:41:50 +0000

Minister of state for shipping Nabil Ahmed Gabol said India is behind the attack on Sri Lanka\’s cricket team in Lahore on Tuesday, saying the attackers had crossed into Pakistan from...

Arrests in India after hepatitis B kills 32

Kamal Kishore — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:38:29 +0000

Arrests in India after hepatitis B kills 32 Authorities were carrying out raids at medical stores in India’s western Gujarat state for bogus drugs and recycled syringes after a hepatitis B outbreak left 32 people dead, officials said...

Pakistan agrees to Islamic law in Swat Valley, angering critics

Kamal Kishore — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:05:54 +0000

The Pakistani government, desperate to restore peace to a Taliban-infested valley once known as the “Switzerland of Pakistan,” agreed yesterday to enforce strict Islamic law in the surrounding district near the Afghan border, conceding to a longstanding demand by local Islamist leaders who in turn pledged to ask the fighters to lay down their arms.

The Inauguration of President Barack Obama

Kamal Kishore — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:51:11 +0000

January 20th, 2009, Barack H. Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America - the first African-American ever to hold the office of U.S. Commander-in-Chief. The event was witnessed by well over one million attendees in chilly Washington D.C., and by many millions more through coverage on television and the Internet. Collected here are photographs of the event, the participants, and some of the witnesses around the world.

OQO introduces model 2 with Intel Atom processor

Kamal Kishore — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:49:20 +0000

OQO announces the new model 2+ here at CES 2009 today. The model 2+ is the first OQO model to feature the new Intel Atom processor – coupling the energy efficient mobile processor with an OLED display, and worldwide 3G capabilities. In fact, the model 2+ is “the world’s first PC with an embedded OLED display” and folks – it’s one sweet display!

China issues 3G licenses

Kamal Kishore — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:47:45 +0000

China issued third generation (3G) mobile phone technology licenses to three state-owned telecom operators yesterday, state media reported. As expected, China Mobile received a licence for TD-SCDMA, the domestically-developed 3G standard, while China Telecom will use the US-developed CDMA2000 and China Unicom will use Europe’s WCDMA. All three standards should allow for faster data downloads, enabling video phone calls and other advanced features.

AMD introduces Dragon PC gaming platform and new Phenom II CPUs CES 2009

Kamal Kishore — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:25:13 +0000

As the only vendor currently producing CPUs, GPUs, and motherboard chipsets, AMD is uniquely positioned to market its entire product line as a unified PC gaming platform. It began this effort last year with its Spider platform (the original Phenom X4, Radeon HD 3000-series CPUs, and its 700-series chipsets), and with today’s launch of its new Phenom II desktop chips, AMD also announced its new Dragon platform. Dragon marries Phenom II with the Radeon HD 4800-line of 3D cards and AMD’s 790-series chipsets into a complete, AMD-made gaming PC.

England cricket in turmoil as Kevin Pietersen and Peter Moores resign

Kamal Kishore — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:13:58 +0000

Pietersen resigned after the England and Wales Cricket Board refused to concede to his demands for the future direction of the team.

Telegraph Sport understands that Pietersen sent a list of requests to the board that went further than the removal of Moores as head coach.

CES 2009: 3D video gaming to become a reality next month

Kamal Kishore — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:15:44 +0000

Mitsubishi will be pitching a 3D product consisting of Nvidia driver software, 3D glasses with a receiver and a sender that is placed on top of a TV. If you own a home entertainment PC with a potent Nvidia graphics card, the driver software can create 3D imagery from regular video games, we are told. The sending unit reacts to the position of the 3D glasses to create a true 3D feeling.