Posts by Jeff Finn
Canadian tourists killed in explosion in Mexico
An explosion at the luxury hotel Grand Riviera Princess on Mexico’s Caribbean coast killed five Canadians and two of the hotel’s employees plus injured fifteen other people. Among the dead reported is one child . Two US citizens and Mexican workers are less injured but two Canadian tourists are reported to be in critical conditions.…
Read MoreSugar Cube could be the size of Supercomputers
The worlds most powerful computers could be shrunk to the size of a sugar cube, IBM scientists said it could be possible with their pioneering research efforts. Many computer processors would be stacked on top of one another with water cooling them as it flowed between each one. A prototype has already been built by…
Read MoreSlow US unemployment growth
No short term way to reduce the high US unemployment ,a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama ,Paul Voicker has said .For the next year or more he expects the growth to be slow. In an effort to boost growth and create jobs and trying to cut unemployment that stands at 9.6 percent, the…
Read MoreNew York explosion at nuclear power plant
At a power plant north of New York City a transformer exploded leading to an emergency shut down on one of its reactors .No one was injured on Sunday at the Indian Point plant in Buchanan ,an official of the plant reported. Jim Steels a spokesman for the plant says no radioactive materials leaked. Entergy…
Read MoreExplosion of Yemen bomb 17 Minutes away
One of the parcel bombs sent from Yeman headed for the United States was disarmed 17 minutes before it was to explode. France’s interior Minister Brice Hortefeux disclosed this information when he was speaking to France 2 television. Although he did not revile the source of the news or which of the two bombs he…
Read MoreMexico’s 1,800 Drug Tunnel
A tunnel that was 1,800 feet long and waist high was discovered by California and Mexican police , it was used to smuggle drugs across the border.. The police seized some 25 tons of marijuana from the tunnel that was equipped with lighting, ventilation ,rails and a pulley system the agents believed was used to…
Read MoreNew tag technology to inform homebuyers
Phoenix-based Realty Executives dont want its agents to have to rely on stocking enough fliers with “for sale” signs to give buyers information on a house. The brokerage is unveiling its new Tag technology, which allows house hunters to use their phones to scan a code to download a property’s information, at the National Association…
Read MoreGPS-enabled technology a nightmare for car thieves
New, GPS-enabled vehicle-tracking systems have hit the market. With an increase in vehicle thefts around the country new GPS system are hitting the market to make it much harder to steel your car. Based on the telematics (a science of wireless communication in automatives) used by anti-theft equipment in the US, a Delhi-based company has…
Read MorePalestinian detainees abused
The Palestinian detainees claim they were held in appalling unsanitary conditions and were subjected to physical abuse and sleep deprivation according to a report by two Israeli rights groups. During lengthy interrogations the Israeli agents bound the detainees to chairs while they insulted and threatened to hit them ,a report from B’Tselem and Hamoked stated.…
Read MoreThe world’s largest cruise liner twin faces its first big test today
The world’s largest cruise liner has a twin,The Allure of the Seas, which cruised out of the shipyard in Turku, southwestern Finland where it was built, faces its first big test today, when it must squeeze under a Danish bridge, just one foot taller than the ship,even after its telescopic smokestacks are lowered. Spanning nearly…
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