The word “vuvuzela” – the trumpet used by soccer fans especially during the last World Cup – was added to the dictionary.
The word vuvuzela is one of more than 2,000 new words and phrases which has been added in the Oxford Dictionary of English for the 1st time.
Unlike more traditional OED, the Oxford [...]
Aug
19
2010
19
2010
“Vuvuzela” new entrant in Oxford English dictionary
Aug
2
2010
2
2010
President Obama outlines his plan to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq
President Obama today will outline his plan to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq by the end of this month.
Here are some excerpts from today’s speech to the national convention of the Disabled American Veterans:
Today, your legacy of service is carried on by a new generation of Americans. Some stepped forward in a time of [...]
Jul
31
2010
31
2010
We need to win the Cyber War: Hayden
Gen. Michael Hayden, former National Security Agency Director has seen the vague facts of cyber war.
On July 29th, at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, Hayden discussed those aspects of cyber warfare. He clearly mentioned some important aspects as well as what exactly Cyber War actually is.
During the Obama administration, the issue of [...]
Jul
30
2010
30
2010
Russia banned You Tube over objectionable content
The site has been reported to be hosting a video named “Russia for Russians”, the video judged as an extremist by the jury of a court in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia. The court’s ruling has also been imposed on to the Internet Archive and three other online libraries which were found to be hosting writings of Adolf [...]
Jul
24
2010
24
2010
New Symbol Indian Rupee: Voice of a common Indian
With much hype created over us Indians witnessing a new symbol of Indian Currency. It is concepted and created by D. Udaya Kumar 31, a post graduate student from country’s premier IIT, who now is serving as Assistant Professor at IIT Guhahati. It’s indeed a very honor’ble and proud moment for him and for us [...]
Jul
8
2010
8
2010
Women in America facing Facebook addiction
According to a recent survey conducted by Light Speed Research for Oxygen Media 39% of American women users of the popular social networking site Facebook are addicted to it. A total of 1605 women users were polled in the survey out of which a significant number of them admitted that they were totally hooked onto [...]
Jul
7
2010
7
2010
Queen Elizabeth II speech to the UN : LIVE VIDEO COVERAGE
ABC LIVE NOW is presenting the live coverage of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II Addresses the United Nations. Watch Live Event: Sen. Byrd Memorial Service the Live video coverage from ABCNews.com. The queen’s speech to the UN will be her first since 1957, which was 12 years after the world body was established.
The site bloom berg [...]
Jul
6
2010
6
2010
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will address the U.N. General Assembly
The city is set to give Queen Elizabeth the royal treatment on Tuesday. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will address the U.N. General Assembly, her first speech there in more than 50 years. The British monarch, who would be accompanied by her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, will also visit Ground Zero of the World Trade [...]
Jul
5
2010
5
2010
One killed, 23 injured at 4th of July parade by runaway horses
All hell broke loose at the fourth of July Independence day parade being held in the town of Bellevue along the Iowa-Illinois border when two horses pulling a wagon bolted and charged into the crowd killing a 60 year old woman and injuring 23 other people, four of them critically.
The incident happened after one of [...]
Jul
5
2010
5
2010