Bahrain backs India's UNSC bid, tweets TharoorOctober 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bahrain has endorsed India's bid for a UN Security Council seat in 2011-12, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said in a tweet posted on the social networking site from the Gulf country Monday. Tharoor, who narrowly lost his bid for the top UN job over two years ago, is India's chief pointsperson to push New Delhi's case for a Security Council seat as a non-permanent member.
Congress MP Sudhakaran tweets in support of TharoorSeptember 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - While the Congress party says it would take "appropriate action" against Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor for his "cattle class" travel remark, his fellow Congress MP from Kerala K. Sudhakaran has tweeted in his support.
Tweeting helps communicate product informationSeptember 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - It's not just individuals and NGOs -- companies are tweeting too, and they are letting everyone know by displaying in their ads the logo of an animated blue bird that says "follow me". Twitter, a micro-communication service that gives users an opportunity to express their thoughts in 140-character "tweets", is a hit in the social media world.
Saucy 60s postcards to raise thousands at auctionAugust 12th, 2009 LONDON - A set of 25 original saucy paintings, which were turned into politically incorrect postcards, is expected to fetch thousands at an auction. Measuring just over 10in by 7in, the risqué 1960s pictures were the work of Phil Millar, who used the pen name Pedro.
Holidaying Brits prefer 'emotional' postcards to texts to keep in touchJuly 30th, 2009 LONDON - A new survey has shown that most Brits on holiday prefer to stick to the traditional postcard to tell family and friends what they have been up to. The survey conducted by Abta found that over half (59 percent) of Brits prefer to send cards than a text or email, and 53 percent prefer to receive them.
Fake Internet postcards linked to most prevalent U.S. computer virusJuly 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) expert has warned that fake Internet postcards circulating through e-mail inboxes across the world are carrying links to the virus called Zeus Bot
Gary Warner, director of computer forensics at the UAB, says that Zeus Bot has been named America's most pervasive computer Botnet virus by Network World magazine, reportedly infecting 3.6 million U.S. computers. "These fake postcards ask users to click and download to view the contents, and as soon as that click is made the Zeus Bot malware has infected their computers.
Beware! Fake online postcards infested with deadly virusJuly 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Fake Internet postcards circulated through electronic mails worldwide carry links to a deadly virus known as Zeus Bot, according to a new study. Gary Warner, computer forensics director at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), who led the study, said, Zeus Bot has been named America's most pervasive computer virus, reportedly affecting some 3.6 million computers in the US.
Alaska Gov. Palin promises "less politically correct" tweets once out of officeJuly 17th, 2009 Palin promises to keep on tweetingANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin plans to stay in touch using Twitter even after leaving office on July 26.
NRIs jointly buy Nehru, Gandhi letters in London auctionJuly 14th, 2009 LONDON - A series of letters written by Gandhi and Nehru and a piece of signed khadi cloth were sold by Sotheby's Tuesday for a total of 17,500 pounds, the London auction house said. The Gandhi items were bought jointly by two prominent Indian-origin industrialists - Ghulam Noon, founder of Noon Products and popularly known as Britain's Curry King, and Nat Puri, founder of Purico Group.
Dinosaurs may have been smaller than previously believedJune 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Dinosaurs, the largest animals ever to have walked the face of the earth may not have been as big as previously thought, according to the latest research. Scientists have found that the original statistical model used to calculate dinosaur mass is flawed, which means that dinosaurs have been possibly oversized.
Examples of 'tweets' by Newark's Cory Book and San Francisco's Gavin NewsomJune 6th, 2009 Some 'tweets' from Newark and San Francisco mayorsHere are a few examples of Newark Mayor Cory Booker's messages sent on Twitter, called "tweets":
— "I need a cup of coffee: There's too much blood in my caffeine system!" (10:02 a.m., June 3)
— "Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing" Aristotle (10:05 a.m., May 30)
— Long meeting on a ‥ of city development efforts. Economy slowed r major projects but they r moving forward.
Tweaked about fake tweets, Idaho governor joins Twitter and starts tweetingMay 3rd, 2009 Tweaked about fake tweets, Idaho gov joins TwitterBOISE, Idaho — A bogus Twitter account set up five weeks ago in the name of Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has been shut down — only to reopen with the real governor sending out tweets.
Sound bites shrink to 140 characters as politicians get a taste of the tweet lifeMay 1st, 2009 Politicos get taste for Twitter's tiny sound bitesMADISON, Wis. — Waiting for the Legislature's budget committee to start its work, state Rep.
Pithy peace deals? European diplomats set aside nuance and turn to 140-character TwitterApril 24th, 2009 Pithy peace treaties? Diplomats turn to TwitterPARIS — Enough reading between the lines. European diplomats are saying it all in 140 characters.
Cruise, Travolta to team-up for 'Butch Cassidy' remakeApril 5th, 2009 LONDON - Tom Cruise is planning a remake of the classic 1969 'Western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', starring himself and close pal John Travolta. An associate has revealed that Cruise got the blessing of Paul Newman just months before the actor died of lung cancer last September.
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