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US Sleuths Bust Child Porn Site

US federal authorities have busted an international child porn site and
arrested more than fifty people across fifty states. Federal prosecutors are
working with international police to investigate suspects in a child pornography
social networking site that boasted more than 1,000 members who used to
exchange explicit images. The investigation, which had begun in 2008, is also
looking into the extradition of several foreign suspects, including the alleged
ringleader, Delwin Savigar, who is incarcerated in an English jail for sexually
assaulting three underage girls. Savigar had created a website where members
could freely browse millions of explicit images and share their fantasies about
having sex with children, and also shared advice on how to hoodwink the
authorities to escape prosecution.

Q1 PC Sales Up 33%

Indias personal computer sales touched 2.2 mn in Q1 of this year,
registering a growth of an impressive 33%, says IDC. Desktop computers accounted
for nearly two-third of the total sales at 1.44 mn units, representing an 18%
growth; while notebook sales were up 72% with 8,03,000 thousand. Overall, the
impressive performance in the Q1 saw the sales of personal computers during FY
10 log a 7.6% growth, on the back of a 8.1% decline in the previous fiscal. In
the overall personal computer market, including notebooks and desktops, Hewlett
Packard retained the top spot with a market share of 16.5%, followed by Dell
(13.6%) and Acer (13%). In desktops, too, HP was the top player with a market
share of 11.2%, followed by Acer and HCL.

Scientists Solve Mystery of Flammable Laptops

Solving the mystery of flammable laptops and cell phone batteries,
scientists at Cambridge University claimed to have found that dendrites are
responsible for short circuits that cause the lithium batteries to overheat and
catch fire. According to the scientists, batteries in laptops and mobile phones
are designed to charge quickly, but this can cause dendrites to form on the
batterys carbon anodes.

Sexiest Video Attack

If you get a message in your Facebook account with the subject This is
without doubt the sexiest video ever!, accompanied by what appears to be a
video with the title Candid Camera Prank , think twice before opening it.
Or even better dont open it at all. Computer security company, Sophos warns
Facebook users against clicking on the link in the mail, claiming to be the
sexiest video ever, which shows the thumbnail of a woman on a bicycle wearing
a short skirt, because this is a well designed trap to infect computers.

I Hate Love Stories: A Hit

Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor starrer I Hate Love Stories seems to have struck a
chord with the youth even before its releaseit has earned 5,505 fans on
Facebook and 1,203 followers on Twitter in seven days. The overwhelming response
prompted Sonam to write on the microblogging site Twitter: Thank you guys for
the great response to the IHLS promotional stuff... its really heartening.
Imran also tweeted: Just want to thank you all for the amazing response to the
first look of IHLS. Im glad you liked it, and I do hope youll like the film.

Moms Simple Phone Call

A simple phone call from your mother can calm frayed nerves by sparking the
release of a powerful stress quelling hormone, says a recent research.
Biological anthropologist, Leslie Seltzer from the University of
WisconsinMadison tested a group of seven to twelve year old girls with an
impromptu speech and series of math problems in front of a panel of strangers,
sending their hearts racing and levels of cortisola hormone associated with
stress soaring. It was mom on the line and the effect was dramatic. The
children, who got to interact with their mothers, had virtually the same
hormonal response, whether they interacted in person or over the phone, Seltzer
says.

A BPO Center Behind the Bars

It is this sense of responsibility towards the society that made Radiant
Info Systems, an outsourcing company, to give an occupation to those who are
behind the bars. As part of this public-private experiment, the outsourcing
company that has Royal Bank of Scotland and Goldman Sachs as its clients, would
employ inmates at the Cherlapally Central Jail in Hyderabad to help process bank
paperwork. Though, in the beginning, the BPO behind the bars will process the
works of Indian clients, Radiant has plans to expand the service to customers
overseas. The company said there is no security risk in prisoners doing the BPO
job as they will not have access to sensitive information including passwords
and bank accounts. However, those who are jailed for fraud or robbery are not
eligible for the work.