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LONDON: Millions of passengers were stranded on Friday after a huge cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland swept across Europe, grounding thousands of flights in the biggest air travel shutdown since World War II. Europe’s air traffic control centre said 16,000 flights were cancelled on Friday because of the “unprecedented” situation and more would follow, while one airline grounded all its planes in the affected area until Monday. Holidaymakers, businessmen, celebrities and politicians alike were forced onto overcrowded trains, boats […]
You may have heard that here at Google we’re obsessed with speed, in our products and on the web. As part of that effort, today we’re including a new signal in our search ranking algorithms: site speed. Site speed reflects how quickly a website responds to web requests. Speeding up websites is important — not just to site owners, but to all Internet users. Faster sites create happy users and we’ve seen in our internal studies that when a site responds slowly, visitors […]
Singapore: Exceptionally strong growth was seen in the first quarter of 2010 and the Trade and Industry Ministry (MTI) says it now expects Singapore’s economy to grow by 7.0 to 9.0% during the current year. The revision upwards from an earlier 4.5-6.5% GDP growth is in view of the “exceptionally strong growth for the Singapore economy” in the first quarter and the overall improved outlook for external economies for the rest of 2010, MTI said in its news release on […]
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Sometimes I wish I can work without the need to go to toilet
BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in Bangkok on Wednesday, handing the army broad powers to restore order after weeks of disruptive street protests by anti-government demonstrators. The announcement came after protesters broke into Parliament and senior government officials had to be evacuated by helicopter. Some lawmakers scaled the compound’s walls to escape. The government already had placed Bangkok under the strict Internal Security Act. But a state of emergency includes more sweeping powers. […]
1. It screams The early reviews all said that the iPad was “wicked fast,” and boy, they weren’t kidding. Applications literally fly open, and browsing the Web on Safari is way faster than on the iPhone. I could get used to this. 2. It’s heavier than I thought it would be One-and-a-half pounds sounds pretty light, especially when you consider that the flyweight MacBook Air weighs in at about 3.5 pounds. That said, the iPad felt surprisingly heavy the first […]