We did but build his pedestal, a narrow and a tall one.

iTWire - PS3 needs better 'everything' AND a price cut

As the Wii sells more units, causing games manufacturers to ramp up plans for more Wii titles, speculation is rampant on how Sony can sell more PS3s, with claims and counterclaims that a price cut is the answer.

Sony develops film-thin, bending display - Yahoo! News

TOKYO - In the race for ever-thinner displays for TVs, cell phones and other gadgets, Sony may have developed one to beat them all — a razor-thin display that bends like paper while showing full-color video.

Broadcasting - News - Channel 4

Channel 4 "has accepted" Ofcom's conclusions that Celebrity Big Brother contravened the Broadcasting Code on four occasions during its run in January.

BBC NEWS | UK | Litvinenko suspect denies charges

The Russian man the UK wants to charge with murdering Alexander Litvinenko has denied any involvement and said the case is "politically motivated".

Websites that Pay Writers | Rose DesRochers - World Outside my Window

I noticed a number of bloggers are writing reviews for websites and products as a way to earn some extra money. Now I have not tried any of these sites myself, but here a list of the sites that I found.

Picture of the Day: Welcoming the 'Check' Prime Minister at All Things Pakistan

On your left is the picture of the flag of the Czech Republic. On your right is a 'Check' (or, rather, checkered flag; often used in car racing. The two should never be confused. Except for the fact that 'Czech' is pronounced as 'check.'

CERN - Large Hadron Collider - Particle Physics - A Giant Takes On Physics' Biggest Questions - New York Times

The day it turns on will be a moment of truth for Cern, which has spent 13 years building the collider, and for the world's physicists, who have staked their credibility and their careers, not to mention all those billions of dollars, on the conviction that they are within touc …

LiveScience.com: Meditation Sharpens the Mind

Three months of intense training in a form of meditation known as "insight" in Sanskrit can sharpen a person's brain enough to help them notice details they might otherwise miss.

Kalam pays tribute to Indian soldiers-Europe-World-The Times of India

ATHENS: A bugler sounded the "Last Post" for the last time for those Indian soldiers who laid down their lives in World War II. The Indian President, A P J Abdul Kalam, looked on and paid his tributes to the brave soldiers in a sombre ceremony in a cemetery near Athens.

The East African - Magazine

The Indian in the maize

Iran defies UN to join nuclear club - Independent Online Edition > Middle East

Iran announced yesterday that it has taken a step forward in its nuclear programme by moving to industrial scale enrichment, thereby defying three United Nations resolutions and setting itself on a collision course with the United States.

Reuters AlertNet - Former sex slave demands Japan apology in WW2 row

TOKYO, March 2 (Reuters) - A Korean women who was abducted and kept as a sex slave by Japanese soldiers during World War Two urged Japan's government on Friday to apologise amid an escalating international row over the fate of the so-called "comfort women".

Occupied Gaza like apartheid South Africa, says UN report | Israel and the Middle East | Guardian Unlimited

A UN human rights investigator has likened Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories to apartheid South Africa and says there should be "serious consideration" over bringing the occupation to the international court of justice.

US soldier sentenced to 100 years for Iraq rape and murder | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

A US soldier was sentenced to 100 years in prison yesterday for one of the worst known cases involving US troops in Iraq - the gang rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl and the killing of her father, mother and sister.

Who is the greatest of them all? | News | Guardian Unlimited Books

When the Guardian referred to Martin Amis as 'Britain's greatest living author' last week, one reader was so outraged she threatened to emigrate - or worse. So if not Amis, who?

Comment is free: Don't mention the Holocaust

It is counterproductive to support Israel's existence with references to the Jewish people's near eradication 60 years ago.

Clash between Islam and west is political, poll finds | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

Fears of an inevitable "clash of civilisations" between the west and Islam may be exaggerated, according to a global survey...

A poem I wrote a while ago

They make houses built on sand, Defunct reasoning reaches morbid conclusions, Defended with all the will in the world. I don't agree, but they believe, I can't compete with belief. Call up the revolutionary youth, Light another generation and watch them burn out in 20 years.

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Kim Jong-il celebrates his 65th | North and South Korea | Guardian Unlimited

North Korea celebrated leader Kim Jong-il's 65th birthday today with the expected mix of public marches, lavish personal praise and fierce anti-US rhetoric.

BBC NEWS | Magazine | Bonfire of the brands

Interesting insight into the power of brand names.

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  • The God of Small Things

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