Archive for the In the News Category
From “New Vision: Uganda’s Leading Website” comes a heart-touching story of a boy becoming a man.
Wednesday, 13th September, 2006
A UGANDAN from Bugisu had to bear the brunt of forced circumcision in the sprawling Kibera slums of Nairobi on Sunday.
However, the victim’s mother, Hellen Naliaka, supported the move by the residents, saying it was the only way to attain manhood.
The man, in his early 30s, was stripped naked, smeared with millet brew (malwa) before being frog-marched into an open space in the slums, where he was circumcised.
If only we all had friends like these to help us through life’s milestones…
Are radiation emitting cell phones harmful or harmless? Who knows. But you can cook an egg with them!
Read more here.
According to PCWorld has compiled a list of the 25 all time worst tech products OF ALL TIME. Not surprisingly, AOL is at the top of that list followed by RealPlayer, Windows ME, and plenty of other gems.
USAToday reports:
The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY.
The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by amassing information about the calls of ordinary Americans — most of whom aren’t suspected of any crime. This program does not involve the NSA listening to or recording conversations. But the spy agency is using the data to analyze calling patterns in an effort to detect terrorist activity, sources said in separate interviews.
I guess Qwest is the only phone company that felt “uneasy” about handing over records without the proper warrants.
For more info, see:
The article @ USAToday
A bunch of related links @ Slashdot