Four die in Ogun accident

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Four persons died in two separate auto crashes in Ogun State. Others were also critically injured in the two accidents.

The first accident that occurred on Sunday, involved members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jammat who were returning to Abeokuta from Ilaro at the end of their three-day annual congress.

Our correspondent learnt that the accident happened after a rear tyres of the passenger bus conveying them burst.

One of the injured persons told our correspondent at the State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, that the accident occurred shortly after the bus passed Ibese town. He explained that the vehicle somersaulted three times, killing the driver on the spot.

In the other crash at the Ikereku area of Abeokuta on Saturday, two persons were crushed to death, while four others were wounded when a truck rammed into them.

The truck, marked, LAGOS, AKD 443 XA, was allegedly driven by an underage driver who was said to have lost control.

While attempting to escape from the scene, the driver allegedly ran over two commercial motorcyclists at the Ikereku area.

While the truck killed the two cyclists on the spot, one of the passengers they were carrying was injured.
Both the driver of the truck and his vehicle are still being detained at the Adatan Police Stattion.

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2013 TRAGEDY!! Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka loses daughter; Iyetade Soyinka

AS the year 2013 winds up in less than 48 hours, the cold hands of death drew the curtain at the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital, for Dr. Iyetade Soyinka, the daughter of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. This tragic loss was announced by the spokesman for Professor Soyinka’s family, Mr. Jahman Anikulapo.

The deceased who was reportedly being treated for an undisclosed ailment was born on June 6, 1965. An alumnus of the University of Ibadan (UI).

Anikulapo described the deceased as “affable, intelligent and sometimes capricious,” adding that she “struggled with her health in recent years.” Despite her health woes, the late Iyetade Soyinka “greeted every day with a smile and doted on her two children.”

The statement, which was issued on behalf of the deceased’s family, revealed that Ms. Soyinka “took ill quite suddenly and passed away while being treated at UCH, Ibadan.

“Iyetade leaves behind two children, both parents, numerous siblings, nieces and nephews.”

No funeral arrangements were announced in the statement
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Believe it or not!! this is massive and record breaking

 Woman with backside so large she once broke a toilet and can't fit through doors says she hopes to inspire larger ladies

She has to wear extra large trousers and once managed to crack a toilet bowl just by sitting on it but Sarah Massey, 33, says she is proud to have one of the world's largest posteriors.

The Chicago mother-of-two's derriere measures an impressive 7ft in diameter and sometimes proves too large to fit through doorways.
But despite being proud of her record-breaking rear end, 32-stone Ms Massey admits that living with a super-sized bottom isn't always easy and receives £750 in disability benefit each month as a result of having limited mobility.

Sarah claims to be proud of her ample derriere and takes part in photo shoots for her male admirers
'Everyday I get some kind of comment thrown at me, both good and bad - I used to be ashamed but now I hold my head high,' she revealed.

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World's biggest television: Samsung launches 110inches flat screen

The world's largest television set, which measures 110 from corner to corner and is four times sharper than a high-definition TV, was today put on sale by Samsung.

The company launched the monster screen in South Korea, priced at 160million won, or around £100,000. It achieves achieves its precise picture - which has been compared to looking through a window - through U-HDTV (Ultra-High Definition Television) technology, which packs in four times as many pixels per inch as current high-definition sets.





The exclusive device, which is 102 inches wide and 70 inches tall, is bigger than a king-sized bed, and will also be sold in China, the Middle East and Europe.

Samsung said they have received ten orders from the Middle East already, though Chinese buyers are expected to snap up the largest portion of the sets. The new model dwarfs the size of the former largest Samsung U-HDTV, which measured 85 inches.

They replace the previously-touted OLED technology, which Samsung and rivals LG were last year promoting as the future technology. But the specially-treated LED bulbs were deemed to expensive for the huge screens, and both manufacturers have now embraced U-HDTV.

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New TECH: A shark sends a twitter message......so incredible!!!

Western Australia is now considered the world's deadliest place for shark attacks and since 2012 six people have been killed - with the number of attacks said to be rising.
In a bid to solve this problem, scientists from the area have fitted 320 sharks with special transmitters that track the animals’ movements.

If a tagged shark swims within a kilometre of any beach along the west coast, a receiver will trigger an alert, which then generates an automatic warning tweet.



Due to a rise in shark attacks off the coast of Western Australia, scientists have fitted 320 sharks in the area, including tiger sharks, pictured, with transmitters. If a tagged shark swims within a kilometre of a beach an alert is triggered. This then generates an automatic warning tweet

HOW DOES THE SYSTEM WORK?
Australian scientists fitted 320 sharks, including tiger sharks, great whites and bronze whaler sharks, with transmitters that track the animals' movements.

If a tagged shark swims within a kilometre of any beach along the west coast, a receiver in the water triggers an alert.
This, in turn, generates an automatic warning tweet containing the breed of the shark as well as the time it triggered the alarm and the shark’s approximate location.

This location is based on which receiver was triggered.
The transmitters were fitted by the Surf Life Saving Western Australia's (SLSWA) group and the tweet is sent from the company’s Twitter feed.
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SUPER FAST: The BICYCLE that runs 112mph

The 112mph BICYCLE: Bike shop owner spends £5,000 building a vehicle that has earned him a place in the record books

Jason Rourke, 42, spent 10 days building the super-strong mountain bike in his Stoke-on-Trent workshop. Cyclist Guy Martin (pictured attempting to break the record, left, and with the super-fast bike, right) used the incredible piece of equipment to pedal at 112mph.

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Prince William goes back to college to study agriculture

 Prince William pictured at Duchy Farm in Gloucestershire

Great responsibilities will rest on his shoulders one day. But in the meantime, Prince William is going back to being a student.

The future king starts a ten-week course in agricultural management at Cambridge University next week. The ‘bespoke’ course has been organised for the 31-year-old Duke of Cambridge to give him an understanding of issues affecting farms and rural communities.

It will also, no doubt, come in handy when he inherits the Duchy of Cornwall, one of the biggest private estates in the country, from his father.

The second in line to the throne, who has a geography degree from St Andrew’s University, will have around 20 hours a week of timetabled lectures, seminars and meetings. He will also be expected to undertake extensive study in his own time and may be sent on field trips.

Although he will still be based at Kensington Palace with the Duchess of Cambridge and son George, staff have organised private accommodation for the prince when he needs to stay in Cambridge.

He is likely to be away from home two or three nights a week. The course is run by Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, an institution within the university’s School of Technology and has Prince Charles as its patron.


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Husband given 20 lashes for accusing his new wife of not being a virgin

Saudi court sentences husband to 20 lashes for accusing his new wife of not being a virgin in front of her father

A husband has been sentenced to 20 lashes after alleging his wife was not a virgin when they married. He was accused of suggesting his bride was lying about her virginity during a public outburst in front of her father and other neighbourhood elders, according to a Saudi news website.
The humiliated wife went to court to prove her honour and reputation, Al-Sharq Online reported.



Inhumane: A criminal is beaten before being beheaded in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - a country which has faced fierce international criticism over its human rights record. (File photo)

A judge in the Saudi city of Mecca ordered the public flogging of the Yemeni man to be carried out in one session because he could not offer any evidence to refute the claims. He says she had been married and divorced before marrying him. As is common in conservative parts of the Arab world, he says the marriage contract stipulated she was a virgin at the time of their wedding.

Saudi Arabia has faced strong international condemnation over its use of corporal and capital punishment. Public beatings and executions are common place in the autocratic Kingdom.

A political activist was this month sentenced to 300 lashes and four years in prison for calling for a constitutional monarchy in Saudi Arabia.


Barbaric: Public flogging is a widespread punishment dished out by judges across Saudi Arabia. (File photo)


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Michael Schumacher 'fighting for his life'

This is the spot where Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is believed to have suffered a horrific fall while skiing off-piste.
The 44-year-old is still 'fighting for his life' and remains in a coma after the accident, which happened in the French resort of Meribel on Sunday.

Eyewitness say Schumacher hit his head on one of the many rocks in the off-piste area - causing him to briefly lose consciousness. The fall was so hard that Schumacher's helmet cracked.

Schumacher's injuries have caused shockwaves across the world - particularly in his native Germany. Fellow German-born sports star Boris Becker called on Twitter for prayers for a 'full and speedy recovery' for the F1 champion.


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Alleged Oppo Find 7′s Metal Frame Leaked- ubergizmo.com

Alleged Oppo Find 7′s Metal Frame Leaked By Tyler Lee on 12/30/2013 Filed in Homepage > CellPhones Oppo has been making the headlines recently and one of the Chinese company’s upcoming handsets is the Oppo Find 7, which we recently found out has been confirmed to feature a 5.5” display with a 2K resolution, making them the second company to release such a device behind the Vivo Xplay 3S. 

Oppo has been teasing the handset for a while now and while we’re still unsure when the handset will be officially revealed, a leaked photo has started to make its rounds on the internet where it shows off what appears to be the metal frame that will be making its way into the Find 7. 

While the specs of the Find 7 have been rumored for a while now, this is the first time we’re getting a glimpse at its metal frame, indicating that Oppo could be turning to more premium materials for the build of the phone, as opposed to using plastic which is common practice amongst most smartphone OEMs. 

The measurements of the phone confirm that the display is of the 5.5” variety, so at the very least it would seem as though this leaked component is the real deal. Based on what we know so far, the rest of the Find 7’s specs include a 2.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor with 3GB of RAM, and a 16MP Sony Exmor camera on the back, and might possibly come with CyanogenMod preinstalled, similar to the Oppo N1. Take it with a grain of salt for now, but with CES and MWC around the corner, perhaps Oppo will share more details with us then.
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APPLE: iOS 6.1.3/6.1.4 Jailbreak Now Available

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Yesterday we reported that a jailbreak for iOS 6.1.3 and 6.1.4 would be coming soon and sure enough it has. It looks like iH8sn0w worked pretty fast as the jailbreak is currently available to download by hitting up the jailbreak’s website. As we had mentioned earlier, the jailbreak appears to be limited to those running on Mac OS X at the moment, but according to its website, the Windows version of the jailbreak should be coming soon, although no word on when that will be, so if you’re running on Windows, you’ll have to find someone with a Mac if you want to jailbreak your iOS device. 

The new look has been criticized as being too bright, and in some instances, cartoony. In fact some criticisms have taken it to the next level with users complaining that the parallax effect in iOS 7 has given them motion sickness, which is why there are still those out there who refuse to update to iOS 7, but still have to have the latest jailbroken iOS 6 running on their devices. As it stands an untethered jailbreak for iOS 7 has recently been released as well, so for those running on either iOS 6.1.3/6.1.4 or iOS 7, you guys have some options.

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COMING SOON!! $100 Moto G For Verizon Leaked

 Word has it that Verizon has plans to bring the Motorola Moto G onto their network sometime next year, but unfortunately the exact date and pricing of said handset remains unknown for now. Well according to a recently leaked photo, it seems that while the date of the handset’s launch on Verizon remains unknown, what we might have found out is that the device could be priced at a very affordable $100. 

This is the price that the handset will cost off-contract, meaning that if you did not want to be tied down to any contract with the carrier, this is one of the options available to you at the moment. Of course since Verizon has not confirmed this themselves so do take it with a grain of salt for now. 

The Moto G is Motorola’s latest Android offering and it is the cheaper version of its Moto X handset. The device was launched back in November and while it does not have the most powerful hardware that an Android phone could feature, we guess if the $100 price tag is true, then it is certainly one of the more affordable devices available at the moment. As far as specs are concerned, the Moto G will feature a 4.5” HD display and will pack a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor under its hood. It will be accompanied by 8GB of onboard storage, a 5MP rear-facing camera, and will run on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.

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Microsoft has developed a new programming language M#

Microsoft has developed a new programming language reportedly called "M#" alongside its experimental Midori OS.

And Midori may have moved out of the incubation phase and into the big leagues, as ZDNET reports that the project has been transferred to Microsoft's Unified Operating System group for continued development.

Microsoft was developing the non-Windows Midori OS at least as far back as 2008, when we thought it might have had something to do with a successor to Windows 7.

That obviously turned out to not be the case, but between ZDNET's report and a blog post from Midori team member Joe Duffy describing the new language (which itself is an extension to C#), some interesting new details have come to light.

The new language Duffy described in his blog post strives to strike a balance between performance and safety/productivity.

He doesn't mention the term M# ("M sharp"), but ZDNET heard from its sources that that's what he's describing.
M# was reportedly developed alongside Midori in order to help build Midori as a lightweight OS free from the constraints of a Windows legacy built over decades.

Another alleged former Microsoft employee chimed in on Reddit, explaining that "this new extension to C# grew out of Sing#, the system language of Microsoft Research's Singularity OS."

Google Developer Infrastructure team member Aleks Bromfield, who worked formerly on Microsoft's Midori language team, explained to ZDNET, "The idea is that M# should be the lowest-level language that you'll ever need."

"It sits at the very bottom of the stack. But it's also safe and productive enough to be appropriate for writing higher-level systems, like Web services," he said.
According to Duffy, it may eventually go open source.

ZDNet says that's why the project moved to a new group; so they can figure out which parts are worth keeping around.

Meanwhile as this story blew up Duffy amended his initial blog post to thank readers for their enthusiasm, but wishing that the speculation would "die silently."
"I do expect to write more in the months ahead, but all in the spirit of opening up collaboration with the community, not because of any 'deeper meaning' or 'clues' that something might be afoot. Too much speculation!" he wrote in an update.

source: techradar.com

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BLACKBERRY Z30 REVIEW

Key Features

• Features Touchscreen, Front-Facing camera, external storage, High resolution camera, hd video recording, 4G
• Operating system BlackBerry OS
• Launch OS version 10.2
• Headphone connection 3.5mm
• Charging connection microUSB
• Interfaces micro HDMI

Design

• Thickness .37", Height 5.53", Width 2.83", Weight 5.99 oz, Color Black
• Keyboard type Touchscreen only

Display
Screen size 5"
Resolution 1280 x 720
Technology AMOLED
PPI 295
Touchscreen type Capacitive
Multitouch Yes

Connectivity
Carrier Verizon
4G (LTE/HSPA+) Yes
3G (HSPDA/CDMA) Yes
Edge/2G (GSM/GPRS) Yes
Bluetooth version 4.0
Wi-Fi Yes
Mobile hotspot tethering Yes
NFC support Yes
Manufacturer Qualcomm
Brand Snapdragon S4 Pro
Speed 1.7 GHz
Number of cores 2
System memory 2 GB
Front camera photo resolution 2 megapixels
Rear camera photo resolution 8 megapixels
Flash LED

Storage
Internal 16 GB
Removable storage (included) None
External type microSD

Video
Front camera recording resolution 720p
Rear camera recording resolution 1080p
Video codecs supported H.264, MPEG-4, H.263, MOV

Sensors
Sensors Compass (Magnetometer), Proximity, Ambient light, Gyroscope, Accelerometer

Battery
Talk time 18 hours
Standby time 16 days
Battery capacity 2880 mAh

Pros
Solid build quality
Long battery life
Nice AMOLED screen
Impressive message-oriented features
Excellent speakers

Cons
High-end price, mid-range specs
App selection lags behind Android and iOS
Only 16GB of internal storage

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