From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Microsoft launches Halo Wars gaming series

February 27, 2009 Tech

Microsoft has launched its Halo universe video series, Halo Universe Expanded – Act 1. The video series will feature insight from creators, critics and the franchise’s biggest fans.
Halo Wars immerses you in an early period of the storied Halo universe, allowing you to experience events leading up to the first Halo title for Xbox.
Act 1 [...]

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Adobe announces security update for Flash Player

February 27, 2009 Tech

Adobe has announced security update for its product Flash Player.
According to the release by the company many readers will need to apply two different versions of this patch: One is designed for Internet Explorer, and another updates the Flash player in Firefox, Opera and Safari.
Updates are available for Flash versions made for Windows, Mac OS [...]

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LG to announce 12MP camera phone by end of the year

February 27, 2009 Tech

LG would be launching a 12MP camera phone soon. The cell phone would come with12 megapixel sensor. The product would be released sometime end of this year.
LG hopes to compete with other similar offerings like the Sony Ericsson Idou that was the first 12MP camera phone announced during this year’s Mobile World Congress.
With this it [...]

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Microsoft to launch Ninja Blade in April

February 27, 2009 Tech

Microsoft has announced to launch the Xbox 360-exclusive Ninja Blade in the UK market. The product would be available on 3 April.
The demo of the product would be available for on Xbox Live Marketplace on 9 March.
It will be free, and give players the chance to get their head around the gameplay before the game’s [...]

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George Clooney sublets his villa to Beckham

February 27, 2009 Entertainment

Hollywood star George Clooney’s sprawling villa in Italy has a new temporary occupant – football star David Beckham.
The actor has sublet his villa to Beckham, who is playing in Italy nowadays, reports thesun.co.uk.
Clooney is currently in the US.
Designer Giorgio Armani introduced the two stars to each other last year in New York and Beckham was [...]

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Katie Holmes splurges out on cookies for co-stars

February 27, 2009 Entertainment

Katie Holmes certainly believes in the saying that the way to people’s heart is through their stomach, for the actress recently tried to win over the cast and crew on her latest movie by buying cookies for them.
The former ‘Dawson’’s Creek’ star is currently shooting ‘The Extra Man’ in New York.
The 30-year-old actress treated everybody [...]

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Britney’s hairdresser testifies against ex-manager Sam Lutfi

February 27, 2009 Entertainment

Toxic singer Britney Spears’ hairdresser Roberta Romero stood up in court on February 26 to testify against the star’s former manager Sam Lutfi.
Romero revealed that she had received a phone call and numerous text messages from Lutfi, trying to persuade her to pass messages onto Spears, reports the Mirror.
The hairdresser also claimed that the singer [...]

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Paltrow slams media for criticism of her health and lifestyle website

February 27, 2009 Entertainment

American actress Gwyneth Paltrow has dismissed criticism of her health and lifestyle website as the media’s way of not understanding it.
Paltrow has been giving out advice on topics like diet and exercise on Goop.com, which also features a weekly newsletter, but she has now come under attack from the press for her articles.
“Why is it [...]

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Supermodel Gisele Bundchen marries footballer Tom Brady

February 27, 2009 Entertainment

Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen and American football star Tom Brady have tied the knot in an intimate California ceremony, news reports said.
The couple married Thursday in a Catholic service in Santa Monica with only close family and friends attending, according to the celebrity news site Usmagazine.com.
The bride, 28, wore a strapless ivory lace gown by [...]

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Nepal Police arrest seven Tibetan nationals

February 27, 2009 World

Nepal Police have arrested seven Tibetan nationals, including two women, who entered the country illegally through Nepal-Tibet border at Tatopani and handed them over to the authorities in Kathmandu.
They were arrested after crossing the Nepal-Tibet border at Tatopani entry point in the east of Kathmandu on Tuesday.
“They were arrested after they were found to be [...]

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