₦airaland Forum

Even if the "Underwear Bomber" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had exploded his device on Christmas day, 2009, the Airbus A330 would have survived, according to an experiment conducted by a BBC documentary team.

And while the person sitting next to Abdulmutallab probably would have died, the worst injury most passengers would have suffered would have been ruptured eardrums.

Read below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/Home/abdulmutallab-could-not-have-blown-up-pl

Cisco unveiled a new Internet technology Tuesday that it says will provide the ultra-fast data speeds necessary to stay ahead of users' rapidly growing online video demands.

The new technology, known as "CRS-3," is a network routing system that will be able to offer downloads of up to 322 Terabits per second, according to the company.

Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/Technology/cisco-unveils-ultra-fast-internet-techno

Beginning next month, Facebook may start telling its users not only what their friends are doing, but also where they're doing it.

The New York Times' Bits Blog says the popular online social network will announce this "location-based" feature at its upcoming conference, called f8. The conference takes place April 21-22 in San Francisco.

Read more below

http:///blogs/blog1.php/Technology/news-facebook-to-add-location-features

Program Note: Five years ago we reported on gang violence in the Los Angeles community of Hollenbeck. This week, all week, we follow up on the neighborhood. Through the eyes of cops, criminals and crusaders, we witness the corrosive effects of violence and what's being done to prevent it. We take you inside the investigations of homicides as they unfold in a community where 30 percent of all killings remain unsolved.

When Soledad Brock visits the Odd Fellows cemetery in the Hollenbeck community of Los Angeles, she mourns the death of her two sons, Ronald Brock and Angel Candia. One was a U.S.

Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/Home/two-brothers-two-homicides-still-no-just

The Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, surprised guests present at the Muson Centre for the launching of the book of Sir Olaniwun Ajayi at the Muson Centre in Lagos.

The book titled: “Nigeria, Africa’s failed asset?” attracted many important dignitaries, intellectuals and some governors. The argument by discussants centered on whether or not the colonial masters laid the foundation for the problems Nigeria is currently facing. Many argued that the British loved the North and that was why it gave more than 50 percent of the National Assembly seats to the North at independence.

Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/Home/sanusi-lamido-sanusi-at-it-again-what-do

Google Buzz, Google's new social networking service announced this week, isn't particularly original.

Just like Facebook and Twitter, it lets you share links, updates and media with friends. Even so, it'll probably be a moderate success.

Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/Technology/why-google-buzz-will-be-a-hit

When you pray ‘Let Thy Will Be Done’, you recognize God’s sovereignty over every aspect of our daily lives. It is a way of saying that we will be in deep trouble if God gave us everything for which we asked? more

Authorities have arrested three Spaniards suspected of infecting 13 million computers with a program that allowed them to steal personal and financial data worldwide, Spain's Civil Guard said Wednesday.

Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/Technology/three-spaniards-arrested-in-alleged-glob

Four men were convicted in Germany on Thursday in a foiled terrorist plot against Western targets, court officials said.

The men had begun mixing a huge amount of explosive material that

Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/Home/4-convicted-over-foiled-german-terror-pl

Friends on social networking site Facebook can now send small payments directly to each other via an application called Buxter.

Buxter handles transactions in Euros or US dollars, with plans to launch in Sterling in the next four weeks.

Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/Technology/money-sharing-comes-to-facebook

A micro-ear could soon help scientists eavesdrop on tiny events just like microscopes make them visible.

Initially, researchers will use it to snoop on cells as they go about their daily business.

It may allow researchers to listen to how a drug disrupts micro-organisms, in the same way as a mechanic might listen to a car's engine to find a fault.

Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/2010/03/01/tiny-ear-listens-to-hidden-worlds

A man who created a website trading in stolen financial information linked to tens of millions of pounds in losses has been jailed for nearly five years.

Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/2010/03/01/organiser-of-darkmarket-fraud-website-ja

Seventeen Nigerian police officers have been arrested over the alleged extra-judicial killing of members of the Boko Haram religious sect in 2009.

Police spokesman Yemi Ajyai said the arrests had been carried out by members of the police Special Forces Squad.

Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/2010/03/01/nigeria-police-held-over-boko-haram-sect

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- He has been called the NBA's greatest player and one of the country's top pitchmen.

Now Michael Jordan is ready for a new title: NBA owner.

Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/2010/03/01/michael-jordan-reaches-deal-to-buy-bobca

JERUSALEM - Two parts of an ancient biblical manuscript separated across centuries and continents were reunited for the first time in a joint display Friday, thanks to an accidental discovery that is helping illuminate a dark period in the history of the Hebrew Bible.

Read more below:


http:///blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/27/biblical-fragments-reunited-after-centur

A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday, killing at least 147 people and triggering tsunami warnings for the entire Pacific basin.

Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/27/massive-quake-aftershocks-hit-chile-at-l

PepsiCo's Gatorade said Friday that it has ended its business relationship with Tiger Woods.

"We no longer see a role for Tiger in our marketing


Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/27/gatorade-drops-sponsorship-of-tiger-wood

Yahoo! and the micro-blogging site Twitter have struck a content-sharing deal, they announced Wednesday -- a plan that will share real-time tweets with the 600 million users in Yahoo's global network.

Read more below:


http:///blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/24/yahoo-and-twitter-strike-content-sharing

Malaysia is to extradite nine foreigners arrested on terror charges last month, officials have said.

Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has said the nine have links to international terror organisations and posed "a very serious threat".

Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/19/malaysia-to-extradite-foreign-terror-sus

He should have fronted the cameras 100 days ago instead of hiding behind polemics on privacy posted on his Web site, but I’m told he spent a lot of time in the fetal position after his secret life became a public scandal. He wasn’t ready to address any of it — but he is now.

Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/18/tiger-s-defining-moment-to-come-friday

New data released earlier today by web analytics firm Compete.com reveals that there has been a major shift at the top of the web charts: Facebook is now larger than Yahoo in the U.S.


Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/18/facebook-overtakes-yahoo-now-the-second-

As José Mourinho prepares to meet his former club Chelsea FC, the FC Internazionale Milano coach must feel like he is returning to an old house to find the fixtures and fittings just where he had left them.

Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/16/chelsea-hold-no-secrets-for-mourinho

BARCELONA--Steve Ballmer hopes "7" will be Microsoft's lucky number as the company restarts its mobile business with the release of Windows Phone 7.

On Monday, the CEO of Microsoft and his team of Microsoft executives took the wraps off the latest version of the Windows Mobile operating system at a press conference here at the Mobile World Congress. The new Windows Phone 7 is a fresh start for the company in mobile.


Read more below:

http:///blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/16/ballmer-banks-on-windows-phone-7-for-the

I was idly scanning a press release in my inbox the other day stating that the National Academy of Sciences planned to honor 17 individuals in 2010 for their "extraordinary scientific achievements in the areas of biology, chemistry, geology, astronomy and psychology."

Very interesting, read more below:


http:///blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/15/women-it-needs-you-men-get-over-it

I beg no vex.

I like news o. I hope it is not a crime for me to invite you to my house.

PHCN is too old to be flashing us light.

I dey vex o

Babalola, Pls give us aleast 12hrs of light daily. Commanding PHCN is the way forward. Work,Communicate,Follow up and become accountable with them.

Also, gas pipeline vandalisation must cease!! Enough is enough

We are shooting ourselves in the knee for Christ sake