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Anyone with kids, or perhaps a job where you eat at your desk, knows that food and keyboards don’t mix. In fact, they can get pretty sticky and crumb-filled if you don’t clean them regularly. Besides using a gas duster or wiping it with an electronics-friendly cloth, there’s no easy way to thoroughly sanitize your keyboard.

Enter Logitech‘s Washable Keyboard K310, unveiled on Wednesday. It has the familiar layout of the Logitech keyboards you may already use, but this one can take a dip in water. You can rinse it in the kitchen sink or wipe it with a wet cloth. Not only can the keyboard be submerged up to 11 inches, it dries easily, too.

The keyboard can handle plenty of washing and use, according to Logitech. Characters are laser-printed and UV-coated, so they don’t fade after a cleaning. Holes in the back of the keyboard let water escape easily, and air enter, to dry every part. The keyboard is also simple to set up: Just plug it in, and you’re ready to work.

It’s compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

The Logitech Washable Keyboard K310 is expected to be available across the U.S. starting in August for a suggested retail price of $39.99. It will be available in Europe this October.

According to report by Akamai Technologies Global Internet Platform, Nigeria has successfully overtaken South Africa in terms of Internet speed just in less than 11 years.

In the report it is revealed that the west African Nation has an average connection speed of 322kbps with a peak rate of 5674kbps while South Africa’s average speed is faster at 496kbps, with a peak speed which is almost half that of Nigeria, at 2172kbps.

“All mobile providers had average peak connection speeds above 2 mbps, though last place South African provider, ZA-1 was just above the threshold, losing over 13 per cent from the prior quarter, at 2.2 mbps,” the report stated.

According to Leadership, “in 2011 South Africa was one of only two countries listed in the report with an average peak connection speed below 2 mbps. South Africa had average 442kbps over Nigeria’s 286kbps, however, Nigeria outperformed with peak 4871kbps and average 462mbps per month over South Africa’s 1654kbps and 197mbps.”

The report also noted that speeds across the globe were improving, and that all 117 countries that qualified for inclusion measured an increase in average connection speeds. The gain in average speed however isn’t uniform, as Montenegro grew by 0.2 per cent to 2.8 mbps, while Libya measured a 75 per cent increase to 0.5 mbps.

The trial that began 2months ago in July, Apple Inc top executives who testified in coherent narratives in court unveil very deterimental inner Samsung documents showing that the company alter its products to be more like the iPhone.

Having 25 hours trial time each, Samsung lawyers used too much time in the start out and couldn't cross examine some Apple witnesses towards the end of the trial. Samsung staffs testified through language interpreters and in video depositions that disaffect jurors.

"Instead of witnesses, they sent you lawyers," Apple attorney Harold McElhinny said during his closing argument.

while Samsung's own patents were a major part of behind-the-scenes negotiations, at trial its lawyers struggled to present them on the same ground with Apple's intuitively all-embracing design and feature patents.

Samsung had the opportunity to opt for a separate trial on its patents, but they declined. Its lawyers were carried away by the fact that placing its own allegations in front of the same jury would balance out any toxic impact from breaches of Apple patents.

It didn't work. Samsung was found to violate six of Apple's patents, the jury said. Whether damages will be tripled is a decision for Koh in the coming weeks.

Samsung asked for up to $399m on its standards patents and they got nothing.

However, Samsung has pledge to keep fighting on. It could get an appeals court to delay any potential sales ban, which would give it time to bring new, modified products to the market.

A Dutch creationist is putting the finishing touches on a full-size replica of Noah’s Ark, which he has built according to a blueprint set out in the Bible up the Thames for the Olympics.This feat of true biblical proportions was inspired by a dream Mr Huibers had 20 years ago, in which he saw part of his native Netherlands submerged in a flood like the one featured in the Book of Genesis.
He has been obsessed with bringing the story of the ark to life ever since, MSNBC reports, and in 2004 he built a half-scale version and floated it along the country’s canals.
Tourists flocked to see the smaller prototype when Mr Huibers opened it to the public, but the proceeds from admissions went straight back into funding his ambition to build a full-size ship
The narrative of the ark, in which God commands Noah to prepare for a great flood sent to purge the world of evil, specifies that the boat was 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high.
Mr Huibers converted this ancient unit of measurement, which is based on the length of the forearm, to determine that his recreation had to be about 450ft long.
This puts the boat, which opens to the public on Monday and is nicknamed ‘Johan’s Ark’, at more than half the length of the Titanic.
And though it may not be able to shelter two of every animal, as the original story dictates, it can hold 1,500 people – not to mention a menagerie of life-size plastic creatures including giraffes, elephants and donkeys, as well as a few live chickens.
As it weighs in at almost 3,000 tons and is made from Swedish pine reinforced with steel, it may be hard to believe that the ark is, in fact, seaworthy.
It is docked in the western city of Dordrecht, where Mr Huibers, the owner of a construction company, pieced it together with the help of some friends and two of his children.
In the 15th century, the city was the site of one of the deadliest floods in history, named St Elizabeth’s flood, which is thought to have claimed as many as 10,000 lives.

HOW LONG WAS A CUBIT?
Long before the metric or imperial systems came along, craftsmen in various parts of the world dealt in less precise units known as cubits.
As this was based on the length of a forearm, the exact value varies from one ancient civilisation to the next. It is most commonly defined as the distance from the elbow to the middle fingertip.
The Biblical cubit is generally thought to be about 18in, but Ancient Egyptian cubit rods measure closer to 20in.
Tourists flocked to see the smaller prototype when Mr Huibers opened it to the public, but the proceeds from admissions went straight back into funding his ambition to build a full-size ship.

Mario Barwuah Balotelli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmaˑɾjo baloˈtɛlːli]; born Mario Barwuah; 12 August 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester City and the Italy national team.

He started his professional football career at Lumezzane and played for the first team twice before having an unsuccessful trial at FC Barcelona, and subsequently joining Internazionale in 2007. Inter manager Roberto Mancini brought Balotelli into the first team, but when Mancini left, Balotelli’s disciplinary record fell away. He had a strained relationship with new head coach José Mourinho and was suspended from Inter’s first team in January 2009 after a number of disciplinary problems.

His problems deepened in March 2010 when he came under heavy criticism by Inter fans after he appeared on the Italian TV show Striscia la notizia, wearing an A.C. Milan jersey. This damaged the prospect of him having a long career at Inter, but he did make several appearances after that. With doubts over his career at Inter, former coach Roberto Mancini had since moved to Manchester City and decided to give Balotelli a fresh chance at a new club. He joined Manchester City in August 2010, where his performances and off-field activities have continued to be enigmatic and unpredictable.

Balotelli, who is of Ghanaian descent, earned his first cap for the Italian national team on 10 August 2010 in a friendly match against the Côte d’Ivoire, becoming one of the first black players to play for the Italian national football team

Mario Balotelli was born in Palermo, Sicily, to Christian Ghanaian immigrants Thomas and Rose Barwuah. The family moved to Bagnolo Mella in the province of Brescia, Lombardy, shortly after he was born.As an infant, he had life-threatening complications with his intestines which led to a series of operations, although his condition had improved by 1992. Mario’s health problems and the family’s cramped living conditions meant the Barwuahs decided to ask for the help of social services who recommended that he be fostered.......

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo blatantly reject corruption Steve claims on BBC hardtalk

This is the shocking moment when a burqa-clad woman was publicly gunned down and executed in Afghanistan for her part in Taliban love triangle. Executed with an AK-47 as baying villagers cheer in delight, the 22-year-old woman named Najiba was accused of adultery with a Taliban commander.

British Airways is launching its "Know Me" program.
Among other things, the program uses Google to grab images of customers, so the staff can recognize and greet you when you're boarding.
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