Apple: White iPhone 4 to go on sale today

The white iPhone 4 will be available in the United States, United Kingdom and 26 other countries for US $199 to US $299 depending on the model.

Apple Inc. said that the prices are for phones purchased with a two-year contract from AT&T Inc. or Verizon Wireless in the United States. The black iPhone 4 went on sale last June.

Initially Apple had hoped to make the white phones available in July. After a delay, Apple announced the availability in late 2010 but later admitted that the production of the gadget was more challenging than expected. In October 2010, Apple said that the white iPhone would be available in the spring.

PIA flights cancelled, loss of more than 1 billion rupees

Many pilots, flight crew and ground staff of Pakistan International Airlines went on a strike on Tuesday to protest against a proposed codeshare agreement with Turkish Airlines.

The protesting employees are also demanding the sacking of PIA s managing director, Aijaz Haroon, an airline pilot considered a close friend of President Asif Ali Zardari. As the protests continue, for the first time in history of Pakistan, not a single PIA flight was able to take off today from any of the airport due to which the national carrier has faced a loss of more than 1 billion rupees. The passengers are facing lots of problems due to the cancellation of flights. PIA’s flight PK-2 bound for Gilgit from Islamabad, PK-1 bound for Chitral from Islamabad and four flights for Karachi got cancelled.

While five flights from Multan, Lahore and Karachi could not reach Islamabad. Six domestic and one international flight got cancelled at Multan airport. Similarly just like other countries, inbound and outbound flights to Quetta were also cancelled. Five Iiternational flights destined to Birmingham, Kabul, Dubai and Manchester from Islamabad were also cancelled. As this situation is getting worse, the private airlines are taking advantage by increasing the fare prices immensely.

Euro, stocks rally, Spain gets respite but Portugal hit

LONDON: The euro and European stocks rallied strongly on Wednesday and pressure on Spain eased, but the eurozone debt crisis weighed heavily with a credit watch for Portugal and Germany struggling to sell bonds.

Leading EU figures warned that financial markets were underestimating the will of EU leaders and institutions to defend the euro and the eurozone.

But in a new sign of the extent of anxiety among investors, a German bond issue was undersubscribed.

“Markets are still concerned about the debt crisis spreading to other countries,” said Commerzbank analyst Ulrich Leuchtmann.

The euro shot above 1.31 dollars in trading here, a day after hitting a two-month low point under 1.30 dollars. The Madrid stock market meanwhile surged more than 3.0 percent in early afternoon trading.

“For all of the woes around at the moment the equity markets

Pakistan army wins gold medal at annual British exercise

Staff Report

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan army won a gold medal in the Exercise Cambrian Patrol – 2010, held from October 11-13, 2010 in the United Kingdom. Exercise Cambrian Patrol is a prestigious British Army exercise which is organized annually in the United Kingdom in Wales.

According to an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release, apart from the teams of the British army, military establishments from all over the world were also invited to participate. It was a three day exercise in which the teams, comprising of eight members, were required to infiltrate into simulated enemy lines and perform multiple tasks, including obstacle crossing, close target reconnaissance and infiltrate successfully in real time environments.

For 2010, a total of 86 teams participated in the exercise, including 70 British and 16 teams from other countries of the world

China rate hike prompts Asia stocks slowdown

Most Asian stocks slipped Wednesday on fears of a slowdown in the Chinese economy after Beijing announced its first interest rate rise in three years.
Traders grew concerned that any easing in the world’s second biggest economy could hurt the exports of other countries looking to China’s growth as the key to recovery from the global downturn. Tokyo tumbled 1.65 percent, or 157.85 points, to 9,381.60 and Hong Kong had slipped 0.65 percent by the break.Sydney was 0.66 percent, or 30.8 points, lower at 4,624.9, with resources firms hit as they rely heavily on Chinese demand.Shanghai was 1.16 percent up in the afternoon and Seoul rose 0.71 percent, adding 13.12 points to end at 1,870.44. The People’s Bank of China announced late Tuesday it would raise the benchmark one-year lending and deposit rates by 25 basis points each, as Beijing tries to contain inflation and soaring property prices. It was the first rate rise since December 2007.

Germany: Assisted suicide OK if patient consents

KARLSRUHE, Germany: Terminally ill patients on life support should have the right to die if they want to, Germany’s highest civil court said on Friday in a landmark ruling on assisted suicide.

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US worst again in healthcare: Study

NEW YORK: While Americans spend on health care twice as much as other countries in the developed world, they get less health services in a less equitable system.

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Germany, France, UK commit to bank tax

BERLIN: Britain, France and Germany on Tuesday committed to levying a fee on banks to shield taxpayers from the cost of resolving financial crises and said they would ask other countries to join them.

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iPhone 4 adds gyroscope for six-axis gaming
Apple announced the iPhone 4 today and introduced ten new features such as a slimmer body, HD video recording, and improved battery life. However, the iPhone is known for exploding smartphone gaming with hundreds of games from independent and big name developers to the point that Nintendo sees Apple as its main threat now. So, what did Apple add to the iPhone 4 for gaming? How about a 3-axis gyroscope to improve motion controls.

The new 3-axis gyroscope in combination with the existing accelerometer giives the iPhone six-axis mtion sensing (up/down, side to side, forward/backward, pitch/roll). Developers will be able to use the new gyroscope with the CoreMotion API to create games and applications for the smart phone.
According to the information we received today, the phone will be released on June 24th in the U.S. other countries have not been mentioned so far.

The phone will have an enhanced image quality thanks to the Retinal display technology so the screen now displays 326 pixels per inch.
This announcement got a few hearty cheers apparently from the audience at WWDC, and as many iPhone app developers concentrate on the lucrative gaming segment, this isn’t too surprising. Some gaming applications that we can think of right off the bat include flight simulators, better augmented reality apps that take into account elevation/pitch changes, sport games (image iPhone 4 + Wii) and as Jobs demoed, games such as Jenga:

The game that immediately sticks out to me that would benefit the most from this extra degree of control would be a game like Zen Bound [$2.99 / Free], as I imagine manipulating the objects you wrap could be even easier with yet another degree of control. It’s not hard to think of other games that could be enhanced by the extremely precise motion tracking, especially if you’ve ever used a Wii Motion Plus and have seen just how much the addition of a gyroscope can improve how accurately a game can track your movement.

Like anything on the App Store, it’s up to developers to implement these new features. All we can do is wait and see what they come up with once they finally get the device in their hands.

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Alanis Morissette Married to Rapper Souleye in Suprise Wedding
36-year-old Canadian recording artist Alanis Morissette married Mario Treadway, who also goes by the stage name of MC Souleye, on Saturday, May 22 at their Los Angeles home. Spinner is reporting that the ceremony included their family members and it marks the first marriage for both Morissette and Treadway.

Morissette became engaged to actor Ryan Reynolds, who is currently married to actress Scarlett Johansson, six years ago and the former couple was together for four years. Reynolds started dating Johansson shortly after their breakup and Morissette reportedly created her Flavors of Entanglement album out of grief in response to their separation.

It is the first marriage for the couple, who married a week before Morissette’s 36th birthday. They reportedly began dating in October, 2009.

Morissette was previously engaged to actor Ryan Reynolds but the stars split in 2006. He is now married to Scarlett Johansson.
She was also in a relationship with Dave Coulier of Full House fame. Uncle Joey is believed to be the guy whose behavior inspired Alanis’ “You Oughta Know.
Alanis is 26 years old while Treadway is 30. We wish them the best and congratulations to the newly-wed couple. Which honeymoon destinations had they chosen?

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