Spanish film "Los Pasos Dobles" (The Double Steps), won the top prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival on Saturday, 24 September. Other awards went to Greece's "Adikos kosmos" (Unfair World) and to French films "The Artist" and "Le Skylab"."Los Pasos Dobles", directed by Catalan filmmaker Isaki Lacuesta, tells the story of Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo's attempt to find paintings by French artist François Augièras, presumably hidden in Mali.... [read news]
The violent twisters have come and gone leaving a trail of destruction and death in their path. So far, since the beginning of 2011 more than 1,000 tornados were counted and nearly 500 people died. The EF5 tornado that hit Joplin killed 122 people and injured thousands, becoming the deadliest tornado to hit the US since 1950. In April 600 tornados raged on the American continent bringing forth destruction! People are worried and confused... [read news]
Low-fat dairy products don't seem to help kids get rid of extra pounds, as they compensate by consuming calories from various other sources. But they do reduce the amounts of saturated fat in their diet. According to the findings of a new study conducted by Australian researchers, children who consume low-fat dairy instead of regular full-fat dairy don't lose any weight. The study, published in "The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition", found... [read news]
Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, the founders of popular video-sharing website YouTube, have acquired the Delicious social bookmarking service. Yahoo announced on Wednesday that they had sold the once popular social bookmarking website to the former YouTube owners, as it didn't fit anymore with the company's new strategy. Delicious is a site that allows users to bookmark and tag their favourite links, as well as share them with other users and... [read news]
Sony has launched two tablet computers to compete with Apple's iPad. The devices, entitled only S1 and S2 for the moment, will run the Android operating system. The Japanese company, which unveiled its two new tablets on Tuesday, April 26, is hoping to be able to compete with Apple's innovative iPad. The first of the new tablets will have a 9.4-inch touchscreen and a fairly traditional design. The other tablet will have two 5.5-inch displays and... [read news]
A recent study confirms that IQ (intelligence quotient) tests measure other traits besides intelligence. The most obvious and important of these traits is motivation. The results of IQ tests are significantly influenced by the amount of effort the taker puts into the test. Therefore, if the taker isn't motivated enough to work for these results, the outcome might be poor, and not a true reflection of his/her intelligence. Hence, motivation... [read news]
A recent US survey shows that, for most employees, having to commute to work every day has a negative impact on job satisfaction. The Workforce Institute commissioned the study, which examines the commuting habits of US employees. The results indicate that commuting plays an important part in the way workers relate to their job. According to the Harris Interactive survey, 4% of the employees have called in sick at some point because they didn't... [read news]
Mid-South and Ohio Valley will be facing more flooding and twisters. The forecasters said that the disaster of this week is not gone, it will continue to threaten the people. In Arkansas, at least ten people were killed by the tornadoes and flooding this week. According to a private forecaster firm, 24 tornadoes were reported in Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas. There are houses destroyed, the cars, tractors are blown off the road and the people... [read news]
A Sony message to the PlayStation's users warned about an unknown persons who proceed to an illegal and unauthorized intrusion to the network. According to the e-mail information from Sony, this is the reason why the access of the PlayStation account is blocked. The apologies the users for this problem and told them that one they discovered this exterior intrusion, they turned off the services and hired an outside and authorized firm to handle... [read news]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday about the necessity of improving the safety measures of the nuclear plant in order to avoid another nuclear catastrophe. As he was in Ukraine, at the commemoration of the 25 years since the huge nuclear disaster from Chernobyl, Medvedev said that the nuclear energy is a must but the states have to think first about the people's safety. More, he added is very important for the heads of the states... [read news]
