US forces ‘used chemical weapons’ during assault on city of Fallujah The attacks on Fallujah, the small town near the city of Baghdad, were the headlines of this time last year’s news. Now it has hit again with even more claims of total disregard to the UN convention. UNN wrote about the Fallujah Napalm case last November. Thousands of Iraqis have lost their lives to the stupidity of this war, I think its time the world spoke out. “Bodies melted away before us.” Powerful new evidence emerged yesterday that the United States dropped massive quantities of white phosphorus...

I’m sure you will have heared about the huge earthquake that hit Pakistan on Saturday. For those of you who are unclear, Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, was the epicentre of the quake which killed at least 20,000 people (though this figure is expected to rise). My children have survived the quake but it looks like they are going to die of cold now . The disaster wiped out a generation of young people in the areas worst hit, a military official has said. The earthquake, which hit at 0350GMT on Saturday, is thought to have been the strongest the region has seen in a century....

Tibault, apologies from me – you were slightly more realistic!  London, September 12, 2005 – eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY; www.ebay.com) has agreed to acquire Luxembourg-based Skype Technologies SA, the global Internet communications company, for approximately $2.6 billion in up-front cash and eBay stock, plus potential performance-based consideration. The acquisition will strengthen eBay’s global marketplace and payments platform, while opening several new lines of business and creating significant new monetization opportunities for the company. The deal also represents a major...

10 Whole years. I can’t believe it. Oh, by the way, i’m talking about the anniversary of the first Playstation – Yesterday was its 10th! It makes me feel a whole lot older, how did ten years pass by like that! I remember the release of the PS1 which was a revolution in the console gaming world. I’m not gonna lie, I never owned one – but so many of my friends and relatives did that I might’swell have. I never was much of a console guy (pc all the way) but the Playstation certainly had its place in the worlds advancing video games market, and for that I pay my...

Yeah you’ve probably heard about the upcoming release from Apple – The iTunes Mobile phone. If you haven’t, heres the score. Apparently (sources are slashdot and other links), Apple are having some secret press conference on the 7th September where they intend to release something new in music. Some other articles say ‘iPod phone immanent’. Well now thats prettey much confirmed and there are a couple more articles going aroud now saying stuff like ‘Apple joins with O2 to launch iPod mobile phone’. Heres a quote from one article from the times:  APPLE...

Microsoft’s latest version of DRM (Digital Rights Management), which was designed to put a stop to hacker’s getting around the licences imposed on downloaded music, could be exploited once again. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2005/04/14 Ever since Microsoft released its DRM technology, rookie hackers have been trying to get around it to get more for their money from services such as Apple’s iTunes and Napster. However, professionals have decided to take on the daunting task of decoding Microsoft’s encryption methods. The reason for this taking on this lengthy...

The world’s first interactive 3D display has been developed by IO2 Technology. HelioDisplay creates 3D displays in the air using lasers, drawing input from computers, TVs and DVDs. It also allows interactive applications to be controlled by a finger, instead of a mouse. "Our first generation version, the Heliodisplay, projects TV, streaming video and computer images into free space, (mid-air)", the company’s website claims. While it’s early days for such technologies, the company has just completed its first production unit and claims it is ready to release...

I pray for him and hope that Allah (SWT) grants him paradise. A message on behalf of Trustees, Director and Staff of IPCI Early this morning, 8 August 2005 / 2 Rajab 1426, Sheikh Ahmed Hoosen Deedat passed on to meet his Creator. This was after succumbing to a severe stroke that left him paralysed for more than nine years.Throughout this period, he gracefully persevered under the most difficult...