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Interview on gadgets used for spying aired on ABS-CBN TV-Patrol:
Gadgets used for spying revealed

Interview about cyber security aired on GMA7 Saksi and QTV11 News on Q:
TechTrends – Cyber security tips

India’s Tata Motors is buying the British-based luxury car marques Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford for 1.46 billion euros in cash.
Analysts have expressed concerns about how Tata will fund this deal given the current credit crunch, and how Jaguar and Land Rover will fit into its stable of vehicles, including the Nano, the world’s [...]

Many Asian currencies have risen against the U.S. dollar this year, making exports more expensive and their foreign exchange reserves less valuable. But economists say regional governments should not be too worried about the trend.
The Philippine peso rose to its highest level against the U.S. dollar in seven years this week, while the Singapore dollar [...]

Starbucks is recalling around 250,000 children’s cups because the cups pose a choking hazard. The coffee company recalled the plastic products because they can break, leaving sharp edges and small pieces children can choke on.
This is another item on a list of recalled products that were manufactured in China. Other recalled products include many children’s [...]

Revolymer, a spin out company from the University of Bristol, has completed development of its new Clean Gum that can be easily removed from shoes, clothes, pavements and hair. Preliminary results also indicate that the gum will degrade naturally in water.
The basis of its technology is to add an amphiphilic polymer to a modified chewing [...]

iRobot Corp. introduced its smartest, most powerful and efficient vacuuming robots yet, the new iRobot Roomba 500 series Vacuum Cleaning Robots.
The new robots can free themselves from almost any household jam, minimizing the need to prep rooms before Roomba begins cleaning. Using wireless technology, the robots now know when they have finished cleaning one [...]

Three of six large car models earn the top rating of good, but one is marginal in side impact crash tests conducted by the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The Acura RL, Kia Amanti and Volvo S80 all earned the highest safety rating. The Cadillac STS and Mercedes E-Class earned the second-highest rating.  The 2008 BMW [...]

The CEO of Lee Der Industrial Company, Zhang Shuhong, committed suicide after nearly one million toys manufactured by the Chinese company were recalled due to lead content in paint.
Reports indicated Shuhong hanged himself in disgrace.

Yone Minagawa, recognized as the world’s oldest living person, died Monday at a hospital in Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan.  She was 114.