Saturday, June 25, 2011
barbie doll dresses
March 27, 2009, (Sawf News) - Katrina Kaif rocked at the launch show of Fall/Winter 2009 Lakme Fashion Week on March 27, styled as a Barbie doll in a dress by designer Nishka Lulla.
It was the winning dress of a Dress the Barbie contest to mark the 50th anniversary of the iconic doll that has gladdened young hearts across the globe.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Power Grid Change May Disrupt Clocks (And Other Stuff)
An AP newswire article by Seth Borenstein, via SFGate.com, reports:
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A yearlong experiment with the nation's electric grid could mess up traffic lights, security systems and some computers — and make plug-in clocks and appliances like programmable coffeemakers run up to 20 minutes fast.
"A lot of people are going to have things break and they're not going to know why," said Demetrios Matsakis, head of the time service department at the U.S. Naval Observatory, one of two official timekeeping agencies in the federal government.
Since 1930, electric clocks have kept time based on the rate of the electrical current that powers them. If the current slips off its usual rate, clocks run a little fast or slow. Power companies now take steps to correct it and keep the frequency of the current — and the time — as precise as possible.
The group that oversees the U.S. power grid is proposing an experiment would allow more frequency variation than it does now without corrections, according to a company presentation obtained by The Associated Press.
Officials say they want to try this to make the power supply more reliable, save money and reduce what may be needless efforts. The test is tentatively set to start in mid-July, but that could change.
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Citi Hackers Made $2.7 Million
Robert McMillan writes on Computerworld.com.au:
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Citigroup suffered about US$2.7 million in losses after hackers found a way to steal credit card numbers from its website and post fraudulent charges.
Citi acknowledged the breach earlier this month, saying hackers had accessed more than 360,000 Citi credit card accounts of U.S. customers. The hackers didn't get into Citi's main credit card processing system, but were reportedly able to obtain the numbers, along with the customers' names and contact information, by logging into the Citi Account Online website and guessing account numbers.
Until now, it wasn't clear how much -- if any -- fraud had occurred as a result of the theft. But Citi confirmed Friday that there were losses of $2.7 million from about 3,400 accounts.
The bank has said its customers will not be liable for the losses.
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