Crown jewels belonging to Ghana's Royal family stolen from hotel in Norway.

Precious Crown jewels belonging to Ghana's Royal family have been stolen from a hotel in Norway.
Police have launched an investigation into the theft of some of the traditional Ghanaian Ashanti jewels.
The jewels were with King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the time they were stolen.

The gold jewelry which has been in the Ashanti family for generations was in a briefcase when someone snatched it from a hotel lobby.
The king is representing Ghana at a conference in the Norwegian capital.
The suitcase was taken from the lobby of the expensive Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel.

Apple Paid Tribute Friday To Steve Jobs Death

Apple paid tribute Friday to Steve Jobs a year after his death, with a video and homage to the man who co-founded and propelled the iconic technology firm into the world’s biggest company. 

“Steve’s passing one year ago was a sad and difficult time for all of us,” Jobs’s successor as chief executive, Tim Cook, said in a message on the company website.

“I hope that today everyone will reflect on his extraordinary life and the many ways he made the world a better place.” 

Apple posted a two-minute video with snippets of Jobs and the various products he introduced, from the early Apple computers to the iPhone.

Jobs died Oct. 5, 2011 at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer. 

“One of the greatest gifts Steve gave to the world was Apple,” Cook said. “No company has ever inspired such creativity or set such high standards for itself. Our values originated from Steve and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple. We share the great privilege and responsibility of carrying his legacy into the future.” 

Twitter Hires hacker Charlie Miller For its Security team

What better way to strengthen a company's security than to hire someone familiar with bypassing it? That appears to have been Twitter's reasoning for hiring well-known iOS hacker Charlie Miller.

Miller, a mobile security expert who has made a name for himself with hacks of Apple's iPhone, naturally tweeted the news today of his new position on Friday. He will join the micro-blogging site's security team on Monday.

According to a Twitter spokeswoman, Miller's official title will be Software Engineer, but no further details about his duties are available.

Forbes reported that Twitter's interest in Miller has been rumored since last winter. The gossip is that Miller will be used by the company as a full-time penetration tester looking for and fixing vulnerabilities.

GOOGLE NEXUS-7 TABLET POPS UP IN RARE HOMEPAGE Ad

A search engine known for its simplistic and Adfree Homepage puts an Advertisement right in the middle of its Homepage.

Google really wants people to take a look at its Nexus 7 tablet.The $199 tablet started popping up on Google's home page today, a rare instance in which Google is actively promoting one of its own products. 

That Google would go to such lengths underscores the company's desire to make a bigger dent in the burgeoning tablet market, one still dominated by Apple's iPad. Given the traffic that goes through Google, the home page would be one of the most coveted spots on the Web for advertisers. The company, however, has traditionally resisted attempts to run advertisements for paid products on its main page.

Sudden Death of Ghana's President

Ghana's President John Atta Mills has died unexpectedly, a presidential statement said, and an aide said his death occurred on Tuesday after he took ill on Monday night.
The death of the president of the world's No. 2 cocoa grower comes months before Mills was due to stand for re-election at the helm of the West African country that posted double-digit growth in 2011 and has been praised for its strong democracy in a turbulent region.
Vice President John Dramani Mahama was scheduled to be sworn in later Tuesday. According to the country's constitution, Mahama will complete Mills' term that was due to end with elections in December.
"It is with a heavy heart ... that we announce the sudden and untimely death of the president of the Republic of Ghana," a statement sent to Reuters by the president's office said.

 

Spain will combat Ronaldo: Maradona

Argentina legend Diego Maradona does not believe world and European champions Spain will change their game plan in an attempt to stifle the threat of Portugal`s influential forward Cristiano Ronaldo.

Seleccao captain Ronaldo has been in scintillating form of late, grabbing three goals in his previous two games to guide his side into the Euro 2012 semi-finals.

However, despite the obvious threat posed by the Real Madrid man, Maradona does not expect Vicente del Bosque`s side to alter their approach in an attempt to nullify his impact.

"They won`t double team him as it`s not their style," wrote Maradona in a coloumn. "They will try to dominate possession so he only sees the ball 10 per cent of the game."

But Maradona conceded that Ronaldo could well hold the key to the tournament hopes of Paulo Bento`s side, citing his desire to be crowned the best player in the world as the driving force behind his improved performances.

He continued: "Cristiano, in great form, will have to fight the entire game for the one ball that will give him a chance on goal.

"In the form he is in, given the chance, he will score. Cristiano wants to bring his team to the final and show why he should be considered the best player in the world."

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An attacker sitting in a coffee shop or on hotel wireless could gather dozens of accounts in short order using this method. By using a VPN, even on a wireless connection employing no security measures, you will prevent these types of attacks.

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When you connect to their VPN server, it will mask your IP address with our server's IP address. All traffic you send and receive on the Internet passes to and from our vpn server. Your online presence is now "masked" behind our servers. If you visit a website or connect to any online web service it will only see our server's IP address and not your own IP address.

Christiano Ronaldo Header Sends Portugal into Semi Finals..

WARSAW, Poland - After his fine footwork failed to find the target, Cristiano Ronaldo knocked in the only goal Thursday with a thrusting header, sending Portugal into the European Championship semifinals with a 1-0 victory over the Czech Republic.

After Ronaldo twice hit the post, he finally darted in from behind his marker in the 79th minute with all the instincts of an all out striker and headed a cross from Joao Moutinho straight at the ground and up past the flailing hands of Czech Republic goalkeeper Petr Cech.

“I remember in the last game I hit the post twice, too,” said Ronaldo, who scored his third goal in the last two matches. “But the most important thing is I managed to score this time, we won and are in the semifinals. Now it is big smiles and good music.”

Portugal, which will play either Spain or France in the semifinals in Donetsk, Ukraine, next Wednesday, is one game away from reaching its second European Championship final in eight years.

Ronaldo already provided some leadership and two goals to get past the Netherlands in the decisive last group game, and his encore was the lone goal on Thursday.

His strike finally punished the negative tactics of the Czechs, who had parked most of their players in front of Cech for much of the game. The Czechs did not have a single shot on goal, and only two attempts during the whole match. The Euro 2004 runners-up had 20 attempts.



Still, for quite a while, the Czech tactics seemed to work, as even luck seemed to go against the Portuguese. In first-half injury time, Ronaldo deadened a cross from Raul Meireles on his chest, turned and with two touches set up a right-foot shot that had Cech beaten before it crashed against the near post. He threw up his eyes skyward in despair, and for long the desperation would continue.

In the 49th, Ronaldo clipped the post with a 25-meter free kick as pressure immediately increased in a match where the Czechs seemed to be looking for little else than a rare counterattack ahead of a penalty shootout.

“In the second half, we lost our strength and determination and they had one chance that decided the match,” Czech Republic coach Michal Bilek said.

When Ronaldo finally scored and was mobbed by his teammates, he went over to the camera with a beaming smile for a victory kiss to the rest of the world.

“We have suffered,” Portugal forward Nani said. “But we always wanted to win and that’s what we showed. We were superior, then we scored and we really deserved this result.”