GOOGLE MUSIC STORE RELASE

Google Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich are almost upon us. Another feature is the Google Music Store.The present store is just a locked in cloud but there is evidence that google is planning to turn it into an actual store. An apparent feature is a "Free Song Of The Day" spot which performs the function of its title.
Google might go hand-in-hand with Android for the sale of songs.

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Play station 3 and X-box 360 combined?

If you were thinking that what you see above is just another PC mod work, then you’re definitely wrong. What you see here is the future of gaming… well not really, but it will give you more space. It nicely combines the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, two of the rival current generation consoles into a single neat-looking case.

As you can see in the image above, this is not your ordinary mod work. It’s not just a matter of taking both consoles and placing them in a single enclosure. The genius creator of this do-it-yourself masterpiece claims that there’s not much problems in doing this in terms of the hardware and software. In fact, he’s currently working on a guide that would allow others to do the same thing he did.

As for the technicalities of the build, one issue that others might have with a build like this is the temperature as both consoles are known to have great processing power that results in higher temperatures. The creator didn’t opt for liquid cooling, as most would probably have, since the two units are properly cooled without it (with the PS3 between 38-39 degrees while 37-38 for the Xbox). Also, the PS3 unit used here was the large one, so that also plays to the form factor.

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Carol bartz fired as yahoo CEO

As derogatory as that title sounds, Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz was fired from her office after receiving a phone call from Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock. The termination came as much as a surprise to the employees as to Bartz herself. In a note sent via her iPad, we quote:

To all,
I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by Yahoo’s Chairman of the Board. It has been my pleasure to work with all of you and I wish you only the best going forward.
Carol
Sent from my iPad

Bartz came to Yahoo! in January of 2009 after turning down software giant Microsoft’s offer to buy the company at $44.6 billion. She then cut costs be trimming down the company’s head count as well as terminating Yahoo!’s other businesses like Zimbra, Geocities and Delicious. She’s also the cause for Yahoo!’s partnership with Microsoft which was seen as searches with the tagline “powered by Bing” attached — though the company still has to see the financial effect of that deal as their revenue is still down 5% as of their recent earnings announcement. In response to this termination, Yahoo! CFO Tim Morse was elected as interim CEO while the board is still looking for a suitable leader.

Apparently, investors liked this move as Yahoo!’s stocks rose by 6% to close at $13.32 per share. As addendum, this gain was more than what the company produced since Bartz took over as CEO.

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Android sandwich underway!

Now here’s an ice cream sandwich that everyone would wanna eat. At San Francisco’s Dreamforce conference, Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt mentioned (accidentally?) that the next Android upgrade, deliciously named Ice Cream Sandwich, is due for release sometime in October or November. To quote the chairman:

We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich for some reason, which is being released in October/November, which everyone’s really excited about.

Current Android devices use a separate OS for mobile phones and tablets. With the Ice Cream Sandwich, Google aims to bring the best of Honeycomb and Gingerbread into one universal mobile operating system. This can also add to the speculation that the next Nexus phone, Samsung’s Nexus Prime, which is rumored to be released in the same time. As October comes nearer, more and more rumors will come out. Until then, head onto the video below for Schmidt’s statement.

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Opera mini 6.1 for mobile phones

Opera min 6.1 is an updated version of 6.0 or the beta version. to download, click here. 
Note: this is not recommended for low memory phones

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New alqaeda leader

Saif al-Adel acting leader of al Qaeda,

Saif al-Adel  

Born April 11, 1960/63 Egypt


Other names Muhammad Ibrahim Makkawi
Ibrahim al-Madani
Omar al-Sumali


Saif al-Adel (Arabic: سيف العدل‎) is an Egyptian explosives expert and alleged by some to be the current leader of al-Qaeda. In May 2011, after the death of Osama bin Laden, he was reported to have been chosen for the position.

Adel is under indictment for his part in the 1998 United States embassy bombings in Africa. According to the indictment, Adel is a member of the majlis al shura of al-Qaeda and a member of its military committee, and he provided military and intelligence training to members of al-Qaeda and Egyptian Islamic Jihad in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Sudan, and to anti-UN Somali tribes. It is possible that his trainees included the Somalis of the first Battle of Mogadishu. He established the al-Qaeda training facility at Ras Kamboni in Somalia near the Kenyan border.

He was one of the masterminds of the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Al Sadat, and left the country in 1988 to join the mujahideen in repelling the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He is then believed to have traveled to southern Lebanon along with Abu Talha al-Sudani, Sayful Islam al-Masri, Abu Ja`far al-Masri, and Abu Salim al-Masri, where he trained alongside Hezbollah Al-Hejaz.


In Khartoum, Adel taught recruited militants how to handle explosives in the unused sections of Al-Damazin Farms.

He is married to the daughter of Mustafa Hamid, and they have five children together.

Along with Saeed al-Masri and Mahfouz Ould al-Walid, he is believed to have opposed the September 11 attacks two months prior to their execution.

Militant connections

Several months before the 1998 embassy bombings, Adel was helping Bin Laden move his followers from Najim Jihad to Tarnak Farms. The group had begrudgingly agreed to care for the troublesome Canadian 16-year old Abdurahman Khadr, since his father was away and his mother couldn't control his drinking, smoking and violent outbursts. However, while in Kabul, Adel was approached by bin Laden and asked to take Abdurahman to the bus station and have him sent back to his family's home.

In approximately 2000, he was living in the Karte Parwan district of Kabul. On the local walkie-talkie communications in the city, he was identified as #1

On September 9, 2001 Adel was approached by Feroz Ali Abbasi who said he was so impressed by the killing of Ahmed Shah Massoud that he wanted to volunteer for something similar.The entire crew of the tank escaped. Shrapnel hit Khalid in the head, paralyzing the left side of his body. He recovered after four months, except for a slight effect in his left hand. ”


Saif al-Adl describing November 2001 American attack against militant tank near Kandahar


In early November 2001, the Taliban government announced they were bestowing official Afghan citizenship on him, as well as Bin Laden, Zawahiri, Mohammed Atef, and Shaykh Asim Abdulrahman. During the American bombardment of Kandahar, Adel was present and witnessed the deaths of Abu-Ali al-Yafi'i and his wife, Abu-Usamah al-Ta'zi with his wife and two children, the wife of Rayyan al-Ta'zi, the wife of Abu-Usamah al-Kini, and the wife of Al-Barra al-Hijazi who was arrested in Morocco before the Casablanca bombings.

On November , Adel was working with Abu-Muhammad al-Abyad, Abd-al-Rahman al-Masri, and Abu-Usamah al-Filastini, Abu-Husayn al-Masri and Faruq al-Suri; all of whom were staying in his empty house with him at night. In the early morning hours of November 19, he woke them up just minutes before the al-Wafa charity building was bombed, phoning friends in the area, he learned that Abdul Wahid had been killed in the explosion. He later learned that Asim al-Yamani from Al Farouq training camp and the elderly Abu-Abd-al-Rahman Al-Abiy had run to the charity's headquarters and begun rescuing survivors and pulling out the dead bodies. The pair had then agreed the area was not safe, and sent their women to the smaller villages, while they used their two cars to try and unpack their house's contents. An American jet bombed the pair, killing al-Yamani and wounding al-Abiy.[9] As it was the third day of Ramadan, the group in Adel's house began to prepare and eat Suhoor, but were interrupted by a cruise missile striking 100 metres away, destroying an empty house belonging to an Afghan Arab family, and a Taliban barracks. They gathered their belongings and quickly left, fearing another strike. Adel went to the hospital, where he visited the wounded al-Abiy, and arranged for him to be transferred to a hospital in Pakistan.

He was told by Abu Ali al-Suri that the American aircraft had machinegunned women leaving the city on the road to Banjway, and assured him that he would send aid. A convoy of 4-6 Corolla Fielders set out to Banjway, followed closely by American helicopters. The Americans attacked the lead vehicle, killing Abu-Ali al-Yafi'i, his wife, four women, and two children - and the second vehicle, killing Suraqah al-Yamani and Hamzah al-Suri. Abu-Ali al-Maliki quickly veered off the road with the third vehicle, turning off his headlights, and drove into the mountains escaping the attack.

Since al-Qaeda's military chief Mohammed Atef was killed in 2001, it has sometimes been said that Adel would be his natural successor in that role.

There has been speculation that Adel fled Afghanistan to Iran and was detained under house arrest near Tehran. Later reports indicate that he was released in late 2010 and made his way to northern Pakistan. Although Abu Hafs Al Mauritania was reported killed in a January 2002 American airstrike, it was also suggested he may have fled to Iran with Adel. We say to those who want a quick victory, that this type of war waged by the Mujahideen employs a strategy of the long-breath and the attrition and terrorization of the enemy, and not the holding of territory. ”

—Saif al-Adel, March 2003.


In 2004, he published a "terrorist manual" entitled "The Base of the Vanguard", an Arabic pun on the phrases al-Qaeda ("the base") and the Vanguards of Conquest.

Saif al-Adel was a key source in a 2005 book on al-Qaeda's global strategy by journalist Fouad Hussein.

Adel has been on the FBI's list of Most Wanted Terrorists since its inception in 2001. The State Department's Rewards for Justice Program is offering up to US$5 million for information on his location.

Writings of Saif al-Adel

In February 2006 the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point published a number of declassified documents from the Harmony database, some of which are known or believed to have been written by Saif al-Adel. One is a letter signed "Omar al-Sumali, previously known as Saif al-Adel", about the author's activities in southern Somalia during UNOSOM II (1993–1995). It identifies Ras Kamboni as a suitable site for an al-Qaeda base. It mentions an accomplice of Adel called "Mukhtar". In a letter from "‘Abd-al-Halim Adl" to "Mukhtar", dated 13 June 2002, the author strongly criticises the leadership of Osama bin Laden, blaming al-Qaeda's preceding disastrous six months on bin Laden's recklessness and unwillingness to listen to advice.

If someone opposes [bin Ladin], he immediately puts forward another person to render an opinion in his support, clinging to his opinion and totally disregarding those around him...
Perhaps, brother Abu Mattar has warned you that his opinion [of bin Ladin's leadership] has changed a lot since he got out of his previous situation.

The 2002 addressee "Mukhtar" appears to be the commander of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed:

The East Asia, Europe, America, Horn of Africa, Yemen, Gulf, and Morocco groups have fallen, and Pakistan has almost been drowned in one push. I, not to mention the other individuals who have also moved and fallen, have often advised on this matter. Regrettably, my brother, if you look back, you will find that you are the person solely responsible for all this because you undertook the mission, and during six months, we only lost what we built in years.

In 2004, Adel was also alleged to be the author behind The Al-Battar Military Camp, a manual that advised prospective militants about how to strike easy targets.

On March 11, 2005, Al-Quds Al-Arabi published extracts from Adel's document "Al Quaeda's Strategy to the Year 2020".

In March 2007 the Pentagon posted on the Internet a transcript of part of the hearing into the combatant status of detainee Ramzi bin al-Shibh. Some of the evidence against bin al-Shibh came from a diary of Saif al-Adel:

Sayf al-Adel is a senior al Qaida military commander with a long-term relationship with Usama bin Laden. Sayf al-Adel's role in the organization has been as a trainer, military leader, and key member of Usama bin Laden's security detail.
The diary of Sayf al-Adel was recovered during a raid in Saudi Arabia in 2004. The diary details the Detainee's involvement in the 11 September 2001 terrorist plot and subsequent attack. The Detainee is listed as a "highly professional jihadist" along with "9/11 hijackers", Mohammed Atta and Ziad Jarrah. The diary states that the three were briefed on an operation involving aircraft by Abu Hafs, a senior al Qaida planner.

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¤UPDATE¤ Latest MTN cheat

The latest Info: ¤UPDATE¤ Latest MTN cheat: "New tweak for operamini users on the MTN network. This tweak can be used with mtn default settings or MTN prov settings. If you wish to use..."

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