Race On For English Millionth Word

The Indian term of praise “Jai ho” and popular word “slumdog” from the Oscar prize winner “Slumdog Millionaire” are among the 73 other finalists from across the globe to become the millionth English word, reported the private Indo-Asian News Service on Saturday.
The Global Language Monitor, a U.S.-based firm that analyzes and catalogues the latest trends [...]

Mystery Surrounds Carradine’s Death

Thai police said on Monday that the cause of U.S. actor David Carradine’s death in a Bangkok hotel room would not be known until they had the results of the autopsy and toxicology tests in a month’s time.
 The police refused to give further details about their investigation into the 72-year-old actor’s mysterious death, amid intense [...]

Apple Launches Faster 3G S iphone

 
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Apple Inc. introduced a faster model of the iPhone and cut the price of its current version, responding to competition from Research In Motion Ltd. and Palm Inc.’s Pre.The new iPhone 3G S opens applications and Web pages up to twice as fast as the current version, Apple said yesterday at its developers’ [...]