The Solomon Islanders who saved John F Kenedy

One of two Solomon Islanders who saved the life of John F Kennedy during the war in the Pacific died on Saturday at the age of 93. Eroni Kumana never forgot the man who would become US president and regarded him as his "honorary chief". "Words can't really describe what a remarkable man he was," says local historian and dive school owner Danny Kennedy, an American now living...

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Microsoft and Samsung in royalties row

” Microsoft is suing Samsung for threatening to stop paying royalties to the software giant for patents behind the Android operating system. The two companies came to a deal in September 2011 to cross-license each other’s patent portfolios and Samsung wound up paying Microsoft royalties on a series of patents. Analyst Rick Sherlund of Nomura Securities has estimated royalties...

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Berkeley And MIT Make Glasses Obsolete With New Display Technology

The day when you will no longer need your glasses to watch TV is looming, thanks to some very clever people at MIT and Berkeley. Researchers have developed new display technology that corrects vision problems and adjusts the image to suit the users’ poor eyesight. The technology works by using algorithms that alter an image based on a person’s glasses prescription, combined...

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