Birmingham, AL -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/23/2012 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday flayed the central government for living under the shadow of scams and wrongful economic policies.

Speaking to mediapersons here, BJP president Nitin Gadkari blamed the central government for its incapability to channelise investments in the right direction, which has led to the slow growth of the Indian economy.

"The state in the world is such that the American economy is constantly going down and the situation in European countries is not great and considering the state of affairs, our country had an opportunity to prosper and tread on the path of development, but they lost that chance. This is because of rampant corruption in the country. Not only have we lost their chance, but we are known for all the wrong reasons around the world," he said.

In addition, Gadkari said that the Delhi Government also bit the dust over several irregularities in the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

"Be it the 2G spectrum, Commonwealth Games and there are several scams coming to the fore every other day. The important issues in connection with national security, they have also come up in recent times inside the Parliament as well as outside. So, this is a warning bell for the country's security. The central government is embroiled in some or the other controversy. During the Commonwealth Games, the allegations against the Delhi government have almost been proved," he said.

Gadkari added that the ruling Congress party has been constantly targeting his party, despite the Delhi Lokayuta recommending to the President of India to take action against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for misrepresenting facts during the 2008 Assembly elections.

"The Delhi Lokayukta had recently taken a decision regarding a Delhi chief minister. The Congress was constantly after our party after a report by the Karnataka Lokayukta, which had stated that there must be investigations regarding the involvement of Yeddyurappa in the illegal mining scam. But later on, the charges were taken back and it was proved in the High Court that all those were false allegations," he said.

Gadkari also asserted that the wrong economic policies adopted by the central government have resulted in increased rate of inflation.

"The wrong economic policies and corruption adopted by the central government has resulted in price rise and increase in the rate of inflation. The situation is such that the prices of petrol and diesel are increasing after every 15-20 days. It has become very difficult for the common man to survive like this. Due to service tax in every sector, prices have skyrocketed. So, the rate of inflation is constantly rising," he said. (ANI)

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Birmingham, AL -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/17/2012 -- Google Books can be purchased from the Google eBookstore on all sorts of desktops, laptops and tablets -- iPads, Galaxy Tabs, G-Slates and Flyers -- but as of yet no e-readers.

Not on a Kobo. Or a Kindle. Or a Nook.

But that is set to change Sunday, when the iRiver Story HD e-reader hits Target stores across the U.S. and becomes the first e-reader to connect to the Google eBookstore.

As The Times' Carolyn Kellogg writes on our sister blog Jacket Copy, the device aims at Amazon's bestselling Kindle with a $139.99 price tag, Wi-Fi connectivity and a sizable black-and-white e-ink screen.

But the name, iRiver Story HD, doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. From Kellogg:

When applied to a television, "HD" generally means "High Definition," which refers to a digitally compressed high resolution color image. Since the iriver Story HD is a black-on-gray e-ink reader, I'm not sure what HD means. Maybe our colleagues at the Technology blog can explain what the "HD" stands for.

Or maybe it means "Hey Dude," "Happy Documents" or "Hot Diggity." Who knows? Specs for the new device aren't yet available on the iRiver website.

Well, as of now, the Technology blog is stumped as to why the letters H and D are stamped at the end of the iRiver Story's name. In a blog post, Google says the iRiver Story HD features a "high-resolution e-ink screen and a QWERTY keyboard for easy searching."

As Kellogg noted, "HD" in consumer electronics terms often identifies a gadget that can display images at a resolution of 720p or 1080p -- the number of horizontal lines of pixels rendered on a TV or tablet.

But e-ink screens don't use pixels in the same way a computer or phone screen does -- e-ink screens run by pushing microcapsules of ink between layers of film to display an image. Maybe iRiver is trying to tell us that its e-reader will have 1080 horizontal lines' worth of microcapsules in the Story HD's display?

Officials at iRiver were unavailable to comment on the name.

One thing we know for sure is that the Story HD lacks the snappy touch-screens of the new Barnes & Noble Nook and the Kobo eReader Touch Edition devices. No touch-capable Kindle has been released either.

But although touch-screen e-readers feel like a future that's already arrived, iRiver's Story HD is skirting that trend for now.

[Corrected 7:43 p.m.: An earlier version of the post incorrectly said that Google eBooks couldn't be read on Barnes and Noble's Nook or the Kobo eReader Touch Edition. Google eBooks, which come in the ePub format, can be read on those devices, just not purchased on the device itself.]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/07/google-iriver-story-hd-e-reader.html

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Birmingham, AL -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/18/2011 -- Investors buying a level annuity with a pension pot of £80,000 will spend their entire monthly income on basic living costs within seven years of retirement, according to new statistics.

Standard Life researchers have warned that many people could see their retirement income consumed by the basic costs of living as the effect of inflation eats into the money they set aside for retirement.

The FTSE 100 company's retirement team today warned that investors to take financial advice or risk losing out from inflation restricting living standards in the future.

John Lawson, head of pensions policy at Standard Life, said the cost of living is rising fast for most people in the UK, but this can be particularly acute for pensioners.

He explained, 'Their spending habits are driven by commodities such as food and fuel bills and these inflation rates are much higher than the overall UK inflation rate.

'People need to consider how to protect their buying power in retirement from the ravages of inflation over a long period of time, which could be 30 years or more.

'If pensioner inflation remains at around 6 per cent a year, people with a fixed income could lose almost half of their spending power within a ten year period.

'There are many options to consider at retirement which could minimise the impact of inflation on your income, so seeking professional financial advice is vital.'

http://www.whatinvestment.co.uk/pensions/annuities/1630438/standard-life-issues-inflation-warning.thtml

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Birmingham, AL -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/18/2011 -- EU to launching probe into what critics call a 'creepy' feature

Computerworld - Facebook's move to enable facial recognition across its entire social networking site is raising some eyebrows - and possibly some legal woes -- over its privacy implications.

On Tuesday, Facebook announced in a blog post that it was working to make it easier for uses to tag photos of their friends and family members. To do this, it has been quietly rolling out facial recognition technology to a test group across the world's biggest social network since late last year.

That means Facebook's system will be able to recognize the faces of its 500 million to 600 million users worldwide. The company will be able to identify you simply by your face.

Facebook noted that starting in just a few weeks, its system will scan all photos posted to Facebook and will offer up the names of the people who appear in the frame. All of Facebook's users are automatically being added to the database.

The facial recognition feature is automatically turned on. Users who don't want the service must go in and manually opt out of it (see video below).

A day after the announcement was made; data protection regulators at the European Union said they will launch an investigation into it, according to the Bloomberg news service, which also reported that authorities in the U.K. and Ireland are looking into the matter.

"Tags of people on pictures should only happen based on people's prior consent and it can't be activated by default," said Gerard Lommel, a member of the EU's Data Protection Working Party, according to Bloomberg. Such automatic tagging suggestions "can bear a lot of risks for users" and the European data-protection officials will "clarify to Facebook that this can't happen like this."

Facebook did not respond to a request for comment.

However, Brad Shimmin, an analyst with Current Analysis, said it's clear that Facebook hasn't learned any big lessons from its previous privacy brouhahas.

"Facebook's repeated methodology of opting all users into new services, particularly services with potentially damaging ramifications, demonstrates a certain disregard for the security and privacy of its users," Shimmin said. "When applied broadly, it can undermine our overall privacy -- perhaps putting an end to anonymity altogether. With the proliferation of cameras and the major role they play in Facebook, wherever you go, you may be identified and catalogued for future reference."

Over the past year or so, Facebook has found itself in the center of several firestorms related to privacy issues.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217447/Facebook_stirs_privacy_ire_with_facial_recognition

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