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London, September 19 (ANI): The U.S. army’s fleet of robots will soon be enhanced with the addition of forthcoming reconnaissance craft called the ‘hopping rotochute’, which will be capable of travelling deep into obstacle-ridden spaces like caves and rubble-laden buildings to video what it finds.

The self-righting probe is being developed for the Army Research Lab [...]

London, September 19 (ANI): Singer Amelle Berrabah has quit the all-girl band Sugababes, it has emerged.

The beauty was apparently unhappy after a row with bandmate Keisha Buchanan.

“Amelle has been desperately unhappy for a while. She was going to try and resolve things, but it must have got too much for her. They haven’t been able [...]

London, September 19 (ANI): Michael Jackson’s completely new signature dance move in a new footage while rehearsing for his comeback concerts may soon become a rage amongst his fans.

The King of Pop, in the move, being called as the Penguin, was seen flapping his right arm up and down very quickly as his body [...]

Sydney, Sept 16 (ANI): Hackers are using Patrick Swayze’s death to push off spurious anti-virus software to Internet users and infect their computers with viruses.

The 57-year-old Swayze died of pancreatic cancer on Monday.

Many bogus websites claiming to provide information on the death of the Dirty Dancing star have mushroomed up.

Computer [...]

Washington, September 16 (ANI): NASA has concluded two weeks of technology development tests on two of the agency’s prototype lunar rovers.

“These tests provide us with crucial information about how our cutting edge vehicles perform in field situations approximating the moon,” said Rob Ambrose, Human Robotic Systems project lead at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. [...]

London, September 16 (ANI): Lady GaGa continued her shock tactics as she stepped out in a bizarre see-through red lace catsuit teamed up with eye mask and eccentric spiky hair piece at the New York fashion week.

The singer’s modesty was said to be hardly covered by a barely there red G-string and an almost-strategically placed [...]

Washington, Sept 16 (ANI): Country singer Taylor Swift has bought a new apartment.

The ‘You Belong With Me’ hitmaker has been moving out of her family home in Tennessee, where she has been living with her mum.

“I just got my first condo,” Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

The 19-year-old singer has become the first country artist to [...]

Washington, September 14 (ANI): Pop sensation Lady Gaga grabbed eyeballs at 2009 MTV Video Music Awards by appearing in a unique outfit.

The ‘Poker Face’ hitmaker wore a black lace Jean Paul Gaultier dress with Dragon print silk underlay from Gaultier’s fall/winter ready to wear collection.

Her fashion accessory included Keko Hainswheeler neck brace and Kiko [...]

Islamabad, Sep 14 (ANI): Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has said that US President Barack Obama is “powerless” to stop the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a transcript of a tape released by the terrorist organization’s media wing.

Al Qaeda’s As-Sahab Media released a video featuring a still image of Osama and audio [...]

New York, Sep. 11 (ANI): The proposed 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero is going to have 400 oak trees on the outside and disturbing graphic images of people jumping and planes hitting the towers inside the museum.

The New York Post quoted Joseph Daniels, president of the [...]

Washington, September 11 (ANI): A research mission has located and identified the final resting place of the YP-389, a US Navy patrol boat sunk approximately 20 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, by a German submarine during World War II.

Six sailors [...]

London, Sept 8 (ANI): Michael Jackson has come alive in a new avatar – a lifelike doll.

The doll is inspired by the King of Pop’s 1983 Thriller music video, which showed him turning into a zombie.

The Hong Kong-based Hot Toys is the creator of the doll, which emphasizes most aspects of the late pop [...]

Washington, September 6 (ANI): German researchers are sure that compression technologies can put an end to the poor images and sound quality that are often encountered by people during video and telephone conferencing sessions.

At this year’s IFA international consumer electronics exhibition in Berlin, researchers from four Fraunhofer Institutes will demonstrate the power and flexibility [...]

Washington, Sep 5 (ANI): The man who grew up in Daphne, Alabama, as Omar Hammami, but is now reported to be a member of al Qaeda-linked Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab under the name Abu Mansour al-Amriki, told a school newspaper after 9/11 attacks that it was “difficult to believe a Muslim could have done this”.

According [...]

Washington, Sept 4 (ANI): Columbian pop star Shakira has surprised her fans by dressing up in high end designer labels – a departure from her usual leather outfits, miniskirts and belly shirts – in the latest edition of Vanity Fair magazine.

The “She Wolf” [...]

London, Sept 4 (ANI): Angelina Jolie bares all for some girl-on-girl action as her raunchy role in 1998 TV movie “Gia” is revived.

The flick features the Oscar winning hottie in some sizzling and sensual scenes with Lost actress Elizabeth Mitchell.

Jolie, 34, and Liz, 39, played [...]

London, Sep 3 (ANI): Ever thought that your home would tell if you have left a stove burner on after making your breakfast? Well, it is now possible, thanks to the new sensor-stuffed apartment created by researchers at Washington State University in Pullman.

The smart home, known as Casas, developed by Diane Cook and colleagues, can [...]

London, Sept 3 (ANI): Caped crusader Batman has been voted Britain’s favourite super hero in a new poll.

The ‘Dark Knight’ pushed webslinger ‘Spider-Man’ at the second place followed by the ‘Superman’ at third.

Batman, the alter-ego of billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne, has been immortalised in the 1960s TV series as well as a big budget movie [...]

London, Sep 2 (ANI): Queen of Pop Madonna’s daughter Lourdes is said to have made an appearance in the video for her mother’s new single ‘Celebration’.

Lourdes, 12, was given a dancing role, and she could be seen showing off some breakdancing moves towards the end of the four-minute video, reports the Telegraph.

Dressed in leggings and [...]

Melbourne, Sep 2 (ANI): In a groundbreaking innovation, scientists have created an electronic device that may allow blind people to “see” using their tongues.

The extraordinary technology works by taking pictures filmed by a tiny camera, and turns the information into electrical pulses, which can be felt on the tongue.

Tests have shown that the nerves send [...]