Archive for August, 2008

Sarah Louise Palin,44, Governor of Alaska is the Republican vice presidential candidate for the November 2008 election.  McCain choosed female Sarah as his running mate.

Gov. Palin grew up in Wasilla, where as star of her high school basketball team she got the nickname “Sarah Barracuda” for her fierce competitiveness. She led her underdog team to the state basketball championship.

In 1984, after winning the Miss Wasilla contest earlier that year, Palin finished second in the Miss Alaska beauty pageant which won her a scholarship to help pay her way through college.In the Wasilla pageant, she played the flute and also won Miss Congeniality.

Apple will patch a software update for the iPhone to fix the security flaw that gives unauthorized access to contacts and e-mails.

“The minor iPhone security issue, which surfaced this week, is fixed in a software update which will be released in September,” said Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock in an e-mail Thursday.

[ Apple confirms iPhone security bug, promises patch ]

Here are the list of The Seven Ancient Wonders of the World

1. The Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt
2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Iraq
3. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece
4. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Turkey
5. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Turkey
6. The Colossus of Rhodes, Greece
7. The Lighthouse of Alexandria, Greece

[ Livescience - The Seven Ancient Wonders of the World ]

Forbes annual ranking of the most powerful women in the world measures "power" as a composite of public profile–calculated using press mentions–and financial heft. T

Here is the Top 10 Most Powerful Women in the world

1. Angela Merkel
2. Sheila C. Bair
3. Indra K. Nooyi
4. Angela Braly
5. Cynthia Carroll
6. Irene B. Rosenfeld
7. Condoleezza Rice
8. Ho Ching
9. Anne Lauvergeon
10. Anne Mulcahy

[ Forbes - Complete List ]