The triumph of good over evil is celebrated by Hindus as they observe Deepavali or the Festival of Lights in the seventh month of the Hindu calendar. Throughout the country, prayers of thanksgiving and cleansing rituals take place at temples and household altars.
On Wednesday Apple will release IOS 4.1, the latest version of its operating system for iPhones and the iPod touch. Here are some of the key features the software update will bring:
Eid al-Fitr often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning “festivity”, while Fi?r means “to break fast”; and so the holiday symbolizes the breaking of the fasting period. It is celebrated after the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan, on the first day of Shawwal.
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The Italian Stallion makes an aggressive move with the 458 Italia, a truly hard-core machine. This is the Ferrari we’ve been dying to see. The 458 Italia is a truly hard-core offering, spitting in the face of the company’s easygoing California, launched just 12 months ago. It’s a whole new look for Ferrari’s midengine supercar, combining aerospace alloys with a Pininfarina design that we think is one of the Stallion’s best yet. Of course, any new Ferrari brings excitement. But the 458 Italia, which looks so special in pictures, is even better in the flesh.
One of the significant characteristics of Malaysian culture is its celebration of various festivals and events. The year is filled with colourful, exhilarating and exciting activities. Some are religious and solemn but others are vibrant, joyous events. One interesting feature of the main festivals here is the ‘open house’ custom. This is when Malaysians celebrating the festival invite friends to come by their homes for some traditional delicacies and fellowship.
Malaysia celebrates its 53rd year of independence this August 31st. This number may seem small compared to many other countries, but our long, storied history is no less impressive, nor less captivating.
Mulu National Park in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that encompasses incredible caves and karst formations in a mountainous equatorial rainforest setting.
“Vending (or “automatic retailing” as it is increasingly known) has a long history. The Greek mathematician Hero seems to have got the ball rolling in 215BC, when he invented a machine to vend holy water in Egyptian temples.”
McAfee, the anti-virus software maker, is out with its third annual list of the most dangerous names to search on the web, and reports that if you Google “Jessica Biel screensavers” (or Yahoo or Bing it), almost half the downloads you could click on will try to deposit malware (viruses, pop-up ads, spyware, etc.) in your computer.
