During the test, unprecedented speeds reaching 100 Megabits per second were achieved, the operator said in a press release Thursday.

“In parallel with the success … Alfa will be launching soon a three-month pilot phase on the 4G-LTE technology on 20 4G-LTE existing sites installed in Beirut,” the company’s statement said.

“The pilot phase will include 300 participants, and it will span across a geographical area covering the administrative area of Beirut,” the statement added.

The commercial launch of the fourth-generation data service will take place in 2013, the statement said.

Researchers found that of more than 69,000 Chinese women followed for a decade, those who drank green tea at least three times a week were 14 percent less likely to develop a cancer of the digestive system.

That mainly meant lower odds of colon, stomach and esophageal cancers.

No one can say whether green tea, itself, is the reason. Green-tea lovers are often more health-conscious in general.

The study did try to account for that, said senior researcher Dr. Wei Zheng, who heads epidemiology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville.

None of the women smoked or drank alcohol regularly. And the researchers collected information on their diets, exercise habits, weight and medical history.

Even with those things factored in, women’s tea habits remained linked to their cancer risks, Zheng noted.

Still, he said in an email, this type of study cannot prove cause-and-effect.

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Knowing that most experts expected a better phone, with more features, with more innovative functionality, this didn’t happen, comparing iPhone 5 to Samsung Galaxy S3 , we didn’t find that huge difference that would let Apple create this big GAP with Samsung.

For me, I’m still waiting for a new iPhone , 6 7 or 8 that will make me say woow, this is what we call innovation similarly to when iPhone 1 was launched 5 years ago.

This is my opinion, what is yours ?

At first Glance it looks like a little bit from all predecessors, an early version is now available for test.

The big questions is: Can Mozzila the non-profit organization really compete the biggest players in this field ?

We will wait and see what can Mozzila do and I’m sure that many other NPOs will try to follow …

The Wildebeest, this huge creature who cause fear to many other living creature, is running the fastest he can be, to escape and avoid becoming the dinner of the lioness following him.

This picture shows that for each big, there is bigger, for each strong, there is stronger, for each wise, there is wiser, for each dumb there is dumber, for each wild, there is wilder.

At the end, I can say to all my fellow Lebanese, we are living in a bad situation, there is worse, we have to avoid the worse, build for the good future and when we reach it be sure there will always be BETTER!

What do you think ?

BEIRUT: Middle East Airlines, Lebanon’s flag carrier, signed Thursday a Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase of 10 A320neo and A321neo aircraft, a statement by international aircraft maker Airbus said. MEA will announce its choice of engines at a later date, Airbus added.

 This news was published on the 13^th of July 2012 , around 4 days ago ! Well i asked myself, why does MEA needs to increase the number of aircraft ? This is an investment and this means that the company is planing to expand business and to add new destinations !

When i used to go to Dubai with Fly Emirates i used to be amazed and astonished by the number of Aircraft “Fly Emirates” has. They even have a private terminal only for their aircraft with more than 250 Gates!

Yes in Dubai this is normal, Dubai has a stable situation, they have one Leader who till know seems to know very well how to govern his Emirate! Even when Dubai suffered (and maybe still suffering) from the economic crisis, the state didn’t collapse, they knew how to set plans and strategies to get out from the crisis !

In a small comparison with MEA and Lebanon, the Green magical land on the great blue Mediterranean sea, i see here we have many leaders , who know nothing but how to improve their personal status and increase their personal Fortunes and on the other hand i see (So called) people who acts as (if) sheep! And sometime worse that sheep!

I feel so mad, very bad, most of the time I’m desperate, i find no way out from this huge dilemma and i ask why would i stay here ?

Maybe because i didn’t find anywhere else to go, but i should do it and very soon, cause this country would never ever improve unless we BURN IT ALL (not just the tyres) and BURN Most of the sheep inside it !

It seems we need a certain Neo NERON !

The new version of Microsfot Office is simply a Cloud MS Office …

Waiting to see the reaction of Oracle in the new versions on Open Office and what they can do in this regard.

I like how Microsoft prenset their produts, and send the proper messages that would really show their new version as a real innovation while it has been on the market by other companies since long time ! ….

It is all about Marketing … all about communication !

The group of “babushki” or “grannies”, sing their song Party for Everybody in English and their regional language, Udmurt.

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The company is being sued for $15bn – almost as much as the $16bn raised in its record breaking initial public offering – for tracking users against their wishes, even after they have logged out of their Facebook accounts.

Les Réformistes du Liban

Those people has names, their faces are well recognized, the Lebanese Army should simply kill them, not because we love killing people, but simply because those animals are contributing in killing a whole country and destroying a whole nation.

The Lebanese Army regardless what the politicians says (who are normally Assholes) should simply follow those guys kill them to keep us (The people who want to live peacefully) safe and provide us stability to work, produce and care for who we love !

Thanks for the Lebanese Army in case they will do what I asked for …

The news sent the euro lower against the dollar, fanning concerns among investors and in Greece that the country may have to leave the euro zone.

The development highlights the weak state of the banking sector in Greece, where Greeks are pulling euros out of the banks in fear that their country may exit the European single currency despite the declared determination of EU powers Germany and France to keep Athens in the monetary union.

“As recapitalization wasn’t in place, the ECB stopped monetary policy operations,” a euro zone central bank source told Reuters, declining to be identified. “They are now in the ELA of the Greek central bank.”

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Why the Greek people knowing that they are in a huge financial mess, refuse the Austerity measures ?  

How i wish hearing such a speech from any looser here in Lebanon, how nice is to hear that once of all these Lebanese losers become a man and say it clearly I’m OUT ! I really hope one day we Lebanese can hear a Lebanese politician admitting that he lost in a democratic elections and leave away !

Hollande was set to beat conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy by a decisive 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent margin, the TNS-Sofres polling agency said in a projection based on a partial vote count.

The president conceded defeat within 20 minutes of the last polls closing at 8 p.m. (1800 GMT), telling supporters he had telephoned Hollande to wish him good luck.

“I bear the full responsibility for this defeat,” he said.

Source: Reuters

The S III feature a 4.8-inch H-D Super Amoled screen, an 8-megapixel camera and up to 64 gigabytes of storage.

The smartphone will also run on Google’s “Ice Cream Sandwich” operating system, Android 4.0.

Available in blue or white, the S III will make its debut in Europe on May 29 before hitting other locations.

Source: USATODAY

Samsung Galaxy SIII , Designed for Humans

Replacing GDocs is a clever idea. The projects are compatible and your cloud-based documents can be browsed from your desktop — an attractive feature for those migrating from Microsoft Office. It’s also apparent Google has learned lessons from doomed projects such as Wave; it’s easier to piggy-back on the success of an existing project than build a new user base from scratch. GDoc’s 40 million users have little reason not to adopt Google Drive.

The South Korean group’s handset division shifted more than 20,000 Galaxy phones an hour in the quarter and contributed most of its operating profit.

That company’s shares hit a lifetime high after the results, pushing its market value to $190 billion, 11 times that of Japanese rival Sony, though still only a third of Apple’s, the world’s most valuable company.

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It is not only a question of a phone, it is a while perception that Samsung could create in the consumers mind, many models, a diversity of sizes, while having the Galaxy S2 , Samsung could also provide other kind or Smart phone , at low prices where users can benefit of an Android Mobile, download apps, as if they are having the S2 or Note!

I think it was the best business model to be able to hit Nokia as well as keep Apple on the second place ! 

Waiting to see what Google is planning for MOTOROLLA! 

In September 2010, Jason Becker and Brandon Sokol co-founded Remember.com, a site they describe as a Wikipedia for memories.

“What sets Remember.com apart is that it’s not just social networking,” said Becker. “It’s social collaboration.”

The website is a digital media platform made up of crowd-sourced memories. Anyone with an account can write, record and post their first-person experiences related to a person, place or topic.

The site organizes these under searchable categories in a layout inspired by newspapers and Pinterest.

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I liked the idea and i feel it is quite interesting to find a solution that manage our memories where we can share them with the whoever we want to feel some nostalgia with them …

I think it is nice, so what do you think ?