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A British scientist has become the first human to be infected with a computer virus.

Dr. Mark Gasson, a cybernetics expert at the University of Reading, has had a computer chip implanted in his hand.The chip is programmed to open security doors to his lab - and ensure only he is able to switch on and use his mobile phone.But Dr. Gasson deliberately infected the chip with a computer virus, which was then automatically transmitted to affect to the lab security system.

"Once the system is infected, anybody accessing the building with their passcard would be infected too," he told ratuladd.

The virus on his chip is benign. But malicious computer code could give criminals access to a building.

British Scientist 'Infects' Himself With Computer Virus

The J.K. Rowling-penned novel series about a young boy who ultimately becomes a powerful wizard concluded with "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," published in 2007. Three years later, that same final chapter is about to play out once again — this time, on the big screen.

Now, fans are getting their first look as to what lies ahead in the final "Harry Potter" adventure, with the first full-length trailer for "Deathly Hallows" debuting online early Monday evening (June 28). Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson reprise their roles as Harry, Ron and Hermione in "Deathly Hallows," which has been divided into two films. Despite the decision to split the story in two, the feature-length trailer combines elements from both films for one epic masterpiece highlighting the final showdown between the Boy Who Lived and He Who Must Not Be Named.

The trailer begins ominously enough as an offscreen voice informs Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) that "there's no sign of him, my lord." The "him" in question quickly makes himself known, as Harry Potter (Radcliffe) emerges in a dark forest clearing, wand at the ready, eyes locked with the serpentine Voldemort's.Immediately thereafter, we're treated to a series of montage sequences offering glimpses at John Hurt's return to the role of wand-maker Ollivander, our hero's trek through the treacherous halls of Gringotts Wizarding Bank, Harry and Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) fleeing from Death Eaters on Sirius Black's (Garry Oldman) old flying motorcycle, a great conflict at the battle-ravaged Hogwarts castle and much more.

The trailer describes "Deathly Hallows" as "the finale of the worldwide phenomenon, the motion picture event of a generation." Based on the footage seen here, those words are hardly an understatement. The first part of "Deathly Hallows" arrives in theaters this November, with the final installment in the "Harry Potter" series unfolding in July 2011.

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows

The Los Angeles Film Festival, announced its 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival audience award winners before the Closing Night film, “Despicable Me.” The Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by The Los Angeles Times, with its central hub at L.A. LIVE, began Thursday, June 17 and ended today.
The Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature went to “Four Lions” directed by Christopher Morris and the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature went to “Thunder Soul,” directed by Mark Landsman. Roberto Hernández and Geoffrey Smith’s “Presumed Guilty won the Audience Award for Best International Feature.

The Audience Award for Best Short Film went to Dock Ellis & the LSD No-No, directed by James Blagden. The video for OK Go’s This Too Shall Pass, directed by James Frost, OK Go, and Syyn Labs won the Audience Award for Best Music Video.

Pernille Fischer Christensen’s A Family took home the Jury Narrative Award, and J. Clay Tweel’s Make Believe won the Jury Documentary Award. Best Ensemble Performance was awarded to Sabrina Lloyd, James Urbaniak, Lynn Cohen, Harry Chase, Nate Smith, and Kamel Boutros for their performance in Adam Reid’s Hello Lonesome. Jury awards for the Short Film Competition were given to Pablo Larcuen’s My Invisible Friend for Best Narrative Short, Tomasz Wolski’s The Lucky Ones for Best Documentary Short, and Beomsik Shimbe Shim’s The Wonder Hospital for Best Animated Short Film.



Awards were given out in the following categories:

Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature

Winner: Four Lions directed by Christopher Morris
Writers: Christopher Morris, Jesse Armstrong, and Sam Bain
Producers: Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger
Cast: Riz Ahmed, Arsher Ali, Nigel Lindsay, Kayvan Novak, and Adeel Akhtar
Film Description: (England) Never one to shy away from taboo subjects, celebrated British satirist Christopher Morris tackles modern jihadism in this comedy of terrors about four bumbling suicide bombers in training.

Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature

Winner: Thunder Soul
Director: Mark Landsman
Producers: Keith Calder, Mark Landsman, Jessica Wu
Featuring: The Kashmere Stage Band, Conrad O. Johnson
Film Description: A high school band unlike any other, the Kashmere Stage Band was a worldwide sensation in the ‘70s. Thirty-five years later, the band reunites to pay tribute to the man who made it all possible.

Audience Award for Best International Feature

Winner: Presumed Guilty
Directors: Roberto Hernández and Geoffrey Smith
Producers: Layda Negrete, Roberto Hernández, Martha Sosa, Yissel Ibarra
Film Description: (Mexico) In Mexico, where 92 percent of convictions are not based on any physical evidence, two lawyers use the documentary lens to expose an abominable justice system and free one innocent man.

Audience Award for Best Short Film

Winner: Dock Ellis & the LSD No-No
Director: James Blagden
Producers: Christopher Isenberg, Donnell Alexander, Neille Ilel
Description: Dock Ellis’ legendary LSD-fueled no-hitter is revisited by the man himself.

Audience Award for Best Music Video

Winner: This Too Shall Pass
Directors: James Frost, OK Go, Syyn Labs
Producer: Shirley Moyers
Music: OK Go

The 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival screened over 200 feature films, shorts, and music videos,
representing more than 40 countries. This year, the Festival received more than 4,700 submissions from filmmakers around the world. The final selections represent 28 World, North American, and U.S. premieres, which more than doubled from 2009. The number of films competing in the narrative and documentary competition categories also increased this year from 13 to 18, of which half are World premieres.

Audience Award Winners of 2010 LA Film Festival Announced

The Los Angeles Film Festival is an event held annually in June in downtown Los Angeles, California.It showcases North American dependent, feature, documentary and short films, as well as music videos.

With an attendance of more than 80,000 people, it screens more than 100 feature films। The event also includes world premieres, panels and seminars, outdoor screenings, and a Family Day.The Festival features programs including the exclusive Filmmaker Retreat - hosted by the Festival's annual Guest Director - and the Spirit of Independence Award ceremony and gala.

In addition to feature films, it also screens short films created by high school students and has
a special section devoted to music विडोसFilms submitted to the Festival are reviewed by Film
Independent's programming department, which evaluates each film, looking for the best in new
American and international cinema.

Awards are given out in the following categories at the conclusion of the Festival:


* Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary Feature (award carries an unrestricted cash prize of $50,000)
* Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature (award carries an unrestricted cash prize of $50,000)
* Outstanding Performance in the Narrative Competition
* Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
* Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature
* Audience Award for Best International Feature
* Best Narrative Short Film
* Best Documentary Short Film
* Best Animated/Experimental Short Film
* Audience Award for Best Short Film.


History

The Los Angeles Film Festival was begun in 1971 by Gary Essert, as the Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Filmex). Essert remained the festival's director until 1983. In 1995, it became the 5-day Los Angeles Independent Film Festival [LAIFF], which ran annually at the Directors Guild of America Building in Hollywood, California until 2001, when it was absorbed by Film Independent (formerly IFP/Los Angeles).

In 2010 the festival was moved to the Regal Cinemas at the L.A. Live complex in downtown Los
Angeles, with additional screenings at several other downtown venues including the Orpheum
Theatre (Los Angeles, California) and the REDCAT Theater (below the Walt Disney Concert Hall). The festival also has a long tradition of screenings at the open-air John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood. At its height the LAIFF attracted 19,000 attendees. Today the Los Angeles Film Festival attracts over 80,000 visitors.

LA Film Festival

Actor Jason Bateman got booed by around 2000 people who were waiting in line at an Apple store in Los Angeles. At the release date of the latest upgrade of the iPhone last Thursday, June 24, Bateman was actually contented on waiting in line along with other people who were queuing up for the smartphone.A store employee spotted him and escorted him straight in to the store. The actor probably welcomed the opportunity since he went along with the employee. While they were walking up to the front, boos and hissing can be heard from those who were still in the line.

“Everyone literally started booing and hissing!” a source said.
“The crowd freaked and booed, and he put his head down.”

The actor tried to ignore the boos as he went inside only to still incur them when he left the store with his new गद्गेत.
About 1।5 million units of the iPhone 4 were estimated to have been sold on the first day of its release. This will easily surpass the sales of its predecessors, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS which reached the millionth mark during their first week of release.

Jason Bateman booed after cutting in at an iPhone 4 line

Musa Ibrahim of Thakurgaon district has become the first Bangladeshi to reach the top of Mount Everest.

He reached the summit of Mt. Everest on Sunday, which is 29,035 feet (8,850 meters) above sea level.

He is a sub-editor of The Daily Star.

Earlier, on June 14, 2009 Musa Ibrahim and Tawhid Hossain conquered Mt Annapurna IV, a Himalayan peak at the height of 24,682ft, as first Bangladeshis without supplementary oxygen after tremendous hardship

Musa Ibrahim reaches top of Mt. Everest

Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. all increased global vehicle production in April as the Japan’s largest carmakers responded to rising demand in Asia and the U.S.

Toyota, the world’s biggest automaker, made 62 percent more cars than a year earlier, producing 591,109 vehicles in April, it said in a statement today. Exports at the Toyota City, Japan- based company more than doubled, rising 117 percent to 150,118 units, while overseas output went up by 55 percent. Production in Japan increased 71 percent.

Output at Honda, Japan’s second-largest automaker, increased 27 percent to 294,308 vehicles from 231,399 a year earlier, the Tokyo-based company said in a statement today. Nissan, which ranks third by unit sales among Japan’s automakers, said production of its cars and light trucks surged 57 percent to 319,673 units compared with the same month last year.

The three automakers built more vehicles as demand recovered in the U.S. and Japan and continued climbing in China, the world’s largest auto market. A year ago, carmakers scaled back output, temporarily halting production lines to reduce inventory amid a recession.

Auto sales in the U.S. rose for a sixth month in April. Toyota’s sales rose 24 percent to 157,439 vehicles, while Honda’s deliveries in the country increased 12.5 percent from a year earlier to 113,697 units. Nissan climbed 35 percent to 63,769.

Leading Japanese Carmakers’ Production Rebound

Intel Corp. announced at Computex plans for its next-generation Atom processor for tablets and netbooks. Oak Trail is an integrated SoC that will sample in early 2011 sporting a 50 percent reduction in average power consumption and support for high definition video, Intel said.

Like Intel's existing Atom chips, Oak Trail will support Windows 7, Google Android and the merged Intel and Nokia mobile Linux software called MeeGo. As part of an Intel keynote at Computex, Acer chief executive Gianfranco Lanci said his company will make netbooks and tablets based on Oak Trail and MeeGo.

Intel's Oak Trail chip is another data point in Intel's effort to extend beyond its traditional PC business, in part through a new system-on-chip initiative the company has pushed for several years. However to date most of Intel's Atom business has been in netbooks which have designed in 50 million of the low power x86 processors in the past two years, Intel said.

Intel tips next-gen Atom SoC for tablets

Michael Jackson's father and Gary officials announced plans Wednesday to move ahead with a long-delayed performing arts center to help revitalize the late singer's hometown, drawing cautious optimism from residents who say they've heard this song many times before.

Work on the $300 million museum and performing arts center could begin as early as next year, said Gary Mayor Rudy Clay, acknowledging this isn't the first time city officials have made promises about the project.

"The question has been asked: Why now, why Gary, is it really going to happen?" Clay said. "Now is the time. We've got to seize the moment."

Jackson left Gary as a child and visited just once, in June 2003, to announce plans for the center. No details were given then about how the center would be paid for, and the financial plans were equally vague Wednesday. Clay said money to build the Jackson Family Museum and Hotel and the Michael Jackson Performing Arts and Cultural Center and Theaters would come from the Jackson Family Foundation, investors and donations. But neither he nor Joe Jackson said how much the foundation would chip in or how much investors have pledged.

Jackson hometown museum plans move ahead

Mr Bush's Facebook account was given the thumbs up, or "liked", by over 20,000 users within its first few hours. He has listed the Bush Clinton Haiti Fund and the Barbara Bush Foundation as two of his favourite pages on the site.

Mr Bush's first Facebook post, which is written in the third person, says he has "remained active" since leaving office in 2008.

"He has visited 20 states and 8 countries; given over 65 speeches; launched the George W Bush Presidential Center; participated in 4 policy conferences through The Bush Institute; finished the first draft of his memoir, "Decision Points"; and partnered with (former) President Clinton to establish the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund," the post reads.

A Twitter account apparently set up by the former president also drew 5,000 followers within its first three hours on the same day.

But Bush spokesman David Sherzer told the AFP news agency that the account did not belong to Mr Bush and that the former president had no future plans to "tweet".

Mr Bush's entry into social media comes a month after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged former Cuban President Fidel Castro and Bolivian leader Evo Morales to join him on Twitter.

Former US president George W Bush has created an account on the social networking website Facebook.

World Cup 2010 will be the first time a worldwide live event delivers content in 3D, HD, and streaming video.

World Cup final will be the first time a live event of this magnitude will harness high-speed, big-pipe networks in ways never before tried. The sheer enormity of the data surging across fibre optic cables around the world is staggering, more so when you consider the layers of coverage: live 3D, HD television, online streaming, mobile, text, still images and voice, all of which will test hardware, software and people to extremes.

The difference this time around is that the event will reach beyond traditional media such as print, television and radio far more than ever before. This time around, technology is giving audiences a plethora of options in how they consumer the spectacle.

The biggest technology shift was to be the broadcasting of games in 3D. Twenty five games were on tap as a joint venture between Sony and ESPN, which holds the world broadcast rights. But a fight between FIFA and Aruna AG, the Swiss firm that was supposed to be selling the stream into 800 digitally equipped theatres in 80 countries, has put that in jeopardy.

2010 FIFA World Cup a feast of technology and tribalism