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Fidel Castro says al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is a bought-and-paid-for CIA agent who always popped up when former President George W. Bush needed to scare the world, arguing that documents recently posted on the Internet prove it.
A Sri Lankan maid returned from her job in Saudi Arabia with 24 nails inside her body — the result of torture by the family who employed her, a doctor and government official said.
Images of Toshiba’s forthcoming Android tablet were leaked today by Notebook Italia. The tablet, which is rumored to be dubbed the SmartPad (terribly unoriginal don’t you think), was reported earlier to be releasing in September or October. The SmartPad will have an NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, a 10-inch touchscreen, stereo speakers, and a front-facing webcam. Also featuring a number of outputs this device has an HDMI port, USB and mini-USB ports, a card reader for memory expansion, standard 3.5 mm audio jack, and some sort of connection for a docking station. Unfortunately there is no word on what version of the Android OS this will be shipped with yet. Head past the break to see the rest of the images and as always tell us what you think of this machine in the comments.
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"A new company called Inkling hopes to break the standard textbook model and help textbooks enter the interactive age by letting students share and comment on the texts and interact with fellow students, using an iPad.
Other features include interactive graphics within a book and the ability to search text, change the size of the type, purchase individual chapters of books, highlight text for others to see, and take pop quizzes directly within the app.
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