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Finally, a robot that “gets” us. Researchers at Toshiba in Japan have created a talking bot that can be used as a voice-activated universal remote in addition to formulating plots about terminating humans. The 5-pound, 11-inch-tall android is called ApriPoko, and is capable of learning how to control electronics by watching you and asking questions about your behavior. When you use an infrared device, the robot senses the signal and asks the user “What did you just do?” If you say something akin to “I turned on the TV,” it will commit the command to memory, and you can operate those functions by voice. Apparently, the little guy is still in the R&D stages, but there are plans to turn this technology into a consumer device — one which the company swears will not kill you in your sleep.

source:engadget

Prepare a coffin-shaped cake for Halloween. Hide a penny, a ring and a feather in the cake. One who bites upon the feather will have good health. A penny in your mouth means that you will have prosperity and wealth in the coming year while a ring indicates that you will soon meet your true lover and would-be spouse. Since, children may swallow these things, this game is intended only for teens or adults Halloween party. You can also improvise on this fortune game to make it more interesting for your guests.

Hide the penny, ring and feather at different places in the venue for Halloween party. Drop clues from time to time. Anyone who finds one or more things at the earliest will be the winner. Finding more than one thing might mean that a particular person is luckier this year. Some of the places where you can hide things are:
A ring in the skull’s mouth,
A penny in skeleton’s hand, and
A feather on the pirate’s hat.
You can turn this into a treasure hunt game of a larger magnitude by adding more things to the list, each one symbolic of a particular happening in the future.

All of us keep dreaming of meeting that perfect man and hitting off at the first note. But as they say “most good men are taken”! So, how to meet up with single men? Parties, discos, friends of friends, etc. are some of the tried methods and also click well. But what if you don’t do a lot of partying, hate discos and have a small friend circle? Fret no more! Check out some ideas given below that will help you spot and meet guys and eventually take steps further. All the best!

How to Meet Single Men

Your Local Pub/Bar

One of the most common spots to find good-looking single men and guys is your local pub or bar. Go there on a Saturday night to check out some really good-looking guys. Judge their character by their body language and the company they keep. If you feel courageous enough, approach with a casual attitude. At the same time, remember to look good. No man will be attracted to you unless you make an effort to look a tad higher than ordinary.

Walk the Dog

Talk about puppy love! If you have a pooch, take it out for a walk at the local park. If you don’t have a dog, walk your neighbor’s dog. You are likely to meet many single men walking their dogs too. Again, remember to pay attention to your looks as well. Not that you need to wear stilettos and go, but at least a decent pair of jeans and an attractive shirt should be your cup of tea. Also, guys melt if you pamper your pooch and play with it. So take a ball and ask it to fetch. Who knows, your pet might just fetch “someone” for you!

Sports Freak

This is strictly a male zone and if you are genuinely interested in sports and the likes, you can be sure of finding the right guy. Join a sports league or a gym or try out adventure sports. You might find someone who shares similar interests and is fascinated by seeing you skillfully treading the male path. If not, then visit a sports bar with a friend, more so on a night when an important game is scheduled. You will definitely meet that someone special in a sports bar, despite all that chaos and screaming!

Unusual Places

By this, I mean places like the zoo, amusement parks, library, museums, lake side, music shops, etc. It means finding the right guy at a place where you have an immense interest. Say, you love collecting classic CDs and often hit the music store. Who knows, you might bump into a dreamy single guy looking for something similar. In fact, a common platform or an interest will help you both bond faster too!

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo’s board members are formally discussing Microsoft Corp’s $42 billion unsolicited offer for the company and have scheduled an in-person meeting for next week, the All Things Digital blog reported on Friday.
Board members will have discussed the bid by phone on Friday and are expected to meet next Wednesday at Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, the blog said, citing unnamed sources.

A Yahoo spokeswoman, commenting on an earlier report that the board was meeting on Friday, said the company was still “carefully and thoroughly evaluating” the Microsoft offer but would not say when its directors plan to meet. The company declined to comment on reports of a Wednesday meeting.

Microsoft made its offer public on February 1.

Yahoo has sought an alternate tie-up with Web search leader Google Inc to maintain its independence. Should it pursue the Microsoft offer, it is expected to seek a higher price than the current cash and stock offer, now valued at about $29 per share.

Analysts have said Microsoft could be persuaded to raise its bid to make it easier for Yahoo co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang and his board to accept it.

Separately, a major investor in Yahoo met with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to see if he would be willing to raise the offer, the New York Post reported.

Capital Research and Management, which owns more than 11 percent of Yahoo shares and more than 6 percent of Microsoft, wants to know how much more the software maker might pay if Yahoo rejects the initial offer, the Post said, citing a source familiar with the meeting.

Officials for Capital Research and Microsoft declined comment on the report.

Yahoo shares rose 16 cents to close at $29.20 on the Nasdaq. Microsoft shares rose 44 cents, or 1.6 percent, to $28.56.

(Reporting by Michele Gershberg in New York, Daisuke Wakabayashi in Seattle and Muralikumar Anantharaman in Boston; editing by Phil Berlowitz, Gary Hill)

source:news.yahoo