The Swiss authorities rejected the U.S. request to extradite the director

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The Swiss authorities rejected the U.S. request to extradite the director, Roman Polanski and repealed the measures which restrict their freedom, as the use of electronic bracelet and house arrest in the village of Gstaad. The Swiss Justice Minister and the Police stated that the decision is not subject to appeal. The filmmaker is free provided they do not step on U.S. territory, from which he fled in the 70s.
The director, producer and screenwriter, 76, "will not be extradited to the United States and the measures to restrict their freedom to be lifted," said the minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, in Bern, before the journalists.
For the decision were considered the "lingering doubts concerning the presentation of the facts of the case," he added. The minister cautioned that there is no question "whether Polanski is guilty or innocent."
Widmer-Schlumpf pointed to the refusal of U.S. officials to convey the verbal process of a hearing at Los Angeles prosecutor Roger Gunson. The aim of the action would, according to Swiss authorities, "whether the 42 days that Roman Polanski went on the psychiatric ward of a prison in California covering the full prison sentence that (the director) should follow."
"We can not exclude with certainty desired, that Roman Polanski has already served the penalty imposed earlier and that the extradition request is suffering from an addiction (legal) serious", argue the Swiss.



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Ingrid Betancourt has no intention to a lawsuit

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Bogota - Former presidential candidate and former hostage of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Ingrid Betancourt, said that despite asking for a compensation of $ 6,800,000 for more than six years in exile in forest has no intention to a lawsuit to submit to the Colombian government to get money.
Court accused the government helped ease their isolation, said that the bodyguards who accompanied her were dismissed, but it was a presidential candidate, and there was no authorization for it to fly a helicopter on the road by the rebels controlled , where he was caught.
The explanation of the Court, on American television in the first time on Sunday, came two days after the disclosure that she had opened a claim for compensation on 30 June. By law, it has the option to sue the government if they disagree with the amount they need to accept.
The former candidate, 48, said during a television interview that she intends to seek compensation - both for her and her mother and her two children - is "the way for other people who were kidnapped a job to get compensation . 'She explained, "the idea was never my people free to attack."

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Google App Inventor: TEENS GET DA POWERRRRR

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Google launches a new product on Monday, anyone can make an application for Android phones.
Google App Inventor claims to allow non-programmers to develop applications for Android complete work by connecting a series of "blocks". Google has an Inventor App in schools is the test for a year, the NYTimes. At the time of writing, App Finder is available only to those with an application form.
The concept is clever: it's not just the Android Market, an open platform for developers (without the approval process, ala the App Store), but now we probably have a variety of specialized applications built by non-developers. This may radically increase the amount of programs on the market for the App Store.

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Facebook will have "safety button" for teens

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After three months of negotiations, the social networking site Facebook has agreed to adopt a program that aims to improve online safety for its younger users. This new "safety button" - also known as "panic button" - allow young people reporting suspicious behavior or inappropriate advances to Reuters.

This application is a victory for the British Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), which has long demanded such a measure, in order to avoid cases such as what recently happened to Ashleigh Hall. This young man, aged 17, was abducted and later raped and killed by a man who posed as a teenager on Facebook and with whom Ashleigh had caught friendship.
An automatic message will appear soon in the individual profiles of all teens who use social network, inviting them to add the application. Once added, the application will provide them with help, advice and support to stay safe online.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 graphics card is all midrange favorites

 

 

It is rare to find a universal product distinction today, but NVIDIA is fresh new GTX 460 was just such an exceptional place. Unlike his older brother, GTX 465, the 460 is not a part cut for low-and high-level press the core building GF104 again. This small core from the ground up tasks more humble, and to improve the inefficiency of the force is a known signature Fermi, so far, and led to the new card AnandTech described as "the king $ 200. " You will be 768MB of RAM on board, at that moment, but we splurge an extra $ 30 per GB to make a few extra L2 cache and enjoy ROPS on the map. In any case, the GTX 460 look completely killed the market for the promotion of 465 feet and is an ATI with their competitive prices and for the first time, heat and a good measure of energy. Oh, and apparently "overclocks like a monster, too - click on the links below to complete the changes.


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ASUS Eee PC 1215N

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More netbooks on a long list of models. The advantage over the 1201N that we tested is the Optimus technology from Nvidia that allows you to switch between integrated graphics and Nvidia graphics. The processor also is the latest dual core Atom D525 1.8 Ghz.
Features:
ProcessorAtom D525 dual core, 1.8 GHz
Screen12''with a resolution of 1366x768
Hard Drive250GB or 320GB
AdditionalHDMI OutputBluethooth 3.0USB 3.0802.11NWebcam with integrated lens cover.USB passage of charge even when turned off and thus can charge devices such as mobile phones.ASUS WebStorage 500GB
In terms of specifications are interesting but lack know the battery life. I fear that the price is near some models with processors with integrated graphics CULV. The advantage is that the latter also allow you to see Full HD content and the battery usually lasts interesting. But we have to wait and see.

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