Bill Gates’ 11 Things You Didn’t and Won’t Learn in School

Bill Gates’ 11 Things You Didn’t and Won’t Learn in SchoolBill Gates recently gave a speech at a high school about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept sets them up for failure in the real world. Bill Gates, founder of the software company Microsoft Rule 1: Life is not fair – get used to it! Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with a car phone until you earn both. Rule 4: If you think...

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Financial Times Hacked By 'Syria Group'Its website and tweets are compromised in a Syria-linked attack - just hours after a top Twitter executive visits the FT newsroom. The website and Twitter account of the Financial Times have been hacked, apparently by activists who support the Syrian government. The Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for the attack, in which the hackers published messages in support of President Bashar...

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World Cup 2014 To Use Bomb-Detecting Robots

World Cup 2014 To Use Bomb-Detecting RobotsBattle-tested robots have become the latest addition to Brazil's tough security line-up for next year's World Cup. The govenment has bought a fleet of iRobot 510 Packbots - usually used to neutralise roadside bombs and to inspect buildings and people for traces of explosives. The $7.2m (£4.74m) order will allow police to deal safely with any threats from a distance. It is also the same robot that examined the car allegedly hijacked by the Boston Marathon bombings suspects....

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Top 10 Computer Tricks Every Geek Should Know

Top 10 Computer Tricks Every Geek Should KnowWe've talked before about the things every computer user should know how to do, but we geeks are special: we want to go above and beyond, to explore every nook and cranny of our system and make everything easier. Here are ten ways to do just that.Read more...

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Throw Out Your Resume Walks You Through a Modern Application Process

 Throw Out Your Resume Walks You Through a Modern Application ProcessWhile we don't recommend throwing out your traditional paper resume just yet, if you want to work at a startup or a company with similar workplace philosophies then the job application strategies of yore won't serve you well. Throw Out Your Resume offers a simple guide to help you unlearn the old methods and replace them with new ones that will help you land a job somewhere a bit more exciting than a corporate cube farm.Read more...

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Rooney requests United exit

Rooney transfer request confirmed  Outgoing Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson insisted Wayne Rooney won't be sold even though the forward handed in a transfer request after becoming ''frustrated'' at being substituted in recent matches.The English star didn't dress for Ferguson's final home game as manager, a 2-1 win over Swansea in the Premier League on Sunday. Rooney watched the game from an executive box with his family. ''I don't think Wayne Rooney was keen to play, simply because he's asked for a transfer,'' Ferguson said after the match. ''He wants to think it through in his mind, which is a good idea. We are not going to let him go but he is a little bit frustrated at being taken off once or twice...

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East African Community (EAC) remain too small and too fragmented to fully ut...

East African Community (EAC) remain too small and too fragmented to fully utiliseDESPITE possessing massive potential in natural resources, individual states within the East African Community (EAC) remain too small and too fragmented to fully utilise these resources in the global arena, without being exploited by larger and more developed economies. The hope of citizens as such lies in an East African Federation and, further down the line, a fully-integrated African state.  The scramble for East Africa is on. According to a US geological survey the region is sitting on US$9 trillion-worth of oil and gas. Whether this figure also includes the potentially resource-rich Horn of Africa – Somalia and Ethiopia in particular – is...

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Fertility rates influenced by economics more than other factors

Fertility rates influenced by economics more than other factorsThe world population could top 8 billion in the year 2023 if current growth rates remain constant, according to United Nations figures. However, if global fertility rates slow more quickly than expected, there could be up to half a billion fewer mouths to feed on Earth in 2023. Based on arecent study by a University of Missouri anthropologist, economic changes have the greatest impact on reducing family size, and thus slowing population growth, compared to other factors. Understanding the causes of declining birth rates may lead to improved policies designed to influence fertility and result in reduced competition for food, water, land and wealth. "Improvements in economic...

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New science policy in pipeline

New science policy in pipelineThe government is preparing a new science, technology and innovation (STI) policy, whose formulation will  involve players from different sectors, the minister for Communication, Science and Technology, Prof Makame Mbar...

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Microsoft warns of new Trojan hijacking Facebook accounts

Microsoft warns of new Trojan hijacking Facebook accountsMicrosoft has issued a warning that a new piece of malware masquerading as a Google Chrome extension and Firefox add-on is making the rounds, threatening to hijack Facebook accounts First detected in Brazil, Trojan:JS/Febipos.A, the malware attempts to keep itself update, just like normal, legitimate browser extensions, Microsoft noted in a security bulletin late Friday. Once downloaded, the Trojan monitors whether the infected computer is logged into a Facebook account and attempts to download a config file that will includes a list of commands for the browser extension. The malware can then perform a variety of Facebook actions, including liking a page, sharing, posting, joining...

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NASA's asteroid lasso mission said to halt Apocalypse scenario

NASA's asteroid lasso mission said to halt Apocalypse scenarioSpeaking at the Human to Mars Summit, NASA's top administrator, Charles Bolden, pledges to work to "prevent an asteroid from colliding with devastating force into our planet." [Read mo...

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Microsoft sells more than 100M Windows 8 licenses in 6 months

Microsoft sells more than 100M Windows 8 licenses in 6 monthsThe sales milestone is on par with the number of Windows 7 licenses sold in its first six months on the market. [Read mo...

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Boeing Aircraft Sets Hypersonic Flight Record

Boeing Aircraft Sets Hypersonic Flight RecordAn experimental unmanned aircraft flies for three-and-a-half minutes at five times the speed of sound.In this Wednesday, May 1, 2013 photo released by the U.S. Air Force, the X-51A Waverider, carried under the wing of a B-52H Stratofortress bomber, prepares to launch for its fourth and final flight over the Pacific Ocean. The X-51A, an experimental, unmanned aircraft developed for the U.S. Air Force, went hypersonic during a test off the Southern California coast, traveling at more than 3,000 mph, the Air Force said Friday. The Air Force has spent $300 million studying scramjet technology that it hopes can be used to deliver strikes around the globe within minutes. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force,...

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Solar Plane Completes First Leg Of US Flight

 Solar Plane Completes First Leg Of US FlightSolar Impulse, which is powered by 12,000 cells, can fly by day or night power and is on its first US cross-continent journ...

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20,000 apply for 1200 new govt jobs

20,000 apply for 1200 new govt jobsBy Henry Mwangonde The Citizen Correspondent Dar es Salaam. A total of 20,763 applicants have sent their applications for jobs in the government through the public service secretariat in the President's Office. Deputy secretary of the secretariat Lucas Mrumapili said his office was in the process of going through the applications. He noted that the names of selected candidates would soon be posted on the government's website for interviews starting May 13, this year Mrumapili said vacancies advertised in English which had 185 posts included the National Audit Office (NAO), Mzumbe University (MU) and Local Government Training Institute (LGTI). Others are the National chemists office (GCLA), Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI),Tanzania Food and Drugs...

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New TRA website set to improve services

New TRA website set to improve servicesBy Saumu Mwalimu The Citizen Reporter Dar es Salaam. The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has re-launched its website to facilitate customer service and improve timely tax payments. The new-look website contains features that allow the taxman to interact with customers online. Speaking with The Citizen on Saturday, TRA director general Harry Kitilya said the idea to make the changes were due to the fact that the former website was based on the internal matters. He said the new one, however, will be mostly based on the customer's and stakeholder's relations. "The website that was formerly in place was officially used internally, mainly by the staff, but we thought of making it easily accessible to...

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JK unveils plan to recruit teachers

 JK unveils plan to recruit teachersThe EAC has agreed to allow free movement of labour among the five Partner States - Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, according to the Head of StateBy Brandy NelsonThe Citizen CorrespondentMbeya. President Jakaya Kikwete said on Tuesday that there was a need to provide employment to teachers from other East African Community (EAC) countries in an effort to curb the shortage of teachers in the country.President Kikwete said that the move would reduce the shortage of science teachers and improve the education sector.      He was responding to owners and managers of private schools and colleges in the country who complained about the cumbersome procedures, including paying US$1500 as annual fee for employing a foreign...

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