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The Mexico Massacre, which left 72 dead, also left few survivors. One of the survivors who managed to escape the shooting related what exactly happened on that fateful day.

The survivor, named Luis Freddy Lala, an Ecuadorian says that he left Ecuador to go to United States. The trip began with a first leg of the tour to Honduras, and then to Guatemala.

He says that he entered Mexico, along with other migrants, and that was where things changed.

They were intercepted by three cars in Mexico, armed people stepped out of the cars, and they then forced the migrants to travel in another car.

After a while they reached a location in Mexico, it was a house. All the migrants were pulled out of the cars, and tied together, before they were shot down.

It was gruesome cold killing, which left 72 dead. Though, he survived the shooting, even after he was shot at, the Mexico massacre had shook him, and now he sends a message then no one should dream to go to United States through Mexico.

He continues that Zetas are very dangerous and has urged Ecuadorians to shun the idea of reaching United States through Mexico.

It is reported that Zetas, the Mexican gang may have been behind the Mexico massacre that killed 72 people.

Just like Apple’s iPad Samsung has also launched its new Samsung Galaxy Tab. Although from the looks it looks pretty promising but let’s see how it is better or inferior to Apple’s iPad.

As far as the body and looks are concerned the Samsung Galaxy has a sleek and stylish figure, having 16:9 7-inch screen which is so good for watching movies and videos. It seems to be perfect portable multimedia device. And unlike iPad it is not cumbrous and is light weight, perfect for playing games.

In terms of functionality, it offers more than that of iPad. The cameras are both on front and at the back, the rear one being 3 megapixels which is 3 megapixels more than the iPad. Of course, you need to have a reasonable memory and for that the Samsung Galaxy offer expandable memory unit with micro SD cards which leads up to 32 GB, economical and worth having.

It also offers voice calling, though it can’t replace cell phones but it ideal for video conversations and video conferences.

One thing that is the most important is the finishing and the strength of any gadget and for Samsung Galaxy it has both the qualities. When in hand it feels like some hardcore gadget with a good solid finishing. The Samsung Galaxy Tablet will be hitting the UK markets soon, probably around October and the prices are still unknown.

Apple has upgraded its misc jukebox, on this Wednesday Apple announced iTunes 10 major improvement to its media management software and music jukebox. Basically, this upgraded iTunes 10 is aimed to be a social networking element with the purpose to aid helpers discovering new music genre.

The Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs elaborated the functioning of this new social network which has been called Ping. Just like other social networks such as facebook, twitter, orkut, myspace and many other, Ping is also a social networking component that allows the user to log on to their favorite artists, their albums and most of all your friends. Artists can also get connected with their fans via iTunes Store page. Like most of other social networking sites, you can organize your own friends circle, can also buy and listen to the stuff and can see what your friends doing. Post your statuses, opinions and do whatever you want to.

Ping will be made available on the iPhone and iPod touch sooner and a new button in the iTunes Store application will appear. More over the iTunes 10 has got a new hybrid view that arranges in the same way as in music columns.

iTunes 10 will be available as a free download on Wednesday at Apple.com or iTunes.com. Further details will be available as soon as other official announcements are made.

Rafael Nadal barely survived his game in US open at Arthur Ashe Stadium. He was matched up with unranked Teymuraz Gabashvili. TV commentators, fans and even the US open officials thought that Nadal will lose this match but in the end he made it, barely! Afterwards Nadal started giving excuses that the ball of US Open was hard for him and he underestimated his opponent.

His opponent was Teymuraz Gabashvili who is at 98^th rank in the US Open and at 93^rd ranks in the ATP rankings and he deserves the credit. He gave a good match to Nadal and was a worthy opponent.

But whatever the conditions are, no one expected from an experienced and bright player to play such a game against a man whose highest ever rank was 59^th. And this is his zenith in the Grand Slam in the fourth round at Roland Garros. And besides 2006 and 2007, he has never been able to make it to the second round at the US Open.

According to some writers Nadal is only trying to save himself from the rounds to come as his performance was not likely to be expected. But the truth is that he has been struggling with the ball and so far he is unable to give a spectacular performance.

Unfortunately the first game anticipates that Nadal will hardly reach the US Open Finals, a little bit of a sad anticipation for Nadal’s fans.

It is testing times in some parts of United States, and if you are staying closer to North Carolina, then you have every opportunity to come across a fast approaching Hurricane Earl.

Hurricane earl is expected to march towards North Carolina areas and reach the shores later today in the night hours.

Separate warnings have been issued. You should keep a watch on the clock and the news to determine the effects of Hurricane earl. How fast the Hurricane is, or if the wind speeds have decreased?

Here are 5 tips you should follow if Hurricane Earl has been approaching your door.

• Begin with a follow up of the latest news about the direction of Hurricane Earl. Check to see, if there’s any warnings issued for Hurricane Earl.
• Stay indoors, and avoid roaming outside. You never know how fast the Hurricane Earl winds could be, or how far they are?
• If you have a car, keep the gas full, so that you could gallop as soon as the evacuation orders have been issued.
• It’s important that you carry all your personal essentials, and also your family necessary belongings, such as bed sheet, medicines, if you are on it. Tooth pastes, and toothbrush, pillow, and dry fruits long with bottled water.
• If you have decided to evacuate, always follow the latest news on how to proceed. Whether you should take the ‘X’ road route or the ‘Y’ road route should be a top priority to protect yourself from hurricane Earl.

Follow these simple tips and save yourself from the effects of Hurricane Earl.

The ordeal at Gulf of Mexico seems to continue, as another major explosion at the oil rig had put things back a little.

There were 13 marine engineers at the Gulf of Mexico water when the explosion took place. It’s hard to know the exact reason of the explosion at the oil rig.

The reports have come in that one guy working at the rig had met with an injury, while others are safe. The injured had been taken to Terrebonne general medical center in Houma.

The explosion was first noticed by a commercial helicopter that was above the Gulf of Mexico rig site when the platform was burning.

The helicopter crew saw flames coming out of the Gulf of Mexico platform, and the rig workers were together.

The rig engineers were somehow rescued from the Gulf of Mexico and transported out of the burning platform.

There was no reason assigned as to why the explosion took place at the platform. The reports says that the burning platform, which is also called Vermilion Oil Platform 380 was inactive for quite some time, as it was not producing any kind of oil or gas.

The incident which took place at the Gulf of Mexico oil rig is on the other side of gulf oil spills, perhaps a little west of the spills.

Hosting providers can quickly deploy and maintain 50+ applications for a low monthly fee through OnApp’s cloud hosting engine

London, 01 September: OnApp and JumpBox have announced a new deal for hosting providers that makes it significantly easier to deploy and maintain popular Open Source web applications on cloud servers, using commodity hardware.

For a low monthly fee, hosting companies can deploy the entire JumpBox library of ‘ready to use’ web applications in the cloud, using OnApp’s unique elastic cloud engine, while benefiting from easy upgrades to those applications from JumpBox. The result is significantly reduced cost, complexity and time to deployment for the applications that hosting providers’ customers want to use. The monthly fee includes unlimited user access per cloud.

“The combination of OnApp’s highly configurable cloud hosting engine, and JumpBox’s ‘ready to use’ web applications, makes it simple for hosting providers to deploy and manage the applications their customers need,” said Carlos Rego, MD of OnApp. “With more than 50 JumpBox applications available today, a low monthly fee, and OnApp’s unique approach to cloud hosting, our clients can expand the services they offer in a very quick and cost-effective way.”

“With the combination of JumpBox and OnApp, hosting providers now have a ready library of application solutions for their customers,” said Kimbro Staken, CEO of JumpBox “Adding these easy to deploy applications to a hosting service encourages increased usage by hosting customers and higher revenue for the hosting provider. Plus, since the library gains more applications over time, the provider’s revenue opportunity just continues to increase while the low monthly fee stays the same.”

OnApp’s elastic cloud engine enables hosting providers to set up and manage cloud and virtual servers on commodity hardware, extremely quickly, using virtual machine templates and a web-based user interface. JumpBox makes it simple to deploy and manage Open Source web applications by packaging each one as a ‘ready to use’ virtual machine.

With the library of JumpBox virtual machines available through OnApp, hosters and other service providers can quickly deploy, configure and manage cloud-based applications - from blogging and content management systems to wikis, bug trackers and e-commerce platforms – to meet the needs of their customers.

The OnApp cloud hosting engine is licensed to users on a cost per CPU core and cost per cloud basis, but is currently available with a full year’s free trial.

About JumpBox

With customers in forty countries and over 350,000 JumpBoxes distributed to date, JumpBox is the recognized leader in providing hassle-free Open Source server software. JumpBox enables businesses to deploy a wide array of collaborative infrastructure in minutes across a variety of computing environments. Offering the convenience of a SaaS-based service and the control and flexibility of private, run-anywhere instances, the JumpBox service enables IT admins to concentrate on extracting value from their software rather than maintaining it. For more information, visit JumpBox on the web at http://www.jumpbox.com.

About OnApp

OnApp is one of the fastest growing cloud platforms in the market, with over 30,000 virtual servers deployed in less than two years. Designed for the needs of the hosting market, OnApp enables hosting providers to set up public or private clouds based on commodity hardware, and deploy customizable virtual machines in just a few clicks. OnApp uses multi-hypervisor technology (such as Xen and KVM) to ensure complete security and isolation for virtual machines. It also offers unrivalled scalability, with virtualization management that enables service providers to optimize their use of server resources, creating the potential for significant hardware and energy cost savings.

OnApp has offices in the US and Europe, employs more than 40 staff and can be found at www.onapp.com.

More information

For more information, please contact:

Steve Fenton, OnApp:

Steve.fenton@onapp.com

Sean Tierney, JumpBox:

sean@jumpbox.com

Michael Douglas gave shocking news when he came on a TV program called The Late Show With David Letterman on this Tuesday. It only appalled the audience but also made the hearts of most of the people throbbed. He said that he has got a Stage IV throat cancer.

He had been in the town for the promotion of “Wall Street 2” and by the looks, though he was a little thinner than before, he was good and had a nice smooth attitude which kept the interview cheerful. He had a dose of radiation and chemotherapy a week ago.

Douglas said that he came to know about the throat cancer about three weeks ago, same when he found that he was going to be on Letterman show.

Letterman asked some questions regarding the disease and had a witty conversation with Michael Douglas. Douglas said that the cancer primarily because of surfeit use of alcohol and drinking. He said that the bigger problem than the disease is its spreading.

Douglas said, “I am head and neck. I am above the neck, so nothing’s gone down, and the expectations are good.”

But he was quite positive and optimistic and said that the chances of recovery are enormous up to 80% and with proper and regular medication it will be cured in no time.

In the end they both gave each other a nice good hug and the interview ended with a big round of applause.

If you didn’t get an invitation to Apple’s September 1^st music themed event, worry not because you can still watch it live streamed. According to the Apple’s officials the press conference will be released live streamed at 10AM PT, pretty cool and innovative.

You can log on to live video from Apple.com, but there are some restrictions to it. Those who possess Apple goodies are only allowed and are able to watch that live streamed press conference. Here a bit for viewing press release you need to have either of these things Mac® running Safari® on Mac OS®X version 10.6 Snow Leopard®, an iPhone® or iPod touch® running iOS 3.0 or higher, or an iPad™.

So why putting such restriction and why only Mac users could log on to live video stream? There is a logical explanation for this restriction. According to some bits on internet, the live stream that Apple will broadcast will be of internally developed HTTP Live Streaming Protocol which would require either a Mac running Safari on Mac OS X version 10.6, an iPhone or iPod touch running iOS 3.0 or higher or an iPad. Apple’s latest technology which is Apple’s multimedia player and framework called QuickTime X will be used in live streamed protocol. There are number of benefits of it and among those one is that it makes it easier for the broadcasters to use a standard Web server rather than using special media server.

As hurricane Earl moves towards the island of Ocracoke, residents have been advised to evacuate the area immediately as the hurricane will make landfall directly in this area. Residents have been advised to listen to local radio fm 90.1 for further updates as they will be announced after the emergency meeting of   the Hyde county emergency services and state and county citizens at 6:00. Residents are told to be aware of the state ferry system and the road conditions during this period.

The National Hurricane Center has advised the local community of Ocracoke Island to evacuate the area immediately so that when the hurricane makes landfall the loss of life can be avoided. The hurricane might also hit North Carolina but the effect of the hurricane might be substantially less here. The hurricane speed is steadily increasing and in the next ten to fifteen hours it might become a category 3 – 4 hurricane. Flights of hurricane monitoring planes flew from St. Croix, U.S.

Virgin Islands to check the advance of the hurricane but were forced to land a very short time into the flight as they were caught in thunder storms, but the engineers say that the flights were a success. Meteorologists from NASA’s Goddard Space center are also monitoring the hurricane and they said that people should be really careful and vigilant while traveling to or from the areas where the expected landfall is to take place. Residents who intend to stay in the areas are advised to stay indoors.