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Eto'o arrives for Inter medical

Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o has arrived in Italy for a medical with Internazionale as the swap deal for Zlatan Ibrahimovic edges towards completion.

The Cameroon forward has said he is delighted to be joining the Serie A champions and has targeted winning the Champions League for his new side.

"I'm very happy to be at Inter," Eto'o told the club's website. "I'm here to work and win the Champions League."

Eto'o, who helped Barca to a Spanish league and Cup double and victory in the Champions League last season, is set to join Inter as part of a complicated deal that would see Ibrahimovic move in the opposite direction.

The Catalans will also loan Belarus midfielder Aleksandr Hleb to Inter and pay cash reported to be in the region of 50 million euros (£43m).

Inter manager Jose Mourinho had said his sadness at seeing his best player go was balanced by his excitement at Eto'o's arrival.

"Inter had to choose whether to say: 'We're not selling you' to Ibrahimovic, or get Eto'o plus Hleb free for a year, plus 50 million euros (£43.2m)," he said. "The fans are ready to love Eto'o.

"This seems an extraordinary deal to me, a 100m (£86.5m) euro deal, the deal of the summer. For me it's worth 100m (£86.5m) because Eto'o is not worth a euro less than Ibra'".

Reuters

Five Roman-Era Shipwrecks Found Off Italy

A team of archaeologists has discovered a trove of five Roman-era shipwrecks deep under the sea off a small Mediterranean island.

The find of well-preserved ships, made possible by sonar technology and the use of remotely operated vehicles, includes cargo of largely intact clay vases and pots transporting wine, olive oil, fish sauce and other goods.

Resting untouched between 330 to 490 feet underwater near the small island of Ventotene, which lies 30 miles off the Italian coast halfway between Rome and Naples, the ships date from the 1st century B.C. to the 5th century A.D.

From their cargo, archaeologists from the U.S. group AURORA Trust and Italy's Ministry of Culture, established that the vessels were transporting goods from Italy, Spain and north Africa.

They were probably heading for safe anchorage, but then sunk during a storm.

"Ventotene is a small island in the open sea. It was on major trade routes and was both a safe haven and a danger to shipping," Timmy Gambin, head of archaeology for the Aurora Trust, told Discovery News.

discovery.com

A little girl

A little girl is trying to knock down the sumo fighter Taiichiro Tashima.
PS: I hope her mother didn't make her do this.

World's Largest Telescope Acts Like Big Bucket

A new telescope scheduled to be inaugurated this week on Spain's Canary Islands holds the title as the world's largest, but contenders are gathering in the wings.

The Gran Telescopio Canarias, or GTC for short, has 10.4 meters (34 feet) of mirrors for collecting faint light from distant objects.

"Basically, a telescope mirror functions like a bucket in the rain: The larger the bucket, the faster you collect water," said Michael Richer, an astronomer with Mexico's Instituto de Astronomia Ensenada, who serves as a scientific advisor for the GTC.

"Larger telescopes allow you to collect light faster. This permits the observation of fainter sources -- either because they're farther away or because they're intrinsically fainter -- or more detailed observations that require more precise manipulation of the light," Richer told Discovery News.

GTC tops the 10-meter (32.8-foot) Keck Telescopes on Hawaii's Mauna Kea and folds new teams of astronomers into a heated quest for knowledge about how the universe formed and what it contains. The $180 million GTC is owned Spain, Mexico and the University of Florida.

"When you're a partner in your own telescope, you have a competitive advantage," said Stan Dermott, chairman of the astronomy department at the University of Florida.

discovery.com

Sarkozy hospitalized after jogging scare

PARIS, France (CNN) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy became faint while jogging late Sunday morning and was taken to a hospital, the presidential office said.

He did not lose consciousness, and initial tests showed nothing abnormal, said a statement released by the president's office. His heart will be monitored until Monday morning, which is standard procedure in such cases, the statement said.

In the meantime, according to the statement, he is resting and keeping in touch with his advisers.

Sarkozy, 54, had been jogging with bodyguards for about 45 minutes near the Elysee Palace, the official residence of the president, when he fell ill, the statement said. After being seen by the Elysee doctor, Sarkozy was taken by helicopter to the military hospital Val-de-Grace.

No further announcement was expected until morning, the statement said.

Sarkozy exercises regularly and is an avid jogger. Earlier this month, he was photographed jogging through Central Park in New York during his trip to the United States.

cnn.com

Magnetic Field On Bright Star Vega

Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing the first detection of a magnetic field on the star Vega, one of the brightest stars in the sky. Using the high-sensitivity NARVAL spectropolarimeter installed at the Bernard-Lyot telescope (Pic du Midi Observatory, France), a team of astronomers [1] detected the effect of a magnetic field (known as the Zeeman effect) in the light emitted by Vega.

Vega is a famous star among amateur and professional astronomers. Located at only 25 light years from Earth in the Lyra constellation, it is the fifth brightest star in the sky. It has been used as a reference star for brightness comparisons. Vega is twice as massive as the Sun and has only one tenth its age. Because it is both bright and nearby, Vega has been often studied but it is still revealing new aspects when it is observed with more powerful instruments.

Vega rotates in less than a day, while the Sun's rotation period is 27 days. The intense centrifugal force induced by this rapid rotation flattens its poles and generates temperature variations of more than 1000 degrees Celsius between the polar (warmer) and the equatorial regions of its surface. Vega is also surrounded by a disk of dust, in which the inhomogeneities suggest the presence of planets.

This time, astronomers analyzed the polarization of light emitted by Vega [2] and detected a weak magnetic field at its surface. This is really not a big surprise because one knows that the charged particle motions inside stars can generate magnetic fields, and this is how solar and terrestrial magnetic fields are produced. However, for more massive stars than the Sun, such as Vega, theoretical models cannot predict the intensity and the structure of the magnetic field, so that astronomers had no clue to the strength of the signal they were looking for. After many unsuccessful attempts in past decades, both the high sensitivity of NARVAL and the full dedication of an observing campaign to Vega have made this first detection possible.

The strength of Vega magnetic field is about 50 micro-tesla, which is close to that of the mean field on Earth and on the Sun. This first observational constraint opens the way to in-depth theoretical studies about the origin of magnetic fields in massive stars. This detection also suggests that magnetic fields exist but have not been detected yet on many stars like Vega, but farther and more difficult to observe. Astronomers believe that this discovery will be a key step in understanding stellar magnetic fields and their influence on stellar evolution. As for Vega, it is now the prototype of a new class of magnetic stars and will definitely continue fascinating astronomers for years.

[1] The team includes F. Lignières, P. Petit, T. Böhm, and M. Aurière (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes, CNRS/Université de Toulouse, France).

[2] Radiation is not only characterized by its wavelength and its intensity, but also by its polarization state. The polarization state of waves, including light waves, describes the orientation of their vibrations. A light wave can either be non-polarized, linearly or circularly polarized depending on the orientation of the electric field as the wave travels. In particular, the polarization state of radiation gives information about the presence of a magnetic field in the medium where the radiation was emitted. Hence, polarization data allow astronomers to study stellar magnetic fields.

sciencedaily.com

Premier League - Crouch set for Spurs move

Portsmouth manager Paul Hart has revealed he has accepted a bid from Spurs for striker Peter Crouch.

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has been looking to reunite Crouch with his former Portsmouth strike partner Jermain Deofe and it now looks as though he has succeeded with a bid of around £10million.

Hart, who last week signed a two-and-a-half year deal to remain with the south coast club, claimed it was a result of a bid to balance the books following a period of unrealistic spending under Redknapp.

"Obviously I'm disappointed to see Peter leave, but given the severe financial restraints in place here we had no choice but to accept an offer from Tottenham," he told the Daily Mirror.

"I think people need to realise that Pompey have been punching above their weight and could no longer sustain the level of spending that has gone on here over the last three years."

PA Sport

Jordan: 2yr wait for split

JORDAN expected her 3½-year marriage to Peter Andre to end for TWO YEARS before it collapsed, she has revealed.
She said that she had not wept since the split in May because "I did all my crying while I was married".

Jordan, 31, real name Katie Price, said: "It was a fairytale. I was in love and it ended, but you've got to get on."

She said she and Aussie singer Peter, 36, were working things through for kids Harvey, seven, Junior, four, and Princess Tiaamii, two.

Premier League - Nasri breaks leg in training

Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri will miss the start of the Premier League season after breaking his leg in training.

The France international fractured his fibula during the Gunners' pre-season camp in Austria. Club medics expect the 22-year-old to be out for between two and three months.

He is also set to miss France's World Cup qualifiers against Faroe Islands in August and September's clashes with Romania and Group Seven leaders Serbia.

Nasri arrived at Arsenal a year ago from Marseille for around £15 million and immediately established himself as Arsene Wenger's first-choice on the left wing, scoring on his full debut in the 1-0 win over West Brom.

In all, he scored seven goals in his first season at the Emirates, including a decisive brace in the 2-1 win over Manchester United in November.

The injury blow is not as harsh as it could have been for Wenger as another left winger, Czech Tomas Rosicky, returned to action for the first time in 18 months in Saturday's pre-season friendly at Barnet.

Wenger is yet to boost the attacking contingent of his squad this summer, despite the recent sale of striker Emmanuel Adebayor to Manchester City. So far, Belgian centre-back Thomas Vermaelen is the only major addition to the Gunners' squad during the transfer window.

source : eurosport.yahoo.com

Google promises 'the end of viruses'

Google's Engineering Director has promised that its forthcoming Chrome OS will see 'the end of malware'.

Google is promising what the latest issue of New Scientist magazine refers to as "a carefree antivirus nirvana" with its forthcoming Google Chrome OS.

Linus Upson, Google's Engineering Director, has promised the company is: "Completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work."

Chrome browser patched

Ironically, Google is also in the news this week due to security flaws in its Chrome browser.

Two of the most recent Google Chrome web browser security flaws (one relating to malicious code exploitation in the Chrome tab sandbox and one relating to memory corruption in the browser tab processes) have now been fixed.

You can see the full run-down of all the latest changes over on Google's Chrome site.

So is the cloud computing future really going to be more secure than our current system of downloading regular security patches to constantly fix the software that's sitting on our hard drive?

"Downloading updates is always going to be a step or two behind the cloud approach because it takes a while to get a fix out to a PC to install it," argues Paul Jackson of Forrester Research.

And while Jackson agrees that "the cloud approach allows patches to be applied much faster" he notes that any web-based OS is still going to be at risk from malware targeting the browser or Linux.

Robert Caunt, an analyst from CCS Insight in London, notes that Google has a good record on security to date: "Its Gmail spam filter and search engine's phishing-detection is good. They know what needs doing."

Major computing brands such as Nvidia, Dell, Asus, Acer and others have already confirmed that they will be fully supporting Google's Chrome OS. Stay tuned for further Chrome OS news updates as and when we get them.

source : techradar.com

Federer strolls to final

Roger Federer was all class as he made history by becoming the first man to reach seven consecutive Wimbledon finals.

The five-times champion produced some immaculate tennis against a brave but outclassed Tommy Haas to win 7-6 (7/3) 7-5 6-3 and maintain his 100% record in Wimbledon semi-finals.

It was his ninth successive victory over the veteran German and his 50th win at Wimbledon, one short of drawing level with Bjorn Borg, who watched in awe from the Royal Box as Federer clinically disposed of the 24th seed.

A fifth straight-sets win of this year's Championships was just about his most comfortable as he denied Haas a single break point.

Error-free on his serve, Federer caused no end of frustration for his opponent with his ability to land the ball on a sixpence.

The 31-year-old Haas, who blew a two-set lead against Federer in the French Open last month, went shot for shot with the world number two in an opening set that remained on serve throughout.

The German's ploy was clear from the first game as he adopted the serve-and-volley tactics that served him so well against Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals.

Federer got a couple of challenges wrong but just about everything else right, gradually bringing out his full array of shots.

And it was the 27-year-old Swiss ace who took his precision and accuracy into the tie-break, reeling off four points in a row to take it.

There were clear signs of Federer establishing a grip on the game as he reeled off back-to-back love service games early in the second set.

Haas, who produced some of the best tennis of his career to reach his first Wimbledon semi-final, had to work harder to hold his serve and the nerves began to show in the 10th game.

He missed a volley to present Federer with a set point - the first break point of the match - but redeemed himself with a 123mph serve.

It was only a temporary reprieve, however, as he put a forehand long to give his opponent a second set point.

That went by the way but another unforced error, his 20th of the match, enabled Federer to make it third time lucky as he took the second set 7-5.

There was a similar pattern to the third set with Federer starting with two more love service games.

Poor Haas could do little to combat the accuracy of Federer's serve and grew increasingly frustrated as the match began to slip inexorably away.

An unlucky net cord gave his opponent another break point in a prolonged eighth game and there was no way back for him when he netted a backhand to enable Federer to open up a 5-3 lead and he duly served out for a routine victory.

"Tommy has been playing extremely well since Paris and that is why I'm so happy come through," Federer said.

"I knew he was a danger so I'm very happy with my performance. It's unbelievable to be in another final."

Federer is through to a 20th grand slam final, overtaking the record of Ivan Lendl, and is unlikely to be overawed as he seeks to break Pete Sampras' all-time record of 14 grand slam titles.

"I've had a lot of pressure over the years, it's just another great opportunity to get into the history books," he said. "Going for something that big is quite extraordinary."