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The nobel prize physics 2008 winners are Nambu, Kobayashi & Maskawa

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

The Nobel prize physics 2008 winners are U.S. citizen Yoichiro Nambu of the University of Chicago, and Japanese researchers Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa for work on “spontaneous broken symmetry” in subatomic physics.

The Nobel Prize for physics is the second award in a series of six, where annual prizes for achievements in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics are handed out in the will of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite, who died in 1896.
Last year winners were France’s Albert Fert and Germany’s Peter Gruenberg for work on the discovery of giant magnetoresistance

The Nobel Foundation was established in 1900 and the prizes were first handed out the following year.

Ultra-compact USB Power Adapters iphone Recall

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Apple Inc. in a statement posted online on Friday advised iPhone 3G users in many countries to replace the device’s Ultra-compact USB power adapter following reports that metal prongs broke off and stuck in power outlets, creating a risk of electric shock.

The recall affects ultra-compact USB power adapters sold in the U.S., Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Panama and Peru

“We have received reports of detached blades involving a very small percentage of the adapters sold, but no injuries have been reported,” Apple said in a statement.

Adapters with a green dot on the bottom are safe and do not need to be replaced, Apple said.
You get get more info in apple website support section