‘Revenge’ moving to Sunday

will take over the Desperate Housewives timeslot and Scandal will get the post-Grey’s Anatomy berth when ABC debuts its fall schedule in September. ABC will also attempt to bring back TGIF by slotting Tim Allen’s Last Man Standing and the new Reba McEntire comedy Malibu Country on Fridays. Here’s how the network’s schedule stacks up against NBC and Fox (CBS and CW will announce their lineups in the next two days):

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Montreal’s Kim Klavel advances to women’s world boxing quarter-finals

Montreal’s Kim Klavel advanced to the quarter-finals of the women’s world boxing championships on Tuesday in China. Klavel defeated Derya Aktop of Ankara 17-10 in the four-round bout in the 48-kilogram weight class. Klavel began to pull away on the judges’ scorecards in the third round. She will face an opponent from the Philippines on Wednesday. Women’s boxing is making its debut at the London Olympics, with the worlds in China serving as a qualification event. The world championships are ...

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Explore the White House with your mouse

Dead US presidents abound in “The People’s House”. Picture: Google Art Project Source: Supplied YOU can now tour “The People’s House” from the comfort of your own home, after Google gave 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a new address online. The White House has teamed with the Google Art Project to develop a virtual tour of the President’s residence – a process driven by US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama’s desire for their home to be more accessible.

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Kim Dotcom to live off just $46,700 a month

Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom, was allowed bail in the North Shore court in Auckland. Picture: AFP Source: AFP A NEW Zealand court has allowed Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom $46,700 a month in living expenses as he awaits a US bid to extradite him on on-line piracy charges. The German national reportedly applied for $171,240 a month to cover his costs when he was freed on bail last month, including funds to pay for luxuries such as a butler and nannies. ...

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Yahoo! accuses Facebook of patent infringement

Yahoo! has filed a lawsuit against social networking website Facebook. Picture: Supplied Source: AFP YAHOO! has filed a lawsuit against Facebook yesterday, accusing the social networking giant of patent infringement. Yahoo!, in the suit filed in US District Court for the Northern District of California, accused Facebook of infringing on 10 of its patents. “For much of the technology upon which Facebook is based Yahoo! got there first and was therefore allowed patents by the United States Patent Office to ...

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Reviewing the Mazda 3

March 9, 2012, 6:33 pm By THE NEW YORK TIMES As Mr. Ulrich writes, vehicles like the Ford Focus, Honda Civic, Hyundai Elantra and Nissan Versa were treated to full redesigns in the past two years. The Mazda 3received no such luxury, but attention was lavished on its powertrain and transmission, and to remarkable effect: Long the sportiest, most rewarding automobile to drive in its class, the 3 is now the only one that effortlessly tops 40 miles per gallon ...

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Telstra finalises $11 billion NBN deal

Telstra CEO David Thodey has been praised for the lucrative NBN deal. Source: News Limited TELSTRA will participate in the rollout of the national broadband network (NBN) after finalising its $11 billion agreement with the federal government and NBN Co. “Today, we have concluded nearly three years of intense and complex negotiations, with multiple parties, and we are very pleased we have delivered this positive outcome for our customers, employees and shareholders,” Telstra chief executive David Thodey stated in a ...

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Feeling guilty? Then go to ClearMyGuilt.com

Some Arizona University students have developed a social network to help clear your guilty conscious…no priest needed. Want to know how good/bad you are? now you can find out on-line and get other’s to provide feedback. Picture: Thinkstock Source: Supplied New website lets users confess darkest secrets Users rate the sins as “forgiveable” or “unforgiveable” Website receives about 100,000 visitors a day EVER wondered if your latest indiscretion would land you in heaven, hell or purgatory? Now you can hop ...

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Real-life Batman: The blind leading the blind

Meet Daniel Kish, the man who’s super human, bat-like capability has enabled him to overcome his blindness. DANIEL Kish is completely blind but can still manage walking, hiking and even riding a dirt-bike by himself. He does it by using a revolutionary “bat-like” capability known as “Flash Sonar” to create a special picture of the world around him using clicking sounds made with his tongue. As he walks, Mr Kish uses the sound waves bouncing back to “see” his surroundings ...

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Microsoft launches social news site

The site analyses real time information from Bing search engines and on-line social networks. Picture: Screenshot Source: news.com.au MICROSOFT has launched an msnNOW website designed to deliver the “latest buzz” from Facebook, Twitter, Bing and BreakingNews.com. The service at now.msn.com analyses in real time Bing searches and updates at the popular on-line social networks to display hot topics and authoritative voices commenting about them. Microsoft billed msnNOW as “the first service to surface the latest buzz from Facebook, Twitter, Bing ...

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