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The Telikin is a new touchscreen family computer designed to make everyday tasks as easy as possible. It is clearly aimed at the older user, which explains why its most vaunted features are social in nature, and make  a lot of  sense for grandparents with distant relatives.  Video chat  (thanks to a built-in camera),  photo sharing  and email are first among its advertised features - all of which come ready to use  out of the box , provided an internet connection is available, of course. Operating system  and software The operating system's home screen includes a menu giving one-touch access to a  calendar , weather information, news, the web and games. All are available at the touch of a button - a button clearly labelled with the relevant words rather than an abstract icon. The menu remains visible at all times, so users can easily navigate to wherever it is they want to be. The remainder and bulk of the home screen is filled with useful, accessible alerts and data

Simple but smart ideas of how to facilitate your everyday tasks. I wouldn't mind applying some of them, if not all .

Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle  differences without violence or destruction. Maturity is patience. It is the willingness to pass up immediate pleasure in favor of the long-term gain. Maturity is perseverance, the ability to sweat out a project or a situation  in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging set-backs. Maturity is the  capacity to face unpleasantness and frustration, discomfort and defeat,  without complaint or collapse. Maturity is humility. It is being big enough  to say, "I was wrong." And, when right, the mature person need not experience the satisfaction of saying, "I told you so." Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. The immature spend their lives exploring endless possibilities; then they do nothing. Maturity means dependability, keeping one's word, coming through in a  crisis. The immature are masters of the alibi. They are the confused and the  disorganized. Their

Q: On which side does a chicken have the most feathers? A: The outside. Q: How do you know when there is an elephant under your bed? A: Your nose touches the ceiling. Q: What’s a flea’s favorite way to travel? A: Itch-hiking. Q: Why did the snowman call his dog Frost? A: Because Frost bites.

If you've ever found yourself rolling your suitcase through the airport and wishing your luggage was self-propelled, Portland , Oregon-based BOXX has something they'd like to sell you. The company's first production electric scooter is just about a meter (39 inches) long and looks like an odd sort of cross between a piece of retro luggage and a giant-sized camera . It promises to move you up to 80 miles (129 km) on a single charge at a top speed of 35 mph (56 km/h) and comes with a price tag starting just under US$4,000. The cost seems likely to turn off all but a certain type of customer, but nobody ever said being part of the eco-hip elite was cheap. If you want to have that 80-mile range you'll actually need to upgrade by plunking down an extra $500 for a "Core2" system, which is essentially an extra battery pack. The basic unit fully charges in about four hours, but another upgrade is offered for $349 that gets you a 1-hour charger. If y

Life has often been compared to a game. We are never told the rules, unfortunately, nor given any instructions about how to play. We simply begin at "go" and make our way around the board, hoping we play it right. We don't exactly know the objective of playing, nor what it means to actually win. That is what Ten Rules for Being Human is all about. These are the guidelines to playing the game we call life, but they are also much more than that. These Rules will provide you with a basic spiritual primer for what it means to be a human. They are universal truths that everyone inherently knows but has forgotten somewhere along the way. They form the foundation of how we can live a fulfilling, meaningful life. Each Rule presents its own challenge, which in turn provides certain lessons we all need to learn. Every person on the planet has his or her own set of lessons to learn that are separate and unique from everyone else's, and these lessons,

There was a time when every day seemed to herald the opening of a new  hotel in  the United Arab Emirates, each one pushing the envelope of acceptable taste further and further in an orgy of cartoon rococo gold mouldings (real gold) and marble for miles. Developer Jumeirah was responsible for its fair share of crimes against design. That time is over it seems as Jumeirah opens its latest  hotel in  the Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi - Dubai's more sensible, and richer, uncle. The stunning modern towers enclose an interior that is a sophisticated and dare one say, fashionable, Euro-Arabic fusion.   The hotel occupies one 280 meter (920 ft) tower out of the five that make up  the building . The others consist of office space and 800 apartments with the four-floor podium containing conference rooms, restaurants and boutique shopping. Etihad is the UAE state airline and  the building  was developed under the control of Sheikh Suroor bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, a member of the