First female chief executive appointed in IBM

IBM named Virginia Rometty, the head of sales, marketing and strategy, to take over as chief executive on January 1, making her the first woman to head the legendary US computer company.
Rometty, 54, who is also a senior vice president at IBM, will take over from current president and chief executive Samuel Palmisano, 60, on January 1, IBM said in a statement Tuesday.
Palmisano, who was named IBM’s chief executive in 2002, will stay on as chairman of the board of directors.
IBM said Rometty had also been elected to IBM’s board of directors, effective immediately.
Rometty will be the ninth chief executive in the 100-year-old history of the company known as “Big Blue” and the first woman to hold the top post.
She joins a select group of women heading US technology companies. They include Ursula Burns at Xerox and Meg Whitman, the former chief executive of eBay who was recently named to the same position at Hewlett-Packard.

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A huge amount of spam attack for Facebook users in shape of graphic images

Facebook said Tuesday that a “coordinated spam attack” was responsible for graphic images appearing in the news feeds of some members of the world’s largest social network.
Facebook, which has more than 800 million members, said some users of the social network were tricked into unknowingly sharing the offensive content.
“Recently, we experienced a coordinated spam attack that exploited a browser vulnerability,” Facebook said in an email statement to AFP.
“Our efforts have drastically limited the damage caused by this attack, and we are now in the process of investigating to identify those responsible,” the Palo Alto, California-based company said.
“We’ve built enforcement mechanisms to quickly shut down the malicious pages and accounts that attempt to exploit it,” it said. “We’ve put in place backend measures to reduce the rate of these attacks and will continue to iterate on our defenses to find new ways to protect people.”
Facebook said protecting users from spam and malicious content “is a top priority for us and we are always working to improve our systems to isolate and remove material that violates our terms.”
Facebook did not say how many members were affected by the spam but hundreds of users of the social network took to Twitter to complain about the images, which they said included hardcore pornography and graphic violence.

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Wikileaks:Julian Assange files application to take extradition case to Supreme Court. Centers on "Judicial Authority"

Julian Assange’s team have raised the following points of law as grounds to appeal to the Supreme Court:
1) Whether a European Arrest Warrant issued by a partisan prosecutor working for the executive (i.e. not an independent judge or investigating magistrate in the civil law system) is a valid Part 1 Warrant issued by a "judicial authority" within the meaning of sections 2(2) & 66 of the Extradition Act 2003?

• This point argues that the decision goes against parliamentary intent in the 2003 Extradition Act (see High Court Appeal).

2) Whether a person in respect of whom no decision to prosecute has been taken can be said to be ’accused’ within the meaning of sections 2(3)(a) of the Extradition Act 2003?
Read why these two points are of ’general public importance’ in High Court Appeal (currently being updated).

15 November 2011: Julian Assange’s legal team have applied to the High Court for leave to appeal two points of law of general importance at the Supreme Court. The same High Court judges who dismissed Julian Assange’s case at the High Court will decide whether or not to certify these points, which must be of public importance and go beyond the specific facts of this case. They will decide this in open court, at the Royal Courts of Justice on 5 December 2011. A decision is expected the same day. If JA loses, he will be extradited to Sweden within 10 days and placed into Swedish custody.

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Famous designer Bilal Ansari will design Bridal dress for Reema Khan

Bilal Ansari aka Billu a very popular name of Pakistan Fashion Industry will going to design Bridal dress for Pakistan film Industry's top actress Reema Khan for her marriage at USA.

Karachi- AP, famous fashion designer Bilal Ansari will design bridal dress for Pakistani film actress Reema Khan on her marriage function in America. Both the nikkah and rukhsati of the Golden Girl of Lollywood will take place on November 18. The plan is that, following the wedding, Reema will remain in Washington for a couple of weeks before returning to Pakistan.Reema's groom Shahab graduated from Dow Medical College University of Karachi before heading for the US for further training in cardiovascular diseases. He completed his Internal Medicine residency training at the University Of Michigan Medical Centre where he was awarded the Outstanding Resident of the Year Award.
for more visit http://www.fashionsgala.com

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Gossip World:Justin Bieber Baby Daddy “Quotes” Are Tabloid Rubbish

“Justin Bieber: Selena Not Bothered By Baby Daddy Rumors,” reads the headline of a Hollyscoop story, which heavily relies on quotes the young singer supposedly gave Britain’s Star magazine.

According to the blog, Bieber’s relationship with Selena Gomez is perfectly fine, despite allegations that fathered a child with Mariah Yeater.

“She is doing great – like me she just ignores things,” Bieber supposedly tells the tab.

He adds, “Both Selena and myself have had to get used to this stuff; it’s part of being in the industry. It’s not right that we have to get used to it, but it’s one of those things you need to accept. We’ve both learned to ignore the rubbish that comes out.”

Wait, just because Bieber reportedly spoke to a British tab, he’s now using words like “rubbish”?

Hardly.

Bieber, who does not freely talk about Gomez, seems NOT to have spoken to Star.

The singer’s rep tells Gossip Cop the quotes are “false.”

We tried to get an answer from Star, and was told by a staffer that they didn’t know whether or not Bieber really spoke to the mag, and to call again tomorrow.

Based on the quotes, Bieber’s rep, and the noncommittal response from Star, we’d say the tab’s story is… rubbish.

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Britney Spears Gets Raunchy in Newly Released “Sweet Dreams” (VIDEO)

This will come as a shock, but Britney Spears made a provocative video!
Although it was shot as an interlude for her 2009 Circus Tour, the pop princess’ raunchy visual companion to Marilyn Manson‘s cover of “Sweet Dreams” just surfaced online.
It features Spears mouthing the words to the song while writhing around a poorly lit masquerade ball that may or may not be an orgy.
The mom of 2 can still push buttons.

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Heather Locklear and Jack Wagner Call Off Engagement

Heather Locklear and Jack Wagner have called off their wedding, Gossip Cop confirms.
A rep for the actress tells us, “They are no longer engaged.”
Locklear was not wearing her engagement ring Monday night at the Breaking Dawn premiere in L.A.
The former “Melrose Place” co-stars began dating in 2007, shortly after Locklear finalized her divorce from Richie Sambora.
They got engaged in August.

We’ll update when we get more information.

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