By Mark TuttleScientists will be able to do a backup of the human brain including memories and thinking patterns within the next two decades, according to the computer scientist who was the first to predict the internet.Award-winning Raymond Kurzweil, 62, has notched up a string of pioneering computer inventions including voice recognition technology during his […]
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Ivanovic on her way back to the top
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Former number one in the world Ana Ivanovic won her first WTA Tour title in two years in Linz yesterday (Sun).The 22-year-old Serb beat Swiss ace Patty Schnyder in straight sets (6-1, 6-2) in the final of the 220,000 US dollar Generali Ladies tournament.Ivanovic, who also triumphed in the 2008 edition of the event, was […]
State Opera pardons nude shots ballerina
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A ballet dancer sacked by one of the most prestigious opera houses in the world after posing for photos naked has been given her job back.Karina Sarkissova was dismissed by heads of the Vienna State Opera after a series of nude photographs were published in men’s magazines Wiener and Penthouse.State Opera director Dominique Meyer pointed […]
‘Red Bull Stratos’ grounded by lawsuit
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An Austrian extreme sports athletes attempt to jump out of a balloon in from an altitude of 36 kilometres has been postponed after a businessman claimed he was robbed of his idea.Daniel Hogan launched legal action against Red Bull. The American entrepreneur claims he approached the Austrian energy drink producer with the idea of breaking […]
The worlds best press photographs are now on display at a Viennese gallery.The Galerie Westlicht in Vienna-Neubau is the Austrian location for the World Press Photo exhibit for a ninth year in a row. More than 18,000 people attended the last years World Press Photo exhibition at the gallery. Around 170 selected images are on […]
A blast master faces charges for hoarding around 20 kilos of explosives at his home.The 54-year-old Klagenfurt residents house was searched by police on the weekend following an anonymous tip-off. The man is allowed to possess explosives due to his profession but may now face consequences for improper storage.”The explosives are 30 to 40 years […]
SBO snatches Dubai firm
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Oil industry equipment maker Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG (SBO) has taken over an Arabian rival, it has been announced.The global market leader, which is headquartered in Ternitz, said today (Mon) it had acquired a 100 per cent interest in Dubai-based Drilling Systems International Ltd. (DSI). A takeover price was not disclosed by the Lower Austrian […]
Jukic quits swimming aged 24
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Mirna Jukic, Austrias best swimmer of all time, has announced her retirement at the age of 24.Jukic announced at a party held for friends, family and sports press in Vienna last night (Thurs): “It was a beautiful time, but now its over.”With tears in her eyes, she stressed making the decision “was not easy”. Rumours […]
British comedy legend John Cleese has said his countrys culture was in decline since Rupert Murdoch became active in its newspaper industry.The 70-year-old “A Fish Called Wanda” star told Austrian newspaper Die Presse: “England changed much more than I did. We used to have some sort of middle class culture with an adequate amount of […]
A Romanian woman broke her back in a freak accident at the Red Bull Flugtag competition in Bucharest yesterday (Sun).The 26-year-old was part of a team who made a piano-like flying machine which was pushed off a six-metre drop above the Dambovita River running through the Romanian capital.Her back was fractured after the object failed […]