Daily Archives: April 5, 2012

White Reside Found on Spoon in Houston’s Room

April 05, 2012   Rebecca Welk   No comments

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The final autopsy report of the late singer Whitney Houston revealed that she was found in her bathtub, laying face-down. After Houston claimed to be feeling poorly, an assistant recommended that she take a bath. This same assistant returned an hour later and found that Houston had drowned.

A “spoon with a white crystal like substance in it” was found near the singer’s body , and she had cocaine in her blood system. This same “white substance” was also found on one of Houston’s mirrors and in her drawer.

Reports claim that Houston had a hole in her nose that is consistent with a “history of drug abuse”, according to an investigator. Marijuana, Xanax, Flexeril, and Benadryl were found in Houston’s blood system at the time of her death.

Houston’s right coronary artery was 60% blocked, which is common in drug users. Her other arteries also had significant plaque build-up.

The night of Houston’s death, the singer was set to appear at a pre-Grammy event which was hosted by Clive Davis, who was Houston’s mentor.

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European Union Opens 2 Investigations into Motorola Mobility

April 05, 2012   Brittany Gasper   No comments

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The European Union had opened two investigations on Motorola Mobility to see if the company is unfairly restricting competitors from licensing essential patents.

The investigations were announced on Tuesday after Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. complained to the European Commission. Both companies said Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. “was using legal injunctions against its rivals’ key products as a way of gaining an edge in the market.”

Apple’s complained Motorola Mobility holds patents that are essential for standards linked to 2G and 3G wireless technology. The majority of Microsoft’s complaint was that Motorola Mobility’s patents are necessary for Wi-Fi connections and compressing video for online use.

EU competition law states companies that hold patents that are essential for industry standards have to make these available to rivals at fair prices. These standards ensure products from different companies and producers can interact seamlessly with widely used networks.

The European Commission said it “will assess whether Motorola has abusively, and in contravention of commitments it gave to standard-setting organizations, used certain of its standard essential patents to distort competition.”

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New Evidence Suggests Fire Invented One Million Years Ago

April 05, 2012   Brittany Gasper   No comments

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Charred bones and ash have been discovered in South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave.

According to an international team of scientists in a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the bones and ash indicate the presence of frequent, controlled fires at the site one million years ago.

If these findings prove correct, they will overtake the previously assumed and accepted evidence suggesting that the earliest use of fire was in China, 400,000 years ago. The Wonderwerk Cave is one of the oldest know sites of human habitation, with evidence of settlement dating back two million years.

Scientists have ruled out that the ash had been carried to the cave by wind, due to the jagged edges of the evidence, which were examined under a microscope. Had they traveled on the wind, they edges would have been rubbed smooth. Scientists also examined the bone to make sure it had actually been charred and not fossilized, by examining a mineral in the bone called hydroxylapatite. Had the bone been fossilized, the mineral would have looked like tiny, plate-like crystals which had formed together.

Luckily for the scientists, the mineral’s crystals looked sharp and needle-like, indicating the bone had been heated up to 750 degrees Fahrenheit.

While this new evidence does suggest early humans had used fire one million years ago, it does not prove they had mastered it. Researchers found no sign of a stone hearth, or fire place, a sure sign of deliberate fire, anywhere near the site.

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