BOKO HARAM LEADER ARRESTED IN LAGOS

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has revealed the arrest of a Boko Haram terrorist in Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

Buratai said the terrorist, one of those fleeing from the hitherto Boko Haram stronghold of Sambisa Forest, was arrested on Saturday.

Buratai made the revelation in a remark before Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno cut the tape to re-open two major roads in the state that were closed since 2013 at the height of the atrocities of the insurgents.

The roads are Maiduguri-Gubio-Damasak and Maiduguri-Monguno-Baga. They were opened in the wake of the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari that the terrorists had been flushed out of Sambisa Forest.

Buratai charged the troops not to relent until all the terrorists who had waged a war against Nigeria since 2009 are arrested.

“You must maintain the momentum of the operation. We must pursue the terrorists wherever they are. We must not allow them to regroup,” the army chief said.

He said in spite of the take over of the terrorists’ last strong hold in the Sambisa forest as announced by President Muhammadu Buhari, “we have no time to waste”.

The chief of army staff described the seven-year fight against the Boko Haram terrorists as “quite sober and touchy”, saying that a number of officers and soldiers had lost their lives in the war.

He prayed for the repose of their souls and vowed that the army would recommit itself to the fight until “remnants’’ of the terrorists were cleared.

Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, had earlier said that the North East had been secured.

He also said that insurgency had brought untold hardship on the people of Borno people and the entire North East zone.

Irabor said that the roads being reopened were closed three years ago to check the incursion of the insurgents, adding that the reopening of such roads was an indication that the terrorists had been defeated.

In a message, the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, also charged the military to maintain the tempo of operation and ensure that terrorism was eliminated from the North East.

Represented by the Chief of Administration, Defenc Headquarters, Rear Admiral A. A. Dacosta, Olonisakin restated the commitment of the military to defeating the terrorists.

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People get emotional over Facebook's tear-jerking 'A Look Back' project to celebrate 10 years

Facebook gives its more than 1.19 billion users worldwide a reason to shed some happy tears with its "A Look Back" project. The biggest social Network launched the project on its 10th anniversary (February 4) to mark its successful decade, and most of all, to thank its users across the world. As the name suggests, Look Back makes users relive their Facebook journey through a 62-second video montage of their most liked photos, their most shared posts and their life's important chapters like marriage, first child, first pet and much more. Is it the most incredible way of connecting with users and thanking them? Yes, Mark Zuckerberg, we all feel very very special.
Facebook has touched our lives in many ways in the past decade - it made us connect with that nerdy chick from school who, by the way, has evolved into a total swan and now has at least 15735634 awesome selfies, it gave the dictionary 'selfie', it brought broken-down joint families together - even our 60-year-old aunts use Facebook and also turned most of us into photographers and thinkers - all those sunsets and Oscar Wilde quotes as status updates, remember?
Honestly, we tried real hard to come up with some criticism about A Look Back, it is easier to trash a new idea than to sing a song in its praise, but couldn't. A Look Back is meant to be a sentimental journey. And, that, it is. It lets users watch a personalised movie or view a collection of their photos or read a "Thank You" card from the company, depending on how much content a user has posted on his or her FB page.
For those who have already seen their Look Back know exactly what it does to you and those who haven't, please be prepared for goose-flesh. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/facebook-launches-a-look-back-to-thank-users-on-its-10th-anniversary/450132-79.html

WINDOW 8.1INSTALLATION GUIDE

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12 missing features we'd still love to see in Windows 8.1

Brad Chacos @BradChacos

• Jun 28, 2013 3:06 AM
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Windows 8.1 is Microsoft's chance to regain the goodwill lost in the contentious release of the new-look Windows 8 operating system—and by and large, the feature-packed re-do smooths out the OS's more onerous rough edges. (Boot to desktop, and a better Windows Store? Yes, please!) Sure, Windows 8.1's improvements are more about refinement than revolution, but this is an update, not a whole new OS.
While Windows 8.1's new apps and hidden features should leave you mostly sated if you've already bought into Microsoft's modern-style vision of the future, the update still isn't…quite…perfect. In fact, after spending more than a day tinkering with Windows 8.1, we can think of a dozen additions we'd love to see.
With the official release of Windows 8.1 likely still months off, Microsoft has time to add these features to the update. Fingers crossed!

1. Better UI hints

The simple return of the Start button, even in its bastardized "drop you on the Start screen" form, fixes one of the major interface woes found in the original Windows 8.0 release, especially when paired with the new All Apps button. But Microsoft shouldn't stop there.
Windows 8.1 is still chock-full of hidden menus that appear only if you know the secret handshake—which corner to touch or gesture to make. Many of the most crucial system functions are buried in those elusive screens. Give us subtle visual clues for hot corners! Give us the ability to pin the Charms menu open! Drag those crucial elements into the light!

2. Make the desktop-friendly features more obvious

These valuable options shouldn't be buried in an obscure submenu.

Windows 8.1 goes a long way toward making Microsoft's revamped OS more palatable to the desktop fanatics (like me!), but it does so grudgingly. Sure, you can shut down your PC from the new Start button, but only if you think to right-click on it and sift through a long list of administrative options. Likewise, helpful additions like the ability to boot to the desktop or have the Start button bring you to the All Apps screen are buried under a submenu found only by right-clicking on the taskbar. Really, Windows?
It'd be great to see these options highlighted in the Settings charm's Personalize options, or maybe even offered as part of the initial installation process. Don't hold your breath, though: Since Microsoft has clearly tied its future to the modern UI, the desktop will be lucky if it receives benign neglect, as opposed to being eliminated entirely.

3. More cohesive Personalize options

Speaking of which, the Personalize section really should have many, many more options for users. You'll find only preset Start screen backgrounds and background/accent color options in Windows 8.1's Personalize screen. Microsoft should seize the opportunity to make it a one-stop DIY shop.
Toss in the aforementioned desktop personalization options, screensaver and lock-screen choices (including the ability to set app notifications), the ability to swap out your profile picture, and heck, maybe even the Personalization syncing options found in the new SkyDrive submenu in the modern PC Settings. Not only would it make sense, it would make me happy.

4. Reading List bookmarking options in the desktop version of IE11

Reading List is an awesome feature, but it'd be more awesome if it supported the desktop version of IE 11. (Click to enlarge.)

You know what's awesome? Read-it-later apps that let you save an online article to, well, read it later. You know what's even more awesome? Windows 8.1 includes a read-it-later app dubbed Reading List, which is populated by articles sent using the Share charm in Internet Explorer 11. You know what's not so awesome? That Share function works only in the modern version of IE 11—not its desktop counterpart. I can haz bookmarklet?

5. Run modern IE 11 with another browser set as your desktop default

In Windows 8.1, as with plain-Jane Windows 8 before it, you can't use the modern-style version of Internet Explorer 11 whatsoever if you have a non-IE browser (like Chrome or Firefox) set as your default. That's just heavy-handed crap. I love the modern IE browser on touchscreen devices, but since Chrome is my desktop default I can't use modern IE whatsoever. How does this help, Microsoft?

6. A modern file explorer app

I get it, Microsoft. You want SkyDrive to serve as the beating, cloud-connected heart of the Windows 8.1 experience: "Windows everywhere" and all that. But the world's not quite ready to spend all its time in the sky—especially in the wake of the NSA scandal. A modern-style file explorer app would save touchscreen Windows users, including all Windows RT users, from having to suffer the tedium of pecking through the desktop file explorer.
Windows 8.1's overhauled modern PC Settings bake in more finger-friendliness for the people who have bought into Microsoft's touchscreen future. A modern file explorer would be the cherry on top.

7. DVD playback

Though Windows 8.1 Preview ships with the optional $10 Media Center pack (and its DVD-playing capabilities) installed, Microsoft has still given no indication that the release version will restore the ability to play DVDs. And you can't even install the Media Center pack unless you're running the $200 Windows 8 Pro, which costs $80 more than the vanilla version of Windows 8.

That's a steep price for optical-disc support. Unfortunately, the odds of Microsoft's restoring default DVD playback to Windows 8 are pretty slim, as the company would have to shell out a few bucks for every single Windows license if it wanted to include that functionality. But hey, here's hoping anyway. (Pssst! Try out the completely free VLC media player. A modern VLC app is on the way, too.)

8. Core communication apps that play nice with others

The Windows 8.1 preview available Wednesday didn't include Mail or Calendar updates, so we can't be sure what's in store for those apps, which still need some work before they're up to snuff with top-tier communications options. I'm holding out for two big additions: POP mail support in the Mail app, and CalDAV support in the Calendar app so that it plays nice with Google Calendar again. Alas, I'm not optimistic about seeing either.

9. More tile customization options

The new super-big and super-small sizes for Start screen tiles is a small tweak that makes a big difference to Windows 8.1's feel, but again, why stop there? The Start screen still feels so locked down. I'd love to be able to rename tiles, or change their icon and background color. Judging by the emails some of you have sent me, I'm not the only one.
Another helpful feature would be the ability to group tiles into "stacks" that fan out at a touch or click. Think of them as modern-style folders. You have the ability to name groups of tiles as-is, but these so-called stacks would really help make the Start screen more efficient—and more personal.

10. Touchscreen fingerprint recognition

A demo of the Natural ID touchscreen fingerprint recognition technology.

DO IT.
Now I'm just getting a bit ridiculous, to be honest. But hey—Windows 8.1 already gave Microsoft's native biometric support a big shot in the arm, and technology that can read your fingerprint on a touchscreen is out there. It'd be an awesome feature on such a touch-focused OS. Just sayin'.

11. Modern apps running in desktop windows

Stardock's ModernMix software in action.

If Stardock's superb ModernMix program can run modern apps in desktop Windows, why can't Windows 8.1? There would be no better way to coax diehard desktop fanatics out of their shells than to add this low-pressure functionality that would enable the best of both worlds.

12. A clock tile

Because I'm just not going to shut up about it until there's a native way to see the date and time on the Start screen at a glance without having to do anything extra. I loathe having to open the Charms bar to see the time if I'm on the Start screen. No, seriously: Loathe.
Microsoft had the perfect opportunity to introduce a clock to the start screen with Windows 8.1's new Alarms app. Just make its live tile show the time! Did that happen? Nope. Could it happen? Yup, and probably pretty easily—maybe even "In time for the official Windows 8.1 release" easily. Just sayin'. (You can do it, Microsoft!)

Try it yourself

But for all my griping, Windows 8.1 truly does a decent job of paving over Windows 8's worst flaws. Will it convince haters to stop worrying and love the Live Tiles? Not at all. But it does make the experience far less jarring than the initial Windows 8 release.
Don't take my word for it, though. While the release date for a final version of the update has yet to be announced, you—yes, you—can try out the preview version of Windows 8.1 today, assuming you're the adventurous type who doesn't mind giving prelaunch operating system builds a whirl. Check out our guide to installing the Windows 8.1 preview—but prepare your PC for that OS-level tinkering first.

Sony PS4.... A PC that does not require online connection

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LOS ANGELES–Sony's Monday night PlayStation 4 press conference at E3 revealed several long-awaited details about the new console, and showed off some of the more notable titles in development.

Like Microsoft's Xbox announcement earlier in the day, Sony ended its press conference with one of the most important details: the PlayStation 4 will retail for $399 when it ships this holiday season.

This price tag puts the PS4 at a full $100 less than the Xbox One, which Microsoft revealed will get a $499 price tag when it ships in November. The PS4$399.99 at Amazon - Pre-Order Yours Nowdoesn't seem to include the new PlayStation Eye camera and Sony hasn't announced how much storage space it will have compared to the Xbox One's 500GB hard drive, but the price difference could play a big role when shoppers decide which console to buy this holiday season.

Sony PS4 Priced at $399, Won't Require Online Connection

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The price announcement was one of two points during Sony's press conference that was met with raucous applause. Interestingly enough, the other big applause was also a veiled dig at the Xbox One. The crowd roared when Sony head Jack Tretton stated outright that the PlayStation 4 will play used games. More specifically, Tretton explained that gamers who purchase a game on a disc will own that game for as long as they have that disc, and that the PS4 will not require an online connection to play single-player games and won't authenticate games online. This is a big boon in the eyes of many gamers who have been concerned over the Xbox One's 24-hour daily online authentication requirement and seemingly convoluted game lending and trading system focused around a model of installing every game on the console's hard drive.

Sony also announced a cloud-based gaming system in partnership with Gaikai that will allow PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 owners to play a selection of PS3 games immediately, streamed over the Internet through Gaikai's technology. The feature won't be available on the PS4 at launch, but is planned for 2014 with PlayStation Vita support expected after it hits the PS3 and PS4.

While the PlayStation 4's contrasting points with the Xbox One are the biggest subject of discussion, PS4 games took center stage at the press conference. Several exclusives were highlighted, along with a few surprise announcements. According to Tretton, over 140 PS4 games are in development, and over 100 will be released in the PS4's first year.

Sony's first-party games include first-person shooter Killzone: Shadow Fall, open-world superhero game Infamous: Second Son, and racing game Driveclub. Of them, Killzone: Shadow Fall and Driveclub were confirmed to be available at the PlayStation 4's launch, and Driveclub: PS Plus Edition will be available to PS Plus members for free for the first year of the PS4.

Sony showed off two Square Enix trailers full of surprising news. First, Final Fantasy Versus XIII is not only still in development and coming to the PlayStation 4, but it has been officially renamed Final Fantasy XV. Second, and even more anticipated, Kingdom Hearts III was announced with a short teaser trailer summarizing the series and showing the main character Sora clashing with a swarm of Heartless monsters. Neither game was given a release date.

Warner Brothers Interactive also made a surprise announcement in the form of Mad Max, an open-world, post-apocalyptic game based on the movie series that, among other things, influenced the Fallout series.

Other games of note include Bungie and Activision's Destiny, Ubisoft's Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, 2K Games's NBA 2K14 (complete with video appearance by Lebron James and Lebron James's PS4-rendered digital simulacra), and Bethesda Softworks and Zenimax Online Studios' The Elder Scrolls Online, which will get a PS4-exclusive console port.

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CAR INSURANCE

Car insurance is an absolute necessity for anyone who drives a car. Even ignoring the fact that some types of car insurance are mandated by law, coverage is essential: the potential costs surrounding an accident -- whether they be repair/replacement costs
of the cars or other property, or medical costs of the victims -- are simply too huge to run the risk of being without adequate coverage.

Car insurance policies can be divided into two distinct categories: third-party liability and first-party insurance. In car insurance terminology, the owner of the policy is the first party, who has contracted with the second party (the insurer) for the coverage. The third-party is the other person(s) in the accident, or the person(s) whose property the policy-owner damaged. Thus, in general, third-party liability insurance covers the damages to other people that are attributable to the policy-owner. First-party insurance covers damages that are done to the policy-owner or his passengers.

At least some amount of third-party liability coverage is required by law in most states; for the most part, first-party coverage is not. However, car insurance is not the place to save money by cutting corners; a single accident could easily wipe out someone's life savings, whether they're at fault or not. Also, price isn't everything... if the insurance company balks at every claim, low premiums are meaningless.

Types of Car Insurance Policies

• Third-Party Liability
  
  There are two types of third-party liability policies: bodily injury and property damage. Bodily injury liability pays other people for damages the policy owner has done to them, such as medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering; property damage pays other people for damages done to their property. If someone files suit against the policy owner as a result of a car accident, these policies will provide monetary protection (up to the limit of the policy).
  
  Nearly all states require a set minimum amount of third-party liability coverage. Generally, states that don't require these policies are "no-fault" states, which have enacted laws that eliminate most claims of "pain and suffering" and many other standard small claims. Regardless of these "no-fault" laws, experts agree that the ideal policy should have more third-party liability coverage than is required by law. Juries sometimes award very large damages to plaintiffs with only minor injuries; the minimum required policy is highly unlikely to significantly defray liability costs in the event of a major lawsuit. And "no-fault" laws generally only protect drivers from petty claims - big injury suits are still allowable.
  
  Bodily Injury - The common notation for bodily injury policies looks like 50/100 or 100/300, where the first number is the dollar amount (in thousands) of total coverage in the event that one person is injured or killed, and the second number is the total dollar amount (in thousands) for an entire accident. Again, this coverage will also handle legal expenses involved in settling suits brought against you. Experts suggest that a policy have at least 100/300 insurance ($100,000 coverage for one person's injuries, $300,000 per accident).
  
  Property Damage - Following the same notation as above, property damage is the third number listed on the policy, e.g., if the policy were 100/300/25, it would offer $25,000 worth of coverage to repair or replace others' property (including cars). Typically, states require property damage insurance of around $15,000, but because the cost of the average new car is well above $20,000, coverage of at least $25,000 generally makes sense.
  
  
  
• First-Party Expense
  
  First-party coverage comes in many forms, some of which are essential, and some of which are usually not worth the premiums. First-party coverage is used to repair damages to the policy-owner and his or her passengers in the event that:
  
  
  • The policy owner was not at fault in the accident
  • No one was at fault in the accident
  • The driver at fault can not be found (e.g., a hit-and-run)
  • The driver at fault does not have adequate means to repair the policy owner's damages
  
  The most important types of first-party coverage are collision, comprehensive, uninsured/under-insured motorist, and MedPay/Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance.
  
  Collision / Comprehensive - Collision coverage guarantees the policy owner's car will be repaired or replaced in the event of an accident, no matter who was at fault. Collision coverage premiums are based on a deductible, usually $250 or $500. Collision coverage is often required when purchasing a new car on a loan, to protect the lender. Comprehensive coverage will pay to repair or replace the policy owner's vehicle and personal property inside of it if it was damaged or lost due to other agents, e.g., fire, theft, flood, vandalism, etc. Comprehensive coverage is also based on a deductible, generally of the same amounts as Collision, and is also often required when purchasing a new car using a loan. Both Collision and Comprehensive coverage can be RCV (replacement cost value) or ACV (actual cash value). RCV will pay what it would cost to replace the car with a new one, ACV will pay what it would cost to repair the car to its prior condition (or replace it with one of a similar condition). Thus, RCV has a higher maximum benefit, but also a higher premium.
  
  Uninsured / Under-insured - Uninsured / Under-insured Motorist coverage (also called UM/UIM coverage) pays the policy owner and his or her passengers for pain and suffering, lost wages, etc. in the event that the driver at fault can not be found (as in a hit-and-run), has no insurance, or has too little insurance to cover the damages. Experts say that UM/UIM coverage is at least as important as bodily injury coverage: it is unlikely that the driver at fault will have enough coverage to pay the damages resulting from a serious accident. Further, while other policies can combine to offer the same kind of coverage as UM/UIM, there are several advantages to this type of coverage:
  
  
  • It is more broad that most health or disability plans - it can cover loss of limb, pain and suffering, funeral expenses, etc.
  • It has much higher coverage than other types of medical-expense car insurance, such as MedPay and PIP (described below).
  • It is relatively inexpensive.
  
  UM/UIM coverage is described by the same notation as bodily injury coverage (e.g., 100/300). Generally, insurance companies will only the allow purchase of UM/UIM coverage up to your current bodily injury limit; experts suggest you purchase the maximum UM/UIM.
  
  Medical Payments - MedPay covers medical and funeral expenses to the policy-owner and his or her passengers, regardless of who is at fault in the accident. Personal Injury Protection (PIP) extends basic medical coverage to include lost wages and other damages, and also pays regardless of fault. PIP is often mandated by states that have "no-fault" laws. The
  
  
  maximum coverage for MedPay and PIP is generally much less than that allowed by UM/UIM.
  
  
• Non-Policy-Owners
  
  Most car insurance policies go with the car; that is, they will pay out appropriately regardless of who is driving the car at the time of the accident (as long as the policy owner allowed the driver to use the car). However, if a non-policy-owner is going to use the car on a frequent basis, be sure to include him or her on the insurance policy. Furthermore, if someone drives the car much more often than the policy owner, he or she should consider becoming the primary driver of the car. The primary driver in large part determines the insurance premiums, and providing false information can give the insurance company cause to void the policy.
  
  
• Stolen Cars
  
  The owner of a car is not responsible for third-party damages resulting from or during the theft of his/her car. If the car owner has collision and comprehensive coverage, they will pay out to repair or replace the car (either for its theft or for damage to the car as a result of the theft).
  
  
• Rental Cars
  
  The term "Rental Car Coverage" is used to refer to two different things: coverage offered by rental car agencies for cars rented from them, and an add-on to insurance policies that allows free rentals while the car is in repair. Coverage from a rental car agency is rarely necessary, assuming the renter already has third-party liability, collision, and comprehensive coverage; those policies should extend protection to the rental car (but check the policy). Rental car companies often offer other types of coverage; experts usually suggest avoiding most of these.
  
  The rental car add-on to insurance policies is very inexpensive, but may be an unnecessary expense if the policy owner has another car to rely on during an emergency.

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