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Time to turn that furstration into opportunity and stepping stone

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Just a quick look at Bette Nesmith Graham the inventor of Liquid Paper, whose fortune was born out of her ability to turn her frustration into opportunity. Graham was an American typist, who worked as a secretary at Texas Bank and Trust. She eventually attained the position of the executive secretary, the highest position open at that time to women in the industry. At a point she became frustrated at her inability to erase mistakes made in those days by early electric typewriters. She invented correction fluid in her kitchen, by mixing tempera paint with water with the help of kitchen blender. She called the final outcome fluid Mistake Out and started supplying her co-workers with small green bottles on which the brand's name was displayed. She decide to grow her company after she was sack from her place of work as a result of typographical error that she did not manage to correct. She sold the product from her home for 17 years; the name was change to Liquid Paper shortly...

World's cheapest computer gets millions tinkering

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It's a single circuit board the size of a credit card with no screen or keyboard, a far cry from the smooth tablets that dominate the technology market. But the world's cheapest computer, costing just $25, has astonished its British creators by selling almost 1.5 million units in 18 months. The Raspberry Pi is now powering robots in Japan and warehouse doors in Malawi, photographing astral bodies from United States and helping to dodge censorship in China

Samsung reveals new Exynos smartphone and tablet chip

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Samsung have unveiled its latest top range smart device processor saying it offers more than twice the 3D graphics power of its predecessor. The Exynos % Octa is the first production ready chip to include ARM Holding's latest GPU (graphics processing unit) architecture.

Online pornography to be blocked by default, PM announces

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Most households in the UK will have pornography blocked by their internet provider unless they choose to receive it, David Cameron has announced. In addition, the prime minister said possessing online pornography depicting rape would become illegal in England and Wales-in line with Scotland Mr Cameron warned in his speech that access to online pornography was "corroding childhood." The new measures will apply to both existing and new customers