'Tomboy' Olivia Munn wasn't interested in 'girly stuff' as a kid

Olivia MunnNew York, Dec 31 : Olivia Munn has revealed that she was tomboy growing up and was never interested in doing makeup or styling her hair like her sisters.

While talking to the Popular Mechanics, the 34-year-old 'Mortdecai' star said that though she has embraced her womanhood now, as a kid, she used to spend time with her brothers making huge fort and string out electricity from inside and build an air-conditioning unit, New York Daily News reported.

In the winters they used to build igloos, and occasionally would also create batteries out of pennies, she added.

2014 named safest in 111 years of flight despite MH370, MH17, QZ8501 disasters

Aviation Safety NetworkLondon, Dec 31 : The Aviation Safety Network (ASN) has named 2014 as one of the safest years in 111 years of flight despite the Malaysian Airlines' MH370, MH17 and AirAsia QZ8501 disasters.

However, it was announced before the AirAsia QZ8501 tragedy that occurred on Sunday, reported the Daily Star.

The number of passenger fatalities was 526 in 19 accidents, 150 deaths below the decade's average of 676 deaths over 32 accidents, according to the ASN.

Harro Ranter, the founder and director of ASn said that 2014 had the lowest number of plane accidents in the modern aviation history.

3G spectrum auction: TRAI recommends 22 percent lower base price

.in/fiTRAI 3G Spectrum AuctionNew Delhi, Dec 31 : The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday recommended a base price of 2,720 crore rupees per mega hertz (Mhz) for pan India 3G spectrum.

The base price is about 22 percent lower than the previous auction which would provide relief to the mobile operators. Earlier in 2010, the 3G spectrum was auctioned by the government at pan-India reserve price of 3,500 crore rupees per mega hertz.

TRAI has also recommended that Department of Telecom (DoT) should put additional 15 mega hertz for auction which will have to be obtained in exchange of spectrum, that is, with the Defence services.

John Travolta plans 'Oscar slip-up spoof' at 2015 ceremony

John TravoltaLondon, Dec 31 : John Travolta may spoof his famous Idina Menzel Oscar slip-up at 2015's ceremony, it has been reported.

The clip, where 60-year-old talks passionately about the 'Let It Go' songstress's talent, before saying: "Please welcome the wickedly talented, one and only; Adele Dazeembecame," became an instant internet sensation, so Oscar bosses are keen to get Travolta back the moment, the Daily Express reported.

Now the 'Saturday Night Fever' star has decided to embrace his embarrassing, but frankly hilarious, mistake once more by agreeing to make a spoof of the clanger at this year' ceremony with host Neil Patrick Harris.

Microsoft's new 'Spartan' browser likely to be lightweight alternative to IE

Spartan BrowserWashington, Dec 31 - Microsoft is planning to introduce a completely new br

Mars Opportunity suffering from bouts of 'amnesia' post flash memory storage failures

Mars OpportunityWashington, Dec 31 : NASA's Mars Opportunity rover is facing some problems with memory and been going through bouts of "amnesia" because of flash memory storage failures.

NASA project manager John Callas said that the Opportunity rover uses two different types of memory: "volatile" and "non-volatile", the Verge reported.

The volatile memory is akin to a computer's RAM, so any data stored there is wiped every time the rover shuts down, while non-volatile memory is where the important data like telemetry - the measurements the rover is collecting - is stored so that it can be accessed whenever Opportunity is powered on.

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