MICROSOFT KIN IS NOW OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED

Another Microsoft innovation is now on the go! Today, Microsoft announces its new innovation "Microsoft Kin". It is a new windows phone designed purportedly as a new version  of the next generation especially users that are active online.

The phone is being released in partnership with Verizon in the US, Vodaphone in Europe and Sharp Company, a Hardware manufacturer.

The phone has two designs in its two models, Kin One which is a rectangular format kin and  Kin  Two, a square format kin. The two designs have two slide out keyboards touchscreen displays and built-in cameras. With Microsoft Kin, users can easily socialize with anybody in any social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

Microsoft Kin is perfectly crafted and is very easy to use.  Its unique applications separates itself from its competitors having its own Kin Studio where users can directly share online and host all information created on the phone. 

 

Microsoft Kin is a new phone version of the next generation where you will definitely enjoy using the product.

Try to find out the Kin images below how it being used.

POLISH PRESIDENT LECH KACZYNSKI DIED IN PLANE CRASH

Polish President Lech Kaczynski, 60, and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died when the presidential plane crash as it lands a thick fog in Western Russia today (NZ time), killing 96, officials said.

The ninety-six passengers who were on board the Soviet-era Tupolev includes the President, his wife and staff to attend the 70th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of Polish Officers by Soviet secret police which also includes Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Franciszek Gagor, National Bank President Slawomir Skrzypek and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer. Out of the 96 dead passengers, 88 of which were Polish state delegation. Poland's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Piotr Paszkowski said there were 89 people on the passenger list but one person did not show up.

We still cannot fully understand the scope of this tragedy and what it means for us in the future. Nothing like this case has ever happened in Poland," Paszkowski said. "We can assume with great certainty that all persons on board have been killed."

The governor of Smolensk region where the plane crash took place about 11 a.m. (7pm NZ time) also said that no one survived.

Footage from the crash site which was taken by Rossiya-24, the State news channel showed pieces of the plane scattered widely amid leafless trees and small fires burning in woods shrouded with fog. A tail fin with the Polish red and white colors stuck up from the debris.

"The Polish presidential plane did not make it to the runway while engaging to land. Tentative findings indicate that it hit the treetops and fell apart, Regional Governor Sergei Anufriev said on Rossiya-24. "Nobody has survived the disaster."

This is most tragic incident happened in Poland where its people mourned for the lost of their President and all passengers on board on the said presidential plane.

In Warsaw, Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an extraordinary meeting of his Cabinet and the national flag was lowered to half-staff at the presidential palace, where people gathered to lay flowers and light candles.

Black ribbons also appeared in some windows of the Polish capital.

ELENA KAGAN PROFILE SUPREME COURT POTENTIAL NOMINEE

Since Justice John Paul Stevens is retiring and going to leave the Supreme Court this summer,  among the potential nominees to replace Justice Steven's position is Solicitor General Elena Kagan, garnered strong and popular admiration from legal experts and spectators.

Solicitor General Elena Kagan has a long experienced in the government with a brilliant academic background however, lacks judicial experience to share her legal philosophy. 

Kagan, 49, is the first female lawyer to serve as U.S. Solicitor General, a  prosecution subsidiary to represent the federal government in any legal proceedings before the Supreme Court.  Prior to this appointment, she was an Associate Counsel to the President and a Domestic Policy Adviser in the Clinton Administration for four years. 

During the 2009 confirmation hearing for her appointment as Solicitor General, Kagan often endorsed the legal concept of stare decisis, requiring that courts should pay deference to past decisions that have become settled law, a doctrine embraced by opponents of judicial activism.

SG Elena Kagan is a native of New York and a graduate of Princeton University, Oxford and Harvard Law School.  She became a Clerk of  Court of Judge Abner Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. She also became an Associate of the Williams & Connolly Law Firm for two years.

In 1999 she was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia by President Clinton but said nomination was derailed when the Senate Judiciary Committee's Chairman, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, delayed a hearing in hopes that a Republican would win the presidency in 2000 and appoint a Republican nominee.

As an expert in Presidential Administration, in 2003 she was the first woman to be appointed as Dean of Harvard Law School who was also a lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law including Civil Procedure. During her stay in Harvard Law School, she was a consensus builder who recruited high-profile faculty members.

Her popular controversy was in 2004 banning military recruiters to  access campus facilities to protest "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy, Banning Gay and Lesbian Soldiers from Serving the U.S. Military." Two years later said ban had been reversed when a Supreme Court decision left the school at risk of losing federal funding.

A member of the Senate Judiciary Committee asked her about the recent Supreme Court ruling in Heller vs. D.C., where the court in its Second Amendment  ruled 5-4 granting individuals the right to bear arms. 

Kagan said she would have full respect to the rulings of the Court.

"If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to all constitution decisions of the court." she said. 

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JOHN PAUL STEVENS RETIRING

Justice John Paul Stevens officially announced today, Friday, that he is retiring as Justice of the Higher Court of the land.

Justice Stevens, 89, joined the Supreme Court in 1975 during the presidency of President Gerald Ford and has been serving his country from his enlistment before the day of the Pearl Harbor to his long and distinguished tenure in the Supreme Court with honor, humility and as impartial guardian of the law.

Stevens said he will step down as soon as the court finishes its work for the summer in late June or early July. He said he hopes his successor is confirmed "well in advance of the commencement of the court's next term."

Speaking to reporters in the Rose Garden after returning from a trip to Europe, President Obama offered ample praise for Stevens and promised to move quickly to replace him.

"While we cannot replace Justice Steven's experience and wisdom, I will seek someone in the coming weeks with similar qualities: an independent mind, a record of excellence and integrity, a fierce dedication to the rule of law and a keen understanding of how the law affects the daily lives of the American people." Obama said.

Potential nominees are 7th Circuit Appeals Court Judge Diane Wood, 59; Solicitor General Elena Kagan, 49; and D.C. Circuit Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland, 57.

Possible contenders are State Department Legal Adviser and Former Yale Law Dean Harold Koh, 55, who would also become the Supreme Court's First Asian-American Justice and Cass Sunstein, 55, a longtime Constitutional Law Professor now overseeing the federal government's regulation-approval unit at the Office of Management and Budget.

FORMER PRODUCER BRUCE BERESFORD-REDMAN ARRESTED FOR KILLING HIS WIFE

Former Producer Bruce Beresford-Redman of  CBS Hit Show Survivor and Pimp My Ride has been detained for allegedly killing her wife, Monica Burgos while the couple was on vacation in Cuncan.

Earlier today, the dead body of Monica Burgos was found  inside a sewer at the Moon Palace Resort, Cuncan since last seen Sunday after the couple indulged a heated argument where Bruce Beresford-Redman was reportedly seen by a  hotel witness with scratches and tried to hit his wife.

Attorney General Bello Rodriguez said while the cause of Burgos death has not yet been determined, Beresford-Redman is under investigation for allegedly strangling his wife.

CBS told Fox411.com that Beresford-Redman has not been involved with Survivor since 2004 where Beresford worked on seasons four, six and eight of the hit reality show.