News Headlines - 13 November 2010

▽Boris Johnson unveils Ballymena built double-decker - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11741498
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has unveiled the modern day equivalent of London's famous double-decker bus which will be built in Ballymena.
The new bus, which will be manufactured by Wrightbus, will go into service in London in time for the 2012 Olympics.

▽Members of Welsh assembly agree pay freeze - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11746026
Members of the Welsh assembly have agreed a pay freeze for four years after the assembly election next May.

▽Google vice-president issues stark internet warning - The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/nov/11/google-vint-cerf-internet
Europe will run out of capacity for new internet addresses by early next year, potentially cutting the UK off from the rest of the world online, one of the founding fathers of the communications network warned today.

▽Tetris could cure post traumatic stress disorder - V3.co.uk
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2273109/tetris-post-traumatic-stress
They carried out an experiment whereby volunteers were made to sit and watch traumatic film footage of death and injury before being asked to play either Tetris or another video game, ‘Pub Quiz’.
It found that 30 minutes after the traumatic film, playing Tetris led to a “significant reduction” in flashbacks compared to a no-task control, whereas Pub Quiz led to a significant increase in flashbacks.

▽Original Apple-1 Goes On Auction Block, Estimated at $160K-$240K - PC Magazine
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372654,00.asp
An old-school Apple-1 computer is up for auction via Christie's of London, and the estimate for the sale hovers between $160,000 and $240,000.
Winning bidders will receive the system itself, an original 1976 design that's in short supply today-- roughly 50 still exist out of the original lot of 200 that were designed and hand-built by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak himself.