News Headlines - 10 May 2014

▽Detergent pulled in Germany over neo-Nazi code

Outraged shoppers had posted pictures online of Ariel powder boxes featuring a white soccer jersey with a large number "88." The number is sensitive because far-right extremists in Germany often use it as a code to skirt a ban on the use of Nazi slogans in public: since "H'' is the eighth letter of the alphabet, "88" represents the phrase "Heil Hitler." Similarly, "18" is used to stand for "A.H." or Adolf Hitler.

▽BBC News - Obamas 'outraged and heartbroken' over Nigeria girls

US First Lady Michelle Obama has said her family is "outraged and heartbroken" following the mass abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls.

▽Stairs are a step too far for frail Queen Elizabeth - Independent.ie

She had been due to take part in an ancient installation ceremony for Knights of the Order of the Bath at Westminster Abbey, an event she only attends every eight years... But after a dress rehearsal on Thursday, which she did not attend, aides decided the monarch should not go ahead with that part of the ceremony. Prince Charles deputised for her instead.

▽Billionaire Britain: Rise Of The Super-Rich

There are more than 100 billionaires living in Britain for the first time, it has been revealed.
According to this year's Sunday Times Rich List, there are now 104 billionaires based in the UK, with a combined wealth of more than ￡300bn.
This is more than triple the number from a decade ago.

▽Windows 7 shows higher infection rates than XP in last quarter of 2013

An interesting side effect of this is that Vista and Windows 7 showed higher CCM rates than XP for the quarter. The report shows an infection rate of 25.9 percent for Windows 7, 32.4 percent for Vista and 24.2 percent for XP. Microsoft has normalized the figures to take account of differences in numbers using each OS.
This doesn't mean that you should rush off and downgrade all your systems to XP though.