Mourners gather at funeral for Chiefs' Belcher

DIX HILLS, N.Y. (AP) ? Jovan Belcher was remembered Wednesday for the accomplishments of a life that ended so suddenly and violently.

Several hundred mourners gathered for the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker's funeral near his hometown on Long Island. The 25-year-old Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend on Dec. 1, then drove to the Chiefs' practice facility and committed suicide in front of team officials.

At Upper Room Christian Church on Wednesday, relatives wore black - and red, the Chiefs' color. Pastor Dawn Mixon shared that Belcher's mother, Cheryl Shepherd, described him as a "humble, kind young man." He had a soft spot for children and loved cartoons.

"We may not understand the reasons why we are here or understand what caused this tragedy," Mixon said.

At a celebration of Belcher's life, there were hints of the way it ended. A photo slide show played on a large screen above the stage, with images from Belcher's childhood through his football careers at nearby West Babylon High School and the University of Maine.

Then appeared the words "In loving memory of" Belcher and Kasandra Perkins, the mother of his 3-month-old daughter. After a series of pictures of Perkins and baby Zoey came the message, "Keep this little girl in your prayers."

"The legacy we pass on to her will be good," said his uncle, Davin Miles.

Next to an open casket were collages of photos and mementos from Belcher's playing career. An array of flowers spelled out W.B. for his high school.

Chiefs players and staff attended a memorial service for Belcher in Kansas City last week. His locker at their practice facility had been left intact after his death ? his helmet, pads, laundry and shoes still sitting there the way he left them. As the Chiefs returned from an off day Wednesday, it had finally been cleaned out.

On a Saturday morning, the day before the team's game against the Carolina Panthers, Belcher shot the 22-year-old Perkins multiple times at their home. Police said Belcher and Perkins previously had been arguing.

Belcher then drove to Arrowhead Stadium, where he thanked coach Romeo Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli for all they'd done for him. As police arrived, Belcher slipped behind a car and put the gun to his head.

His path to becoming an NFL starter had been an unlikely one. Belcher did not play in college football's top division, and he wasn't drafted. But he made the Chiefs, becoming a full-time starter in 2010.

Bishop Stephanie Green described Belcher as "a man who did some awesome things ? while other young men his age were out hustling, slinging and doing other things, he chose an education."

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AP Sports Writer Dave Skretta in Kansas City, Mo., contributed to this report.

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THEORY OF COMPUTATION ? ? ? ? ??L T P M C ??3 1 0 100 4
UNIT I 9

Church-Turing thesis: Turing machines ? Variants of Turing Machines ? Hilbert?s
problems. Decidability: Decidable languages ? Halting problem.

UNIT II 9

Reducibility: Undecidable problems from Language theory ? A simple Undecidable
problem ? Mapping Reducibility. Advanced topics in Computability Theory: The
Recursion Theorem ? Decidability of logical theories ? Turing Reducibility.

UNIT III 9

Time Complexity: Measuring Complexity ? The Class P ? The class NP ? NPcompleteness
? Additional NP-complete Problems.

UNIT IV 9

Space Complexity: Savitch?s Theorem ? The Class PSPACE ? PSPACE-completeness
? The classes L and NL ? NL-completeness ? NL equals coNL. Intractability: Hierarchy
Theorems ? Relativization ? Circuit Complexity.

UNIT V 9

Advanced topics in complexity theory: Approximation Algorithms ? Probabilistic
Algorithms ? Alternation ? Interactive Proof Systems ? Parallel Computation ?
Cryptography

TUTORIAL 15 ??TOTAL : 60

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Michael Sipser, Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Thomson Brook/cole,
1997.(2006)
2. John E. Hopcroft, Rajeev Motwani, Jeffrey D. Ullman, Introduction to Automata
Theory, Languages and Computation, 3/E, Pearson Education, 2009.
REFERENCES
1. Peter Linz, An Introduction to formal Languages and Automata, 4/ E, Jones &
Bartlett Pub, 2006.
2 Kamala Krithivasan, Rama R, Introduction to Formal Languages, Automata
Theory and Computation, Pearson, 2009
3. Dr. B. N. Srinivasa Murthy, Formal Languages and Automata Theory, Sanguine
Publishers, 2006.

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE ? ? ? ??L T P M C ?3 0 0 100 3

UNIT I INTRODUCTION 9

Introduction to Open sources ? Need of Open Sources ? Advantages of Open Sources?
Application of Open Sources. Open source operating systems: LINUX: Introduction ?
General Overview ? Kernel Mode and user mode ? Process ? Advanced Concepts ?
Scheduling ? Personalities ? Cloning ? Signals ? Development with Linux. .

UNIT II OPEN SOURCE DATABASE 9

MySQL: Introduction ? Setting up account ? Starting, terminating and writing your
ownSQL programs ? Record selection Technology ? Working with strings ? Date and
Time? Sorting Query Results ? Generating Summary ? Working with metadata ?
Usingsequences ? MySQL and Web.

UNIT III OPEN SOURCE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES 9

PHP: Introduction ? Programming in web environment ? variables ? constants ?
data;types ? operators ? Statements ? Functions ? Arrays ? OOP ? String Manipulation
and regular expression ? File handling and data storage ? PHP and SQL database ?
PHP and LDAP ? PHP Connectivity ? Sending and receiving E-mails ? Debugging and
error handling ? Security ? Templates.

UNIT IV PYTHON 9

Syntax and Style ? Python Objects ? Numbers ? Sequences ? Strings ? Lists and
Tuples ? Dictionaries ? Conditionals and Loops ? Files ? Input and Output ? Errors and
Exceptions ? Functions ? Modules ? Classes and OOP ? Execution Environment.

UNIT V PERL 9

Perl backgrounder ? Perl overview ? Perl parsing rules ? Variables and Data ?
Statements and Control structures ? Subroutines, Packages, and Modules- Working
with Files ?Data Manipulation.
Total: 45

Text Books:

1. Remy Card, Eric Dumas and Frank Mevel, ?The Linux Kernel Book?, Wiley
Publications, 2003
2. Steve Suchring, ?MySQL Bible?, John Wiley, 2002
References:
1. Rasmus Lerdorf and Levin Tatroe, ?Programming PHP?, O?Reilly, 2002
2. Wesley J. Chun, ?Core Phython Programming?, Prentice Hall, 2001
3. Martin C. Brown, ?Perl: The Complete Reference?, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company Limited, Indian Reprint 2009.
4. Steven Holzner, ?PHP: The Complete Reference?, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company Limited, Indian Reprint 2009.
5. Vikram Vaswani, ?MYSQL: The Complete Reference?, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw-
Hill Publishing Company Limited, Indian Reprint 2009.

OBJECT ORIENTED SYSTEM DESIGN
L T P M C
3 0 0 100 3

Unit I 9

Introduction
Introduction to Object Orientation - Development - Themes-Evidence for Usefulness of
OO Development-OO Modeling
Modeling Concepts
Modeling-Abstraction-The Three Models-Class Modeling-Object and Class Concepts-
Link and Association Concepts-Generalization and Inheritance-A Sample Class Model-
Navigation of Class Models-Practical Tips

Unit II 9

Advanced Class Modeling
Advanced Object and Class Concepts-Association Ends-N-ary Assocations-
Aggregation-Abstract Classes-Multiple Inheritance-metadata-Reification-Constraints-
Derived Data-Packages- Practical Tips
State Modeling
Events-states-Transitions and Conditions-State diagrams-state diagrams behaviorpractical
tips-Advanced state Modeling-Nested State Diagrams-Nested States-Signal
Generalization-concurrency- A sample state Model- Relation of class and state models
Interaction Modeling
Use case Models-Sequence Models- Activity Models- Use Case Relationships-
Procedural Sequence Models- special constructs for Activity Models-Class Model-State
Model-Interaction Model

Unit III 9
Analysis
Process Overview-Development stages-Development Lifecycle-System conceptiondevising
a system concept-Elaborating a concept-preparing a problem statement-
Domain analysis-overview of analysis-Domain class model-Domain state model-Domain
Interaction Model-Iterating the analysis-Application Interaction Model-Application Class
Model-Application state Model-Adding operations

Unit IV 9

Design
Overview of system Design-Estimating performance- Making a reuse plan-Breaking a
system into sub systems-identifying concurrency-Allocation of subsystems-
Management of Data Storage-Handling Global Resources-Choosing a software control
strategy-handling boundary conditions-setting Trade-off Priorities-common architectural
styles-Architecture of the ATM System
Class Design
Overview of class Design-Bridging the gap-Realizing use cases-Designing Alogrithms-
Recursing Downward-Refactoring-Design optimization-Reification of behavioradjustment
of inheritance-organizing a class design-ATM Example

Unit V 9
\Implementation
Implementation Modeling-overview of implementation-Fine-tuning classes-fine tuning
generalizations-realizing associations-oo languages-introduction abbreviated ATM
Model-implementing structure-implementing functionality-practical tips
Database
Introduction-Abbreviated ATM Model-Implementing structure-Implementing structure -
Implementing structure for the ATM Example-Implementing Functionality-Object
oriented Databases
Programming style
Object-oriented style-reusability-extensibility ? robustness - programming in large
Total : 45

TEXT BOOKS
1. Object-Oriented Modeling and Design with UML, Michael Blaha, James
Rumbaugh, Second Edition, Pearson Education,2004.
2. Object-Oriented Software Engineering using UML, Pattens, and Java second
Edition Bernd Bruegge, Robert S
3. Object-Oriented Software Engineering using UML, Pattens, and Java second
Edition Bernd Bruegge, Allen H.Dutoit(200x?)
References
1. Object Oriented System Development, Ali Bahrami, McGraw-Hill International
Edition,1999
2. Object Oriented analysis and Design, Booch G, Addison-Wesley Publishing
company,1994

NUMERICAL METHODS
L T P M C
3 1 0 100 4
UNIT I SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS AND EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS 9+3
Linear interpolation methods (method of false position) ? Newton?s method ? Statement
of Fixed Point Theorem ? Fixed point iteration: x=g(x) method ? Solution of linear
system by Gaussian elimination and Gauss-Jordon methods- Iterative methods: Gauss
Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel methods- Inverse of a matrix by Gauss Jordon method ?
Eigenvalue of a matrix by power method.
UNIT II INTERPOLATION AND APPROXIMATION 9+ 3
Lagrangian Polynomials ? Divided differences ? Interpolating with a cubic spline ?
Newton?s forward and backward difference formulas.
UNIT III NUMERICAL DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION 9+ 3
Derivatives from difference tables ? Divided differences and finite differences ?
Numerical integration by trapezoidal and Simpson?s 1/3 and 3/8 rules ? Romberg?s
method ? Two and Three point Gaussian quadrature formulas ? Double integrals using
trapezoidal and Simpson?s rules.
UNIT IV INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS FOR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS 9+ 3
Single step methods: Taylor series method ? Euler and modified Euler methods ?
Fourth order Runge ? Kutta method for solving first and second order equations ?
Multistep methods: Milne?s and Adam?s predictor and corrector methods.
UNIT V BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS IN ORDINARY AND PARTIAL
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 9+ 3
Finite difference solution of second order ordinary differential equation ? Finite
difference solution of one dimensional heat equation by explicit and implicit methods ?
One dimensional wave equation.
TUTORIAL 15
TOTAL : 60
TEXT BOOKS
1. Gerald, C.F, and Wheatley, P.O, ?Applied Numerical Analysis?, Sixth Edition,
Pearson Education Asia, New Delhi, 2002.
2. Balagurusamy, E., ?Numerical Methods?, Tata McGraw-Hill Pub.Co.Ltd, New
Delhi, 1999.
REFERENCES
1. Kandasamy, P., Thilagavathy, K. and Gunavathy, K., ?Numerical Methods?,
S.Chand Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 2003.
2. Burden, R.L and Faires, T.D., ?Numerical Analysis?, Seventh Edition, Thomson
Asia Pvt. Ltd., Singapore, 2002.

COMPUTER GRAPHICS
L T P M C
3 0 0 100 3
UNIT- I Introduction to Computer Graphics & Scan conversion 10
Overview of Computer Graphics, Computer Graphics Application and Software, Display
Technologies, Storage Tube Graphics Displays, Calligraphic Refresh Graphics
Displays, Raster Refresh (Raster-Scan) Graphics Displays, Cathode Ray Tube Basics,
Color CRT Raster Scan Basics, Video Basics, The Video Controller, Random-Scan
Display Processor, LCD displays.
Scan Converting Lines, Mid-point criteria, Problems of Aliasing, end-point ordering and
clipping lines, Scan Converting Circles, Scan Converting Ellipses, Filling Polygons,
edge data structure, Clipping Lines algorithms? Cyrus-Beck, Cohen-Sutherland and
Liang-Barsky, Clipping Polygons, problem with multiple components.
UNIT-II Two-Dimensional Transformations 8
Transformations and Matrices, Transformation Conventions, 2D Transformations,
Homogeneous Coordinates and Matrix Representation of 2D Transformations,
Translations and Homogeneous Coordinates, Rotation, Reflection, Scaling, Combined
Transformation, Transformation of Points, Transformation of The Unit Square, Solid
Body Transformations, Rotation About an Arbitrary Point, Reflection through an
Arbitrary Line, A Geometric Interpretation of Homogeneous Coordinates, The Windowto-
Viewport Transformations.
UNIT-III Three-Dimensional Transformations 9
Introduction, Three-Dimensional Scaling, Three-Dimensional Shearing, Three-
Dimensional Rotation, Three-Dimensional Reflection, Three-Dimensional Translation,
Multiple Transformation, Rotation about an Arbitrary Axis in Space, Reflection through
an Arbitrary Plane, Matrix Representation of 3D Transformations, Composition of 3D
Transformations, Affine and Perspective Geometry, Perspective Transformations,
Techniques for Generating Perspective Views, Vanishing Points, the Perspective
Geometry and camera models, Orthographic Projections, Axonometric Projections,
Oblique Projections, View volumes for projections.
UNIT-IV Solid Modeling & Visible-Surface Determination 9
Representing Solids, Regularized Boolean Set Operations, Primitive Instancing, Sweep
Representations, Spatial-Partitioning Representations - Octree representation, B-Reps,
Constructive Solid Geometry, Comparison of Representations.
Techniques for efficient Visible-Surface Algorithms, Categories of algorithms, Back face
removal, The z-Buffer Algorithm, Scan-line method, Painter?s algorithms (depth sorting),
Area sub-division method, BSP trees, Visible-Surface Ray Tracing, comparison of the
methods.
UNIT-V llumination and Shading & Graphics Programming using OPENGL 9
Illumination and Shading Models for Polygons, Reflectance properties of surfaces,
Ambient, Specular and Diffuse reflections, Atmospheric attenutation, Phong?s model,
Gouraud shading, some examples.
Why OpenGL, Features in OpenGL, OpenGL operations, Abstractions in OpenGL ? GL,
GLU & GLUT, 3D viewing pipeline, viewing matrix specifications, a few examples and
demos of OpenGL programs.
TOTAL :45
Text books :
1. J. D. Foley, A. Van Dam, S. K. Feiner and J. F. Hughes, Computer Graphics -
Principles and Practice, Second Edition in C, Pearson Education, 2003.
2. D. Hearn and M. Pauline Baker, Computer Graphics (C Version), Pearson
Education, 2nd Edition, 2004.
References:
1. D. F. Rogers and J. A. Adams, Mathematical Elements for Computer Graphics,
2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill International Edition, 1990.
2. F. S. Hill Jr., Computer Graphics using OpenGL, Pearson Education, 2003.
OPEN SOURCE LAB
L T P C
0 0 3 2
1. Installation in different modes (user mode, GUI, Single user, Server )
2. MySQL installation
3. Apache installation
4. PHP with Database connectivity
5. PHYTON programming
6. Perl script and CGI
7. Network simulator (NS2) installation and simple tcl scripts

OBJECT ORIENTED SYSTEM DESIGN LAB
L T P C
0 0 3 2
Solving Simple problems using CASE tools for design, testing with structure analysis
and design method and object oriented analysis and design method
i) SRS DOCUMENT (IEEE Standard)
ii) Design document
iii) Implementation
iv) Test case generation and test document preparation
1. Payroll system
2. Online shopping
3. Online voting system
4. Banking system

COMPUTER GRAPHICS LAB
L T P C
0 0 3 2
1. Implementation of Bresenham?s Algorithm
Line
Circle
Ellipse
2. 2D and 3D transformation
Translation
Rotation
Scaling
Reflection
Shearing of objects
3. Cohen Sutherland 2D clipping and windowing

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Jobs outlook modest ahead of "fiscal cliff": Manpower

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. employers are expected to continue adding jobs in the first quarter of 2013, but uncertainty over the "fiscal cliff" has tempered the outlook, according to a quarterly hiring survey by ManpowerGroup.

The global staffing services company's outlook for U.S. jobs has been positive for 15 straight quarters, even as it weakens in most other economies.

A majority of U.S. employers polled did not expect any changes to their payrolls in the first quarter of 2013, said Jonas Prising, president of ManpowerGroup. Seventeen percent of U.S. employers anticipate adding workers, compared with 8 percent who believe they will have lay-offs.

"If you think about the 'fiscal cliff' and you're an employer, you're only going to hire what you need to hire," he said, referring to the $600 billion in spending cuts and tax hikes that will kick in starting in January unless Congress reaches a budget compromise.

The seasonally adjusted U.S. net employment outlook -- which measures the difference between employers who say they expect to add jobs and those planning to cut them -- was plus-12 for the first quarter of 2013, up from plus-11 in the fourth quarter and plus-9 a year ago.

One unexpected bright spot was retail. Employers in the wholesale and retail sector anticipate adding jobs in the first quarter, a period when companies usually cut back following the holiday season.

"It's a reflection that consumers are still feeling pretty good," Prising said.

Manpower's U.S. survey, which is 50 years old this year, is based on interviews with 18,000 employers. It is considered a leading indicator of labor market trends, but does not directly correlate with the monthly jobs numbers reported by the government.

OVERSEAS OUTLOOK WEAKER OR STAGNANT

The United States is one of 11 major economies that Manpower projects to have a stronger hiring outlook for the first quarter of 2013. However, exactly half of the 42 countries surveyed are expected to have a tougher marketplace for job-seekers.

Hiring in China is expected to remain stagnant as the large emerging economy continues to show signs of slowing down.

"Whenever China slows down it is a concern because it is one of the countries that can really propel growth," Prising said. "A China that slows down, even a little bit, has an immediate impact."

Job prospects continue to be dire across most of Europe, with Greece, Italy and Spain expected to be the weakest markets.

However, despite the ongoing economic uncertainty in Europe, the United Kingdom reported its strongest outlook in four years and job prospects in Germany improved slightly.

"All of Southern Europe is looking very tough, but Northern Europe is still holding its own," Prising said.

Manpower's global survey is based on interviews with 65,000 hiring managers. The Milwaukee-based company does business in about 80 countries and territories but generates most of its revenues in Europe.

(Reporting By Adam Kerlin; Editing by Patricia Kranz and Dan Grebler)

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Jago promoted in Tesco restructure - The Drinks Business

10th December, 2012 by Gabriel Savage

Dan Jago

Having joined Tesco six years ago as category director for beers, wines & spirits, Jago?s new role will see him relinquish responsibility for beers and spirits as he takes responsibility for developing the supermarket?s wine offer in the UK and Ireland, as well as across its international business.

The beer and spirits division will now be headed by Gavin Warburton, who has been with Tesco for 12 years and has been promoted to the role of category director.

Commenting on his new position, Jago described taking responsibility for Tesco?s global wine business as ?a very exciting opportunity and although the current UK market is challenging for wine, I firmly believe that Tesco?s scale can be used for good in the wider industry.

?I have thoroughly enjoyed working with our beer, cider and spirit suppliers during the last six years and will be sad to give up this side of the business; however I look forward to developing my career in this new international role.?

The retailer?s restructuring programme also sees John Farrell promoted to commercial director for packaged foods, wines, beers & spirits. All promotions came into effect on 3 December.

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McAfee wants to return to US, 'normal life'

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2012, file photo, software company founder John McAfee listens to a question during an interview at a local restaurant in Guatemala City. McAfee said Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, a live-stream Internet broadcast from the Guatemalan detention center where he is fighting a government order that he be returned to Belize, that he wants to return to the United States and "settle down to whatever normal life" he can. Police in neighboring Belize want to question McAfee in the fatal shooting of a U.S. expatriate who lived near his home on a Belizean island in November. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2012, file photo, software company founder John McAfee listens to a question during an interview at a local restaurant in Guatemala City. McAfee said Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, a live-stream Internet broadcast from the Guatemalan detention center where he is fighting a government order that he be returned to Belize, that he wants to return to the United States and "settle down to whatever normal life" he can. Police in neighboring Belize want to question McAfee in the fatal shooting of a U.S. expatriate who lived near his home on a Belizean island in November. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

In this photo released by Guatemala's Human Rights Ombudsman's office, software company founder John McAfee is photographed in an immigration detention center in Guatemala City, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The anti-virus guru was arrested at a hotel in an upscale neighborhood with the help of Interpol agents, hours after he said he would seek asylum in the Central American country. Guatemalan authorities were awaiting orders from their Foreign Ministry about whether to send him back to Belize, where he is a person of interest in the killing of a fellow expatriate American. (AP Photo/Guatemala's Human Rights Ombudsman's office)

BACALAR, Mexico (AP) ? Software company founder John McAfee said Sunday he wants to return to the United States and "settle down to whatever normal life" he can.

In a live-stream Internet broadcast from the Guatemalan detention center where he is fighting a government order that he be returned to Belize, the 67-year-old said "I simply would like to live comfortably day by day, fish, swim, enjoy my declining years."

Police in neighboring Belize want to question McAfee in the fatal shooting of a U.S. expatriate who lived near his home on a Belizean island in November.

The creator of the McAfee antivirus program again denied involvement in the killing during the Sunday address streamed live over the Ustream website, during which he answered what he said were reporters' questions.

His comments were sometimes contradictory. McAfee is an acknowledged practical joker who has dabbled in yoga, ultra-light aircraft and the production of herbal medications.

The British-born McAfee first said that returning to the United States "is my only hope now." But he later added, "I would be happy to go to England, I have dual citizenship."

He was emphatic that "I cannot ever return to Belize ... There is no hope for my life if I am ever returned to Belize."

"If I am returned," he said, "bad things will clearly happen to me."

He descibed the health problems that had him briefly hospitalized earlier this week after Guatemalan authorities detained him for entering the country illegally. He apparently snuck in across a rural, unguarded spot along the border.

"I did not eat for two days, I drank very little liquids, and for the first time in many years I've been smoking almost non-stop," he said. "I stood up, passed out hit my head on the wall, came to," though he now said he was feeling better.

McAfee praised the role his 20-year-old Belizean girlfriend, Samantha Vanegas, played in his escape from Belize, where he claims he is being persecuted by corrupt politicians. Authorities in Belize deny that they are persecuting him and have questioned his mental state.

"Sam saved the day many times" during their escape, he said, and suggested he would take her with him to the United States if he is allowed to go there.

He confirmed that journalists from Vice magazine who accompanied him on his escape after weeks of hiding in Belize had unwittingly posted photos with embedded data that revealed his exact location.

"It was an error anyone could make," he said, noting they were under a lot of pressure at the time.

McAfee has led an eccentric life since he sold his stake in the software company named after him in the early 1990s and moved to Belize about three years ago to lower his taxes.

He told The New York Times in 2009 that he had lost all but $4 million of his $100 million fortune in the U.S. financial crisis. However, a story on the Gizmodo website quoted him as describing that claim as "not very accurate at all."

McAfee's Guatemalan attorney, Telesforo Guerra, says that he has filed three separate legal appeals in the hope that his client can stay in Guatemala, where his political asylum request was rejected.

Guerra said he filed an appeal for a judge to make sure McAfee's physical integrity is protected, an appeal against the asylum denial and a petition with immigration officials to allow his client to stay in this Central American country indefinitely.

The appeals could take several days to resolve, Guerra said. He added that he could still use several other legal resources but wouldn't give any other details.

Fredy Viana, a spokesman for the Immigration Department, said that before the agency looks into the request to allow McAfee to stay in Guatemala, a judge must first deal with the appeal asking that authorities make sure McAfee's physical integrity is protected.

"We won't look into (allowing him to stay) until the other appeal is resolved," Viana said. "The law gives me 30 days to resolve the issue."

McAfee went on the run last month after Belizean officials tried to question him about the killing of Gregory Viant Faull, who was shot to death in early November.

McAfee acknowledges that his dogs were bothersome and that Faull had complained about them, but denies killing Faull. Faull's home was a couple of houses down from McAfee's compound in Ambergris Caye, off Belize's Caribbean coast.

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Intel launches microserver chips, gets nod from Facebook

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel launched a data-center chip using low-power technology found in smartphones, stepping up competition in the nascent microserver market and winning a nod from Facebook.

The Atom chip rolled out on Tuesday uses much less electricity than Intel's previous processors for servers and comes as Intel's rivals also eye the low-power server niche.

Energy-sipping chips similar to those used in smartphones and tablets lack the horsepower of traditional server processors made by Intel. But data centers that combine many low-power chips instead of just a few heavy-duty processors may provide more computing power for less money, and use less electricity.

Microservers have yet to gain serious traction with traditional corporate customers like banks and manufacturers, and the potential size of the market remains unclear.

But Internet giants like Facebook, Amazon.Com and Google have been experimenting with ways to use low-power chips to make their data centers more efficient.

At an Intel event launching the Atom chips, a Facebook infrastructure executive said the social network has found that low-power chips excel at processing the 4.5 billion updates, likes, posts and comments its 1 billion active users add to the site every day.

"We do face unprecedented scale at Facebook, and that's one of the reasons we're so highly motivated to figure out the most efficient way to scale infrastructure efficiently and support all the people using Facebook," said Frank Frankovsky, Facebook's VP of hardware design and supply chain. He did not say whether Facebook expects to buy Intel's new chips.

Frankovsky said "wimpy" low-power chips in some cases can do the same work as Intel's "brawny" Xeon chips while consuming half or a third as much power.

"How much useful work can you get done per watt per dollar? That's the only metric that matters," Frankovsky said.

Intel dominates the PC and server markets, but was slow to design chips for the mobile market, where chips using technology from ARM Holdings have become ubiquitous.

In October, ARM unveiled new chip designs aimed at microservers. ARM believes servers using low-power chips based on its designs could account for a fifth of data centers by 2020.

Diane Bryant, in charge of Intel's data center business, declined to say how large Intel believes the microserver market could become. She said the Atom chips have been chosen for over 20 upcoming products focused on microservers, storage and communications.

(Reporting By Noel Randewich; Editing by M.D. Golan)

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'Fifty Shades' publisher awards $5,000 bonuses

NEW YORK (AP) ? Thanks to "Fifty Shades of Grey," employees at Random House Inc. are seeing green.

Every worker, from sales to editorial to distribution, will receive a $5,000 bonus, prorated for those who joined Random House during the year. In a companywide letter sent Monday, CEO Markus Dohle noted the publisher's "unprecedented success" in 2012. EL James' erotic trilogy has sold more than 35 million copies and Random Houser also released such best-sellers as Gillian Flynn's "Gone Girl" and Robert Caro's "The Passage of Power."

Random House spokesman Stuart Applebaum said Monday that while some employees have existing bonus plans, the across-the-board payment was "unique" for the company.

Associated Press

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