The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), designed a spacecraft to study the Sun and its effects on the Earth, in the orbit time around sun since February. The images was released by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on Wednesday are the first to be sent back by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, the collective name for the observatory’s four telescopes .

From NASA:

“These amazing images, which show our dynamic sun in a new level of detail, are only the beginning of SDO’s contribution to our understanding of the sun,” said SDO Project Scientist Dean Pesnell of Goddard.

“These initial images show a dynamic sun that I had never seen in more than 40 years of solar research,” said Richard Fisher, director of the Heliophysics Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “SDO will change our understanding of the sun and its processes, which affect our lives and society. This mission will have a huge impact on science, similar to the impact of the Hubble Space Telescope on modern astrophysics.”

NASA Recently Released New Dramatic Video Of The Sun

The images sent by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory show material steaming out from sunspots; the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) also captured the first high-resolution ultraviolet images tracing the different temperatures of the sun’s surface. In the UV photo (below), the red areas are relatively cool — a mere 60,000 C — while blues and greens indicate hotter areas of about 1,000,000 C.

It went down to the last ball but when Jacques Kallis fell in the 43rd over, with South Africa requiring an improbable 74 from 43 balls and only two wickets in hand, it looked like game, set and match to India. From there, Dale Steyn and Wayne Parnell threatened to pull of an incredible heist but India held their nerve to clinch a final-ball win in Jaipur.

The quality of cricket was actually below-par from both sides – India’s bowling threatened to completely disintegrate under the pressure and barring Kallis, South Africa’s batting was quite dismal – but the contest was made memorable by the tailenders Steyn and Parnell. This is how it panned out in the end: Steyn lashed two straight sixes in the 46th over bowled by Suresh Raina, the pair pinched three boundaries in the 48th over bowled by an errant Sreesanth and when both batsmen struck audacious sixes down the ground against Ashish Nehra in the 49th over, South Africa required only 10 from the last over.

Praveen Kumar bowled Steyn with a slower one off the second delivery but the drama wasn’t over yet. Charl Langeveldt pulled the penultimate delivery to long leg where Sachin Tendulkar dived full-stretch to prevent the boundary. Many replays later, the third umpire ruled it a legal save and South Africa had to be content with three runs but had the well-set Parnell on strike for the last delivery. More excitement lay ahead as Praveen hurled a wide leaving South Africa needing three to win. Parnell squeezed out the final delivery to third man where Sreesanth fielded the ball cleanly and threw in a slightly wide throw but MS Dhoni had enough time to break the stumps with Parnell just one yard short of levelling the scores.

Until those dramatic end overs where India threatened to choke, they had actually done most things necessary to win the game. No batsman got a big score, but there were enough handy contributions from the top-order to push India to a strong 298. No bowler got more than two wickets but there was enough combined discipline in the attack, till they crumbled under the Steyn & Parnell show, to restrict South Africa.

For their part, South Africa might have come very close in the end but the stand-in captain Jacques Kallis was the only top-order batsman to offer any resistance in the chase where Ravindra Jadeja starred for India with his unspectacular but steady spell of left-arm spin where he used the arm-ball quite liberally to keep the batsmen honest. When Jadeja came on to bowl South Africa were sitting pretty at 60 for 1 from nine overs. When he finished his first spell that read 8-2-23-2, and included the vital wickets of Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers, South Africa had slowed down to 127 for 3 from 24 overs.

He didn’t get the ball to turn but repeatedly slipped the one that went straight on with the arm to suffocate the batsmen. The ball also tended to skid on in this surface and at times kept a touch low and the batsmen struggled to put away his armers. He lured Gibbs to slice to long-off and troubled both Kallis and de Villiers with his skidding deliveries. de Villiers tried to wriggle free with an attempted cut shot that proved fatal as he completely failed to connect.

From then on South Africa were always chasing their own tail despite Kallis’ effort and though Steyn and Parnell played the one-day innings of their lives, they fell short in the end.

Like South Africa, India too didn’t have any centurion today but, unlike the visitors, there were enough contributions to charge them to a strong score. On a day when Virender Sehwag played a couple of typically stunning shots – a slashed six over third man and another flamboyantly carved over covers being the picks – two innings, from men who are yet to secure their spots in the playing eleven, caught the eye. Karthik’s entertaining 44 and Raina’s attractive 58 stood out for their sparkling shots, and also for their untimely dismissals. Both fell when they were well-set and had the opportunity to take India to an unassailable position.

India were at 32 for the loss of Tendulkar in seven overs when Karthik started to go for his shots. Until then, he was playing the conventional strokes and even timing them well but was unable to find the gaps.

Everything changed in the eighth over bowled by Parnell. The first ball, a short of a length delivery outside off stump, was flat-batted – a forehand cross-court swat – over the bowler’s head. Off the third delivery, he walked down the track to upset the line and length and whipped through midwicket for another boundary and a pull off the fifth delivery fetched him a couple before he collected another pulled boundary off the last ball.

Karthik continued to innovate and play the big shots – a slog-swept six against Johan Botha being the highlight – before he fell. This ability to manufacture shots and pull out the big hits irrespective of the match situation has been his strength and weakness. Shot selection hasn’t always been his strong point but it looked like today was going to be his day until he was dismissed against the run of play, mistiming a pull shot off Langeveldt straight to mid-on.

Raina took over after Karthik’s exit, starting off with a delightful, on-the-up, cover-driven boundary off Albie Morkel, and handled himself well against the short stuff from Kallis. The pitch was a flat beauty and there wasn’t great pace or bounce to cause any trouble and Raina collected boundaries with upper cuts and a couple of pull shots. He went on to heave a back-of-length delivery from Parnell over wide long-on boundary but in the 44th over, with India on 260 for 6, he moved away from the stumps to try an expansive inside-out drive over the covers, only to edge Kallis behind the wicket.

It was left to the tail to push India towards 300, which proved more than enough in the end courtesy a fine spell from Jadeja. Kallis carried on gamely with a characteristic innings but he received no support from his team-mates: Mark Boucher edged a slightly wide delivery, Alviro Petersen was run out as he failed to ground his bat, and both Morkel and Botha fell playing across the line. Kallis dealt in singles initially, put away most of the bad balls, and tried to manufacture a few big shots in the end overs but the stiff target proved too much for him to pull off a one-man-show. Steyn and Parnell nearly pulled off the improbable but couldn’t complete a fairy-tale finish.

By now, every time you wanted to download a podcast or application from the App Store that was over 10 MB, you got an annoying message asking you to use Wi-Fi because the file was too large. But not anymore.

Apple lifted the 10MB cap, only to double it to 20MB, which should be a more reasonable figure for video and podcast downloads when out of Wi-Fi range. If you try to download files over 20MB though, a message will prompt you to switch to Wi-Fi.

Besides giving iPhone users a wider variety of content they can download over 3G networks, the cap increase may be a sign that the iPad will require larger file

downloads over 3G because of higher resoulation graphics and more complex applications.

The initial 10MB cap was put in place so that iPhone downloads won’t put too much strain on wireless networks, such as AT&T, which is struggling to handle the traffic. For example, AT&T iPhone tethering, which would produce even more traffic on the network, hasn’t been adopted yet, despite operators around the world enabling the option.

But despite difficulties with the AT&T network, Apple decided to forge a deal for 3G connectivity with the carrier again, this time for the 3G-enabled iPads arriving late this spring. Also, Sling Player 3G streaming has been enabled on the iPhone this week, after AT&T allegedly held back this feature because of fears of increased traffic.

AT&T must be under pressure to keep up with Apple’s traffic-demanding products because the carrier’s exclusivity with the iPhone in the U.S. is soon coming to a close.

While the “Bounty Hunter” star topped the list of the annual “Famed Hottest Looks,” compiled by Beverly Hills plastic surgeons Richard W. Fleming, M.D. and Toby G. Mayer, M.D., it seems Aniston failed to crack the top three this year.

So whose body does the majority of surgery seekers want more?

Black Eyed Peas songstress Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson apparently has the most wanted figure, followed by Gisele Bundchen and Olivia Wilde.

“Fergie’s body is proportional – that’s really the key,” Dr. Fleming told Tarts. “ Women like Jennifer Aniston and Eva Longoria have topped the “best body” list in the past. They’re not as curvy as Fergie is, but they’re all proportional.”

SLIDESHOW: Click here to see the complete results from the 13th Annual “Famed Hottest Looks.”

Meanwhile, Aniston’s ex-husband Brad Pitt’s and partner Angelina Jolie topped the list for the most-requested lips.

“The two of them are the whole package – they’re considered to be gorgeous, very talented entertainers and they do a tremendous amount of good will, all of which makes them appealing,” Fleming said. “But the only way you can get Jolie’s lips is through the gene pool. If somebody comes in with small lips requesting perfect Angelina lips, we can’t duplicate that; they would end up looking like Melanie Griffith.”

Angie’s full-bodied lips were followed by Jessica Alba and Katherine Heigl. Pitt, meanwhile, was followed by David Duchovny and Will Smith.

And when it comes to hot Hollywood hair “Glee” starlet Lea Michele, Taylor Swift and Alicia Keys topped the list.

But despite the ever-changing celebrity landscape and the constant shift in trends, Fleming said that in his thirty-plus years of making these seemingly unattainable standards a reality for his patients, nothing really changes.

“It amazes me that people’s concepts of beauty hasn’t changed that much over the years; what people are requesting in terms of beauty has been pretty consistent with us. Our patients want to look natural and proportional,” Fleming added. “It surprises me that despite the exaggerated appearances like Joan Rivers and Michael Jackson, what people really desire is to look natural and not overdone. “

“It feels good that I lasted for 50 overs, a good test of my fitness. I’d like to bat another 50 overs at some stage and see that the fitness level doesn’t drop,” Tendulkar said after his effort helped India take a unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. “The ball was coming onto the bat and I was striking the ball well. So when everything falls into its place, it feels nice. It was one of the innings where I felt I was moving well. Since I was timing the ball well, I could be more aggressive and put pressure on the bowlers.”

Tendulkar, while dedicating his feat to the people of India, credited coach Gary Kirsten for the team’s success in both forms of the game after the debacle in the World Cup in the Caribbean. “I’ve enjoyed various challenges; after the 2007 World Cup things have looked different and I’m enjoying the game,” he said. “The credit also goes to Gary [Kirsten], he has really held the team beautifully. It’s about togetherness and playing for each other. You see during the practice sessions that Gary himself trains as hard as anyone else, or probably harder than anyone else as he’s the one giving us practice all the time.”

Tendulkar said he sensed an opportunity to break the record and reach a double-century when he had gone past 175 in the 42nd over. The record eventually came in the 46th over, and the 200 in the 50th. “When I was near 175-180, I thought I could get a 200 as there were quite a few overs left,” he said. He added that he would prefer his achievement to be upstaged by an Indian. “I don’t play for records, I play for enjoyment and play with lots of passion. That’s how cricket started. I didn’t start playing cricket to break all the records; it’s happened along the way. The dream was to play for India and do my best.

“I don’t think any record is unbreakable. Records are made to be broken. I hope that if this record is broke, it’s done by an Indian.”

This was India’s third-highest score in ODIs, and Tendulkar said the 400-mark would not have reached if not for some big hitting by Yusuf Pathan and MS Dhoni. “I thought a target of 340-350 would be a good one, but Yusuf Pathan and MS Dhoni came in and hit the big shots and cleared the ropes consistently and helped us pass 400.”

Tendulkar added that India were not relaxing despite having put up a mammoth score, for they were aware South Africa were the only team to have chased down a target in excess of 400. “This was the team that chased 434 against Australia. So we didn’t get complacent and told ourselves that we had just got through the half-way stage by scoring 401. And what we did in the second half was extremely important. We were aiming at getting early wickets and putting them out of the game.”

Dhoni, who witnessed Tendulkar surpass the record from the other end, said: “I think one of the best innings, you can say. It’s always good to be on the other side, watching him score 200 runs. When he is tired and can’t play the big shots, he was very clever to use the pace of the bowler and it’s very difficult for the bowlers as they don’t know where exactly to bowl.”

India lost Virender Sehwag early, and Tendulkar was assisted in three sizable stands where runs came at a brisk pace, with Dinesh Karthik, Yusuf and Dhoni. “Once Viru got out, it was important to get some kind of a partnership going. They [Tendulkar and Karthik] went on with their innings, and they set a platform after which we were sure we would get 350-plus which would be a difficult target,” Dhoni said. “Yusuf was sent up the order and with the talent he’s got, he can be a great asset to the side.”

Yusuf scored a quickfire 36 and was particularly lethal during the batting Powerplay, while Dhoni proved destructive at the death, bludgeoning 68 off 35 in a century-stand with Tendulkar in just 53 balls. “I have changed my batting a bit, but the situation demanded that kind [attacking] of innings,” Dhoni said. “The ground is a small one, and we were a bit worried about the dew factor. But once they lost 3-4 early wickets, it was difficult for them to get back into the game.”

For South Africa and their stand-in captain Jacques Kallis, it was a case of the basics gone wrong. “The toss was quite vital. Our basics were just weren’t good enough today. We were outplayed,” Kallis said. “We lost wickets at crucial stages, our basics let us down. A fantastic innings by Sachin; he took advantage of some good conditions and he played superbly. We let ourselves down in some areas.”

In Year 2010, cricket calender is packed with a Twenty20 world cup in month of April in West Indies, Asia cup which is an ODI tournament played between all asian country, several bilateral tours like South Africa, New Zealand & Australia tour of India which includes test series and T20 games and one or two triseries as well. and on top of all, Australia and England resume their battle for urn, the Ashes 2010, to be played in Australia this time from the month of November.

Australia also tour England for a series of one day internationals while England play host to Pakistan vs Australia test series after a long gap. Bangladeshi team will have their busiest cricketing season while Indian cricket team will indulge into Indian Premier League (IPL), Champions League T20 along with their International commitments.

Note that following list of cricket fixtures for year 2010 show only which country tour where in what month. Actual and full time table is only relased by respective host boards around 2-3 months in advance. So, in case you are anticipating an upcoming cricket series, wait some more.. following tables will be updated as soon as full schedules are released.

England Cricket Schedule : Year 2010
Months Versus Matches Fixtures & Result
January England in South Africa 4 tests + 5 ODI + T20 Eng in SA 2010
February-March England in Bangladesh 2 tests + 3 ODIs Eng in Bdesh 2010
April T20 WC in West Indies Twenty20 World cup World T20 2010
May Bangladesh in England 2 Test + 3 ODI Bdesh in Eng 2010
June Australia in England 5 ODI Series Aus in Eng 2010
Aug-Sept Pakistan in England 4 test & 5 ODI Pak in Eng 2010
Nov-Dec England in Australia Ashes 2011 Ashes 2010

India Cricket Schedule : Year 2010
January India in Bangladesh 2 Test + Triseries India in Bdesh 2010
February-March South Africa in India 3 Test + 5 ODI SA in Ind 2010
April Asia Cup ODI Tournament Asia Cup 2010
April T20 WC in West Indies Twenty20 World Cup World T20 2010
May India in Zimbabwe 3 ODI Series Ind in Zim 2010
July India in Sri Lanka Triseries Ind v NZ v SL
October Australia in India 7 ODI Series Aus in Ind 2010
November New Zealand in India 3 Test + 5 ODI NZ in Ind 2010

Australia Cricket Schedule : Year 2010
January Pakistan in Australia 3 Test + 5 ODI + T20 Pak in Aus 2010
February West Indies in Australia 5 ODI + T20 WI in Aus 2010
March-April Australia in New Zealand 3 Test + 5 ODI + 2 T20s Aus in NZ 2010
April T20 World Cup in WI Twenty20 World Cup World T20 2010
June Australia in England 5 ODI Series Aus in Eng 2010
July Pak v Aus in Eng 2 Test & 3 ODI Pak v Aus 2010
August Bangladesh in Australia 2 Test & 3 ODI Bdesh in Aus 2010
October Australia in India 7 ODI series Aus in Ind 2010
November England in Australia 5 Test Series Ashes 2010-11

Pakistan Cricket Schedule : Year 2010
January Pakistan in Australia 3 Test + 5 ODI + T20 Pak in Aus 2010
April Asia Cup ODI Tournament Asia Cup 2010
April T20 World cup in West Indies Twenty20 World Cup World T20 2010
July Pak v Aus in Eng 2 Test & 3 ODI Pak v Aus 2010
Aug-Sept Pakistan v England 4 test & 5 ODI Pak in Eng 2010
October Bangladesh in Pakistan 2 Test + 3 ODI Bdesh in Pak 2010
November South Africa in Pakistan 3 Test + 5 ODI SA in Pak 2010

New Zealand Cricket Schedule : Year 2010
February Bangladesh in New Zealand 1 Test, 3 ODI, 2 T20 Bdesh in NZ 2010
March-April Australia in New Zealand Test + ODI + T20 Aus in NZ 2010
April T20 World cup in West Indies Twenty20 World Cup WC T20 2010
July New Zealand in Sri Lanka Triseries Ind v NZ v SL
October New Zealand in Bangladesh 2 Test + 3 ODI NZ in Bdesh 2010
November New Zealand in India 3 Test + 5 ODI NZ in Ind 2010

Sri Lanka Cricket Schedule : Year 2010
January Srilanka in Bangladesh Triseries Ind v SL v Bdesh
April Asia Cup ODI Tournament Asia Cup 2010
April T20 World cup in West Indies Twenty20 World Cup WC T20 2010
July India & New Zealand in Sri Lanka Tri Series Ind v NZ v SL
Nov-Dec West Indies in Sri Lanka 3 Test + 5 ODI WI in SL 2010

South Africa Cricket Schedule : Year 2010
January England in South Africa 4 Test + 5 ODI Eng in SA 2010
February-March South Africa in India 3 Test + 5 ODI SA in Ind 2010
April T20 World cup in WI Twenty20 World Cup WC T20 2010
May-June South Africa in West Indies 4 Test + 5 ODI SA in WI 2010
September Zimbabwe in South Africa ODI Series Zim in SA 2010
Oct-Nov South Africa in Pakistan 3 Test + 5 ODI SA in Pak 2010

West Indies Cricket Schedule : Year 2010
February West Indies in Australia 5 ODI + T20 WI in Aus 2010
March Zimbabwe in West Indies ODI Series Zim in WI 2010
April T20 World cup in West Indies Twenty20 World Cup WC T20 2010
May-June South Africa in West Indies 4 Test + 5 ODI SA in WI 2010
July – August West Indies tour of England 4 Test + 5 ODI WI in Eng 2010
Nov-Dec West Indies in Sri Lanka 3 Test + 5 ODI WI in SL 2010

Bangladesh Cricket Schedule : Year 2010
January SL & Ind in Bdesh ODI Triseries Ind v SL v Bdesh
January India in Bangladesh 2 Tests Ind in Bdesh 2010
February Bangladesh tour of New Zealand Test + ODI + T20 Bdesh in NZ 2010
March England in Bdesh Test + ODI Eng in Bdesh 2010
April Asia Cup ODI Tournament Asia cup 2010
April T20 World cup in West Indies Twenty20 World cup World T20 2010
May Bangladesh in England 2 Test + 3 ODI Bdesh in Eng 2010
July Bangladesh in Australia 2 Tests Bdesh in Aus 2010
August Bangladesh in Pakistan 2 Test + 3 ODI Bdesh in Pak 2010
October New Zealand in Bangladesh 2 Test + 3 ODI NZ in Bdesh 2010

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 India 11 1 5 17
2 Pakistan 6 8 2 16
3 Sri Lanka 2 8 3 13
4 Bangladesh 1 3 7 11
5 Afghanistan 0 0 5 5
6 Nepal 0 0 5 5
7 Bhutan 0 0 0 0
8 Maldives 0 0 0 0

A large number of activities to celebrate the South Asian Games have already been held in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka and other co-host cities of the South Asian country.

Organizers are now adding the final touches and gearing up entire gamut of preparations to welcome nearly 4,000 players, officials and other guests from eight participating countries including host Bangladesh.

Around 2,800 players from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lank will compete in the mega sports event of South Asia region, which is scheduled to take place from Jan. 29 to Feb. 9 this year.

There are 23 official sports for the 11th SA Games. For the first time, Twenty20 cricket will be included in the games. All of the eight participating nations will send under-21 teams for the cricket tournament.

The convener of the SA Games Ceremonies Committee Major General (retired.) Amin Ahmed Chowdhury told Xinhua on Thursday, “We’re ready to host a gala opening for a lasting impression in the mind of not only the people of Bangladesh but also the people of the sub-continent.”

He expressed the hope that the aquatic show will take the opening ceremony to a new height as it is a new dimension in the sub-continent. “We’ve also completed preparations to host a 15 minute intense fireworks display in the closing ceremony.”

Amin said Bangladeshis Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the games as chief guest while the president of Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah is to be present as special guest.

Over 11,800 school students, 1,300 Ansars, 1000 Army men will be presenting their delightful shows in the opening ceremony, he said adding highly experienced Chinese and French choreographers are extending all required supports to local performers to curve out a splendid show.

General Abdul Mubeen, President of South Asian Olympic Council ( SAOC) and Bangladesh Olympic Association, had earlier said, “We’re keen to host the spectacle in a manner that spreads the fraternity and strengthens the existing relationship among the participating countries.”

However, renovation works at different venues and the construction of the wooden-floor gymnasium, boxing stadium and handball stadium have already been completed.

The final dress rehearsal before the opening ceremony held Wednesday amid high enthusiasm. Meanwhile, the BOA received the torch of the 11th SA Games, lighted for the first time at the Adam Peak in Colombo, at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in Dhaka Wednesday.

The torch will be used to light the newly constructed cauldron at the BNS, which is the main venue of the 11th SA Games in Bangladesh. The 40-foot cauldron is based on a 60-feet frame, with entire structure built with about 250 tons of steel.

The 39th executive meeting of SAOC held in Nepali capital Kathmandu in February, 2009 decided that the 11th SA Games will be held from Jan. 29 in Bangladesh.

The meeting also decided to include eight more games in the 11th edition of SA Games. They are badminton, basketball, cricket, judo, volleyball, wrestling, golf and cycling.

Besides the eight newly added games, other 15 games of the grand sports event are athletics, archery, boxing, football, hockey, handball, kabaddi, karate, swimming, shooting, squash, Taekwondo, table tennis, Wushu and weightlifting.

England 180
South Africa 292/5 (86.5 ov)
South Africa lead by 112 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Day 3 – Session 1

Ireland Under-19s 216/6 (50 ov)
South Africa Under-19s 220/5 (43.4 ov)
South Africa Under-19s won by 5 wickets (with 38 balls remaining)

Canada Under-19s 201/7 (50 ov)
Zimbabwe Under-19s 191 (49.4 ov)
Canada Under-19s won by 10 runs

Afghanistan Under-19s 118 (49.2 ov)
India Under-19s 122/2 (25.2 ov)
India Under-19s won by 8 wickets (with 148 balls remaining)

Passengers traveling to the United States will see more airport security screening and more armed air marshals on flights, Homeland Secretary Secretary Janet Napolitano said.“We must remain vigilant about the continued threat we face from Al-Qaeda,” Napolitano said. “We are taking an additional set of aviation security precautions to protect the American people.

“Some of these measures include enhanced random screening, additional federal air marshals on certain routes and adding individuals of concern to our terrorist watch list system.”

The announcement follows President Barack Obama’s wide-ranging security review, launched in the wake the attempted bombing of a trans-Atlantic jet on Christmas day.

Administration officials, who asked not to be named, said Thursday’s measures were part of wider vigilance in the face of continued Al-Qaeda threats originating from Yemen.

The Obama administration has faced fierce criticism for intelligence failures that allowed a young Nigerian man to board the Detroit-bound airliner, allegedly armed with explosives sewn into his underwear.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (UFA), 23, has been charged with attempted murder and trying to use a weapon of mass destruction on board the Northwest flight carrying 290 people from Amsterdam.

The attack is thought to have been hatched in Yemen, bringing Al-Qaeda’s operations in that Arabian Gulf state into sharp focus.

“We do know AQAP (Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula) sent UFA our way and it would not be prudent to suddenly think that threats like this have passed with his failure,” an administration official told AFP.

“I am sure there will be more security measure announcements in the future as we constantly review all the information available to us.”

Earlier this week Canada put its airlines and airports on high alert after receiving “specific information” about new threats.

Meanwhile, Napolitano warned travelers visiting the United States that they should expected delays.

“Travelers should allot extra time when flying particularly into the United States from overseas,” she said.

While laborious airport screening irks many visitors to the United States, tougher measures are popular with Americans, according to recent polls.

On Thursday, a Quinnipiac University survey showed 63 percent of respondents said US anti-terror policies leaned too far toward protecting civil rights rather than national security.

Industry representatives said the tougher measures had been widely expected.

“We will have to come to grips with the reality that the air travel experience will be different,” said David Castelveter of the Air Transport Association, a trade association.

“It will not be the same tomorrow as it is today. We will have to turn up earlier and pack differently.”

But there are lingering concerns that security related delays will cost already struggling airlines.

To address those concerns Napolitano is scheduled to meet airline executives next week in Geneva, at the headquarters of the International Air Transport Association, an official for the organization said.

The meeting will come as airlines report their forth quarter earnings, which are expected to reflect the full price of delays related to the thwarted Christmas Day bomb plot.