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Saturday, February 04, 2012

Digital downloads: Are boxed games about to disappear?

Are we reaching the tipping point at which the downloading of games begins to dominate the industry? And will it be more about old games than new ones? Some interesting events this week suggest we're close During a conference call to investors and analysts on Wednesday, Electronic Arts revealed some rather impressive -- and telling -- figures. Apparently, the company's revenue from digital games ...


Thursday, February 02, 2012

Bentley And High-End Ski Gear Maker Zai Team Up In Switzerland

Storied British sports luxury marque Bentley celebrated its partnership with ultra high-end ski maker Zai over a weekend in Gstaad, Switzerland, showcasing the commitment to craftsmanship, ultimate performance and uncompromising attention to detail that characterizes the two brands.


Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Trevali Provides Santander Mine Project Status Update

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Trevali Mining Corporation is pleased to provide a status update of its Santander mine project in Peru.CONSTRUCTION SUMMARY --  Experienced Peruvian project development and operations team in place.--  Site and Mine Infrastructure advancing well - will be largely complete    by end of Q1-2012.--  Plant decommissioning advanced at Glencore's Rosaura mine site with ...


Tuesday, January 31, 2012

BSkyB Half Year Results

MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM-- -                 BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING GROUP PLC     Unaudited results for the six months ended 31 December 2011        CONTINUED GROWTH DELIVERING STRONG FINANCIAL RESULTS                         Adjusted results          Reported resultsSix months to     2011       2010   Variance   2011       2010  Variance31 DecemberRevenue         GBP3,364m  GBP3,186m    +6 ...


Saturday, January 28, 2012

In shadow of Everest, promoters tout Great Himalaya Trail as adventurers' option

In the shadow of Mount Everest and its magnetic lore, a cross-border route with a grand name, the Great Himalaya Trail, is being touted as an epic, untapped alternative to the bucket-list trek to base camp on the world's highest mountain.


Friday, January 27, 2012

Provoked or not, the mob was disgraceful

I am almost speechless with anger at the mindless stupidity of the mob and their violence towards our elected leaders in Canberra on Australia Day (''Australia Day turns ugly'', January 27).


Friday, January 27, 2012

A quarter of London migrants claim benefits

One in four Londoners claiming benefits was born abroad, new figures reveal today.


Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Trekkie forced to sink Voyager-themed flat

Lifelong U.K. sci-fi fan Tony Alleyne must take apart his "Star Trek"-themed abode so it can be listed as a "conventional property." Conventionality is so overrated.


Tuesday, January 24, 2012

OnLive Kicks Off Launch of KONAMI's Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 With Play 2 Win Sweepstakes

PALO ALTO, CA-- - OnLive, the pioneer of on-demand cloud gaming, announced today that KONAMI's highly anticipated game Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 is now available for instant play on the OnLive® Game Service. ...


Friday, January 20, 2012

Like Walking? Try The Himalayas

by Christopher Torchia (AP) In the shadow of Mount Everest and its magnetic lore, a crossborder route with a grand name, the Great Himalaya Trail, is being touted as an epic, untapped alternative to the bucket-list trek to base camp on the world's highest mountain. read more


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Helmets polarising quad bike debate

COMMENTS from readers about last week's 'hot helmets' story, part of the ongoing debate about quad-bike safety, are demonstrating how polarised those with a view on the issue are.


Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Arcam rCube: A luxury iPod speaker

(Credit: Arcam ) Arcam has a reputation for producing meticulously engineered high-end audio products, so I was curious to try its iPod speaker, the rCube . I've shied away from reviewing all that many iPod speakers, mostly because they don't offer the best possible sound for the money. That's my beat, finding great-sounding gear, and iPod speakers rarely qualify. Convenient, you bet, sound ...


Friday, January 13, 2012

Top general orders 'Marines peeing on Taliban' video investigation

Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters? USMC i...: The Marine Corps is investigating a Web video appearing to show Marines in Afghanistan urinating on dead Taliban fighters.


Thursday, January 12, 2012

Marines to Investigate Video of Troops Urinating on Afghan Corpses

The 40-second clip, titled "Marines peeing on taliban," has spread to numerous websites, attracting thousands of views and hundreds of comments ? some of them criticizing the men in the video and condemning the Marine Corps at large.


Thursday, January 12, 2012

Marines to Investigate Video of Soldiers Urinating on Afghan Corpses

The 40-second clip, titled "Marines peeing on taliban," has spread to numerous websites, attracting thousands of views and hundreds of comments ? some of them criticizing the men in the video and condemning the Marine Corps at large.


Thursday, January 12, 2012

Netflix launches in the UK and Ireland with "one month free"

After expanding to Canada and Latin America, the streaming video service Netflix has landed in the British Isles to face off with Amazon.com's LoveFilm and begin its global push with its trademark "one month free trial."


Thursday, January 12, 2012

Netflix to start in Britain - no 'Downton Abbey'

Netflix, the Los Gatos video-streaming service so popular in the United States that it has been blamed for overwhelming the Web, may find itself boxed out of the most coveted content in Europe's $76 billion pay TV...


Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Netflix launches in the UK and Ireland with "one month free"

After expanding to Canada and Latin America, the streaming video service Netflix has landed in the British Isles to face off with Amazon.com's LoveFilm and begin its global push with its trademark "one month free trial."


Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Promoters tout Great Himalaya Trail as adventurers' option

In the shadow of Mount Everest and its magnetic lore, a cross-border route with a grand name, the Great Himalaya Trail, is being touted as an epic, untapped alternative to the bucket-list trek to base camp on the world's highest mountain.


Monday, January 09, 2012

Netflix Launches in the U.K. and Ireland With Hollywood Fare to Tempt Subscribers

Stuart Kemp UPDATED: The streaming video service will take on Amazon.com's LoveFilm luring subscribers with film and TV hits such as "The Hobbit," "Breaking Bad" and "The Expendables" and cost 5.99 pounds a month in the U.K. read more


Friday, January 06, 2012

Trekking on the top of the world

In the shadow of Mount Everest and its magnetic lore, a cross-border route with a grand name, the Great Himalaya Trail, is being touted as an epic, untapped alternative to the bucket-list trek to base camp on the world's highest mountain.


Thursday, January 05, 2012

Hiking The Length Of The Himalayan Range (PHOTOS)

In the shadow of Mount Everest and its magnetic lore, a cross-border route with a grand name, the Great Himalaya Trail, is being touted as an epic, untapped alternative to the bucket-list trek to base camp on the world's highest mountain.


Thursday, January 05, 2012

In shadow of Everest, promoters tout Great Himalaya Trail as adventurers' option

In the shadow of Mount Everest and its magnetic lore, a cross-border route with a grand name, the Great Himalaya Trail, is being touted as an epic, untapped alternative to the bucket-list trek to base camp on the world's highest mountain.


Thursday, January 05, 2012

Like walking? Try the Himalayan range, all of it

In the shadow of Mount Everest and its magnetic lore, a cross-border route with a grand name, the Great Himalaya Trail, is being touted as an epic, untapped alternative to the bucket-list trek to base camp on the world's highest mountain.


Monday, January 02, 2012

iProtest: Streaming to hashtags, a study of student activism (part 1)

When student protests seem to be reaching a peak, what are some of the tactics students across the world are implementing online to organise and execute them, and why do they protest?


Sunday, January 01, 2012

Cross-Eyed Opossum And Other Unlikely Stars Of 2011 (PHOTOS)

LONDON (Reuters) - Bunga Bunga, Zenga Zenga, a tweeting cobra and other wacky news capped a year that saw the capture of America's most wanted man and the overthrow of dictators.


Saturday, December 31, 2011

Hello Heidi to bye bye bunga bunga in 2011 odd news

LONDON (Reuters) - Bunga Bunga, Zenga Zenga, a tweeting cobra and other wacky news capped a year that saw the capture of America's most wanted man and the overthrow of dictators. 2011 was filled with animal antics that began with the introduction of Heidi, the cross-eyed opossum, as the latest feral German celebrity to capture hearts around the world. The star of Leipzig Zoo made an appearance ...


Friday, December 30, 2011

Israel Didn't Know High-Tech Gear Was Sent to Iran

The clandestine arrangement worked smoothly for years. The Israeli company shipped its Internet- monitoring equipment to a distributor in Denmark. Once there, workers stripped away the packaging and removed the labels.


Friday, December 30, 2011

Vodafone Buys Unified Communication Consultant Bluefish

Vodafone's Global Enterprise is strengthening its professional services arm by acquiring British consultant Bluefish Communications, which will form the basis of...


Thursday, December 29, 2011

Blumenthal works on the edges, out of the spotlight (VIDEO)

TORRINGTON ? Wrapping up his first year in the U.S. Senate, Richard Blumenthal has made the most of a turbulent year in Congress by largely working in the margins.


Monday, December 26, 2011

BT Files Patent Suit Against Google

British Telecommunications has filed a civil suit in a Delaware court alleging that some Google products and services including Android, and its search, music...


Sunday, December 25, 2011

Blumenthal works on the edges, out of the spotlight (video)

TORRINGTON ? Wrapping up his first year in the U.S. Senate, Richard Blumenthal has made the most of a turbulent year in Congress by largely working in the margins. His hasn't been a voice heard often amid partisan debates on high-profile issues, but the state's junior Democratic senator has nonetheless notched significant accomplishments on issues that matter greatly to many Americans.


Saturday, December 24, 2011

Blumenthal works on the edges, out of the spotlight (videos)

TORRINGTON ? Wrapping up his first year in the U.S. Senate, Richard Blumenthal has made the most of a turbulent year in Congress by largely working in the margins. His hasn't been a voice heard often amid partisan debates on high-profile issues, but the state's junior Democratic senator has nonetheless notched significant accomplishments on issues that matter greatly to many Americans.


Saturday, December 24, 2011

Blumenthal works on the edges, out of the spotlight (WITH VIDEOS)

TORRINGTON ? Wrapping up his first year in the U.S. Senate, Richard Blumenthal has made the most of a turbulent year in Congress by largely working in the margins. His hasn't been a voice heard often amid partisan debates on high-profile issues, but the state's junior Democratic senator has nonetheless notched significant accomplishments on issues that matter greatly to many Americans.


Saturday, December 24, 2011

Netflix U.K. Debut Without 'Downton Abbey' Shows Local Grip

Netflix Inc., the video-streaming service so popular in the U.S. that it has been blamed for overwhelming the Web, may find itself boxed out of the most coveted content in Europe's $76 billion pay TV market.


Saturday, December 24, 2011

Israel Didn't Know Tech Gear Was Sent to Iran Via Denmark

The clandestine arrangement worked smoothly for years. The Israeli company shipped its Internet- monitoring equipment to a distributor in Denmark. Once there, workers stripped away the packaging and removed the labels.


Saturday, December 24, 2011

Israel Didn't Know Tech Gear Was Sent to Iran

The clandestine arrangement worked smoothly for years. The Israeli company shipped its Internet- monitoring equipment to a distributor in Denmark. Once there, workers stripped away the packaging and removed the labels.


Friday, December 23, 2011

Israel Didn't Know High-Tech Gear Was Sent to Iran Via Denmark

The clandestine arrangement worked smoothly for years. The Israeli company shipped its Internet- monitoring equipment to a distributor in Denmark. Once there, workers stripped away the packaging and removed the labels.


Thursday, December 22, 2011

Meet the future of consulting

FORTUNE -- It's a chilly but bright winter day in Manhattan, and sunlight streams into the sparsely decorated, industrial-chic offices of PSFK on Bond Street. The elevator opens directly onto the polished, hardwood floor of the company's open workspace, where a number of casually-dressed twenty- and thirty-somethings sit side by side at long tables, typing away on laptops.


Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Empire MX-6 trail bike -- First look & ride

The latest bike from UK-based micro brand Empire is just as structurally innovative and eyecatching as their AP-1 downhill frame . We caught up with designer Chris Williams and his MX-6 all-mountain prototype at Stainburn trail centre to see what true innovation rides like. Plenty of companies claim to use cutting-edge construction techniques but few are as in your face about it as Empire. The ...


Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Real Time Visibility and Collaboration Across Complex Supply Chains Delivers Benefits to RPC Containers

The retail trade covers a very large number of products in many different shapes and sizes and in a great variety of containers. The consumer products come from thousands of suppliers through many and complex supply chains. There is one company whose products appear in most of these supply chains but which is not a household name - while their products are probably in every household in Europe ...


Monday, December 19, 2011

Boom times for surveillance tech

Vendors at secretive confab tout tools aplenty that can hack cell phones and computers, plus gear that can record all Internet communications in a given country, documents published by The Wall Street Journal show.


Friday, December 16, 2011

Scientists set networking speed record

Researchers have demonstrated a network capable of sending 186 gigabits per second of data between two supercomputers, a step that could aid scientific projects ( ZDNet UK - Networking )


Monday, December 12, 2011

African Democracies Are Indeed Tragic -- Corruption -- XXIX

Executive interference in the judiciary is another worrying issue Ghana must deal with if the country is to make any headway on the democratic trajectory.


Friday, December 09, 2011

A Personal Trainer You Can Wear on Your Wrist

Sports watches now are lighter, more rugged and loaded with digital features like GPS tracking.


Friday, December 09, 2011

Repressive gov'ts using U.S.-made spy technology

Trade in surveillance technology raises worries


Friday, December 09, 2011

What does EMI sale mean for digital music fans?

The music company that owns the Beatles collection and is home to such music acts as Katy Perry and Coldplay is being broken into pieces and sold to its biggest competitors. Is this bad news for Web music? Yes and no.


Wednesday, December 07, 2011

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A few weeks ago, I read a really interesting article titled "Give Your Liver a Break" in the British cycling mag Cycling Weekly. The essence of it was that it's the off-season and holiday season (and here in the US football season), which for many means it's high alcohol consumption season.


Sunday, December 04, 2011

Tech Business Weekly Recap: Verizon Disrupts Telecom, Amazon and Apple's Tablet Battle

All the top business stories of the week in the technology sector ...


Saturday, December 03, 2011

In Focus: The brave new world of surveillance

A trade show for spyware expands around the world and critics begin to sound the alarm over misuse.


Friday, December 02, 2011

Stream of online TV shows and movies starts flowing

Irish broadband users are at last getting a wide range of movies and TV on-demand


Thursday, December 01, 2011

Repressive governments using U.S.-made spy technology

Trade in surveillance technology raises worries


Wednesday, November 30, 2011

BBC America December Highlights

"Doctor Who: The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe" premieres Sunday, December 25 at 9:00 8:00c.


Tuesday, November 29, 2011

College sport: Rising stars of golf and athletics take top honours

It was more of the same with golf and athletics again the big winners when the ASB Young Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year were handed out at the awards dinner.Lydia Ko (Pinehurst) followed Cecelia Cho (Pakuranga College) as...


Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The Daily's Gift & Gadget Guide Tops 100,000 Downloads

NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2011 PRNewswire -- With the nation's busiest shopping season in full swing, The Daily's Gift and Gadget Guide has garnered more than 100,000 downloads since its November 10th launch.  The Daily is the No. 1 best-selling iPad publication in Newsstand and...


Tuesday, November 29, 2011

TV Junkie: 'Bored To Death' Season Finale Tonight! 'Walking Dead' on Hiatus 'til Feb. '12

Tonight will be the "Bored To Death" season finale - please watch and pray that HBO brings this gem back again for another season. --- Why, why, why is AMC putting "The Walking Dead" on hiatus until Feb.? Makes no sense. --- All this and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan. [ more ? ]


Monday, November 28, 2011

Out & About: Water soon to rise at Banks Lake - Sun, 27 Nov 2011 PST

OUTEXPOSE -- The jury's still out on how much the lowest maintenance drawdown in Banks Lake's history will impact the reservoir's popular sport fisheries. But opportunistic bass, walleye, whitefish and panfish anglers are making photos and detailed notes of exposed structure they'll want to explore with hook and line when the water levels begin returning to normal levels this winter.


Friday, November 18, 2011

Apple, Rambus, Pfizer, Microsoft: Intellectual Property

Apple Inc. must provide to Samsung Electronics Co. its contracts with Australian mobile-phone carriers as the South Korean company demanded in a patent dispute with the iPhone maker, a judge ruled.


Thursday, November 17, 2011

Whale is freed from fishing nets

A 40ft-long whale has been successfully freed from fishing gear off the coast of East Lothian.


Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Slice Aims to Organize Your Shopping, Electronically

A new tool called Slice aims to help you organize your shopping sprees.


Saturday, November 12, 2011

BBC America Greenlights Five More Specials of "The Nerdist"

The first special will premiere on Saturday, December 24 at 9:00 8:00c as a one-hour year-end review of all the things that nerds love.


Saturday, November 12, 2011

BBC America Greenlights Five More Specials of "The Nerdist"

The first special will premiere on Saturday, December 24 at 9:00 8:00c as a one-hour year-end review of all the things that nerds love.


Saturday, November 12, 2011

BBC America Greenlights Five More Specials of "The Nerdist"

The first special will premiere on Saturday, December 24 at 9:00 8:00c as a one-hour year-end review of all the things that nerds love.


Friday, November 11, 2011

Weekend talk thread November 4 -- 6

I know there's a fair bit of love for tractors in weekend threads, but have you ever wanted to build your own? Want to build some life size Meccano gear?


Friday, November 11, 2011

Computer scientists design wireless bike brake

In my neighborhood in Portland, Ore., the hipsters all like to ride minimalist fixed-gear bikes (aka fixies). Without a freewheel, a fixie generally requires pedaling forward to move forward and pedaling backward to brake. Brakes with wires are just so last year. Shoot, even handlebars are starting to look a tad frilly. Holger Hermanns (Credit: Saarland University) Good thing, then, that a team ...


Thursday, November 10, 2011

Fans of 'This Is Spinal Tap' are ready to go to 11

If ever there was a day that went to 11, Friday would be it: the 11th day of November, the 11th month, in the year 2011. And that is why for well over a year now, fans of the movie This Is Spinal Tap have had Friday circled on their calendars.


Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Police report Occupy arrests across U.S.

ATLANTA, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Police reported arrests in the Occupy movement spread to cities across the United States and a Portland, Ore., group said it did not vandalize two banks.


Friday, November 04, 2011

BBC America's Dramaville Presents Award-Winning Conspiracy Thriller "State of Play" in December

The six-part series lead to the feature film version starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Helen Mirren.


Thursday, November 03, 2011

Cisco, Human Genome, Google, Viacom: Intellectual Property

Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) and Hewlett- Packard Co. were accused of infringing a patent for routers and wireless networks in a case that may result in a ban of U.S. imports of their products.


Tuesday, November 01, 2011

HP to use ARM processors in new line of servers

Breaking from its longstanding reliance on computer chips from Intel and AMD, Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday that it's developing a new line of servers using energy-efficient processors based on designs from an upstart company better known for technology used in mobile phones.


Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air Speaker Dock Review

I've read in a few audiophile articles that a good, reasonably priced set of stereo speakers paired with an amplifier will trump the best iPod speaker dock no matter the cost. While that may be true, when I heard the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air, I began to have some doubts. The British company, Bowers & Wilkins [...]


Sunday, October 30, 2011

One couple's story of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from beginning to end

Hiking 2,650 miles for five straight months through extreme mountainous terrain is grueling enough. But when 500 of those miles are covered in snow, what begins as a test of endurance can turn into a test of survival.


Friday, October 28, 2011

Updates on Occupy Protests Nationwide

After a night of violence in Oakland, The Lede is following the response of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in cities across the country.


Thursday, October 27, 2011

Passing on the Legacy

It's a rare experience, Geoff Harvey says, slicing a pair of cross-country skis through the powder at the Fourth of July Pass.


Thursday, October 27, 2011

Citrix snaps up App-DNA for app migration

Throws kit and caboodle into clouds Citrix Systems has thrown a dizzying array of cloudy things at its partners and customers at the Synergy customer conference it is hosting in Barcelona, Spain this week, and like the cloud itself, the whole thing was a bit amorphous....


Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Does the Euro Have a Future?

Fool U.K.'s David Kuo talks to economic advisor Ruth Lea.


Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Britain's Co-operative Group takes ethics to a new level

The new "Join theRevolution" ad campaign presents images of ways that the Group supported the creation of co-ops in their own communities. The Co-operative Group is Britain's largest cooperative organization, accounting for roughly 90 percent of all co-op trade in the country.


Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Rescuers hopeful as more planes enlisted

Major Kent Wright, emergency services officer with Civil Air Patrol out of Utah, checks out their plane equipped with special imaging system on board. The aircraft was flown in from Utah to help in the search for Steve Fossett.


Saturday, October 22, 2011

Mompreneurs: Powerful business network or pink-collar ghetto?

The notion of a pink collar ghetto sparks prickly debate between those outraged that women and baby products be seen as less serious and others who find the term 'mompreneur' demeaning.


Friday, October 21, 2011

Sony Reader Wi-Fi (PRS-T1)

Sony finally comes down to earth with the Reader Wi-Fi, a $150 ebook reader that compares well with the B&N Nook Touch and upcoming Amazon Kindle Touch.


Friday, October 21, 2011

MatthewWard commented Dale Farm eviction: Bailiffs move in

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Friday, October 21, 2011

VANCOUVER -- Moray Keith, Chair of the 2011 Grey Cup Festival Committee revealed plans today surrounding the 2011 Grey ...

Citizens of Vancouver, British Columbians and football fans from across the country will be treated to four days of celebration and events including a parade, street festival, family zone and two concert series.


Friday, October 21, 2011

The web of vested interests behind the anti-wind farm lobby

A network analysis of links between the principal voices involved in demonising wind farms in Australia has been circulating in recent weeks and reveals connections between some of the principal wind farm opponents. Read more on the blog...


Sunday, October 16, 2011

Store Wars: BHS and Marks & Spencer

Each week we look at shops competing in the same sector. This week, Marks & Spencer and BHS go head-to-head Hilary Osborne


Sunday, October 16, 2011

Kawasaki's 2012 ZX-14R will be the most powerful production motorcycle ever

Kawasaki has released details of its 2012 ZX-14R and the Japanese giant has once again gazumped the competition to retake top spot on the motorcycle horsepower ladder. No figures have been released, other than the statement that it will be the fastest accelerating motorcycle in production and it that has the most powerful production motorcycle engine ever built. This article summarises ...


Friday, October 14, 2011

Bare foot forward

Are athletic shoes with their ever-evolving impact-cushioning technologies one of modern society's biggest cons?


Friday, October 14, 2011

2011 Grey Cup Festival plans revealed

Go to TSN.ca for details. #TSN


Friday, October 14, 2011

Vancouver Prepares To Raise The Roof

VANCOUVER, B.C. October 13th, 2011 - Moray Keith, Chair of the 2011 Grey Cup Festival Committee revealed plans today surrounding the 2011 Grey Cup Festival coming to Vancouver November 24th -27th, 2011.


Friday, October 14, 2011

UAW deal with Chrysler sucks, GM software sucks, and Saab's day doesn't suck [The Morning Shift]

# themorningshift This is the Morning Shift , our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important ? all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important? More »


Thursday, October 13, 2011

China communists okay but not Mat Sabu, says DPM

KUALA LUMPUR - Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin defended his attendance at a dinner tonight with a senior official of the Communist Party of China as a meeting with Malaysia's top trading partner which should not be linked to Umno's attack against Mohamad Sabu.


Monday, October 10, 2011

Grunty systems vital when websites fail

Land Rovers are affairs of the heart, not of the head. When they are running right there are few vehicles that can match them for offroad ability, industrial good looks and adventurous spirit. Sadly in my experience there are fair whacks of time when they are not running right, and during these periods they can be frustrating, expensive and time-consuming.


Thursday, October 06, 2011

Ireland deserve to win World Cup - Bloom

British actor Orlando Bloom may have some questions to answer after he openly expressed his hope for the Irish rugby team to win this year's Rugby World Cup.


Thursday, October 06, 2011

Roald Dahl's BFG set for movie adaptation

Roald Dahl's classic children's book The BFG is set to be turned into a live-action film, according to reports.


Tuesday, October 04, 2011

The Edge Factor TV Show Chronicles SolidWorks-Designed Bike Parts in Gnarly Competition

CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Slopestyle mountain biking, a genre that combines big-air, stunt-filled freeride with BMX-style tricks, is growing in popularity. As the sport grows, so does the catalogue of products designed for participants. To showcase both the sport and the gear, The Edge Factor Show has produced a new episode entitled "Gnarly Metal," which chronicles the design and ...


Sunday, October 02, 2011

Microsoft opens curtains on Windows 8 (week in review)

At its Build conference, Microsoft sheds some light on the upcoming OS--the first to work on tablets with touch from the start and a potential game-changer. Also, the anti-Flash crowd and more iPhone 5 speculation.


Friday, September 30, 2011

Navy's new electromagnetic catapult 'real smooth'

A Navy E-2D Advanced Haweye radar surveillance aircraft is readied for launch from the new electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) catapult at Joint Base Lakehurst Tuesday morning.


Friday, September 30, 2011

Final Cut Pro X gets first big update, and a free trial

Apple is adding a handful of features to its professional video editing software, along with a way for users to try it free for a month. Originally posted at Apple Talk


Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Help scientists record invasion of Chinese mitten crabs

Its name might sound cuddly but the Chinese mitten crab is one of the worlds worst invasive species and scientists need help recording sightings in the UK.


Tuesday, September 27, 2011

World's first Lego greenhouse on show in London

The world's first Lego greenhouse is now on show in Covent Garden, as part of the London Design Festival.


Friday, September 23, 2011

A Campus Champion for Women in Computer Science

The percentage of female comp sci majors at Harvey Mudd College has tripled since the 2006 arrival of President Maria Klawe


Friday, September 23, 2011

They're cage fighters - and they're eight

A SHOCKING video has gone up the web that shows children as young as eight fighting in a cage in front of baying crowds.


Friday, September 23, 2011

Six questions to Dr M over Merdeka denial

Dr Mahathir Mohamad's remark backing a statement by pro-UMNO academic Dr Zainal Kling that Malaya had never been colonised has prompted Johor PAS Youth chief Suhaizan Kaiat (pic) to pose six questions to the former strongman.


Wednesday, September 21, 2011

NEWS 25 WEHT Evansville, Henderson, OwensboroFrom Digital Trends

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings finally apologizes for the price hike two months ago and reveals that DVD (and now video game) rentals are going to be run by a new company called Qwikster.


Thursday, September 15, 2011

HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio unveiled

Early August HTC invested in Beats Electronics, known for the Dr Dre Audio gear. Today HTC unveiled the first phone with integrated Beats Audio technology. The HTC Sensation XE runs on a 1.5Ghz Dual-...


Wednesday, September 14, 2011

The best of online shopping for men

Whether you're looking for basics or the hot designs for this fall, these sites have the best selections and the best deals so you can dress smart -- without losing your shirt.


Monday, September 12, 2011

Fourth-annual G3 Skigraphiks contest launches a month earlier for 2011-12 winter season

Vancouver, British Columbia For the fourth ski season in a row, G3, manufacturer of industry-leading gear for backcountry and sidecountry skiing, will team up with sponsoring partners to give skiers four chances to see their graphics atop a pair of limited-edition G3 skis. The G3 Skigraphiks contest has been rapidly growing each year...


Monday, September 12, 2011

Marine killed by roadside bomb

A Royal Marine has been killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said. Related Stories Stars gear up for Irish Sea swim Watchdog rules out Coulson probe Murder probe after kebab shop blast CPS handed Huhne speeding files Boy charged with web hacking attack


Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Freddie gets a Google doodle

watchmaker Raymond Weil and the Nelson Mandela Foundation.


Monday, September 05, 2011

Freddie Mercury Day is celebrated with Google doodle

Queen star Freddie Mercury honoured on 65th birthday anniversary with Google doodle and a new Lotus car.


Friday, September 02, 2011

Debt crisis: as it happened - September 1, 2011

Rolling coverage of the rollercoaster in financial markets as the eurozone and US come under increasing pressure to deal with high debt level and stave off another recession.


Thursday, September 01, 2011

TRAVPR.COM EXPLORE NEW SON DOONG CAVING TOUR VIETNAM

TRAVPR.COM VIETNAM - September 1st, 2011 - Son Doong cave Vietnamese: Hang Son Doong - http: www.sondoong-cave.com is worlds largest cave, located in Son Trach, Bo Trach District, Quang Binh province, Vietnam. It is found by a local man named Ho Khanh in 1991 and was recently discovered in 2009 by British cavers, led by Howard Limbert. The name Son Doong cave means mountain river cave,...


Wednesday, August 31, 2011

China Education Resources Inc. Confirms 130,000 Teachers Training Programs with 14 Provinces and Reports Q2 of 2011 ...

www.chinaeducationresources.com VANCOUVER , Aug. 30, 2011 PRNewswire - China Education Resources, Inc. ("CER") (TSXV: CHN, OTCQX: CHNUF), a leading technology provider of online learning, training courses and tools for teachers, students and education professionals in China , announced today that it has confirmed with 14 provinces ( Qinghai , Liaoning , Gansu ...


Friday, August 26, 2011

Who you callin' tinhorn, asks Alberta native Corb Lund

Corb Lund is the first to declare he's not much of a monarchist. In fact, he even appears to question the value of Canada keeping such close ties to the age-old British institution. Relax, Monarchist League of Canada members.[...]


Friday, August 26, 2011

Wills and Kate see Inbetweeners Movie at cinema

Wills and Kate see Inbetweeners Movie at cinema


Friday, August 26, 2011

G3 launches new German version of website

Vancouver, British Columbia With winter quickly approaching, backcountry-skiing enthusiasts the world over are patiently waiting to earn their turns in deep powder, or tiefschnee, for German-speaking skiers. With its business in German-speaking markets growing, G3, manufacturer of industry-leading gear for backcountry skiing, announced the addition this month of a German-speaking version...


Wednesday, August 24, 2011

BBC America Launches on Cablevision This Week

BBC America Now on iO TV Digital Cable Channel 101(PRWEB) August 23, 2011 Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) today announced the addition of BBC AMERICA to iO TV digital cable on channel 101. The network is launching in some markets today and will be available in standard and high definition across Cablevision's entire service area by Thursday, August 25. As part of the company's agreement to ...


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Must See HDTV (August 22nd - 28th)

It's a pretty slow week while we wait for the fall TV season to get in gear and the NFL preseason comes to an end, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to watch. Check out our top three picks for the week right here, and look after the break for our weekly listings of what to look out for on TV, Blu-ray and videogames. Swingers Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau star in this classic flick that's ...


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

'Google needs TV' will be message at Edinburgh

Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google, is expected to offer television executives an olive branch -- and perhaps even some funding ? An open letter from Tess Alps of Thinkbox When Google's chairman Eric Schmidt gives the MacTaggart lecture to an audience of television executives in Edinburgh on Friday, the first person from outside the broadcasting sector to do so, he will deliver a positive message ...


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Greenland's big melt: On endless ice, searching for clues to our future

It's already started, thanks to global warming. The question is how much ice will keep slipping into the ocean - and how fast?


Sunday, August 21, 2011

Technology deals hotting up as big-hitters spend cash

The markets may have been plummeting on both sides of the Atlantic, but this was the week that technology stocks went up - literally and metaphorically.


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

BTO Sports Gives You the Most Scenic Rides for Your 2011 Summer Vacation

Being inundated by major highways and less than attractive exit ramps on a regular day-to-day basis has made many riders apathetic to their surroundings. But come the summer months, relaxation sets in and a sudden rush to explore and enjoy the country roads becomes a palpable sensation.


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

? fireworks, flares, or other pyrotechnics ? alcoholic beverages of any kind, narcotics or other illegal stimulants ...

The world keeps getting crazier and the sports arena is no exception. I was totally amazed last week to learn the Windjack family was considered high risk at a CFL football game in British Columbia.


Monday, August 15, 2011

Greenland's ice puzzle is key to rising seas

Scientists scouring Greenland this summer are trying to answer a crucial question: How much of its ice will melt, and how quickly, in a world warming fastest in the Arctic?


Monday, August 15, 2011

Motorola could help cure ailing Google TV

Google is eyed with suspicion by cable companies but the Motorola Mobility acquisition could help the company create new opportunities for Google TV.


Monday, August 15, 2011

On endless ice, searching for clues to our future

The pilot eased his five-ton helicopter toward the glacier's rumpled surface, aiming for the lightest of setdowns atop one of the fastest-flowing ice streams on Earth.


Sunday, August 14, 2011

Two Whalers gain gridiron experience

Canada Cup a major learning experience for pair


Friday, August 12, 2011

Ask Dr. Crankshaft: Won't start, fixing heater core, Top Gear

Chevy Cavalier won't start


Friday, August 12, 2011

Live: Rioters punished around the clock

Updates: LONDON court runs all night and into the morning as racial tensions continue to simmer after days of rioting.


Thursday, August 11, 2011

24 hour justice: UK rioters punished

Live updates: LONDON court runs all night and into the morning as racial tensions continue to simmer after days of rioting.


Thursday, August 11, 2011

UK riots: 'A fightback is under way'

Live updates: THE world rallies behind mugging survivor Ashraf Haziq in the wake of violence that has left four people dead.


Thursday, August 11, 2011

Chatsworth set for Rally Show extravaganza

The Rally Show at Chatsworth looks certain to be a motor sport extravaganza. For the event -- which attracted 10,000 spectators when it was launched last year -- is set to move into top gear.


Thursday, August 11, 2011

Beach 'bums' to sport ads

LONDON -- Soccer teams have home and away shirts, tennis and golf stars have clothes and gear with sponsored logos, but if you're a female beach-volleyball player, there's not a lot of costume real estate to hire out to the marketing folks. That's why British beach volleyball...


Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Debt crisis: as it happened, August 5, 2011

Rolling coverage of the roller coaster in financial markets as the eurozone and US come under increasing pressure to deal with high levels of debt and stave off another recession.


Sunday, August 07, 2011

Counterfeiters trying to cash in on Jets craze

When the Winnipeg Jets unveiled their new logo two weeks ago, they expected to encounter copy cats. They didn't expect it to happen so quickly. Counterfeit jerseys have leaked onto the market nearly a month before True North Sports and Entertainment plans to unveil the new uniforms for their prized franchise.


Sunday, August 07, 2011

Former Cisco engineer indicted on hacking charges

A former Cisco engineer at the center of an extradition controversy has been indicted by a federal grand jury on computer hacking charges.


Sunday, August 07, 2011

Are any rock musicians audiophiles?

If music plays such a large role in their lives, why are there so few musician audiophiles? Originally posted at The Audiophiliac


Sunday, August 07, 2011

How to buy great sound on the cheap, think 'vintage' audio

Innovative Audio specializes in selling affordable "vintage" hi-fis. Complete systems with a receiver, turntable or CD player and speakers start around $500! Originally posted at The Audiophiliac


Sunday, August 07, 2011

Officials gear up for busiest Stampede weekend

Emergency officials are gearing up for the last and busiest weekend of the Calgary Stampede - and warning revellers to watch their alcohol intake.


Saturday, August 06, 2011

In the president's plane was struck by lightning Israel: Israel Today

After receiving consent to Abu Mazen for the new "French initiative", but without waiting for a response from Mr. Netanyahu, the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy made a direct blackmail Israel, he threatened to support recognition of independence of an Arab state in Judea and Samaria, and if Abbas would declare it unilaterally.


Saturday, August 06, 2011

MiddleEastPostBox.com Offers Cost EffectiveTargeted Email and SMS Messaging Solutions

MiddleEastPostBox.com is offering organisations based outside of Middle East an opportunity to reach out to potential high net worth individuals in the oil rich economies of the Gulf States. According to Sharad Agarwal, CEO of Cyber Gear, the company that owns MiddleEastPostBox.com, "We are helping organisations expand their business in reaching out to a large population of online subscribers ...


Saturday, August 06, 2011

News in Brief: Body & Brain

Knights' bodily burden, go-to-sleep nerve cells, rat empathy and more in this week's news


Friday, August 05, 2011

Nissan calls out 'Top Gear' over Leaf review

Nissan executive vice-president Andy Palmer asserts that Top Gear created its portrayal of the Nissan Leaf running out of electricity, rather than actually testing the car.


Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Lotus's new Club Racer

Lightweight performance has always been key for British sports car maker - and the Club Racer is its lightest Elise yet.


Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Feasterville native on Pacific Crest Trail

The Pacific Crest Trail is notorious for its unforgiving climates and terrain, quickly switching from scorching deserts to steep and snow packed high altitudes to volcanic mountain ranges. That hasn'


Saturday, July 30, 2011

BBC iPlayer goes global with iPad app

Western Europe first for subscription-based service, with US to follow later in 2011 BBC Worldwide is launching its global iPlayer service on Thursday, via an iPad app that will be made available in 11 countries in Western Europe. The US, Canada and Australia will follow later this year, as part of what is intended to be a one-year pilot. The service will offer a limited amount of content for ...


Friday, July 29, 2011

"Funky spy punk" Show grows

"The Show will grow," the slogan of the Yellow Springs-based three-piece indie band The Show, is prophetic. The band, which dabbles in psychedelic and garage rock while never straying far from its British punk roots, is rapidly becoming a local favorite.


Friday, July 29, 2011

BBC launches hosted iPad app for 11 European countries

IDG News Service - The BBC is expanding its popular iPlayer digital content service, launching a subscription iPad application for 11 European countries, the broadcaster said on Thursday.


Friday, July 29, 2011

BBC Launches Subscription IPad App for 11 European Countries

The BBC is expanding its popular iPlayer digital content service, launching a subscription iPad application for 11 European countries, the broadcaster said on Thursday.


Thursday, July 28, 2011

Tuned In: Meteorologists explain why they weather the storm

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Ever wonder why weather anchors run into a storm to be buffeted by hurricane-force winds? Meteorologists at The Weather Channel say it's important to show viewers what conditions are like -- but to do it in a safe, responsible way.


Wednesday, July 27, 2011

New poll suggests most Jamaicans believe island would be better off as British colony

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) ? A new poll suggests that most Jamaicans believe the island would be better off under British rule.


Monday, July 25, 2011

Most American Jewish support Israeli withdrawal to 1967 borders: Israel Today

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak spoke before representatives of the Norwegian government and offered any assistance necessary in connection with a series of terrorist attacks in Oslo. Representatives from Norway, thanks for the offer and said that at this stage the authorities cope with the consequences of the tragedy of their own.


Sunday, July 24, 2011

OUTDOORS: Nooksack humpy season set to start

Whatcom County anglers will get their first crack at Nooksack River humpies in at least six years st


Friday, July 22, 2011

Readers share how 'Harry Potter' has affected their lives

As midnight of July 15th comes closer, I am preparing myself for excitement, suspense and sadness. It's not like I don't know how the story ends. As a true fan, the thought of the end of the Harry Potter movies brings about many feelings. Why am I, a 42 year old mother of a 12 and 17 year old obsessed with the Harry Potter world? Why do I read each book over again a week before the release of ...


Wednesday, July 20, 2011

10 Cybersecurity Stocks for the Coming Cyber Wars

This sector is not for the faint of heart, but if you want to jump in, here's where to start looking.


Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Study shows small-scale fisheries' impact on marine life

Small-scale fisheries could pose a more serious threat to marine life than previously thought. Research led by the University of Exeter, published today (19 July) in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, shows that tens of thousands of turtles from across the Pacific are being captured through the activities of small-scale fisheries.


Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Twist Marketing client District of Elkford wins Marketing Project of the Year Award

Elkford, British Columbia Twist Marketings Destination Marketing star continues to shine brightly The District of Elkford, a longstanding Twist Marketing client, recently received the Economic Development Association of British Columbias EDABC 2010-2011 Marketing Project of the Year Award for its branding and marketing initiatives that began with a rebranding...


Saturday, July 16, 2011

Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2011 Qualifying

Watch Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2011 Qualifying live streaming online on July 09, 2011 for the Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2011 Qualifying and see the world's top F1 car racing driver in action as the unpredictable weather is hampering the F1 drivers...


Saturday, July 16, 2011

Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2011 Qualifying Live

Watch Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2011 Qualifying live streaming online on July 09, 2011 for the Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2011 Qualifying and see the world's top F1 car racing driver in action as the unpredictable weather is hampering the F1 drivers...


Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Doctor Who Time Warps To Facebook's VOD

By order of the Shadow Proclamation (okay, Facebook), select episodes of Doctor Who will materialize online for fans around the world. Including one that's never been released before. The BBC, that venerable broadcaster adored by grandmas across the globe, is trying something new: Its Worldwide arm is putting select episodes of one of the BBC's content jewels, Doctor Who, online as a paid video ...


Friday, July 08, 2011

The Businesses Benefiting From the Arab Spring

We'll forgive you if you don't associate Levi's jeans with the Middle East uprisings. But, hey, maybe someday you might.   Levi's president Robert Hanson tells Reuters today that the company is launching a global "Go Forth" marketing campaign to tap into the Arab Spring's revolutionary spirit. "You've got young people showing up saying let's galvanize the power of our collective force, work hard ...


Friday, July 08, 2011

BBC America - August Highlights

New seasons of "Gordon Ramsay's F Word" and "Top Gear" are on tap, plus four new "Doctor Who" specials.


Friday, July 08, 2011

Ford pulls News of the World ads, Bugatti's porcelain supercar, and recalls lead to fiery death [The Morning Shift]

# themorningshift This is the Morning Shift , our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important ? all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important? More »


Sunday, July 03, 2011

Canadians up to speed on Confederation but not on much else: survey

Don't feel bad if you end up with a less than stellar score on that annual Canada Day IQ test ? you're probably not alone.


Sunday, July 03, 2011

Tough talk

By: PSU needs to get its priorities straight and support its debate team The number-one thing Americans fear is public speaking. More than bears, spiders and gonorrhea, the most terrifying situation someone in this country can imagine is standing up and g...


Sunday, July 03, 2011

LulzSec Hacks UK Government, Begins Operation Anti-Security

With a shift towards world- and internet-controlling institutions, LulzSec has apparently managed to breach the British government and download vast amounts of sensitive information.


Sunday, July 03, 2011

Mother of Canadian cancer research activist Terry Fox dies

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) ? The mother of cancer research activist Terry Fox, whose marathon cross-Canada run inspired a global fundraising effort to fight the disease, has died.


Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Rhapsody needs to turn up the volume

There's a new game you can play if you're following the recent hype around online music services. 's like "Where's Waldo?" But instead of looking for a little guy hidden in a complicated picture, you look for a proud company that's vanished from the industry it helped create. I call this game "Where's Rhapsody?"


Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Rhapsody abides in musical cloud it created decade ago

Brier Dudley | There's a new game you can play if you're following the recent hype around online music services. It's like "Where's Waldo?" But instead of looking for a little guy hidden in a complicated picture, you look for a proud company that's vanished from the industry it helped create. I call this game "Where's Rhapsody?"


Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Tonight's interview: Eddie Izzard

Been a fan of Eddie Izzard forever, or at least since "Mystery Men" or "The Cat's Meow." He's a Range Rover's voice in "Cars 2," so I thought, "What the hey? Let's see if Eddie I., who popped up as an 'action transvestite' on that forum of butch motoring, 'Top Gear,' has any car stories that [...]


Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Coldplay urges fans to check out pro-Palestinian music video

The British rock band Coldplay in a message posted on its Facebook page urged fans to check out the "Freedom for Palestine" music video.


Sunday, June 26, 2011

Japan Nuclear Disaster Update 29: Indecent Exposure [Greg Laden's Blog]

Much of the current news is about exposure and fallout. As a point of information, the Sievert is a unit of "dose equivliant" from exposure to ionizing radiation. It was designed to indicate relative levels of biological effects on living organisms. This measurement technique attempts to take into account the fact that radiation is absorbed differently by different tissues. Usually we speak in ...


Saturday, June 25, 2011

FELIX STURM MATTHEW MACKLIN MARK GREENBERG EPIX CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT

Three-time middleweight champion FELIX STURM (35-2-1, 15 KOs), of Germany, makes his 10th defense of his WBA middleweight title against top-rated cont ...


Saturday, June 25, 2011

Media Interview w. Felix Sturm, Matthew Macklin, & Mark Greenberg | BoxingInsider.com - Boxing | Boxing News

Three-time middleweight champion FELIX STURM (35-2-1, 15 KOs), of Germany, makes his 10th defense of his WBA middleweight title against top-rated contender MATTHEW "Mack the Knife" MACKLIN (28-2, 19 KOs), of the UK, This Saturday!


Saturday, June 25, 2011

Upgrade your headphones' sound with Musical Fidelity's new amp

Musical Fidelity's M1 HPA headphone amp sounds sweet and sports a USB input and onboard digital-to-analog converter.


Saturday, June 25, 2011

Premier wants Cup rioters to do jail time

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark pledged Friday her government would provide funding to catch and prosecute those responsible for the riot Wednesday night.


Saturday, June 25, 2011

Vancouver police chief admits mistakes made in riot

Vancouver's chief of police admitted Friday he would have handled Wednesday's riot differently, had he known then what he knows now.


Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Perfect Summer Reads (in Tyee Books)

Whether you're mulching your balcony garden or watching half-wits feed bears, here are books for every summer moment.


Wednesday, June 22, 2011

UK home secretary criticizes universities for 'complacency' toward Islamic extremism

LONDON (AP) ? Britain's Home Secretary has accused universities of complacency in tackling Islamic extremism and radicalization on campus.


Monday, June 20, 2011

B.C. premier wants Cup rioters to do jail time

With a repaired downtown drugstore as her backdrop, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark pledged Friday the government would provide funding to catch and prosecute those responsible for the riot Wednesday night that left sections of the city in shambles following the Vancouver Canucks Stanley Cup final loss to the Boston Bruins.


Monday, June 20, 2011

PORTER COUNTY SPORTS BRIEFS: Valpo volleyball camp June 27-30

VU football camp Sunday; Valpo plans fun runs; Valpo High School to host gymnastics camp; South Central sets camps


Monday, June 20, 2011

Post-Cup final riot burns Vancouver

Police on horseback ride through downtown Vancouver as a car and more burn in rioting after Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final.


Thursday, June 16, 2011

After riots, residents seek justice through social media

Rioters who smashed windows, flipped and burned cars and generally caused mayhem in downtown Vancouver after the Canucks' loss Wednesday night may discover some unwelcome evidence of their actions when they log into Facebook on Thursday.


Thursday, June 16, 2011

Riot police struggle to calm violent crowd in Vancouver

A violent and unruly crowd overturned cars, set fires and looted stores throughout downtown Vancouver late Wednesday, after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup final 4-0 to the Boston Bruins.


Thursday, June 16, 2011

E Cape honours world welterweight queen

Noni Tenge defeated the odds last Saturday as she took the IBF world welterweight title at Carnival City in Brakpan and returned to the Eastern Cape a heroine.


Thursday, June 16, 2011

Alexander leaves mark on city

Theatre doyenne Lynette Alexander was yesterday described as a dedicated woman, a mother above all, but for many she will always be remembered as a lady.


Thursday, June 16, 2011

R2.6m for a ruined face

Scarred beyond recognition following a horrific car crash several years ago, a former East London teacher has won millions by successfully suing the Road Accident Fund (RAF) -- twice.


Tuesday, June 14, 2011

PORTER COUNTY SPORTS BRIEFS: VU football camp Sunday

Valpo plans fun runs; Valpo High School to host gymnastics camp; South Central sets camps


Monday, June 13, 2011

PORTER COUNTY SPORTS BRIEFS: Valpo High School to host baseball camp

VU men's soccer camp in June; VSA soccer camp next week; VU hosts summer tennis clinics; Valpo High School to host baseball, basketball, gymnastics camps


Friday, June 10, 2011

TV man sparks off stormy debate

WELL-known weatherman and 50 50 television show presenter Simon Gear sparked fierce debate among delegates to the Eastern Cape Climate Change conference yesterday when he asked if there was a need for such a conference.


Friday, June 10, 2011

Kowie caravan park saved from flooding

DOZENS of Port Alfred residents stripped to their shorts yesterday to help emergency services stop a burst dam from flooding a popular caravan park. By late yesterday five people had to be evacuated from park homes at Medolino Caravan Park due to rising water levels.


Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Russia in race for Olympic English

As the organisers of the Sochi winter games gear up for 2014, the company tasked with training 70,000 staff puts its faith in online lessons The organisers of the 2014 winter Olympics in the Russian resort city of Sochi last month appointed EF Education First , the Swiss-based language training provider, as the official supplier of language training for the event, with the task of teaching ...


Wednesday, June 08, 2011

UK's Nick Clegg proposes smaller, elected House of Lords in latest bid at parliamentary reform

LONDON (AP) ? Britain's government on Tuesday published proposals to reform the country's centuries-old House of Lords, including the first direct elections for members.


Tuesday, June 07, 2011

The UK Corner Concert Review: Eric Benét @ Indigo2

Jeans, blazer, waistcoat, shirt, tie, shades; smart and sophisticated was the dress code for Eric Benét at this appearance at the Indigo2. Usually a resident at the Jazz Café, Benét transferred his intimate show to a larger venue without losing any intimacy. His falsetto alone can command attention in any environment. With the Furious Five [...]


Monday, June 06, 2011

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Racism will go on rearing its ugly head until we shout stop

There I was in Hay-on-Wye, with the sun high, nature so vibrantly green, I imagined God in a smock, painting the scene before kindling life into his masterpiece. And better still was the How The Light Gets In festival of ideas, (partly sponsored by this newspaper), listening to supreme intellectuals sharing their quirky insights, seeing young people passionately engaged, meeting thoughtful ...


Friday, June 03, 2011

Private islands: Not just for the rich and famous

Think that life on a private island is just for the Richard Bransons of the world? Think again. There are private islands all over the globe ? from the Caribbean to Canada to Fiji to Europe ? and many of their owners are willing to rent them out. "For those who want the private island experience, it is definitely available for every market out there," said Chris Krolow, chief executive officer ...


Friday, June 03, 2011

The Diary: Jeffery Deaver; David Whitehouse; Professor Robert Winston; Desert Island Discs; Love Never Dies

Speed Deaver


Friday, June 03, 2011

Secondary Sources: Fed Crisis Loans, Long-Term Unemployment, U.S. Default

A roundup of economic news from around the Web.


Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Want to solve a problem? Don't just use your brain, but your body too

When we've got a problem to solve, we don't just use our brains but the rest of our bodies, too. The connection, as neurologists know, is not uni-directional. Now there's evidence from cognitive psychology of the same fact. "Being able to use your body in problem solving alters the way you solve the problems," says University of Wisconsin psychology professor Martha Alibali. "Body movements are ...


Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Why men love wacky wardrobes

To hell with humility: my fiancée is a style virtuoso. Often surrounded by clones in halter tops and pencil skirts, Abby will dance through the night in a silver onesie, three-quarter-length on the legs but full-sleeved, worn over a silver swimsuit. In her outlandish Louis Vuitton shoes, floral straps flapping in and out of the schooner-glass-size holes in their preposterously raised wooden ...


Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year: Emerging Finalists:

THE AWARD:THE ERNST Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, now in its 14th year, aims to recognise and acclaim Ireland's entrepreneurs. The award is run in association withThe Irish Times, RTÉ, Enterprise Ireland, InterTradeIreland and Newstalk. Eight companies have been chosen in each of the three categories: International, Industry and Emerging.


Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Daryl Hall takes his show from the Internet to the Borgata in Atlantic City with guest Todd Rundgren

SOME MUSICIANS still have nothing but contempt for the Internet. Others, at least, open themselves to the fact that fan-captured, YouTube-posted videos of their concert performances are a positive, viral marketing tool.


Thursday, May 26, 2011

Chris Hardwick Reveals Details of BBC America Deal, How Nerdist Podcast Will Be Adapted for TV (Q&A)

Philiana Ng Hardwick chatted with The Hollywood Reporter the day after the BBC America deal was announced and discussed how his podcast will be adapted for television, why the cable network is actually a good fit for comedy and what Jon Hamm ultimately geeked out about. read more


Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Chris Hardwick Signs Deal With BBC America to Host Ministry of Laughs and Pilot Based on His Nerdist Podcast

The branded comedy block launches Saturday, June 18 on the network.


Tuesday, May 24, 2011

BBC, Under Criticism, Struggles to Tighten Its Belt

The BBC, the world's biggest and oldest public broadcasting company, has effectively sentenced itself to a 16 percent budget cut through 2017.


Thursday, May 19, 2011

Glossary

Interactive Investor's All You Need to Know Investment Glossary


Thursday, May 19, 2011

Canadian buys up Kate Middleton web name

Kate Middleton may someday be the Queen of England ? and of Canada. But she's not entirely the mistress of her own domain.


Saturday, May 14, 2011

Twitter's silence over super-injunction tweets speaks volumes

Bar two tweets, Twitter has kept tight-lipped this week on the issue of whether to take action against those users publishing information supposedly protected by super-injunctions.


Saturday, May 14, 2011

European Court Rejects Bid to Limit News on Celebrities

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg struck down a legal bid to strengthen the privacy protections for public figures.


Monday, May 09, 2011

Mr. Jetson, Your Room Is Ready - New York's Robotic Future

Dreaming of a robotic New York, and visiting one hotel that is getting a bit of a head start on that presumably idyllic future.


Saturday, May 07, 2011

Republicanism, the morning after

Has the end of the monarchy now slipped out of sight? The monarchy looks like it is here to stay a while longer. The wonderful -- and popular -- spectacle of yesterday's wedding of William and Catherine reminded all republicans that there is a genuine and deep domestic regard for the royal family.


Monday, May 02, 2011

Royal wedding build-up as it happened: April 28

How events unfolded on 28 April ahead of the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey.


Saturday, April 30, 2011

World Wide Wedding

The royal wedding was an event for the internet age


Friday, April 29, 2011

Media gear up for Royal Wedding 2.0

The international media in London will bring the royal wedding to an estimated two billion people globally.


Thursday, April 28, 2011

Twitter and Facebook Gear Up for Royal Wedding

Social media sites like Twitter and Facebook will be rife with royal wedding updates, replays, and every detail you could possibly want. Here are a few ways to keep an eye on Wills and Kate come Friday.


Thursday, April 28, 2011

70% of Surveyed Utilities are Planning In-Home Energy Management

Based on 110 phone interviews with utility project managers, ON World's recently published report reveals utilities' residential demand response plans, preferred products and services, HAN technologies, distribution channels, and opinions on third party service providers. (PRWeb April 27, 2011) Read the full story at http: www.prweb.com releases 2011 04 prweb5274374.htm


Thursday, April 28, 2011

Royal wedding stirs homeland pride, nostalgia in expats

Canadians will be among an expected audience of around two billion worldwide tuning into broadcasts of the royal wedding. For many Britons living in Canada, the nuptials are a source of celebration extending beyond the event itself, with the intense spotlight on Britain stirring feelings of chest-swelling and nostalgia for their home country.


Monday, April 25, 2011

AP News in Brief

Syrian security forces fire on crowds, killing 120 people over 2 days


Monday, April 25, 2011

BBC, under criticism, struggles to tighten its belt

LONDON - David Cameron, the British prime minister, was in Brussels meeting the press last October when he took a few moments to make fun of the British Broadcasting Corporation.


Monday, April 25, 2011

A Tech Mogul's Biography Galvanizes Social Media

The first authorized biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs?due out in 2012?captivated bloggers and tweeters alike, becoming one of the rare stories to figure prominently in both social media platforms in the same week.


Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Former Engineer Who Sued Cisco Now Faces Hacking Charges

A one-time Cisco engineer who had sued his former employer, alleging it monopolized the business of servicing and maintaining Cisco equipment, has been charged...


Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Former engineer who sued Cisco now faces criminal charges

A one-time Cisco engineer who had sued his former employer, alleging it monopolized the business of servicing and maintaining Cisco equipment, has been charged by U.S. authorities with hacking.


Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Try this: Hope, sunshine, 'Enchanted April' in area this weekend

Magenta Theater presents "Enchanted April," which follows two London housewives trying to get away from their bleak marriages by renting a villa in Italy. They recruit two very different English women to share the cost and experience. All four, along with husbands, lovers and an Italian housekeeper, discover hope and love in the Mediterranean sunshine. The production opens tonight and runs ...


Wednesday, April 20, 2011

TV Gets Social: How Broadcasters are Building Loyal Fanbases Online

Television has always had a social element. The movement of TV to online has only given it a wider scope - the web is just a natural extension of the living room or water cooler.


Wednesday, April 20, 2011

FOX riders to go retro at Appin MX Nationals round

FOX Racing's Australian motocross team will debut the iconic American brand's limited edition 360 Retro gear at Sydney's second round of the 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals, Australian Motocross Championship this weekend. The Daytona edition 360 Retro Racewear will be worn by team riders Jay Marmont , Josh Coppins , Cody Mackie , Kieran Hall ,


Monday, April 11, 2011

Home plate: Osos seek hosts for baseball players

Officials with the newly organized Ruidoso Osos of the Pecos League of Professional Baseball Clubs are looking for host homes for the baseball season that kicks off May 10, at the White Mountain Sports Complex off Hull Road.


Monday, April 11, 2011

No Second Coming

Former Stone Roses bassist Mani dismisses reunion reports as "fantasy island"


Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Billingham Classic 550 Camera Bag defies time, elements

Billingham's Classic 550 Camera Bag offers timeless British styling, construction, and plenty of pockets.


Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Top Gear Fires Back at Tesla, Saying "There's Nothing Devious Going On"

Top Gear breaks its silence about the Tesla Motors lawsuit, defending its reviewers and their snarky review of the Tesla Roadster. | April 04, 2011 | Tesla Motors


Wednesday, April 06, 2011

New models may reduce seabird bycatch

Tens of thousands of albatrosses and other far-ranging seabirds are killed each year after they become caught in longline fishing gear. Innovative new models developed by a Duke University-led research team may help reduce these casualties by more precisely projecting where and when birds and boats are likely to cross paths.


Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Fenech-Soler man battling cancer

British pop band Fenech-Soler have postponed their forthcoming UK tour after singer Ben Duffy revealed he has been diagnosed with testicular cancer.


Sunday, April 03, 2011

Osos need homes

Officials with the newly organized Ruidoso Osos of the Pecos League of Professional Baseball Clubs are looking for host homes for the baseball season that kicks off May 10, at the White Mountain Sports Complex off Hull Road.


Sunday, April 03, 2011

Outnumbered back for a new series

Production has begun on the fourth series of the award-winning BBC family comedy 'Outnumbered'.


Sunday, April 03, 2011

Jr. Robotics: The Olympic games are April 2 at Olmsted Falls branch of Cuyahoga County Library: Library listings

Olmsted Falls Library, 7850 Main St., Olmsted Falls. (440) 235-1150 or cuyahogalibrary.org. ? Jr. Robotics: The Olympic Games, 10 a.m. Saturday, April 2.


Thursday, March 31, 2011

Tesla Sues Top Gear for Libel and "Malicious Falsehood"

Tesla Motors tries to take down Top Gear in a major legal battle over a controversial negative review of the Tesla Roadster. | March 30, 2011 | Tesla Motors


Thursday, March 31, 2011

Stars News

British company Admiral Sportswear will supply all player and coach apparel to the Minnesota Stars this season. Admiral is the same company that supplied gear in the '70s and '80s to the Minnesota Kicks and other clubs in the original North American Soccer League.


Thursday, March 31, 2011

Japan concert touts 'distasteful'

Promoters of a Japanese tsunami benefit gig criticise websites for allowing people to resell tickets for profit.


Thursday, March 31, 2011

Whale and dolphin death toll during Deepwater disaster may have been greatly underestimated

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 devastated the Gulf of Mexico ecologically and economically. However, a new study published in Conservation Letters reveals that the true impact of the disaster on wildlife may be gravely underestimated. The study argues that fatality figures based on the number of recovered animal carcasses will not give a true death toll, which may be 50 times higher ...


Sunday, March 27, 2011

Plane's 1951 disappearance still a mystery

Little remains today to mark the life of Air Force Brig. Gen. Paul Thomas Cullen. A quiet park on the East Reservation of Barksdale Air Force Base bears his name, and for about 40 years the 2nd Air Force of Strategic Air Command awarded a trophy in his name, but that ended in 1992 when SAC closed its shop. The official biographies page on the Air Force website does not list his name or share his ...


Sunday, March 27, 2011

The Tie That Binds

It was just another long nighttime flight in a time when few Americans ever experienced one, but it had two interesting aspects. For one thing it was a flight on Pan Am, then considered the premier international airline, and for another the United States taxpayer was picking up the entire tab. To me, the two and half days we spent onboard would embed in my memory a vision of disaster for one ...


Thursday, March 24, 2011

TRAVPR.COM VESPIZZATEVI SEE FLORENCE ON TWO WHEELS IN A CELEBRATION OF PANACHE AND STYLE.

TRAVPR.COM UK - March 24th, 2011 - Florence is reputed be the home to more scooters than any other Italian city, and from April 30th to 20 May 1st 2011, the Vespizzatevi meeting provides an annual gathering for Vespa owners and enthusiasts. Anyone taking a holiday in Tuscany this spring will have the opportunity to experience this little piece of Italian...


Thursday, March 24, 2011

HUSH the Babies are Trying to Say "Chicco"

Following the recent success of their Toyota Prius installation at the Detroit Auto Show and a gesture-based installation for Infiniti, HUSH is back with a multi-faceted interactive project smack in the symbolic center of the world.


Thursday, March 24, 2011

Reportlinker Adds Global Sports and Fitness Clothing Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:


Friday, March 18, 2011

Mitchells boosts a healthy Aegis balance sheet

Mitchells has been credited for its strong contribution to the balance sheet of its new owner, Aegis, which reported a 5.8% rise in revenue growth -- to £1.45bn (AUS$2.38bn) -- in its preliminary 2010 financial results. Asia Pacific was the British media buying company's fastest growing region, with revenues up 34% to £117.7m (AUS$193.5m). Mitchell [...]


Friday, March 18, 2011

COLUMN: Tough choices in captaincy

It is coming down to the business time of the season. Pitso Mosimane made his first major decision when he selected his squad to play against Egypt in the all-important Africa Cup of Nations qualifier -- he left captain Aaron Mokoena out of the side.


Thursday, March 10, 2011

COLUMN: Soccer world stood still

The football world stood still as Arsenal took on Barcelona in a Champions League encounter. The Gunners went to Nou Camp leading 2-1 as they lined up against a team arguably the best in the world.


Thursday, March 10, 2011

Millions of Dead Fish in California: What It Means

About a million of sardine swam into the harbor overnight, got trapped, and went belly up the next morning.


Thursday, March 10, 2011

Merger mania shifts up a gear as U.S., U.K. firms go shopping

U.S. legal giant DLA Piper, Britain's Clyde & Co. LLP scouting out Canadian firms


Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Cisco's STEM Challenge to Get Students Into Gear for London 2012 Paralympian

Cisco Teams Up With STEMNET to Challenge School Children to a Design Website for ParalympicsGB's Rachel Morris Ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games


Friday, March 04, 2011

Ordinary people heed the call to free Libya

seafront, burnt, courthouse, de, facto, headquarters, anti-Gaddafi, revolutionaries, young, children, wave, colourful, flags, newly, freed, Libyan, home


Thursday, March 03, 2011

Final winner of G3 SkiGraphiks contest all about plundering powder

Vancouver, British Columbia G3 and Backcountry Magazine announced the fourth and final winner of its annual Skigraphiks competition today with the design Zenoxides Revenge by artist Mia Sandner a pirates ship cutting through a storm on the topsheet of G3s Zenoxide skis. A grand prize winner will be chosen from the four winners of each segment on March 15. Why did Sandners...


Thursday, March 03, 2011

The two faces of Gadhafi's right-hand man

The most powerful man in Libya outside the Gadhafi family is a U.S.-educated spy master suspected of masterminding deadly terrorist attacks and repressing political foes.


Thursday, March 03, 2011

Google Street View harnesses tricycles to go where cars can't

SAN JOSE, Calif.


Thursday, March 03, 2011

History Channel Picks Up 'Top Gear' USA For Season 2

Car nuts, gear heads & speed freaks rejoice - the American 'Top Gear' is getting a second season. Find out when it will air.


Monday, February 21, 2011

The tech bust: 10 years after

Today's business landscape is marked by leaner firms — and more focused growth.


Monday, February 21, 2011

The Stig: Top Gear's former mystery stuntman test drives six executive saloons

He beat the BBC when they tried to gag him. So who better than ex Stig Ben Collins to make a ruthless choice between a Skoda, a Mercedes, a BMW, a Ford, a Vauxhall and a Jaguar.


Monday, February 21, 2011

Gulf expo could boost Mideast arms sales

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Feb 18, 2011 The Middle East's premier arms exhibition opens Sunday in Abu Dhabi amid forecasts that the region's military spending is set to grow by 14 percent over five years. The biannual International Defense Exhibition and Conference, known as IDEX, is also being held Sunday-Thursday as oil prices have once more risen through the $100 level, driven in ...


Monday, February 21, 2011

Wireless Music Hub Is a Posh Hi-Fi Plaything

The Naim UnitiQute is a damn expensive piece of audio streaming gear, but it sounds so very sweet.


Monday, February 21, 2011

Why the World's Fisheries Are Going Bankrupt

A team of researchers looked at fishing stats and found that big predatory fish like tuna and cod have declined by more than two-thirds over the past century.


Wednesday, February 16, 2011

BBC apologizes for Top Gear hosts' 'lazy Mexican' comments

Top Gear, the cheeky, testosterone-soaked BBC television show about cars and the men who love them, is on the hot seat once again. Hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May never spend much time out of the dog house, and now there's a giant fuss in Mexico, of all places, over comments that two...


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Egypt protests: day four of the protests as it happened

Live news of the mass protests in Egypt against 30 years of President Hosni Mubarak's rule.


Saturday, February 12, 2011

Third winner of G3 SkiGraphiks contest brings Superfever II to Bentgate.com

Vancouver, British Columbia James Atkins has the Superfever, and soon so will G3 retail partner BentGate.com, which helped sponsor the most recent round of G3s annual Skigraphiks contest. Skigraphiks is an annual competition that encourages consumers to submit designs that will grace limited-edition runs of G3 skis. Atkins won the third-round of the annual winter contest with his design ...


Saturday, February 12, 2011

Letters: Perspectives on broadcasting

We appear to be witnessing a collective midlife crisis among a certain group of middle-class, middle-aged media men.


Saturday, February 12, 2011

Nytimes - Updates

The Lede followed protests across Egypt of Friday, as demonstrators demanding an end to the autocratic rule of President Hosni Mubarak took to the streets following the end of Friday Prayers.


Saturday, February 12, 2011

The Lede: Latest Updates

Video shows chaotic scenes in Cairo; there are reports of attacks on journalists; Internet and phone service have been disrupted.


Thursday, February 10, 2011

Djokavic over Murray in Australian Open Final

Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray for his second Australian Open title, breezing to a  6-4, 6-2, 6-3 win.  Murray was trying to become the first British men's singles player to win a Grand Slam title in 75 years. Djokovic also won the 2008 Australian title. Murray has lost three Grand Slam finals, falling to Roger Federer in the 2008 U.S. Open and 2010 Australian Open ...


Thursday, February 10, 2011

Exceptional IT Expands to New Headquarters

CARY, N.C. Exceptional IT, a full-service technology solutions provider, announced that it has relocated its corporate headquarters to larger space in Cary. The new office at 114-100 MacKenan Drive triples the companys previous square footage and will accommodate the companys growth plans for the foreseeable future. Over the past several years Exceptional IT has been consistently ranked...


Thursday, February 10, 2011

ELIZABETH CRUZ NAMED FIRST-EVER CICIS PIZZA ULTIMATE PIZZA ARTIST

COPPELL, Texas Jan. 20, 2011 -- CiCis Pizza announces the winner of its first Pizza Throwdown finals, held in Frisco, Texas, on January 11. Elizabeth Cruz of Roeland Park, Kan., takes home the grand prize of 2,500, a 47 Samsung LED TV and the coveted Crystal Pizza Cutter after making 17 pizzas and two desserts, CiCis entire buffet rotation, in just...


Sunday, February 06, 2011

Top Gear: BBC faces lawsuit after Richard Hammond calls Mexico 'lazy and feckless'

Top Gear's insulting parody of Mexico and Mexicans is accelerating from standstill towards a full-blown diplomatic incident -- and a potentially costly law suit.


Sunday, February 06, 2011

Mexico angered by Top Gear 'xenophobia' - The Independent

The Mexican ambassador to Britain has complained to the BBC over "offensive, xenophobic and humiliating" comments on the motoring programme Top Gear. Eduardo Medina-Mora wrote to the BBC after the show's presenters Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and ...


Sunday, February 06, 2011

Top Gear angers Mexican ambassador - The Guardian

The Top Gear hosts made the comments when they discussed a Mexican sports car, the Mastretta. Hammond said: "Why would you want a Mexican car? Because cars reflect national characteristics don't they? "Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless ...


Sunday, February 06, 2011

Top Gear sparks Mexico complaints - BBC

Mexico's ambassador in London has complained to the BBC over "offensive, xenophobic and humiliating" comments made about his country on Top Gear. Eduardo Medina Mora has written to the BBC about "insults" made by Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May.


Sunday, February 06, 2011

Torres joins Chelsea for British-record fee as English clubs flex financial muscle - Chicago Tribune

LONDON (AP) ? Spanish forward Fernando Torres joined Chelsea for a British-record fee said to be 50 million pounds ($79.5 million) on Monday as big-spending English clubs concluded a record-breaking spending spree during the January transfer window.


Sunday, February 06, 2011

Man admits killing British tourist - MSN UK News

Mr Ritch appeared as a contestant in the British version of Gladiators in 1998, making it to the quarter-finals. He was a swimming and fitness instructor in Cardiff, was listed in a 2002 poll of Britain's 50 most eligible bachelors by Company magazine; and ...


Sunday, February 06, 2011

Biodiesel is Natural Solution at The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone

02.03.2011 -- Shelburne, VT -- (February 2nd, 2011) Mammut Sports Group, providers of Swiss quality gear and apparel, welcomes another world-class climbing athlete to their team roster.


Sunday, February 06, 2011

Controversial Florida pastor barred from entering Britain to address ring-wing group

LONDON (AP) ? A U.S. pastor who threatened to burn a Quran on an anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has been barred from visiting Britain.


Sunday, February 06, 2011

Sting meets 'The Cove' dolphin advocate, hopes for debate in Japan to save the oceans

TOKYO (AP) ? Sting wants to help save dolphins still being brutally slaughtered in Japan, but says the best way is by starting a debate, not by forcing foreign opinion.


Sunday, February 06, 2011

Roger Ebert returns with new PBS review show

Roger Ebert is returning to the small screen.


Saturday, January 29, 2011

3 months early, British royal wedding has U.S. media on red alert - Washington Post

LOS ANGELES - The romance between Britain's Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton is getting the TV-movie treatment, as celebrity-hungry American media gear up for the royal ... William, 28, second in line to the British throne, will be played by ...


Saturday, January 29, 2011

Pizarro: San Jose theaters provide two interesting looks at the British stage - San Jose Mercury News

Two downtown San Jose theaters are producing fascinating period pieces about the British stage, though the stories are set apart by a few centuries. "Compleat Female Stage Beauty" is in the middle of its monthlong run at City Lights Theater Company.


Saturday, January 29, 2011

Connery bust unveiled in Estonia - Belfast Telegraph

The bust of Scotland's most famous actor was unveiled by British Ambassador Peter Carter outside Tallinn's Scottish Club, whose members include Estonians enamoured with Scotland and a handful of expatriate Scots. "Sir Sean Connery is, without a doubt, an ...


Saturday, January 29, 2011

Woodgate to decide on loan - SkySports

It's really up to him," Redknapp said in The Sun . "Jonathan's played a couple of games for the reserves and in training games - but now we really need to see him move up a gear. "He definitely needs to get some proper first-team games under his belt."


Saturday, January 29, 2011

Egypt shuts down internet and blocks mobile phones as security forces gear up for biggest anti-government ... - Daily Mail

Total blackout on internet access and text messaging services disrupted Six protesters so far killed in violent clashes with police Biggest protests yet expected to take place after morning prayers Opposition group leaders arrested in series of raids ...


Saturday, January 29, 2011

Jeremy Clarkson steps into sexism row and says: Top Gear stars would have been sacked 100 times - Evening Standard

You could think a thought and someone could sack you for it. "While we try very hard on Top Gear not to be sexist, if a man wants to think that, then that's fine. You should be allowed to think what you want to." Clarkson was speaking backstage with his ...


Saturday, January 29, 2011

EuroTrash Thursday!

"Top Story" Ex Armstrong mechanic This story caught my eye for probably not the reason you think.


Saturday, January 29, 2011

Scottish coastguards manage to wreck car that Top Gear said was 'unbreakable' - Daily Record

A COASTGUARD team have succeeded where Top Gear failed - by ruining an "indestructible" 4x4. Jeremy Clarkson set a Toyota Hilux on fire, hit it with a wrecking ball and dropped a caravan on it but got in and started it afterwards. But when Coastguards in ...


Saturday, January 29, 2011

Mass Effect 2 - Walkthrough

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Web browser makers developing new tools to protect privacy - San Jose Mercury News

Amid growing pressure from government regulators and consumer advocacy groups, Web browser makers are developing new ways to help consumers protect their privacy online. Google and Firefox developer Mozilla in recent days have announced new tools in ...


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Hopkirk hails Mini revival - Belfast Telegraph

We were driving for our country ? it was more like the Olympics," he told WRC.com. "When I won the Monte, I had a telegram from the British Prime Minister and another from the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. "There were 27 million viewers when ...


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Gear Up for an Online College Education at Almeda University - PRLog (free press release)

PRLog (Press Release) -- Jan 24, 2011 -- The number of adults returning to school has been steadily increasing for the past few years. This is because education provided by online college institutions, like Almeda University, increases your chances of ...


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Liam Gallagher admits he has no idea what his own lyrics mean - Daily Mirror

The remaining members of the group are carrying on under the name of Beady Eye, with a debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding due for release next month. Asked what new song Wigwam is about, he admits: "F*** knows, I haven't got a clue, man.


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Sharks sign University of British Columbia goalie Jordan White to 1-game amateur tryout - Chicago Tribune

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) ? Jordan White was putting on his goaltending equipment for an afternoon practice with the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds when he was called into the coach's office. Nervous at first about being summoned at ...


Monday, January 24, 2011

Heineken Cup: Gwent Dragons 16-23 Glasgow Warriors - Daily Record

They failed to reach the same dizzy heights but hit top gear when it mattered to grab the glory at Rodney ... Scot Wight booted Melrose to a shock 31-29 win over Nottingham in the British and Irish Cup at Meadow Park last night. Wight hit four penalties ...


Monday, January 24, 2011

High breast cancer rate among British women 'reflects lifestyle' - The Independent

Britain has one of the highest rates of breast cancer in the world, ranking 11th out of 50 countries, according to a study that identifies high levels of obesity and alcohol consumption among women as one of the reasons. Overall, Britain comes 22nd in the ...


Monday, January 24, 2011

Nine-try Tigers thump Treviso - SkySports

They did not hit top gear against a limited Treviso outfit, but last weekend's victory over the Scarlets in Llanelli had set them up for a last-eight spot, an opportunity Leicester did not spurn. The Italian champions went ahead after just 32 seconds ...


Monday, January 24, 2011

British contractor pleads not guilty in shooting - San Jose Mercury News

BAGHDAD?A British security contractor in Iraq says he's innocent in the 2009 deaths of two of his co-workers. Danny Fitzsimons is the first Westerner to be tried by an Iraqi court since the start of the war. He admitted Sunday that he shot the two ...


Monday, January 24, 2011

A Day In The Life Of British Pro Snowboarder: Rowan Brandreth - OnTheSnow.com

Professional rider Rowan Brandreth (23) is a two-time winner of the British student boardercross championships ... I'm straight into my snowboarding gear and down to the breakfast bar. Breakfast is whatever's on offer - typically it's Muesli and toast but ...


Monday, January 24, 2011

Fragmented Fighting Facts Part IV

Well no time like the present, besides I realize Marines and others are on patrols and fighting for their life?s thus my advice take a look. This information has never been published except on my blog that has only one follower.


Monday, January 24, 2011

Saturday's Scottish football as it happened - BBC Sport

Just as well none of these players was up late watching Top Gear re-runs on digital telly. 1316: David Templeton v Steven Whittkaker is an intriguing tussle. The Hearts attacker controlled the ball with the outside of his right boot while running at full ...


Saturday, January 22, 2011

Minor British Institutions: Fish fingers - The Independent

Ah, the British and food. It doesn't much matter what it is, as long as it's inside something: bread, breadcrumbs, batter, pastry, packet. And if it's easy and good for a laugh as well, bingo. Thus the fish finger, the frozen digit stapled into our lives ...


Saturday, January 22, 2011

Three shot dead as protests erupt in Albania - MSN UK News

After some three hours of clashes police in riot gear dispersed the crowd and took control of the ... staff said he was in his office and would talk to reporters at 6:30 p.m. British time. ELECTION RESULTS DISPUTED The opposition Socialist Party led by Edi ...


Saturday, January 22, 2011

So far, 10 O'Clock Live just talks down to the kids - The Guardian

The commissioning editor of 10'O Clock Live said the show would offer 'fresh and unashamedly intelligent take on current affairs from a young perspective' Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian It was an ambitious scheduling decision to pit a brand new ...


Saturday, January 22, 2011

Snow and new taxes can be a U.K. online retailer's best friends

British consumers increase their online spending 25% in December.


Saturday, January 22, 2011

British Airways, Iberia merger takes effect - San Jose Mercury News

LONDON?The merger of British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia took effect Friday, creating Europe's third-largest airline in a deal meant to counter a slump in air travel following the global financial crisis. Shares in British Airways and Iberia both ...


Saturday, January 22, 2011

PAUL POST: Ugandan players take to the field to develop skills

MPIGI, Uganda ? Some "web gems" took place here Wednesday definitely deserving of a place on ESPN's Plays of the Day.


Saturday, January 22, 2011

Balls bounces on to centre stage - Financial Times

Alan Johnson's unexpected resignation from the position of shadow chancellor, and his replacement by Ed Balls, means a change of gear in British politics. That is a boon for the political debate. It is less certain that it will ultimately help the Labour ...


Saturday, January 22, 2011

Border Patrol gets more surveillance gear - United Press International

FARMINGDALE, N.Y., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Telephonics Corp. of New York is providing mobile surveillance systems to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for use along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Mobile Surveillance System utilizes the company's ground surveillance ...


Saturday, January 22, 2011

Celebs gear up for Winning Streak

A host of celebrities are set to take part in a very special edition of 'Winning Streak' tonight.


Friday, January 21, 2011

WikiLeaks Protests Disable Networks And Reveal Need For Information Systems Security Training and Certification

IT Security Skills Demand Can be Met Through Villanova University's Master Certificate in IS Security Programs Offered100% Online (PRWeb January 20, 2011) Read the full story at http: www.prweb.com releases 2011 01 prweb4986724.htm


Friday, January 21, 2011

Bopara - I've point to prove - SkySports

I checked my record a few weeks back just to remind myself of what I've done - and it has been very good. Bopara has a modest record in his 54 ODIs and the selectors preferred Luke Wright in their 15-man party for the global showpiece, which runs from ...


Friday, January 21, 2011

US Marines' gear change in Sangin 'achieving results' - BBC

The American general in charge of the offensive in Sangin in Afghanistan's Helmand province says US forces are becoming increasingly aggressive against the Taliban. Maj Gen Richard Mills said the approach was proving successful. The Americans took over ...


Friday, January 21, 2011

Automakers gear up for better fuel efficiency - Marketplace.publicradio.org

Federal rules to increase fuel efficiency start to go into effect next year. Making cars smaller is the easiest way to boost miles per gallon, but Americans typically don't like small cars. As Marketplace's Alisa Roth reports, another road to greater fuel ...


Friday, January 21, 2011

Cricket World Cup: Prior replaces Davies for England - BBC Sport

Prior (left) will take the place of Davies (right) as wicketkeeper and batsman Matt Prior has surprisingly replaced wicketkeeper Steven Davies in the 15-man squad named by England for the World Cup in the Asian subcontinent. Sussex's Prior is set to ...


Thursday, January 20, 2011

Sweden's Investor AB prepares for new investments - The Guardian

The owner of major stakes in blue chips such as telecom gear maker Ericsson, bank SEB and engineering group Atlas Copco, said it was ready for new investments after bringing down leverage to 7 percent in the wake of the financial crisis. "With a maximum ...


Thursday, January 20, 2011

Nintendo 3DS in UK on 25 March, with Sky, BT and others adding to 3D fun - Crave

A Donkey Kong barrelful of Nintendo 3DS news has arrived fresh from Amsterdam -- the big N's glasses-free 3D handheld will hit the UK on 25 March, and a host of British companies are ... There's a Web browser too, but you'll have to install that via the ...


Thursday, January 20, 2011

South African cops quiz rent boy over Dewani - The Sun

The shaven-headed, 16½-stone prostitute from Munich calls himself The German Master and likes posing in leather gear. Senior South African investigator ... They also revealed they had been told the British businessman had suffered a sex problem - and ...


Thursday, January 20, 2011

British leader seeks vast changes in health service - San Jose Mercury News

These include the British Medical Association, members of Cameron's own Conservative Party, patient advocates, health care specialists, health workers' unions and even many of the primary care doctors who are supposed to benefit under the proposals.


Thursday, January 20, 2011

Ricky Gervais to appear on NBC's 'The Office' as character he played on British original - Chicago Tribune

NEW YORK (AP) ? NBC says Ricky Gervais (jur-VAYS') will make a cameo appearance on "The Office" next week, reprising the role he played in the original British version that he helped create. NBC said Wednesday that Gervais' brief appearance on Jan. 27 ...


Thursday, January 20, 2011

Di Santo relishing return - SkySports

Di Santo feels the impending return of players such as Victor Moses and James McCarthy could not have come at a better time for the Latics as they gear up for a relegation battle. "We have a few players coming back from injury over the next few weeks which ...


Thursday, January 20, 2011

Top Gear helps BBC iPlayer break 145m barrier - BBC

In December 2009, the catch-up service attracted 114 million requests. But last month, Top Gear was the most popular show with the two Christmas specials being watched almost 1.3 million times each. The Apprentice, Come Fly With Me, Doctor Who and ...


Thursday, January 20, 2011

Mercer Island High School marching band is off to London

In what seems like a project of epic proportion, 200 teenagers, 14 chaperones and one band leader are on their way to London to march in the New Year's Day Parade. Band leader Parker Bixby said equipment logistics is the single biggest piece of the equation; everything from a saxophone and larger is being shipped via UPS ? 165 pieces total. Bixby estimates that 2,000 pounds of equipment is being ...


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Australian Open: Federer and Djokovic off to a flyer - Belfast Telegraph

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic gave early notice of their intention to halt the "Rafa Slam" with impressive first-round wins at the Australian Open. Rafael Nadal's quest to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four grand slam ...


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Kate's dress? British press backs Oldfield - San Jose Mercury News

LONDON?Britain's royal-hungry press is betting on Bruce Oldfield as the likely designer of Kate Middleton's wedding dress. Oldfield is one of Britain's best known designers and was a longtime favorite of William's mother, the late Princess Diana ...


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Caroline Wozniacki into round two of Australian Open - BBC Sport

Wozniacki is still seaching for her first Grand Slam title Top seed Caroline Wozniacki overcame a nervy performance to get her Australian Open campaign under way with victory over Argentina's Gisela Dulko. The 20-year-old Dane, playing her first Grand Slam ...


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

DUEL athletics Partners with Armbar Submission Gear - PRLog (free press release)

PRLog (Press Release) -- Jan 17, 2011 -- DUEL athletics (DUEL), an online retailer and athletic clothing and apparel lifestyle brand, announced today that it has partnered with Armbar Submission Gear, a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) lifestyle brand.


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Mersey thriller ends in draw - SkySports

Liverpool and Everton played out a pulsating 2-2 draw in the Premier League as Kenny Dalglish took charge of his first game back at Anfield. It was all set up for a Reds fairytale as the return of the prodigal son looked to have earned the home side a ...


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Stephen Fry backs Pushnote, a new web commenting service - Daily Telegraph

Pushnote also shows the highest rated comments and the most discussed web pages across the internet. Fry, an avid technology enthusiast who has more than two million Twitter followers, invested in the British-born company last summer, ahead of its soft launch.


Friday, January 14, 2011

Tunisian protesters tear-gassed as death toll rises - msnbc.com

Hundreds of police with shields and riot gear blocked the avenue Friday in front of the Interior ... The unrest was taking a toll on Tunisia's key tourism industry. British tour operator Thomas Cook said it was asking its roughly 3,800 British, Irish, and ...


Friday, January 14, 2011

Tourists evacuated from Tunisia - MSN UK News

Hundreds of police with shields and riot gear blocked the avenue in front of the interior ministry, where over the years there have been reports of torture. The march was organised by Tunisia's only legal trade union, which also went ahead with a symbolic ...


Friday, January 14, 2011

Marco Reversible Pumps & Boat Horns Introduced to US Market via HTML5 Portal by Miami Web Designer - PRLog (free press release)

And looking to expand their share of that market, Mate USA has just launched a new "Web 3.0" website, GearPumps-n- Horns.com, to promote the Marco line of reversible gear pumps, air and electric boat horns and hailers. Mate USA (a.k.a. the MATE Group) is a ...


Friday, January 14, 2011

First look at Andrew Garfield as new Spider-Man - Evening Standard

Fans have had to wait four years for their Spider-Man fix but the web spinning star is preparing to return ... the superhero and the first image of the 27-year-old British actor in his blue and red gear has been released. The suit has been brought up to ...


Friday, January 14, 2011

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LOS ANGELES - An Ohio homeless man whose silky voice made him a web phenomenon is headed to rehab for alcohol and drug dependency after an appearance on "Dr. Phil," show representatives said Wednesday.


Friday, January 14, 2011

Amir Khan has sights on title clash with Paul McCloskey - Belfast Telegraph

It's a fight I have wanted for some time and I have earned the right to fight Khan the traditional way by winning the British and European titles and I'm unbeaten. "I think the next 24 to 48 hours are going to be very exciting, we should hopefully ...


Friday, January 14, 2011

High-tech snow sports gear makes for cool fun - msnbc.com

This year there is plenty of high-tech gear to help them do it faster and better. I tried a few products aimed at augmenting the snow-riding experience: two helmet cameras that record high-definition video, an ultra-light snowboard made with a layer of ...


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Eoin Morgan ready to rise from the Ashes - Belfast Telegraph

Just when Australia thought it was safe to go back on the field, along comes more danger. Worst of all, it is not a proper Pom but the Irishman, Eoin Morgan. For two long months on this tour, he has been awaiting the opportunity to strut his particularly ...


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Selkirk Sidecountry wins second phase of G3 Skigraphiks Contest

Vancouver, British Columbia G3 and retail partner MountainGear.com this week announced the second winner of G3s annual SkiGraphiks Contest. The winning graphic, by skier artist Ben Jepson called Selkirk Sidecountry, will grace a special-edition version of the G3 Tonic being sold exclusively by MountainGear.com . Selkirk Sidecountry embodies...


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Vidic feeling positive - SkySports

The Red Devils have moved ominously to the top of the table this season without hitting top gear. They remain unbeaten, the only side in the Premier League to have avoided defeat so far, but have yet to discover the consistency of past campaigns.


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Trial of British climate protesters collapses - San Jose Mercury News

At some point, Constable Mark Kennedy had second thoughts about his mission. British prosecutors on Monday dropped charges against six environmental protesters after their lawyer said Kennedy had offered to help the accused. Activists and politicians ...


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

10 trips for every type of traveler

While it's true that most travel destinations aren't like haute couture -- "in" one year and "out" the next -- there are some points on the map particularly worth visiting in 2011.


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

British tour company criticized for offering 'Hitler tour' around Germany - GADLING

Would you spend $3100 to tour sites only associated with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler? One British tour group put together a trip that does just that, and is under fire by critics over the distasteful offering. The tour takes 30 tourists on a luxury $3100 trip ...


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Macworld at CES: More standout gear - MacWorld UK

We told you about a few of the things that piqued our interest during our first day at CES. After a couple more days wandering the vast expanses of the Las Vegas Convention Center, I have to say: The media may claim that tablets are the hot items at the ...


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Online retail sales help to weather storm

As December's snow melts to reveal retail winners and losers, insiders predict profit results will be far from the bloodbath expected.


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Voting reform campaigners gear up for tough fight - The Independent

A report by the Institute for Public Policy Research last week denounced FPTP as "broken" and suggested long-term changes in voting patterns mean hung parliaments and coalitions will become a more familiar fixture in British politics. More than a third of ...


Sunday, January 09, 2011

Soderling sets up Roddick final - BBC Sport

Anderson's booming serve kicked into gear helping him clinch the second set - the first Roddick had dropped in the tournament. But Roddick, ranked eighth in the world, raced to a 4-0 lead in the third before wrapping up the match in just under two hours.


Sunday, January 09, 2011

Spin Cycle: Banned words, free speech, British quirks - San Jose Mercury News

But when a woman was ticketed for calling the motorcyclist who had nearly run her down a certain unenviable body part, the American Civil Liberties Union sued the police on her behalf, arguing that profanity And speaking of language, the British government ...


Sunday, January 09, 2011

Web millionaire bankrolled Greens - Brisbane Times

His donation easily surpasses the previous record for a single private political gift - $1 million handed to the Liberals at the 2004 election by conservative British politician Lord Michael Ashcroft. Mr Wood's money enabled the Greens to run ads on high ...


Sunday, January 09, 2011

You play until you drop in the modern rugby game - Belfast Telegraph

From England, come regular stories of top quality players being lost to the game for weeks or months on end. Leicester's British and Irish Lions flank forward Tom Croft looks unlikely to play any part in the forthcoming 6 Nations Championship.


Sunday, January 09, 2011

Squash: M'sian bags British Junior Open boys' under-13 crown - star.com.my

The last Malaysian to win the British Junior Open title was Low Wee Wern, who won the girls' Under-19 title in 2009. The 12-year-old Eain Yow started off well by taking the first set but the top Egyptian player stepped up a gear to take the next two.


Sunday, January 09, 2011

Houllier allays sack fears - SkySports

The French coach has turned to youth this season but in the short term Villa have not clicked into gear and face an uphill task if they are going to claw themselves out of trouble. Houllier, who is joined by fellow managers Roy Hodgson, Avram Grant and ...


Sunday, January 09, 2011

British author whose children's book inspired Hollywood hit "Babe" dies at 88 - Chicago Tribune

LONDON (AP) ? British children's author Dick King-Smith, whose novel "The Sheep-Pig" inspired the hit movie "Babe," has died at the age of 88. His publisher, Random House Children's Books, said in a statement that the writer died in his sleep early ...


Sunday, January 09, 2011

Perfect Bungee is tie-down saver

Has the search for the perfect bungee cord ended? Just Ducky Products LLC of Orwigsburg, Pa., thinks so, and calls its product line the Perfect Bungee.


Sunday, January 09, 2011

Avalanche safety starts with preparation

Winter has now settled in and the great snowpack on the mountains throughout British Columbia signals it's time for outdoor winter activities.


Sunday, January 09, 2011

How cells running on empty trigger fuel recycling

Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered how AMPK, a metabolic master switch that springs into gear when cells run low on energy, revs up a cellular recycling program to free up essential molecular building blocks in times of need.


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Pamela Anderson left terrified after 'crazed fan' dragged off by police after violent altercation as he tries to ... - Daily Mail

British Transport Police told MailOnline that a 21-year-old man was arrested at 9pm last night at the station after an altercation took place in which a police officer was assaulted. The statement continued: 'The man became verbally abusive to rail staff ...


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

British Press says actor Pete Postlethwaite dies - San Jose Mercury News

LONDON?Britain's Press Association is reporting that decorated film actor Pete Postlethwaite has died at the age of 64. It quotes longtime friend Andrew Richardson as saying Monday that Postlethwaite died in hospital in Shropshire, central England, after ...


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Peter Bills: Ireland must embrace team ethic for World Cup glory - Belfast Telegraph

The 1997 British & Irish Lions won a Test series over South Africa and in 2003 England won the Rugby World Cup. Other than that, the northern hemisphere has been a wasteland of broken dreams and ambitions. Yet by comparison with its financially ...


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Derby delight for Edinburgh - SkySports

Blair made them pay with two penalties to open the gap to 21-11. Glasgow found another gear in the closing stages, though, with the pressure rewarded with a pair of penalties from scrum-half Gregor. Yet their hopes of snatching a late victory disappeared ...


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Rioting prisoners set fire to British jail - YAHOO!

ARUNDEL, England (Reuters) -- Rioting prisoners torched buildings at a low-security British jail Saturday ... needed the protection of scores of prison officers in riot gear to enter the prison to put out the blaze. Television pictures showed the gutted ...


Tuesday, January 04, 2011

WikiLeaks' payment processor to sue card companies

(AP) -- WikiLeaks' payment processor said Thursday that it was preparing to sue credit card companies Visa and MasterCard over their refusal to process donations to the secret-spilling website.


Monday, January 03, 2011

Computers that sees & reads you and even tell you to wash

Behind the two-way mirror was a Web camera, which fed images of McDuff to a computer whose software could track the blood flow in his face.


Monday, January 03, 2011

Minella Theatre tops the bill - SkySports

He just kept plodding on. "The cheekpieces helped him. He is slow at the end of the day and with these he's found a gear he never had before. "They have made him braver at his obstacles. For a big horse he's not the bravest and he was jumping with a long ...


Monday, January 03, 2011

Archers fans gear up for 'shock' - BBC

Anticipation and speculation are building as fans of BBC Radio 4's The Archers await a shocking storyline that will mark the show's 60th anniversary. Secrecy surrounds the details of the plot, with producers saying only it will "shake Ambridge to the core ...


Monday, January 03, 2011

Computers That See You and Keep Watch Over You

Hundreds of correctional officers from prisons across America descended last spring on a shuttered penitentiary in West Virginia for annual training exercises.


Monday, January 03, 2011

Phil Taylor and Van Barneveld fall to shock defeats - BBC Sport

An 11-dart finish from Taylor narrowed the gap and he looked set to win the next leg but Webster suddenly found an extra gear, hitting the bull to set up a 72 finish for a 4-2 lead. Webster went two legs down in the next set but kept his nerve under ...


Monday, January 03, 2011

Christiansen urges Belfast Giants to turn around losing streak - Belfast Telegraph

Doug Christiansen last night challenged his Belfast Giants players to show that they can respond to adversity once again by turning their current losing run into a lengthy winning streak. Having come through a period where coach Christiansen was just about ...


Monday, January 03, 2011

Oprah Winfrey fans gear up for launch of OWN - Calgary Herald

Finding Sarah", featuring disgraced British royal Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, was inspired by a confessional TV interview between the two women earlier this year. In May, Ferguson was caught on camera appearing to ask for cash to introduce a ...


Monday, January 03, 2011

Billy Bragg and KT Tunstall gear up for the New Year party in Edinburgh - Scotsman

Since then their paths have crossed several times: there was the gig at the HMV store on London's Oxford Street to celebrate five decades of British music during which they duetted on versions of everything from Cliff Richard's Move It to The Human League ...


Sunday, January 02, 2011

Computers That See You, Read You and Even Tell You to Wash - New York Times

The latest in prison gear got a workout ? body armor ... Pardon the interruption," declares a recorded women's voice, with a slight British accent. "Please wash your hands." Three months ago, Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, N.Y., began an ...


Sunday, January 02, 2011

Rioting prisoners set fire to British jail - star.com.my

ARUNDEL, England (Reuters) - Rioting prisoners torched buildings at a low-security British jail on Saturday ... More than 12 hours later, scores of prison officers in riot gear escorted two fire engines into the prison to protect firefighters while they ...


Sunday, January 02, 2011

Cinemas gear up for another bumper year - BBC

Colin Firth has been tipped for greatness for his performance as reluctant British king George VI, a monarch who turns to an unconventional speech therapist to cure him of a debilitating stammer. Released 14 January, this old-school western is less a ...


Sunday, January 02, 2011

Sir Alex Ferguson sets Dimitar Berbatov 25-goal target - BBC Sport

But his form has been terrific," said Ferguson. The United manager also felt his side were able to play "in third gear" after their second goal - scored in the 57th minute - and said the players may have been thinking ahead to Tuesday's match against Birmingham.


Friday, December 31, 2010

Sweet Dreams For Annie As She Bags An OBE - Sky.com

In sport retired rugby star Mike Catt, 39, lands an OBE. Catt stopped playing in May having won 75 England caps, including the 2003 and 2007 World Cup finals, and toured with the British and Irish Lions Golfer Graeme McDowell, who sank the Ryder Cup ...


Friday, December 31, 2010

Movie Blog: Top 10 Movies Of 2010

The screens got bigger, the pictures got smaller, and with the release of every stale new installment in old franchises, it became increasingly difficult to imagine the medium lasting another decade, much less until the end of our natural lifetimes.


Friday, December 31, 2010

A Movie Capsule guide to films in theaters for New Year's weekend

The following capsule reviews, listed alphabetically, will give you an idea of the caliber of films unreeling locally. Please refer to the movie schedule for theaters and show times. The films are graded as follows: Very Good, (A); Good, (B); Fair, (C); Poor, (D); Turkey (F). Those with (NP) have not been previewed. (To locate a Web site, go to www.google.com and type ...


Friday, December 31, 2010

Liverpool's gold standard has been debased by army of tin soldiers - The Guardian

Roy Hodgson saw on his arrival from Fulham that Liverpool's first- and reserve-team squads were burdened with mediocre or unused personnel. Photograph: John Powell Liverpool FC via Getty Images When Paul Konchesky joined Liverpool this summer a rival ...


Friday, December 31, 2010

Rusty Reds stunned by Wolves - SkySports

Man of the match : Stephen Ward. The Wolves utility man took full advantage of his forward role by being a constant menace to Liverpool's defence. Several clever flicks from the Irishman allowed the visitors to attack with verve and the 25-year-old topped ...


Friday, December 31, 2010

Police say avalanche gear taken in B.C. heist is useless without inflaters - Globe and Mail

Thieves in southeastern B.C. have made off with $100,000 in specialized avalanche gear, but it isn't worth a single shovel if a slide actually occurs. RCMP in Golden, 700 kilometres east of Vancouver, say 100 avalanche backpacks were stolen from a local ...


Friday, December 31, 2010

Looking Ahead to Theater, Dance and Music in 2011

Critics and reporters at The Times choose projects and shows they are eager to see in the coming months.


Friday, December 31, 2010

GB boss Christy on defensive over exit of head coach - BBC Sport

The boss of Badminton England (BE) has denied Great Britain head coach Andy Wood was forced to quit because his position was being undermined. Wood's exit earlier this month follows that of performance director Ian Moss in July, just 18 months into his job ...


Friday, December 31, 2010

British defense contractor designs Batmobile for military - Autoblog

It seems that Hollywood may be on to something after all. According to Hisham Awad, Future Protected Vehicles project leader for British defense contractor BAE Systems, the Raider unmanned skirmisher was inspired by the Batmobile, or, more specifically ...


Friday, December 31, 2010

Murder trial for British contractor opens in Iraq - San Jose Mercury News

BAGHDAD?The trial of a British security contractor charged with killing two of his colleagues in Iraq last year has opened in Baghdad. Danny Fitzsimons is the first Westerner to go on trial in an Iraqi court since a 2009 U.S.-Iraqi security agreement ...


Friday, December 31, 2010

British man admits to posting paedophile web lies - News.com.au

A court heard how Rory Fyfe Smith, 31, of Llanrwst in North Wales, targeted the small town's school employees, students and an ambulance worker in blogs and on websites such as YouTube and Facebook, the Daily Post reported. Smith pleaded guilty to seven ...


Friday, December 31, 2010

Judge grants bail to WikiLeaks' Julian Assange

(AP) -- Julian Assange will be freed on bail from a British jail, a U.K. judge ruled Thursday, rejecting an appeal by prosecutors to keep the WikiLeaks founder in prison as he fights an extradition request by Sweden.


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Top Gear USA: Will it work without Jeremy Clarkson? - BBC

Will the US version of the British TV motoring show Top Gear be as successful as the Emmy-winning original? It is the latest in a long line of British shows to try crossing the Atlantic, some of which have become big hits. The success of American Idol and ...


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Opportunities knock - SkySports

Through clenched teeth Shane Watson had little option but to praise England's bowlers after Australia all but surrendered the Ashes in Melbourne. The opener admitted at stumps that facing Chris Tremlett and Tim Bresnan has been a real challenge in this ...


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

British police accuse 9 men of preparing for acts of terrorism - San Jose Mercury News

LONDON -- A week after coordinated raids in three cities, the British police said Monday that they had charged nine of the 12 men they arrested, in a case that seemed to be a sign that Europe's concerns over potential terrorist attacks were spreading.


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

British Are Generous With Cash but Disdain Volunteering, Poll Shows - Chronicle of Philanthropy

The British give generously to charity but are far less willing to donate their time, casting doubts on Prime Minister David Cameron's "Big Society" project to step up citizen involvement in providing services, the Financial Times writes. A Financial ...


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

2010: A year in review March

Samsung Galaxy S announced Freeview HD arrives and Apple confirms iPad launch date


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Ridiculous and the sublime...

Adrian Russell roots out 2010's weirdest and wackiest sports videos from the world wide web


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Public demand inquiry into Murdoch expansion - The Independent

There is strong public support for an independent investigation into the bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation to take full control of BSkyB, shown in an opinion poll to be published today. The ICM survey of 2,000 people, carried out for a group of ...


Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Alex Ferguson thrilled by Manchester United's form - BBC Sport

Ferguson also felt his side were able to play "in third gear" after their second goal - scored in the 57th minute - and said the players may have been thinking ahead to Tuesday's match against Birmingham. "We were more economical in the second half," admitted Ferguson.


Sunday, December 26, 2010

Lowndes changes gear to Audi - Brisbane Times

Reigning Bathurst 1000 winner Craig Lowndes has raced lots of Holdens and Fords in recent years but early in February will experience a real European supercar in the revamped 2011 Armor All Bathurst 12 Hour. Joining a driving squad of fellow Australians ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Why Christmas can be a time of work

There's no doubt that the web and the growing roster of gadgets that use it have helped to create the always-on, 24 7 world of the 21st Century. What that means is that, no matter the day or hour, some people have to be on a phone line, in a chat room or laying down the infrastructure to keep the data flowing. Rather than kicking back these folk will have to keep the power on during the break ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Christmas at work

Not just Santa - IT workers recall their festive adventures


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Arsenal v Chelsea - BBC Sport

The 175th meeting between these two bitter rivals finds both Chelsea and Arsenal trying to rediscover top gear after an indifferent couple of months. Sometimes we seem scared of losing these big games. We don't really go for it and we're tempted to drop ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Top Gear's May injured in accident - The Independent

The TV presenter James May has been injured while filming on location in Syria. The accident took place during a shoot for the BBC car show Top Gear, replicating the journey of the Three Wise Men. May, 47, was assisting colleague Jeremy Clarkson in getting ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Pope to give UK Christmas message on British radio - San Jose Mercury News

LONDON?Pope Benedict XVI will deliver a message to Britain on Christmas Eve on BBC radio. The pope will give the "Thought For the Day" on Radio 4 Friday morning. The message will come three months after the pope's visit to Britain. It was recorded at the ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

British minister says Europe allies 'nutty' - YAHOO!

The remarks emerged as British regulators mull the deal, and forced Cameron to remove Cable from any role in reviewing the bid. In the same sting, Cable was caught threatening to "bring the government down" if the centre-left Lib Dems were forced to ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

Top Gear UK opens new season with drive-by Stig shooting session - Autoblog

If we didn't know any better, we'd think there was still some bad blood between Ben Collins and the hosts of Top Gear . Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond all took a few pot shots at cardboard cutouts of the Stig during this week's episode ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

The Redknapp report - SkySports

As another footballing year comes to a close the Premier League table has never been tighter. Just three points separate the top four, five points the bottom five and in between, the remaining 11 clubs are stuck in the middle seven points apart and able to ...


Saturday, December 25, 2010

WikiLeaks, Web to revolutionize reporting: John Pilger - Reuters India

One reason the media did not challenge the U.S. and British governments' justification for going to war in Iraq in 2003, later shown to be misplaced, was their eagerness to believe the official version of events, Pilger argued. He said the same was true of ...


Thursday, December 23, 2010

Russian supercars

Should Ferrari and Lamborghini worry?


Thursday, December 23, 2010

Aston Martin in talks to build new Maybachs - Financial Times

Up front: Sales of Maybachs, which sell for at least €300,000 apiece, have consistently disappointed Daimler is in talks with Aston Martin over a possible co-operation that would see the British luxury carmaker design and build the next generation of the ...


Thursday, December 23, 2010

ISuppli: Market For Mobile Communications Gear Soars in '10 - NASDAQ

Propelled by the strong cell phone market, worldwide factory equipment revenue generated by the mobile communications industry will near the quarter-trillion- dollar mark by the end of this year, according to market researcher iSuppli. Global mobile ...


Thursday, December 23, 2010

Heathrow nightmare just gets worse and worse - The Independent

I have never experienced such poor customer service. The only way I got through is because I figured out that because I speak Swedish I could call the British Airways offices in Sweden. You are on hold for about 30 minutes but at least you get to talk to a ...


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Locker room - SkySports

Looking good in sports gear is just as important as the benefits of the latest ... Click here for full review. For the first time British basketball lovers can also now access authentic on-court kit worn by all 450+ NBA players and all 30 NBA teams.


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Kayakers recount deadly crocodile attack in Congo - The Guardian

are world-class kayakers who have gone where no boat has gone before to navigate the melting snows of the Himalayas in Northern Pakistan and India, towering waterfalls in Brazil, and boulder-stewn creeks in Costa Rica, California and British Columbia.


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Snow And Ice: Why Heathrow Has Suffered Badly - Sky.com

Planes do not have a reverse gear and if the aircraft cannot be moved ... It said the Gulf Stream, which usually brings mild air from the Mexican Gulf to the British Isles, has shifted from its usual path due to a belt of high pressure sitting in the mid ...


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Welsh National faces big freeze inspection - BBC Sport

But Chepstow are desperate for their most popular and highest-profile meeting to beat the weather. "On an annual basis we gear up for this meeting," admitted Holland. "The Welsh National is our pinnacle meeting, not just for ourselves at Chepstow but Welsh racing.


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Sweden's Ericsson Buys Telecom Gear Vendor Optimi - NASDAQ

STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Swedish network equipment vendor Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson ( ERIC ) said Wednesday it has bought Optimi Corporation, a U.S.-Spanish telecommunications product and service vendor, in order to boost its network modernization ...


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Video: Fifth Gear checks out the two-cylinder Fiat 500 TwinAir - Autoblog

Have the Italians taken things too far? That's what the crew over at Fifth Gear have set about figuring out. The other British car show took the latest Cinquecento -- all two cylinders of it -- out for video review. So how did it fare? Follow the jump to ...


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Top Gear Goes Portable With Two New i-Apps

Top Gear , the wildly popular TV series from the BBC, is now available to play on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. This game is called Top Gear: Stunt School . | December 21, 2010 | BBC Worldwide


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

British firefighters battle blaze that engulf Kings of Leon tour buses at London's O2 arena - Chicago Tribune

LONDON (AP) ? Sixty firefighters tackled a blaze on Tuesday at London's O2 Arena that engulfed two tour buses belonging to the U.S. band Kings of Leon . The fire forced the Tennessee rockers to cancel Tuesday night's concert ? the finale to their ...


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The line between science and journalism is getting blurry....again

Human #1: "Hello, nice weather today, isn't it?" Human #2: "Ummm...actually not. It's a gray, cold, windy, rainy kind of day!" [More]


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Virgin Media Launches TiVo-Powered Web TV

Mimi Turner On-demand TV, gaming and web-enabled entertainment service capable of standard definition, HD and 3D. read more


Monday, December 20, 2010

How the Politics of Snow Works - Wall Street Journal

There are only three things the British love more than weather ... The snow story goes up a gear if he takes charge at any point. If Cameron convenes an emergency snow summit at Number 10, or even if it is briefed by Number 10 to the media that he has ...


Monday, December 20, 2010

Glasgow face Toulouse on Tuesday after two call-offs - BBC Sport

Glasgow Warriors continue to be in regular contact with British Airways." Warriors had originally arrived ... Warriors stressed that "Toulouse have been very hospitable" and had loaned training gear to the visiting squad. Glasgow had made a late change to ...


Monday, December 20, 2010

CRESCENT DAWN: A Dirk Pitt Novel

The latest Dirk Pitt novel elevates skilled adventure writing to yet another level. The father-and-son team of Clive and Dirk Cussler splashes the story from the Aegean Sea to Israel to England and back to Turkey.


Monday, December 20, 2010

Green ski trips for your winter holiday

Trips to the mountains for skiing and other snowy sports are a winter tradition for many families. And while any activity involving the great outdoors is a win for us, we've been thinking: Is there any way to make your ski vacation a little greener?


Monday, December 20, 2010

The top 20 TV programmes for the festive season

Boxing Day 2009 -- a snapshot: It's early evening in a living room in East Sussex. A teenage boy lies sprawled along a sofa staring into his mobile phone as he watches the previous night's Doctor Who Christmas special. On the other side of the room, with his back to the other boy as he rocks back and forth on a swivel chair, another teenager is catching up with the previous night's EastEnders on ...


Monday, December 20, 2010

Yahoo to terminate 8 web properties in restructuring effort - Beta News

Following a reported four percent staff reduction announced this week, search engine and web portal Yahoo! will also be restructuring its large roster of sites by terminating some, merging others, and turning still others into "features." The services ...


Monday, December 20, 2010

Sony has a lot to play for as it seeks 3D success - Financial Times

It was a tightly connected series of product launches involving three-quarters of the sprawling electronics and entertainment group's divisions -- from televisions and video games to professional film and broadcast gear -- in addition to television ...


Monday, December 20, 2010

Liam Gallagher Launches New Band Beady Eye, New Album Slated for February 28, 2011

The band formerly known as Oasis has announced plans for their debut album.  The newly christened Beady Eye features three-fourths of the final lineup of the seminal British band when co-founding brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher had their final feud and parted ways.


Monday, December 20, 2010

BIBC plans on demand service for Samsung TV gear

THE INQUIRER THE BIBC (British Internet Broadcasting Company) has announced an on demand European TV service for an array of Samsung Internet enabled hardware.


Monday, December 20, 2010

G3 names first winner in annual SkiGraphiks contest

Vancouver, British Columbia Fear and Loathing in Times Square is an apt name for the surreal graphic thatll soon be atop a special-edition version of G3s popular Manhattan Ski. And with the first segment of G3s annual SkiGraphiks competition wrapped up and a winner announced, the Vancouver-based ski gear manufacturer this week kicks off the second of four winter competitions in concert...


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Jaguar XJ is the Top Gear Luxury Car of the Year 2010 - Zawya.com

Dubai, 16 th December 2010: Top Gear has named the Jaguar XJ as its Luxury Car of the Year 2010, placing the British firm's flagship model above rivals from BMW and Audi. Writing in the most recent Awards Issue of Top Gear Magazine, Editor at Large Jason ...


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Tonight's the night for Larry King as 25-year reign comes to an end - The Independent

When the lights dim on his desk this evening, Larry King, the primetime interview host for CNN for the last 25 years, will hang up his trademark braces and cede his throne to the British talent ... without grinding a single gear. His vintage period was ...


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Global hotel chain announces sportswear partnership - The Independent

Fairmont, meanwhile, has a similar deal in place with Adidas, which offers members of its President's Club program rental workout gear when they check in to Fairmont properties.


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Same old, same old - SkySports

It's also a pretty ominous sign for their rivals as they look to click into gear over the festive period. Rio Ferdinand's immaculate return following a serious injury has laid to bed claims he was finished as a top class centre-half and again on Monday ...


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Greeks walk off the job and gear up for 24 hour strike - MSN UK News

The stoppage between 10:00 (10 a.m. British time) and 13:00 GMT (1 p.m. British time) was seen as a prelude for a 24-hour nationwide strike on December 15, which was expected to ground all flights to and from Greece and shut down schools, shops and public ...


Thursday, December 16, 2010

Greeks walk off the job, gear up for 24 hour strike - The Guardian

ATHENS, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Greek civil servants and private sector employees walked off the job for three hours on Tuesday in Athens in a week of protests against reforms prescribed by the EU and the IMF in exchange for a 110 billion-euro bailout. The ...


Thursday, December 16, 2010

9.12.2010: Dubstep rebellion - the British banlieue comes to Millbank - BBC

1930: They marched to parliament square, got stopped, surged through police lines and trampled onto the grass that had been so painstakingly regrown after the eviction of the peace camp. And then they danced. The man in charge of the sound system was from ...


Monday, December 13, 2010

X Factor judge Simon Cowell to launch 'UK chart show' - BBC

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Simon Cowell is planning to launch a weekly chart show on British TV, saying "there's a market for a new show". The 51-year-old said the programme would cost "a lot of money" but said he wanted ...


Monday, December 13, 2010

Returning heroes must display the virtues of saints - The Independent

Back in 1997, certain Leicester players returned triumphant from a wonderful British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa ... a handful of swaggering youngsters to wear club training gear rather than the England clobber they had been given during a summer ...


Monday, December 13, 2010

Swine flu: it's back: - The Independent

The 10 deaths were in younger adults under 65 and associated with H1N1 swine flu. Most had underlying conditions but "a small proportion" were healthy before being struck down by the virus, according to the Health Protection Agency (HPA). Seasonal flu ...


Monday, December 13, 2010

British comic talks videogames, is utterly fantastic - DESTRUCTOID

Also fantastic to see the audience responding, proving that comedians should tell more game jokes. Great clip, great comic, and great to hear a mainstream BBC audience cheer at the mention of Metal Gear Solid . This video has made my day.


Saturday, December 11, 2010

Silverstone's £99 Lamborghini Thrill - The Independent

That's the Supercar Thrill, one of a number of driving experiences offered by Silverstone, the home of the British Grand Prix ... and has exotic touches such as a metal gear-change gate and a V10 engine that sounds simply glorious, but it also has all ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

British prosecutors: No new phone hacking charges - San Jose Mercury News

LONDON?British officials won't file any new charges in a tabloid phone hacking scandal that threatened to tarnish the reputation of the prime minister's senior media aide, the country's chief prosecutor said Friday. Prosecutors were unable to back ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

Clarkson's Top Gear still to decide on using new Stig - BBC

Top Gear is still deciding whether a replacement Stig will be used in the new series, presenter Jeremy Clarkson has revealed. "We don't know what to do," he said, speaking to Chris Moyles on Radio 1. "Eventually a suggestion will come in and we'll say ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

Manchester United do not fear Arsenal - Chris Smalling - BBC Sport

When the fixtures first came out everyone saw this as a pivotal period," stated Smalling. "We didn't get into top gear during the first month of the season. Now it is time for us to kick on and send out a message because we are getting stronger as a team."


Saturday, December 11, 2010

No frills but a whole load of thrills - Daily Mirror

While there's support for Wi-Fi and HSDPA giving fast downloads over 3G, web browsing is slightly hampered by a jerky performance due to the slightly underpowered processor. All in all, it's a decent enough everyman smartphone that's full of features and ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

Smyth lured away from Belfast Giants - Belfast Telegraph

Brad Smyth's Belfast Giants career came to an end last night after receiving an offer that was 'too good to pass up.' The former NHL forward asked to be released by the Giants in order to sign a more lucrative contract in Italy. And, after staying tw ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

Commonwealth Games star O'Kane gets date for pro bow - Belfast Telegraph

Northern Ireland's golden boy Eamonn O'Kane will make his professional debut on February 12. O'Kane, who captained the highly successful Northern Ireland boxing team at the Commonwealth Games, has agreed to be managed by Francie McNicholl, father-in-law ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

Violence flares in Parliament Sq. as MPs debate fees - The Independent

Several other protesters were seen being led away with their arms being held by officers in riot gear. London Ambulance said paramedics have treated 19 patients, six of whom have been taken to hospital. Police said of the seven people arrested, two were ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Suede to decide future after 'vain' London O2 Arena gig - NME

We never wanted to take it to a stadium level. "So we did the Albert Hall when we came back and thought 'Where do we go from there?' We can't step down a gear. So someone suggested the O2 and it seemed like a crazy, vain, glorious enough thing for us to do."


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Assange may surrender to British police - Air Force Times

LONDON ? Julian Assange's lawyer was arranging to deliver the WikiLeaks founder to British police for questioning in a sex ... vice president of the Swiss Pirate Party, whose Swiss Web address, wikileaks.ch, has been serving as a mainstay for WikiLeaks ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Startup launching web application firewall service - Australian Techworld

Imperva Monday announced its spinoff company Incapsula will start providing cloud-based Web application firewall services early next year with a focus on smaller businesses. Incapsula is an Israeli-based start-up with about 15 employees and three data ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

It's Monte Carlo or bust for rally star Patterson - Belfast Telegraph

Former world champion Petter Solberg and his Ulster co-driver Chris Patterson have been drafted into the Peugeot line-up for next month's Monte Carlo Rally. The pair, who finished third in this year's World championship, will drive a S2000 Peugeot 207 ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Migrant boat capsizes in British Virgin Islands - San Jose Mercury News

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands?A motorboat overloaded with Haitian migrants slammed into a reef off the British Virgin Islands and capsized Monday as it tried to evade authorities. Five people were killed, including two infants. The 30-foot (9-meter ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Etherington finds top gear - SkySports

There's more live football on Sky Sports than ever before, including the Barclays Premier League, UEFA Champions League, Clydesdale Bank Premier League, England away Euro 2012 qualifiers and La Liga. With four live Sky Sports channels, as well as Sky ...


Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Mobile Web usage surged in October - Opera - Reuters India

Telecoms gear makers Nokia Siemens, Ericsson and Alcatel ... in the last few months and controlled 24.5 percent of the market in October, according to Web analytics firm StatCounter. The Blackberry, iPhone and Nokia browsers all have 16 to 18 percent ...


Monday, December 06, 2010

Mary Ann Sieghart: O fathers, where art thou? - The Independent

Very few fathers have changed down a gear at work so they can share the childcare equally ... much time each of them can take off work after the baby is born. The current British system seems designed to produce male breadwinners and stay-at-home mothers.


Monday, December 06, 2010

WikiLeaks uses Swiss Web address as options narrow - San Jose Mercury News

After a number of web companies dropped WikiLeaks ... Assange is now in Britain, according to his British lawyer. Marc Andrey, a spokesman for the financial services arm of Swiss Post, told the Swiss weekly NZZ am Sonntag that Assange stated when opening ...


Monday, December 06, 2010

Rowing: I'll be going for gold in London, says Campbell - Belfast Telegraph

Olympic sculler Alan Campbell officially opened the new Lagan Scullers Boathouse yesterday ? and stressed his determination to win gold at London 2012. Northern Ireland has not won individual Olympic gold since Mary Peters' pentathlon triumph in 1972 ...


Monday, December 06, 2010

Carey Mulligan: Moet British Independent Film Awards! - Just Jared

Carey Mulligan heats up the red carpet in Prabal Gurung at the Moet British Independent Film Awards, held at Old Billingsgate Market on Sunday (December 5) in London, England. The 25-year-old British actress is up for the award for Best Actress for her ...


Monday, December 06, 2010

Worst ever pothole season warning - Daily Mirror

A spokesman said the site had already seen a huge increase in web traffic during the nationwide blanketing of snow. He estimated British motorists paid out £320 million last year from damage incurred from potholes. "That figure could pale into ...


Monday, December 06, 2010

Blues stars seek turnaround - SkySports

There's more live football on Sky Sports than ever before, including the Barclays Premier League, UEFA Champions League, Clydesdale Bank Premier League, England away Euro 2012 qualifiers and La Liga. With four live Sky Sports channels, as well as Sky ...


Monday, December 06, 2010

Ricky Burns defeats Andreas Evensen to retain WBO crown - BBC Sport

Something never clicked in there, I don't know what it was." Burns had certainly clicked into gear when he floored Evensen with a sequence of vicious shots to the head after only 10 seconds of the first bell. But after taking a standing count, WBO ...


Sunday, December 05, 2010

First the bangs. Then an engine caught fire. 459 lives were on the line - The Independent

The wing slats were not working, and nor were the auto-thrust and auto-landing systems. There were problems with the brakes and landing gear, and with the anti-ice mechanism. The satellite communications system had failed. The captain, Richard de Crespigny ...


Saturday, December 04, 2010

England make Ponting pay - SkySports

England have taken the upper hand after an excellent bowling display. Can they win the second Test? Bet now. Bet now. Ricky Ponting was left to rue his decision to bat first in the second Ashes Test as Jimmy Anderson and England ran riot at the Adelaide ...


Saturday, December 04, 2010

Monfils' early magic gets the French off to cup flier - Belfast Telegraph

Gael Monfils gave France the early advantage in their Davis Cup final against Serbia in Belgrade yesterday afternoon with a commanding victory over an erratic Janko Tipsarevic in the opening rubber. The Frenchman, ranked 12th in the world, 37 places above ...


Saturday, December 04, 2010

Allen has a UK title success in his sights - Belfast Telegraph

Mark Allen believes it is just a matter of time before he claims his first ranking title as he prepares to start his challenge for the 12BET.com UK Championship at the International Centre in Telford tomorrow. The 24-year-old from Antrim has reached four ...


Saturday, December 04, 2010

Noose tightens as WikiLeaks fights for web survival - Global Nation

Assange is reportedly in hiding in Britain. Stephens would not reveal his client's location but he said British police and Swedish authorities know where the 39-year-old Australian is and how to contact him. The whistleblower site came back online with its ...


Thursday, December 02, 2010

Cesc won't rush return - SkySports

Fabregas admits he is yet to hit top gear this season, following a draining summer in South Africa, but feels it is only a matter of time before he is back to his talismanic best. "I know I haven't been at my best this season," added the Spaniard.


Thursday, December 02, 2010

Missed Shift? American 'Top Gear' struggles to find its own identity - Autoweek.com

The U.S. version of "Top Gear" is broadcast on the History Channel. "What happened to 'Top Gear?' " my favorite bartender asked this past weekend. "Somebody took the BBC's scripts and wrote Tanner, Rutledge and Adam over cues which previously said Jeremy ...


Thursday, December 02, 2010

British prime minister criticizes BBC story, saying it could harm England's 2018 World Cup bid - Chicago Tribune

LONDON (AP) ? British Prime Minister David Cameron has joined criticism of a BBC investigation into FIFA because it could potentially harm England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup . Cameron said a BBC Panorama documentary set to be broadcast three days ...


Thursday, December 02, 2010

Christmas parcels for British troops in Afghanistan - BBC

For the thousands of British troops serving in Afghanistan, being able to open presents from home on Christmas Day is a big boost to morale. There is just one week left for the families of servicemen and women to get their parcels in the post if the gifts ...


Thursday, December 02, 2010

'Top Gear' recap: Brits are a tough act to follow, but Yanks make it work - Los Angeles Times

Although the American version is more fan-boy and less gear-headed and critical of cars than the British original, the three hosts have a genuine on-screen chemistry. And they're different enough from one another that it works. Representing American car ...


Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Rihanna Covers 'British GQ' January 2011 - Just Jared

Rihanna shows off her red hot hair on cover of British GQ 's January 2011 issue. The 22-year-old pop star, who also graces the cover of Interview 's latest issue, recently dished about her thoughts on starting a family. Asked by interview Kanye West ...


Tuesday, November 30, 2010

British tourism pins hopes on royal wedding - WA today

The royal wedding in April is expected to boost tourism at home and abroad, says Charles Starmer-Smith. Judging by the levels of excitement displayed by travel companies in the days after the royal wedding date was announced, you could be forgiven for ...


Tuesday, November 30, 2010

'I'm nervous' admits Gear - SkySports

No places are really cemented, I guess. I am just going to have to build on my form going into the Super 15. Hosea Gear is nervous about securing a place on the All Blacks World Cup squad despite scoring five tries in four games during the autumn Tests.


Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Chandlers reveal they were captured by Somali pirates under British patrol's gaze - Daily Mail

Amid the chaos of the assault, the British red ensign that had ­fluttered proudly from ... The team of elite Marines ? armed to the teeth and in full combat gear of black fatigues, balaclavas and nightvision goggles ? could only watch, frustrated and ...


Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Student protests prompt police chief to warn of new era of violence and lawless riots as students gear up for ... - Daily Mail

Britain is entering a new era of lawless riots and violent disorder, the country's most senior policeman warned yesterday. Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson said the 'game had changed' and bobbies would have to be taken off the ...


Monday, November 29, 2010

Why didn't the navy save us? The Chandlers reveal how they were captured by pirates under the gaze of ... - Daily Mail

Amid the chaos of the assault, the British red ensign that had ­fluttered proudly from ... The team of elite Marines ? armed to the teeth and in full combat gear of black fatigues, balaclavas and nightvision goggles ? could only watch, frustrated and ...


Monday, November 29, 2010

Why is outdoor gear so ugly? The weird world of performance outerwear - The Guardian

Once you've eliminated everything that looks waterproof but is in fact only windproof, you're left with two options: cheap, shapeless nylon cagoules or super-expensive, high-performance gear. The problem seems to be that synthetic materials solved the rain ...


Friday, November 26, 2010

Haven Holidays in 2011 Gear Up for the Royal Wedding! - Yahoo Finance

Haven Holidays is part of Bourne Leisure Ltd who also own Warner Leisure Hotels and Butlins Resorts. The largest privately owned holiday operator in the UK, Bourne Leisure was awarded 'Large Tour Operator of the Year' in the British Travel Awards 2009.


Friday, November 26, 2010

Wales v New Zealand: Teams - SkySports

New Zealand: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Isaia Toeava, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 ...


Friday, November 26, 2010

TOM Curr has been confirmed as the youngest winner of the British Milers' Cross Country Classic senior men's ... - This is Gloucestershire

I was really pleased with the way it went and I always felt I had another gear on the last lap ... the same position occupied by Imogen Briscoe in the Under 17 women's race. British Milers' Cross Country Classic, Bristol Downs - senior men: 1 Tom Curr ...


Friday, November 26, 2010

Gran Turismo 5 tested on Top Gear race track by gamers - BBC

We've taken two Radio 1 listeners down to the Top Gear test track (which has been included in Gran Turismo for the first time) and to Sony HQ in London to give Newsbeat their verdict.


Friday, November 26, 2010

Top Gear stars follow route of three wise men - WalesOnline

Top Gear's trio of presenters will follow in the tracks of the original three wise men in a Christmas special that sees them drive through Iraq. They will drive open-top sports cars through southern Turkey and Syria on their way to Bethlehem in the festive challenge.


Friday, November 26, 2010

Tory MP says British money being used to bail out Euro - BBC

Critics say British money is being used to prop up the mistakes of Irish politicians. Conservative MP Douglas Carswell said: "We want Ireland to prosper but that's precisely why we should be helping Ireland to escape from the Euro."


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Gamers test Gran Turismo 5 on Top Gear race track - BBC

We've taken two Radio 1 listeners down to the Top Gear test track and to Sony HQ in London to give Newsbeat their verdict.


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

British Superbikes: Laverty spreads his wings with Swan - Belfast Telegraph

Michael Laverty is the latest British Superbike star to opt for pastures new in 2011, taking up the offer of a factory-supported contract with Shaun Muir's all-new Swan Yamaha team alongside Englishman Tommy Hill. The 29-year-old Toomebridge lad, now ...


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Top Gear trio follow festive route - yorkshirepost

Top Gear's trio of presenters will follow in the tracks of the original three wise men in a Christmas special that sees them drive through Iraq. They will drive open-top sports cars through southern Turkey and Syria on their way to Bethlehem in the festive challenge.


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Online shoppers gear up for Manic Monday - First Post

Web users are set to spend a total of £537m at a rate of £22.4m per hour, according to shopping comparison website Kelkoo. High Street shoppers are far less organised and don't turn out in their biggest numbers until December 18, when 10 million of them ...


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

They may have their own Stig, but Top Gear fans still left unimpressed with US version - Daily Mail

The US version of Top Gear premiered on America's History channel last night, but die-hard fans of the British show were left unimpressed. The American version had all the components needed for the show, including an identical looking Stig and three ...


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Top Gear wises up for BBC Christmas - The Guardian

Rivers of Babylon ... Top Gear in Bolivia for 2009's festive special. Photograph: BBC The Top Gear team will follow in the footsteps of the Three Wise Men this Christmas in a festive BBC schedule that also sees another reunion for The Royle Family, a ...


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Ready for action! Gwen Stefani dons combat gear for day of rough and tumble at the park - Daily Mail

Pop star Gwen Stefani arrived at a West Hollywood playground yesterday dressed for a tour of mummy duty. Wearing army camouflage trousers and a tight black T-shirt, the No Doubt singer was ready to join in on the fun with her sons Kingston, four, and Zuma ...


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Irish Embassy hosts British royalty - Belfast Telegraph

The Prince of Wales has visited the Irish Embassy in London, the first member of the British Royal Family to do so. Prince Charles, joined by his wife the Duchess of Cornwall, met leading figures from Irish society at a special reception hosted by ...


Sunday, November 21, 2010

Ireland 18-38 New Zealand - BBC Sport

New Zealand: 15-Mils Muliaina, 14-Cory Jane, 13-Conrad Smith, 12-Ma'a Nonu, 11-Hosea Gear, 10-Daniel Carter, 9-Andy Ellis; 1-Tony Woodcock, 2-Hikawera Elliot, 3-Owen Franks, 4-Anthony Boric, 5-Tom Donnelly, 6-Jerome Kaino, 7-Richie McCaw, 8-Kieran Read.


Sunday, November 21, 2010

Top Gear': Toys for boys, with an American accent - Houma Courier

At the beginning of each episode of "Top Gear," History Channel's adaptation of the popular British automotive show, the host Adam Ferrara lists things that the American version will not do. No makeovers, no cooking, no singing and dancing, no ...


Sunday, November 21, 2010

Fabulous Foster denies Chelsea - SkySports

Man of the match: Ben Foster was a man possessed in the Birmingham goal and somehow kept Chelsea at bay - superb performance. Goal of the match: Lee Bowyer took his goal with aplomb, sliding the ball home after a great knock-down by Cameron Jerome. Save of ...


Sunday, November 21, 2010

O'Dwyer declares for Dublin - Belfast Telegraph

Former Tipperary hurler Ryan O'Dwyer has declared for Dublin after moving to the capital with a new job. The 24-year-old has made himself available to manager Anthony Daly and could be wearing the famous sky blue next season. He has taken up a teaching ...


Sunday, November 21, 2010

COMPLIANCE WATCH:Private Equity Funds Gear Up For SEC Registration - Wall Street Journal

NEW YORK(Dow Jones)--Regulators still have a ways to go to map out plans for private equity fund registration, but the rush to comply with upcoming rules has already begun. The Securities and Exchange Commission meets Friday to consider proposing rules ...


Sunday, November 21, 2010

British Gas offer early Christmas present: A 7% hike in energy bills - Metro.co.uk

British Gas' price increases come during the financially-difficult festive period (PA) The company said that a rise in wholesale energy prices had forced it to increase prices, but this is likely to offer little comfort to those facing higher bills heading ...


Sunday, November 21, 2010

John Terry urges misfiring champions Chelsea 'to find another gear' - The Guardian

We haven't been playing too well but have been grinding out results. We have another gear to find and we're still at the top of the Premier League, so we have to be encouraged by that but we can't forget what has got us there in the first place.


Sunday, November 21, 2010

Queen to launch British Monarchy page on Facebook - BBC

The Queen has reportedly embraced the web and sends e-mails. A British Monarchy Twitter feed is also available The Facebook page is due to go live from Monday morning. The page will also feature the Court Circular, recording the previous day's official engagements


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Ready to fly - SkySports

I choose to do it that way. It's nice. I'll start packing on Saturday morning, just before the flight; a few clothes, the laptop to keep up to date with everything and some training gear. I'd like to lose a bit of weight while I'm out there. My big dilemma ...


Thursday, November 18, 2010

GM Stock Sale in High Gear - Wall Street Journal

General Motors Co. is on pace to sell $18.1 billion in shares in what likely will be the second-largest U.S. initial public offering ever, capping a remarkable two-year turnaround in which the car maker went from begging for a government bailout to posting ...


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Are you following the upcoming British royal wedding? - Bangor Daily News

Keep it civil and stay on topic No vulgarity, racial slurs, name-calling or personal attacks. People who harass others or joke about tragedies will be blocked. The primary rule here is pretty simple: Treat others with the same respect you'd want for ...


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Colin Turkington wins first World Tour race ... in court - Belfast Telegraph

The former British champion from Portadown finished second behind Brazilian Agusto Farfus at Okayama in Japan three weeks ago, but only when the teams arrived in the former Portuguese colony in the Far East for the season finale has a ruling by an FIA ...


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Dennis Taylor now at top table of Ireland's sports stars - Belfast Telegraph

Dennis Taylor will have his status as an Irish sporting great confirmed tonight when he is inducted into the Texaco Hall of Fame in a glittering ceremony in Dublin. The County Tyrone man will join fellow Ulster legends such as Dame Mary Peters, Willie John ...


Thursday, November 18, 2010

All Blacks hit top Gear - SkySports

Hosea Gear and Mils Muliaina each bagged a brace as the visitors' back division was altogether too hot to handle during the 49-3 success. New Zealand took control with four early tries in the space of 17 minutes, helped by the midfield distribution of ...


Thursday, November 18, 2010

British Gas attacked for price rise - Financial Times

British Gas has been accused of mismanaging its gas purchases after announcing it would charge customers 7 per cent more for gas and electricity from mid-December. The price increase will mean the company's 8m customers pay on average an extra £53 for ...


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Taxi drivers in top gear for healthier lifestyle - BBC

Taxi drivers in Londonderry have given up their special treats so they can become fitter and enjoy a healthier lifestyle. BBC NI reporter Keiron Tourish reports... About half a dozen firms as well as other volunteers are hitting the gym and watching what ...


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Coventry Transport Museum's in top gear - Coventry Telegraph.net

Mr Hall said: "This is excellent news about our visitor figures; everyone loves to come here to enjoy the collection, which is the best and largest collection of British road transport anywhere in the world. ''The team here at the museum and I work ...


Thursday, November 18, 2010

Should we stay permanently on British Summer Time? - BBC

Dr Mayer Hillman, a public policy specialist at the Policy Studies Institute wants the UK to keep British Summer Time throughout the year. Do you support the idea? Dr Hillman says the extra hour of evening daylight would give everyone more opportunities to ...


Monday, November 15, 2010

Business News at 1:30 P.M. - WNCT

LONDON The British government begins investigating the offer by Rupert ... By Personal Finance Writer Mark Jewell Eds: Available exclusively on AP Exchange AP Web Feeds. RETIREMENT TODAY-REVERSE MORTGAGE CHICAGO Buried in debt and struggling to pay her ...


Friday, November 12, 2010

Biodegradable Paint Stripper Rust Removal Formulations: Aviation, Industrial Use. Green ... - PRWeb

About Molecular-Tech Coatings and Premier Solutions of America Molecular-Tech Coatings (MTC) http: www.m-tc.com has manufactured high technology chemical products since 1998 from their facilities in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. The company ...


Friday, November 12, 2010

Apple smashes patch record with gigantic update - Good Gear Guide

Nils, who uses only his last name when he reports vulnerabilities, is best known for his work at Pwn2Own, an annual hacking contest held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. At the 2010 event, Nils sidestepped two major defensive technologies in Windows ...


Friday, November 12, 2010

MacBook Air breathes new life into laptop design - Boston Globe

The result reminds me of a classic British sports car: not the fastest thing out there ... It's also got the same multitouch capability found on the iPhone. To enlarge or shrink a Web page, just "pinch'' the touchpad with forefinger and thumb.


Friday, November 12, 2010

Bay Ridge Eagle - Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Check out the web site at www.genesis-repertory.org ... performance beginning at 8 p.m. Admission is "Pay what you can" and refreshments and BrooklynOne gear will be available. This will be a truly magical and entertaining night, so please join us.


Friday, November 12, 2010

Council revamps observer program - Webcenter 11

In the Gulf of Alaska, for example, there are only 104 fixed-gear catcher vessels longer than 60 feet ... electronic monitoring ? as has been done successfully in Canada's British Columbia halibut fishery ? and attempting to lower the burden on the ...


Monday, November 08, 2010

How to kill the 'Net - IDG NEWS

Having a serious discussion about Prince dissing the Internet is as meaningful as pondering Lindsay Lohan's opinions on string theory, but I digress ... Prince then went and took down his "official" Web site ... such as the British, the Canadians, the ...


Monday, November 08, 2010

BBC in top gear to go global - Daily Telegraph

No, they're not the essentials to help you get through a British winter, but some of the UK's top exports ... On Wednesday, the first series of a US version of Top Gear, commissioned by the History channel in the States, was launched at one of the ...


Monday, November 08, 2010

Return of underground rave culture is fuelled by the recession and Facebook - The Guardian

Across the city hundreds of revellers waited, watching the web. Shortly after 7pm on 30 October ... Mods and Rockers In the mid-60s, British youth seemed divided into two clans: sharply dressed, pill-popping mods who drove scooters and listened to r'n'b ...


Monday, November 08, 2010

Lil Wayne out of the slammer - Wichita Eagle

Lil Wayne, who had the best-selling album of 2008 and won a best rap album Grammy with "Tha Carter III," kept his career in high gear while locked up for having ... as a notorious drug dealer in the new British film "Mr. Nice"; and he's shooting for an ...


Monday, November 08, 2010

A special report on smart systems - Economist.com

Not even Thames Water, the utility that operates the British capital's water ... In early 2010 the firm began using a web-based service provided by TaKaDu, an Israeli company, that acts as the network's "eyes and ears", in the words of Amir Peleg ...


Monday, November 08, 2010

Is there a big cat on the loose near Carlisle? - News and Star

He said: "I stopped running. I've heard stories about people being attacked." He has reported the encounter on a web site that monitors sightings. The British Big Cats Society claims there have been as many as 2,000 big-cat sightings in a single year.


Monday, November 01, 2010

007's Aston Martin sells for $4.1M in London - The State

The unique car, which boasts an ejector seat, machine guns, rotating license plates and other spy gear, was initially expected to go ... type for the lucrative British and American sports car market. Aston Martin was seen as a heady mix of Italian design ...


Monday, November 01, 2010

007's Aston Martin sells for $4.1M in London - The State

The unique car, which boasts an ejector seat, machine guns, rotating license plates and other spy gear, was initially expected to go ... type for the lucrative British and American sports car market. Aston Martin was seen as a heady mix of Italian design ...


Monday, November 01, 2010

Do be careful with it, James: Bond's Aston Martin on sale - Windsor Star

Microsoft's resident visionary and departing software chief has urged the company to move on from its Windows and Office roots and imagine a "post-PC world" of simple, global Web devices ... Someone in British Columbia is fined, on average, once ...


Monday, November 01, 2010

Do be careful with it, James: Bond's Aston Martin on sale - Windsor Star

Microsoft's resident visionary and departing software chief has urged the company to move on from its Windows and Office roots and imagine a "post-PC world" of simple, global Web devices ... Someone in British Columbia is fined, on average, once ...


Monday, November 01, 2010

Son scours province for missing dad - StarPhoenix

Microsoft's resident visionary and departing software chief has urged the company to move on from its Windows and Office roots and imagine a "post-PC world" of simple, global Web devices ... Someone in British Columbia is fined, on average, once ...


Monday, November 01, 2010

Son scours province for missing dad - StarPhoenix

Microsoft's resident visionary and departing software chief has urged the company to move on from its Windows and Office roots and imagine a "post-PC world" of simple, global Web devices ... Someone in British Columbia is fined, on average, once ...


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

UK newspaper launches new, condensed companion - WRAL

... British newspaper launched its condensed and cheaper version on Tuesday in hopes of luring back dwindling numbers of ... a web designer. "There's a gap between the free-sheets and getting a quality newspaper at a reasonable price," Bennet said ...


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Top Gear: Zero to "60 Minutes" - CBS News

... Gear." What's "Top Gear"? The simple answer is that it's a British car show on the BBC that's watched by 350 million viewers ... Last spring she sent me a link from a friend to a Web site showing a badly scratched version of "A Trip Down Market Street ...


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Imperiled: Shark populations in freefall throughout the world - The Vancouver Sun

sharks fill an important ecological role - much like terrestrial predators such as wolves - and are part of the greater web of marine biodiversity that ... shark bycatch would benefit fishermen by reducing damage to their gear and the time required to ...


Saturday, October 23, 2010

Is What's Good For Corporate Profits, Good For Al Qaeda? - Forbes (blog)

According to the Web site for the October 30 American Muslim Consumers Conference (AMCC) , "the consumer ... remember Kareem Abdul Jabaar's spokesmanship for LA Gear? Why does the religion of a spokesperson really matter? * ISNA is the largest official ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Clearwire Seeing 90 30 Mbps In LTE Tests - Broadband Dslreports

... gear that you can deploy right now. The gear just happens to be a bit larger (» ubnt.com ) than a phone. I wanna see how this company is gonna mature. While its technology, network infrastructure is advanced, its billing, customer service, PR, web ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Top Gear USA Gets A Stig, Suzuki SX4 As Celeb Car - MotorAuthority

... Gear USA is finally getting close to airing on the History Channel, and the last of the details of the show's setup are leaking to the Web. Today Variety published ... driving the Suzuki SX4--America's equivalent of the British Top Gear's "Reasonably ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

British tourist feared drowned in Nepal lake - Webindia 123

A 48-year-old British tourist is feared to have drowned in a Nepal lake after ... occasionally uncertain climate and political instability tend to throw travellers' plans out of gear. Most of the accidents at the Fewa Lake are caused by tourists flouting ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

U. of Chicago student lives Harry Potter - Ottawa Times

plastered her apartment with Harry Potter movie gear and even has her own stuffed owl ... worked at the Museum of Science and Industry's Harry Potter exhibit ? greeting visitors in a fake British accent ? helped expand her social circle. The group of ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Real Time Visibility and Collaboration Across Complex Supply Chains Delivers Benefits to RPC Containers - YAHOO!

British company RPC Containers ( http: www ... We have to be extremely flexible and gear up to enable them to meet their requirements," Mr Hyde said. "Today that means having supply chain systems to enable us to be responsive, and that means real-time ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

NGRAIN Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Contract by CAE to Support Maintenance Training Program for the CC-130J - Market Wire

BRITISH COLUMBIA-- (Marketwire - Oct. 13 ... NGRAIN will deliver virtual maintenance training solutions for a range of CC-130J subsystems including the main landing gear, flight controls, auxiliary power unit and others. These solutions will demonstrate ...


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Google Answers, What's On TV? - FOX News

A search of the popular British car show Top Gear brought up not only listings for forthcoming shows on the satellite feed, but also some online videos. From the show's Web site, I watched a particularly hilarious outtake of actor Jeff Goldblum taking the ...


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Skoda Fabia vRS Breaks Speed Records With Fifth Gear - - Eurotuner

the British TV Channel 5 motoring show Fifth Gear (similar in content and style to the BBC's Top Gear) has aimed for the record books and chose the Skoda Fabia vRS as their weapon of choice. Fifth Gear presenter Jonny Smith made full use of the Fabia vRS ...


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

7 ways your job could shorten your life - Webindia 123

Burning the midnight oil: Working overtime or working late Those working 10 to 11 hours a day (compared with the traditional seven-hour British workday) were as much ... that means donning a dust mask or other protective gear if you are in a construction ...


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

The doctor is in: Blount native goes from medicine to rock 'n' roll and back again - Daily Times

when he rushes in from the wings to help the members change out instruments or tweak their gear. But without his help ... because he's always been in love with British music," Loflin said. "When he left, he joked with me and said, 'If I get a record ...


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Recon-Zeal Transcend: World's First Head-Mounted GPS Goggles - Gearlog

there's a new piece of gear available ... British Columbia-based Recon Instruments teamed up with with Colorado-based Zeal Optics to create the revolutionary goggles that feature an integrated display. According to Recon Instruments' Web site , "Transcend ...


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Win it All This Fall with Outdoor Channel's 4th Annual 'Gear Up and Go!' Sweepstakes - Marketwatch

Web and social media platforms for our annual 'Gear Up and Go ... 2010 from MarketWatch "British September manufacturing activity grows at its slowest pace in 10 months http: on.mktw.net aW8fQH " 3:50 a.m. EDT, Oct. 1, 2010 from MarketWatch "Manufacturing ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

Teen pregnant 'from swimming in pool' - ninemsn

British tabloid The Sun reports ... of a US university student who apparently took his life after a secret video of him having sex with a man was put on the web has sparked outrage. Student upset PowerPoint sex list went viral An American college student ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

ARRL Letter - ARRL AMATEUR RADIO

as well as skill using direction-finding gear. It is done entirely on foot ... On the Web : How to Delete Pages from the "Your Favorites" Feature In the past, we have discussed the "Your Favorites" feature -- a way to "bookmark" certain pages on the ARRL ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

Sharp Galapagos Android devices to enter tablet fray - Good Gear Guide

and will have Web browsing and social networking capabilities ... which were visited by Charles Darwin (1809-1882), a British geologist and biologist. The observations he made while on the islands played a key role in the formulation of his "theory of ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

Engineering panel finds holes in BP spill probe - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Kennedy International Airport as malfunctioning landing gear sent sparks flying and ... been available to scholars who made the trip to the British Library's reading rooms, curator Scot McKendrick said their posting to the Web was opening antiquity to ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

UK library puts Greek manuscripts online - ninemsn

... web in recent years. The British Library said on Monday it was making more than ... Passengers cowered and prayed on a tense descent into New York's Kennedy Airport as malfunctioning landing gear sent sparks flying. Dannii reveals pain at Kylie ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

'Spot-fixing'-hit tour of England was difficult on and off the field: Waqar - Webindia 123

but because of the controversies it was tough against England because you need extra effort to gear the players when you see ... provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and questioned by British police over an alleged plot to ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

Twitter knew about worm bug a month ago - Good Gear Guide

The cause: a basic Web programming error that allowed Twitter users to add JavaScript to their tweets ... the wife of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who inadvertently spread the pornographic version of the worm to her 1.2 million followers .


Friday, October 01, 2010

My thoughts on DADT I am a 55 year old disabled veteran of 2 wars - DAILY KOS

I threw my helmet at the Colonel and my web gear with my 45 (not loaded) the loaded mags were in my pockets ... When we do missions with our allies the British, the Israeli Army, the French, the Germans etc our military members serve with gay and lesbian ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

ATV LIVE : The Morning Wire - ATV News (blog)

... Web Our first look around the web this morning and we stop first to the Media Guardian, and links local TV and Top Gear, intrigued? Click Here ... main news on the breakfast shows this morning is the news that British troops are leaving Sangin in ...


Friday, October 01, 2010

BlackBerry Torch review: UK edition - Electric Pig

The web browser works! Pinch to zoom ... smartphone that's consumer friendly and on a par with the Androids and iPhones of this world mean it's time for a shift in gear. Touchscreen QWERTY sliding phones are still a rarity, and the moniker change for ...


Saturday, September 04, 2010

They Liked It So Much They Bought the Brand - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The new XJ has basically the same running gear and chassis -- with key refinements -- as ... Jaguar would have ranked high on any list of products epitomizing British luxury. Then it seemed to lose the recipe.


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Anglers seeking to slow invasive algae - Taos News

including British Columbia and alpine Europe ... they're getting better about cleaning and inspecting their gear. Hopefully everyone will just do it on their own without being required by law." At the Taos Fly Shop,


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Wright And Trujillo Battle For Supremacy

After another two windy races, the top five at the Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco maintain their relative positions but Rafa Trujillo (ESP) who scored 1-2 and Ed Wright (GBR) who scored 2-5 increased their lead over the rest of the fleet.


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Pedophile 'knew who abducted Maddie' - ninemsn

A British pedophile confessed that he knew what happened ... Court has refused to grant a temporary injunction preventing the revelation of the identity of Top Gear's The Stig. Discovery Channel gunman shot dead A ...


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Financial documents out The Stig - ninemsn

... British media as possibly being Top Gear star The Stig ... Fred Nile caught in web porn storm Conservative NSW MP Fred Nile has denied that he has been accessing pornographic websites on his parliamentary computer,


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Compass Spinning

"What makes a person love the music of Stevie Wonder over Keith Urban ? it's something you're either into or not," said Jamie Lidell. "I never thought about music belonging to race and not belonging to me."


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Top Gear mystery man 'The Stig' is former SAS member - Webindia 123

British race car driver Ben Collins, who has been unveiled as Top Gear mystery man The Stig, has been revealed to be a former member of the SAS. Collins, 35, is said to have served as a member of the ...


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Government of Canada Investing in Community Action to Preserve Local Habitat and Species at Risk on Vancouver Island

PORT ALBERNI, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 30, 2010) - James Lunney, Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Alberni, on behalf of Canada's Environment Minister, the Honourable Jim Prentice, today announced funding from the Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk. In total, $158,376 in federal funding will support environmental action focusing on conservation and protection of species ...


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Tech Talk: Working Thin Coal - the Coal Plow and Hydrominer - The Oil Drum

the incoming British Government, which had been somewhat antagonistic to coal while in opposition ... the gear boxes at each end and the power pack in the middle, there are through-bolts down the machine.


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Government of Canada Investing in Community Action to Preserve Local Habitat and Species at Risk in British Columbia

CRANBROOK, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 26, 2010) - The Honourable Jim Abbott, Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of International Cooperation and Member of Parliament for Kootenay-Columbia, on behalf of Canada's Environment Minister, the Honourable Jim Prentice, today announced funding from the Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk. In total, $14,438 in federal funding ...


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Government of Canada Investing in Community Action to Preserve Local Habitat and Species at Risk ... - Market Wire

BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 26 ... targeted educational outreach to reduce the entanglement of species at risk in fishing gear, and enhancement of water quality and aquatic habitat on private lands to ...


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Loose Diamonds Retailer Aliya Launches Quality Diamond Website Store - Israel News Agency

announced today the official launch of its online Web E-commerce loose diamonds and diamond jewelry ... Oved Ben Ami was responsible for relations with the British governors in Palestine, a very important role ...


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Japanese 'planet' walker rests up in Philly

A journey of 3,000 miles begins with a stop in Philly. Masahito Yoshida, a 29-year-old mechanical engineer from Japan, plans to walk across the continent to Vancouver, British Columbia. The whole way, he'll be lugging a wheeled cart holding his tent, sleeping bag, clothes, and other belongings.


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Japanese 'planet' walker rests up in Philly - Philadelphia Daily News

British Columbia. The whole way ... thieves took his gear, but it was recovered by police. Yoshida's greatest second-guessing, though, came when his grandfather died. He said he almost ended his quest in Lisbon,


Saturday, September 04, 2010

BBC sells online content to China's Sohu

UK statecaster's China showcase draws 130 buyers


Saturday, September 04, 2010

BBC announces two new Doctor Who games for DS and Wii

Following the release of the first two episodes of the super successful (and super free) Doctor Who: The Adventure Games series, BBC Worldwide has announced two more interactive iterations of the franchise. The migrant Time Lord and his companion, Amy Pond, will appear in Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth on the Nintendo DS, and Doctor Who: Return to Earth on Wii. We're guessing the latter comes ...


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Do You Really Need Expensive Cables For Your Electronic Gear? It?s The Question That Never Dies

When you buy a fancy new LCD or plasma television for your living room, you obviously want to be abl


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Do You Really Need Expensive Cables For Your Electronic Gear? It's The Question That Never Dies - Forbes (blog)

become hot topics in some of the more gadget-obsessed corners of the Web. Last week, Slashdot posted an item about a British audio writer's claim of hearing a dramatic improvement in the quality of the music played ...


Thursday, August 12, 2010

Government of Canada Investing in Community Action to Preserve Local Habitat and ... - msnbc.com

ALERT BAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA ? The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians, on behalf of Canada's Environment ...


Thursday, August 12, 2010

Government of Canada Investing in Community Action to Preserve Local Habitat and ... - Market Wire

RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 11, 2010) - John Cummins, Member of Parliament for Richmond?Delta East, on behalf of Canada's Environment Minister, the Honourable Jim Prentice, today announced funding ...


Thursday, August 12, 2010

Tim Lewis on the resurgence of cycling in Britain - The Guardian

About 10 years ago, I decided to ride my bike to work. This is, I appreciate, not the most dramatic opening gambit, but at the time I felt like a countercultural pioneer. In the office car park, there was a rack for six ...


Thursday, August 12, 2010

INTERNATIONAL LAUNCH: Discovering a new country - Business Day South Africa

IT WAS the fuel crisis of 1956 that was responsible for the birth of the Mini. Car sales slumped but the market for a smaller, more fuel-efficient means of transport blossomed ? a market that saw massive growth in ...


Thursday, August 12, 2010

Telus to double wireless network speeds - Financial Post

Telus Corp. said Tuesday it plans to double speeds on its wireless network by early next year making it the first carrier among Canada's big three telecoms to adopt so-called HSPA+ Dual Cell technology. The new gear will ...


Thursday, August 12, 2010

BMG Announces Belstaff Mojave Jackets now available in USA - PRLog (free press release)

PRLog (Press Release) -- Aug 01, 2010 -- The Belstaff Mojave Jackets from The Pure Motorcycle Line have finally made it to the USA warehouse. We have been fielding inquires for this jacket for almost 2 years and many ...


Thursday, August 12, 2010

Searching Abroad - InternetRetailer.com

Cabela's Inc. launched a paid search program in the U.K. in mid-May. In the first six weeks of the program's launch, the multichannel retailer of hunting, fishing and camping gear increased its U.K. sales ...


Sunday, August 01, 2010

New security rules will apply to cargo flying with passengers - Marketplace.publicradio.org

Beginning next week, all shipments that fly along with passengers on commercial planes must be screened for security. The shipping industry has had a few years to work up to the new rules, but there have been ...


Sunday, August 01, 2010

'Russian beautician' busted for arms smuggling hid scopes in Ugg boots - Newstrack India

New York, July 30 (ANI): A woman, who was arrested in Texas for trying to smuggle night-vision riflescopes into Russia, hid the contraband in a pair of Ugg boots, say prosecutors. Anna Fermanova, the Latvian-born ...


Sunday, August 01, 2010

Ashok Leyland takes 26 percent stake in British Optare - Webindia 123

Ashok Leyland has bought 26 percent stake in Britain-based bus maker Optare for $7.5 million in a bid to enter new segments and insulate itself from down cycles affecting the commercial vehicle segment. "One ...


Sunday, August 01, 2010

Online sales of Dell Streak could begin Wednesday - Good Gear Guide

Online sales of the Dell Streak wireless tablet, with a five-inch screen that many say makes it look like an Android smartphone, could begin as soon as tomorrow, according to online speculation. The device will operate ...


Sunday, August 01, 2010

Oliver Stone Apologizes for Pro-Hitler Anti-Semitic Remarks - Associated Content

"Hitler was a Frankenstein but there was also a Dr Frankenstein," Stone explained. "German industrialists, the Americans and the British. He had a lot of support." Stone believes Hitler was a scapegoat for ...


Sunday, August 01, 2010

BBC website 'needs clearer red lines' to let competitors survive - The Guardian

The BBC needs "clearer red lines" around its website to allow competitors that depend on private revenue to survive, the government warned today. Amid concerns that the government is hostile to the BBC, the culture ...


Saturday, July 24, 2010

OUTDOORS: Ross Lake's rainbows are wowing anglers - Bellingham Herald

Resort owner and manager Tom Barnett says rainbow trout fishing at Ross Lake is the best he's ever seen. "Fifteen to 20 fish in a day is easily doable," said Barnett of the current average trout encounter rate ...


Saturday, July 24, 2010

12 Top Spy Gadgets - San Francisco Gate

(07-23) 06:40 PDT -- Spies are everywhere these days, from the 10 Russian agents nabbed recently here in the United States to the more glamorous Hollywood variety, such as is Angelina Jolie. In the movie Salt ...


Saturday, July 24, 2010

Boks get their apology from TV station - Independent Online

"I'm obviously hoping that it gels the team into a unified, solid performance tomorrow... we certainly need to go up a gear. We've been playing at the same level as we did last year and obviously our opposition teams ...


Thursday, July 22, 2010

BP busted for altering image of crisis response - Good Gear Guide

British Petroleum admits it doctored an image posted on its Website of its Houston, Texas crisis room, and has replaced that image with the original version . The photo in question shows workers sitting in front of ...


Thursday, July 22, 2010

Rodney Marsh: Expect Netherlands, Germany to reach final - msnbc.com

TAMPA ? Obviously, three of the four teams that have reached these semifinals were predictable. Uruguay is the lone surprise, but there often is at least one team that beats the odds to reach this stage of the World ...


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

From Canada, about Coorg - a novelist debuts - Webindia 123

One always writes what one knows best the first time, says Toronto-based Indian origin novelist Sarita Mandanna. And her novel, "Tiger Hills", is indeed being hailed by the British press as a staggering debut achievement ...


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Afghans set ambitious 2014 security target - El Economista

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan forces should be leading security operations in all parts of the country by 2014, an international conference agreed on Tuesday, with the aim of taking over from foreign troops in some areas by ...


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

UK Government: Farnborough Air Show Speech by Secretary of State Vincent Cable - TMCnet

Jul 19, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills * Great to see so many exhibitors here both British and international. This is I am told the world's largest ...


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Putting a TV studio in your hand - The Province

Gary Symons's launch as a tech entrepreneur dates back to the day his pants caught fire. Symons, then a mobile journalist at a time when the term hardly existed, was covering a forest fire in the interior region of ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

Fierce wind makes for brutal day at St. Andrews - Seattle Times

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland ? In a country known for playing golf even in the worst of conditions, fierce wind prompted British Open officials to temporarily stop play on Friday. South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen, meanwhile ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

People's Champ eyes an Open title - Riverside Press Enterprise

ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - Phil Mickelson rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole of practice -- oh, how he'd love to be in that same position for a win at the British Open come Sunday -- then headed off to take ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

Facebook offers child safety 'panic button' in UK - Good Gear Guide

Facebook users in the UK can now add a " panic button " onto their profiles to report and prevent malicious behavior such as cyber-bullying and sexual harassment. The "panic button" -- which is a Facebook app that adds a ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

Cheeky World Cup advertisers - Independent Online

While Fifa maintained an iron grip over the World Cup, some unauthorised companies have still managed to cash in on the soccer vibe. The strict control of the event turned out to be an opportunity for marketers to ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

Gassed in the Gulf (Part II) Toward Full Spectrum Dominance - Examiner

Part II Gassed in the Gulf Toward Full Spectrum Dominance Regardless of presidential or other statements about holding accountable those responsible for the latest oil assault on humanity, the U.S. military objective in ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

Developing for the iPhone and Android: The pros and cons - Good Gear Guide

Smartphones and their apps are the new way of the world, and developers are lured by their increasing popularity. But with two major platforms - Apple's recently upgraded and renamed iOS 4 and Google's Android ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

Marsh: Netherlands, Germany to reach final - Tampa Bay Online

TAMPA - Obviously, three of the four teams that have reached these semifinals were predictable. Uruguay is the lone surprise, but there often is at least one team that beats the odds to reach this stage of the World Cup ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

Putting a TV studio in your hand - Calgary Herald

Gary Symons's launch as a tech entrepreneur dates back to the day his pants caught fire. Symons, then a mobile journalist at a time when the term hardly existed, was covering a forest fire in the interior region of ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

The Journal on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube - Edmonton Journal

Get breaking news, insider information and curiosities by following The Journal on Twitter . Here are some feeds and writers you might want to follow: - edmontonjournal : Links you to breaking news as it's posted to ...


Monday, July 19, 2010

The Secret History Of: The AGA cooker

Beloved by the middle classes and owners of farmhouses, the AGA is a totemic symbol of country living. There is usually a wet dog lying in front of it, a pile of laundry steaming gently on it, and preferably the aroma of baking rising from within.


Monday, July 19, 2010

WIMBLEDON 2010 LIVE: All the latest news and scores from SW19 on day two, as it happened

Welcome to Sportsmail's live coverage of the 2010 Wimbledon championships.


Monday, May 31, 2010

Prince Edward wraps up memorable Greenville visit - The Sun News

GREENVILLE -- Greenville's brush with British royalty came to a close Sunday with thanks from Prince ... Because I don't think anyone in Scotland builds lightweight Scottish gear." The main impetus for Prince Edward's visit was to present 70 Duke of ...


Monday, May 31, 2010

Federer drives his friend to distraction - Independent Online

And despite Andy Murray's professed enthusiasm for playing on clay, the British fourth seed's game was again found ... had halted their third-round match on Saturday at one-set all, but a change of gear from the Belgian saw her to a 6-2 3-6 6-3 win ...


Monday, May 31, 2010

The Journal on Twitter and Facebook - Edmonton Journal

iainilich : Journal web producer Iain Ilich doesn't think his Twitter presence has a singular ... thegearhound : Shaughn Butts tweets about triathlon and race training, cycling gear and fitness in general. - twitinbythepool : Sports writer Mario ...


Sunday, May 30, 2010

Prince Gyllenhaal and other questionable "action stars" - abc40

... Gyllenhaal's physical appearance as the film's protagonist, the swashbuckling Prince Dastan, has become wisecrack fodder for fanboys ever since his first on-set photos hit the web. The movie ... unfortunate resemblance to S&M gear.


Sunday, May 30, 2010

Well-traveled artist opening up gallery in Rainier - Longview Daily News

But his art world contacts help him get his gear back, and the show went on ... The gallery also specializes in the works of British artist Crawfurd Adamson, whose work includes solid impressionistic human figures. The artistic travelogue continues ...


Sunday, May 30, 2010

Study begins on air-sea exchanges and their influence on climate - EurekAlert

Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), University of Leeds, and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are collaborating on the 'Waves ... Useful links: HiWASE web site: http: www.noc.soton.ac.uk ooc CRUISES HiWASE index.php SEASAW web ...


Sunday, May 30, 2010

Music Review: Jackson Heights - The Fifth Avenue Bus Remastered Re ... - Seattle Post Intelligencer

In many ways the image created by the names of both the band and album, alongside the artwork, seemed to sit at odds with the quintessentially British feel to the music within ... Laughing Gear" gently lifts the spirits with a memorable chorus set ...


Sunday, May 30, 2010

Telcos can delay LTE, upgrade 3G, save cash -Aircom - Inside Fidelity

Aircom said a $750 million investment was needed in the first 12 months for a British operator to start LTE rollout, while upgrading ... With prices of new equipment falling fast, the same LTE gear is expected to be significantly cheaper in 12 or 24 ...


Sunday, May 30, 2010

Bees are a big part of a unique living creation in a field in Coventry - Coventry Telegraph.net

So, dressed in full beekeeping gear, I'm staying open-minded about Coventry's ... Choosing bees as their subject, Wendy and Ann began to plan their environmental artwork, weaving a web of contacts who have each contributed something to the ...


Sunday, May 30, 2010

Fired UN diplomat Galbraith seeks office in Vt. - Tacoma News Tribune

... military strategy kicks into gear ... by British police on suspicion of possessing child pornography. He was eventually cleared but placed on a sex offenders registry for five years as part of a formal police caution for accessing a Web site ...


Sunday, May 30, 2010

While it may seem like it's all about Harry, other parks are vying for ... - TMCnet

The Three Broomsticks and Hog's Head pub will feature traditional British fare and a "feast" inspired by ... which opened March 27 and picks up the Africa theme with characters dressed in safari gear. Like Wizarding World, Sesame Street relies in ...


Sunday, May 23, 2010

While it may seem like it's all about Harry, other ... - TMCnet

The Three Broomsticks and Hog's Head pub will feature traditional British fare and a "feast" inspired by ... which opened March 27 and picks up the Africa theme with characters dressed in safari gear. Like Wizarding World, Sesame Street relies in ...


Sunday, May 23, 2010

Small-loan program focuses on creating jobs in Spokane ... - The Spokesman-Review

Now, Harley enthusiasts from as far away as British Columbia and Montana turn to the Tillies ... to hog heaven -- panheads, knuckleheads and Fat Bobs to satisfy even the most discriminating gear head. "Once we got into Drag Specialties, it opened ...


Sunday, May 23, 2010

Sena Motorcycle Blue Tooth gets great Press Reviews - PRLog (free press release)

British Motorcycle Gear manufactures and imports a full line of motorcycle protective clothing including motorcycle jackets, motorcycle pants, motorcycle gloves, armor,boots,thermals and motorcycle helmets.


Sunday, May 23, 2010

Stories about: HSBC - Good Gear Guide

British firm 1E has launched a "significant upgrade" for its PC power management software, NightWatchman, which ... com, a Web site where banks competitively bid for customers through secure, live auctions, have deposited more than US$1 million in ...


Sunday, May 23, 2010

St. Lucia is a Caribbean island that has it all - StarPhoenix

... names of villages, towns and bays come from the French, who fought the British ... the snorkel gear is free. -Watch out for seat sales. I set up WestJet's main website as the home page on my computer and every time I started my web browser the ...


Sunday, May 23, 2010

The Most Powerful Woman in Newspapers? - Daily Beast

Long thought of as a British newspaper, the FT has quadrupled its circulation in the U.S. to 137,000 and now has more readers stateside than it does in the U.K. (worldwide circulation: 401,000). Meanwhile, its web ... strapping her gear to her back ...


Sunday, May 23, 2010

The Disaster Disaster - DAILY KOS

The BBC television show Top Gear is well known for showcasing beautiful examples of automotive art alongside classic bits of British buffoonery. Any given ... the completely uniformed numbers circulating on the web, numbers that have most definitely ...


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Streetlight Opens Its Doors Stateside - SHOOT Online

... including Nigel Simpkiss, who was responsible for the re-launch of the EMMY award winning BBC show "Top Gear" and continues to be the show's lead director. He has most recently been nominated for a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television ...


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Volcanic ash closes London's Heathrow airport - Tri-City Herald

The British air traffic agency said the ash cloud was changing shape and moving south ... The Lufthansa Airbus A340-600, equipped with special scientific gear, left Frankfurt to fly over northern Germany, the United Kingdom and parts of Scandinavia.


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Egypt and Turkey: rivals or partners - Today's Zaman

At least that is what we saw happen last week when the British-based Viva Palestina group organized ... At this juncture, both Egypt and Turkey should put the reconciliation talks into higher gear and press on both sides to reach some sort of ...


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Planets and Spaceships Gear Up For Rare Meeting - Redorbit.com

Check NASA's SkyWatch web site to see if you are favored with a flyby and to find out exactly ... Image 2: A double flyby of the ISS and space shuttle Discovery over Lumby, British Columbia, Canada, on April 20, 2010. Photo credit: Yuichi Takasaka.


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

OnLive strikes deal with BT in the UK, brings streaming video game ... - Crunchgear.com

OnLive , the streaming video game service that threatens to change the way people perceive gaming, has signed a deal with with British Telecommunications ... games over a broadband connection from inside their Web browser, à la Quake Live .


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Come on in ... England's best beaches - The Guardian

On the beach, award winners must have an adequate number of lifeguards or easily accessible lifesaving equipment, with first-aid gear also available, plus regularly emptied ... In 2008-2009, the British had 47m holidays in England, up 18% on the ...


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Stories about: BBC - Good Gear Guide

NineMSN launches FixPlay video on demand Web site 12 04 2010 15:37:00 NineMSN has launched an online video ... The heavily-modified 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco was created for British TV show Bang Goes The Theory, a program that's all about "putting ...


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Memo to boss: 11-hour days are bad for the heart - Reuters

jury convicted a Chinese national of trying to illegally smuggle to China sensitive communications gear used by the U ... After receiving a tip from a British company in 2006, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents spent three years ...


Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Special Report: Rapid growth of militias feeds off politics

DETROIT FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - Three times a week, Mike Lackomar climbs into his truck and drives the same delivery route through the suburbs of Detroit.


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Stories about: US Department of Justice - Good Gear Guide

... year-old Texas man has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for selling counterfeit software on about 40 Web sites, the US Department of Justice said. London mayor asks Obama to drop case against British hacker 29 01 2009 10:19:00 In a column ...


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Stories by: Oliver Garnham - Good Gear Guide

... paying up to £450m in UK taxes last year because its £1.6bn British advertising earnings were funnelled through its Irish subsidiary, according to the company's accounts. PC Tools' Malware Research Center is warning web users of another online ...


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

So preppy: The 80s fashion statement is back - Olympian

... Alan and Billy Reid), British ... Alpha Gear for Gents in West Hollywood, (he's currently holding court in a corner of the store through Father's Day) where he'll take orders to put initials on a wide range of things, including cotton web belts ...


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Fashion flasback: preppy comes back - Seattle Times

... Alan and Billy Reid), British ... Alpha Gear for Gents in West Hollywood, (he's currently holding court in a corner of the store through Father's Day) where he'll take orders to put initials on a wide range of things, including cotton web belts ...


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

WITH PHOTO TIMELINE: BP says it will pay for Gulf spill's cleanup - The Oakland Press

as he visits the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP (British Petroleum) oil well spill, Sunday, May 2, 2010 ... The company posted a fact sheet on its Web site saying it took responsibility for the response to the Deepwater Horizon spill and would ...


Friday, May 07, 2010

BP says it will pay for Gulf spill's cleanup - The Oakland Press

as he visits the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP (British Petroleum) oil well spill, Sunday, May 2, 2010 ... The company posted a fact sheet on its Web site saying it took responsibility for the response to the Deepwater Horizon spill and would ...


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Facebook vs. LinkedIn: Which has the better privacy? - Good Gear Guide

One way to easily determine whether a Web site takes privacy seriously is to check for a privacy seal ... Canadian and British governments. At a January 2010 conference in San Francisco, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained the company ...


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Get To Know Dendrite Studios - Newschoolers

... mixture of Spanish and English in an attempt to speak Spanish, its lesser known cousin, Frenglish, is beginning to make waves in the southwestern mountainous region of British Columbia ... one of 143 athletes receiving gear and money.


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Rural schools to tie up with UK counterparts - Hindustan Times

One of 42 teachers from 22 government schools in the state, Gondepatil was in the city, on Thursday, for a teacher training workshop on computer skills, to gear up for the British Council ... district has already set up a web camera in its classroom ...


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Oil spill: Rough seas again thwart Gulf oil cleanup - 10 Connects

Documents also emerged showing British Petroleum downplayed the possibility of a catastrophic accident at the offshore ... A few fishermen loaded gear and prepared to head to the marshes to try their luck one last time before the water becomes too ...


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Brits Carry on Camping but Leave the Laptops at Home - TMCnet

PR Web Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) New research from Argos says camping enthusiasts prefer to leave gadgets and other technology behind Milton Keynes, UK (PRWEB) April 30, 2010 -- British families ... prepare and get the right gear before you go, but ...


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Through the Lens - Aaron LaRocque - Pinkbike.com

Aaron LaRocque is a 23 year old freelance videographer from Victoria British Columbia. After his recent launch of his web video What's Next his career as a filmer ... If I could shoot with any camera gear at this point in time it would probably be a ...


Thursday, May 06, 2010

Oil spill five times as large as earlier thought - INFORUM

Another leak has been found near the site where the British Petroleum rig exploded and sank last week, Coast Guard Petty Officer ... SkyTruth posted its estimates on its Web site, SkyTruth.org, before the Coast Guard announced its new leak estimates ...


Thursday, April 29, 2010

Anne Frank's full diary on display in Amsterdam - Tacoma News Tribune

Gies� Web site reported that she died Monday after a brief illness. The British Broadcasting Corp. said she ... behalf of all Americans when we realized it was easier to buy Russian Olympics gear at Whistler Village than U.S.A.


Thursday, April 29, 2010

Goldman Sachs: What Hath Fraud Wrought? (Guest Voice) - The Moderate Voice

Nevertheless, hit "refresh" on any financial news Web site and you're likely to get yet ... Goldman's role in the refinancing of Lloyds Banking Group, 41 percent of which is owned by the British government -- an arrangement made to rescue ...


Thursday, April 29, 2010

Goldman Sachs: What Hath Fraud Wrought? - Common Dreams

Nevertheless, hit "refresh" on any financial news Web site and you're likely to get yet another ... Goldman's role in the refinancing of Lloyds Banking Group, 41 percent of which is owned by the British government -- an arrangement made to rescue ...


Thursday, April 29, 2010

Gaming Wall Street's Roulette Wheel - Consortiumnews.com

Nevertheless, hit "refresh" on any financial news Web site and you're likely to get yet ... Goldman's role in the refinancing of Lloyds Banking Group, 41 percent of which is owned by the British government -- an arrangement made to rescue ...


Thursday, April 29, 2010

PARALLEL UNIVERSE: Charleston, WV Ranks No. 2 on Latest Fat City List ... - HuntingtonNews.Net

The magazine explained its methodology on its web site: "To arrive at our ... like 'exercise,' but walking does burn calories; plus, the only gear you need is a pedometer, a notepad, and a pen. In a recent British study, men who wore pedometers and ...


Saturday, April 24, 2010

PARALLEL UNIVERSE: Charleston, WV Ranks No. 2 on Latest ... - HuntingtonNews.Net

The magazine explained its methodology on its web site: "To arrive at our ... like 'exercise,' but walking does burn calories; plus, the only gear you need is a pedometer, a notepad, and a pen. In a recent British study, men who wore pedometers and ...


Saturday, April 24, 2010

Search Continues After Oil Rig Blast - New York Times

She said that although there did not appear to be a substantial amount of oil leaking into the ocean, "they have gotten an armada of pollution response gear headed that ... that the rig has been under contract to British Petroleum since September ...


Saturday, April 24, 2010

Crisis looms as Zim celebrates independence - Independent Online

Harare - Zimbabwe commemorates 30 years of independence from British colonial rule on Sunday as its power ... street clothes after a warning earlier in the week that political posters and party gear would not be allowed at what has been billed as a ...


Saturday, April 24, 2010

Stories by: Alessondra Springmann - Good Gear Guide

The heavily-modified 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco was created for British TV show Bang Goes The Theory, a program ... Magic-1 creator (and Google engineer) Bill Buzbee has recently updated his Web site to include detailed information on schematics ...


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Southwest Airlines to end agreement with WestJet - Las Vegas Sun

Under the agreement, Southwest and WestJet would have offered seamless travel on flights offered by each airline, including selling tickets on each other's Web sites and passenger ... McCarran officials had helped gear for potential passenger ...


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Latest Updates on the Volcanic Ash Cloud - New York Times (blog)

... video report from Britain's Channel 4 News of the disruptions at British ... improvised head gear. This report from ITN in Britain shows ash coating parts of Iceland near the volcano: The BBC has more video from Iceland on its Web site ...


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Leaders' debate: live blog - The Guardian

To receive updated content, refresh the page (F5 for a web browser). Nick Clegg, David Cameron and Gordon Brown ... For the first time in British politics more than 10 million people are expected to turn on the television to watch politicians make ...


Friday, April 16, 2010

10 things the Internet has ruined and five things it ... - Good Gear Guide

After a 2005 study by the British journal Nature showed Britannica and Wikipedia to be equally inaccurate , faith in all encyclopedias ... Before the Web, if you wanted call yourself an expert, you usually needed expertise in some field.


Friday, April 16, 2010

Illness prompts candidate switch

Labour is forced to make a last-minute replacement to its general election candidate in Cornwall North.


Friday, April 16, 2010

Apple's Ipad delay lines the pockets of resellers - The Inquirer

The unofficial peddlers of Apple gear have been scooping up Ipads and flogging them on Ebay and Craigslist at inflated prices ... com, a Boston-based web retailer, told Reuters that there is a huge demand from overseas. He is buying as many as he can ...


Friday, April 16, 2010

Driving on the wrong side? - Homer Tribune

Some say Aussie, others British. According to the Web site, the gecko himself says he thinks he ... of the clutch, how it disengaged the gears, allowing the car to shift into a lower or higher gear. I was cautioned to not burn out the clutch, always ...


Friday, April 16, 2010

Movie News & Gossip - YAHOO!

... filmmakers, the Tribeca Film Festival shifts into a new gear and embraces the future of film when it opens next week with a 3D " Shrek " movie and online streaming for Web audiences. LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - British actress Anna Friel ...


Friday, April 16, 2010

Boat made of plastic bottles sails Pacific to showcase ... - Austin American-Statesman

The Plastiki crew is logging the GPS positions of trash it encounters, interacting with school classes via Skype calls, posting photos on its Web site and growing bok choy ... We're concerned about derelict fishing gear, fabric, tires, chemical ...


Friday, April 16, 2010

St. Lucia is a Caribbean island that has it all - Vancouver Sun

... names of villages, towns and bays come from the French, who fought the British ... the snorkel gear is free. -Watch out for seat sales. I set up WestJet's main website as the home page on my computer and every time I started my web browser the ...


Friday, April 16, 2010

Technology and travel: getting your apps together - Daily Telegraph

We packed all our usual travel gear: a dog-eared guidebook from our last visit, the latest city guides from Lonely Planet and Footprint ... But the web is now so much more than a portal for comparing flight prices. Most of my time was probably spent ...


Wednesday, April 07, 2010

9 coastal wonders to see now - CNN

INSIDE PASSAGE, British Columbia Why go ... How to help: Surfrider Foundation maintains a beach health Web site ( surfrider.org stateofthebeach ) with comprehensive background on Hawaiian beach erosion. CASCO BAY, Maine Why go? From the cockpit of a ...


Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Ask TCC: Which SUV Should I Buy? - TheCarConnection.com

... TheCarConnection, we're always happy to give our hands-on experience out in the form of advice--though we're also keen on getting you to share your brains and to write for High Gear Media Web sites ... sharp sheetmetal suit, British cachet and ...


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Stories by: Joab Jackson - Good Gear Guide

British gov't to invest £30 million in Semantic Web 24 03 2010 08:03:00 The British government has invested £30 million (US$45 million), in a research center to further develop Tim Berners-Lee's Semantic Web. Just a few weeks after Microsoft pulled ...


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Loose Diamonds Retailer Aliya Launches Quality Diamond ... - Israel News Agency

announced today the official launch of its online Web E-commerce loose diamonds and diamond jewelry retail store ... Oved Ben Ami was responsible for relations with the British governors in Palestine, a very important role: without the aid of the ...


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Be like James May and save the UK's fabled Brooklands ... - autoblog

This virtual piece of British racing history makes a great gift ... James May from BBC's Top Gear has just helped launch a new fundraising web site to support the historic Brooklands motor-racing circuit in Weybridge, Surrey. James was the first ...


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

St. Lucia is a Caribbean island that has it all - The Province

... names of villages, towns and bays come from the French, who fought the British ... the snorkel gear is free. -Watch out for seat sales. I set up WestJet's main website as the home page on my computer and every time I started my web browser the ...


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

REGIONAL: UPDATE: OAKLAND MAN'S CLIMBING PARTNER ... - KPIX-TV5

Thomas Bennett, 26, was a chemical engineer who attended school in Vancouver, British Columbia, and then worked for a mining ... They were prepared with proper climbing equipment and cold-weather gear, Thomas said. He added that when they left ...


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Oakland Man's Climbing Partner Describes Fatal Mt ... - BayInsider

Thomas Bennett, 26, was a chemical engineer who attended school in Vancouver, British Columbia, and then worked for a mining ... They were prepared with proper climbing equipment and cold-weather gear, Thomas said. He added that when they left ...


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Avon, TA Associates Buy UK Brands - Direct

Two American businesses acquired two British ... Kidston sells via the web, three dozen stores, and a magalog. TA's portfolio already includes UK direct marketer M & M Direct, which sells discounted clothing, and US outdoor gear cataloger retailer ...


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

British Airways restores fights as disruptions loom - Los Angeles Times

Bloomberg News) --British Airways planned to get about 90 percent of its ... The airline, Europe's third largest, canceled 31 of 319 flights from Heathrow today, according to its Web site. .It scrapped hundreds of trips when flight attendants ...


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Your classic Australian GP

Watch your choice of five great F1 races from Adelaide and Melbourne


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Euro Maus speeds up beet loading capacity

It's the penultimate day of a longer-than-usual sugar beet campaign, one that started in mid-September and finally drew to a close in mid-March.


Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Anger over rushed bill leads to online lobbying effort

38Degrees site becomes focus for demands that MPs consider unpopular bill more carefully The rushed process of getting the digital economy bill through Parliament -- it had its first reading in the Commons on Tuesday night, having just had its third (and final) reading in the Lords on Monday night -- has prompted an angry groundswell of people using 38Degrees to lobby their MPs to block it. The ...


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Crosby's gold-medal Olympic stick, glove found - Grand Island Independent

Crosby's missing gear was on its way to the Pittsburgh Penguins star on ... grateful to everyone who took the time and effort to get my equipment back for me," Crosby said the Penguins Web site. "These items are irreplaceable and I'm happy to have ...


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Live: Little Boots at El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles Times

... Elektra Records as Victoria Hesketh, Little Boots makes shiny, buzzing dance music that foregrounds her fascination with technology, and her El Rey concert actualized those gear-head tendencies ... subversion of the over-amped Web space.


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Keating TKR The Fastest Car In The World? - Web ... - European Car Magazine

British supercar manufacturer and challenger for the production car world land speed record, Keating, will have its 260.1mph TKR supercar on display at this year's MPH Show featuring Top Gear Live at London's Earls Court on 5 November. In the ...


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Live review: Little Boots at El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles Times Blogs

The British pop singer's chilly YouTube allure fails to translate ... shiny, buzzing dance music that foregrounds her fascination with technology, and her El Rey concert actualized those gear-head tendencies. In addition to playing keyboard, she at ...


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Record Labels: Change Or Die (Gizmodo Australia)

It's a lousy time to be a record label. Profits are tanking, bands are angry -- OK Go just ditched EMI -- and YouTube and BitTorrent changed the game. Still, some labels are transforming themselves to help musicians in the digital age. (more...)


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Record Labels: Change or Die [Music] (Gizmodo)

# music It's a lousy time to be a record label. Profits are tanking, bands are angry? OK Go just ditched EMI ?and YouTube and BitTorrent changed the game. Still, some labels are transforming themselves to help musicians in the digital age. More »


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Community Briefs (South Lyon Herald)

Potluck dinner


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Auto Racing Capsules: Economic times forcing teams to seek new sponsors (The Brownsville Herald)

HAMPTON, Ga. ? Kevin Conway is a walking billboard for ? how can we say this delicately? ? better performance in the bedroom.


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Sidney Crosby's missing Olympic stick and glove found ... - The Gaea Times

Crosby's missing gear was on its way to the Pittsburgh Penguins star ... grateful to everyone who took the time and effort to get my equipment back for me," Crosby said the Penguins Web site. "These items are irreplaceable and I'm happy to ...


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Mailouts, expense claims top wasteful spending: Cdn Taxpayers Federation (The Sudbury Star)

The following is a release from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation MP junk mail, outrageous Nova Scotia MLA expenses, the City of Toronto's homeless audit and gold-plated MP pension plans are this year's winners OTTAWA: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) held its 12th annual "Teddy Waste [...]


Sunday, March 14, 2010

Pick your classic grand prix (BBC News)

Choose which one of five great races you would like to watch


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Cisco rolls out major new router product - MENAFN

Shares of the networking gear maker CSCO were down 1%, as Cisco unveiled news that it had said "will forever change the Internet." The announcement centered on the growing demands of video traffic on the Web and ... Mar 09, 2010 British shares back ...


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Lotus Exige - Gray Goblin - European Car Magazine

Top Gear was on, the episode where presenter Jeremy Clarkson featured his test of the Exige. They watched Clarkson gush about how the Lotus "is a triumph of British engineering" and praise the car's light weight. He commented that anything "sold by ...


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Cisco to make major announcement on Tuesday - MENAFN

Shares of Cisco CSCO were up more than 3% Monday as some analysts speculated that the tech giant is rolling out new gear to help wireless phone companies cope with rising video Web traffic ... in euros, Swiss francs and British pounds, while gold ...


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

St. Lucia is a Caribbean island that has it all - Regina Leader-Post

... names of villages, towns and bays come from the French, who fought the British ... the snorkel gear is free. -Watch out for seat sales. I set up WestJet's main website as the home page on my computer and every time I started my web browser the ...


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

BBC: 80% of licence fee to be spent on programmes - The Guardian

... reinvested in content, also include cutting web budgets by 25% and spending on foreign shows such as Mad Men by 20%, as well as capping investment on sports rights and potentially selling off BBC magazines such as Top Gear ... great British


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

BBC: protests might change our mind about 6 Music (Guardian Unlimited)

The BBC has given the first hint of a U-turn over plans to close its digital radio station BBC 6 Music , after a furious backlash from listeners, trade unions and some of its own staff.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

BBC drops 6 Music and Asian Network (Channel 4)

Two radio stations, half of its online websites, and up to 600 jobs could go as the BBC gives details of the most radical cuts in its history. Kylie Morris reports.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

BBC chief Sir Michael Lyons opens door to retreat on service cuts (Times Online)

Licence fee-payers will have the power to stop the BBC shutting 6 Music and force it instead to close another service, the Chairman of the BBC insisted today.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

FA Cup holder Chelsea clinches quarterfinal-spot with 4-1 victory over ... - The Gaea Times

LONDON ? Holder Chelsea had to step up a gear in the second half to reach the FA Cup quarterfinals Saturday with a 4-1 victory over Cardiff. Manchester City will have to play Stoke again after being held to a 1-1 tie. Chelsea's fifth-round match ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Jonathan Comey: Pats' approach on Mankins feels like risky business - South Coast Today

It's hard to argue against the Patriots' selection of Tom Brady as the best draft-day coup in the Bill Belichick era. But the selection of Logan Mankins with the No. 32 overall pick in the spring of 2005 was just as impressive, in a different way ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Post-apocalypse sirens, "Mad Men" wives in Paris (AP via Yahoo! News)

From sirens of the apocalypse to sixties chic housewives, picture perfect on the arms of their "Mad Men," Paris had something for everyone on day one of the City of Light's fall-winter 2010-11 ready-to-wear displays Wednesday.


Friday, March 05, 2010

Paris' ready-to-wear shows begin with sexy, post-apocalyptic sirens ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune

SNL 'presidents' gather for Web video summit Nielsen ratings: Winter Olympics, 'American Idol' dominate top 10 TV critic's picks: Thursday Sounding out Stephen Sondheim 4 HDTVs ready for the red carpet PARIS - From sirens of the apocalypse to sixties ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Ten storylines as PGA heads into Florida Swing (Connecticut Post)

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. ? Tiger casts his shadow from a distance. The winner's circle comes with a revolving door. The Ping Eye-2 stirs controversy. The Europeans are rising ? fast.


Friday, March 05, 2010

TOMS Shoes Announces Its 3rd Annual One Day Without Shoes - The Gaea Times

August 25th, 2009 AMSTERDAM - - Mass Customization Becomes Reality Amsterdam based MilkOrSugar just launched the web's first Customization Portal, at www.MilkOrSugar.com. Via the website, visitors can create their customized Sleeping bag, Samurai ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

BBC: Why no mention of Lonely Planet? (Guardian Unlimited)

Mark Thompson could be holding the corporation's controversial travel acquisition as a card up his sleeve for even tougher times Condemned by commercial rivals long before the intervention of the younger Murdoch and criticised as "the most egregious example" of the company's empire-building beyond its remit by MPs last year, the acquisition of the Lonely Planet travel guide business is possibly ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

BBC's new leaner, meaner look is unveiled (The Scotsman)

THE director general of the BBC announced plans to axe two radio stations, slash the number of web pages in half and cut £100 million from overheads in a move that has angered


Friday, March 05, 2010

Lyons admits protest could save 6 Music (Guardian Unlimited)

Planned cuts could be rethought if there is evidence of 'massive public concern', says BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons The BBC has given the first hint of a U-turn over plans to close its digital radio station BBC 6 Music, after a furious backlash from listeners, trade unions and some of its own staff. The proposed closure of 6 Music, along with its sister digital station the Asian Network ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

BBC: 80% of licence fee to be spent on programmes (Guardian Unlimited)

BBC director general Mark Thompson's plans to axe two radio stations and cut the number of its web pages in half met opposition today from union leaders, the music industry and the corporation's own presenters with claims it could lead to the loss of 600 jobs.


Friday, March 05, 2010

Grading 2010 Winter Olympics with an original format (Connecticut Post)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia ? Very early Sunday morning, just past midnight, the scene repeated itself on the waterfront.


Friday, March 05, 2010

City a buzz, waiting for puck to drop (Connecticut Post)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia ? It was 7:30 a.m. here, nearly five hours before Canada met the United States in what the morning's Toronto Globe and Mail called "the biggest hockey game of all time."


Friday, March 05, 2010

Match report - Sporting Lisbon 11-2 Everton - Toffeeweb

The fella sat next to me was a British expat living in Portugal so was able to give me a heads up with regards to the ... The police were in full riot gear and with people getting restless and wanting out something was bound to happen sooner or later ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Rocket to the crypt (Metro Times Detroit)

Luder than hell (2 24 2010) Is this the prettiest stoner rock band in history? Wildlife in Detroit (2 10 2010) Or is it mildlife for FAWN? Either way, it's familiar.


Friday, March 05, 2010

I Knew Abongo And Hannah Would Not Last..... - GhanaHomePage

... write up to justify other "Extremely Stupid" contracts, but at least, to bring our minds to what we are getting ourselves into, before in five years' time, another ex-British Diplomat ... But a Minister in reverse gear would come on air ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

BBC silent over downsizing claims - BBC Entertainment

... halving the number of web pages and reducing its staff by a quarter. BBC Worldwide will be ordered to divest itself of its British magazine publishing arm, the newspaper continues. If approved, this could see the Radio Times, Top Gear magazine ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Latest Articles in Software and Management - Silicon.com

Photos: Top iPhone apps for business Photos: The best of Google Earth iPhone apps: British Airways ... Photos: How stressful is surfing the web? Offshoring: Should the government send IT work abroad? Dr Who and Top Gear drive BBC iPlayer to record ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Olympic notebook: 'Snow Leopard' spotted in Vancouver - CNET News

... his skiing start in 2003, working as a receptionist at a British indoor ski center, where he had access to gear and the ski runs. To help fund his Olympic journey, the Snow Leopard has been selling various goods on his Web site . But Nkrumah ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Latest Articles in Software and Networks - Silicon.com

Photos: Top iPhone apps for business Photos: The best of Google Earth iPhone apps: British Airways, Ocado and Oasis explain why they did it Pune: Inside an Indian offshoring campus Latest mobile gadgets: Hands on at MWC Photos: How stressful is ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

AFGHANISTAN-SOMALIA: Two towns braced for urban warfare - Reuters AlertNet

Major offensives are being planned in both, pitting NATO and Afghan national forces against the Taliban in Marjah, and according to media reports, Somali transitional government troops against Islamist insurgent militia, including Al-Shabab, in ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

Latest gift boosts campaign to restore OSU men's track (Portland Tribune)

The entry of six football players in the Husky Indoor Track & Field Classic this weekend in Seattle doesn't signal a return of men's track and field at Oregon State. But that's coming. A campaign to raise $13 million to complete four phases of expansion of the ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

Start work toward a 2010 drawing hunt now (The Bellingham Herald)

It's easy for hunters during the dark days of winter to lose track of time and the process of s


Friday, February 12, 2010

U.K. Ski Team Faces Wipeout - Wall Street Journal

Alpine skiers Chemmy Alcott and Ed Drake received Olympics gear from sportswear partner adidas before leaving for Vancouver. On the eve of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the British Ski and Snowboard Federation, the governing body for the sports ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

Vancouver restaurants gear up for surge of Games customers - Vancouver Sun

Milestone's Grill & Bar, a chain with 14 restaurants in British Columbia, has extended hours at many of its Lower Mainland outlets, opening two hours earlier and staying open an hour later, and offering breakfast from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at some of ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

Want to act like an Olympian? (The Columbus Dispatch)

If the Winter Olympics inspire you to go bobsledding, you'll have to leave central Ohio to do it. But you can participate in other sports -- even more-obscure ones such as speedskating and curling -- without traveling too far.


Friday, February 12, 2010

Want to act like an Olympian? - Columbus Dispatch

If the Winter Olympics inspire you to go bobsledding, you'll have to leave central Ohio to do it. But you can participate in other sports -- even more-obscure ones such as speedskating and curling -- without traveling too far. Here's a look at some ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

Vancouver restaurants gear up for surge of Games customers (Vancouver Sun)

Many Vancouver restaurants have geared up for the Winter Olympics by extending hours, hiring staff and changing their menu offerings. They anticipate an increase in business. But no one knows what will happen until the Games begin Friday.


Friday, February 12, 2010

1959 Harley-Davidson FL - Suicide Bomb Survivor - streetchopperweb.com

To go with the anything but fat rear fender and K Model frontend, Josh narrowed a stock Sportster tank just enough and swapped the stock cap for a smaller British 2-inch unit. Once he was happy with the tins, he sent them to Oakland, California so ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

Portland mom creates a full line of Olympics-licensed goods (The Oregonian)

Terri Larson used connections from the Salt Lake City Olympics to forge a deal with the 2010 Vancouver Olympics for officially licensed merchandise.


Friday, February 12, 2010

Big and small, US Olympians sort through the rewards as they arrive in Vancouver (Los Angeles Times)

RICHMOND, British Columbia ( AP ) ? From the hulking members of U.S. men's bobsledding team to tiny figure skater Amanda Evora, there's nothing like a free shopping spree to get into the Olympic mood.


Friday, February 12, 2010

World in Brief, Feb 9 - The Epoch Times

... gear ... Web site. The coming general elections in the United Kingdom could be invalid because prisoners are unable to vote, despite being eligible. A European Court ruling nearly five years ago has still not been complied with by the British


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Like many nowadays, skiers work to make ends meet (KATU Portland)

"If you're not winning, you're not making that much money," said Erik Fisher, a first-time Olympian who lives in Middleton, Idaho.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Archive for October 2009 - The Spokesman-Review

The death penalty case against Christopher H. Devlin has turned into a legal mess in which prosecutors from two counties are squabbling over who should pay for the costly trial. Spokane County Superior Court Judge Jerome Leveque has twice ruled on ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Like many nowadays, skiers work to make ends meet - Katu.com

com, a Web site for people to resell outdoor sporting gear ? sort of a cross between eBay and craigslist. Ligety decided to get his own brand when kids were e-mailing him about the pink-and-green goggles he wore at the Turin Games. The goggles have ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Out and About: Feb. 10 - 21 - Abington Mariner

Chevelle performance. 7 p.m., Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, 79 Washington St., Providence. Satuit Camp 3188 Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War. 7 p.m., Grand Army Hall, 353 Country Way, Scituate. Meets once a month. Membership is open to males ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Space shuttle Endeavour lights up the night sky in successful launch (Boulder Weekly)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. ? Space shuttle Endeavour brought an early dawn to Kennedy Space Center on Monday, punching its way through cloudy skies to close the curtain on night-time shuttle launches and kick off the final year of liftoffs for the aging orbiter fleet.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Tight budgets force athletes to keep close tabs on bank accountsU.S ... - The Keene Sentinel

com , a Web site for people to resell outdoor sporting gear ? sort of a cross between eBay and craigslist.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Wild West motif lightens US mood at Afghan base - Fresno Bee

FORWARD OPERATING BASE TOMBSTONE, Afghanistan -- Welcome to the O.K. Corral. Past the concrete slabs and guards in heavy combat gear, a wooden board at the entrance to an allied military base in Afghanistan shows an image of Wyatt Earp, the ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Watching the iPlayer Around The World: BBC, Meet VPN - Newteevee.com

Thanks to geographic restrictions, the BBC makes it difficult for Americans to tune in to Jeremy Clarkson's jokes on Top Gear about how fat Americans are. The British Broadcasting Corporation's online video effort, the iPlayer, keeps setting ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Bentley Mulsanne Body Assembly Center - Web Exclusive - European Car Magazine

(Crewe, England. 4 February 2010) - The design of the Mulsanne, Bentley's new flagship, is a compelling fusion of sportiness, solidity and coach-built elegance -- created on a grand scale. Its sweeping bonnet and long overhang convey a sense of ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Exploration Of Giza Cave-tomb Steps Up A Gear - PRLog (free press release)

PR Log (Press Release) -- Feb 03, 2010 -- CAIRO. Work at the enigmatic tomb concealing the hidden entrance to Giza's lost cave-world has stepped up a gear as Dr Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, reveals ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Re: In Deutschland überhaupt legal? (Heise Online)

WHERE TO BUY JAMMERS The legality of owning, using and selling cell phone jammers is different depending on where you live. Although its illegal to sell jammers here in the United States, you can easily purchase them from British, Israeli, and Asian electronic web sites.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

International Capsules: Lake Placid hero Johnson teaching U.S. women (The Brownsville Herald)

When Mark Johnson's luggage goes missing on the way back from a snowy, stressful trip to Ottawa, he shrugs and buys a new toothbrush. When his U.S. Olympic women's hockey team loses several exhibition games to Canada, the coach says he's grateful the Americans haven't peaked before the Olympics.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

How Andy Murray grew up and rose above the mediocre | Paul Hayward (Guardian Unlimited)

Scot's metamorphosis from Kevin the teenager to the champion Britain has yearned for could be completed in Melbourne today Only two summers ago television's Spitting Image update, Headcases , ran a withering puppet skit on Andy Murray. Starting a pop career, the mournful doll sang "The sun has got his hat on" in a grating monotone after the announcer had introduced him thus: "Andy Murray's ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Key Host Territory of Anti-US Jihadists is the Virtual Ummah, Not ... - Huffingtonpost.com

The Obama Administration has not only made a strategic error sending 30,000 more troops to fight 100 Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Now it is looking for military options in Yemen, where 200 fighters are said to be sweltering (or freezing) in the remote ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Lobbying, global warming portend U.S. nuclear renaissance - McClatchy

WASHINGTON ? The Obama administration soon may guarantee as much as $18.5 billion in loans to build new nuclear reactors to generate electricity, and Congress is considering whether to add billions more to support an expansion of nuclear power ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

U.S. on the path toward nuclear revival - The Sun News

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration soon may guarantee as much as $18.5 billion in loans to build new nuclear reactors to generate electricity, and Congress is considering whether to add billions more to support an expansion of nuclear power ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Locals- SouthWest MTB film and Photos - Pinkbike.com

Locals, A short free online film about a few of South West England's best up and coming riders... Locals started off as a series of web edits of all the local pinners from around my area...I soon realized that there was too many of them and if I did ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

WWD Reader Profile: Jessica Richman, Futurist Scholar (Salon.com)

WebWorkerDaily readers are a diverse bunch. Every week, I profile a different reader and ask them to share what they do, how they do it, and some of their favorite hints and tips.


Sunday, January 24, 2010

1959 Harley-Davidson FL - Suicidebomb Survivor - streetchopperweb.com

So you've put the word out you're lookin' for a new scoot to build and you've told everyone to keep their eyes open for a rigid Panhead project. The phone rings and a friend from out of state calls and said he's found a pretty decent '59 FL, do you ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Waves Introduces Three New Artist Collaboration Collections, Created with Top Producers and Engineers (Harmony Central)

Waves Audio continues its highly successful string of Waves Artists Collaborations as it announces the release of two new bundles plus two new plug-ins: The Chris Lord-Alge Artist Signature Collection and The Jack Joseph Puig Artist Signature Collection, both part of the Waves Signature Series, and Eddie Kramer HLS Channel and Eddie Kramer PIE Compressor, from the Waves Modeling line.


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Gear West Announces a Pre-Sale Program Swix Triac Ski Poles (FasterSkier.com)

LONG LAKE, Minnesota -- Gear West announces the implementation of a waiting list for reservation to purchase the new SWIX Nordic racing ski pole called the Triac. The pole is set to arrive February 1 and demand is expected to be high. The Triac is the latest innovative Nordic racing pole from SWIX which is [...]


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Hunt: 'We will fight regional news pilots' - Digital Spy

Speaking yesterday at the Oxford Media Convention, Hunt said that his party would prefer to introduce a city-focused system of improved radio, newspaper and web services rather ... and means that the "possibility of a British Google is killed stone ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Fishing season-setting time has arrived (The Bellingham Herald)

This month the annual task of protecting wild runs, while divvying up harvestable salmon as they ret


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Fishing season-setting time has arrived - Bellingham Herald

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife maintains a seasonal Web-page portal to information about the North of Falcon process which ... Besides assessing catch gear and techniques for impacts to halibut stocks, the commission also sets limits ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Brooks® Sports Partners with Triple Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

BOTHELL, Wash.----Brooks Sports, Inc. , the only company in the world that offers footwear, apparel, and accessories exclusively for the runner, announced today a multi-year partnership with Chrissie Wellington, world-renowned British triathlete and reigning Ironman Champion.


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Apple sets demo event - MSN Money

Apple ( AAPL ) will host a product event on Jan. 27, giving chief executive officer Steve Jobs a chance to unveil a long-rumored touch-screen tablet device for surfing the Web and playing movies and music. The company sent out invitations today to a ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Blind climber's presentation highlights Mountainfest (Adirondack Daily Enterprise)

KEENE VALLEY - The Adirondack International Mountainfest kicked off on Friday night with an inspiring talk from blind climber Erik Weihenmayer, who had the crowd rolling with laughter with his wit and amazed by his accomplishments.


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Share Float (Forbes)

Gavin McClurg traded job-hopping for the corner office aboard a 57-foot catamaran.


Friday, December 18, 2009

Native Instruments and Abbey Road Announce Partnership (Harmony Central)

Native Instruments today announced a close partnership with Abbey Road, the iconic British recording studios that have shaped the sound of popular music for over 75 years.


Friday, December 18, 2009

Bag The Best Luggage Deals This Winter, But Beware The Fees - OnTheSnow.com

Airlines don't tell you this on their Web sites (you have to phone and ask) but, as long as your ski bag doesn't exceed weight restrictions, you can pack two pairs of skis or snowboards in one bag and it will count as 'one item' instead of two.


Friday, December 18, 2009

UK Design Firm Uses SolidWorks to Help Snowboarding Helmet Become Hit ... - PR Inside

... and the British version of GQ magazine : , which named it a Product of the Year before it was even in full production. However, the helmets gained even wider acceptance when Formula One race crews started wearing them as safety gear ... Web


Friday, December 18, 2009

Olympic sponsorship? Oh, no - Alaska Dispatch

com's Slideshow Joomla Module - Brings modern web 2.0 slideshow layouts to Joomla ... At the 2010 Olympic Games set to start in February in Vancouver, British Columbia, snowboarder Chythlook-Sifsof's helmet and gear will be sporting the logo of ...


Friday, December 18, 2009

TNA IMPACT Slamback for December 10: The Road To Final Resolution - Bleacherreport.com

This was also posted at Ring-Rap.com . Haven't seen an iMPACT recap of late on here so I thought I would share this one between the sites. TNA is heading into its final pay-per-view event of 2009, called Final Resolution . Here's what happened ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

More Than Just Beauties - InternetRetailer.com

Witty copy. Unique business practices. Useful tools. The apparel and accessories retailers included in this year's Hot 100 are far from carbon copies. Each is selected for a different reason. But they all have one thing in common: They're smart ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

All boxed up - Pueblo Chieftain

They're easy to buy, easy to wrap and fun to get. Boxed sets, it seems, were custom-made for the holidays. Pueblo apparently agrees. Step into any music or video store (or section) and take a look at the many choices that are available - many of them ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Established & Sons joins forces with Committee - wallpaper.com

Diligently spreading the gospel of good design for the past five years, British retailer Established & Sons has this month stepped its retail presence up a gear, with a new website and cyber sales partnership with online store, Yoox.com. With the ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Virgin coughs up digital tech support for clueless users (The Register)

Bedwetters of the world unite Virgin Group has launched a tech help service that will compete with the likes of DSGi's Tech Guys in the UK.... Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Negotiators struggle to overcome climate talks deadlock (Lead) - Webindia 123

Speaking to the BBC earlier on Wednesday, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the Copenhagen talks faced "huge" but ... Outside, police in anti-riot gear erected concrete barriers aimed at preventing thousands of activists from storming the ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Chaos and deadlock mar climate summit (Second Lead) - Webindia 123

Speaking to the BBC earlier Wednesday, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the Copenhagen talks faced "huge" but ... Outside, police in anti-riot gear erected concrete barriers aimed at preventing thousands of activists from storming the ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

US-China showdown looms over climate talks - Today's Zaman

Ban's warning in an interview with The Associated Press came as world leaders started arriving in Copenhagen, kicking the two-week conference into high gear in its quest to deliver a deal to ... British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was also expected ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Mark Thompson: BBC should continue to play a central role in Worldwide (Guardian Unlimited)

Director general 'cannot envisage' BBC's commercial arm cutting links with the corporation -- but does not rule out partial flotation In Krakow, a mother gets her children ready for bed as they watch their favourite programme, Dobranocny Ogród. In Manila, a businessman buys a copy of the Philippines' top-selling car magazine to read on the Metrostar. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, a production team ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Top 10 technology highlights of 2009 (Daily Telegraph)

The world went app mad, Twitter and Android went mainstream and the video-on-demand market exploded in the UK.


Thursday, December 17, 2009

My media: Ben Schott (Guardian Unlimited)

Almanac compiler Ben Schott on 30 Rock, US magazines and why no one has made a gadget spin-off of Top Gear Newspapers Because of what I do [compiling the Almanacs] I see a lot -- the Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Daily Mail, New York Times, Wall Street Journal: I'll normally look at them online and create my own newspaper. As for writers, I'm keen on parliamentary sketchwriters: Quentin Letts in ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

The Under-Told Story of Akosombo -- The Gbedemah Factor - GhanaHomePage

Perhaps Sir Robert Jackson's "Foreword" to James Moxon's Volta: Man's Greatest Lake (Praeger, 1969), is the most disingenuous of its kind to be written on the subject. While as aptly and poignantly highlighted (in the previous chapter) by ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Britain to spend more in Afghanistan to protect troops - Today's Zaman

Many of the 100 British troops killed in Afghanistan this year were victims of roadside bombs ... Tens of thousands of tons of construction materials, winter gear and other equipment also are in the pipeline. Col. Wayne Shanks, a spokesman for the ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Caroline Crossroads - Free Lance-Star

A few months earlier, cabinet members in the Maldives strapped on scuba gear to hold their first underwater cabinet ... Any peaceful method that gets results is justified," said Chris Petts, a British farmer and Greenpeace activist who had come to ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

What's happening with Iraq's oil? (Resource Investor)

As multinational military forces have left Iraq , international petroleum companies have eagerly descended -- seduced by the long-term potential of vast oil reserves off-limits to foreigners for decades.


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Matthew Norman: How about a supertax on Blair? (Independent)

For reasons beyond my understanding, the Chancellor has asked me to Christmas drinks this evening at the Treasury in Horse Guards Road. It isn't the most personal invitiation ever, frankly, what with the line beneath "requests the pleasure of the company of..." left blank for the recipient to fill in. But I gather Alistair Darling has been tied up lately with other matters, so we'll let the ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

The unstoppable Fung brothers (CNN Money)

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, William Fung, the CEO of Li & Fung Limited, a large Hong Kong-based sourcing company founded by his grandfather, awoke in his Boston hotel room with an inexplicable urge to meet his sister, who lives in San Francisco, for lunch at their favorite sushi restaurant there.


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Wireless giants in seasonal slugfest (MalaysiaNews.net)

Competition between Canada's three big cellphone providers during Christmases past has always been ferocious, but the spirit of the season this year is becoming downright ugly. Rogers Communications ...


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

8 women set out to ski to South Pole - KTVZ.com

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Eight women set out Monday from their base camp on Antarctica to ski to the South Pole in a trek to mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth grouping of 53 former British colonies. Skiing six to 10 hours a day ...


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Ski trek to mark Commonwealth's founding - Newport Daily News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ? Eight women set out today from their base camp on Antarctica to ski to the South Pole in a trek to mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth grouping of 53 former British colonies. Skiing six to 10 hours a day ...


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Eight women begin 6-week trek to skl Antarctic - Argus Leader

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Eight women set out today from their base camp on Antarctica to ski to the South Pole in a trek to mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth grouping of 53 former British colonies. Skiing six to 10 hours a day ...


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Weekly International Travel News Roundup - Peter Greenberg.com Travel News

You can find anything and everything we posted on our Web site in the past few days in this nifty international travel news roundup. Keep reading to find out what's been happening in the world of travel this week ... In Should Personal Electronic ...


Sunday, November 22, 2009

Nothing like a motorcycle trek with dad - Times Colonist

One year after I got married, six months after graduating law school, one month after hernia surgery and three days after passing the New York bar exam, I decided to go on a motorcycle trip with my father. It was going to be a man's trip -- four ...


Sunday, November 22, 2009

BG Group, Cadbury, ITV, Vodafone: U.K., Irish Equity Preview - Bloomberg

and Irish markets today. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last market close ... is in talks with Ferrero SpA concerning making a joint bid for Cadbury Plc, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site. The talks have ...


Friday, November 20, 2009

MICHAEL CARMAN ON GOLF: Before the football game, there's the Apple ... - Peninsula Daily News

PENINSULA GOLF CLUB'S 18th annual Apple Cup Best Ball Tournament hopes to provide some good-natured, in-state-rivalry trash talk before the 102nd Apple Cup football game between Washington and Washington State kicks off at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28 ...


Friday, November 20, 2009

All things Beacon77 - JoBlo.com

With the 2009 American Film Market officially wrapped, some interesting looking horror flicks are starting to surface. One such flick is BEACON77 , a British supernatural horror thriller from Brad Watson (ASSYLUM NIGHT, DIFFERENT SHADES OF GRAHAM ...


Friday, November 20, 2009

Business Briefs - KPNews.com

Dubai group buys Ukrainian chopper plant; Dubai mulls buying Ukrainian planes; Tycoon seeks $8 billion in damages from Ukraine; Retail sales decline; Gazprom: Won't fine Ukraine's Naftogaz; EBRD delays $300 million loan to Naftogaz; State railway ...


Friday, November 20, 2009

Louisiana man travels Jefferson Highway from Canada to New Orleans - Carthage Press

Residents in Southwest Missouri are generally aware of one famous road that traverses this region, but another historic road has faded into obscurity. Mike Conlin, a Canadian citizen from Metairie, La., says Route 66 may be historic, but the ...


Friday, November 20, 2009

Nick Knight: Techno King - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Russian model Natalia Vodianova pulls a fierce face as she tangles with naked winter branches. In front of her, Nick Knight bends his pipe-cleaner silhouette down to catch the model through his camera lens. Around him, images of the Vogue fashion ...


Friday, November 20, 2009

What parents need to know about Maclaren stroller recall - Taunton Gazette

When a high-end baby stroller company recalled about one million strollers Monday after reports that children's fingers were being amputated on the hinges, some parents panicked, and at least one personal-injury lawyer started looking for clients ...


Saturday, November 14, 2009

What parents need to know about Maclaren stroller recall - Patriot Ledger

When a high-end baby stroller company recalled about one million strollers Monday after reports that children's fingers were being amputated on the hinges, some parents panicked, and at least one personal-injury lawyer started looking for clients ...


Saturday, November 14, 2009

Despite recall, Maclaren stroller panic 'unwarranted' - Patriot Ledger

When a high-end baby stroller company recalled about one million strollers Monday after reports children's fingers were being amputated on the hinges, some parents panicked, and at least one personal-injury lawyer started looking for clients ...


Saturday, November 14, 2009

November is not just doom and gloom - Baltic Times

RIGA - All nations of the world complain, but few do it with as much relish as the British. In fact, the residents of ... remarkable is how enterprising Latvians create a ski slope with lifts, rental gear and restaurants on every incline of a pretty ...


Saturday, November 14, 2009

Logitech's LifeSize buy bewilders - IDG NEWS

Logitech's only video products are commodity Web cams, but that will change when the company closes a deal to buy high-definition videoconferencing ... LifeSize video gear ranges from a desktop video client that supports HD up to a three-screen ...


Saturday, November 14, 2009

First reviews of Modern Warfare 2 published: Two perfect scores - Crunchgear.com

Both The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian (my favorite British paper, if only for its football coverage) gave the game perfect scores. I'll quote each review's final paragraph, because it's easy and my head still aches like nobody's business ...


Saturday, November 14, 2009

2010 MINI Cooper Clubman Bottom Line - TheCarConnection.com

TheCarConnection.com's editors drove the MINI Cooper Clubman to bring you this hands-on road test. Editors also studied reviews from other respected Web sites and have compiled a companion full review that brings you the best observations from around ...


Saturday, November 14, 2009

Webhostgear.com - Serving Information about Web Hosting Industry - pressbox.co.uk

San Francisco, CA, 09th November, 2009 - How important the web hosting and server administration issues are for a website ready for launch! To make right web hosting arrangements for the website, individuals need to learn about the most appropriate ...


Saturday, November 14, 2009

Belstaff Colonial Bag added to British Motorcycle Gear Web site - PRLog (free press release)

PRLog (Press Release) -- Nov 06, 2009 -- Made to last, designed to stand the test of the most demanding adventurer. The rough Belstaff Colonial bag keep what they visually promise. Already have proven their inherent surviving capabilities on the ...


Thursday, November 05, 2009

Cisco earnings expected to fall outlook is key - MENAFN

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Cisco Systems is expected to report lower profit and sales after the closing bell Wednesday, but analysts are pointing to signs that the tech giant is riding a wave of corporate demand for high-tech products and ...


Thursday, November 05, 2009

Technology: is it different for girls? - Technology.timesonline

I am frustrated. I am bored. I feel patronised. PC World is telling me my world is pink (it has not been pink since I was 7) and I need a new laptop to match my outfit (it would never even occur to me to match my outfit with my technology). Samsung ...


Thursday, November 05, 2009

Qantas pilots suspended after forgetting to lower landing gear - The Gaea Times

SYDNEY - Two Qantas pilots were suspended Wednesday after forgetting to lower landing gear as they came in to land at busy Sydney airport. The Boeing 767 was just 700 feet above the ground when alarms went off alerting the pilots the landing gear had ...


Thursday, November 05, 2009

Ingram's Flat Spot On: US F1 Capped and Ready - Motorsport.com

If NASCAR Valley is the source for America's next Formula One car, it seems fitting that Kyle Busch is being wooed by the US F1 team. Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Photo by Eric Gilbert. We might have learned more about KB's ability in F1 ...


Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Aero engineers on cloud nine - Star Online

A nine-man outfit in Cyberjaya is helping Airbus keep its planes safe in the air . LOOK AT THAT: Naguib pointing out a section of a plane as rendered by a computer. Analytical ...


Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Els blog: Tough Singapore end, HSBC Champions next - PGA Tour

Barclays put on another great show in Singapore last week, despite Mother Nature trying to spoil things. The weather delays were a real shame for everyone involved, but the ...


Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Passengers Faint on Newark to London Flight - EMS

LONDON -- Six people fainted on board a British Airways flight from Newark Liberty Airport to London's Heathrow Saturday, prompting emergency crews to check the plane for hazardous materials. Police said nothing suspicious was found on board ...


Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Italian PM Berlusconi says communist judges out to destroy him - Today's Zaman

"The real Italian anomaly is not Silvio Berlusconi but communist prosecutors and communist judges in Milan who have attacked him again and again since he entered politics and decided to attack the power of the communists," an angry Berlusconi ...


Tuesday, November 03, 2009

SteelSeries Announces Distribution Partnership with Best Buy Canada - Stockhouse

SteelSeries, the leading manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, continues to expand globally with today's distribution partnership news with Best Buy Canada. From award-winning mice and headsets to keyboards and surfaces, gamers ...


Monday, November 02, 2009

HBO's 24 7 Pacquiao-Cotto, episode two - Newsday

Sorry we're late. Had to watch the World Series. But this was, without a doubt, one of the best 24 7 episodes in the entire series. Good training scenes, a nice dose of tension and ...


Sunday, November 01, 2009

Hiking Into History: England's Ancient Ridgeway Trail - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

THE Ridgeway is the oldest continuously used road in Europe, dating back to the Stone Age. Situated in southern England, built by our Neolithic ancestors, it's at least 5,000 years ...


Sunday, November 01, 2009

Royal Caribbean honored as best family cruise line - Savannah Morning News

PENNINGTON, N.J. - Royal Caribbean won the award for best family cruise line and Carnival won in the category of best for first-time cruisers in CruiseCritic.com's annual editors ...


Saturday, October 31, 2009

You Built What?! A Real-Life Version of the Atari Classic Lunar Lander - Popular Science

Game Planning Iain Sharp spent months gathering parts from the Web, garage sales and his own collection of junked electronics. Jonathan Worth After hearing about preparations for ...


Saturday, October 31, 2009

Situl Thakrar Appointed as UK Director of Business Development ... - PRWeb

With over ten years' merchant development experience at some of the biggest online retailers, Situl will be pivotal in the development of brand awareness, merchant partnerships and ...


Thursday, October 29, 2009

Ingram's Flat Spot On: US F1 ready for Busch? - Motorsport.com

If NASCAR Valley is the source for America's next Formula One car, it seems fitting that Kyle Busch is being wooed by the US F1 team. Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Photo by ...


Thursday, October 29, 2009

Pirates may 'sell' UK couple - Independent Online

A British couple on a round-the-world yacht trip were feared to be heading for a Somali pirates' haven last night after a high seas hijack. Paul and Rachel Chandler, 58 and 55 ...


Thursday, October 29, 2009

Alan Moore's "Dodgem Logic" - Comic Book Resources

Comic book readers were taken by surprise when Leah Moore and John Reppion announced that comics legend, Alan Moore, would be publishing a new underground magazine "Dodgem Logic ...


Wednesday, October 28, 2009

SteelSeries Announces Distribution Partnership with Best Buy Canada - Consumer Electronics Net

SteelSeries , the leading manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, continues to expand globally with today's distribution partnership news with Best Buy Canada. From ...


Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Horse Rescue & Rehoming - Seattle Post Intelligencer

I met Willy's sire, Williamstown, on a visit back in July of 2003 to the Metropolitan Stud in Pine Plains, New York. It was my very first attempt at shooting video of a horse, and ...


Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Els blog: Recharged from Bahamas, ready for Asia - PGA Tour

I just want to start this blog by saying thanks again to everyone who sent me congratulations for my 40th birthday last weekend. We had a ton of e-mails on the Web site, and ...


Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Blue Monday? Think again... - Independent Online

London - Nearly half of British workers say mid-morning on Tuesday is the moment when they feel most stressed at work, a study suggests. The makers of the health supplement Bimuno ...


Tuesday, October 27, 2009

WEB EXTRA: Thirty kids learn lots at fish and game property at Comox ... - Abbotsford News

Thirty boys and girls aged 10 to 14 attended the first Vancouver Island Region 1 Kids' Camp at the Courtenay and District Fish and Game Protective Association (CDFGPA) in July ...


Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Searching 4 Sandeep - Metro Weekly

THE GREAT SHAME of those responsible for the glut of so-called reality programming is what they have stolen and corrupted from the art of the documentary. Time was when a carefully ...


Sunday, October 25, 2009

Poll: U.S. belief in global warming is cooling - Oakland Press

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming. Just 57 percent think there is solid evidence the world is getting warmer, down 20 points in just three ...


Sunday, October 25, 2009

Wife of former AP general manager dies at 93 - The Gaea Times

LOS ANGELES ? Betty Gallagher, the wife of a former Associated Press general manager and president who helped him run the Berlin bureau after World War II, died Thursday. She was ...


Sunday, October 25, 2009

For Little Money And In Many Words, These Gamers Help You - Kotaku.com

In Richmond, Va., a 43-year-old father of three lines up a camera at his TV to film himself playing Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. In British Columbia, a college student flips open ...


Thursday, October 22, 2009

Your Email Address: - Kotaku.com

In Richmond, Va., a 43-year-old father of three lines up a camera at his TV to film himself playing Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. In British Columbia, a college student flips open ...


Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Young Couple and the Sea - Slate

The catamaran is the station wagon of recreational sailing. Wide and boxy. Perfect for families. At times kludgy to maneuver. The monohull snob looks down his sunburned nose at the ...


Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The London Blogger Interviews #28: The London Eater (Londonist)

This week's interviewee is an established foodie blogger, who clearly knows his way around the London gastro landscape. Kang of London Eater , filled us in on some of his top tips and favourites - even tackling the 'dream foodie day in London' question with no hesitation! If you had to describe your blog in less than 15 words how would you do it? Restaurant reviews supported by lots of food porn ...


Wednesday, October 21, 2009

N.H. conference zeroes in on fishing 'catch shares' (Gloucester Daily Times)

For the next two days, the 55 or so officials, appointed part-time legislators, scientists and staff who preside over the New England fishery will assemble in Bretton Woods, N.H., to examine in great detail the new fishing economic system known as catch shares and mdash; a system they have already approved for the groundfishery next year.


Wednesday, October 21, 2009

N.H. conference zeroes in on fishing 'catch shares' - Gloucester Daily Times

For the next two days, the 55 or so officials, appointed part-time legislators, scientists and staff who preside over the New England fishery will assemble in Bretton Woods, N.H ...


Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Colton Harris-Moore myths falter under examination (Everett Herald)

CAMANO ISLAND ? Colton Harris-Moore is no Jesse James. No Robin Hood. No Billy the Kid or misfit MacGyver. "To glamorize him as a folk hero is wrong," San Juan County Sheriff William Cumming said. "He should be characterized for what he is. He's a serial burglar.


Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Colton Harris-Moore myths falter under examination - Everett Herald

CAMANO ISLAND ? Colton Harris-Moore is no Jesse James. No Robin Hood. No Billy the Kid or misfit MacGyver. "To glamorize him as a folk hero is wrong," San Juan County Sheriff ...


Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Els blog: A low-key 40th birthday, then back to Asia - PGA Tour

Anyway, I had a great time with friends and family in the Bahamas to celebrate my 40th birthday. I didn't want everyone making a big fuss. That's not really my style. However, I do ...


Wednesday, October 21, 2009

GameX Announces Film, TV and Web Celebrity Lineup (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

GameX today announced their final line-up of Hollywood and pop culture celebrities set to appear on the red carpet in Oaks, PA next week October 23-25, 2009. Celebrity guests will be participating in media interviews, panels, screenings, autographing and photo sessions, and walking the red carpet at GameX.


Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The British Fly Fair 2005 (FISHINGmagic)

We had a great day at the British Fly Fair last Saturday which began when Dave Chilton and Eddie Bibby picked up me and Dave Colclough from my house.


Saturday, October 17, 2009

Ferron: Girl on a Road - Metro Weekly

AMONG A CERTAIN demographic, lesbian folk musician Ferron is legendary, and for anyone who's not part of that demographic and wants to find out why, Ferron: Girl on a Road will put ...


Saturday, October 17, 2009

Bubble-netting whales delight boaters - Webcenter 11

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) ? My own experience watching whales that day began in the first minutes of a fishing trip near Light Island in Clover Pass late Saturday morning. I was ...


Friday, October 16, 2009

April ¤ - Norco Bikes

On May 3rd, The 'Typically Canadian Tribute Tour' cycles into Vancouver to kick-off their tour, pay tribute to community members and raise money for the fight against cancer. The ...


Friday, October 16, 2009

January 2006 Archives - Feministing

"In a startling revelation, the former commander of Abu Ghraib prison testified that Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, former senior US military commander in Iraq, gave orders to cover ...


Thursday, October 15, 2009

John DiStaso's Granite Status: Slots supporters start a new push - Union Leader

WEDNESDAY UPDATE #2: The pro-expanded gambling group FixItNowNH went on the air today with a 30-second ad promoting slot machines at the state's racetracks. A spokesman says the ...


Thursday, October 15, 2009

John DiStaso's Granite Status: How much money does Shea-Porter have? - Union Leader

WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter is keeping up with the fund-raising pace she set in her last reelection bid but is behind her pre-2008 total for cash on hand ...


Thursday, October 15, 2009

John DiStaso's Granite Status: Hodes raises big money - New Hampshire Union Leader

MORE THAN A HALF-MILLION RAISED. Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes' campaign this afternoon announced it raised "nearly $600,000" in the third quarter, "bringing his yearly total ...


Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Expensive thrills...enjoy the ride! (India Infoline)

If the bulls manage to hold their sway there could be a bear squeeze. Stocks are only cheap if they are going higher after you buy them. There is no stopping the Gold bulls, with the precious metal touching a new record high.


Wednesday, October 14, 2009

R&I One (Risk & Insurance)

In this issue: The NFL tackles H1N1; advertising new event cancellation coverage; last words on European risk management; Guy Carpenter's rebalancing act; the catch-22 of carbon sequestration; workers' comp cash down the drain; FedEx's fraud fight; energy insurance market; and more.


Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Tom Tresser: What Happened in Copenhagen (When We Went to Influence the IOC -- Again) (The Huffington Post)

No Games Chicago can't take credit for the lack of credibility of the patchwork of private funding and insurance policies the 2016 folks cobbled together. But we can take some credit for the lack of public support.


Monday, October 12, 2009

125 -- Part 2: An improbable 18-year career starts just as Patriots arrive (Foxboro Reporter)

Foxboro had just become the center of the sports world, at least for the moment, when on Monday, April 13, 1970 it invited the Boston Patriots to town on a vote of 1,852 in favor, 84 opposed.


Monday, October 12, 2009

Travel Web: Rent ski gear online (The Salt Lake Tribune)

The recently redesigned site allows skiers to rent gear online, arrange for ski rental delivery and pickup, and fitting.


Monday, October 12, 2009

Countries slow to use lifesaving diarrhea treatments for children (PhysOrg)

Despite evidence that low-cost diarrhea treatments such as lower osmolarity oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc supplements could drastically reduce the number of deaths among children, little progress has been made in implementing these life-saving techniques, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. They examined the implementation of current treatment ...


Monday, October 12, 2009

Entrepreneur Of The Year Philippines 2009: The road not take (BusinessWorld Online)

Even when he was still a student, Jesus P. Tambunting was focused on pursuing a traditional career and nothing could have been more traditional (and conservative) than becoming a banker.


Monday, October 12, 2009

More kitchen gear going green (Daily Local News)

More kitchen gear is going green, which includes using recycled and sustainable materials and avoiding harmful chemicals.


Monday, October 12, 2009

John DiStaso's Granite Status: Senate fund-raising update (New Hampshire Union Leader)

Also, a UNH poll shows that most New Hampshire men aren't pleased with the President.


Monday, October 12, 2009

John DiStaso's Granite Status: How much did Kelly Ayotte raise? (New Hampshire Union Leader)

An upcoming report will show her Friends of Kelly Ayotte committee, in two months, has raised $613,000 and will have $561,000 on hand.


Sunday, October 11, 2009

The English Defence League: will the flames of hatred spread? - Daily Telegraph

Tommy, spokesman for the English Defence League (EDL), was adamant: there were to be no pictures of him or the other masked men holding the makeshift swastika flag before it was ...


Sunday, October 11, 2009

World Fishing Network Hooks More Distribution, Original Programming - Multichannel Online

WFN: World Fishing Network continues to reel in more distributors, landing a corporate deal with Comcast and reaching an agreement to launch on sports tiers offered by Knology this ...


Saturday, October 10, 2009

Entrepreneur Of The Year Philippines 2009 - Business World

Even when he was still a student, Jesus P. Tambunting was focused on pursuing a traditional career and nothing could have been more traditional (and conservative) than becoming a ...


Saturday, October 10, 2009

John DiStaso's Granite Status: Senate fund-raising update - Union Leader

MORE THAN A HALF-MILLION: New fund-raising figures released by top U.S. Senate candidates show that Republican former Attorney General Kelly Ayotte out-raised Democratic Rep. Paul ...


Saturday, October 10, 2009

John DiStaso's Granite Status: Hodes raises big money - Union Leader

MORE THAN A HALF-MILLION RAISED. Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes' campaign this afternoon announced it raised "nearly $600,000" in the third quarter, "bringing his yearly total ...


Saturday, October 10, 2009

On The Download: Mika - Access Hollywood

Having one album under his belt now, the pop star describes the new set as his adolescence record. "I started to write songs that were talking from a teenage point of view, it ...


Thursday, October 08, 2009

John DiStaso's Granite Status: How much did Kelly Ayotte raise? - New Hampshire Union Leader

KELLY'S CASH. Nothing like the expectations game. How much "should" GOP Senate front-runner Kelly Ayotte have raised in her first two months campaigning for next year's open U.S ...


Thursday, October 08, 2009

More kitchen gear going green - Daily Local News

More kitchen gear is going green, which includes using recycled and sustainable materials and avoiding harmful chemicals. The EcoSmart cutting board (12-by-16 inches) is made from ...


Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Els blog: Looking forward to The Presidents Cup - PGA Tour

I had a great week's golf with my dad at the Dunhill Links Championship. We managed to make it into the top-20 teams and play together on the last day at St. Andrews, so that was ...


Saturday, October 03, 2009

Cycling for a cause - Hudson Star-Observer

Sometimes life takes a turn that makes you realize it is time to seize the moment. For former Hudsonite and 2003 HHS grad, David Shirley that time is now. Shirley is making his way ...


Saturday, October 03, 2009

Reviewing Project Censored's Latest Top 25 Censored Stories - Baltimore Chronicle

Democracy requires a free, open, vibrant, and diverse media, elements totally absent under our corporate-driven system. Project Censored holds media accountable by revealing what ...


Saturday, October 03, 2009

India far behind schedule for CWG 2010 - Kerala Next

New Delhi: Just a year before India is to host the Commonwealth Games, the boxing arena is filled with dirt and concrete rubble. The swimming stadium appears to be a half-finished ...


Saturday, October 03, 2009

Ineffective governance behind CWG fiasco: NYT - Zee News

New Delhi: As the countdown begins for next year's Commonwealth Games in India, New Delhi's level of preparedness, or rather un-preparedness for hosting next year's ...


Saturday, October 03, 2009

Paris summer 2010 ready-to-wear off to light start - The Guardian

Associated Press Writer= PARIS (AP) â The City of Light's spring-summer 2010 ready-to-wear shows got off to a breezy start Wednesday, with British goth Gareth Pugh delivering ...


Saturday, October 03, 2009

Paris' summer 2010 shows off to a light start, with Gareth Pugh's ... - Daily Press

PARIS (AP) ? The City of Light's spring-summer 2010 ready-to-wear shows got off to a breezy start Wednesday, with British goth Gareth Pugh delivering a kindler, gentler version ...


Saturday, October 03, 2009

International Capsules: IOC members agonize over 2016 Olympic host ... - Brownsville Herald

COPENHAGEN ? International Olympic Committee members were agonizing Wednesday over how to choose the host of the 2016 Games, with many said to be undecided just two days before ...


Saturday, October 03, 2009

European Stocks Drop, Trim Biggest Quarterly Gain This Decade - Bloomberg

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks dropped, trimming the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index's biggest quarterly advance this decade, after a measure of U.S. business activity ...


Saturday, October 03, 2009

European Stocks Retreat, Trimming Best Quarter This Decade - Bloomberg

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks dropped, trimming the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index's biggest quarterly advance this decade, after a measure of U.S. business activity ...


Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Canada's Currency Little Changed as Global Stocks Fluctuate - Bloomberg

Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Canada's currency was little changed against its U.S. counterpart, after earlier dropping as much as 0.7 percent, as stocks fluctuated and crude oil held ...


Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Tiger's tips tip field in O'Hair's direction - Lowell Sun

Sean O'Hair got a putting tip from Tiger Woods and put it to good use yesterday in the Tour Championship, opening with a 4-under 66 to take a one-shot lead in the final FedEx Cup ...


Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Nasstar refinances for desktop-as-a-service push (Computer Business Review)

Established in 1957, the British Computer Society ... Teneo is an infrastructure optimization company, p ...


Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The runway and beyond - Watertown Daily Times

Times News Clerk Kyle Hayes interned for fashion magazine W and wrote for fashion news blog Fashionista.com in New York City before joining the Times staff in March. He returned to ...


Monday, September 28, 2009

36 Hours in Bermuda (International Herald Tribune)

Four hundred years ago, an English sailing vessel was shipwrecked on this mid-Atlantic archipelago, giving birth to an island nation that's now in full-swing party mode.


Monday, September 28, 2009

Tiger's tips tip field in O'Hair's direction - FOXSports.com

Sean O'Hair got a putting tip from Tiger Woods and put it to good use yesterday in the Tour Championship, opening with a 4-under 66 to take a one-shot lead in the final FedEx Cup ...


Monday, September 28, 2009

Eaton Auction Service ANNUAL OUTDOOR SPORTS & TOOL AUCTION SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2009 9:30 A.M. Elmwood Farm, West ... (Antiques and the Arts)

Ford F350XL Dump Truck, Kubota RTV, Tools Firearms, Ammo, Sporting Accessories, Sleighs, & More!


Monday, September 28, 2009

Rebel ink shifts Pinoy tattoo taboos - ABS-CBN

MANILA - It might be shocking to see a 9-year-old boy sporting a yellow pencil tattoo on his upper arm, but for his famous tattoo artist dad, it's just a testament to indelible ...


Monday, September 28, 2009

Rebel ink shifts Pinoy tattoo taboos (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)

MANILA - It might be shocking to see a 9-year-old boy sporting a yellow pencil tattoo on his upper arm, but for his famous tattoo artist dad, it's just a testament to indelible love.


Monday, September 28, 2009

36 Hours in Bermuda (New York Times)

Newstead Belmont Hills Resort is a popular spot for happy hour. BERMUDA has lots to celebrate in 2009. Four hundred years ago, an English sailing vessel was shipwrecked on this mid-Atlantic archipelago, giving birth to the island nation of Bermuda, one that is now in full-swing party mode.


Monday, September 28, 2009

Tiger's tips tip field in O'Hair's direction (Lowell Sun)

Sean O'Hair got a putting tip from Tiger Woods and put it to good use yesterday in the Tour Championship, opening with a 4-under 66 to take a one-shot lead in the final FedEx Cup playoff event. Woods did all right himself.


Thursday, September 24, 2009

UK IT Industry Awards 2009: Private Sector Project of the Year (vnunet.com)

Computing staff, Computing , Wednesday 23 September 2009 at 15:26:00 We profile the finalists in the Private Sector Project of the Year award The Project Excellence categories are always among the most popular and competitive in the UK IT Industry Awards, and this year's crop is no different. As part of the build up to the lavish prizegiving ceremony to be held at the Battersea Park Events Arena ...


Thursday, September 24, 2009

Will Conroy kill free TV? ... Warnings to go on airbrushed photos? (Crikey)

Free to air television may be under threat thanks to the national broadband network. Oh la la, the French may be passing a bill to put warnings on airbrushed photos.


Thursday, September 24, 2009

Calif. produce distributor recalls potentially contaminated bunched spinach (PhysOrg)

The bad news: Salinas, Calif., produce distributor Ippolito International on Friday recalled two brands of bunched spinach after it tested positive for Salmonella. The good news: No one got sick.


Thursday, September 24, 2009

US Open to remember (BBC News)

Jonathan Overend on Del Potro, Clijsters and Serena


Thursday, September 24, 2009

Mardell's America (BBC News)

Is race a factor in the Obama protests?


Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Bend man sets record in mountain climbing - Tacoma News Tribune

BEND, Ore. -- Mitch Thompson climbs volcanoes like Spiderman scales a burning skyscraper to rescue a damsel in distress at the top: He does not take the time to soak in his ...


Tuesday, September 22, 2009

BBC considers part-privatization of commercial arm - BusinessWeek

The British Broadcasting Corp. is considering a partial privatization of its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, and may even take on a rival broadcaster as a partner, the BBC's top ...


Monday, September 21, 2009

Car Calendar - sign on sandiego.com

Through Sept. 30: Classic Treasures, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., San Diego Automotive Museum, Balboa Park. Many of the cars in the exhibit are owned by museum volunteers, docents and ...


Saturday, September 19, 2009

Caption Comp (BBC News)

[Drum roll] And double portions of kudos go to...


Saturday, September 19, 2009

In a Spin, Part 5 (FISHINGmagic)

I am not going to apologise anywhere in this article for naming one particular company, Fox, more than a few times.


Saturday, September 19, 2009

Good morning, Buffalo (The Buffalo News)

It may take a while for the clouds to go away, but there's another beautiful late summer day in store for us, the National Weather Service says. The sun should break through this afternoon and temperatures are expected to return to the 70s, with a dip into the low 50s tonight.


Saturday, September 19, 2009

BBC considers part-privatization of commercial arm (Newsday)

LONDON (AP) ? The British Broadcasting Corp. is considering a partial privatization of its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, and may even take on a rival broadcaster as a partner, the BBC's top executive said in an interview published Monday. BBC Worldwide, which had revenues of slightly more than 1 billion pounds ($1.65 billion) last year, sells international rights to BBC programs including "Dr ...


Saturday, September 19, 2009

BBC considers part-privatization of commercial arm (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

The British Broadcasting Corp. is considering a partial privatization of its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, and may even take on a rival broadcaster as a partner, the BBC's top executive said in an interview published Monday.


Saturday, September 19, 2009

Plane makes emergency landing at Germany's Stuttgart airport; no ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Office of EU foreign policy chief says he will meet with Iranian nuclear negotiator on Oct. 1 China breaks ground on space launch center British, NATO troops killed in Afghanistan ...


Thursday, September 17, 2009

Gear up: Inov8 Roclite 295 Trail shoes - Biloxi Sun Herald

These British shoes are designed for the obscure English sport of fell running (basically running up trail-less, muddy hills). The shoes have a low heel and take some getting used ...


Thursday, September 17, 2009

Book Excerpt: Assault across the Waal - "Fear gave way to hysteria" - Fond du Lac Reporter

A plan was devised for H and I Companies. Upon crossing the river and reaching the opposite shore, we would attack across the flat terrain and dislodge the Germans from their ...


Wednesday, September 16, 2009

BBC mulling partial privatization - executive - Lebanon Daily Star

LONDON: The British Broadcasting Corp. is considering a partial privatization of its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, and may even take on a rival broadcaster as a partner, the BBC ...


Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Harry marks milestone with cash from Diana - Independent Online

Prince Harry has celebrated his 25th birthday, but is the British royal really older and wiser? Robert Barr ponders the question...


Wednesday, September 16, 2009

BBC considers part-privatization of commercial arm - MSN Money

LONDON (AP) - The British Broadcasting Corp. is considering a partial privatization of its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, and may even take on a rival broadcaster as a partner, the ...


Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Blog: Damage control keeps Els on FedExCup track - PGA Tour

I said in my report last week that I needed to step it up to secure my spot in THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola in a couple of weeks' time. I was going into the ...


Tuesday, September 15, 2009

BBC considers part-privatization of commercial arm - Cyprus Weekly

LONDON ? The British Broadcasting Corp. is considering a partial privatization of its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, and may even take on a rival broadcaster as a partner, the ...


Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Fronteer Reports Positive Preliminary Economic Assessment for Michelin ... - Earthtimes

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- 09 08 09 -- Fronteer Development Group Inc. (TSX: FRG)(NYSE Amex: FRG) is pleased to announce a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for ...


Sunday, September 13, 2009

Bend man sets record for climbing Three Sisters (The Daily News)

BEND, Ore. ? Mitch Thompson climbs volcanoes like Spiderman scales a burning skyscraper to rescue a damsel in distress at the top: He does not take the time to soak in his surroundings. He just wants to reach the summit as fast as possible, then move on to his next challenge.


Sunday, September 13, 2009

Travel summary - Savannah Morning News

Leaf-peeping in Iowa: Bridges of Madison Co. DES MOINES - Whether you're on a river, in the woods or driving by the famed bridges of Madison County, autumn colors are easy to find ...


Sunday, September 13, 2009

Whose Bike Are You Wearing? (New York Times)

Lately, it seems, bikes are fashion, but purists worry that their beloved bikes are being turned into a showy status symbol.


Sunday, September 13, 2009

Puppy survives after 'flush' with death (GMA News)

LONDON -- A British pup had a narrow flush with disaster after his 4-year-old master decided to give him a bath in the toilet.


Sunday, September 13, 2009

Novel bacterial strains clear algal toxins from drinking water (PhysOrg)

Novel bacterial strains capable of neutralizing toxins produced by blue-green algae have been identified by researchers at Robert Gordon's University, Aberdeen. Aakash Welgama presented the group's findings during the Society for General Microbiology's meeting at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.


Sunday, September 13, 2009

Making bacteria make useful proteins (PhysOrg)

By adapting a single protein on the surface of the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus, researchers at the University of British Columbia have turned it into a protein production factory, making useful proteins that can act as vaccines and drugs. Dr. John Smit presented the findings at the Society for General Microbiology's meeting at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, today (7 September).


Saturday, September 12, 2009

Brit chef says Downing Street kitchens are worse than prison - Webindia 123

Television chef Jamie Oliver has condemned the state of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's kitchen. "They've got the worst kitchens in England at Number 10 - terrible ...


Friday, September 11, 2009

Bend man sets new mountain marathon record - Independent Record

BEND, Ore. - Mitch Thompson climbs volcanoes like Spiderman scales a burning skyscraper to rescue a damsel in distress at the top: He does not take the time to soak in his ...


Friday, September 11, 2009

Whose Bike Are You Wearing? - New York Times

From his desk ? which sits beneath a 1952 Robert Randall photograph of a woman pedaling through the countryside in gray flannel Christian Dior ? Mr. Dutreil oversees the ...


Thursday, September 10, 2009

ET Canada Festival Central 2009 Announces Three Spectacular Nights - Channel Canada

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Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Fronteer Reports Positive Preliminary Economic Assessment for Michelin ... - PR Inside

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 09 08 09 -- Fronteer Development Group Inc. (TSX: FRG)(NYSE Amex: FRG) is pleased to announce a positive Preliminary Economic ...


Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Racey cafe, eco-store come to Depot Town - Echo online

Gear heads and coffee addicts rejoice! Finally there is a place where people who enjoy the rich aromas of coffee and motor oil can go to find both. Café Racer?located right ...


Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Els Blog: Courses changes at Cog Hill, pining for Atlanta - PGA Tour

I've been playing well for a while now, and the results have started to come through a little better, so obviously missing the cut at the Deutsche Bank Championship was a surprise ...


Wednesday, September 09, 2009

My first car - Sun Chronicle

Some may have been clunkers, possibly even a junker, while others were a dream, but all first cars seem to hold a special place in each driver's heart. The Sun Chronicle asked ...


Saturday, September 05, 2009

With NAMA, we'd benefit from a little hindsight - Independent

HISTORY repeats itself first as tragedy, second as farce, according to Karl Marx . The protagonists in the great NAMA debate would be well advised to note that those who cannot ...


Saturday, September 05, 2009

Think your workout is tough? Bend man scales all Three Sisters in ... - Katu.com

BEND, Ore. (AP) - Mitch Thompson climbs volcanoes like Spiderman scales a burning skyscraper to rescue a damsel in distress at the top: He does not take the time to soak in his ...


Friday, September 04, 2009

Man scales all Three Sisters in under 7 hours - KVAL

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) BEND, Ore. (AP) - Mitch Thompson climbs volcanoes like Spiderman scales a burning skyscraper to rescue a damsel in ...


Friday, September 04, 2009

Bend man climbs Three Sisters in less than 7 hours - kgw.com

BEND, Ore. (AP) -- Mitch Thompson climbs volcanoes like Spiderman scales a burning skyscraper to rescue a damsel in distress at the top: He does not take the time to soak in his ...


Friday, September 04, 2009

SPOTY 2009 starts to take shape - BBC

September is always an exciting time of year for the Sports Personality team. It's when planning starts to move into top gear as many of the year's biggest sporting events have ...


Friday, September 04, 2009

Provincial Economic Outlook by Sébastien Lavoie, Economist of ... - CNW Group

MONTREAL, Sept. 2 CNW Telbec - Sébastien Lavoie, economist of Laurentian Bank Securities, has disclosed this morning the new edition of the Provincial Economic Outlook. Earlier ...


Friday, September 04, 2009

Bend man sets speed-climbing record on Sisters - Dalles Chronicle

BEND. (AP) ? Mitch Thompson climbs volcanoes like Spiderman scales a burning skyscraper to rescue a damsel in distress at the top: He does not take the time to soak in his ...


Tuesday, September 01, 2009

On target for history -- Rifle program aims at more than paper - Journal Times

Instructor Richard Bries, of Rock Springs, Wis., works with Lori Bonn, of Caledonia Sunday afternoon, August 30, 2009, during the Appleseed Rifle Clinic at the Racine County Line ...


Monday, August 31, 2009

Top ten websites for enjoying the great outdoors - Technology.timesonline

It's the last bank holiday of summer, and those who aren't DIY-ing or snatching a spot of barbecue action between the inevitable rain showers will be itching to get a lungful ...


Monday, August 31, 2009

Davie police academy catching eye of job hunters; Boca Raton, other ... - Palm Beach Interactive

The woman jumped out of the car and ran toward Hollywood police officers, holding her bleeding neck... Police chase down armed robbery suspects on I-95 from Fort Lauderdale to ...


Sunday, August 30, 2009

Tech funds come of age (Investors Chronicle)

While the 'Techwreck' of 2000 might have left the technology sector overlooked by 'once bitten, twice shy' investors in the decade following the dot-com bust - many believe now is the right time to revisit the sector.


Sunday, August 30, 2009

Safety is not enough for bullet-proof wear (Space War)

Washington (UPI) Aug 25, 2009 - It's been called the Armani of armor, and the client list includes presidents, politicians, industry leaders and extraordinary folk with fat files in law enforcement agencies.


Sunday, August 30, 2009

Developers and website owners urged to focus on site speed optimisation (MENAFN)

Developers and website owners urged to focus on site speed optimisation


Sunday, August 30, 2009

Nike Selling League; M.L.S. Isn't Buying (New York Times)

Major League Soccer officials said they would not make a bid to absorb the U.S.L., or United Soccer Leagues, or add it as part of a promotion-relegation setup.


Sunday, August 30, 2009

Nike Selling Soccer League but M.L.S. Isn't Buying (New York Times)

Major League Soccer officials said they would not make a bid to absorb the United Soccer Leagues or add it as part of a promotion-relegation setup.


Sunday, August 30, 2009

Briefing: N. Koreans meet with S. Korean president (Pioneer Press)

SEOUL, South Korea ? A high-level North Korean delegation conveyed a message from their leader Kim Jong Il to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a rare meeting today. Six North Korean officials discussed inter-Korean cooperation for a half hour, spokesman Lee Dong-kwan said, but he could not provide details about the contents of Kim's message. The North Koreans were in Seoul to pay ...


Saturday, August 29, 2009

A peaks performance - Bend Bulletin

Mitch Thompson climbs volcanoes like Spiderman scales a burning skyscraper to rescue a damsel in distress at the top: He does not take the time to soak in his surroundings. He just ...


Thursday, August 27, 2009

'Firms' used web to organise football violence - The Guardian

West Ham fans gather on Green Street after the match against Millwall for more of the same. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski PA The home secretary, Alan Johnson , led condemnation ...


Wednesday, August 26, 2009

CEOs under 25: James Kicklighter - San Francisco Examiner

James Kicklighter: JamesWorks Entertainment is a full-service media company, specializing in film production, Web design and marketing strategies through social media. Our studio ...


Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Developers and website owners urged to focus on site speed ... - MENAFN

(MENAFN Press) Regional web developers given little room to grow - most focus on �eye-candy� rather than on development and content As internet users across the world ...


Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Nike Selling Soccer League but M.L.S. Isn't Buying - New York Times

Nike is ready to depart the soccer business. Not the seemingly recession -proof and lucrative global market for jerseys, shoes and other gear. Instead, Nike has put up for sale its ...


Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Els Blog: Majors out of way, time to focus on FedExCup - PGA Tour

The majors are over for another year, but there is still a lot to play for in 2009, especially since the PGA TOUR introduced the FedExCup in 2007. Before that, a lot of players ...


Monday, August 24, 2009

4 Ky. inmates still hospitalized after prison riot - The Sun News

BURGIN, Ky. -- Four prisoners remained hospitalized and hundreds of others had to be relocated Saturday after rioting inmates set their central Kentucky prison on fire. Flames shot ...


Monday, August 24, 2009

Choose A Stream - KTAR.com

CLICK CHICK'S DAILY PICKS * I'm Gayle Bass, the Click Chick, and this is my daily blog of what's weird, wacky and wild on the good old world wide Web.


Thursday, August 20, 2009

JAMES JOHNSTON: On national health care - Milford Daily News

It would be a great shame if national health care reform were to fail because of the many lies told by the conservative opposition to plans advanced by the Obama administration ...


Thursday, August 20, 2009

J.J Rawlings, the Father of Ghana's Democracy Indeed! - GhanaHomePage

Mr. Jeremiah John Rawlings has been acclaimed by many Ghanaians, especially the NDC activists and sympathisers, as the Father of Ghana's democracy. It sits well with me having Mr ...


Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Britain pledges funding for Airbus A350 - Seattle Times

LONDON ? The British government pledged 340 million pounds ($562 million) to Airbus today to help develop its A350 XWB aircraft ? significantly less than the funding already ...


Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Els Blog: Optimistic about rest of '09 after major top-10s - PGA Tour

I'm disappointed this morning, because I definitely had my chances to win at Hazeltine. But I also feel like I've stepped it up a bit in the past couple of months and made genuine ...


Monday, August 17, 2009

Historic aircraft flying tourists over Germany - New Haven Register

In the 1930s, "Auntie Ju" was considered the absolute pinnacle of airliners ? comfortable, reliable, even beautiful, despite its strange warehouse-like corrugated aluminum ...


Monday, August 17, 2009

Trick or Tweet with T.J. Houshmandzadeh - Boston Globe

"TheRealTJ84" on twitter.com is not the real T.J. Houshmandzadeh, No. 84 and star wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks. Screen names "tjhoush" and "houshmandzadeh"? Those aren't ...


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Young Iranian Street Artists Battle the Crackdown (Time Magazine)

Among the opposition to the regime is a street culture that borrows much from the West -- and longs for liberties beyond Iran's borders


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Young Iranian Street Artists Battle the Crackdown (Time Magazine)

Among the opposition to the regime is a street culture that borrows much from the West -- and longs for liberties beyond Iran's borders


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Obama honors achievers _ and shapes America's self-image (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)

WASHINGTON ? Every president has his rough-and-tumble or mundane days, but also some that float above the norm and compel him to take stock of society's changes.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Obama honors achievers _ and shapes America's self-image (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)

WASHINGTON ? Every president has his rough-and-tumble or mundane days, but also some that float above the norm and compel him to take stock of society's changes.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Mike Scott Column - Sep 2008 - Visordown.com

There is the smell of murder in MotoGP. And it's getting worse. For 250s, it is slow murder, by poison, with accomplices, and not yet fully accomplished. But the final chapter is ...


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Mike Scott Column - Sep 2008 - Visordown.com

There is the smell of murder in MotoGP. And it's getting worse. For 250s, it is slow murder, by poison, with accomplices, and not yet fully accomplished. But the final chapter is ...


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Who Will Be at the Table? Part XIII (Columbia Journalism Review)

During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health care, he would "have insurance company representatives and drug company representatives at the table. They just won't be able to buy every chair."


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Facebook gets Twitter-like search (CNET)

Gian social platform gets two key features: Real-time search and the Everyone filter.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Facebook gets Twitter-like search (CNET)

Gian social platform gets two key features: Real-time search and the Everyone filter.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Gabriola Island web page at HelloBC will soon take on a brand new look (Gabriola Sounder)

The Gabriola Chamber will be part of a special focus group to help promote the community on www.HelloBC.com, the official tourism website of the province of British Columbia.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Gabriola Island web page at HelloBC will soon take on a brand new look (Gabriola Sounder)

The Gabriola Chamber will be part of a special focus group to help promote the community on www.HelloBC.com, the official tourism website of the province of British Columbia.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Digitization's tectonic shift in software value (CNET)

The industry is dramatically changing, just as American industry did in the 1790s. We'll get through this rough patch, just as they did, but it's going to be a tough slog.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Digitization's tectonic shift in software value (CNET)

The industry is dramatically changing, just as American industry did in the 1790s. We'll get through this rough patch, just as they did, but it's going to be a tough slog.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Facebook buys FriendFeed: Is this a big deal? (CNET)

The massive social network confirmed on Monday that it has acquired the aggregation start-up after TechCrunch reported the rumor. Be it known: This acquisition is about talent, not product.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Facebook buys FriendFeed: Is this a big deal? (CNET)

The massive social network confirmed on Monday that it has acquired the aggregation start-up after TechCrunch reported the rumor. Be it known: This acquisition is about talent, not product.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Dispatches From Afghanistan: Resurrection (Fox News)

Michael Yon, an independent journalist and former Green Beret, is in Afghanistan reporting on the war against Al Qaeda terrorists and the Taliban. Here is a portion of his latest dispatch exclusively for FOXNews.com.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Dispatches From Afghanistan: Resurrection (Fox News)

Michael Yon, an independent journalist and former Green Beret, is in Afghanistan reporting on the war against Al Qaeda terrorists and the Taliban. Here is a portion of his latest dispatch exclusively for FOXNews.com.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Els Blog: Quietly confident heading into final major - PGA Tour

A tie for 29th at last week's World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational was obviously nothing special, but after a rusty first couple of days I went on to hit the ball ...


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Els Blog: Quietly confident heading into final major - PGA Tour

A tie for 29th at last week's World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational was obviously nothing special, but after a rusty first couple of days I went on to hit the ball ...


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Tiny box looking big (San Diego Union-Tribune)

With consumer technology, there are two flavors of cool: gear that becomes a mainstream sensation and products that, for whatever reason, can't cross the popularity divide. In the first category, think Amazon.com's Kindle electronic reader or almost anything beginning with a lower case "i."


Saturday, August 08, 2009

NFL Training Camp Capsules - NFC: Bears' Hester focusing on receiving - Brownsville Herald

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. ? Chicago Bears wide receiver Devin Hester is a changed man. After voicing frustration last season with his inability to break punt or kickoff return touchdowns ...


Saturday, August 08, 2009

"AUNTIE JU" FLIES AGAIN - Asbury Park Press

It was comfortable, reliable ? even beautiful ? despite its strange warehouse-like corrugated aluminum skin. The Junkers Ju-52 3 was the star of Lufthansa's fleet then, even ...


Saturday, August 08, 2009

Branch out again with sore knee - Argus Observer Online

RENTON, Wash. (AP) ? Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Deion Branch missed a second consecutive day of practice on Thursday because of a sore knee. A team spokesman said Branch was ...


Saturday, August 08, 2009

Trick or Tweet with T.J. Houshmandzadeh - ksl.com

RENTON, Wash. (AP) - Tweeters, beware! "TheRealTJ84" on twitter.com is not the real T.J. Houshmandzadeh, No. 84 and star wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks. Screen names ...


Saturday, August 08, 2009

Rock of ages, still rollin': Def Leppard keeping pace with digital age ... - Everything Alabama Blog

(The Birmingham News Tamika Moore) When Def Leppard played at the Verizon Wireless Music Center in November 2006, fans packed the place in chilly, rainy weather. "You're always ...


Saturday, August 08, 2009

Trick or Tweet: Imitators of Seahawks star T.J. Houshmandzadeh abound ... - KFSM.com

RENTON, Wash. (AP) ? Tweeters, beware! "TheRealTJ84" on twitter.com is not the real T.J. Houshmandzadeh, No. 84 and star wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks. Screen names ...


Saturday, August 08, 2009

Def Leppard's Joe Elliott talks technology before Birmingham, Alabama ... - Birmingham News

OK, so maybe it's just that cool British accent. Joe Elliott, the frontman of Def Leppard, has spent more than 30 years enticing listeners with his voice, on stage and on records ...


Friday, August 07, 2009

Suit surprise for Smit - Independent Online

It's been just a month and three days since Stuart Dickinson blew his whistle to bring to an end the Castle South Africa 2009 Lions series (otherwise known as the 2009 British and ...


Friday, August 07, 2009

Trick or Tweet with Houshmandzadeh - Seattle Times

"TheRealTJ84" on twitter.com is not the real T.J. Houshmandzadeh, number 84 and star wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks. Screen names "tjhoush" and "houshmandzadeh"? Those aren ...


Thursday, August 06, 2009

Altra Holdings Announces Financial Results for the Second Quarter of ... - StreetInsider.com

"We executed well in our efforts to generate cash during the second quarter," said Carl Christenson, President and CEO. "In fact, free cash flow in the first half of the year was ...


Tuesday, August 04, 2009

RBS, Standard Chartered, Xstrata: U.K., Irish Equity Preview - Bloomberg

Aug. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in U.K. and Irish markets today. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices ...


Tuesday, August 04, 2009

DOCDATA N.V. Announces the 2009 Half-Year Results - TradingMarkets.com

- Profit Growth of Internet Service Company Docdata due to a Strong Increase of Realised Transactions Michiel Alting von Geusau, CEO of DOCDATA N.V.: "The strategy 'Vision 2010 ...


Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Hit the open road (The News Journal)

Of all the vehicles on the road, from the Mustangs to the Lamborghinis, the dune buggies to the pick-ups, no one ride says more to the cars around it than a motorcycle.


Wednesday, July 29, 2009

New chlamydia test offers rapid, pain-free test for men (PhysOrg)

A new urine test developed with funding from the Wellcome Trust will allow doctors to diagnose Chlamydia infection in men within the hour, improving the ability to successfully treat the infection on the spot and prevent re-transmission.


Wednesday, July 29, 2009

British Cops Pick Lexus IS-F - Edmunds.com

LONDON ? The Humberside Police in East Yorkshire must be grinning from ear to ear, after taking delivery of a new Lexus IS-F , properly kitted out with nearly $50,000 in ...


Wednesday, July 29, 2009

World markets finally succumb to profit-taking (Channel 8 San Diego)

LONDON (AP) ? European and U.S. stock markets fell Tuesday as investors decided to cash in on two weeks of gains after mixed corporate earnings and a survey pointing to waning U.S. consumer confidence.


Wednesday, July 29, 2009

European, US stocks down as investors book profits (Channel 8 San Diego)

LONDON (AP) ? European and U.S. stock markets fell modestly Tuesday as a two-week rally appeared to be running out of steam following mixed corporate earnings and a survey pointing to waning U.S. consumer confidence....


Wednesday, July 29, 2009

European stocks turn lower as US heads for fall (Channel 8 San Diego)

LONDON (AP) ? European stock markets fell Tuesday ahead of an expected retreat on Wall Street as the two-week rally appeared to be running out of steam following a mixed batch of corporate earnings.


Wednesday, July 29, 2009

World markets steady as rally runs out of steam (Channel 8 San Diego)

LONDON (AP) ? World stock markets mostly traded in a narrow range Tuesday after a mixed batch of corporate earnings and as investors became increasingly reluctant to extend a two-week rally.


Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Historic German plane Junkers offers tourist flights (Manila Bulletin via Yahoo! Philippines News)

BRUSSELS (AP) - In the 1930s, "Auntie Ju" was considered the absolute pinnacle of airliners - comfortable, reliable, even beautiful, despite its strange warehouse-like corrugated aluminum skin.


Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Els Blog: 'Great week' on family vacation in Portugal - PGA Tour

Jul 27, 2009: Ernie Els will write a blog for PGATOUR.COM periodically during the 2009 season. In his most recent post, he discusses last week's British Open. For more information ...


Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Auto Racing Capsules: Johnson grabs Indy win after late Montoya penalty (The Brownsville Herald)

INDIANAPOLIS ? Jimmie Johnson grabbed an improbable third victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when a speeding penalty to Juan Pablo Montoya blew Sunday's race wide open.


Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Car Calendar (San Diego Union-Tribune)

THIS WEEKEND Today: JBA Summer Show and Go, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., JBA Performance Center, 5135 Convoy St., Kearny Mesa. Customer-appreciation event highlights dragsters and Cobras.


Tuesday, July 28, 2009

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - Walkthrough (IGN FAQs)

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Tom Matlack: Wining the War at Home (The Huffington Post)

Even though he's no longer in combat, he's still a commander, now in a war to save the auto industry from itself.


Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Bargain Hunter: Cheap camping gear (Daily Telegraph)

Camping is cool again with Britons pitching in for a long hot summer of cheap holidays.


Tuesday, July 28, 2009

St. Andrews to be unchanged for British Open (Slam! Sports)

The tradition each year at the British Open is to congratulate the champion on the large scoreboard over the 18th green and look forward to the following year, in this case St. Andrews.


Tuesday, July 28, 2009

British Open course to be virtually unchanged (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)

TURNBERRY, Scotland #8212; The tradition each year at the British Open is to congratulate the champion on the large scoreboard over the 18th green and look forward to the following year, in this case St. Andrews.


Tuesday, July 28, 2009

The Andalusia Star-News (The Andalusia Star-News)

The Challenger Sports British Soccer camp is again coming to Andalusia and will start next Mon., July 27, and last until July 31.


Monday, July 27, 2009

Auto Racing Capsules: Johnson grabs Indy win after late Montoya ... - Brownsville Herald

INDIANAPOLIS ? Jimmie Johnson grabbed an improbable third victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when a speeding penalty to Juan Pablo Montoya blew Sunday's race wide open ...


Monday, July 27, 2009

Comic-Con: The Doctor Who, Almost Human and Torchwood panels ... - The Guardian

To receive updated content, refresh the page (F5 for a web browser). 10.14am: It's Sunday morning in San Diego, and more than 4000 people have queued up to file into the second ...


Monday, July 27, 2009

Clarkson in new Brown insult row - Independent Online

Jeremy Clarkson has been given a "ticking off" by a BBC boss after using an offensive swear word to describe British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in front of a studio audience. The ...


Saturday, July 25, 2009

Tour: Cavendish makes it a record nine - Independent Online

Aubenas - Mark Cavendish set a new British record for stage wins on the Tour de France when he sprinted to his fifth win of this year's Tour de France, and ninth overall, on the ...


Thursday, July 23, 2009

Deja vu would be great, says NZ coach - Independent Online

While the All Blacks took the day off on Tuesday ahead of Saturday's Tri-Nations clash against the Springboks in Bloemfontein, team officials were hoping for history to repeat ...


Thursday, July 23, 2009

St. Andrews is virtually unchanged - Akron Beacon Journal

TURNBERRY, SCOTLAND: The tradition each year at the British Open is to congratulate the champion on the large scoreboard over the 18th green and look forward to the following year ...


Thursday, July 23, 2009

Els Blog: Mixed emotions after the British Open - PGA Tour

It's the Monday morning after this year's Open Championship, and I guess I have somewhat mixed feelings about what happened at Turnberry. Obviously, it was a great Championship and ...


Wednesday, July 22, 2009

50 ways to save and make money - This is Money

1) Don't take a tumble - Tumble dryers use a huge amount of energy. Hanging clothes on the line or an indoor drying rack could knock £45 a year off energy bills. 2) Turn it off ...


Wednesday, July 22, 2009

COLUMN Of Dots and Stops and Angle Brackets - The Citizen Online

An otherwise ordinary bit of research recently took me on a circuitous route through Web pages, a shelf full of reference books, and appeals to trusted advisers, always just an e ...


Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Don't expect changes at St. Andrews - GolfWeek

TURNBERRY, Scotland -- The tradition each year at the British Open is to congratulate the champion on the large scoreboard over the 18th green and look forward to the following ...


Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Rohwer and Pillay are aces in the pack - Independent Online

Martin Rohwer and Leorin Pillay combined to produce a golfing unlikelihood of the highest order. Forget Tom Watson almost winning the British Open at age 59. These two youngsters ...


Tuesday, July 21, 2009

TheStar.com | Obituary | Gordon Waller of British Invasion duo dies - Toronto Star

HARTFORD, Conn.--Gordon Waller of the pop duo Peter and Gordon, who were part of the 1960s British Invasion and had a string of hits including several written by their friend Paul ...


Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Boks warned - All Blacks will get better - Independent Online

Auckland - All Black coach Graham Henry has issued a strong warning to the Springboks ahead of Saturday's big Tri-Nations clash in Bloemfontein, saying that his side can only get ...


Monday, July 20, 2009

German flights revive days of 'Auntie Ju' - News-Leader.com

Brussels -- In the 1930s, "Auntie Ju" was considered the absolute pinnacle of airliners -- comfortable, reliable, even beautiful, despite its strange warehouse-like corrugated ...


Saturday, July 18, 2009

Troops die at record rate - Independent Online

Kabul - July 2009 has become the deadliest month for foreign troops fighting an eight-year war in Afghanistan, as Taliban guerrillas hone their bombing techniques and Westerners ...


Saturday, July 18, 2009

Tri-ing times - Independent Online

Considering the talent pool in South Africa and the experienced hands coach Peter de Villiers has at his disposal, the Springboks should be favourites going into this year's ...


Friday, July 17, 2009

Investigation of defense contractor centers on parts - Tampa Bay Online

TAMPA - Specifications, manufacture and origin of parts are the focus of a federal investigation into defense contractor Conax, a St. Petersburg company whose offices were raided ...


Friday, July 17, 2009

Alan Tonelson on CNBC's Power & Money - American Economic Alert

Yesterday's industrial production report is definitely worth looking at more closely -- and especially the optimistic spin (no doubt unwittingly) put on it by veteran AP ...


Friday, July 17, 2009

Historic German plane offers tourist flights - MSNBC

BRUSSELS - In the 1930s, "Auntie Ju" was considered the absolute pinnacle of airliners ? comfortable, reliable, even beautiful, despite its strange warehouse-like corrugated ...


Thursday, July 16, 2009

Historic German plane offers tourist flights - PR Inside

BRUSSELS (AP) - In the 1930s, «Auntie Ju» was considered the absolute pinnacle of airliners _ comfortable, reliable, even beautiful, despite its strange warehouse-like corrugated ...


Thursday, July 16, 2009

Murder Marketing - Newsweek

While Italian prosecutors gather evidence and run forensic tests that they insist will lead to the conviction of Amanda Knox on charges of murdering British student Meredith ...


Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Els Blog: Feeling inspired heading into favorite major - PGA Tour

I played okay at last week's Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond. You know, nothing spectacular, but there was some solid golf in there and I was close to shooting some really ...


Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Historic German plane offering tourist flights - Baltimore Sun

BRUSSELS - In the 1930s, "Auntie Ju" was considered the absolute pinnacle of airliners -- comfortable, reliable, even beautiful, despite its strange warehouse-like corrugated ...


Monday, July 13, 2009

Is Little Boots the next Kylie? - Stuff

People were loving Little Boots before they had even heard her. It was the idea of her that worked. She was that girl, the small, blonde one happily posting up on a web page ...


Monday, July 13, 2009

Criticism of Afghan adventure is on the rise in Britain - Tehran Times

The latest losses are the heaviest British forces have suffered in any comparable period since the 1982 Falklands war. With the Defense Ministry's announcement of eight soldiers ...


Sunday, July 12, 2009

Girl most likely - Sydney Morning Herald

PEOPLE were loving Little Boots before they had even heard her. It was the idea of her that worked. She was that girl, the small, blonde one happily posting up on a web page ...


Friday, July 10, 2009

Protesters Clash With Police in Iran - Washington Post

TEHRAN, July 9 -- Thousands of anti-government demonstrators were attacked with batons and tear gas by security forces Thursday as they tried to gather around Tehran University for ...


Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Stimulus decision divides the G-8 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

L'AQULA, Italy -- Britain and the United States may see room for more stimulus. Germany is worried that it has done too much already. The leaders of the Group of Eight nations ...


Wednesday, July 08, 2009

CURRENCIES: Dollar Dips Versus Euro As Risk Appetite Satiated - Beurs.nl

The U.S. dollar gave up earlier gains versus major counterparts Tuesday as indications about investor's willingness to take on riskier assets turned murkier, and a lack of U.S ...


Wednesday, July 08, 2009

CURRENCIES: Economic Jitters Buoy Dollar - FXStreet.com

Safe-haven flows provided modest support for the U.S. dollar Tuesday, as investors continued to reassess the potential for a second-half recovery by the global economy, strategists ...


Wednesday, July 08, 2009

KPMG Pockets $2 Million in Build-Out Savings by Rightsizing Its ... - Market Wire

SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - July 7, 2009) - Aruba Networks, Inc. ( NASDAQ : ARUN ), a global leader in wireless LANs and secure mobility solutions, and BT, one of the world's ...


Tuesday, July 07, 2009

the informed patient - Wall Street Journal

In Santiago, Chile, for a study-abroad semester, 20-year-old Nellie Gotebeski fell ill in March after eating some undercooked fish. Her condition worsened and her kidneys shut down ...


Monday, July 06, 2009

American centipedes - Wired

*First, Senator John Ensign of Nevada. Senator Ensign ruefully announced that he had an affair with a staff member ? not because of sudden remorse for his affair, but because the ...


Sunday, July 05, 2009

Plans, room rates for CES 2010 already in high gear (Las Vegas Sun)

Although it's still six months away, preparations are well under way for the world's largest consumer technology show.


Sunday, July 05, 2009

Media Advisory Event Listing: Future Shop Presents Video Games Live in Winnipeg (Marketwire)

BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 2, 2009) - What: Future Shop presents Video Games Live in Winnipeg, MB - The music of video games will be performed by the world-class Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra led by industry veterans and world famous video game composers Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall. - The Main Event combines the excitement and energy of a rock ...


Sunday, July 05, 2009

Media Advisory Event Listing: Future Shop Presents Video Games Live in Winnipeg (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)

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Sunday, July 05, 2009

Anti-tobacco advocates start to secure victories (KYIV Post)

The hang glider pilot insisted it was a routine flight, and that strong winds had blown him over the border from Hungary into Ukraine.


Sunday, July 05, 2009

Poker players party Playboy-style (Las Vegas Sun)

Professional poker players packed into a Playboy-inspired suite at the Palms last night and raised their glasses in celebration of World Series of Poker's imminent main event.


Sunday, July 05, 2009

Bahia Bakari, the sole survivor of Comoros Islands air crash, and more jet crash passengers that cheated death (Daily Mirror)

The sole survivor of an air crash which killed 152 people sat up in her hospital bed yesterday as details of her astonishing escape were revealed.


Sunday, July 05, 2009

Paintball: is it a sport or grown men playing cowboys and Indians? (The Herald)

It used to be called cowboys and Indians, but now it's developed into the latest professional extreme sport. It's paintball, but not as you might have got to know it.


Sunday, July 05, 2009

Clarkson to give Edinburgh masterclass (Guardian Unlimited)

Jeremy Clarkson will deliver masterclass at MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival in August Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson is to deliver a masterclass at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival in August. Clarkson's session, part of the full confirmed lineup for the festival which will be officially revealed tomorrow, will see him and Top Gear ...


Sunday, July 05, 2009

Cyber armies gear up in Cold War of the web (Mail and Guardian)

The age of cyber innocence is over. Not only has the British government finally published its national cyber security strategy. But Robert Gates, the United States Secretary of Defence, has announced a cyber defence command under a four-star general at the Pentagon.


Sunday, July 05, 2009

Iran expels British diplomats, refuses new vote (AP via Yahoo! News)

Iran expelled two British diplomats Tuesday after bitterly accusing Britain of meddling and spying. The government also dealt a fresh blow to the opposition by making clear it will not hold a new vote despite charges of fraud.


Saturday, July 04, 2009

Some cowboys are hot, some are not - Tonight South Africa

The Village People knew it, Ang Lee knew it, and Clint Eastwood knows it. Cowboys are sexy. Maybe that's why so many people seem to want to be cowboys, even if they are girls. In ...


Friday, July 03, 2009

Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign - NWITimes.com

NAWA, Afghanistan - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban ...


Friday, July 03, 2009

Tobacco Underground - KPNews.com

Cigarettes" investigation. An investigative report by journalist Vlad Lavrov reveals that tobacco giants operating in Ukraine are producing many more cigarettes than Ukraine ...


Friday, July 03, 2009

Wimbledon 2009 -- day 10 live! - The Guardian

To receive updated content, refresh the page (F5 for a web browser). Wimbledon 2009 finalists? Today will tell ... Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus AP 1.10pm By the way Serena ...


Friday, July 03, 2009

Column: Celebrating the Fourth by bringing back Uncle Sam - Arlington Advocate

As we celebrate July 4th in these times of fiscal woe and budget cuts, it's time to be reminded that Arlington has exclusive rights to a small gold mine that could make any ...


Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Iran stiffens stance against protesters - The Guardian

Associated Press Writer= CAIRO (AP) — Iran's rulers stiffened their stance against protesters Tuesday, firmly rejecting demands to annul the election over fraud allegations ...


Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Cyber armies gear up for cold war of the web - Gulf Times

The Internet now plays a vital role in virtually every aspect of our lives. It is from this dependency on computer systems that a new realm of conflict - cyber warfare - is ...


Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Els Blog: Week off helps rejuvenate before more golf - PGA Tour

I just had a nice week off with the family at the house at Wentworth. It was good to be back -- you know, as much as we like our new place in West Palm Beach, we've missed it here ...


Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Popera: It's opera, pop, 'and neither' - Philadelphia Inquirer

Four dashing men of international origin, sexy in their Armani suits, with voices bigger than the Grand Canyon, sing their hearts out on hits from Adagio in G minor to "Unbreak My ...


Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Loading... please wait. - News Slashdot

Here's the blog from Floria Schiessl, project leader of the LiMux distro and the Munich migration: http: www.floschi.info [floschi.info] Here's a blog from someone who believes ...


Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Risking the Taliban to Confront the Deadliest of Peaks, K2 - New York Times

At midnight one evening earlier this month, I slipped out of Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, heading north in a white Toyota minibus on a journey to find the second tallest ...


Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Thousands demonstrate silently in Tehran - CNN

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- About 5,000 protesters marched slowly and silently through Tehran on Sunday near a mosque where the government was allowing a demonstration for the first time ...


Thursday, June 25, 2009

Iran expels two British diplomats, refuses new vote - Pottstown Mercury

CAIRO ? Iran expelled two British diplomats Tuesday after bitterly accusing Britain of meddling and spying. The government also dealt a fresh blow to the opposition by making ...


Thursday, June 25, 2009

Tehran Quiet As Iran Tightens Grip - CBS News

Iran's rulers stiffened their stance against protesters Tuesday, firmly rejecting demands to annul the election over fraud allegations, setting up a special court for detained ...


Thursday, June 25, 2009

Iran Expels Two British Diplomats - Time

(CAIRO) ? Iran expelled two British diplomats Tuesday after bitterly accusing Britain of meddling and spying. The government also dealt a fresh blow to the opposition by making ...


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Iran Vows To Make Example of Arrestees - Washington Post

TEHRAN, June 23 -- The Iranian government stepped up pressure Tuesday on opponents challenging the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, setting up a special court to try ...


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

No new vote as Iran expels diplomats - Irish Examiner

IRAN expelled two British diplomats yesterday after bitterly accusing Britain of meddling and spying. The government also dealt a fresh blow to the opposition by making clear it ...


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Let's go glamping! Glamorous camping, that is - MSNBC

No matter how cash-strapped we are, we still want to go on vacation. We don't want to spend a lot of dough on said vacation. "Glamping" ? or glamorous camping ? can be ...


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Iran expels British diplomats and refuses to hold new election despite ... - Chicago Tribune

CAIRO (AP) ? Iran expelled two British diplomats Tuesday after bitterly accusing Britain of meddling and spying. The government also dealt a fresh blow to the opposition by ...


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Iran Expels 2 British Diplomats - Time

(CAIRO) ? Iran expelled two British diplomats Tuesday after bitterly accusing Britain of meddling and spying. The government also dealt a fresh blow to the opposition by making ...


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Iran Guardian Council Rules Out New Election - FOX News

June 22: A riot policeman supervises traffic on a street in Tehran as a violent crackdown on opposition demonstrators continued. June 22: A riot policeman supervises traffic on a ...


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Britain expels two Iranian diplomats - Jerusalem Post

The British government says it has expelled two Iranian diplomats in retaliation for Teheran's decision to order out two staff members from the British Embassy in Teheran. Iranian ...


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Iran government refuses new election - Nashua Telegraph

Iran's top electoral body said Tuesday it found ''no major fraud'' and will not annul the results of the presidential election, closing the door to a do-over sought by angry ...


Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Amid Myanmar's Gloom, Pro Soccer Gives Locals a Chance to Cheer - Wall Street Journal

YANGON, Myanmar -- On a recent stormy evening here, a soccer player fired the winning goal to give his team, Okkthar United, a surprising 2-1 victory over Delta United. Running ...


Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Els Blog: Dissecting his poor performance at U.S. Open - PGA Tour

At the time of me writing this report, this year's U.S. Open still has some life left in it with a Monday finish due to the weather delays we had earlier in the week. The ...


Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Hunting for the world's largest shellfish right here in Puget Sound - Seattle Times

With his head nearly buried in sand and saltwater, Victor Mizumori of Redmond was hunched over inside a custom made stainless steel canister with his hands on one of the world's ...


Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Federer looking good -- for the most part - ESPN.com

An unburdened Roger Federer walked onto revamped Centre Court to kick-start the world's most revered tennis tournament, just like he has done the previous five visits. Thank Rafael ...


Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Open season: Golf's premier event coming to Pebble in 2010 - San Jose Mercury News

In a little less than a year, Pebble Beach will be at the center of the golf world. That is when the U.S. Open comes to town, and with it almost 40,000 fans a day, two major ...


Saturday, June 20, 2009

Week of the Weird - Yahoo News

AFP HO -- CCTV image of the puppy in the sewage pipe. A London puppy had a lucky escape after a four-year-old boy ... ... cemeteries are offering bargain-basement prices. An ...


Friday, June 19, 2009

Transparent, yet super 'green' speakers - CNET News

Heard, but hardly seen speakers aren't new. There's a number of glass and clear plastic speakers on the market, but these fetching British models are something else again. People ...


Thursday, June 18, 2009

These DVD and Blu-ray titles might suit dear old dad - Reading Eagle

Stumped about that Father's Day gift? DVD and Blu-ray sets of TV favorites offer lasting entertainment, they're easy to find, and their range is wide in both content and price ...


Thursday, June 18, 2009

Puppy Survives after Flush Down Toilet (Video)! - Post Chronicle

If you can believe it, a British puppy has survived after being flushed down the toilet by a toddler accidentally! A one-week-old cocker spaniel puppy was flushed down the toilet ...


Thursday, June 18, 2009

Muddy puppy survives toilet flush - WHDH-TV

LONDON -- A British pup had a close call after his 4-year-old master decided to give him a bath in the toilet. Daniel Blair was quoted as telling Britain's Daily Mirror tabloid ...


Thursday, June 18, 2009

What to get Dad on DVD - Arizona Business Gazette

Stumped about that Father's Day gift? DVD and Blu-ray sets of TV favorites offer lasting entertainment, they're easy to find, and their range is wide in both content and price ...


Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Child flushes puppy down toilet - Winnipeg Sun

LONDON ? A British pup had a narrow flush with disaster after his four-year-old master decided to give him a bath in the toilet. Daniel Blair was quoted as telling Britain's ...


Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Puppy rescued after flushed down toilet - WOAI

A British pup had a narrow flush with disaster after his 4-year-old master decided to give him a bath in the toilet. (Photo from YouTube Video) LONDON -- A British pup had a ...


Wednesday, June 17, 2009

OUT TO WIN A SHOESHINE - Sporting Life

1322 If I back a winner today, I'm going to treat myself to a shoeshine (£3.50). It will give me enormous personal satisfaction to think that it has cost me nearly 45 per cent of ...


Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Britain to unveil plans for digital future - Telecom Magazine

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will lay out its funding plans for universal broadband coverage and endorse a move to allow closer co-operation between cash-strapped broadcasters when ...


Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Puppy survives after 'flush' with death - KSTP

(AP) LONDON - A British pup had a narrow flush with disaster after his 4-year-old master decided to give him a bath in the toilet. Daniel Blair was quoted as telling Britain's ...


Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Britain to unveil digital future - Stuff

Britain will lay out its funding plans for universal broadband coverage and endorse a move to allow closer co-operation between cash-strapped broadcasters when it unveils its ...


Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Puppy flushed down toilet, recovered from UK sewer - Philippine Star Online

LONDON ( AP ) -- A British pup had a narrow flush with disaster after his 4-year-old master decided to give him a bath in the toilet. Daniel Blair was quoted as telling Britain's ...


Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Puppy survives after 4-year-old boy accidentally flushes animal down ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune

LONDON - A British pup had a narrow flush with disaster after his 4-year-old master decided to give him a bath in the toilet. Daniel Blair was quoted as telling ... ...


Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Puppy's 'flush' with death - Stuff

A British pup had a narrow flush with disaster after his four-year-old master decided to give him a bath in the toilet. Daniel Blair was quoted as telling Britain's Daily Mirror ...


Tuesday, June 16, 2009

An Unsightly Algae Extends Its Grip to a Crucial New York Stream - New York Times

SHANDAKEN, N.Y. ? The Esopus Creek, a legendary Catskill Mountain fly fishing stream that is an integral part of New York City's vast upstate drinking water system, is one of ...


Tuesday, June 16, 2009

BBC: Patrick Younge appointed Chief Creative Officer, BBC Vision ... - TradingMarkets.com

Patrick, who is currently President and General Manager of Travel Channel Media, succeeds Peter Salmon, who recently took up the post of Director, BBC North. Patrick will be ...


Tuesday, June 16, 2009

'Sub-standard' Lions searching for momentum - Independent Online

The British and Irish Lions players completely undermined their own management in farcical circumstances following the tourists lucky 26-23 win over Western Province in Cape Town ...


Monday, June 15, 2009

Landslide or Fraud? - Star-Banner

As our colleagues in Iran, Robert Worth and Nazila Fathi, continue to update their news article with the latest developments on the aftermath of Friday's disputed Iranian ...


Monday, June 15, 2009

Ahmadinejad Victory Sparks Clashes, Heralds Tension (Update1) - Bloomberg

June 14 (Bloomberg) -- Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a second presidential term, heralding renewed tensions with the U.S. over the country's nuclear program, as his opponents ...


Monday, June 15, 2009

Ahmadinejad Victory Sparks Clashes, Heralds Tension With U.S. - Bloomberg

June 14 (Bloomberg) -- Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a second presidential term, heralding new tensions with the U.S. over the country's nuclear program, as his opponents ...


Monday, June 15, 2009

Plans for digital future to be unveiled - MSN UK News

LONDON (Reuters) - The government will lay out its funding plans for universal broadband coverage and endorse a move to allow closer co-operation between cash-strapped broadcasters ...


Saturday, June 13, 2009

Yankees, 'Star Trek' and more DVDs for Father's Day - Newsday

Stumped about that Father's Day gift? DVD and Blu-ray sets of TV favorites offer lasting entertainment, they're easy to find, and their range is wide in both content and price ...


Saturday, June 13, 2009

Bingo game featuring local arts underway at library (The Pagosa Springs Sun)

We hope you want to join the fun by playing a wonderfully creative bingo game that offers great prizes and focuses on the many arts-related activities available in our community.


Saturday, June 13, 2009

Semantic & Social Web - What's In It For You? (ZDNet)

Here's an excellent slide presentation from Simon Cross and Ben Smith of BBC Future Media and Technology to illustrate a talk about the social semantic side of the BBC they presented last month at Futuresonic 09. The semantic web is the underlying plumbing that enables linked information, and what this means for you is the ability to find information quickly instead of searching to find ...


Saturday, June 13, 2009

Sales include 2 Sewickley Heights households (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Two sales involving households from one of the area's wealthiest neighborhoods are generating a bit of buzz at a pair of local auction houses, with one sale in Zelienople and another on site.


Saturday, June 13, 2009

Live - Turkish Grand Prix (BBC News)

Jenson Button storms to victory at the Turkish Grand Prix to make it six wins out of seven this season, with Mark Webber second and Sebastian Vettel third.


Saturday, June 13, 2009

Turkish Grand Prix as it happened (BBC News)

Brawn's Jenson Button coasts to a comfortable sixth win of the season with a dominant display at Istanbul Park.


Friday, June 12, 2009

Various DVD gift ideas for Father's Day - Newsday

Stumped about that Father's Day gift? DVD and Blu-ray sets of TV favorites offer lasting entertainment, they're easy to find, and their range is wide in both content and price ...


Friday, June 12, 2009

UPI NewsTrack Quirks in the News - United Press International

NEW YORK, June 10 (UPI) -- A New York man is suing dating site Match.com for causing "humiliation and disappointment" for people "who feel rejected when their e-mails get no reply ...


Tuesday, June 09, 2009

US Marines fan out across dangerous Afghan south - NWITimes.com

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - Teams of builders worked through dust storms Monday to expand a base for a brigade of U.S. Marines now fanning out across southern Afghanistan to ...


Sunday, June 07, 2009

News from The Globe and Mail (The Globe and Mail)

Pine View Pontiac has stood, in what was once the hinterland of Toronto, for 39 years. Ten days before General Motors filed for bankruptcy, the family-run dealership was given its notice. Car culture has changed, you see.


Sunday, June 07, 2009

GM British Workers Jeopardized as Germans Bankroll Opel Rescue (Bloomberg)

June 5 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp. sold more cars in Britain than anywhere else in Europe last year. That may not be enough to save Paul Geary and 5,500 U.K. workers like him.


Sunday, June 07, 2009

Save Your Hard-Earned Dollars - Points.com Offers Tips for "Rewarding" Summer Fun (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Points International Ltd. , the world's leading loyalty reward solutions provider and owner of Points.com, offers several ideal ways to "cash in" and get what you want or need by redeeming miles and points to add variety and amusement to your summer activities.


Sunday, June 07, 2009

Pitchfork.tv Presents: A>D>D (Pitchfork)

Synergasm: let's do this! Pitchfork.tv is like Pitchfork except it moves. You know this. The web TV channel is full of music videos and great programs: the one where bands play in high places , the one where bands play in low places and the one with Tim Harrington doing silly things , to name a few.


Sunday, June 07, 2009

Amlin, British Airways, BP, Lloyds: U.K., Irish Equity Preview (Bloomberg)

June 3 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in U.K. and Irish markets today. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last market close.


Sunday, June 07, 2009

Danlew, In answering your (New Matilda)

In reply to Even Bigots Deserve Freedom Of Opinion : Danlew, In answering your post I copied into mine your comments. An error. But, on reflection it merely serves to make your position look even more flimsy.


Sunday, June 07, 2009

French Open day 10 as it happened (BBC News)

Britain's Andy Murray loses in four sets to Fernando Gonzalez of Chile in the quarter-finals at Roland Garros.


Saturday, June 06, 2009

Forgive the powerful horseradish - Bennington Banner

During garden preparations this season, I found several stalks of horseradish that had found their way out from under the metal divider that I had erected in the corner of the ...


Friday, June 05, 2009

Save Your Hard-Earned Dollars - Points.com Offers Tips for "Rewarding ... - CNW Group

TORONTO, June 4 CNW - Points International Ltd. (TSX: PTS; OTCBB: PTSEF), the world's leading loyalty reward solutions provider and owner of Points.com, offers several ideal ways ...


Friday, June 05, 2009

Downturn's upside: For those with money, London's cheap - Raleigh News & Observer

LONDON ? After a go-go decade, Great Britain is suffering from a sudden, severe financial hangover. Now, however, the party has kicked into high gear for another group: foreign ...


Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Amlin, British Airways, BP, Lloyds: U.K., Irish Equity Preview - Bloomberg

June 3 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in U.K. and Irish markets today. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices ...


Tuesday, June 02, 2009