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Home > British Web Sites British Web SitesWednesday, March 10, 2010 Domino's trials digital tool that allows bloggers to earn money (Mad.co.uk)Domino's Pizza is to test an online marketing tool that enables anyone with a personal web space, such as a social network page or blog, to host advertising from nominated brands and earn ad revenue. Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Tenured Professors and Passionate Learning - The Chronicle of Higher EducationAndrews, in Scotland, and I have visited him there a few times, a booth ... Although my area of academic specialization is contemporary British literature, I had not done much work on Scottish authors?and in what I was reading I could see both ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Facebook Under Fire for Lack of 'Panic Button' (The Epoch Times)Facebook has been accused of failing to protect young British users from the threat posed by pedophiles. Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Liz Cheney reviving spirit of McCarthy - AZCentral.comWASHINGTON - The word "McCarthyism" is overused, but in this case, it's mild. Liz Cheney, the former vice president's ambitious daughter, has in her hand a list of nine Justice Department lawyers whose "values" she has the gall to question. She ought ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Stolen Valor Offensive, But Is It Criminal? - NPR NewsThe Stolen Valor Act of 2005 makes it a federal crime to claim unearned military honors. Attorney Jonathan Turley agrees that stolen valor is offensive, but argues that it's also constitutionally protected, and cannot be criminalized. Copyright ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Fur Takes Center Stage Again - New York TimesParis in winter has a fairy-tale quality. There are silver skies, palatial buildings and enchanted forests of shivering black trees lining the avenues. There are beauties and there are beasts ? and this season the former is wearing the latter. On ... Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Skater's gaffe highlights politics of China sports - San Francisco Chronicle... competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British ... countless Web sites, where many Chinese who are normally reticent to voice their opinions speak freely because of the anonymity found online. His entry on Baidu Baike, a site Wednesday, March 10, 2010 China sports official skewered for criticizing skater who didn't thank government after win (Los Angeles Times)FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010 file photo, China's gold medal winner Zhou Yang, left, kisses her medal next to Korea's bronze medalist Park Seung-hi during the medal ceremony for the women's short track speed skating 1500-meter race at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Facebook accused over paedophile 'panic button' (Times Online)Facebook was accused today of failing to protect its young British users from the threat posed by predatory paedophiles. Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Techbits: March 7 (Ventura County Star)Library archives defunct Web sitesLONDON ? The British Library is creating an archive of the country's defunct Web sites to preserve snapshots of the ever-changing Internet for posterity.The library is already charged with keeping a copy of every published work distributed in Britain and Ireland. In 2003 that directive was extended to electronic materials such as compact discs and online ... Friday, March 05, 2010 Trouble In Turkey (Forbes)Why America shouldn't pass the Armenian Genocide Bill. Friday, March 05, 2010 Georgetti Says Best Way to Eliminate Federal Deficit Is to Put 1.5 ... - Market WireOTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 4, 2010) - The federal budget has no plan to create jobs for 1.5 million unemployed Canadians and provides no road map to a prosperous economy, says Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress. "We ... Friday, March 05, 2010 How Google became the indispensable frenemy - Sydney Morning HeraldToday it effectively owns the web through its dominance in online ... beanbags and massages, the free in-house cafeteria, "20 per cent time" to work on pet projects -- a growing number of web wonks believe Google has taken Microsoft's crown as the ... Friday, March 05, 2010 Food Fight: Blogs Talk Hot Dogs - Pew Research CenterTwo other unrelated stories about the online search giant also combined to finish as the No. 1 subject on Twitter last week. The third story among blogs last week, with ... 7% On Twitter, the top three subjects were all Web and technology focused. Friday, March 05, 2010 British Online Copyright Laws Draw Debates - New York Times Blogs... service providers and Web sites ... site would have to also monitor every bit of its content. Monitoring this content is financially, and probably physically, impossible. Some also argue that strict legal cases, including the latest British Friday, March 05, 2010 Miami Man Builds Tent City In Haiti - Huffingtonpost.comPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ? The Miami property developer, volunteering after Haiti's earthquake, was horrified to see children sleeping in the dirt under makeshift tents of bed sheets propped up on sticks. A global, billion-dollar aid effort should be ... Friday, March 05, 2010 How Roger Ebert found his new voice (Q&A) - CNET NewsRoger Ebert's search to recapture his lost voice uncovered a company with a unique technology. When the famed film critic needed to find a way to communicate after losing his voice to cancer surgery, he turned to text-to-speech (TTS) software that ... Friday, March 05, 2010 UK police crime maps gets an API - but how useful is it really? - The GuardianCrime mapping - overlaying the sites and times of crimes onto maps - turned out ... events; Crime levels & statistics; Nearest police stations" The API is implemented as a standard XML REST web service using HTTP GET POST requests - which means that ... Friday, March 05, 2010 Challenge: Help pupils spot cyber-bunk (The Journal News)When his students at New Rochelle High School begin doing research on the Web, social studies teacher Steven Goldberg shares a cautionary tale about how his teenage son became an instant "expert" on the author John Updike. Friday, March 05, 2010 Ashcroft Donations to Conservatives Ruled to Be Legal (Update1) - BusinessWeekThey then passed through British-based companies Astraporta UK and Bearwood ... party must be generated from its own trading," the commission said in a case summary posted on its Web Site. The commission, which has no powers to compel witnesses to ... Friday, March 05, 2010 UBS, Galleon, Deutsche Bank, Cazenove in Court News (Update1) - BusinessWeekMarch 4 (Bloomberg) -- UBS AG and Ernst & Young LLP won a Luxembourg court ruling potentially nullifying hundreds of claims by investors who lost money in funds tied to Bernard Madoff's fraud. Luxembourg's commercial court said in a ruling today ... Friday, March 05, 2010 Brits spend 2.5 days a year waiting for retail sites to load (BizReport)British drivers spend almost a week behind the wheel on the road, which isn't surprising considering the amount of traffic. But did you know that they also spend a couple of days out of each year waiting on another superhighway? Friday, March 05, 2010 British Library announces plan to archive the country's defunct Web sites (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)LONDON - The British Library says it's creating an archive of the country's defunct Web sites to preserve snapshots of the ever-changing Internet for posterity. Friday, March 05, 2010 British Library unveils UK Web Archive (vnunet.com)Dan Worth, V3.co.uk , Thursday 25 February 2010 at 16:20:00 Project hopes to preserve snapshots of UK internet history The British Library has launched its UK Web Archive to capture and record thousands of UK web sites, but has warned that the future of the project is at risk owing to copyright legislation. The project has been in development since 2004, and contains sites that would otherwise ... Friday, March 05, 2010 British Library unveils UK Web Archive (V3.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)The British Library has launched its UK Web Archive to capture and record thousands of UK web sites, but has warned that the future of the project is at risk owing to copyright legislation. Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Jack Straw at the Iraq war inquiry - as it happened - The GuardianTo receive updated content, refresh the page (F5 for a web browser). Jack Straw giving evidence to the Chilcot Iraq war inquiry last month. Photograph: EPA 1.33pm: Jack Straw, the justice secretary, has already given evidence to the Iraq inquiry ... Tuesday, February 09, 2010 E.U. Slow to React to Toyota Safety Problems - New York TimesBRUSSELS ? The first problems with sticking accelerators in some Toyota models surfaced more than a year ago in Britain and Ireland. But it was only Friday ? long after a global recall began ? that the European Commission issued its first alert ... Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Doctors brace for a new wave of vaccine hysteria - canada.comConcern over the safety of childhood vaccines grew to a crescendo in the years following a study in the late 90s that claimed a link between autism and certain needles. Subsequent studies proved those fears largely unfounded, and medical ... Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Toyota, VOSA Going On? - Times OnlineAmong all the claims, counter claims, rumours and scare stories about Toyota, one voice has been astonishingly absent. Where is the UK Watchdog for car safety? Where is the government body telling us the facts and ensuring that our cars are safe? You ... Tuesday, February 09, 2010 FBI Braces for Haiti-Relief Scam Onslaught (Enterprise Security Today)The FBI and at least five state attorneys general have issued alerts on Haiti relief scams, warning Americans eager to support earthquake relief to avoid in-person scams, where door-to-door solicitors ask for money; e-mail and texting scams, which aim to steal money and personal data; and social-networking scams that represent bogus charities. Tuesday, February 09, 2010 OUT OF OUR PAST: First settlers arrrive - Palladium-ItemGeorge Holman and Richard Rhue were strong men of hard adventure who had taken part in the Revolutionary War and the Indian Campaigns with George Rogers Clark in the Kentucky Militia. They had suffered desperate privation fighting with the British ... Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Krone, Rand Lead Commodity-Producer Gains as Oil Slump Ends - BloombergFeb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Norway's krone and the South African rand advanced versus the dollar as oil rose for the first time in four days, bolstering demand for the currencies of commodity producers. The krone gained against almost all of the 16 most ... Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Boy Scouts Turn 100 - Patriot PostThe Scout Motto: Be Prepared. The Scout Slogan: Do a Good Turn daily. For more information on celebrations and events, visit the Boy Scouts Web site . See the Patriot Shop for great gifts for Scouts. Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Climate row scientist says he considered suicide (CNN)The UK scientist at the center of a controversy surrounding e-mails leaked from a leading UK climate research unit has admitted the strain of the affair led him to consider suicide. Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Many behind bars still accessing Facebook (Toronto Sun)Criminals once knew how to keep a low profile. Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Racy website 'sexualises' tweens (Stuff)Kasma Booty enters the cocktail bar, her breasts partly concealed by burlesque nipple pasties and a red leather jacket. Tuesday, February 09, 2010 IntelliResponse Challenges Old School Thinking on Self-Service (Marketwire)IntelliResponse Hosts Webinar on How Enterprises can Leverage Self-Service via new Customer Service Channels such as Mobile, Social Media and Web Tuesday, February 09, 2010 IntelliResponse Challenges Old School Thinking on Self-Service (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 02 08 10) - IntelliResponse Systems Inc. , provider of the patented IntelliResponse Answer Suite that delivers "One Right Answer" across a variety of customer interaction channels, announced today that it will host a webinar entitled "Why Old School Self-Service is Hurting Your Customers and what you can do about it (via Web, Mobile and Social Media)." The webinar ... Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Free vs. Paid, Murdoch vs. Rusbridger (New York Times)The head of News Corp. and the editor of The Guardian are facing off over whether newspapers should charge for content on the Web. Tuesday, February 09, 2010 UK Government Enlists Public to Spot Terror Web Sites (PC World)Members of the U.K. public can report terror-related Web sites to authorities for removal from the Internet under a new program. Sunday, January 24, 2010 PA warns EU against legitimizing Hamas - Jerusalem PostA senior PA official in Ramallah condemned initiatives by some EU citizens and officials to talk to Hamas, accusing them of "ignoring the fact that Hamas had staged a coup in the Gaza Strip." The official warned that meetings between Hamas and ... Sunday, January 24, 2010 Nuke plans see national resurgence - Raleigh News & ObserverWASHINGTON -- 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 ONLINE GUY: Yo, bud: There's a way to stay tuned in during workouts - Las Vegas Review JournalI've updated the list of places to safely make contributions to include more than 65 Web sites and more than 20 SMS short codes for text donations. Relief agencies continue to ask for monetary donations rather than donations of goods that must be ... Sunday, January 24, 2010 Comm100 Releases Comm100 Live Chat - Hosted Customer Support Solution - Newswiretoday.comNewswireToday - newswire - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 01 24 2010 - New open source business provides hosted online chat software to increase instantaneous communication for businesses . Comm100 Network Corporation, the provider of open ... Sunday, January 24, 2010 Vancouver ready to shine at Olympics (The Tuscaloosa News)By Jeremy Hainsworth The Associated Press As snow falls on the craggy peaks providing the stunning backdrop to this glimmering city on the Pacific, Vancouver prepares to welcome thousands of athletes and visitors from around the world for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Sunday, January 24, 2010 Home Jewish World Jewish Society The Real Threat to Europe's Jews - AishThe Jews of Europe are once again in grave danger, but the real threat to their future is not quite what you might think. While the wave of anti-Semitism sweeping the continent is indeed disturbing, there is a far more destructive force at work these ... Sunday, January 24, 2010 Bin Laden takes credit for Christmas Day attempt - Tacoma News TribuneA Spanish lawmaker was horrified to learn that the FBI used an online photograph of him to create an image showing what Osama bin Laden might look like today. The image using Gaspar Llamazares' photo appeared on a wanted poster updating the U.S ... Sunday, January 24, 2010 Excerpts from 'Fatal System Error' book (San Francisco Chronicle)During 2004 and 2005, Tahoe-area computer whiz Barrett Lyon got progressively more famous. In his 20s, as founder of a small cyber-security firm that moved to Florida and took the name Prolexic, Lyon had fended off Russian extortionists. The overseas... Sunday, January 24, 2010 Nuke plans see national resurgence (The News & Observer)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 Vancouver B.C. museums offer world-class riches (Seattle Times)Vancouver's museums offer artistic, anthropological and taxidermical riches: Vancouver Art Gallery, Bill Reid Gallery, Museum of Anthropology and more. Sunday, January 24, 2010 Use caution posting kids' pictures online (The Facts)With more than 200 million users on Facebook and more than 100 million on MySpace, social networking sites are a popular place to find old friends and look up long-lost relatives, but they also can be enticing for those with less noble intentions. Sunday, January 24, 2010 Facebook is Cited in One of Five English Divorces (Pravda)But is it really the culprit? Experts discuss the issue A British survey revealed that Facebook is responsible for 20% of divorces in the country. The survey took into account five thousand petitions for separation and found 989 instances that cited the network of relationships. Sunday, January 24, 2010 News to use: Street hockey, Mardi Gras (Chicago Tribune)Here are some of the more interesting deals, Web sites and other travel tidbits that came across our desk recently: Sunday, January 24, 2010 VSI Selected to Secure Up to 90 Sites (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)BURNABY, British Columbia----Viscount Systems announced today that the company's MESH technology platform has been selected to secure up to 90 sites for one of Canada's largest cities. Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Planned Anti-War March Stirs Anger In Britain - 89.3 KPCCA Muslim group in Britain says it wants to hold a march in the English town of Wootton Bassett to commemorate civilian casualties of the war in Afghanistan. The town is best known for its ceremonies honoring British troops killed in Afghanistan ... Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Egyptian Border Guard Killed in Gaza Clash - My Fox BostonEgyptian security forces and Palestinians clashed at the Gaza border on Wednesday over the delay of an international aid convoy, killing one Egyptian border guard and wounding 10 Palestinians. The Egyptian state news agency said Palestinians shot and ... Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Bride steals R5,5m for wedding - Independent OnlineA British bride who stole nearly half a million pounds to fund her dream wedding has been jailed for two years. Joanne Kent, 26, hired every room in a cliff-top hotel, laid on a fireworks display, splashed on flowers and even bought Armani bracelets ... Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Snow slams Britain as European cold snap lingers - Star-TribuneHeathrow's Web site reported more than 150 cancellations and all services out of London's Gatwick Airport were grounded. Eurostar _ which caused travel chaos before Christmas when its trains broke down in a previous wintry spell _ cut services from ... Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Dorothy Sutton: Backing into mountains - Richmond RegisterDorothy Sutton of Richmond has been writing poetry ever since about the age of 8, when her first piece, written while living on her daddy's farm in western Kentucky, was published in a Baptist Sunday school magazine in Nashville. She's come a ... Wednesday, January 06, 2010 15 Chihuahuas to fly from SF to NY to find homes - The Sun NewsThe 31-year-old native of British Columbia had reportedly been seeking at least a five-year deal and was also being courted by the Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. NFL notes: Funeral for Henry set for Tuesday ... Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Army rescues U.K. drivers as snow blankets Britain (Kitchener - Waterloo Record)The Army was called in to rescue drivers trapped on roads in southern England as snow blanketed much of the nation Wednesday, hobbling transport and closing schools during Britain's longest cold snap in almost three decades. Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Protest today to demand help in delivering aid to Gaza - MPNowProtesters in Rochester are calling on the U.S. government to help an envoy, which includes a local college student, deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. A rally is scheduled to take place at 4:30 p.m today in front of the Federal Building in ... Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Astronomers unveil images of 12-billion-year-old space nursery (PhysOrg)A University of British Columbia astronomer has produced the most detailed images of deep space from 12 billion years ago, using data from the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory. Wednesday, January 06, 2010 U.K. Natural Gas Drops as Supplies From Belgium, Norway Rise - BloombergJan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. natural gas prices fell as imports from Belgium and Norway increased and freezing conditions kept heating demand at near-record levels. Gas for delivery today declined 1.25 pence, or 2.7 percent, to 44.5 pence a therm. That ... Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Egypt police scuffle with pro-Gaza activists - Napa Valley RegisterInternational pro-Gaza activists and Egyptian security clashed at this Mediterranean port when Egypt refused to allow part of an aid convoy to pass through its land to the Hamas-ruled seaside territory, witnesses said Wednesday. The intermittent ... Wednesday, January 06, 2010 Nexus One web address used to punt smoky jazz (The Register)Google forgets to Google name of new phone More problems with the branding of Google's "Nexus One" handset were claimed today, as it was highlighted that Mountain View has not secured the relevant web addresses.... The power of collaboration within unified communications Wednesday, January 06, 2010 London breeding Islamic terrorists (CNN)In assessing blame for the Christmas Day terror scare, we point fingers at Yemen, at the Amsterdam airport, even at corruption in African airports. But no one mentions where the would-be suicide bomber was radicalized: London, the capital of the ally we take for granted. Wednesday, January 06, 2010 University of Aberdeen counts on ITIL (Computer Business Review)Established in 1957, the British Computer Society ... Teneo is an infrastructure optimization company, p ... Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Odds & Ends: Cher, Ashanti, Boy George - POLLSTARConcierge Auctions has pegged the home's value at a pre-sale estimate of about $8 million ... s dream of starring on the British reality show "Celebrity Big Brother" won't be coming true. After initially being banned from the Channel 4 show ... Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Documentary on Jackson doctor planned - Herald-DispatchDetails of the project were first reported by celebrity Web site TMZ. Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Documentary on Jackson doctor Conrad Murray planned - AZCentral.comMurray remains under investigation for his role in Jackson's June 25 death. No charges have been filed, but investigators are ... Details of the project were first reported by celebrity Web site TMZ. Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Documentary Project Planned On Michael Jackson's Former Personal ... - NBC PhiladelphiaWhen Michael Jackson's embattled personal physician returned to work last month, cameras were rolling. Miranda Sevcik, a spokeswoman for Dr. Conrad Murray, confirms that a British documentary crew chronicled his first day back at a Houston clinic for ... Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Fortress's Intrawest Said to Be Near Missing Payment (Update2) - BloombergDec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Intrawest ULC, a Vancouver-based ski-resort operator owned by private-equity firm Fortress Investment Group LLC , may miss a debt payment due today on a $1.4 billion loan, according to two people with direct knowledge of the ... Wednesday, December 23, 2009 College football - Seattle Post IntelligencerSchenter, 47, has a marketing background and a company he owned registered the Web site 4joemcknight.com, the L ... to give Gerhart the press he deserves after plowing through the entire Pac-10 all season. KCSP-AM, WHB-AM and KMBC-TV in Kansas City ... Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Powerful singers, powerful music in Metropolitan Opera production of ... - Danbury News-TimesFans of Richard Strauss ' operas do not suffer weak singers gladly, which is why productions of his "Salome" and "Elektra" are not as frequently seen as works with less demanding roles. To be heard over this composer's enormously powerful music is a ... Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Brother: Simon Cowell to leave 'Idol' next year - MinyanvilleLOS ANGELES (AP) - Simon Cowell's brother says the next season of "American Idol" will be the judge's last. Tony Cowell said in his weekly podcast, "The Cowell Factor," that a statement was being prepared that would certify that the acerbic British ... Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Coroner looking into leak of Brittany Murphy info - 9NewsLOS ANGELES (AP) - Coroner's officials are looking into how the celebrity Web site TMZ obtained details on prescription drugs contained in an investigator's report on the death of Brittany Murphy. Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said Tuesday he ... Wednesday, December 23, 2009 'Homeless' Prince William spends night on street - CNNLondon, England (CNN) -- A cold icy sidewalk isn't where you would normally expect to find a sleeping British royal, but it is where Prince William spent the night to highlight the plight of the homeless. William, second in line to the British throne ... Wednesday, December 23, 2009 European Travel Disruptions Ease as Temperatures Rise (Update1) (Bloomberg)Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Travel disruptions were easing across the U.K. and Europe today as temperatures rose above freezing in most places, allowing airports and trains to resume services that had been disrupted in the morning. Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Montazeri service becomes protest rally (UPI)ISFAHAN, Iran, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Iranian police and anti-government protesters clashed at a memorial service for cleric-turned-critic Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, witnesses said. Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Science in news (BBC News)Smash-ups in space to Copenhagen flop - 2009 review Wednesday, December 23, 2009 U.K., European Travel Disruptions to Ease as Temperatures Rise (Bloomberg)Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Travel disruptions may ease in many areas of the U.K. and Europe today as temperatures rise above freezing in most places. More snow is forecast in northern England, Scotland and eastern Germany. Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Atos Origin wins £40m IT contract from Scottish agencies (Computer Business Review)Established in 1957, the British Computer Society ... Teneo is an infrastructure optimization company, p ... Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Vancouver organizers launch ticket resale Web site with primary goal of avoiding empty seats (Los Angeles Times)VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) ? Vancouver Olympic organizers have launched a Web site that allows Canadians to resell their tickets unhindered by a price cap. Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Vancouver organizers launch ticket resale site (AP via Yahoo! Sports)Vancouver Olympic organizers have launched a Web site that allows Canadians to resell their tickets unhindered by a price cap. Organizers say the Web site will help avoid empty seats at the Olympic events and also give those who can no longer use their tickets an opportunity to legitimately sell them. Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Iran Police, Mourners Clash at Cleric's Burial, Opposition Says (Bloomberg)Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Iranian police clashed with mourners after hundreds of thousands of people attended the funeral of dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, opposition Web sites said. Friday, December 18, 2009 Pub crawl unites revelers for a good cause - Santa Monica Daily PressIt's a very English thing to do a pub crawl," said Dolan, who manages the popular establishment that calls itself "an Ambassador to all things British." When asked ... reviewed by our staff before appearing on the Web site. Friday, December 18, 2009 Catching Tiger by his tale - Santa Monica Daily PressFor predicaments like Tiger's there ought to be a Web site where, in the privacy of your home, you could type the details of your peccadillo ... Open, but back for British Open. D. Grows dreadlocks and moves to the Bunny Ranch in Las Vegas. ( Friday, December 18, 2009 The great online travel revolution (Guardian Unlimited)The noughties heralded the rise of self-service travel websites, bringing with them a boom in cheap flights and last-minute budget breaks. Bobbie Johnson looks back Over the last 10 years the way we travel has been revolutionised by the web. Many of us waved goodbye to high-street travel agents, newspaper classifieds and hours spent staring at endless Teletext pages, and logged on to new hi-tech ... Friday, December 18, 2009 CATSA Presents Its Winter Games Team and Reminds Travellers to Pack Smart (Marketwire)WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - Dec. 17, 2009) - Today, at the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, CATSA presented its Winter Games team made up of Screening Officers going to British Columbia and those remaining vigilant at home. CATSA also reminded travellers that they need to pack smart to avoid delays at pre-board screening during the busy winter travel season ... Thursday, December 17, 2009 Outrage as BBC Asks: Should Gays Be Executed? - FOX NewsBritish ministers are criticizing the BBC for hosting an online debate asking whether ... Last night it was listed as the most popular forum on the BBC's Web site. The corporation changed the headline to "Should Uganda debate gay execution?" Thursday, December 17, 2009 Tiger named decade's top athlete - Cincinnati.comAs sports go, it wasn't close: Tiger Woods was famous for his golf long before he became infamous for his personal life. For 10 incomparable years, no one ruled a sport like Woods. He won 64 tournaments, including 12 major championships. He hoisted ... Thursday, December 17, 2009 Tiger Woods wins award for decade's top athlete - Jackson SunEven after a shocking sex scandal that tarnished Tiger Woods, it was tough to ignore what he achieved on the golf course. He won 64 times around the world, including 12 majors, and hoisted a trophy on every continent golf is played. He lost only one ... Thursday, December 17, 2009 Sports and Scores - WEEI(AP) -- As sports go, it wasn't close: Tiger Woods was famous for his golf long before he became infamous for his personal life. For 10 incomparable years, no one ruled a sport like Woods. He won 64 tournaments, including 12 major championships. He ... Thursday, December 17, 2009 Airline security won't allow lots of goodies in your carry-on bags - Seattle TimesTSA limits carry-on liquids and gels to containers no bigger than 3.4 ounces (100ml) that fit into one quart-sized plastic bag per passenger. The following food items are considered liquids and gels and are forbidden in carry-on luggage (unless in ... Thursday, December 17, 2009 Tiger Woods voted top athlete of the decade - Tulsa WorldTiger Woods was selected Wednesday as Athlete of the Decade by U.S. sports editors, a result that reflects 10 years of greatness on the golf course rather than three weeks of headlines about a shocking sex scandal. Woods received 56 of the 142 votes ... Thursday, December 17, 2009 Congress Travels More, Public Pays - Wall Street JournalSuch gatherings also allow legislators to meet "members of parliaments who play important roles in their own countries in shaping the security agenda that their governments ... com, a Web site that tracks it. Members of Congress who went to Scotland ... Thursday, December 17, 2009 Tiger Woods voted AP's top athlete of the decade - Miami HeraldTo appreciate how fast and how far Tiger Woods has fallen is to understand what put him on such a pinnacle in sports. Woods put his name on every page of the PGA Tour record book with 10 incomparable years in golf. He won more major championships ... Thursday, December 17, 2009 As Olympic Games near, so do rental and ticket scams (KTUU Anchorage)As the Olympic Games are approaching, and many Alaskans are taking the trip to Vancouver, British Columbia, the Better Business Bureau has issued a warning for rental and ticket scams surrounding the games. Thursday, December 17, 2009 The Times and Bit.ly Roll Out 'nyti.ms' Short Links (New York Times)Eagle-eyed fans of Twitter and The New York Times may have noticed a change in the Web addresses used to share some articles from The Times's Web site on Twitter. Beginning Wednesday, the links are compressed into a custom New York Times URL that begins with "nyti.ms." Thursday, December 17, 2009 NewsNow pulls some newspaper links (Guardian Unlimited)As the news aggregator refuses to sign agreement with Newspaper Licensing Agency it drops newspaper links in subscription service The British content aggregator NewsNow is to pull links to most national newspaper content after a dispute with the Newspaper Licensing Agency. The links will remain available on NewsNow's aggregation website , but won't be included any more in their paid-for ... Thursday, December 17, 2009 Web auctions: gamblers 'may get high' (Brisbane Times)Australians warned they could become addicted to global reverse auction website. Thursday, December 17, 2009 Gamblers 'may get a high' from web auctions (Brisbane Times)Australians warned they could become addicted to new global reverse auction website. Thursday, December 17, 2009 Sites Authorized to Cover Prince William's Official Trip (Pravda)Facebook and Bebo enables the fans of the royal family to follow Prince William's first official overseas visit on behalf of the Queen. The New Zealand government has set up pages on the social networking sites where it will list pictures and information about January's three-day trip. Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Exercising to a new beat - The Spokesman-ReviewConsider instead: A recent study by two British sports scientists measured the heart rate ... interplay between aerobic and anaerobic energy systems," Smith wrote on the researchers' Web site, www.clemburkedrummingproject.com . Smith recently ... Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2.1 Million Cribs Recalled, May Pose Safety Risk - KAUZThe agency is announcing the largest crib recall in United States history for a specific kind of crib made by Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc. of British Columbia, Canada. The cribs are equipped with a side that drops down to allow easier access. Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Autopsy today for boxer who died after bout - Philadelphia InquirerIt could be caused by a single injury, which is what happened to Natasha Richardson," the British actress who died after what ... scheduled 12-round fight in his story, which appeared on the boxing Web site Pound4Pound. "In the ninth round . . . Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Direct Energy to offer residential plans to compete with PPL - Central Penn Business JournalDirect Energy is expanding its residential electricity service into territory covered by PPL Corp. when electricity rate caps expire at the end of the year, the company announced today. Allentown-based PPL Corp. offers electricity service in the ... Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Key scientist says politics behind stolen e-mails - YAHOO!BOULDER, Colo. -- A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming . Kevin Trenberth, head of the climate analysis section of the ... Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Scientist: Politics behind stolen e-mails - Durango HeraldBOULDER - A leading climate-change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming. Kevin Trenberth, head of the climate analysis section of the U.S ... Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Scientists: Research stolen to manipulate message on climate change - Argus LeaderBOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming. Kevin Trenberth, head of the climate analysis section ... Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Scientist: Climate meet sabotaged by hackers - Pueblo ChieftainLONDON (AP) - A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online says the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month's global climate summit in ... Tuesday, November 24, 2009 The forgotten bird of paradise - Socialist Worker OnlineThe Indonesians were having none of it; neither were the Americans, the British and the Australians, who invented a Cold War tale that the Russians were ... hymns of thanksgiving, and raising West Papua's Morning Star flag. For this, 150 of them were ... Sunday, November 22, 2009 Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate - Times-ArgusLONDON ? Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online ? stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case ... Sunday, November 22, 2009 Hackers post climate center's data - Philadelphia InquirerLONDON - Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate-change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for ... Sunday, November 22, 2009 Hackers leak e-mails, add to debate on climate data - Arizona Daily Starscientists is included in about 1,000 e-mails and 3,000 documents posted on Web sites following the security breach last week ... In one leaked e-mail, the research center's director, Phil Jones, writes to colleagues about graphs showing climate ... Sunday, November 22, 2009 Couple fears pirates will kill them - New Haven RegisterLONDON (AP) ? A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid. Paul and Rachel ... Sunday, November 22, 2009 'Twilight' hunks part of film's heartthrob history - Times & DemocratLOS ANGELES -- Fifteen-year-old Chloe Bates is in love. A 10th-grader at an all-girls Catholic school, she lights up when she talks about her handsome 17-year-old honey. Chloe doesn't know too many boys, so she still gets a nervous, buzzy feeling ... Sunday, November 22, 2009 Furor rages over global warming after release of stolen climate data - Dallas Morning NewsLONDON -- Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online -- stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case ... Sunday, November 22, 2009 Dickens found joy in 'A Christmas Carol' - Eagle-TribuneAfter years of writing feverishly, Charles Dickens desperately needed a break from his demanding schedule and money to finance a year abroad. England's best-known author hoped "A Christmas Carol," a tale about ghosts haunting the miserly Ebenezer ... Friday, November 20, 2009 Tattle: Kate Moss in hot water over dietary comment - Philadelphia Daily NewsK ATE MOSS IS on the hot seat again, but to her mind, at least it's a small seat. Eating-disorder experts criticized the waifish Moss yesterday after the superdupermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on Web sites that encourage girls to avoid ... Friday, November 20, 2009 Entertainment Briefs - Arizona Daily StarLOS ANGELES ? Chris Brown has received an "extremely favorable" report from probation officials overseeing his felony assault case, a judge said Thursday. Brown appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom to offer a judge his first progress report since ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 Britain Asks Allies for More Troops in Afghanistan - New York TimesPARIS ? As the Obama administration debates whether to commit more American troops to Afghanistan, Germany announced a modest increase in its contingent on Friday, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain said he was pressing European and other ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 Army must be more vigilant about rooting out extremism - Canton RepositoryThere is a profound difference between watchfulness and a witch hunt. In the aftermath of the Fort Hood shootings, that's a crucial distinction, though nothing the authorities ? and particularly the U.S. Army brass ? have said so far has done ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 'Pirate Radio' hits all the right notes - Santa Monica Daily PressRanging from the Beatles to The Rolling Stones, the movie is not afraid to pay homage to the gems found in rock 'n' roll deep history. Furthermore, it is used brilliantly in some scenes that are simply used to show how much the British population ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 Showdown With Google Could Test Relevance Of Search Engines - Gant DailyMountain View, CA (AHN) - Google, the world's most popular search engines, is being increasingly pressed to prop up the declining fortunes of major print news outlets. Tom Curley, president of the Associated Press, was reportedly ready to meet Friday ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 Sue, let's go get another Camaro' - Herald TimesSOLSBERRY ? Just one more. That's what Jack Burch needs to complete his Chevrolet Camaro collection. He is proud to be a four-generation Camaro owner. Burch's 1968 convertible is probably my favorite, despite its vivid redness and the wide ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 Cat's demise prompts rumors of Thatcher's death - The Sun NewsTORONTO -- When Canada's transport minister decided to name his cat Thatcher, he likely never thought it would cause quite the stir it did during a gala dinner earlier this week. During a tribute to Canada's military in Toronto, some 1,700 luminaries ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 World news in brief, 11 14 - Standard-TimesMOSCOW ? Huge explosions and flames ripped through a Russian military arsenal for hours Friday, killing two firefighters and sending personnel fleeing to a bomb shelter to wait out the worst of the firestorm, officials said. The dozens who took ... Saturday, November 14, 2009 Medvedev assures world Russia wants cooperation - Investors Business DailyThe article, posted on the Kremlin Web site late Friday, echoed remarks in Medvedev's state of the nation speech a day earlier, but this time the target audience was outside Russia. Medvedev said Russia's "growing ambitions" have caused alarm in the ... Thursday, November 05, 2009 Acquisition of Securities of Strategem Capital Corporation - Market WireVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 4, 2009) - On November 2, 2009, Kenneth W. Morgan ("Morgan"), CEO and director of Strategem Capital Corporation (the "Company" or "Strategem") (TSX VENTURE:SGE), acquired 97,000 common shares of ... Thursday, November 05, 2009 Afghan Stability Won't Quell Threat of Radical Islam - NewsMax.comIf we are successful beyond President Obama's wildest dreams ? e.g., the Taliban is wiped out and a tough new Afghan government does not allow al-Qaida or other terrorists to conspire against us on their territory ? would that make us safer from ... Thursday, November 05, 2009 Britain: Reports state CIA "extraordinary rendition" flights ... - World Socialist Web SiteA US registered plane named in a 2007 European Parliament report into alleged Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) "extraordinary rendition" flights was observed to land at Birmingham Airport in England on October 2 of this year. The 22-seat ... Thursday, November 05, 2009 Mann relishes family reunion - Independent OnlineLondon Malabo - Freed British mercenary Simon Mann said his homecoming was the "most wonderful" he could have imagined, after earlier expressing relief that his West African coup attempt had failed. The former special forces officer, who touched down ... Thursday, November 05, 2009 Ferrari Says Formula 1 Rulers to Blame for Exodus of Carmakers - BloombergNov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Ferrari SpA said Toyota Motor Corp.'s decision to follow Honda Motor Co. and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG out of Formula One in the past year was the fault of the sport's ruling body rather than economic circumstances. Toyota ... Wednesday, November 04, 2009 'Star Wars' costumes dispute renewed - Jam! ShowbizLONDON - The George Lucas empire struck back Tuesday against a British prop designer who sold replicas of the iconic Stormtrooper uniforms from the "Star Wars" movies. Designer ... Wednesday, November 04, 2009 New Nirvana Material: Will Fans Buy It? - MSN UK NewsWhen a catalog is so noteworthy, and yet so pitiably small as Nirvana's?three studio records, an outtakes collection, an inconsistent box set of demos, and multiple live shows ... Wednesday, November 04, 2009 BetOnSports founder gets 51 months in U.S. prison - Reuters UKWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The founder of the defunct British online offshore gambling firm BetOnSports, Gary Kaplan, was sentenced to the maximum 51 months in prison for conspiring to ... Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Goldman left foreign investors holding the subprime bag - McClatchyNEW YORK ? Inside the thick Goldman Sachs investment circular were the details of a secret, $2 billion deal channeled through a Caribbean tax haven. The Sept. 26, 2006, document offered sophisticated U.S. and European investors an opportunity to ... Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Afghan election farce ends, escalation to begin - World Socialist Web SiteThe two-and-a-half-month election drama in Afghanistan was brought to a close Monday with the incumbent president of the US-backed regime in Kabul, Hamid Karzai, being decreed the winner. The Independent Election Commission, a body stacked with ... Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Magazine scam reported in area - Athens Banner-HeraldAn Athens man ordered a "Disney Princesses" book for his granddaughter, but he stopped payment on his check when he learned the smooth-talking salesman who came to his home wasn't a University of Georgia student trying to raise money for an ... Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Phantom fear of Taliban is driving the war in Afghanistan - CNNEditor's note: Hamid Dabashi is the author of "Iran: A People Interrupted." He is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York. His Web site is http: www.hamiddabashi.com . New York (CNN ... Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Father fights mother over baby's life - CNNParents battle in British court over whether to switch off life support of their baby Year-old child suffers from rare genetic condition that means he cannot breathe on his own Mother sides with doctors and favors disconnecting baby's respirator ... Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Earnings Preview: News Corp. 1Q profit seen down; Murdoch seeks online ... - San Francisco ExaminerNEW YORK ? News Corp., the global media company controlled by Rupert Murdoch, reports earnings for its fiscal first quarter on Wednesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period: OVERVIEW: Murdoch ... Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Earnings Preview: News Corp. 1Q seen down - Yahoo FinanceOVERVIEW: Murdoch, who controls more than a third of News Corp.'s voting shares, has been very vocal recently about making sure media outlets are paid appropriately for content that is consumed online. He said in August that News Corp. plans to start ... Tuesday, November 03, 2009 UK Christmas retail sales to rise 1.9 pct - study - Forex ProsLONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - British retail sales will rise 1.9 percent over Christmas, bouncing back from last year's decline, but below the increases of the previous nine years, according to research published on Tuesday. The Centre for Retail ... Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Century Mining Announces Financing Updates - Stockhouse> Century Mining Corporation (CMM: TSX-V ... Tuesday, November 03, 2009 PM calls on Israelis to get H1N1 vaccine - Jerusalem PostPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and senior Health Ministry officials on Monday put all their weight behind their national campaign for vaccination against the H1N1 flu virus. Since April, the virus has reportedly led to the deaths of 39 Israelis ... Monday, November 02, 2009 Police nab alleged 'Jewish terrorist' - Jerusalem PostThe Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the Israel Police announced on Sunday that they had arrested an American-born settler allegedly behind an unprecedented series of deadly ... Monday, November 02, 2009 Stephen Fry quits Twitter (and then comes back again) - Technology.timesonlineStephen Fry may be a national treasure to some, but to most of those who follow his regular musings on Twitter he is rather more. The self-titled "British Actor, Writer, Lord of ... Monday, November 02, 2009 Somali pirates hold British couple on cargo ship - The GuardianAssociated Press Writers= MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) â Paul and Rachel Chandler, a retired British couple who sailed to exotic locales aboard their 38-foot yacht, said in one of ... Sunday, November 01, 2009 Fleet Street shows America how to win online success - The GuardianIs America the true fount of reporting excellence or just a puffing also-ran behind the sharper, competitive Fleet Street athletes? Prepare, at last, to see some reasonable ... Saturday, October 31, 2009 CliffsNotes of Columns to Come - New York TimesA few years ago, Sheila C. Bair , the chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , proposed adding a lottery component to savings bonds. Mr. Groz's idea is the ... Saturday, October 31, 2009 New DVD Releases - Santa Monica Daily PressSix friends' weekend in the country turns literally into a bone-crunching nightmare. This British thriller, a fan favorite at London's Frightfest as well as Dublin's Horrorthon ... Saturday, October 31, 2009 Game On London! Show your support for the Team GB basketball team and ... - Daily MirrorCalling all basketball fans! We know you're out there and now we want you to prove it. As part of the Daily Mirror's partnership with British Basketball, we are launching a ... Thursday, October 29, 2009 EU lawmakers seek compromise in Internet access row - MacWorld UKEuropean Union lawmakers renewed efforts on Thursday to tackle the politically charged issue of whether governments can bar people from using the Internet, the same day that a new ... Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Media execs urge UK to act on Internet piracy - The GuardianWATFORD, England, Oct 27 (Reuters) - A host of media executives urged Britain to follow France and clamp down on Internet piracy, with the boss of entertainment group Vivendi ... Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Iraq steps up security after blasts kill 155 - KAAL-TV(AP) BAGHDAD - Iraq's government made progress on a new election law that could ease tensions and pledged tighter security Monday after suicide bombings claimed at least 155 ... Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Home Retail strikes cautious tone after flat H1 - The GuardianLONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Home Retail, Britain's biggest household goods retailer, struck a cautious tone about prospects for consumer demand as it posted flat first-half profits ... Sunday, October 25, 2009 Jan Moir: more than 22,000 complain to PCC over Stephen Gately piece - The GuardianJan Moir, left, wrote about Stephen Gately's death in her Daily Mail column last Friday. Photograph: Daily Telegraph PA Moir's article , which was published the day before Gately's ... Sunday, October 25, 2009 UPDATE 1-UK's Media Corp surges as Google lifts penalty - Life Style ExtraLONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - British Internet advertising firm Media Corporation said Google Inc had lifted a penalty that hurt its rankings in Internet search results, resulting in ... Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Report: Big MTA projects suffer from delays, overruns (amNewYork)A good government group Tuesday denounced the MTA's handling of big transit projects, criticizing the agency for rampant delays and cost overruns. The study by the Citizens Budget Commission also pinpointed widespread lapses in reporting for MTA projects like the Second Avenue Subway. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 LongBox digital comics store adds to Apple tablet frenzy (Chicago Sun-Times)Andy Ihnatko: Apple's upcoming tablet computer (whoops, "rumored" upcoming tablet) just got a little more interesting: there are signs that the company is getting into the digital comic book market. Which is tantamount to saying "Apple is helping to create a digital comic book market." Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Beyond an 'Independent' Foreign Policy (Scoop.co.nz)Thank you for inviting me to address this milestone conference in the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs' 75th anniversary year. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Hayes: Beyond an 'Independent' Foreign Policy (Scoop.co.nz)Members of the Institute, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for inviting me to address this milestone conference in the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs' 75th anniversary year. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Officials look to future as Rolls-Royce breaks ground (The Petersburg Progress-Index)NEW BOHEMIA ? A state-of-the-art aircraft engine-parts plant under construction will mean much more than jobs for local workers and revenue for local governments ? it could also make the region a world capital for the aerospace industry and for advanced manufacturing in general. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Bar XH Air Gets Processes Off the Ground With ProcessMaker (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)BROOKLYN, NY and CALGARY, AB--(Marketwire - 10 20 09) - Bar XH Air Inc., a Canadian aviation company that offers chartered flights and scheduled flights through its Hawkair commuter service, as well as air ambulance services to communities across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia, has implemented Colosa's open source business process management (BPM) and workflow software, ProcessMaker ... Wednesday, October 21, 2009 What is the future of music online? (BBC News)What industry executives and commentators say about the future of file-sharing and streaming music. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Future of music (BBC News)Experts predict how the music industry will survive Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Jan Moir: more than 21,000 complain to PCC over Stephen Gately piece - The GuardianJan Moir, left, wrote about Stephen Gately's death in her Daily Mail column last Friday. Photograph: Daily Telegraph PA Moir's article , which was published the day before Gately's ... Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Fake anti-virus scams becoming big business (Computer Business Review)Established in 1957, the British Computer Society ... Teneo is an infrastructure optimization company, p ... Wednesday, October 21, 2009 FTSE gains on earnings optimism - Reuters UKLONDON (Reuters) - The top share index gained 1.1 percent early on Monday, driven by strength in commodity stocks and banks as optimism about the third quarter earnings season and ... Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Media Corp surges as Google lifts penalty - Reuters UKLONDON (Reuters) - Internet advertising firm Media Corporation said Google had lifted a penalty that hurt its rankings in Internet search results, resulting in lower visitor ... Wednesday, October 21, 2009 England's libel laws don't just gag me, they blindfold you - Times OnlineI spent Tuesday night at the Barley Mow pub in Westminster, central London, surrounded by 150 people who were outraged at the state of English libel laws. The event, which is part ... Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Looks aside, can Chemmy cut it? - Edinburgh NewsYour account has been frozen . For your available options click the below button. THE photogenity of Chemmy Alcott, pictured above, a member of Britain's Winter Olympics team ... Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Life's a Twitch, Part 3 (The Journalists) - Arts Journal@nightafternight : Since April 2009. @anastasiat : I just went back & checked my profile--since Sept. 8, 2008. Huh. Had no idea it had been that long. @sethcolterwalls : Since ... Sunday, October 18, 2009 Beetle battle in Georgia's forests - Gainesville TimesOnce a staple of the north Georgia mountains, a blight virtually extinguished the chestnuts in the early 20th century. "We never saw a chestnut forest," said Gregory, the resource ... Sunday, October 18, 2009 Tuned In: Unending War - Pittsburgh Post-GazettePASADENA, Calif. -- The Iraq War continues to command the attention of TV drama writers, most notably with FX's short-lived "Over There" and HBO's "Generation Kill" miniseries last ... Sunday, October 18, 2009 Kerry wary of raising Afghanistan troop levels too quickly - CNNWASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. John Kerry cautioned against President Obama's plan to raise troop levels in Afghanistan at a time when he says the country's government remains in turmoil ... Sunday, October 18, 2009 Biggest economies try again to strike climate deal - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= The world's 17 biggest and most polluting nations meet in London on Sunday in an attempt to break a deadlock on financing efforts to contain climate change ... Saturday, October 17, 2009 Postal strike: retailers could lose £840 a week - Daily TelegraphSpecialist retailers, many of which thrive on the internet, will be hit especially hard as they will be forced to hire alternative, more expensive delivery companies to ship goods ... Saturday, October 17, 2009 Marks & Spencer revamps Web site in push for growth - Euro NewsLONDON (Reuters) -- Marks & Spencer said on Monday it had upgraded its Web site offer as part of a drive to increase annual sales of M&S Direct to 500 million pounds by 2011. The ... Friday, October 16, 2009 Report: Sarkozy says no Afghan troop boost - CNNPARIS, France (CNN) -- France will not send more troops to Afghanistan, President Nicolas Sarkozy told the country's Le Figaro newspaper Thursday. But France remains committed to ... Friday, October 16, 2009 Wary of Raising Fares, Airlines Levy New Fees Instead - New York TimesTo avoid the usual fees, frequent fliers on United can pay a $249 annual fee to check up to two bags on each flight. Now there are fee wars. And travelers are losing out in this ... Friday, October 16, 2009 Finchem preparing for 18-day trip to Asia - Golf.comSAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem has been more visible than ever at tournaments this year, meeting with sponsors and even playing (three rounds) at the AT&T ... Thursday, October 15, 2009 DUIN: An evangelist extravaganza - Washington TimesThe first one was in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1974. The second was in Manila in 1989. The third will be in Cape Town in 2010. I'm talking about the massive worldwide conferences ... Thursday, October 15, 2009 Singer Leona Lewis attacked at bookstore, label says - CNNLONDON, England (CNN) -- British singer Leona Lewis was "understandably shaken" after a man attacked her during a book signing in central London Wednesday afternoon, a spokeswoman ... Thursday, October 15, 2009 Quick Guide and Transcript: October 15 - CNNHealth Care Hurdles - Hear how questions from ordinary citizens could shape the health care debate. Missile Diplomacy - Make your way to Moscow for a U.S.-Russia meeting about ... Thursday, October 15, 2009 Baldwin Pops to perform at the Fairhope bluff Sunday - Everything Alabama Blog(Press-Register James Durbin) Joe Riemer conducts the Baldwin Pops on May 31, 2009, at the bluff at Henry George Park. FAIRHOPE, Ala. -- The Baldwin Pops Band will perform an ... Thursday, October 15, 2009 Sudan poll in jeopardy? - Independent OnlineKhartoum - A British minister warned after talks in Sudan on Wednesday that persistent differences between the country's civil war foes threaten to further delay long-promised ... Thursday, October 15, 2009 Botswana Voters May Stay With Ruling Party Amid Economic Crisis - BloombergOct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Botswana, the world's biggest diamond producer, is facing its worst economic crisis after global jewelry sales slumped. That's unlikely to end the 43 ... Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Passers-by find doctored Obama photo outrageous - Salem NewsIPSWICH ? A pair of protesters from the LaRouche Political Action Committee stood outside the post office yesterday handing out booklets with a doctored photo of President Obama ... Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Stephen Gately, Irish Pop Singer, Is Dead at 33 - New York TimesPORT D'ANDRATX, Mallorca, Spain (AP) ? Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, died on Saturday while ... Wednesday, October 14, 2009 French Investigate Scientist in Formal Terrorism Inquiry - New York TimesAlthough the physicist's name had not been officially released by the French police, an official with direct knowledge of the investigation identified him as Adlène Hicheur, a ... Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Al Martino, dead at 82 - Philadelphia Daily NewsAl Martino, 82, the South Philadelphia bricklayer who became a chart-topping crooner and who also is remembered for appearing as Johnny Fontane in The Godfather , died today at his ... Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Fossil sheds light on pterosaurs - Independent OnlineParis - Chinese and British palaeontologists have identified a crow-sized fossil that they believe fills a key gap in our understanding of the mysterious flying reptiles known as ... Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Trafigura Parliamentary gagging order lifted after Twitter campaign - Times OnlineA gagging order that barred a national newspaper reporting details of a Parliamentary question was lifted today after widespread condemnation from MPs and an overwhelming internet ... Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Crisis mapping brings X-ray style clarity to humanitarian response - Reuters AlertNetLONDON (AlertNet) - In the chaos that usually follows a natural disaster, taking the time to create maps may seem low down on the priority list when a rapid response is key to ... Tuesday, October 13, 2009 BNP threatens to boycott News Shopper's advertisers (From News Shopper ... - News ShopperTHE BNP is calling on its supporters to threaten to boycott businesses which advertise in News Shopper. Following an article we ran about Paul Golding, a BNP councillor in Swanley ... Monday, October 12, 2009 Clinton chides Iran on nuclear progress - Independent OnlineLondon - American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that international powers would not wait forever for Iran to prove it was not developing nuclear bombs. British ... Monday, October 12, 2009 Gately, of Irish boy band Boyzone, dies in Spain - MSNBCStephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, has died while on vacation in Spain, the group said on its Web ... Monday, October 12, 2009 Malmstrom Airmen Return Home (KFBB Great Falls)Yellow ribbons covered Malmstrom Airforce Base today (10 11) as hundreds of airman returned home after spending the last seven months over seas fighting the war on terror and for one soldier it was the moment of lifetime. Monday, October 12, 2009 Swine flu blog: Scotland suffers more fatalities (Whitehaven News)There have been two more swine flu deaths in Scotland... Deputy editor Alan Cleaver reports daily on the impact of swine flu in West Cumbria, with a particular slant on how the media and the public are reacting to the worsening crisis. Monday, October 12, 2009 Web sites for walking tours (The News & Observer)Q: We are looking for a walking-tour company for March 2010 in Sardinia, Crete or both. We want to do a self-guided walk (i.e. Monday, October 12, 2009 Travel briefs: National parks site, national park wories, Titanic memorial cruise, bevy of bats (Pioneer Press)Expedia is partnering with the National Park Foundation on a new Web site to help travelers planning trips to national parks. Monday, October 12, 2009 Results From Around The World Featured in October's For The Record (Swimming World Magazine)PHOENIX, Arizona, October 10. RESULTS from around the world are featured in the October edition of For The Record. Meets like the British Grand Prix, Australian Short Course Championships and South A... Monday, October 12, 2009 Jon Friedman's Media Web: Nick Hornby: Is he more Bruce or Dylan? (Market Watch)Nick Hornby describes his writing style as more Bruce Springsteen than Bob Dylan. Sunday, October 11, 2009 More Questions About a Hijacked Ship - New York TimesMOSCOW ? The eight men who were said to have commandeered a cargo ship in the Baltic Sea in July were locked up weeks ago. They were declared pirates , hunted down by the Russian ... Sunday, October 11, 2009 Debate Follows Bills to Remove Clotheslines Bans - New York TimesCANTON, Ohio ? After taking a class that covered global warming last year, Jill Saylor decided to save energy by drying her laundry on a clothesline at her mobile home. Mary Lou ... Saturday, October 10, 2009 In wake of IMF meeting - World Socialist Web SiteThe US dollar fell to a 14-month low against other currencies Thursday, capping several days of downward volatility in the immediate aftermath of the semi-annual meetings of the ... Saturday, October 10, 2009 Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. Announce a Public Offering of 16 ... - Transworld NewsParamount Gold and Silver Corp. (NYSE: PZG) has announced a public offering of 16 million shares of common stock. The underwriters of the offering have provided a 30 day option to ... Thursday, October 08, 2009 Street View on Google Maps comes to Canada - WebWireIn time for the 2010 Winter Games, street-level imagery helps Canadians and the world explore Canada Vancouver, Today Google has expanded its popular Street View on Google Maps ... Thursday, October 08, 2009 Can Mickelson and Kim provide Cup spark? - Independent OnlineSan Francisco - World number two Phil Mickelson has been paired with the effervescent Anthony Kim to give holders the United States a dynamic start in Thursday's opening foursomes ... Thursday, October 08, 2009 Internationals hopeful of a decent Cup start - NBC SportsSAN FRANCISCO - Ernie Els spoke to the state of the Presidents Cup when he sized up the pairings for the opening session at Harding Park and spelled out a best-case scenario for ... Wednesday, October 07, 2009 Not-so-dangerous destinations - MSNBCLet's say you're planning a Caribbean vacation. You're not sure which island you want to see, so you visit a well-known travel Web site and browse their map. There's Jamaica ... Wednesday, October 07, 2009 Another war in the works - Asheville Citizen-TimesDoes anyone remember all the lies that they were told by President Bush and the "mainstream media" about the grave threat to America from weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? These ... Wednesday, October 07, 2009 'Galloway raised funds for Hamas in US' - Jerusalem PostThe University of California, Irvine, has launched an internal probe and contacted law enforcement authorities over a student-organized event that may have raised money for Hamas ... Wednesday, October 07, 2009 3 Americans share Nobel physics prize - San Francisco ChronicleThe next time you snap a digital photo and post it to Facebook, you can probably thank the three men who won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday. They helped develop fiber-optic ... Wednesday, October 07, 2009 NY juror cited threat in Astor case deliberations - The Sun NewsNEW YORK -- A jury trying to decide whether Brooke Astor's son and lawyer looted the socialite's estate resumed its deliberation Tuesday, one day after a juror complained she felt ... Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Supersize the McPlanets! - MSNBC CosmiclogA NASA graphic depicts planets and other solar-system objects (not drawn to scale). How many planets do you want with your Happy Meal? At McDonald's restaurants in Britain, they're ... Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Democrats Wield The Patriot Ax - Investors Business DailyHomeland Security: Provisions of the law that spared New York another 9 11 are set to expire Dec. 31. So why do Democrats want to gut this law and remove the immunity telecom ... Sunday, October 04, 2009 Rethinking Afghanistan - Pittsburgh Post-GazetteIf President Barack Obama supports the recommendations of Stanley McChrystal, the general he picked to run the war in Afghanistan, he'll have done a very brave thing. The president ... Sunday, October 04, 2009 Anne Frank Footage Posted on YouTube - CBS News(AP) The Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam has begun airing the only known video of the teenage diarist on a channel dedicated to her on YouTube. The channel also features clips ... Sunday, October 04, 2009 Brown agrees to televised British election debate - The GuardianLONDON (AP) â Prime Minister Gordon Brown has agreed to take part in Britain's first televised debate among party leaders. Brown posted a letter on the Labour Party's Web site ... Friday, October 02, 2009 Google sharpens search options by time or type (Computer Business Review)Established in 1957, the British Computer Society ... Teneo is an infrastructure optimization company, p ... Friday, October 02, 2009 Tech Companies to Help Newspapers Survive Online (Time Magazine)Google, Microsoft, the founder of Borders and others are scrambling to come up with on online cure for ailing newspapers Friday, October 02, 2009 STFC works with Google to help improve access to climate change ... - PublicTechnology.netThe Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has provided Google with data that has allowed the internet company to use climate change projections within its Google Earth ... Friday, October 02, 2009 ON THE WEB: Regard for Polanski the artist clashes with disdain for man, his act (Grand Forks Herald)If a truly great artist engages in a truly awful crime, should our feelings about the art mitigate our feelings about the crime? Friday, October 02, 2009 En Route Travel Celebrates 25 Years in a Tough Field (The Palisadian-Post)In an August 4 business piece, the New York Times cited a report by Forrester Research which claimed that a number of travel-minded customers, frustrated by complex Web sites, have abandoned online booking and re-embraced the services offered by travel agencies. Friday, October 02, 2009 Adventure challenge event coming to SL (Adirondack Daily Enterprise)SARANAC LAKE - The Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce is working with a British marketing company to bring a multi-sport adventure challenge race to the area. Friday, October 02, 2009 Britain a nation of internet addicts (V3.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)British people are slaves to the internet, according to a new survey from consumer web site uSwitch.com, which found that the average Brit uses the internet for 30 hours a week, a number described as "astonishing". Friday, October 02, 2009 Britain a nation of internet addicts (vnunet.com)David Neal, V3.co.uk , Thursday 1 October 2009 at 12:39:00 Time spent online described as 'astonishing' in new survey British people are slaves to the internet, according to a new survey from consumer web site uSwitch.com , which found that the average Brit uses the internet for 30 hours a week, a number described as "astonishing". The survey revealed that on a normal working day the average ... Friday, October 02, 2009 British ISPs slam plans to cut off file sharers (iTNews)Proposals 'ride roughshod over judicial processes'. Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Many Americans Have Now Trained With Al Qaeda - MSN UK NewsIn the eight years after since September 11, and especially during the Bush administration's first term, Americans became all to accustomed to a diet of orange alerts, sensational ... Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Obama's Olympic pitch draws GOP complaint - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= NEW YORK (AP) â President Obama's decision to travel to Copenhagen to boost Chicago's chances of winning the 2016 Olympics has drawn criticism from ... Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Kraft Angers Australian Vegemite Lovers With iSnack 2.0 Spread (Bloomberg)Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Australians are no longer "happy little Vegemites" after U.S. food manufacturer Kraft Foods Inc. started selling a milder version of the 86-year-old national food icon and called it iSnack2.0. Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Technology democracy hits the workplace (Computer Business Review)Consumers turning to Facebook, Twitter for answers ... As social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook explode in popularity with consumers, enterpris ... Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Mingleverse Delivers First Live Social Communications Service Taking on Cisco, Polycom and Skype in $4 Billion Market (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)Mingleverse's MingleRoom service is a high-quality 3D voice, audio and visual environment rich with media-sharing features and is easily accessed through a web-browser. With the ability to host from 2 to 50 people in your MingleRoom and the integrated admission system, Mingleverse opens hundreds of new revenue generating opportunities. Tuesday, September 29, 2009 SINA Announces $180 Million Private Equity Financing (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)SINA Corporation , a leading online media company and mobile value-added service provider for China and for the global Chinese communities, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for a private equity placement of its ordinary shares with New-Wave Investment Holding Company Limited , a British Virgin Islands company established and controlled by Charles Chao, SINA's Chief ... Tuesday, September 29, 2009 x: each family missing out on £123 a year (Daily Telegraph)British online shoppers are missing out on £3.2 billion a year - or £123 for every family - because they are failing to use cashback websites research has found. Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Pop stars back 'Three Strokes' policy - The RegisterAnother day, another joint statement from a bunch of artists. This one comes from a number of signed artists who say they aren't the Featured Artists Coalition (but most of them ... Monday, September 28, 2009 Follow the donations: Charities kept most cash for themselves (12 News Phoenix)Each year, more than a million federal employees donate part of their paychecks in the government's annual workplace charity drive, the largest of its kind in the world. Monday, September 28, 2009 Budget Travel: Cruiseline "enrichment" programs are a major disappointment (Cape Cod Times)You wouldn't know it from the activities programs on most cruise ships, but a large percentage of the American people actually are interested in the world of ideas. Monday, September 28, 2009 FIFA warns of fake World Cup tickets, cracks down on fraudulent Web sales (The San Francisco Examiner)JOHANNESBURG ? FIFA is warning soccer fans to beware of fake tickets for next year's World Cup in South Africa as it cracks down on fraudulent Internet sales. Thursday, September 24, 2009 'Tweeting' medics expose patients (BBC News)Medics posting messages on networking websites like Twitter are breaching patient confidentiality, a journal says. Thursday, September 24, 2009 Adviser Backs Google in Trademark Case (New York Times)The adviser said the company should be allowed to sell brand names like Louis Vuitton or Coca-Cola as advertising keywords on its search engine. Thursday, September 24, 2009 Man who urged student to kill herself addicted to suicide chat rooms: documents (Ottawa Citizen)A Minnesota man who coaxed an 18-year-old Carleton student to hang herself in front of a web cam in 2008 claims to have an addiction to online suicide chat rooms, according to newly surfaced documents. Thursday, September 24, 2009 Live without the Web? That's mental, say teens (Vancouver Sun)Canadian kids are online pros by the age of seven and by the time they reach their teens they figure the Internet is just about as necessary to their survival as air. Thursday, September 24, 2009 Portland businessman sentenced in child porn case (The Oregonian)William K. Wishart, snared in a federal investigation of Web sites that sell images of child pornography to subscribers, draws a four-year sentence and is ordered to pay a fine to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Thursday, September 24, 2009 File-sharing debate divides British pop stars (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)Top British pop acts are at odds over how to tackle illegal file sharers, with singer Lily Allen challenging a new statement from a group of artists that includes Annie Lennox and Radiohead. Thursday, September 24, 2009 Parents of Holly Grogan, 15, blame Facebook for teen's suicide (New York Daily News)They claim Facebook killed their little girl. The parents of a British 15-year-old schoolgirl blame "huge pressure" and "modern complexities" of social networking Web sites for the suicide of their teen daughter, The London Times Online reported Monday. Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Psychiatrists call for clamp down on websites that promote anorexia to ... - Daily MailDoctors are calling for a crackdown on the rising number of websites promoting eating disorders. The Royal College of Psychiatrists said government plans to keep children safe on ... Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Trafigura near offer of payouts over Ivorian waste - Reuters AlertNetAMSTERDAM ABIDJAN, Sept 17 (Reuters) - International commodities trader Trafigura said it was close to offering compensation to 31,000 people who said they became ill from toxic ... Tuesday, September 22, 2009 One in ten British web users is victim of online ID fraud - Security ParkAccording to a YouGov survey commissioned by VeriSign Inc., twelve percent of the UK population has been a victim of online ID fraud within the last twelve months. The research ... Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Internet gambling 'can be 10 times more addictive than other forms' - Daily TelegraphResearchers discovered that while only 0.5 per cent of people who gambled offline could be considered to have a problem, five per cent of those who used the internet were addicted ... Monday, September 21, 2009 EU funding 'Orwellian' artificial intelligence plan to monitor public ... - Daily TelegraphA five-year research programme, called Project Indect, aims to develop computer programmes which act as "agents" to monitor and process information from web sites, discussion ... Monday, September 21, 2009 WIN: Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler's guitar - Lewes TodayLegendary musician Mark Knopfler is auctioning his guitar in aid of Chichester's Pallant House Gallery. The former Dire Straits frontman was at the gallery on Saturday to play a ... Monday, September 21, 2009 Trinity Mirror's 3am celebrity site grabs attention - Media Week OnlineNot being an avid reader of the Daily Mirror, my previous exposure to its 3am celebrity pages has been fleeting. My knowledge of its content has been gained solely from reading ... Saturday, September 19, 2009 Ceaseless deaths of the famous mark summer '09 - Philippine Star OnlineNEW YORK ( AP ) ? We had been told to expect the deaths of the famous to come in threes, not in the dozens. But all through the summer of 2009 came a ceaseless and somber ... Saturday, September 19, 2009 Women are getting taller and larger - Independent OnlineLondon - What's happened to our bodies? We're two centimetres taller, a few kilos heavier - and have gone up three shoe sizes. It's a world away from the slender physique of the ... Saturday, September 19, 2009 Microsoft Patrols The Net (Forbes)The software giant makes legal moves to galvanize trust in its online ad platform. Saturday, September 19, 2009 Psychiatrists call for ban on pro anorexia sites (MSNBC)As the start of London Fashion Week reignites the debate over ultra-thin models, psychiatrists have called on the British government to act over the soaring numbers of pro-anorexia websites. Saturday, September 19, 2009 Theater, TV make drama from world financial crisis - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) â Greed, hubris, vast fortunes erased at a stroke â the financial crisis is dramatic gold dust for writers. One of Britain's leading ... Saturday, September 19, 2009 Warning over 'pro-anorexia' sites (Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)More must be done about the rising number of websites promoting eating disorders, psychiatrists have said. Saturday, September 19, 2009 How Alan Turing Finally Got a Posthumous Apology (O'Reilly Media)There's a long tradition in the UK of direct democracy, with citizens petitioning the Prime Minister themselves. Typically, thousands of signatures are collected on paper and then delivered directly to the Prime Minister's home at No. 10 Downing Street in London. The petitioners arrive at No. 10 and hand the signatures through the open front door. But the British government has made great ... Saturday, September 19, 2009 Businesses Turn to DNS Service to Filter the Web (PC World via Yahoo! News)For National Veterinary Associates, the decision to block the Web was sealed with a virus. Thursday, September 17, 2009 Showstopper! The Improvised Musical - £10 Tickets! - Whatsonstage.comShowstopper! The Improvised Musical. Tickets £10 for two performances only, Mondays 21 & 28 September 7.30pm. The Drill Hall London. Showstopper! The Improvised Musical A brand ... Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Many Allies of U.S. Share Pain of Afghan War's Toll - New York TimesBERLIN ? For most Germans, it was a rare ? even shocking ? scene. There, on television, were coffins holding the bodies of three soldiers, all in their early 20s, all killed ... Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Thirsty Iraq seeks water plan - Independent OnlineBaghdad - Iraq is studying offers from three foreign companies on putting together a strategic 30-year plan for managing its water resources during a lingering and damaging drought ... Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Alaska Airlines sponsoring Ohno - ESPN.comSEATTLE -- Alaska Airlines says it's sponsoring short-track speedskater Apolo Ohno in his quest to win a sixth medal at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. An ... Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Alaska Airlines sponsoring Apolo Ohno - ESPN.comSEATTLE -- Alaska Airlines says it's sponsoring short-track speed skater Apolo Ohno in his quest to win a sixth medal at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. The ... Sunday, September 13, 2009 Meet the polyamorists -- a growing band of people who believe that more lovers equals more love (Independent)A minority group for those who find strength in numbers. A community for people who like their intimate lives communal. Polyamory -- the practice of openly engaging in multiple loving relationships -- acquired its name in the 1990s, and has been gaining ground as a recognised lifestyle and movement ever since. With the UK's first "poly" website just launched, and Polyday taking place in London ... Sunday, September 13, 2009 Meet the polyamorists -- a growing band of people who believe that ... - The IndependentA minority group for those who find strength in numbers. A community for people who like their intimate lives communal. Polyamory -- the practice of openly engaging in multiple ... Sunday, September 13, 2009 Young Bloggers Have Ear of Fashion Heavyweights (New York Times)Fashion blogs and blog networks are helping to give young entrepreneurs an early entry into journalism and winning some a place in the notoriously competitive fashion industry. Sunday, September 13, 2009 Tina Brown back in food chain (The Australian)TINA Brown embarks on a new web adventure. Sunday, September 13, 2009 Dubai's harsh debt laws shed critical light on emirate's level of fairness (Seattle Times)The criminalization of debt in Dubai has put a formidable weapon in the hands of landlords, banks and other creditors, who can send someone to jail with a single document showing a check has been returned for insufficient funds. Sunday, September 13, 2009 Surfing the Web popular as a late-night activity (Louisville Courier-Journal)It's 11 p.m. Do you know where your neighbors are? Chances are they're online. According to a study, North Americans have been staying up late to do their Internet surfing this summer, so late that the peak usage for the whole day has been at 11 p.m. Eastern time. Sunday, September 13, 2009 British Papers To Stream Live Soccer (Forbes)Struggling U.K. newspapers will stream the England-Ukraine World Cup qualifier on their Web sites--but they're not entering the broadcast business. Sunday, September 13, 2009 Web post brings a brother's story home (Groton Landmark)HARVARD -- "My role here was small yet definitely humbling," said Keith Cheveralls of Harvard. Yet Cheveralls' promise to his uncle in England helped bring closure for the family of an American World War II pilot killed on D-Day. Sunday, September 13, 2009 Military spends $10M to build Web sites aimed at squelching anti-US messages (Network World)General Dynamics Information Technology said it was awarded a $10.1 million contract to start the project the officials hope would quell any anti-US communications out on the Web. Saturday, September 12, 2009 UK gov't apologizes to gay codebreaker Alan Turing - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) â British Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered a posthumous apology Friday for the "inhumane" treatment of Alan Turing, the World War II ... Saturday, September 12, 2009 'Excel isn't journalism but it's a tool for journalists': Timetric on ... - Journalism.co.ukData is at the heart of journalism, and we're not just talking about computer assisted reporting methods: it has always been at the heart of news demand. Numbers fuel sport ... Friday, September 11, 2009 England bank on Rashid for leg spin and runs - Independent OnlineLondon - Adil Rashid bowls leg-spin for a county with an ingrained suspicion of the unorthodox in a country where conditions seldom encourage wrist-spinners. A generation ago these ... Friday, September 11, 2009 NYT reporter freed in raid; Afghan translator dies - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= KABUL (AP) â British commandos freed a New York Times reporter early Wednesday from Taliban captors who kidnapped him over the weekend in northern ... Wednesday, September 09, 2009 Inventor sues 3 Northwest universities over patent - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= BOISE, Idaho (AP) â Three Pacific Northwest universities face a federal lawsuit that accuses them of using, without permission, a Canadian inventor's ... Saturday, September 05, 2009 Budget Travel: Deals Are Good News - The LedgerIn these days of economic slowdown, there are a great many instances of good travel news, born out of the urgent needs of travel suppliers to increase their business: (1) The ... Saturday, September 05, 2009 Filmmakers react to anti-Israel film festival protest - The Washington TimesProducer, writer and director David Zucker ("Airplane," "Naked Gun" "Scary Movie") denounced as "left-wing crazies" the individuals who signed a letter called "The Toronto ... Saturday, September 05, 2009 Antioch not the sex offender rat's nest that media suggests, data show - Inside Bay AreaIt's a juicy nugget for the worldwide press, tripping alarms on the cable news fear-o-meter. Anderson Cooper of CNN has the graphics to prove it and a roster of experts to explain ... Saturday, September 05, 2009 Column: Swine flu vaccine requires caution before use - U-Wire.comH1N1 could possibly be the biggest news at Miami University of Ohio right now. Hearing about friends catching swine flu and how quickly it's been spreading across campus certainly ... Friday, September 04, 2009 UK defense aide resigns over Afghanistan policy - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) â An aide to Britain's defense minister resigned Thursday, criticizing the government's handling of the conflict in Afghanistan and ... Friday, September 04, 2009 2012: Will it be the end of the world as we know it? - Daily TelegraphA forthcoming film by Roland Emmerich, the director behind the disaster movies Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow , is renewing interest in predictions of a major calamity ... Friday, September 04, 2009 iMP: Surf the Music Game Launches for iPhone and iPod Touch - MCVKoolhaus Games Inc. is pleased to announce the release of iMP: Surf the Music, a new music based game created specifically for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The game is available ... Friday, September 04, 2009 Move your life online and save £500 - Daily TelegraphThe findings come after rival comparison site uSwitch revealed that people who chose to pay for their gas and electricity once a quarter by cash or cheque were paying on average ... Wednesday, September 02, 2009 Tampa Bay Lightning co-owner Len Barrie denies misusing funds as team ... - St. Petersburg TimesTAMPA ? The Lightning gave you a little bit of everything on Tuesday. It took a huge step forward on the ice by signing free-agent left wing Alex Tanguay to a one-year, $2.5 ... Wednesday, September 02, 2009 Petition seeks apology for Enigma code-breaker Turing - CNNLONDON, England (CNN) -- An online petition demanding a formal apology from the British government for its treatment of World War II code-breaker Alan Turing is gaining momentum. A ... Wednesday, September 02, 2009 Some media paying for Jaycee Dugard stories - San Jose Mercury NewsANTIOCH ?The media frenzy in Antioch has led to a mini-payday for some residents willing to accept money in exchange for information about the Jaycee Dugard case. Several media ... Wednesday, September 02, 2009 H1N1 and travel health: swine flu, round two? - MSNBCSwine flu ? it's nothing to sneeze at. Clinically known as H1N1, the virus is poised to make a major appearance in the coming months, but is already creating its share of ... Wednesday, September 02, 2009 Petition Seeks Apology For Enigma Code-Breaker Alan Turing - Free Internet PressAn online petition demanding a formal apology from the British government for its treatment of World War II code-breaker Alan Turing is gaining momentum. Turing was subjected to ... Wednesday, September 02, 2009 Libya Had Brown's Support for Bomber Transfer, Documents Show - BloombergSept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown supported the transfer of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al- Megrahi before he died in prison, Libyan officials told ... Tuesday, September 01, 2009 Jaswant, not-so original - Express IndiaThe author of Jinnah: India -- Partition -- Independence, Jaswant Singh, and its publisher, R K Mehra, have taken pains to convince the book's readers that it is a piece of ... Tuesday, September 01, 2009 Internet growth threatened - Straits TimesThe Internet didn't become a household word until the 90s, though, after a British physicist, Tim Berners-Lee, invented the Web, a subset of the Internet that makes it easier to ... Tuesday, September 01, 2009 As Internet turns 40, barriers threaten its growth - Birmingham News(AP) ? NEW YORK - Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social ... Tuesday, September 01, 2009 Lisa's News: Marvel, - Myfoxla.comLos Angeles (myFOXla.com) - Disney is buying Marvel Entertainment. The comic book entertainment giant didn't come cheap either, we're talking about $4 million.The London tabloid ... Monday, August 31, 2009 Is death knocking on your door? Check your odds on the web - ABC 15 NewsThe Internet is full of information, oddities, porn and, now, thanks to a website developed by researchers and students at Carnegie Mellon University, a way for users to determine ... Sunday, August 30, 2009 Noel Gallagher says he's quitting Oasis - Arizona Business GazetteLONDON - Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher says he's leaving the British pop band because he can't work "a day longer" with his brother Liam. A statement from Gallagher on the band's ... Sunday, August 30, 2009 Britain to give $1 billion to support Pakistani military (Calcutta News)British Prime Minister Gordon Brown confirmed the pledge Friday during a meeting in London with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. Sunday, August 30, 2009 Celebrity deaths take on life of their own (Louisville Courier-Journal)However you learned that Sen. Edward Kennedy died ? newspaper, Web site, Twitter, Facebook, e-mail ? there's still no escaping the public mourning on TV, even two days after his funeral. Sunday, August 30, 2009 Robert Pattinson death hoax inspires Wikipedia security change (Irish Central)British heartthrob Robert Pattinson follows in the footsteps of Irish-American George Clooney as the latest celebrity to fall victim to false death claims, inspiring popular Web site Wikipedia to tighten controls on its articles. Sunday, August 30, 2009 Illegal downloaders in Britain may lose Web access (Newsday)LONDON (AP) ? The British government says people who illegally download music and films could have their Internet connections cut off. Treasury Minister Stephen Timms says the move would allow "swifter and more flexible measures" to clamp down on piracy. The plans announced Tuesday include blocking access to download sites and temporarily suspending users' internet accounts. The announcement ... Sunday, August 30, 2009 UK proposes cutting Web access to file sharers (Reuters via Yahoo! News)Repeat offenders who persist in illegally downloading music from file-sharing sites such as Limewire could be blocked from accessing the Web under British government proposals issued on Tuesday. Sunday, August 30, 2009 Noel Gallagher explains why he quit Oasis - San Jose Mercury NewsFILE - In this Dec. 4, 2008 file photo Noel Gallagher of Oasis performs during the British band's concert at Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA., USA. Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher ... Wednesday, August 26, 2009 UK says illegal downloaders may lose Web access - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) â People who repeatedly download copyrighted films and music could have their Internet connection cut off under proposed laws to tackle ... Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Illegal downloaders in Britain may lose Web access - The GuardianLONDON (AP) â The British government says people who illegally download music and films could have their Internet connections cut off. Treasury Minister Stephen Timms says the ... Wednesday, August 26, 2009 UK proposes cutting Web access to file sharers - Reuters UKLONDON (Reuters) - Repeat offenders who persist in illegally downloading music from file-sharing sites such as Limewire could be blocked from accessing the Web under British ... Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Katie Price named 'most dangerous cyberspace celebrity' - Daily TelegraphFans scouring the web for the latest gossip on Price's relationship with cage fighter Alex Reid have a one in six chance of clicking on a "risky" website, a survey found. Such ... Monday, August 24, 2009 US raps Israel over limit on Palestinian-Americans - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= JERUSALEM (AP) â The United States has complained to Israel over rules that keep Palestinian-Americans from entering Israel, officials said Thursday ... Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2 Iranian activists hospitalized - The GuardianTEHRAN, Iran (AP) â Two prominent Iranian opposition activists have been hospitalized, one after being beaten by his jailers for refusing to attend trial, the other from a ... Sunday, August 16, 2009 The 10 best video websites - Technology.timesonlineWatching video online doesn't have to begin and end with YouTube. The huge size of the Google-owned website is both its strength and its weakness ? there's lots of TV and ... Sunday, August 16, 2009 Mandelson targets web pirates after dinner with mogul - Technology.timesonlineLord Mandelson, the business secretary, ordered officials to draw up draconian regulations on internet piracy just days after he had a private dinner with a Hollywood mogul who is ... Sunday, August 16, 2009 Leaked Radiohead song has fans on alert for new EP - Euro NewsLONDON (Billboard) -- There is speculation that Radiohead will issue a new digital EP as early as Monday, after the leak of a track online assumed to be a new song by the band ... Sunday, August 16, 2009 Internet anonymity: your questions answered, and a modest proposal - Daily Telegraph BlogsLast week, I posted a lengthy quote from Schopenhauer on the subject of anonymity. In the quote - taken from The Art Of Literature '. - A-Schop takes to task critics who misuse ... Saturday, August 15, 2009 Offshore gambling firm founder pleads guilty in US court - Caribbean Net NewsWASHINGTON, USA (Reuters) -- The founder of the defunct British online gambling firm BetOnSports pleaded guilty in US court on Friday and agreed to forfeit more than $43 million in ... Saturday, August 15, 2009 Travel QA: Best of San Juan Islands, Wash. - AZCentral.comA: I turned to my office neighbor Hank for advice on this one. His summary of the islands: good hiking, good camping, and then you've got all the cool marina towns. It's the kind ... Friday, August 14, 2009 Stubb leads by example - Independent OnlineHelsinki - Finland's Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, a triathlon enthusiast, told Finnish men to get off the sofa and get on their bikes Thursday as he launched a new book urging ... Friday, August 14, 2009 Anshel Pfeffer Annotated Mein Kampf would only boost the Nazi myth - Haaretz.comStephan Kramer, the general secretary of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, thinks that prohibition of publishing Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" in Germany should be lifted ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 MEDIAWATCH: The Geneva Conventions' 60th birthday - Reuters AlertNetThe Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, signed in 1864, is pictured at the Red Cross Museum in Geneva July 31, 2009. REUTERS ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 MEDIAWATCH: The Geneva Conventions' 60th birthday - Reuters AlertNetThe Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, signed in 1864, is pictured at the Red Cross Museum in Geneva July 31, 2009. REUTERS ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 Holiday Makers Turning to the Internet to Escape British Weather (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)The 'barbeque summer' is an official wash out, with staycations quickly becoming a thing of the past. Holidaymakers across the UK are searching for cheap holidays abroad to enjoy the sun elsewhere. One place bargain hunters are turning to for their holiday destinations are online voucher codes and offers sites, such as VoucherSeeker. (www.voucherseeker.co.uk). Thursday, August 13, 2009 Holiday Makers Turning to the Internet to Escape British Weather (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)The 'barbeque summer' is an official wash out, with staycations quickly becoming a thing of the past. Holidaymakers across the UK are searching for cheap holidays abroad to enjoy the sun elsewhere. One place bargain hunters are turning to for their holiday destinations are online voucher codes and offers sites, such as VoucherSeeker. (www.voucherseeker.co.uk). Thursday, August 13, 2009 Area Republican lawmakers not among 'birthers' (The Ocala Star-Banner)By Bill Thompson Staff writer Skepticism of President Barack Obama's citizenship has become a phenomenon among some conservatives, sparking lawsuits, Web sites, proposed laws and even a nickname.In a nutshell, these doubters - who have christened themselves "the birthers" - believe Obama is foreign-born, possibly a citizen of Kenya, Indonesia or a British subject. Thursday, August 13, 2009 Area Republican lawmakers not among 'birthers' (The Ocala Star-Banner)By Bill Thompson Staff writer Skepticism of President Barack Obama's citizenship has become a phenomenon among some conservatives, sparking lawsuits, Web sites, proposed laws and even a nickname.In a nutshell, these doubters - who have christened themselves "the birthers" - believe Obama is foreign-born, possibly a citizen of Kenya, Indonesia or a British subject. Thursday, August 13, 2009 Broadcasters benefit from net viewership (UPI)LONDON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- British television Web sites are more likely to benefit from increased popularity of online videos than other Internet-based sites, a survey indicated. Thursday, August 13, 2009 Broadcasters benefit from net viewership (UPI)LONDON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- British television Web sites are more likely to benefit from increased popularity of online videos than other Internet-based sites, a survey indicated. Thursday, August 13, 2009 Top travel Web sites (Seattle Times)TripAdvisor.com among Carol Pucci's picks for top travel Web sites. Thursday, August 13, 2009 Top travel Web sites (Seattle Times)TripAdvisor.com among Carol Pucci's picks for top travel Web sites. Thursday, August 13, 2009 Arrest of leader a major blow to Sri Lankan rebels - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) â The arrest of the Tamil Tigers' new leader has dealt a major blow to the rebels' efforts to regroup and push on with their ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 Arrest of leader a major blow to Sri Lankan rebels - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) â The arrest of the Tamil Tigers' new leader has dealt a major blow to the rebels' efforts to regroup and push on with their ... Thursday, August 13, 2009 News Corp. plans fees for news Web sites (The Tennessean)NEW YORK - Visitors to the Web sites of newspapers owned by News Corp. will have to start coughing up fees to read the news within the next year, Chairman Rupert Murdoch said. Thursday, August 13, 2009 News Corp. plans fees for news Web sites (The Tennessean)NEW YORK - Visitors to the Web sites of newspapers owned by News Corp. will have to start coughing up fees to read the news within the next year, Chairman Rupert Murdoch said. Thursday, August 13, 2009 Murdoch plans fees for newspaper Web sites (Deseret News)Visitors to the Web sites of newspapers owned by News Corp. will have to start paying fees to read the news within the next... Thursday, August 13, 2009 Murdoch plans fees for newspaper Web sites (Deseret News)Visitors to the Web sites of newspapers owned by News Corp. will have to start paying fees to read the news within the next... Thursday, August 13, 2009 News Corp. plans fees for newspaper Web sites (San Francisco Chronicle)Visitors to the Web sites of newspapers owned by News Corp. will have to start paying fees to read the news within the next year, Chairman Rupert Murdoch said. It's risky for the company because a pay barrier could drive away Web traffic _ and with it,... Sponsored Topics: Rupert Murdoch - Newspaper - News Corporation - Website - Media Thursday, August 13, 2009 News Corp. plans fees for newspaper Web sites (San Francisco Chronicle)Visitors to the Web sites of newspapers owned by News Corp. will have to start paying fees to read the news within the next year, Chairman Rupert Murdoch said. It's risky for the company because a pay barrier could drive away Web traffic _ and with it,... Sponsored Topics: Rupert Murdoch - Newspaper - News Corporation - Website - Media Thursday, August 13, 2009 News Corp. plans fees for newspaper Web sites (AP via Yahoo! News)Visitors to the Web sites of newspapers owned by News Corp. will have to start paying fees to read the news within the next year, Chairman Rupert Murdoch said. Thursday, August 13, 2009 News Corp. plans fees for newspaper Web sites (AP via Yahoo! News)Visitors to the Web sites of newspapers owned by News Corp. will have to start paying fees to read the news within the next year, Chairman Rupert Murdoch said. Thursday, August 13, 2009 Analysis: Facebook vs Friends Reunited? No contest - Technology.timesonlineFriends Reunited may have been the last great British idea that made waves on the web. It was revolutionary -- a social networking site before anyone had really heard of social ... Monday, August 10, 2009 Sting takes a swipe at Iran - Skynews.comSting is calling for the release of political prisoners in Iran and lashing out against the country's human rights violations. In a statement, the British rock star specifically ... Monday, August 10, 2009 Drug mule back on home soil - Independent OnlineBritish citizen Samantha Orobator has arrived in her home country to give birth and serve out her sentence after being convicted of drug trafficking in Laos. Monday, August 10, 2009 Research Measures Dog's Intelligence With Surprising Results - Chattahbox.comBritish Columbia (ChattahBox) - Researchers have done an interesting study on the intelligence of canines, and came up with some interesting results. According to the study done by ... Sunday, August 09, 2009 Iranian official acknowledges some arrested in election protests were ... - Cleveland Plain DealerA top Iranian judiciary official acknowledged Saturday that some detainees arrested after post-election protests had been tortured in the nation's prisons, the first such ... Sunday, August 09, 2009 Pa. man's tech Web site a hit, and then some - Evening SunWAYNESBORO, Pa.?Mike Cermak Jr.'s passion for fixing computers and helping others began in his teens when he started a free technical support Web site, TechGuy.org. The site has ... Sunday, August 09, 2009 French academic, employees of British, French embassies confess in ... - Hampton Roads Daily PressTEHRAN , Iran (AP) ?A French academic and local staff of the British and French embassies stood trial Saturday with dozens of Iranian opposition figures and confessed to being ... Sunday, August 09, 2009 Police warn over rise of teenage 'sexting' trend - Technology.timesonlinePolice and children's charities are increasingly worried about a trend dubbed "sexting", where young people send explicit and indecent photos to each other using their mobile ... Saturday, August 08, 2009 The great carp killer mystery: Anglers mourn Benson, the lord of the ... - Daily MailAnglers are mourning the death of Britain's biggest common carp after the famous fish was found poisoned in a lake. The 25-year-old, dubbed Benson, weighed a staggering 64lb (29kg ... Saturday, August 08, 2009 Police baton charge demonstrators protesting at colonial detention ... - ScotsmanRIOT police charged demonstrators with batons and fired tear gas yesterday to disperse thousands marching in Malaysia's largest city to protest a law that allows indefinite ... Friday, August 07, 2009 Spurs welcome Bassong - Independent OnlineLondon - Tottenham Hotspur have signed Newcastle United defender Sebastien Bassong, the Premier League club said on its website on Thursday. The 23-year-old, who can play at left ... Friday, August 07, 2009 News Corp. to charge for newspaper websites - Globe and MailV isitors to the Web sites of newspapers owned by News Corp. Ltd. NWSA-Q will have to start coughing up fees to read the news within the next year, chairman Rupert Murdoch says. It ... Friday, August 07, 2009 News Corp. plans fees for newspaper Web sites - PhysOrg(AP) -- Visitors to the Web sites of newspapers owned by News Corp. will have to start coughing up fees to read the news within the next year, Chairman Rupert Murdoch said. It's ... Thursday, August 06, 2009 Pregnant drug mule heads home - Independent OnlineBritish citizen Samantha Orobator, who is due to give birth in September, will be transferred from Loas to London to serve the remainder of her sentence for drug-trafficking. Thursday, August 06, 2009 Radiohead song honors Britain's last WWI survivor - Akron Beacon JournalLONDON: Radiohead has recorded a song in tribute to Britain's last World War I survivor. The rock band's song is inspired by a radio interview the late veteran Harry Patch gave in ... Thursday, August 06, 2009 Canada Evacuates More Than 5,000 as Forest Fires Spread in West - BloombergAug. 5 (Bloomberg) -- More than 700 wildfires are burning across British Columbia , forcing the evacuation of at least 5,000 people from their homes in Canada's westernmost ... Wednesday, August 05, 2009 Iceland court lifts gag order after public outrage - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) â A court in Iceland lifted a gag order Tuesday that allowed Kaupthing Bank to prevent media coverage of a leaked file that ... Tuesday, August 04, 2009 Microsoft's MSN Video: Now everyone's playing catch-up - Daily TelegraphCatch it where you can: Microsoft's MSN Video. The launch of the BBC's iPlayer catch-up television service in late 2007 has changed the way we view video on the internet . Web ... Saturday, August 01, 2009 UK government offers advice on Twitter - PC AdvisorNeil Williams, head of corporate digital channels at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, posted a blog last week on the Cabinet website that included a link to a 20 ... Saturday, August 01, 2009 You Twitters! Ministers get 20-page 'dummies' guide to help them get ... - Daily MailThe Government has commissioned a guide to teach staff how to use social networking website Twitter. Whitehall ministers are being encouraged to 'twitter' to members of the public ... Thursday, July 30, 2009 Whose 5 stars? Online `user' reviews get scrutiny (AP via Yahoo! News)The Web site said an herbal remedy could cure cancer and offered miraculous firsthand accounts. One woman offered to "share my experience": The formula had routed her lymphoma, sparing her radiation treatment, she said. Thursday, July 30, 2009 Whose 5 stars? Online `user' reviews get scrutiny (AP via Yahoo! Asia News)The Web site said an herbal remedy could cure cancer and offered miraculous firsthand accounts. One woman offered to "share my experience": The formula had routed her lymphoma, sparing her radiation treatment, she said. The woman, Holly Bacon, also owned the company selling the product she praised online, authorities said. A growing number of regulators, trade groups and site owners are cracking ... Thursday, July 30, 2009 Online 'user' reviews come under scrutiny (MSNBC)A growing number of regulators, trade groups and site owners are cracking down on so-called "AstroTurf" marketing ? seeding the Internet with seemingly grass-roots comments that aren't as organic as they seem. Thursday, July 30, 2009 Whose 5 stars? Online 'user' reviews get scrutiny (USA Today)The website said an herbal remedy could cure cancer and offered miraculous firsthand accounts. One woman offered to "share my experience": The formula had routed her lymphoma, sparing her radiation treatment, she said. Thursday, July 30, 2009 Whose 5 stars? Online `user' reviews get scrutiny (San Francisco Chronicle)The Web site said an herbal remedy could cure cancer and offered miraculous firsthand accounts. One woman offered to "share my experience": The formula had routed her lymphoma, sparing her radiation treatment, she said. What she didn't mention is that she... Sponsored Topics: Cancer - Radiation therapy - Lymphoma - Health - Conditions and Diseases Thursday, July 30, 2009 Spot kicks (BBC News)The online music streaming service Spotify has been credited with helping a small revival in the British music industry. But it's also changing the way we listen to music. Thursday, July 30, 2009 Mad Men fans encouraged to create their own avatar - Brand RepublicNEW YORK - Fans of the critically lauded 'Mad Men' are being encouraged to make their own 1960s-style admen avatars, in a digital campaign aimed at building anticipation for the ... Thursday, July 30, 2009 Brits give government Twitterers wings (Network World)The British government is leaping headlong onto the Twitter bandwagon. Thursday, July 30, 2009 Swine flu claims made easy - Insurancetimes.co.ukExternal weblinks. Insurance Times is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Brits give government Twitterers wings (ARNnet)The British government is leaping headlong onto the Twitter bandwagon. Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Brits give government Twitterers wings (Computerworld)Computerworld - The British government is leaping headlong onto the Twitter bandwagon. "You might think a 20-page strategy is a bit over the top for a tool like Twitter. Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Napolitano tours new Olympics center in Washington (AP via Yahoo! Finance)Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano got a tour Monday of a $4 million Olympics Coordination center that in six months should be a bustling hub of counterterrorism and security operations for the 2010 Winter Games in nearby British Columbia. Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Business-Class Bargains for Overseas Travelers (New York Times)With a degree of flexibility in travel plans, you can now fly overseas in business class for a fraction of what it used to cost. Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Forbes's $12.9 Million Art, Killers Picture, Scrimshaw for Sale (Bloomberg)July 28 (Bloomberg) -- Christopher "Kip" Forbes , Vice Chairman of Forbes , is among the growing number of art collectors trying to sell works through discreet private transactions rather than public auctions. Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Researchers push for standard DNA barcodes for plants (PhysOrg)Two University of British Columbia researchers are part of an international team recommending standards for the DNA barcoding of land plants, a step they hope will lead to a universal system for identifying over 400,000 species, and ultimately boost conservation efforts. Tuesday, July 28, 2009 When did humans return after last Ice Age? (PhysOrg)(PhysOrg.com) -- The Cheddar Gorge in Somerset was one of the first sites to be inhabited by humans when they returned to Britain near the end of the last Ice Age. According to new radio carbon dating by Oxford University researchers, outlined in the latest issue of Quaternary Science Review, humans were living in Gough's Cave 14,700 years ago. Tuesday, July 28, 2009 British Charity Proposes New Domain for Nonprofit Groups (The Chronicle of Philanthropy)U.K. charity propose .ngo domain for nonprofits Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Is There Room For Another Sports Site? (Forbes)Steve Nash and his partners launch a Web business offering all things sports. Too late? Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Twitter basics (The Wichita Eagle)What is it: Call it social networking or micro-blogging. Senders type out messages of 140 characters or less and post them to phones or Web sites for their "followers" to read. It's a free service. Senders can send from their phones or computers. Tuesday, July 28, 2009 ABCes: Mail Online takes top spot with 29.3m unique users - The GuardianMail site leapfrogs guardian.co.uk and Telegraph.co.uk with gain of nearly 5m users in June. By Mark Sweney Sunday, July 26, 2009 Britain lowers terror alert level - The GuardianLONDON (AP) â British officials have downgraded the country's terror alert level to its lowest level in at least three years. Britain's Home Office says its Joint Terrorism ... Saturday, July 25, 2009 UK drops terror alert level to lowest in 2 years - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) â Britain's government reduced its terror alert level Monday to its lowest level since the July 7, 2005 bombings of the London transport ... Friday, July 24, 2009 Iran opposition leader's brother-in-law arrested - The GuardianAssociated Press Writers= TEHRAN, Iran (AP) â The wife of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said Thursday that her 62-year-old brother is among the hundreds arrested in ... Friday, July 24, 2009 MailOnline becomes Britain's biggest newspaper website - Daily MailMailOnline had 29.3million unique visitors in June MailOnline became Britain's biggest newspaper website in June with 29.3million unique visitors. That represents a 19 per cent ... Friday, July 24, 2009 UK Conservatives would scrap financial watchdog - The GuardianLONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - British regulator the Financial Services Authority (FSA) should be abolished and the Bank of England put in full charge of regulating financial ... Friday, July 24, 2009 UPDATE 1-Wavin rights issue gets 92.2 pct take-up, stock up - Life Style ExtraAMSTERDAM, July 17 (Reuters) - Dutch plastic pipe maker Wavin NV had a 92.2 percent take-up for its four-for-one rights issue and said it will offer the remaining shares to ... Thursday, July 23, 2009 Watson Looks to Rebound at Senior Open - Myfoxla.comSUNNINGDALE, England - Tom Watson is ready to start picking on guys his own age again. After coming within an 8-foot putt of becoming golf's oldest major champion at the British ... Thursday, July 23, 2009 Recession past nadir, another year of bank timidity - The GuardianLONDON, July 22 (Reuters) - The global recession has now passed its nadir but the financial crisis still has some time to run and it will be a year at least before banks start ... Thursday, July 23, 2009 Hopes rise for energy price war - Times OnlineBritish Gas has been challenged as the country's cheapest online energy supplier as consumers benefit from a surprise summer price war. Npower has launched two new online tariffs ... Wednesday, July 22, 2009 British court rejects suit on Google search results - Fosters Daily DemocratLONDON (AP) ? A British judge has ruled that Google cannot be held responsible for defamatory words that appear in results on the popular Internet search engine. Justice David ... Saturday, July 18, 2009 118800 Mobile phone directory site fails, still down - MacWorld UKThe message continues. "All ex-directory requests made by people in our directory to date are being processed. There will be no need to resend these requests. And we will take ... Friday, July 17, 2009 From North Korea, to Britain, to Miami: A Cyber Attacker's Elusive Trail (New York Times)Law enforcement investigators in several nations have yet to determine the origin of an Internet attack that briefly disabled Web sites in the United States and South Korea in July. Friday, July 17, 2009 Bollywood stars keep fans up-to-date via the web (Gulf Times)Taking a lead from their Hollywood counterparts, Bollywood film stars are getting online, using the Internet to get closer to their fans. Friday, July 17, 2009 Jimenez Takes British Open Lead With Long Putt (Update1) - BloombergThe shot left Jimenez at 6-under-par, a shot ahead of five- time champion Watson and 2003 winner Curtis at the end of the first round at Turnberry in Scotland. Watson, the oldest ... Friday, July 17, 2009 Half of males never pay to download music and movies - MacWorld UKNearly half of British men and women never pay to download music, video or games according to new research from Telindus . The research by the network integration specialist ... Friday, July 17, 2009 Sears Tower renamed Willis Tower in ceremony - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= CHICAGO (AP) â The Sears Tower, one of the world's iconic skyscrapers and the tallest building in the U.S., was renamed the Willis Tower on Thursday ... Friday, July 17, 2009 Taliban threaten to kill captured US soldier - ksl.comKABUL (AP) - Local Taliban commanders threatened Thursday to kill a captured American soldier unless the U.S. military stops operations in two districts of southeastern Afghanistan ... Friday, July 17, 2009 Iran opposition looking for boost at Friday prayer - ksl.comTEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The opposition is planning a dramatic show of strength on one of Iran's most important and resonant political stages: the main Islamic prayers Friday in the ... Friday, July 17, 2009 Financial Times editor says most news websites will charge within a ... - The GuardianThe Financial Times editor, Lionel Barber , has predicted that "almost all" news organisations will be charging for online content within a year. Barber said building online ... Friday, July 17, 2009 Twitter hacked, secrets to be revealed? (ARNnet)Alleged internal documents and sensitive information from Twitter and its employees might be posted today on news sites and other Web outlets. The source of this information is a French hacker who goes by the name of Hacker Croll. Friday, July 17, 2009 Twitter Hacked, Secrets to be Revealed? (PC World via Yahoo! News)Alleged internal documents and sensitive information from Twitter and its employees might be posted today on news sites and other Web outlets. The source of this information is a French hacker who goes by the name of Hacker Croll. The cybercriminal claims to have accessed personally sensitive information for several Twitter employees including personal accounts on PayPal, Amazon, AT&T, MobileMe, ... Friday, July 17, 2009 Thousands of sites compromised after Microsoft patch delay (Computer Business Review)Established in 1957, the British Computer Society ... Teneo is an infrastructure optimization company, p ... Friday, July 17, 2009 Investigation Into Cyberattacks Stretches Around the Globe (PC World)British authorities have launched an investigation into the recent cyberattacks that crippled Web sites in the U.S. and South Korea, as the trail to find the... Friday, July 17, 2009 Investigation Into Cyberattacks Stretches Around the Globe (PC World via Yahoo! News)British authorities have launched an investigation into the recent cyberattacks that crippled Web sites in the U.S. and South Korea, as the trail to find the perpetrators stretches around the world. Friday, July 17, 2009 Taliban threatens to kill captured US soldier - 630 WMALKABUL (AP) -- Local Taliban commanders threatened Thursday to kill a captured American soldier unless the U.S. military stops operations in two districts of southeastern ... Thursday, July 16, 2009 What you talkin' bout, Willis? Sears Tower takes on name of British ... - NewsdayThis combo of photos from March 12, 2009, top, and Monday, July 13, 2009, show pedestrians walking past the Sears Tower in Chicago. The bottom shows the granite marker outside the ... Thursday, July 16, 2009 South Korea says PCs could be hit next in web attack - Reuters UKSEOUL (Reuters) - Cyber attacks slowing U.S. and South Korean websites could enter a new phase on Friday by attacking personal computers and wiping out hard disks, a South Korean ... Wednesday, July 15, 2009 British Court of Appeal demands less information - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) â Lawyers are scouring the Internet for too many precedents, shedding too little light on the issue at hand, two British senior judges ... Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Defeated conservative warns of Iran disintegration - 630 WMALTEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The defeated conservative candidate in Iran's disputed presidential election warned the government and opposition protesters that more postelection turmoil ... Tuesday, July 14, 2009 French lawmaker suggests gradual ban on burqas - The GuardianPARIS (AP) â French legislators took up the touchy subject of face-covering, body-length Muslim veils such as the burqa Wednesday, as a leading lawmaker softened his calls for ... Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Crowds gather for star-packed Michael Jackson memorial - Reuters UKLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson fans began crowding into downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday for a star-packed public memorial to the "King of Pop" whose sudden death nearly ... Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Seven U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan in 'deadliest day' for America ... - Daily MailBombs and bullets killed seven American troops on the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in nearly a year. The killings may also be a sign that the war being fought in ... Monday, July 13, 2009 1bn data centre in Scotland could be world's biggest - The GuardianA British company has raised £600m towards its plans to build what could become the world's largest data centre in Scotland. The scheme is being concocted by Internet Villages ... Sunday, July 12, 2009 AP proposes new online article formatting - Detroit NewsNew York -- The Associated Press is proposing that publishers attach descriptive tags to news articles online in hopes of taming the free-for-all of news and information on the Web ... Sunday, July 12, 2009 Shedding light on Wallace: Forgotten evolutionist lives in Darwin's ... - Carroll County TimesSANTUBONG, Malaysia ? As he trudges past chest-high ferns and butterflies the size of saucers, George Beccaloni scours a jungle hilltop overlooking the South China Sea for signs ... Sunday, July 12, 2009 Phorm shares fall as BT opts out - BBC TechnologyShares in the online ad firm Phorm have fallen by more than 40% after BT said it had no immediate plans to use the service that tracks online behaviour. Phorm serves up adverts ... Saturday, July 11, 2009 Mickelson to skip British Open - Pittsburgh Post-GazettePhil Mickelson will skip the British Open on account of his wife's health. LUSS, Scotland (AP) -- Phil Mickelson will skip the British Open so he can be with his wife as she starts ... Saturday, July 11, 2009 British Royal Family Starts Tweeting, Attracts 2,000 Followers - BloombergJuly 10 (Bloomberg) -- Twitter, known for celebrity gossip, drunken messages and nonstandard English, is now also home to Queen Elizabeth II . The British monarchy started what it ... Saturday, July 11, 2009 UK PM's wife ups profile - The GuardianAP Business Writer= L'AQUILA, Italy (AP) â The wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has kept a blog of her activities on the sidelines of the G-8 Summit, stepping up ... Friday, July 10, 2009 Reformists resist Iranian government pressure - The GuardianAssociated Press Writers= TEHRAN, Iran (AP) â The son of an Iranian revolutionary icon called on parliament to dismiss President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from his post, as the ... Wednesday, July 08, 2009 Iran president declares new era for country - 630 WMALTEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday sought to put the turmoil over the disputed presidential elections behind him and declared on national ... Tuesday, July 07, 2009 U.S.-based Web site becomes must-read for Iran news - San Jose Mercury NewsNEWTON, Mass. ? The updates shot quickly onto the Tehran Bureau Web site as postelection chaos gripped Iran: angry street protests, random police beatings, a defiant warning from ... Tuesday, July 07, 2009 World's oldest Christian Bible digitized - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) â The surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited â digitally. The early work known as the Codex ... Monday, July 06, 2009 Battling to borrow money in Sudan - Independent OnlineKhartoum - The United States achieved at least three things when it stepped up economic sanctions on Sudan: it banned most trade between the two countries, froze Sudanese assets ... Monday, July 06, 2009 Personal details of new UK spy chief on Facebook - CNNLONDON, England (CNN) -- Personal details and photographs of the incoming head of Britain's international spy agency have been posted on Facebook, British Foreign Secretary David ... Monday, July 06, 2009 Terror student appeal case begins - BBC UK NewsThe first man in Scotland to be convicted of being an Islamist terrorist has begun an appeal against his conviction and sentence. Lawyers acting for Mohammed Atif Siddique at the ... Sunday, July 05, 2009 Islamic group defies leader on disputed Iran election (The Malaysian Insider)CAIRO, July 5 ? The most important group of religious leaders in Iran has called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate, an act of defiance against the country's supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country's clerical establishment. The statement by the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qum represents a significant, if so far ... Sunday, July 05, 2009 British Embassy Employee Accused - Tothecenter.comOne of the British Embassy employees who had been taken prisoner for aiding the alleged British conspiracy against Iran's government, Hossein Rassam, has officially been accused ... Sunday, July 05, 2009 The Flip Side of Internet Fame - NewsweekIn 2002, Ghyslain Raza, a chubby Canadian teen, filmed himself acting out a fight scene from "Star Wars" using a makeshift light saber. His awkward performance was funny, in part ... Sunday, July 05, 2009 Clerical Group Defies Leader On Disputed Iran Election (Free Internet Press)The most important group of religious leaders in Iran has called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate, an act of defiance against the country's supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country's clerical establishment. Sunday, July 05, 2009 Health Officials Warn Against 'Swine Flu' Parties (The Lakeland Ledger)By JIM FOX LEDGER CORRESPONDENT Health authorities are cautioning Canadians not to hold or attend "swine flu" parties. Social networking Web sites have mentioned such sick get-togethers as a way for people to expose themselves or their children to the H1N1 virus. Sunday, July 05, 2009 Clerical Group Defies Leader on Disputed Iran Election (New York Times)The most important group of religious leaders in Iran called for the results to be thrown out, the most public sign of a major split in the clerical establishment. Sunday, July 05, 2009 Health Officials Warn Against 'Swine Flu' Parties - The LedgerSocial networking Web sites have mentioned such sick get-togethers as a way for people to expose themselves or their children to the H1N1 virus. In that way, they think the current ... Sunday, July 05, 2009 It's a very satisfying win: Lions - Independent OnlineBritish and Irish Lions captain Paul O'Connell said a week spent telling his players to "do it for the jersey" had paid off after they secured a 28-9 victory against the Springboks ... Sunday, July 05, 2009 Implanted Tooth Restores Man's Eyesight - Myfoxla.com(MYFOX NATIONAL) - A blind British man is able to see again after his tooth was transplanted into his eye, according the the London Telegraph . Martin Jones, 42, a builder, had ... Sunday, July 05, 2009 Top Reformers Admitted Plot, Iran Declares (New York Times)The Iranian government has made it a practice to publicize confessions from political prisoners, often subject to sleep deprivation, solitary confinement and torture, rights groups say. Sunday, July 05, 2009 iPhone Overheating: Apple Blames The Weather (The Huffington Post)Reports began circulating on the web last week that the new Apple iPhone 3GS was regularly overheating. The phone, released on June 19, would become warm during use -- in some cases allegedly too hot to handle -- and the screen would become discolored. Sunday, July 05, 2009 Advocates are back with real health care stories (The Carmi Times)When carpenter Greg Douglas rolled his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000. Douglas is among thousands of people now telling their stories on videos, ads and Web sites on both sides of the health care debate. Sunday, July 05, 2009 New clashes in Iran as standoff worsens with West - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in ... Saturday, July 04, 2009 Top Iran cleric says British Embassy staffers to be tried, accuse... - Baltimore SunEDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report ... Saturday, July 04, 2009 Gaza aid boat passengers still in Israeli custody - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= JERUSALEM (AP) â Most members of a group of foreign peace activists seized at sea by the Israeli navy remained in custody Friday, three days after ... Saturday, July 04, 2009 Calm on street belies Iran's turmoil - BBC NewsAlthough Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appears to be heading for a second term after the disputed election and street protests have diminished, this may not yet be the end ... Friday, July 03, 2009 Resist euthanasia clause, say leaders - Church TimesASSISTED suicide is the "crudest way possible" of meeting suffering, a Church of England statement suggests. The C of E remains opposed to any change in the law, or medical ... Friday, July 03, 2009 A Week in the Life of BBC Sports Stats - BBCThis is Journalism Labs, a blog about BBC FM&T Journalism Design and Development. This is where we'll be sharing our thoughts on new and better ideas for journalism on the web. Friday, July 03, 2009 How Michael Jackson's death shut down Twitter, brought chaos to Google ... - Daily MailJust seconds after the story hit the internet, messages or 'Tweets' about the singer on the micro-blogging site Twitter doubled, leading to a temporary shutdown of the site. ... Thursday, July 02, 2009 Iran reform leader calls election illegitimate - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in ... Thursday, July 02, 2009 Bodies of missing Air France pilot and air steward pulled from ... - ScotsmanAir France says the bodies of the chief pilot of Flight 447 and a flight attendant have been retrieved from the Atlantic. The airline says in on its Web site that the two are among ... Wednesday, July 01, 2009 Goldblum, Clooney, Astley ... Jackson death brings pranksters out to ... - Technology.timesonlineFirst Jeff Goldblum fell off a cliff. Then Harrison Ford was killed on a yacht. Then it was George Clooney's turn. The poor guy was lost in a plane crash over the Rockies. Michael ... Wednesday, July 01, 2009 Mousavi wife: Iran under 'martial law' - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= CAIRO (AP) â Iran's supreme leader said Wednesday that the government would not yield to demonstrators demanding the annulment of a disputed ... Wednesday, July 01, 2009 'Unofficial US Embassy' Advert To Be Banned - Sky.comBritish holidaymakers heading to the US are being tricked into paying for a free security check, Sky News Online has learned. The ASA is investigating an advert offering Esta ... Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Geek gossip: The web is a hotbed of rumours -- and not just about ... - New Zealand HeraldThere's no better tool for spreading rumours than Twitter, and no rumours spread faster on Twitter than rumours about Twitter. Which is why, on the morning of 5 May this year, 22 ... Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Iran Council Certifies Vote Results - New York TimesThe announcement came even as the government continued its efforts to try to quell public anger over the election, with a parliamentary committee reaching out to religious leaders ... Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Queen Elizabeth II's costs rising - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) â Public funding for Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family cost British taxpayers the equivalent of 69 pence (US$1.14) each last year ... Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Gordon Brown wades into bitter row with Iran... as four British ... - Daily MailGordon Brown stepped into the bitter row over the detention of British Embassy staff in Tehran today, branding their arrest as "unacceptable" and "unjustified." Demanding the ... Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Police believe find body of former ABN AMRO CFO - Reuters UKAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - British police said on Monday they believed they had found the body of Huibert Boumeester, former chief financial officer of Dutch bank ABN AMRO, who went ... Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Iran says recount shows presidential election valid, rejects calls for ... - Fort Lauderdale Sun-SentinelIranian officials have declared the hotly disputed presidential election to be correct after a partial recount. State television reports that Guardian Council Secretary Ayatollah ... Saturday, June 27, 2009 Reports: Jackson had shot of Demerol before death - AccessAtlantaMichael Jackson received a Demerol injection shortly before he died, celebrity Web sites reported Friday. In addition, Los Angeles police are looking for Jackson's personal ... Saturday, June 27, 2009 Tickets for European Lotteries Including EuroMillions Available from ... - Transworld NewsIndividuals looking to take their shot at winning jackpots in a number of European Lotteries can now purchase tickets and track their favorite European Lottery Games through ... Saturday, June 27, 2009 Cleric's call for executing some protesters signals harsh new tur... - Baltimore SunEDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report ... Saturday, June 27, 2009 British Pound Climbs Versus Dollar on Increased Risk Appetite - BloombergJune 26 (Bloomberg) -- The pound climbed against the dollar as improved economic data in the U.S. spurred demand for riskier assets such as stocks priced in the British currency ... Saturday, June 27, 2009 Cleric: Some in Iran unrest `worthy of execution' - Times UnionEDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report ... Friday, June 26, 2009 Iran opposition leader says he won't give up fight - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in ... Friday, June 26, 2009 Hampshire Constabulary underspent by £2m - This is WinchesterPOLICE chiefs have been given a £2m cash windfall -- but not a penny will be spent on recruiting extra officers. Instead the money that has been saved in a dramatic cost-cutting ... Thursday, June 25, 2009 Iran police use tear gas, clubs to crush protest - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in ... Thursday, June 25, 2009 Witnesses report clashes around Iran's parliament - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= Riot police in Iran's capital fired tear gas and bullets in the air Wednesday in clashes with protesters who converged on a square near the parliament ... Thursday, June 25, 2009 Is CIA involved in Iran's election unrest? - Middle East OnlineTEHRAN - There is a valid possibility that CIA is playing a sinister behind the scenes role to exploit the current election protests to destabilise the country, observers said. The ... Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Protests muted in Iran as regime expels British diplomats, toughens ... - Fort Lauderdale Sun-SentinelCAIRO (AP) ? Overwhelmed by police and left with limited alternatives, Iranian demonstrators resorted Tuesday to more subtle ways of challenging the outcome of the presidential ... Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Foreign media accused of inciting Iran violence - Middle East OnlineTEHRAN- The Revolutionary Guards threatened Iran's online media on Wednesday with legal action if their sites published material that created "tension." The elite force, set up in ... Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Wimbledon 2009 - day one live! - The GuardianTo receive updated content, refresh the page (F5 for a web browser). Maria Sharapova struggles to reach a backhand in her first-round match against Viktoriya Kutuzova. Photograph ... Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Iran accuses US of meddling after disputed vote - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= TEHRAN, Iran (AP) â Iran accused the United States on Wednesday of "intolerable" meddling in its internal affairs, alleging for the first time that ... Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Iran protesters plan more rallies after one killed - MSN UK NewsTEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranians planned more protests on Tuesday against a presidential election they say was rigged but the focus of their anger, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left ... Saturday, June 20, 2009 Vols' Renwick finishes third in British Amateur - WBIRTennessee's Darren Renwick capped an impressive week of golf at the 2009 British Amateur Championships, finishing in a third-place tie after losing his Friday semifinal in Formby ... Saturday, June 20, 2009 Building European Brands Through Social Media - BusinessWeekWhen British confectionary giant Cadbury ( CBRY.L ) wanted to promote its new Crème Egg Twisted bar recently, it turned to social media. Dubbed "Operation Goo," the initiative ... Friday, June 19, 2009 Global campaign to mark Suu Kyi's 64th birthday - The GuardianYANGON, Myanmar (AP) â Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi spent her 64th birthday locked in prison Friday as global campaigns demanding her freedom erupted across ... Friday, June 19, 2009 Iran cleric arrested for disputing election result - Church TimesShoulder-high: supporters of the presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi carry his poster during a rally in Tehran on Monday AP A CHAMPION of interfaith dialogue and former Vice ... Friday, June 19, 2009 Iran can no longer suppress its youth - Daily TelegraphEarlier this year I spent a month living in Tehran. I'm a 21 year-old British-Iranian from London, and it was my first time back to the Islamic Republic since my twelfth birthday ... Thursday, June 18, 2009 Euromillions, French Keno, British 6 49 And Spanish Lotto 6 49 Among ... - Transworld NewsFor those looking to play their favorite European lottery games from just about anywhere in the world European Lottery Guild provides a comprehensive service that includes ... Thursday, June 18, 2009 Moment of truth near for British Lions - Independent OnlineDurban, South Africa - The agonising wait for the British and Irish Lions is almost over with the team for the first Test against South Africa to be named on Thursday. Head coach ... Thursday, June 18, 2009 Opposition leader calls new Iran rally - The IndependentThe Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi issued a direct challenge today to the country's supreme leader and cleric-led system, calling for a mass rally to protest ... Thursday, June 18, 2009 Iranian opposition leader calls for rally Thursday - The GuardianAssociated Press Writers= TEHRAN, Iran (AP) â Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi issued a direct challenge Wednesday to the country's supreme leader and cleric-led ... Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Facebook to offer everyone "vanity" URLs - but what will the effects ... - The GuardianStand by your computers, and likely your beds: at 5.01am on Saturday morning BST Facebook will let you choose - though "scramble for" might express it better - a user URL on its ... Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Transplant: the heart of the matter - Times OnlineIan and Kristine Stacey are wearing the sallow, strung-out but consummately grateful expressions of parents who know what it is to see a dying child saved. A few yards away in an ... Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Obama Looses the Manhunters - Middle East OnlineLet's face it, even Bo is photogenic, charismatic. He's a camera hound. And as for Barack, Michelle, Sasha, and Malia -- keep in mind that we're now in a first name culture -- they ... Monday, June 15, 2009 Iran puts curbs on media after disputed election - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= CAIRO (AP) â Iranian authorities criticized international media reports and took steps to control the flow of information from independent news ... Monday, June 15, 2009 Setanta stops signing new subscribers - Reuters UKLONDON (Reuters) - Cash-strapped Irish broadcaster Setanta said on Wednesday it had suspended signing up new customers as it fights to secure the business but said it would ... Saturday, June 13, 2009 BT's Battle Against the BBC's Online Video (New York Times)Net neutrality is a phrase that means a lot of things to a lot of people. Saturday, June 13, 2009 Net Worth: Networking zombies need dose of unconnected living (Lawrence Journal-World)Last year I wrote about purging myself from the rash of social networking sites. Saturday, June 13, 2009 OUTDOOR CORNER: Fishing rock jetties productive for speckled trout, redfish in Fourchon (Gonzales Weekly Citizen)Port Fourchon was the destination of Ascension Outdoors, seen exclusively on EATEL FiberEdge TV channel 4, recently. The Media Fishing Day for the Golden Meadow Fourchon International Tarpon Rodeo hosted at the Port Fourchon Commission Headquarters was the first stop on our agenda. Outdoors media of all types were in attendance. TV, newspapers, magazines and web sites were all represented to ... Saturday, June 13, 2009 Keep Your Eyes Peeled for the Future of Television (ABC News)The video revolution targets a Web-savvy audience tired of traditional TV. Saturday, June 13, 2009 Phishing sites fool Brits (vnunet.com)Clive Akass, Personal Computer World , Thursday 11 June 2009 at 11:04:00 One in four web surfers not suspicious about being asked for banking information Nearly nine in 10 British web users did not spot spelling mistakes marking a site as fraudulent, according to a survey commissioned by security giant Verisign.... Saturday, June 13, 2009 Facebook users to register in their millions for 'vanity URLs' - Daily TelegraphFacebook’s 200-plus million members will be able to register their own user names to create personalised web addresses on the social networking site. Saturday, June 13, 2009 US frees Iraqi accused of five soldier deaths - The IndependentThe US military has released a Shiite militant accused of being involved in the 2007 killing of five American soldiers, officials said today. Laith al-Khazali's release comes amid ... Friday, June 12, 2009 Communist Party website infected by malware - SophosResearchers at IT security and control firm Sophos have discovered that the website of the British Communist Party has had malware planted on it by hackers, designed to infect the ... Friday, June 12, 2009 Rijkaard appointed coach at Galatasaray - Reuters UKISTANBUL (Reuters) - Frank Rijkaard will replace Bulent Korkmaz as coach at Galatasaray, the Turkish club said on Friday. Galatasaray did not provide further details but ... Tuesday, June 09, 2009 Cyclists descend on Castle Combe for charity event - This is WiltshireHUNDREDS of cyclists are expected to descend on Castle Combe Circuit next week to support students in Africa. Chippenham and District Wheelers are running the Midsummer Bike Night ... Sunday, June 07, 2009 Be prudent about sharing vacation data online (San Francisco Chronicle)When I was growing up, my parents insisted that we not talk about our vacation plans in public, lest someone overhear and break into our house while we were gone. These days, kids and even many adults think nothing of telling the world - or at least their 795... Sponsored Topics: Technology - Recreation - Energy - Conferences - Travel Sunday, June 07, 2009 Holiday Extras Survey: Bargain-Hunting Brits Get Web Savvy (PRWeb)Whether it's the economic climate or just plain old thrift, 44 per cent of us now regularly use money-saving sites and articles to find a good deal, says the survey. (PRWeb Jun 6, 2009) Read the full story at http: www.prweb.com releases 2009 06 prweb2503504.htm Sunday, June 07, 2009 Holiday Extras Survey: Bargain-Hunting Brits Get Web Savvy (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)Whether it's the economic climate or just plain old thrift, 44 per cent of us now regularly use money-saving sites and articles to find a good deal, says the survey. Sunday, June 07, 2009 China locks down Tiananmen news - Fri, 05 Jun 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)BEIJING -- Mainland China remained quiet Thursday on the 20th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown, while tens of thousands of people staged a protest in Hong Kong. Beijing, the capital, was on virtual lockdown. Key foreign news Web sites were blocked, dissidents were placed under house arrest, and police blanketed the vast square where a still-undetermined number of pro-democracy ... Sunday, June 07, 2009 Security group calls for 'report abuse' button on web sites (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)Web sites aimed at consumers should feature a 'report abuse' button as standard to alert firms to security problems on their own sites, according to the Information Security Awareness Forum (ISAF). Sunday, June 07, 2009 Security group calls for 'report abuse' button on web sites (vnunet.com)David Neal, vnunet.com , Monday 1 June 2009 at 17:10:00 ISAF and BCS also team up to promote better handling of personal data Web sites aimed at consumers should feature a 'report abuse' button as standard to alert firms to security problems on their own sites, according to the Information Security Awareness Forum... Saturday, June 06, 2009 British Communist Party website infected with malware - Security ParkThe website of the British Communist Party has had malware planted on it by hackers, designed to infect the computers of potential supporters. Experts at Sophos are warning ... Friday, June 05, 2009 Police swarm Tiananmen Square on anniversary - The GuardianAssociated Press Writers= BEIJING (AP) â In Tiananmen Square, police were ready to pounce at the first sign of protest. In Hong Kong, a sea of candles flickered in the hands ... Friday, June 05, 2009 Eminem admits awards stage stunt? - Chichester ObserverEminem has apparently admitted the stunt involving Sacha Baron Cohen at the MTV Movie Awards was staged. "I'm thrilled that we pulled this off better than we rehearsed it," the ... Friday, June 05, 2009 Tiananmen 20th anniversary brings new repression - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= BEIJING (AP) â China aggressively deterred dissent in the capital on Thursday's 20th anniversary of the crackdown on democracy activists in Tiananmen ... Friday, June 05, 2009 Pension problems - Belfast TelegraphQ: Two years ago I left employment with a company, which I think provided me with a good final salary pension, and moved to another company which offers a pretty poor pension ... Friday, June 05, 2009 Oxbridge Tradition Seeks Modern Version - Cricket365.comThe Boat Race on the River Thames, the Rugby Varsity Match and the polite applause at the Parks cricket ground are all events that display the rich sporting traditions of the world ... Thursday, June 04, 2009 Eminem admits awards stage stunt? - Crewe GuardianEminem has apparently admitted the stunt involving Sacha Baron Cohen at the MTV Movie Awards was staged. "I'm thrilled that we pulled this off better than we rehearsed it," the ... Thursday, June 04, 2009 British users most likely to flag offensive material, says YouTube - Technology.timesonlineBritish YouTube users are amongst the most sensitive in the world, executives at the site have claimed. Amid demands for an independent regulator to police its content they said ... Wednesday, June 03, 2009 China cracks down on Twitter, other social media - The GuardianAssociated Press Writer= BEIJING (AP) â Chinese authorities shut down blogs, Internet forums and social media sites such as Twitter in an apparent attempt to stem online ... Monday, June 01, 2009 Titanic's last survivor dies at 97 (Chicago Tribune)Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the Titanic, the ocean-liner that sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean, died today. She was 97. Monday, June 01, 2009 UPDATE: Last Titanic survivor dies at 97 (Columbia Missourian)Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the legendary ocean liner Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic, died Sunday. She was 97. She died at a nursing home near Southampton, England, the port where she and her family boarded the ship on its only voyage, according to Charles Haas, the president of the Titanic International ... Monday, June 01, 2009 Places that make you stop and stand awhile (SouthtownStar)The Grand Canyon. The Colosseum. The Bean. These are just three of the sites to make the list of The 100 Greatest Places to Stand on the Planet. People like lists, and already the list has spawned lists covering the United States. What places would you put on a local list? Monday, June 01, 2009 Boyle's Dream Almost True (Washington Post)Singing and Web sensation Susan Boyle finishes second on reality show "Britain's Got Talent." Monday, June 01, 2009 Digging (Against the Clock) for History (New York Times)?Time Team America? offers archaeology on a deadline, with a colorful group of experts and artists convening at historically intriguing sites for intensive excavations. Monday, June 01, 2009 Exposed: ugly face of BNP's leaders (u.tv)Prominent members of the British National party are today revealed as Nazi-sympathisers and racists with abhorrent views on such diverse issues as teenage violence, David Beckham and even David Cameron's deceased son, Ivan. Monday, June 01, 2009 Financial Crisis Stings British Living Abroad (International Herald Tribune)Fueled by a property boom at home, Britons descended on the Continent to buy residences. Now that the boom has gone bust, many are determined to stick it out until things improve. Monday, June 01, 2009 Report: North Korea test-fires 2 more missiles - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= SEOUL, South Korea (AP) â North Korea reportedly tested two more short-range missiles Tuesday, a day after detonating a nuclear bomb underground ... Sunday, May 31, 2009 Israel's fourth president Ephraim Katzir dies at 93 - Haaretz.comEphraim Katzir, Israel's fourth president and an internationally recognized biophysicist died Saturday at his home in Rehovot, several weeks after his 93rd birthday. Katzir's 1973 ... Sunday, May 31, 2009 Exposed: ugly face of BNP's leaders - Guardian UnlimitedProminent members of the British National party are today revealed as Nazi-sympathisers and racists with abhorrent views on such diverse issues as teenage violence, David Beckham ... Sunday, May 31, 2009 Prince Harry plays polo on 1st official trip to US - NWITimes.comNEW YORK - Prince Harry reminded New Yorkers on Saturday how much his mother had loved their city, then climbed onto a pony for a rousing game of polo to raise money for ... Sunday, May 31, 2009 Crisis Stings Britons in France and Spain - New York TimesLASSAY-LES-CHÂTEAUX, France ? A stumbling British economy is doing what the French have not been able to do in 200 years: rout the British. A real estate agency catering to ... Sunday, May 31, 2009 Sockpuppeting British politico resigns from Wikisupremecourt - The RegisterMore than two years after the notorious Essjay Scandal , Wikipedia's ruling body still has a weakness for sockpuppetry. A Labour councillor for London's City of Westminster ... Saturday, May 30, 2009 UN urged to release Sri Lankan civilian death toll - 630 WMALCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- A leading human rights group has asked the United Nations to publicize its estimate of civilian deaths in the final weeks of Sri Lanka's civil war amid ... Saturday, May 30, 2009 Financial Crisis Stings British Living Abroad - New York TimesLASSAY-LES-CHÂTEAUX, FRANCE ? The recent British invasion of France ? founded on bricks and mortar rather than conflict ? is, like previous incursions, starting to look just ... Saturday, May 30, 2009 How to view Susan Boyle's finale performance - News1130.comThe performance finale of "Britain's Got Talent" will air live on British TV Saturday beginning at 1:45 p.m. EDT (6:45 p.m. in London). But unless you live in the United Kingdom or ... Friday, May 29, 2009 Engvall to host Country Music Television awards - Morning JournalNASHVILLE , Tenn. (AP) ? Comedian Bill Engvall will host the Country Music Television awards next month. The show will air live from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn., on ... Friday, May 29, 2009 How to view Susan Boyle's finale performance - Tacoma News TribuneThe performance finale of "Britain's Got Talent" will air live on British TV Saturday from 3:20-4:50 p.m. EDT. The winner will be declared Sunday on the program airing 3:30-5:00 p ... Wednesday, May 27, 2009 NYC police seek clues to explosion at Starbucks - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= NEW YORK (AP) â Police studied surveillance footage Tuesday and hunted for additional video that might have captured a small explosion near a ... Tuesday, May 26, 2009 UK government must do more to improve public finances, IMF warns - Daily TelegraphIn a wide-ranging review of the UK since the financial crisis erupted, the IMF said that the state of the public finances and the still fragile state of the banking system leaves ... Sunday, May 24, 2009 Businessman, 9 relatives die in Brazil plane crash - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= SAO PAULO (AP) â A British-born Brazilian businessman and nine family members were among the 14 people killed when their twin-engine plane crashed and ... Saturday, May 23, 2009 Mourning Paper (New York Times)New mysteries by Michael Connelly, Alan Bradley, Simon Beckett and John Shannon. Saturday, May 23, 2009 Think it's safe because you deleted it? Think again (Independent Online)User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites including Facebook after people have deleted them, researchers discover. Saturday, May 23, 2009 UK Expense scandal whistleblower defends actions - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) â A former SAS officer said Friday he acted as a middleman to help leak details of British lawmakers' expenses bills to a newspaper ... Saturday, May 23, 2009 UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News (UPI)Europe's amphibians, reptiles vanishing ... Brits warned away from half of beaches ... Virus wipes out cancer cells ... Celebrated eaglet dies as Web cam watches ... Health Science news from UPI. Saturday, May 23, 2009 British manuka honey 'rip off' (Scoop.co.nz)A New Zealand manuka honey producer has offered to test a Cornwall "rip-off" of manuka honey for the active ingredient amid reports British consumers are paying £55 a jar for the fake product. Saturday, May 23, 2009 Upload photos at your own risk (Hindustan Times)COMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views! User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites including Facebook after people have deleted them, British researchers said Thursday. Saturday, May 23, 2009 Social networking sites 'keep deleted photos' (AFP via Yahoo! News)User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites including Facebook after people have deleted them, British researchers said Thursday. Saturday, May 23, 2009 Social networking sites 'keep deleted photos' (TODAYonline)The logo of social networking website Facebook. User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites including Facebook after people have deleted them, British researchers said Thursday. Saturday, May 23, 2009 Social sites 'keep deleted pics' (News 24 South Africa)User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites including Facebook after people have deleted them, British researchers said. Saturday, May 23, 2009 TDS Europe 2009, London - Guiding users in finding best sites and deals more challenging than ever before (eyefortravel.com)For a travel supplier or an intermediary, the challenge is to make a company's website and or social media campaign flexible enough to be intelligently absorbed by new web tools. Friday, May 22, 2009 CORRECTED: Independent set to win Lithuania presidential vote - MSN UK NewsVILNIUS (Reuters) - Dalia Grybauskaite, the European Union's budget chief who is standing as an independent candidate in Lithuania's presidential election, was set to win the first ... Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Sri Lanka says war over, rebel leader killed - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) â Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels, killing their chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and ending his ... Sunday, May 17, 2009 The privilege of Parliament - Times Online"On the night of June 3rd I heard intense gunfire. A tragedy to shock the world had not been averted." This month the secret memoirs of Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang are being ... Saturday, May 16, 2009 Tortured Logic; Tortured Results - Middle East OnlineIs there something more painful for Americans than hearing that illegal CIA methods caused the deaths of dozens upon dozens of detainees, inflicted pain on hundreds of others, and ... Saturday, May 16, 2009 Britain rocked by parliamentary expenses scandal - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) â Britain has seen its share of sex and sleaze scandals over the years, but few have tarnished all three of the country's main political ... Saturday, May 16, 2009 Once-thrilling Fox series has 2-hour finale Friday (New Haven Register)Had it been a British series of limited length, maybe 18 episodes, "Prison Break" would have ranked as one of the most compelling shows in TV history. Saturday, May 16, 2009 Tech review: Flaws in Web's much-touted WolframAlpha (The Journal News)CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - When a free Web service called WolframAlpha becomes a little more commonplace, the general public will get to try a "computational knowledge engine" that has had technology insiders buzzing because of its oracle-like ability to spit out answers and make calculations. Saturday, May 16, 2009 Scope out overseas real estate on the Web (San Diego Union-Tribune)Casa, maison, hause. Even for veteran homeowners, buying a home overseas can be a daunting prospect. Saturday, May 16, 2009 Scope out overseas real estate on the Web (San Francisco Chronicle)Casa, maison, hause. Even for veteran homeowners, buying a home overseas can be a daunting prospect. Fortunately, everything from property listings to details about potential red tape are increasingly available online, if not all in one place. Experts are... Related: Real estate - World Wide Web - Red tape - Business and Economy - United States Saturday, May 16, 2009 Veitch Is 'Enemy Number One' to Bookies: Joe Saumarez-Smith (Bloomberg)May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Patrick Veitch has made 10 million pounds ($15 million) profit in eight years from betting on British horseracing. He's one of the most successful bettors in the world and bookies try to avoid taking his bets. Saturday, May 16, 2009 Yell becomes Google AdWords reseller in Britain (CIOL)LONDON, UK: British yellow-pages publisher Yell has become an official reseller of Google's AdWords in the UK, further expanding the properties on which it can sell advertising beyond its own sites. Saturday, May 16, 2009 (AFX UK Focus) 2009-05-14 17:35 Yell becomes Google AdWords reseller in Britain (Interactive Investor)LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - British yellow-pages publisher Yell has become an official reseller of Google's AdWords in the UK, further expanding the properties on which it can sell advertising beyond its own sites. The debt-laden directories group, whose business model has been undermined by classified advertising's move online, said on Thursday it would offer a service to manage Google AdWords ... Saturday, May 16, 2009 EU: Airline web sites improve, still some holdouts (AP via Yahoo! Finance)The European Union says airline web sites have fewer hidden prices and conditions than they did two years ago, making it easier for customers to find the best deals. Saturday, May 16, 2009 The search is on - Economist.comIT IS the curse of every internet search engine to be compared to Google, master of the universe and supreme ruler over two-thirds of such searches. Since newcomers never measure ... Saturday, May 16, 2009 Video: Internet gamer jailed for 'savage' murder of love rival - yorkshirepostWATCH: David Heiss arrives in Britain. Plus interviews with Matthew Pyke's mother and brother A GERMAN office worker has been found guilty of murdering a British student whose ... Friday, May 15, 2009 Tom Richmond: If Morley had any integrity, he would have quit by now - yorkshirepost"ON your side". Those are the three short words that featured prominently yesterday at the top of disgraced MP Elliot Morley's website. If there was any honour and dignity left in ... Friday, May 15, 2009 Are you a debt diva or frugalista? - TiscaliIf you're one of the many women who see shopping as recreation, you could be in for a nasty shock. A recent survey by Cosmopolitan found that 64 per cent of its readers were in ... Friday, May 15, 2009 England v West Indies - as it happened - Guardian UnlimitedLawrence will be here from 10.30am. In the meantime read why Andrew Strauss thinks much more of Test cricket than Chris Gayle . Duncan Fletcher's had his two-penn'orth on the ... Friday, May 15, 2009 Infatuated gamer guilty of 'savage' murder - yorkshirepostA GERMAN office worker has been found guilty of murdering a British student whose girlfriend he became obsessed with through internet websites. David Heiss stabbed Matthew Pyke 86 ... Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Joyful Saberi, free from Iran jail, thanks backers - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= TEHRAN, Iran (AP) â A joyful Roxana Saberi on Tuesday thanked those who helped win her release after four months in a Tehran prison. Her lawyer ... Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Ad plunge at newspapers prompts Murdoch online rethink - Media Week OnlineLONDON - News Corp's group-wide profits took a hit in the first quarter of 2009, with sharp falls at its newspaper and digital operations, led by a 21% decline in ad revenues at ... Thursday, May 07, 2009 Sri Lanka says captured video shows rebels disguising themselves as ... - NewsdayCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ? Video footage captured from Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels showed their fighters forcing civilians to assist their war effort and depicted one insurgent ... Thursday, May 07, 2009 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials starts - This is GloucestershireWilliam Fox-Pitt has predicted a "very hotly-contested" 2009 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials. The British Olympian, on board Badminton debutant Macchiato, will launch ... Wednesday, May 06, 2009 (AFX UK Focus) 2009-05-06 07:35 Singer Susan Boyle joins stars in top 5 viral videos (Interactive Investor)SYDNEY, May 6 (Reuters Life!) - British singing sensation Susan Boyle, who became an overnight star with her surprising performance on a British talent show, has made the top 5 in a list of the most watched viral videos of all-time. Visible Measures, which measures the use of online videos across more than 150 video-sharing sites, has compiled a list called the "100 Million Views Club" which is ... Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Child-porn Web sites decline, watchdog finds (MSNBC)The number of international Web sites showing sexual abuse of children has fallen by about 10 percent, but the images on these sites are more violent, according to a British Internet watchdog. Tuesday, May 05, 2009 Huge chunks drop from Antarctic ice - The IndependentNew satellite images from the European Space Agency show massive amounts of ice are breaking away from a shelf on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, researchers said ... Tuesday, May 05, 2009 9 11 conspiracy theories: The truth is out there...just not on the ... - Women.timesonlineThe internet has created shadow armies whose size and power are unknowable. Cyberspace communities of semi- anonymous and occasionally self-invented individuals have grown up, some ... Tuesday, May 05, 2009 Brown backs down on plan for MPs to 'clock in' - The IndependentGordon Brown beat an embarrassing retreat last night when he scrapped his plans to abolish the second-homes allowance paid to MPs as a parliamentary watchdog dashed his hopes of a ... Saturday, May 02, 2009 Oparla links bookmarks to search results - NetImperativeNew search engine Oparla has launched a bookmarking service tied to its search results. From today, users of the British engine will be able to save favourite sites and useful ... Friday, May 01, 2009 Al-Qaida threatens to kill UK hostage - Guardian UnlimitedCAIRO (AP) â Al-Qaida in North Africa says it will kill a British hostage if the British government does not release an imprisoned radical preacher. The group said in a ... Friday, May 01, 2009 BA crew member does not have swine flu - Reuters UKLONDON (Reuters) - Tests on a British Airways cabin crew member taken to a London hospital suffering flu-like symptoms have shown he does not have swine flu which has killed up to ... Friday, May 01, 2009 UK crew member in hospital after Mexico flight - Reuters AlertNetLONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - A British Airways cabin crew member was taken to a London hospital as a precaution after developing flu-like symptoms on a flight from Mexico City, the ... Thursday, April 30, 2009 Truce urged over Sri Lanka unrest - MSN UK NewsThe British Foreign Secretary has called for a truce in Sri Lanka's civil war, saying safeguarding civilians was as crucial as defeating the rebels in bringing peace to the ... Thursday, April 30, 2009 Bahrain GP: Friday Press Conference - PitpassIt has been likened to a football match starting and then all the football players sitting down for the first 15 minutes. Flavio, I don't know what would happen at Queens Park ... Wednesday, April 29, 2009 French, British foreign ministers call on Sri Lanka to accept cease ... - WHNT-TVCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ? The visiting French and British foreign ministers urged Sri Lanka to accept a cease-fire Wednesday in its war with ethnic Tamil rebels, saying it needed ... Tuesday, April 28, 2009 HSBC Champions elevated to WGC event - PGA European TourAsia has truly arrived on the global golf stage: the HSBC Champions tournament in China has been elevated to the elite stable of World Golf Championships events, the International ... Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Sri Lanka to stop airstrikes, shelling of rebels - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) â Sri Lanka agreed to stop firing heavy weapons into the northern war zone to safeguard thousands of civilians trapped there ... Monday, April 27, 2009 Sri Lanka to stop airstrikes, shelling of rebels - San Francisco GateMonday, April 27, 2009 Under intense international pressure to prevent further civilian deaths, the Sri Lankan government said Monday it would immediately stop airstrikes and ... Monday, April 27, 2009 100 days of transformation for a new first lady - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) â The 21 women nervously mingling at the White House were among the best in their fields. They had achieved Olympic gold, Grammy ... Monday, April 27, 2009 Sri Lanka to stop using heavy weapons - Guardian UnlimitedCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) â The Sri Lankan government says it will stop using heavy weapons and air strikes in the northern war zone to prevent further casualties among the ... Monday, April 27, 2009 ALSO ... - Daily OklahomanCAIRO ? Al-Qaida in North Africa says it will kill a British hostage if the British government does not release an imprisoned radical preacher. The group said in a statement ... Saturday, April 25, 2009 Jacqui Smith's new snooping plan to track every internet click - Daily MailHome Secretary Jacqui Smith will face angry protests on Monday as she unveils plans to store details of each internet click the public makes. The proposed expansion in surveillance ... Saturday, April 25, 2009 Lords turn to YouTube - Webuser.co.ukYou can now express your views to the House of Lords Information Committee via the YouTube video-sharing website. The committee has asked members of the public to post videos on ... Friday, April 24, 2009 British spy agency searches for real-life 'Q' - AP - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) â He was James Bond's go-to guy for inventions that included dagger-embedded shoes, radioactive lint and a deadly sofa that swallowed ... Friday, April 24, 2009 Disappointment with US not prosecuting CIA - AP - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= CAIRO (AP) â Human rights groups and former detainees in U.S. custody expressed disappointment Friday with the decision by President Barack Obama not ... Thursday, April 23, 2009 Pirate music website founders jailed - Evening StandardTHE men behind one of the world's largest illegal downloading sites were today found guilty of breaking copyright law. Stockholm district court sentenced Gottfrid Svartholm Warg ... Thursday, April 23, 2009 WANSTEAD: Police launch probe over new BNP threat - Epping Forest GuardianREDBRIDGE Police have launched an investigation after an apparently pro-British National Party (BNP) website published threats against a woman who was allegedly the victim of a ... Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Mozilla patches 12 Firefox bugs, a third of them critical - Pakistan News ServiceMozilla Corp. on Tuesday patched 12 security vulnerabilities in Firefox 3, just days before it hopes to roll out the newest beta of its next open-source browser, Firefox 3.5. Of ... Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Online Viagra danger: One in four GPs has treated casualties of ... - Daily MailAn estimated 2million Britons regularly buy medicines over the internet (file picture) Doctors today issued a stark warning to the millions of Britons who buy medicines over the ... Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Web site: Sri Lankan troops attack rebel defenses - AP - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) â Sri Lankan troops backed by helicopter gunships attacked Tamil Tiger defenses in the northeast Thursday, a rebel-allied Web ... Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Britain in 2009: A nation of bullied social networkers who don't ... - The IndependentAlmost a third of young men live with their parents Nearly two million men aged between 20 and 34 still live with their parents, almost twice the number of women of the same age ... Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Amazon.com to block Phorm - Reuters UKLONDON (Reuters) - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it would stop controversial targeted advertising company Phorm from using its Web pages to gather data on ... Monday, April 20, 2009 Amazon.com blocks UK-based Phorm from its Web pages - Reuters - Guardian UnlimitedLONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it would stop controversial targeted advertising company Phorm from using its Web pages to gather data ... Monday, April 20, 2009 British police watchdog investigating video appearing to show officer ... - MSN UK NewsBritish police say they are investigating new video footage that appears to show an officer hitting a woman at a G-20 protest in London. Footage posted on the Web site YouTube ... Saturday, April 18, 2009 EU to sue Government over alleged failure to protect privacy of ... - Daily TelegraphThe Government has been threatened with legal action by the EU over its alleged failure to protect the privacy of British internet users. Wednesday, April 15, 2009 HYUNG-JIN KIM - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= SEOUL, South Korea (AP) â South Korean prosecutors have questioned the wife of former President Roh Moo-hyun on suspicion of accepting $1 million from ... Wednesday, April 15, 2009 UK leader's senior aide resigns after reportedly being caught sending ... - MSN UK NewsA senior aide to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigned Saturday after reportedly circulating scurrilous rumors about political opponents. Special adviser Damien McBride ... Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Book a bed and breakfast, catch a computer virus - Reuters - Guardian UnlimitedWASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The number of computer viruses is growing extraordinarily fast and shifting from phishing e-mails to being hidden in seemingly safe websites such ... Friday, April 10, 2009 WILLIAM J. KOLE - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= PRAGUE (AP) â It's not easy to say "Velvet Revolution" in Czech, but President Barack Obama came off sounding almost like a native speaker. "Sametova ... Friday, April 10, 2009 Villagers send Google snapper packing - The IndependentYou're never far from a camera in Britain, a country that has accepted the presence of millions of surveillance cameras in its streets, shopping centers and public spaces. But for ... Thursday, April 09, 2009 Ex-sailor sentenced to 10 years in terror case - AP - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) â A former Navy sailor convicted of leaking details about ship movements and the best ways to attack them was sentenced Friday ... Tuesday, April 07, 2009 Wednesday, April 1 - Cycling NewsMajor race organiser Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) has stumbled upon a major hurdle for this month's Paris-Roubaix, with the famed Roubaix velodrome unavailable for the historic ... Friday, April 03, 2009 37 per cent of Brits say internet is greatest modern invention - PublicTechnology.netThe Internet has been named the greatest modern invention according to the results of a nationwide poll released by the Intellectual Property Office . Taking 37% of the vote, it ... Friday, April 03, 2009 MARK S. SMITH - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) â President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart agreed Thursday on the need for a "stern, united" international response if ... Friday, April 03, 2009 What links Mariah Carey, Stephen Fry and Barack Obama? The Twitter ... - Daily MailIt is said that we are all connected to each other through six degrees of separation. Now the social networking site Twitter has revealed just how intertwined the world has become ... Friday, April 03, 2009 Yahoo, YouTube launch hoaxes as Web celebrates April Fool's Day - MSN UK NewsAs the potentially dangerous Conficker worm is tracked throughout April Fool's Day, some harmless hoaxes are firing across the Internet. Google unveiled a "Gmail Autopilot." It ... Thursday, April 02, 2009 China restoring France contacts after Tibet spat - AP - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= BEIJING (AP) â China and France announced an agreement Wednesday to restore high-level contacts and promote cooperation following a lengthy spat over ... Wednesday, April 01, 2009 A slice of the action... - PGA European TourNo, sadly not a tale of a Paula Radcliffe style pit stop in today's Pro-Am for one of our professionals but Oitavos Dunes' commitment to environmental protection could itself ... Wednesday, April 01, 2009 Plushmusic: bringing live music to your home - Daily TelegraphThe Telegraph introduces a new site that brings live performances from some of the world’s most exciting musicians into your home. Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Jobless should have random drug tests before receiving state handout ... - Daily MailLawmakers in the U.S. are set to force benefits recipients to have random drugs testing. The push comes as more and more Americans turn to state safety nets to ride out the ... Tuesday, March 31, 2009 will this help - Life Style ExtraLONDON, March 25 (Reuters) - Struggling British sportswear retailer JJB Sports Plc has sold its fitness club business to the group's founder, Dave Whelan, Whelan said on Wednesday ... Sunday, March 29, 2009 PRS launch website - bbc25 March 2009 - A new website designed to act as a body for songwriters to protect their music on the web was launched today. The Performing Rights Society has set up ... Sunday, March 29, 2009 The 'Muslim Women Power List' is a daisy chain of public sector ... - Daily Telegraph BlogsAs my colleague Damian Thompson has reported , the taxpayer-funded Equality and Human Rights Commission has spent your money putting together a Muslim Women Power List 2009 . If ... Sunday, March 29, 2009 Keep watching the skies - BBC TechnologyThere is a famous and hilarious episode of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads, the BBC sitcom from the 1970's, in which our eponymous Geordies, Bob and Terry, spend an anxious ... Friday, March 27, 2009 Google's Street View proves popular - MSN UK NewsGoogle's controversial new mapping service may have sparked some privacy fears, but it is proving a hit with intrigued British internet users. Google Maps UK received one in every ... Thursday, March 26, 2009 Google's Street View proves popular - Channel 4 NewsGoogle's controversial new mapping service may have sparked some privacy fears, but it is proving a hit with intrigued British internet users. Google Maps UK received one in every ... Thursday, March 26, 2009 The Aga saga: George Monbiot v William McGrath - Guardian UnlimitedMONBIOT: I'm George Monbiot and I'm talking to William McGrath who's the chief executive of Aga Rangemaster who's kindly come in to talk about Aga's environmental performance. And ... Wednesday, March 25, 2009 British jobless pose far-right political risk - Reuters - Guardian UnlimitedLONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Far-right politicians in Britain are ready to tap into the misery of millions forced into the ranks of the unemployed during the recession, and are ... Wednesday, March 25, 2009 ABI: National fraud crackdown must end the 'victimless crime' myth ... - Politics.co.ukThe ABI (Association of British Insurers) backs the National Fraud Strategic Authority's National Fraud Strategy, published today. Tuesday, March 24, 2009 Google's spy in the streets triggers a wave of protests - Guardian UnlimitedFor 24 hours, Google 's new Street View brought a vision of British cities to the web that included such memorable sights as a man throwing up between his knees outside a London ... Monday, March 23, 2009 UK terror suspect wins payout for police beating - AP - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press= LONDON (AP) â A British terror suspect fighting extradition to the United States was awarded thousands of pounds (dollars) in compensation Wednesday for ... Monday, March 23, 2009 The British invasion - Guardian UnlimitedBowler hats, Union Jacks, great British breakfasts and even a turn by the Proclaimers - the British contingent has been high profile at SXSWi this year because of Digital Mission ... Monday, March 23, 2009 Europe launches satellite after technical glitch - Reuters UKMOSCOW (Reuters) - Europe launched its most sophisticated satellite Tuesday after a technical problem caused a one-day delay at its lift-off site in Russia. The European Space ... Friday, March 20, 2009 The Streisand effect: Secrecy in the digital age - Guardian UnlimitedWhen Barbra Streisand discovered in 2003 that an aerial photograph of her California beach house was among 12,000 on the internet as part of a collection by Kenneth Adelman ... Friday, March 20, 2009 British officials say progress made on plan to stop Gaza arms flow ... - MSN UK NewsAfter a Friday meeting in London, British officials said nine nations working on a plan to prevent weapons smuggling into the volatile Gaza Strip plan meetings in Canada next month ... Thursday, March 19, 2009 Madagascar Protestant leader released after detention - EkklesiaThe head of the largest Protestant church in Madagascar has been released after detention by unspecified military personnel following the resignation of President Marc Ravalomanana ... Thursday, March 19, 2009 Funny findings, fascinating add-ons and much more - Webuser.co.ukThis rather worrying tool lets you see how large an area would be destroyed by dropping a nuclear bomb on a chosen city. The embedded clock in this Google Map tells the time around ... Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Children work round web controls - BBC TechnologyWritten by security firm Symantec, it found that UK parents believe their children are online for 18.8 hours per week. The true figure is 43.5 hours. The report found that British ... Wednesday, March 18, 2009 East Dorset District Council joins the 'Twitterati' - This is DorsetCIVIC leaders in east Dorset have embraced social networking site, Twitter. The minute-by-minute website -- which has already proved a big hit with statesmen and celebrities ... Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Web founder warns against website snooping - Reuters UKGENEVA (Reuters) - Surfers on the Internet are at increasing risk from governments and corporations tracking the sites they visit to build up a picture of their activities, the ... Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Litvinenko suspect may run for mayor of Olympic city - Reuters UKMOSCOW (Reuters) - Britain's main suspect in the London murder of dissident Alexander Litvinenko is likely to run for mayor in the Russian city hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics ... Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Website Offers 'Politics Without Parties' - Sky.comThe Jury Team has pledged to offer "politics without parties". It has been set up by millionaire Sir Paul Judge, who ran Conservative Central Office when John Major was Prime ... Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Litvinenko suspect may run for mayor of Olympic city - Reuters - Guardian UnlimitedMOSCOW, March 13 (Reuters) - Britain's main suspect in the London murder of dissident Alexander Litvinenko is likely to run for mayor in the Russian city hosting the 2014 Winter ... Friday, March 13, 2009 Palm Pre pick 02 for UK exclusive carrier deal? - MacWorld UKMobile phone network provider 02 may have won the exclusive rights to offer the Palm Pre in the UK. Palm Europe says it has "no announcements to make" with regards talk of a UK ... Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Stock Building on the sale block - Culpeper Star ExponentBritish company Wolseley PLC announced last week that it would sell or otherwise dispose of its Raleigh-based subsidiary Stock Building Supply by the first of August. Stock ... Wednesday, March 11, 2009 U.N. expert raps U.S., allies for anti-terrorism tactics, plans ... - Lexington Herald-LeaderLONDON -- A U.N. expert is accusing the United States and some of its allies of breaching international law for the so-called extraordinary renditions and subsequent alleged ... Monday, March 09, 2009 Merkel media man quits as police probe child pornography links - The IndependentA senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's government resigned from his political posts yesterday after police said he was under investigation for possessing and distributing ... Monday, March 09, 2009 Apprentice star's snowboard pal freezes to death in the Alps after ... - Daily MailA British snowboarder has died in the resort of Verbier in the Swiss Alps. Rob Williams, who founded online music equipment retailer Dolphin Music, went missing with friend Jason ... Saturday, March 07, 2009 These assisted suicides are anything but dignified - Daily Telegraph Blogsassisted suicide , Daniel James , Dignitas , Dignity in Dying , Peter and Penelope Duff , Sarah Wootton The latest selfish and demeaning death-on-demand spectacle of British ... Saturday, March 07, 2009 50P-A-PINT TAX RISE WILL COST 75,000 JOBS' - Daily ExpressTHE price of a pint of beer will soar by 50 pence -- under Government plans to hit pubs with rolling tax rises, according to new research. A report for the pub industry found that ... Thursday, March 05, 2009 Revolution in the air - Evening StandardIt is a technology first glimpsed in Star Wars, when a holographic message from Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia was beamed from a droid. Today, experts predict that in a few years ... Thursday, March 05, 2009 Opposition leader: Pakistan security has collapsed - AP - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writers= LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) â The bloody ambush of the Sri Lankan cricket team shows that security in Pakistan has "collapsed" under the country's shaky ... Thursday, March 05, 2009 Unless you hate being entertained, you need ITV - Daily TelegraphIt is always interesting to watch the glee with which the media report the demise of one of their own. Witness the sad situation at ITV, where profits are down 41 per cent ... Wednesday, March 04, 2009 Worsening ad downturn drives ITV, Pro7 to retrench - Reuters - Guardian UnlimitedLONDON, March 4 (Reuters) - Leading European free-to-air broadcasters ITV and ProSiebenSat.1 slashed dividends and costs on Wednesday to combat a severe advertising downturn of ... Wednesday, March 04, 2009 Honeybees under threat from amateur keepers who fail to spot parasite - Times OnlineThe survival of honeybees is under threat from an unknown army of 20,000 beekeepers who keep hives as a hobby. In a hard-hitting report today, the National Audit Office (NAO ... Friday, February 27, 2009 Report: Bishop who had denied Holocaust apologizes - AP - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= ROME (AP) â A British bishop whose denial of the Holocaust embroiled Pope Benedict XVI in controversy has apologized for his remarks, a Catholic news ... Friday, February 27, 2009 Taliban willing to work with Afghan groups - Pakistan News ServiceThe Taliban have made a strong come-back in the last three years, extending the scale and scope of their insurgency across the south and east and up to the fringes of the Afghan ... Friday, February 27, 2009 Britain: Senior police officer warns of "summer of rage" - World Socialist Web SiteA senior British police officer has warned of a "summer of rage" in response to the economic crisis. Friday, February 27, 2009 Ed, Hazel, Ed. Who's up, who's down, who cares - Times OnlineFade in The Archers theme music... Harriet's positioning herself to take over from Gordon. Or maybe Harriet's enemies are just saying that to queer Harriet's pitch. Hazel's dissing ... Wednesday, February 25, 2009 'More women needed in Vatican': Cherie Blair (National Catholic Reporter)ROME The Catholic Church would benefit from having more women in senior-level positions at the Vatican, Cherie Blair said during a conference on the church's role in defending women's rights. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Sheriff who investigated Phelps gets 'pot shots' - AP - Guardian UnlimitedCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) â The South Carolina sheriff who investigated Michael Phelps after he was photographed smoking from a marijuana pipe says he's ready for "pot shots" from ... Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Gmail Blackout: A Feeling of Powerlessness (Khaleej Times)DUBAI - Productivity for users of Google's popular email server Gmail came to a halt at approximately 1.30pm on Tuesday when the service experienced worldwide blackouts for nearly two hours. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Find Your Way Home: New GPS Devices (Fox News)Tech Tuesday: The next generation of GPS gadgets does a heck of a lot more than just get you to Grandma's house. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 MPs 'talking, not hearing online' (BBC News)MPs are not using the internet to engage with their constituents enough or to encourage political dialogue, research finds. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 The Web Will Kill Us All, Unless We Take a Walk in the Park (Valleywag)Will Facebook give us cancer? Not if we browse it on an iPhone in the park! Such is the pseudoscience of health and the Internet. A study in Biologist, a science journal, concludes that the less we... Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Web sites may harm health (Rocky Mountain News)Social networking Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace may increase the risk of health problems as serious as cancer, strokes and dementia by altering the way genes work, according to a report in the "Biologist," the journal of the U.K.'s Institute of Biology. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Social-networking Web sites may be harmful to Britons' health (International Herald Tribune)Lack of face-to-face human interaction may increase the risk of health problems as serious as cancer, strokes and dementia by altering the way genes work, according to a report in the journal Biologist. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Biology journal claims social-networking Web sites could damage health (Asbury Park Press)Social networking Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace may increase the risk of health problems as serious as cancer, strokes and dementia by altering the way genes work, according to a report in the Biologist journal. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Britons' Health Harmed by Social Networking Sites, Study Shows (Bloomberg)Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Social networking Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace may increase the risk of health problems as serious as cancer, strokes, heart disease and dementia by altering the way genes work, according to a report in the Biologist journal. Tuesday, February 24, 2009 YouNoodle launches an early warning system to discover the next big ... - Daily TelegraphThe firm claims to have found a way to value the noise generated online by internet bloggers, journalists and the companies themselves and create a scoring system that identifies ... Monday, February 23, 2009 Bank loans still being denied to small firms - This is MoneyThe Government set up a £1bn loan guarantee scheme last month to encourage banks to lend more to small businesses. But so far, banks have lent only around £ 12m to firms through ... Friday, February 20, 2009 Scottish companies are getting on the web - Times OnlineSmall and medium businesses in Scotland are more likely to use social networking sites and blogging to boost trade than the rest of the UK, says a report by Cisco, the technology ... Thursday, February 19, 2009 British boy reportedly becomes a father at age 13 - AP - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) â He's 13. He scarcely looks 10. And according to a British tabloid, he's a father. Baby-faced and only 4 feet tall, the boy, Alfie, was ... Wednesday, February 18, 2009 New-look royal website launched - MSN UK NewsCyber tourists can take a virtual tour of some of Britain's landmark royal palaces on the revamped Monarchy website launched by the Queen. The internet portal has been updated with ... Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Daily Digest 12 February - ElectricNews.netTelecommunications watchdog ComReg has hit Eircom with a notice of non-compliance in relation to the company's TalkTime offering -- which bundles landline calls and broadband with ... Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Queen launches new-look website - BBC NewsThe Queen has relaunched her website at a Buckingham Palace reception in the company of the world wide web's inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. The royal site, which started in 1997 ... Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Ads on major websites fail to attract consumers, YouGov report reveals - Media Week OnlineLONDON - Nearly 60% of consumers rarely or never pay attention to advertising on major websites, according to a survey conducted by YouGov. Major websites: ads fail to attract web ... Monday, February 16, 2009 Lloyds woes dent banks, weigh on FTSE - Reuters - Guardian UnlimitedLONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Renewed fears over banks weighed on Britain's top share index which edged 0.1 percent lower early on Monday, as Lloyds Banking Group sank further on ... Monday, February 16, 2009 FTSE down as U.S. bank plan disappoints - MSN UK NewsLONDON (Reuters) - The leading share index ended down 2.2 percent on Tuesday, snapping a five-session winning run, as a revamped U.S. bank rescue plan disappointed investors. The ... Monday, February 16, 2009 Twitter's popularity trebles in wake of celebrity endorsements - Daily TelegraphThe micro-blogging service is now the 91st most-visited website among British internet users, making it more popular than online travel service Expedia.co.uk and price comparison ... Monday, February 16, 2009 UK parents most web-savvy - Webuser.co.ukA study released to mark Safer Internet Day 2009 shows British parents to be among the best-informed in Europe when it comes to protecting their children online. Friday, February 13, 2009 British queen's website gets makeover - Zee NewsLondon, Feb 13: If there's anything you want to know about the British monarchy, just go to the website: that is the message of an online offensive launched by Queen Elizabeth II ... Friday, February 13, 2009 ARTS + FEATURES (St. Petersburg Times)The Kremlin reacted unusually nervously this week to interviews given by the ABBA tribute band Bjorn Again to the British press about playing a private concert for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Friday, February 13, 2009 Bjorn Again (St. Petersburg Times)to the British press about playing a private concert for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. First, pro-Kremlin web sites dismissed The Times of London and The Telegraph, the two broadsheet newspapers that reported the party in question, as "tabloids." Friday, February 13, 2009 LOGISTICS (The Hindu)REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS: Airlines told to give fare break-up on Web sites New Delhi, Feb. 12 Domestic air travelers making bookings on airline Web sites may soon not have to worry about how much more they will have to pay in the form of surcharges in addition to the basic fare being charged by ... Friday, February 13, 2009 Collins looks to Bebo generation for 'piff' ideas for new dictionary - Guardian UnlimitedAnyone over 21 might struggle on Bebo , the social networking site that's as popular with UK teens as Facebook is with office workers. Maybe you're being mugged, but plenty of Bebo ... Friday, February 13, 2009 British Government Web Sites Full of Child Porn (Fox News)Times investigation reveals links to illegal content being hidden in official Web sites. Friday, February 13, 2009 Social web sites sign EU pact vs 'cyber-bullying' (CIOL)BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Seventeen social networking sites in Europe including Facebook and MySpace signed on Tuesday a pact aimed at curbing 'cyber-bullying' and protecting the privacy of underage users, the European Commission said. Friday, February 13, 2009 Social web sites sign EU pact vs. "cyber-bullying" (Reuters via Yahoo! News)Seventeen social networking sites in Europe including Facebook and MySpace signed on Tuesday a pact aimed at curbing "cyber-bullying" and protecting the privacy of underage users, the European Commission said. Friday, February 13, 2009 A quarter of British teenagers bullied online, says report (Times Online)One in four British teenagers has been bullied online, according to new research released today. Friday, February 13, 2009 Brainify Web site networks (Clarion Online)A new Web site, Brainify.com has been set up to help university students find relevant information for research papers, tests and homework from professors and students across the world. Murray Goldberg, a professor at the University of British Columbia, created Brainify as a resource for students looking for quality information on the Web. Friday, February 13, 2009 Channel 4 is preparing to launch a rival to BBC iPlayer - Daily TelegraphThe redesigned catch-up online TV service will be available from March following the demise of Kangaroo. The Competition Commission blocked Kangaroo - the joint video on demand ... Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Drowned in Sound's 50 albums of 2008 - Drowned In SoundLet's face it, 2008 hasn't been a great year for popular music. Whilst sales don't equate to great music, compiling this list we found little of merit with a platinum gold silver ... Monday, February 09, 2009 Celebrate Harley Davidson's salvation with beautiful custom made add ... - pressbox.co.ukAll over the world people with a passion for Harley Davidson motorcycles breathed a huge sigh of relief as it was announced that investor, Warren Buffet, would offer the iconic US ... Friday, February 06, 2009 Case study: British Council - Green IT: Carbon-efficient IT services ... - PublicTechnology.netIncreasing understanding of climate change is an important part of the British Council's work, so our IT should be as carbon-efficient as possible as possible. We have reduced ... Friday, February 06, 2009 Does Labour really think John Prescott is the new Obama? - Guardian UnlimitedCatherine Bennett: The US president led a new generation into politics via the web. The government may have more trouble Friday, February 06, 2009 Dawn of new age of industrial unrest as wildcat strikes spread across ... - Times OnlineWeb encouraged every skilled man to strike | Comment: British Jobs and British Workers | 'We're used and abused by greedy employers' | Q&A: British industrial strikes ... Thursday, February 05, 2009 Jaco Ahlers now off to Turnberry - Independent OnlineAt the start of play in Wednesday's second and final round of the British Open International Final Qualifier at Royal Durban, Jaco Ahlers was pretty much out of the running for the ... Thursday, February 05, 2009 Wave of strikes piles pressure on government - Times OnlineWeb encouraged every skilled man to strike | Comment: British Jobs and British Workers | 'We're used and abused by greedy employers' | Q&A: British industrial strikes ... Thursday, February 05, 2009 Paul McCartney to headline Calif.'s Coachella - Reuters UKLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paul McCartney will headline the opening day of the Coachella music festival in California this spring, the singer's Web site said on Friday. The Coachella ... Thursday, February 05, 2009 External search removed from BBC Online - bbcI am curious to understand what people really mean when they use the 'i' word and the real world examples they intuitively embrace. Being practical, I understand it to mean both ... Wednesday, February 04, 2009 U.K. Snow Storms May Return to London After Hitting East, North - BloombergFeb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Eastern England and Scotland were blanketed with up to 20 centimeters (8 inches) of snow last night, as Britain's trains and airports suffered a third day ... Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Iceland's Baugur Group seeks court protection - MSN MoneyCentralREYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Baugur Group HF, the Iceland-based retail investment group, said Wednesday it has applied for court protection for its assets while it negotiates with ... Friday, January 30, 2009 Google profit beats on strong ad sales - The IndependentGoogle Inc's quarterly earnings beat Wall Street forecasts as strong advertising sales on its self-branded websites helped the Internet leader defy the gloom pervading the tech ... Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Staff training - startups.co.ukProfessor Alan Beaver, a director of Beaver Travel, plays a pivotal role in the training schemes established for travel agents through the Association of British Travel Agents. He ... Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Feel the warm glow of lower gas bills - Daily TelegraphMillions of British Gas customers could get a better deal on their gas and electricity -- without even switching companies. The energy giant cut 10pc from its gas tariff last week ... Sunday, January 25, 2009 Obama poised to become 44th U.S. president - MSN UK NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama was poised to make history on Tuesday as the first black U.S. president, buoyed by surging public confidence for dealing with the biggest ... Saturday, January 24, 2009 Gillibrand Is a Centrist With a Tenacious Style - Star News OnlineShe would seem the longest of long shots, this young, centrist Democrat from rural upstate New York who was just re-elected to her second term in Congress and is now inheriting the ... Saturday, January 24, 2009 Obama poised to become 44th U.S. president - Reuters UKWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama was poised to make history on Tuesday as the first black U.S. president, buoyed by surging public confidence for dealing with the biggest ... Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Google join campaign - The SunDRAGON James Caan last night roared his approval for The Sun's Backing British Business campaign and pledged: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 BNC appeals to Oshiomhole on Gele-Gele seaport - VanguardTHE Benin National Congress (BNC), a socio-cultural organization in Edo State, has appealed to state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, to liaise with the Federal Government to develop ... Monday, January 19, 2009 MoD investigates race hate on web - Guardian UnlimitedSeries of extreme and offensive comments uncovered on social networking site Facebook ... MoD investigates race hate on web ? Facebook remarks said to be from serving soldiers Monday, January 19, 2009 Behind the scenes at BBC Sport - bbcIt's that time of year again when Britain wonders if it can produce a male Grand Slam champion for the first time in 73 years. The Australian Open starts in the early hours of ... Monday, January 19, 2009 Greenpeace buys land to foil London runway plans - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) â Plans to build a third runway at London's congested Heathrow Airport hit a snag Tuesday when Greenpeace and other environmental ... Friday, January 16, 2009 British hostages call for prayers from MEND camp - Vanguard*Militants threaten to hold them until Henry Okah is released TWO Britons: Messrs. Robin Barry Hughes and Matthew John Maguire held as hostages since, last year, by the Movement ... Thursday, January 15, 2009 British Embassy denies invited artistes visas - VanguardTime and time again, the British Embassy in Nigeria denies people visas to visit the United Kingdom on many different grounds. But when all documents are presented on request as ... Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Police use Facebook to catch bungling burglar - Technology.timesonlinePolice in New Zealand have made their first "Facebook arrest" after placing CCTV footage of a burglar removing his balaclava during the burglary on the social networking site ... Tuesday, January 13, 2009 IT firm Satyam's £1bn fraud 'India's Enron' - Evening StandardEuropean customers of India's Satyam, including Unilever and London-listed news giant Thomson Reuters, were this morning struggling to work out how the potential collapse of fraud ... Sunday, January 11, 2009 Prince Harry apologizes for racist remarks caught on tape - CNN(CNN) -- Videos purportedly shot by Britain's Prince Harry and including offensive language prompted an official apology Saturday from the prince and the royal family. Prince Harry ... Sunday, January 11, 2009 Dikgacoi on his way, but a worry for Santos - Independent OnlineThis evening could be the last time for local football fans to catch a glimpse of Golden Arrows' central midfielder Kagiso Dikgacoi in action in the PSL, when his Durban-based team ... Sunday, January 11, 2009 Mercury in gold mining a toxic threat - Times of IndiaINDONESIA: A gold miner stands waist-deep in a polluted pond, dumps a capful of mercury into a bucket of ore and mixes it in with his bare hands. The darting liquid metal wraps ... Sunday, January 11, 2009 Presenter sacked for 'supporting the Bible's teachings' on radio - Daily TelegraphThe Rev Mahboob Masih, a Church minister, claims he was unfairly dismissed and that the action taken against him was a case of religious discrimination. He had been host of a ... Sunday, January 11, 2009 Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso admits family used British POWs as ... - Daily TelegraphTaro Aso said new documents showed captured serviceman, including Britons, were forced to work in mines. The admission yesterday prompted British war veterans to step up demands ... Friday, January 09, 2009 Official: U.S. Kills 2 Top Al Qaeda Operatives - WCCOSheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, indicted for alleged involvement in 1998, bombings of US Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. A U.S. strike inside Pakistan's tribal ... Friday, January 09, 2009 US strike kills 2 key al-Qaida operatives - Mississippi PressWASHINGTON (AP) ? A U.S. strike inside Pakistan's tribal region has killed two Kenyans said to be among al-Qaida's top operatives on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list, a U.S ... Friday, January 09, 2009 2 top al-Qaida operatives killed by US strike inside Pakistan, an ... - Minneapolis Star TribuneWASHINGTON - A U.S. strike inside Pakistan's tribal region has killed two Kenyans said to be among al-Qaida's top operatives on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list, a U.S ... Friday, January 09, 2009 Taliban whopper: claim 5,220 foreign troops killed - Guardian UnlimitedAssociated Press Writer= KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) â The Taliban has long exaggerated its military successes, but its recent claim that it killed more than 5,000 foreign troops ... Friday, January 09, 2009 Smoking - health risks - TiscaliYou can eat five portions of fruit and veg a day and exercise regularly, but healthy behaviour means little if you continue to smoke. The message that 'smoking is bad for you' is ... Thursday, January 08, 2009 Prophet & loss: How the web's hottest gossip empire lost its mojo - The IndependentHe saw the future of online publishing, and built a multi-million-dollar gossip blog empire. Then, for his next trick, Nick Denton foretold the economic meltdown. But as he sells ... Thursday, January 08, 2009 All aboard the atheist bus? No thanks - SpikedWaiting for the bus in the freezing cold on your way to work, would the thought that there probably is no God bring a smile to your face? That's what British comedy writer and ... Wednesday, January 07, 2009 Alaska trip planner for 50th anniversary visit - OregonianBeth J. Harpaz AP The Ice Park in Fairbanks, site of the annual World Ice Art Championships (Feb 24-March 22, 2009). Want to plan a trip to Alaska during its yearlong celebration ... Wednesday, January 07, 2009 How to build a website (It's easy as www) - IndependentCreating a website that doesn't look like a dog's breakfast is more difficult. Library image A good 10 years after we started to accept that the world wide web might have some ... Wednesday, January 07, 2009 Steve and Mia: Oh, 'Joy!': The classic sex manual is updated - and ... - Philadelphia Daily NewsIN 1972, JUST AS the first wave of the sexual revolution was cresting, a British gerontologist named Dr. Alex Comfort released "The Joy of Sex." Using the classic "Joy of Cooking ... Wednesday, January 07, 2009 Former sailor seeks new trial in terrorism case - Norwalk HourA federal judge is deciding whether to grant a new trial to a former Navy sailor convicted of leaking details about ship movements to suspected terrorist supporters. U.S. District ... Wednesday, January 07, 2009 Sailor Seeks New Trial in Terrorism Case - Wall Street JournalNEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A federal judge is deciding whether to grant a new trial to a former Navy sailor convicted of leaking details about ship movements to suspected terrorist ... Tuesday, January 06, 2009 Andy Oram Reports - American ReporterCAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Can a few drops of poison threaten a whole stream? Such could be the effect of hate speech on the rushing waters of the Internet. The Anti-Defamation League of ... Tuesday, January 06, 2009 Obama, Scientology, and sex in Hong Kong -- the stories that clicked ... - Guardian UnlimitedThere are no prizes for guessing the most-read international story on guardian.co.uk in 2008. Yes, it's Barack Obama , and the Guardian's revelation that Hillary Clinton had ... Tuesday, January 06, 2009 Andrew Lloyd Webber X-Rated Web Woes - Post ChronicleBritish stage composer Andrew Lloyd Webber refuses to use computers - because the internet is awash with hackers and porn. The famed theatre impresario is wary of people hacking ... Monday, January 05, 2009 China cracks down on porn - Straits TimesBEIJING - China launched a major crackdown on Internet pornography on Monday targeting popular online portals and major search engines such as Google. Seven government agencies ... Monday, January 05, 2009 China launches crackdown on pornography, targeting Google, other ... - Minneapolis Star TribuneBEIJING - China launched a major crackdown on Internet pornography Monday targeting popular online portals and major search engines such as Google. Seven government agencies will ... Monday, January 05, 2009 UK housewives are world's top internet surfers - Guardian UnlimitedBritish housewives spend almost half their leisure time online -- more than any other social group in the world, according to research on internet social lives. The global online ... Monday, January 05, 2009 Facebook has record hit on Christmas Day - Evening StandardCHRISTMAS Day was the busiest ever for Facebook. Figures show that one in 22 website viewings in Britain on 25 December were of the site. Facebook and other social networking site ... Wednesday, December 24, 2008 Millions left in slow lane as Virgin broadband shows up web divide - Technology.timesonlineIt is the digital dream: an internet service fast enough to download a film in seconds. However, it remains an aspiration, rather than a reality, for millions of online customers ... Saturday, December 20, 2008 100 top sites for the year ahead - Guardian UnlimitedTwo years after we last picked the web's cream of the crop, our latest selection finds that location-based services, work-anywhere collaboration and video are prominent Saturday, December 20, 2008 BBC RSS Feed: Standard Licence Terms - BBC NewsBy downloading a BBC RSS Feed ( "BBC Feed") from the British Broadcasting Corporation ("BBC") you agree to be bound by the terms set out below (the "Standard Licence Terms"). These ... Saturday, December 20, 2008 I've had my fill of cyber life: let's give humans a go - Evening StandardI had a letter this week from the fraud department of a major building society, informing me that someone had tried to open an account in my name, and asking me to call them to ... Saturday, December 20, 2008 BT Tradespace announces business social networking is an untapped gold ... - pressbox.co.ukBT Tradespace survey reveals the use of business social networking sites as a promotional tool has doubled in the last six months, but it still remains a relatively untapped ... |
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