Unrest grows over treatment of Royal Mail IT workers
An IT department shake-up that has caused workers to suffer months of job insecurity is souring relations between managers and staff, and threatening to undermine the group’s modernisation plans Royal Mail’s prolonged attempt to reorganise its IT depRead more |
HMRC urged to put more tax services online
Online filing of Income Tax Self Assessment returns has already saved £5m, says NAO HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) should widen the provision of online tax services to save money and reduce the levels of errors in tax returns, according to a National AuditRead more |
HP sales and profit fall
Tech giant reports year-on-year declines, but EDS acquisition boosts services business HP has unveiled its second quarter financial results, showing net revenue decreasing three per cent to $27.4bn (£17.7bn) from a year ago, with operating profit down 1Read more |
"IT not boring" say under 30s
IT qualifications give more confidence to young people in their career search, says research More than half (53 per cent) of young people with IT qualifications are upbeat about finding employment in the next year despite the downturn, according to a BCSRead more |
Scotland cuts ribbon on Europe's largest wind farm
Wind industry hails perfect example of how large-scale onshore wind farms can gain public approval Europe's largest onshore wind farm will be officially switched on at a ceremony in Scotland later today, in a move that the UK wind industry said would proRead more |
Catholic Church shamed by Irish abuse report (AP)
AP - After a nine-year investigation, a commission published a damning report Wednesday on decades of rapes, humiliation and beatings at Catholic Church-run reform schools for Ireland's castaway children.Read more
Myanmar's Suu Kyi trial back behind closed doors (AFP)
AFP - Myanmar's military junta put the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi behind closed doors again Thursday, after allowing diplomats and journalists to attend the hearing for just one day.Read more
Hezbollah's growing regional role piques Arabs (AP)
AP - Arab governments are starting to see the fingerprints of Lebanon's Hezbollah all over the Middle East, adding to their growing alarm over Iran's power and a widening Sunni-Shiite rift.Read more
Scientists investigate Mexican town's flu mystery (AP)
AP - No one has identified ground zero in the swine flu epidemic. Just where or when the new strain of influenza first jumped from a pig and began infecting people is a scientific mystery one that a group of flu detectives is determined to solve.Read more
Human 'mules' haul coveted goods from US to Cuba (AP)
AP - The human mule is in her 70s, gaunt and hunched over with short, white hair and the deeply wrinkled face of a chain-smoker. Read more
A French Obama? Not likely. (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Claire Edey won't deny it. She was inspired by Barack Obama. Read more
Car Bomb in Iraq Kills 34, Injures More Than 70
A car bomb exploded near a popular restaurant in northwest Baghdad Wedndesday, killing at least 34 people and wounding another 72, FOX News confirmed. Read more
Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for record 19th time (Reuters)
Reuters - A Nepali sherpa carrying a banner reading "Stop Climate Change" climbed Mount Everest for a record 19th time on Thursday, improving his own record set last year, officials said. Read more
Vaclav Klaus: The Man with the E.U.'s Fate in His Hands (Time.com)
Time.com - Czech President Vaclav Klaus has always been a divisive figure. Now he's going head-to-head with the European Union -- and the Czech parliament -- by refusing to ratify the Lisbon Treaty Read more
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Sunbelt Vipre
An affordable anti-virus that won't slow down your PC To fully protect your PC, anti-virus programs need to run all the time no matter what the computer is doing, but leaving a program running constantly can slow the computer down especially when it’Read more |
Apple iLife ‘09
A strong upgrade for Apple’s ‘digital lifestyle’ software Apple is getting ready for the launch of ‘Snow Leopard’, the latest big update to its OS X operating system (the Mac alternative to Microsoft Windows), but it has also been busy with sRead more |
Empire: Total War strategy game
Dominate the globe with toy soldiers and model ships The Total War series of games gives you the opportunity to rewrite a specific age of history and control great armies to conquer territory. Feudal Japan, Medieval Europe and the Roman Empire have beeRead more |