China joins India with formal backing for Copenhagen Accord
All major greenhouse gas emitters bar Russia have now formally endorsed Copenhagen deal China has today joined with India in formally signing up to the Copenhagen Accord, making it the last major emerging economy to endorse the controversial agreement...Read more |
Interactive Ideas set sights on Germany
Distributor appoints account manager to oversee German sales drive Distributor Interactive Ideas has expanded its management team to drive sales of the SolarWinds application management product portfolio in Germany. The firm has appointed Michael Meyer, Read more |
Symantec to reward storage savers
Vendor to reward VARs with financial incentives for datacentre efficiency gains. Symantec is to launch a partner incentive initiative aimed at helping end users make better use of their storage infrastructure capacity....Read more |
Fujitsu shares collapse over redundancy row
Former president reveals illness was not the real reason for his departure Former Fujitsu president Kuniaki Nozoe has revealed he was forced to leave the firm in September owing to connections with an unnamed business of " unfavourable reputation"....Read more |
CRC threatens smart meter supply pinch
Consultancy warns rush to install Automatic Meter Reading systems could result in some smart meter projects taking longer than expected A clause in the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) regulations that allows firms to climb the league table showing partRead more |
Deadly Quake Exposes Dangerous Construction in Turkey
Homes in eastern areas of Turkey prone to earthquakes must be better built to withstand jolts like the magnitude 6 temblor that toppled village houses and killed 51 people this week.Read more
Britain could force owners to microchip their dogs (AP)
AP - British dog owners may be forced to microchip their pets and take out insurance, part of a proposed crackdown on the country's dangerous canines.Read more
Snow snarls traffic, strands thousands in southern Europe (AFP)
AFP - Heavy snow Tuesday stranded thousands of road travellers on the French-Spanish border, blanketed Italian cities and left 10,000 homes in Corsica without power.Read more
Suicide attack kills 2 NATO troops in Afghanistan (AP)
AP - A suicide attack Tuesday at a joint NATO-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan killed two international service members and wounded several others, the military alliance said.Read more
Tea Party Plans March Obamacare Protest
Groups plan three-week Washington sit-in to stop passage of President Obama’s healthcare reform plan. Read more
Iran tries suspects in protester prison deaths (AP)
AP - The trial in Iran opened Tuesday for 12 suspects accused of torturing to death three anti-government protesters tortured in prison during the turmoil following the June elections, the official news agency reported. Read more
Security tight after hundreds die in central Nigeria (Reuters)
Reuters - Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed. Read more
Iraq election: Purple fingers, but hard work ahead (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Throughout Iraq, fear gave way to defiance Sunday as voters, even in the most volatile areas, cast ballots in landmark parliamentary elections that militants tried their best to disrupt with dozens of explosions that shook Read more
Pakistan Seeks Identity of American Suspect
Intelligence officials are trying to establish the identity of an American militant suspect arrested in Pakistan, but doubts grew Monday that he is Al Qaeda's U.S.-born spokesman. Read more
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Review: System Mechanic 9.5
A neat way to streamline and optimise an ageing PC We've all experienced the scenario before: a computer is getting a bit long in the tooth and becomes sluggish, less responsive and seemingly cluttered full of processes and applications that are far frRead more |
Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3
A powerful update to Corel’s veteran photo-editor Paintshop is Corel’s main, long-standing photo-editing software for home users. The company also has a new, cheaper Digital Studio (at £59) which provides basic tools for editing both photos and viRead more |
Mass Effect 2
Save the galaxy from destruction (again) The original Mass Effect was a flawed masterpiece. It successfully blended space-age action with role-playing and an involving plot, although some aspects of the game worked better than others. Occasional techniRead more |