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 |
Child protection centre releases annual report
Figures show hundreds of suspected paedophiles arrested over last year Over the last year, police working through the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre arrested 334 suspected child sex offenders and dismantled or disrupted 82 paedophRead more |
Aviva efficiency plans hinge on BPM and social software
Collaboration hoped to help the firm do more for less Collaboration technologies will play a central role in the cost-cutting strategy at insurance group Aviva, formerly Norwich Union, as the company seeks to reduce spending by £500m by 2010....Read more |
New-look Fujitsu reveals all to channel
Hardware vendor beefs up partner account management team ahead of its IT Future and Channel Conference PC vendor Fujitsu Technology Solutions has strengthened its partner account management team as it prepares to unveil its enlarged portfolio to the chanRead more |
HP wields axe following Q2 results
Technology giant doubles services sales in three months to April - but other product segments suffer revenue declines HP has announced plans to cut another two per cent of its workforce after registering a 17 per cent drop in quarterly net profit....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
Flash flooding, winds whip Australia's northeast (AFP)
AFP - Tens of thousands of homes were without power and hundreds of schools closed on Thursday as a wild storm front lashed Australia's northeast coast.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
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
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
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
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
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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 |