Desktop or not to desktop, that is not the question. This article in PC Pro frames an ongoing confusion in the industry about how to move “core” productivity apps from the desktop to the cloud. Part of the issue is technical resource, the sheer scale of the job to turn a suite of heavy local [...]
The ink Cartridge bombs discovered aboard cargo planes Friday October 29th in the UK at East Midlands Airport and Dubai have been traced back to Yemen, and in a worrying development it has been confirmed that at least one of them was carried on two passenger planes before finding its way onto a cargo plane. [...]
Take That fans were left tearing out their hair today as they went online to buy tickets for the bands tour next May, June and July. Such was the demand to see the supergroup perform in their original line up for the first time in 16 years following Robbie Williams decision to rejoin the band. [...]
The trial of 95 former VIP’s and high wealth individuals involved in the so called Malaya corruption case has got under way in Malaga’s Provincial court and is expected to last up to a year. Marbella’s former head of town planning Juan Antonio Roca is alleged to have been the mastermind behind the scandal. Roca [...]
A second strike by London Underground workers has added to the woes of London commuters. RMT and TSSA members walked out at 18.30 BST yesterday for 24 hours in protest at plans to cut 800 ticket staff jobs. London Transport claim that 75% of services are running normally but generalchaos is predicted judging by past [...]
Tony Curtis has died of a Heart Attack in Nevada Home The 85 year old star of Films such as Some like it Hot where he Co-Stared with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemon, The Defiant Ones for which he received an Oscar Nomination, Houdini, Trapeze, Spartacus, The Boston Strangler and The Vikings died peacefully in [...]
A landslide has occurred in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca reportedly trapping as many as 1,000 people according to Governor Ulises Ruiz. The disaster occurred when a piece of hillside about 650 feet wide (200 meters) collapsed early Tuesday morning. Thousands of tons of mud and debris cascaded down onto about 300 houses. According [...]
New research has shown that the most popular time for on line shopping is Wednesday afternoon when workers are feeling low after lunch and facing the prospect of another 2.5 days before the weekend break. 2pm and 4pm seem to be the most favoured times online shops record. It is estimated that a 52% increase [...]
The Labour Party election of “Red Ed” Miliband, as he is being dubbed, could move the UK’s second largest political party sharply to the left. Reports in the mainstream media seem to portray an image of the rank and file Labour Party supporter being marched away into the political wilderness by a combination of Union [...]
Brazil, who according to Goldman Sachs has the most overvalued currency of all the major trading nations, has cried foul in the increasingly volatile world currency markets. The finance minister, Guido Mantega, has stated that a war seems to be developing with nation states such as Japan, Taiwan and Korea all attempting to de value [...]