Revealed: how the restaurant chains pocket your tips

The UK has been slow in adopting the tipping habit and just as it does we find our restaurants (including some big chains) undermining confidence in the tipping culture by exploiting the staff - essentially taking...

B.C. Conservation Framework: a promising action plan or “another Kyoto”?

B.C. government is shelling out $1.2 million for a new conservation project aimed at stopping the extinction of plant and animal species, which are unique to British Columbia. A recent report has found that 43% of species in B.C. are “threatened enough to be of concern.”...

EU to fight child obesity with free fruit plan

In an effort to fight child obesity, the European Commission has launched a €90 million a year initiative to provide school children with fresh fruit and vegetables. "The commission aims to spend 90m euros (£71m;...

Government launches leftover plea to fight world food shortage

A new report on the growing global food crisis will call for people in developed countries to stop throwing away edible leftovers."FAMILIES can help ease world food shortages by being less wasteful, a Government report will claim today. As Gordon Brown arrives at the G8...

Polaroid launches a wallet-sized printer that prints your mobile phone snaps ...

"Amateur photographers will be able to print off their mobile phone pictures instantly thanks to a relaunch of Polaroid photo technology."

Meez Finally Launches Virtual World

You caught me. I like hanging out on the 'net as a break from work, and yes, I use Meez.  Now the avatar maker has created virtual communities with a great deal of functionality, including your own "Roomz" with...

SNP launches plan to free 4000 Scottish prisoners

The Scottish National Party, the party calling for Scottish Independence which has recently won control of the Scottish parliament, has unveiled a new plan to release half of Scotlands prisoners, newspapers are...

Nokia launches its new Supernova series phones

"" Finland mobile phone company, Nokia, has announced its Supernova series phones. There will be four new models: Nokia 7210 Supernova, Nokia 7310 Supernova, Nokia 7510 Supernova and Nokia 7610 Supernova. The phones...

Pakistan launches strike at Taliban, military officials say

Pakistani forces striking back at the Taliban, certainly a striking contrast since recent stories by captured Taliban which state Pakistani Military were training the Taliban to Kill as many Foreigners, including...

Google launches new space race to the moon

" When Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon, he uttered unforgettable words. But the next visitor to roam the lunar landscape may send back e-mail instead. Welcome to a new kind of space race,...

Burger King Launches World's Most Expensive Hamburger

200$ for a burger.. hmm.... I can just see this as an ongoing competition and stunt between these fast food chains. Whats next, McDonalds is going to come out with a 300$ burger with unicorn meat and 24 leafed...

Janet Jackson and MTV to FIlm New Reality Show

Janet Jackson is teaming up with MTV to produce a new reality show. Just what the airwaves need, in my snarky opinion."Untitled project, which has already started casting, will feature Jackson as she mentors a group of aspiring singers and dancers. Project will be shot in the...

RNC Launches MeetBarackObama.com in Responce to DNC site about McCain

In responce to the DNC website regarding Jogn McCaon.  Tye RNC has just released a webdsite that looks at the policies of Barck Obama " Here's a new message-replicating site from the Republican National...

Ron Paul Launches New Effort

"Rep. Ron Paul's presidential campaign, a pugnacious, ideological crusade against big government and interventionist leanings in the Republican party, will officially end Thursday at a rally outside the Texas GOP's...

NASA Launches new GLAST Gamma-Ray Telescope

UPDATE: The solar arrays deployed successfully. Engineers are now running a series of tests to check out the telescope's systems.Original story follows.And we have--another successful liftoff! This time, an...

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