Reception problems with the iPhone 3G are occurring in towns and cities across the U.S Are you having problems? " The iPhone 3G is having trouble connecting and staying connected to 3G networks...
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In a move that is reminiscent of George Orwell's 1984, there is now a plan to improve anti-terrorism security in New York City by photographing the license plates of all vehicles that enter Manhattan. The operation...
After winning this year’s Miss Universe crown, Dayana Mendoza is back in news - but this time its all for the wrong reasons. The beauty queen has been caught in a nude scandal after photos of her modelling naked...
"As the most controversial torch relay in Olympic history comes to an end, folks here wonder: Who will light China's fire? Guessing the person who will light the huge flame inside the National Stadium has become the...
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Starting Monday, Britain's famous 'Sun' newspaper will drop its price by 5p to 30p.This may not seem like a lot, but the price drop will affect around 2.5 million copies of the tabloid."The "credit crunch defying...
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BEANO cartoonist Leo Baxendale tells how he invented the BASH STREET KIDS. " At grammar school during the 1940s, I did read the Beano and the Dandy (published on alternate, paper-rationed weeks), but...
Sir Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children has won the Best of the Booker prize, as voted for by the public." The 1981 book beat five other former Booker winners shortlisted from the prize's 40-year history. ...
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" THESE are the three teenagers suspected of tossing a ship’s cat into the Thames to drown – caught on CCTV. The two girls and a boy are seen close to World War Two ship HMS Belfast near Tower Bridge, London....
So, stage one is you lose touch with your audience. Stage two is you lose readership. Stage three is your advertisers run. Stage four is your valuations plummet. Stage five is the analysts...
This is a fascinating analysis of how a photo of a child, both legs broken by Mugabe thugs, not only came to be--but how it came to not be on the internet. Question: should the New York Times, and Poynter Institute, have with-held internet publication of a photo published in...
"The power of the blog comment has turned commenting into a free-for-all contest for this powerful piece of blogging real estate. As your blog grows in readership and popularity, it will act as a magnet. The blog should entice thoughtful readers to communicate with you. On...
" TOKYO — To most of Japan, the deadly stabbings in Tokyo were an incomprehensible act of sudden and indiscriminate violence.But to readers of an obscure website called “Extreme Exchange, Revised,” the...
"Goobergunchand other readers sent in word that Sprint, Time Warner, and Verizonhave agreed to block websites and newsgroups containing childpornography. The deal, brokered by New York Attorney General AndrewCuomo, occurred after Cuomo's office threatened the ISPs with...
"There are reports filtering around of a protest planned for this evening in Manchester to protest the potential departure of Sven. MCFCfans is keen to hear any reports from readers about the protest if it goes...
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The one hundred year old hotel Sofitel Metropole Hanoi has been continuously awarded “The Best Hotel in Hanoi in 2007” by the Asia Money’s readers, the leading monthly capital market magazine in Asia."With...
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