Europe clears mobiles on aircraft

I wonder how my sleep on planes will suffer because of this."Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace under new European Commission rules.The decision means that mobiles could be...

Internet comes Normal After Undersea Cable Repaired

"ABC Live: Internet’s undersea cable has been repaired and online traffic has returned to normal on undersea Internet cables in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf."

Botox Warning by FDA after 16 Deaths

There is quite an uproar today regarding the FDA warning about Botox and it's competitor Myobloc. Sixteen of the cases reported were fatal, including four involving children under 18, Public Citizen said....

Reliance Infratel: Anil Ambani's New Arm to Take Control of Indian Communica...

"Mumbai (ABC Live): Anil Ambani owned Reliance Communications has announced its decision that company has filed a prospectus with the for initial share sale for Reliance Infratel, a propose company to build operate and lease Communication Towers to tall telecoms players in...

Communication technology strengthens Indonesia-Malaysia ties

Bandung, W Java (ANTARA News) - Communication technology is playing an important role in strengthening Indonesia-Malaysia relations, but this should also be supported by interaction and optimum communication to avoid missunderstanding, an expert said.Prof Dr Azizul Halim...

Male Relationships: a hard pair of nuts to crack

Another column from a formidable literary talent. It's a little Venus and Mars-ish, sure, but generalizations do make thinking easier."There's a coffee shop around the corner from where I work that looks onto...

Iran Airs its Version of Encounter With U.S. Ships

Iran has released its own version of the events that were alleged to have occurred in the strait of hormuz between Iranian and US ships three days ago.The two countries have given wildly different accounts of what...

Emergency Mobile Phone Charger

"This latest model has just hit the UK shores (Nov 07) and now works with all the latest phones, PDA’s, and even has iPod Compatibility. It also gives up to twice as much power as those chargers using a single AA battery so you can chat or listen to your tunes for even...

Friendster now available in Japanese and Korean

"Friendster now supports five of the top languages on the Internet -- Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and English. These languages represent 66 per cent of the world's Internet users, or approximately three quarters of a billion Internet users in...

KDDI selects ATCi`s Simulsat C/Ku Multibeam for Japanese teleport

"KDDI, the only Japanese information and communication company providing communications service from fixed to mobile, integrated the Simulsat C/Ku into its Yamaguchi, Japan teleport.Simulsat C/Ku is the most technologically advanced antenna in the Simulsat family designed for...

Facebook's Beacon of Idiocy

How can a management team be so smart and so dumb at the same time?  What were they thinking?"A Computer Associates security researcher says that Facebook's controversial Beacon online ad system goes much...

Mylan announces appointment of Steven G. Zylstra as VP Globar PR

"Mr Zylstra will manage and oversee all internal and external communications and provide communications and public relations counsel to members of Mylan's global senior management team in their various roles across the Company. Mr Zylstra joins Mylan from the Pittsburgh...

With 'Dark Angels' help, show Management Speak the Door

Ever met a 'mission statement' full of platitudes and jargon or worse even you were one of the guilty parties who wrote it, hope is on the way.  Thanks to Keeping Jargon at Bay by Emma Jacobs (Financial Times), I learned of the existence of Dark Angels. This is not a...

Indonesia sets 2012 as target for production of police weapons

""This is part of a coooperation between the police and the Research and Technology Ministry as well as other agencies under the the ministry`s coordination since 2005 with a target to produce weapons," Deputy Minister for Research and Technology Development Dr Bambang Sapto...

Indosat`s profit up 56 pct to Rp1.4 Trillion

"State telecommunication operator Indosat said on Thursday its net profit in the first nine months of 2007 jumped 56 percent to Rp1.445 trillion from a year earlier. Operating income in the nine months ended Sept 30 stood at Rp11.88 trillion, propping up operating profit to...

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