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Zimbabweans Use Text and Web 2.0 to Weather Crisis
"With the crisis in Zimbabwe going from worse to worse, there are still effective ways to help people there get food and survive.The beep-beep of a received text on a mobile phone is now becoming a much-needed...Privacy fears as Google starts to snap every front door in Britain
They've been spotted crawling up and down the streets as far afield as London and Edinburgh, taking photos of houses, gardens and streetscapes."Internet search giant Google has sent out a fleet of branded cars...RED ALERT!! Google must divulge YouTube log
"Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled. The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement. Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier...British films imitate lousy US templates, says director
"The screenwriter and film director Terence Davies has launched an impassioned broadside against his fellow British filmmakers and stars. "Workers protest closure of HSE office
"Hundreds of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) staff marched on London streets today to protest the closure of their office and fears workplace deaths and injuries will increase. Members of Public and Commercial Services (PCS) and Prospect unions fear more people will die and...
Zimbabwe Election Results Court Ruling Delayed - Blogs, Media, Govs cry foul
"Exhausted and betrayed." That pretty much sums up the feelings of most Zimbabweans as they count a week of delays in reporting the results of the presidential election. People there are waiting on the outcome of a legal bid to force the declaration of poll results. Many take... MoD to be quizzed over lost data
"The information watchdog is to grill the Ministry of Defence over its data protection policies after it lost the personal details of 600,000 people. Defence Secretary Des Brown will also speak in the Commons next week about the latest loss of personal data, which went... Christmas toy: CSI Toy Kit "asbestos warning"
Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas kids from your friendly Chinese Toy Manufacturer,The popular CSI show now comes in Toy Kit form for those up and coming Crime Scene Investigators, who one day may wonder how come they... Vancouver Politicians: "Let's have a Sexy Party" !
OpinionNow Public ContributorPoliticians Mayor Sam "Stewie" Sullivan, Ex-Mayor, Liberal Senator Larry "Sexy Party" Campbell, NDP Libby Davies, Liberal Hedy Fry, are vying for "Olympic Gold" in their mistaken... Parents angry at ban on filming
"Political correctness has been blamed for preventing parents making home videos of their children's harvest festival. Staff at Sandal Primary School, Baildon, Bradford, banned all camcorders before the start of the performance to comply with the wishes of a minority of...Bizet's Carmen Changes Sex, Seville Moves Stateside in London
" Georges Bizet's``Carmen'' has rarely had such a complete makeover. The heroine is transformed into a car mechanic, and 19th-century Seville is replaced with a 1960s Midwest town called Harmony. It has a population of 375 and sometimes it seems as though they're all on stage...Three jailed over shed prisoner
"Three people who kept an epileptic man prisoner in a garden shed in Gloucestershire for six weeks have been jailed at Bristol Crown Court. Kevin Davies, 29, was found dead by paramedics at a house in Badgers Way, Bream on 26 September 2006. Amanda Baggus, who owned the shed,...Police Officer Arrested over IT Abuse
This is precisely why the British public is not breathlessly embracing the ID card scheme."The Police Complaints Commission is to investigate "very serious" allegations about misuse of North Wales Police computers An officer from the North Wales Police has been arrested... Olympics blamed for cash shortage
"A Derbyshire-based charity is blaming the Olympics for draining Lottery cash. Community Concern in Erewash has been helping people in need of gardening, decorating and home safety services since 1998. It has had a bid for £292,000 of National Lottery funding for... 'Boy Racer' Head Teacher Jailed
"A head teacher found guilty of dangerous driving after a collision left another driver in a wheelchair, has been jailed for 15 months. Paul Davies, 51, was said to have driven at 120mph, colliding with a car driven by Kelvin Palmer on the A465 Heads of the Valleys road in...
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