Indian tour more important than Ashes: Katich

"Australian batsman Simon Katich reckons his team’s rivalry against India has become “bigger” than the Ashes in recent times and predicts the upcoming Test series in October will be tough for his side. Katich, who is currently in India leading the Australia ‘A’...

UK prisoners offered data cabling training

Screw license plates... if you want to stop recidivism, teach prisoners a real-life skill. In this case, HM Prisons and Cisco are killing two birds with one stone, addressing the aforementioned issue as well as  dealing with brain-drain in the skilled-trades sector of...

S&P reckons oil market not like the 70s but good for gold « Peter J. Cooper...

Mr. Kolts is of the opinion that the oil market has undergone a structural shift with demand way out of line with the capacity of existing installed infrastructure to deliver supply. This is very different from political interference – the Arab oil embargo of 1973 or the...

One in five fail Windows validation checks

"More than 512 million tests against WGA have been conducted since July 2005 resulting in a failure rate of 22.3 per cent, according to figures from Microsoft released on Monday. Users need to validate their operating system using WGA before downloading certain updates from...

Is This Really The World's Happiest Man?

"To scientists, he is the world's happiest man. His level of mind control is astonishing and the upbeat impulses in his brain are off the scale. Now Matthieu Ricard, 60, a French academic-turned-Buddhist monk, is to share his secrets to make the world a happier place. The...

Carphone Warehouse takes on eBay

"Carphone Warehouse reckons it can be good for them too, and has launched a new auction site just for buying and selling handsets. MyMobileAuction.com"