Nokia launches mobile with unlimited music to challenge Apple

Nokia has launched its challenge to the iphone, a phone that has unlimited downloads. Rumors about the phone first broke last week."Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer, is challenging Apple for mobile music supremacy by offering a pay as you go phone with...

China spacecraft returns to Earth

"China's Shenzhou VII space capsule has returned to Earth after a successful mission orbiting the planet. The spacecraft touched down in the Mongolian desert to rapturous applause from mission control in Beijing....

Google launches Yahoo 'facts' site

"Google is launching a new website aimed at countering critics of its impending advertising deal with Yahoo. The Yahoo-Google Facts site provides the company's argument for the deal, and hits back at...

Bush launches $700bn rescue plan and confesses he didn't realise how severe p...

It saddens me to see this outcome, when there has been plenty of forewarning about the potential impact of this Real Estate Boom Bust cycle. Now, once again, the tax payers must carry the responsibility for...

Google Launches Audio Indexing

Google has a new app in beta called GAudi, which is going to crawl political youtube vids and make transcripts searchable."As the Web becomes more sophisticated and audio and video becomes a more important part of our online lives, we need something that will help us sift...

CIA, FBI push 'Facebook for spies'

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When you see people at the office using such Internet sites as Facebook and MySpace, you might suspect those workers are slacking off. ...

Jamie Oliver launches attack on British booze culture

Jamie Oliver, the man who's nicknamed the Naked Chef along with the successful show and a bunch of others, has made some comments on what he thinks of British alcohol culture and the lack of tradition in households. "Oliver, 33, said Britons used to create "fabulous dishes"...

Russia Launches Genocide Probe In South Ossetia

OPINION: As George Bush and Stephen Harper continue their two faced condemnation of Russia for defending its citizens in South Ossetia, and the lapdogs in the mainstream media faithfully regurgitate what they are...

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...

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