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Seen that? - Olympic Torch Hoax
in I got Spam?!, on October 31, 2009
...ese site called Anti-CNN is protesting what it considers anti-Chinese propaganda and is calling for protests in several countries including Germany, France and the UK. The attack threat however, appea...
Oil industry plans grass roots lobbying campaign on climate change
in Sox First, on August 16, 2009
Check this report how the oil industry, led by the American Petroleum Institute (API) plans to launch a grass roots type campaign of "Energy Citizen" rallies to derail Barack Obama's climate change strategy, organizing rallies by companies in manufacturing, farming and oil. They...
The Month in Twitter - A Nobel Prize Coming?
in The Social Networking Weblog, on July 5, 2009
...Diplomacy
Iran: Just What Twitter Needed?
Twitter Reschedules Maintenance To Allow Iranian Protests To Continue
Iranelection Stats
Twitter Reschedules Maintanence Around iran Election ...
Thailand May as Well Be Closed...
in Hidden Travel Gems, on April 20, 2009
...inutes and try to unravel the politics. But, well, mai pen rai . The truth is simple. Thailand had protests and political unrest a while back. Tens of thousands of tourists got stranded when the prot...
Microsoft Stops Mainstream Support For Windows XP
in Wangtam, on 2009-04-17
...Windows 7 be panned by enterprise IT?
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Bossnapping: it's French for industrial action
in Sox First, on April 8, 2009
...latest poll shows that nearly half the French population think it's fine to kidnap the boss in protests over layoffs. Now that might be just a labor tactic and very French but it does raise some...
Disneyland in Hong Kong May Not Make It
in Wandalust, on March 31, 2009
... Disneyland opened to a swirl of bad press, possible legal action from Hong Kong health inspectors, protests from environmentalists and human rights organizations, a flooded market of fake Disney good...
G20 protest meltdown
in Sox First, on March 28, 2009
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London is bracing itself for the G20 protests with warnings from one of the organizers that there could be "real bankers hanging from lamp posts". Regardless of the hyperbole, it's a...
Winter of discontent: will the Paris riots spread?
in Sox First, on January 31, 2009
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Paris has broken out in violent protests over the French government's handling of the economic crisis with 65,000 demonstrators joining a march from the Place de la Bastille towards the ...
Economic Hardships Cause Eastern Europeans To Stage Massive Protests
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 25, 2009
...Latvia, a usually quiet country, has been the stage for massive protests over the government's apparent failure to provide economic relief to the country.
A crowd in excess of 10,000 protested in...
Australia May Block All P2P Traffic
in P2P File Sharing, on December 24, 2008
...ver Australia earlier this month," writes The Inquirer's Egan Orion . "Despite those protests and petitions against its proposals, the government has maintained its plans to go ahead wi...
Rioting By The Children Of Europe Intensifies In Greece
in Exclusive from our news room , on December 20, 2008
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Demonstrations started two weeks ago in Greece after police shot and killed a 15-year-old boy. The protests revolve around a growing sentiment that the youth of Europe are being "sacrificed ...
Maybe Not the Right Time to Go to Thailand...
in Hidden Travel Gems, on November 23, 2008
Protesters in Thailand are holding rallies designed to topple the government - which makes me wonder if it's a bad time to fly into Bangkok.
The US State Department doesn't have any warnings or alerts up for Thailand at the moment. But Channel NewsAsia calls the situation "tense.&q...
Jack Thompson Disbarred
in PCGamers Blog, on September 29, 2008
...ice being an attorney removed. Perhaps this will finally stop his torrent of pointless lawsuits and protests against companies like Rockstar.
We sure hope so....
The Price of Protest? China Sentences two Old Ladies to Hard Labor
in China Venture News, on August 20, 2008
I'll start by admitting that this has nothing to do with venture capital in China - excepted in the broadest possible sense of being about life in China....
A number of sources including the Huffington Post are reporting on 79-year-old Wu Dianyuan and her 77-year-old neighbor, Wang Xiuyin...
Happy Birthday Ketschup!
in BiblioBlog, on 02.08.08
© jelene
Seit einem Jahr, dem 1. August 2007, gilt in Deutschland die neue Rechtschreibreform. In Österreich läuft mit heutigem Tag die Übergangsfrist ab, in der Schweiz endet diese im kommenden Jahr.
AT&T Protests Sprint/Clearwire Merger
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 25, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5340005
AT&T this week filed a petition with the FCC , asking it to block the planned merger of Sprint 's nationwide WiMax assets with those of Clearwire .
"The 17-page AT&T filing claims that Sprint and Clearwire have sought to...
Norman Praises Beijing Olympics
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 28, 2008
Courtesy: BBC
Greg Norman certainly knows on which side of his bread the butter is found.
Norman finished respectably in the top 20 at this weekend's BMW Asian Open at Shanghai's Pudong Golf Club.
Norman is less a golfer these days than a golf course designer and builder and he&#...
Hackers Threaten to Attack CNN
in I got Spam?!, on April 18, 2008
...ese site called Anti-CNN is protesting what it considers anti-Chinese propaganda and is calling for protests in several countries including Germany, France and the UK. The attack threat however, appea...
YouTube Blocked in China Because of Tibet Videos
in China Venture News, on March 18, 2008
... it what you want, China has blocked YouTube to keep its citizens from seeing video images of the protests in tibet .
According to Businessweek and Mazaqah , Baidu, 56.com and the Chinese ...
Stolen Sex Pictures Shake Up Hong Kong - and Reveal a Lot About the Web in China
in China Venture News, on February 13, 2008
How would you like to see a discussion thread on your online bulletin board get 25 million hits? The combination of celebrity gossip and sex scandal has done that in the past week or so for one China web board, according to the NY Times.
The story is simple, and it would seem common place in m...
Olympic Officials Plan to Evict 13,000 People
in The Outdoor Weblog, on December 5, 2007
... most residents are happy, especially with the money they have received.
"Despite courageous protests inside China, and condemnation by many international human rights organizations, the Beijin...
Protests Against Hugo Chávez Reforms
in Latina Viva, on November 29, 2007
AP - Venezuelans Protest Chavez's Referendum Hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of the capital Thursday to oppose a referendum that would eliminate term limits for President Hugo Chavez and help him establish a socialist state in Venezuela.
Blowing whistles, wavin...
Garcia Márquez Banned in Iran and Criticized in Colombia
in Latina Viva, on November 15, 2007
...ove with an adolescent virgin".
In the last days, conservative Iranian media increased their protests against the publication of "that immoral novel".
The writer, who lives in Mexico...
In Defense Of Slot Machines
in The Gambling Weblog, on November 7, 2007
... vocal minority that wants to save people from themselves, by prohibiting slot machines.
The protests against slot machines are usually brought by "religious" people who claim that pe...
Sprint Considering Merger with Clearwire
in The Wireless Weblog, on November 2, 2007
...hat Paul Saleh, the company's acting CEO, says Sprint "remains committed to WiMax, despite protests from some on wall street that the $5 billion project will be a costly distraction ...
Getting Tired of the ARM Sob Stories
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 24, 2007
...e and lost? I can't do it. It's like feeling sorry for a person who loses in Vegas and then protests outside the casino, claiming to not know that the casino would take his/her money if they l...
The Road to Mandalay
in Wandalust, on October 5, 2007
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For the last 46 days, all we ever hear about Burma (or Myanmar) is about protests, the military junta and Aung San Suu Kyi. We don't really know a lot about Burma apart from what we se...
Frontline Wireless Petitions FCC to Change 700 MHz Auction Rules
in The Wireless Weblog, on September 26, 2007
Frontline Wireless this week filed a petition asking the FCC to lower the minimum prices for spectrum licenses in its upcoming auction of 700 MHz spectrum.
"The FCC established minimum prices - or 'reserve prices' - for each of the five spectrum blocks up for bid," explain...
Brazilian Bishops Want to Exorcise Bush?
in Latina Viva, on March 6, 2007
...ão Paulo.
Using the slogan "Off with Bush and his Brazil and Latin America Policy" the protests organizers wish to bring 10,000 people to Avenida Paulista, a central thoroughfare used for ...
Jewelry & Fashion Blogosphere 02/19/07
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 19, 2007
...s the Top 10 most interesting trends to come out of New York Fashionweek for Fall 2007.
Bag Snob protests the rocketing prices of luxury bags!
Aesthetics + Economics Trends from New York: Round...
Tough Times for Wynn?
in The Gambling Weblog, on January 17, 2007
... Protests outside his marquee casino in Las Vegas, reports of labor board investigations, outrage at a new tip-sharing policy, and now accusations from a fired dealer of improper behavior in meeting...
Online Group Seeks To Jump Start Ford
in carzz.org, on January 15, 2007
...e worst average mileage of any car manufacturer. So best to target them then with wily-style fringe protests that, for example, feature women holding signs that claim that Ford has afflicted 6.1 milli...
More on the YouTube Shame: MTV Brazil LIES
in Latina Viva, on January 10, 2007
...ts social campaigns and politics.
Therefore we cannot accept the kind of infuriated and offensive protests that have asked to boycott the host and the channel.
Although coated with legitimacy the ...
2006 CELEBRITY WRAP UP AND "BEST OF" LISTS
in The Celebrities Weblog, on December 31, 2006
...amsey/John Mark Karr false confession
9- Saddam Hussein trial and death sentence
10- Danish Cartoon protests
"Google" lists Paris Hilton as the number one overall most searched for words wi...
The failure of Afghanistan ...
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on October 29, 2006
(Picture from Tony Pierce )
From the Sunday Times out of London this week comes a piece by Fariba Nawa on how the West has come up quite short of its goals in Afghanistan:
The excitement and hope Afghans had when the US-led coalition entered the country have faded. The mood on the streets i...
World Bank anti-corruption critics
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on September 15, 2006
... could cause in the country. It's a wonder how little there have been on the massive Taiwanese protests against Chen in the Western press , considering all the play other countries have gotten wi...
Union Protests Against Outsourcing Decision
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 23, 2006
I recently shared with you the news regarding the outsourcing decision of Air New Zealand . Apparently, not everyone is in favor of the said outsourcing decision.
The Service and Food Workers Union of Air New Zealand recently announced their plans to picket at the chief executive offices of A...
Social Enterprise, Sunday Roundup
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on April 9, 2006
...ield areas of Wales are benefiting from grant funding.
*Boosting self-reliance in Hong Kong.
*Protests over redevelopment of WWII bunker to be used for training unemployed in the UK....
RFID Can Fight Back
in The RFID Weblog, on April 4, 2006
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Certainly the consumer protests over the use of RFID tags have tarnished its image that would affect its acceptance. The damage has already been done and it does not matter whether the protests ...
Americans in Europe
in TJ's Weblog, on June 28, 2005
...bly linked. It is becoming personal. "I was actually involved in organizing one of the antiwar protests," a longtime European resident told us. "I realized how things had changed when s...
Cronkite Surf Days: Part Two
in The Outdoor Weblog, on May 14, 2005
... first season at Maverick's is impending. Suited up, he goes for it despite his companion's protests, and he gets in the surging sea right on top of the reef.
He gets sucked out relatively ...
BIG SUR BONANZA #4
in The Outdoor Weblog, on May 9, 2005
...rd, throws on his suit and sprints down to the beach to go try and paddle out. This was despite our protests that it was a little too big to be rideable. At first, I thought it was disrespectful to th...
Indonesia's Outsourcing Outlook Dim
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 4, 2005
...ity precautions.
Aside from these, Nurtario said that current negative factors -- frequent public protests, civil unrest in the Aceh and Ambon regions, and threats of terrorism by radical Islam grou...
RAPPER PAYS FOR RAPPING
in The Celebrities Weblog, on May 8, 2004
... which occurred early last December, has earned Brown a day in court and possible jail time despite protests by Whitney, who smiled vacuously at her attacker as the judge ordered Brown to appea...
RFID: Usefulness Outweighs Privacy Concerns
in The RFID Weblog, on April 14, 2004
... the right kind of detection gear. Privacy advocates are understandably horrified, and their protests have already forced companies here and abroad to back away from using RFID tags in consumer...