Saturday, January 17, 2009 The US Secret Service has released the first photos Wednesday of the new presidential limousine that will transport Barack Obama down Pennsylvania Avenue next Tuesday as part of the 56th Presidential inaugural parade after he is sworn in at the Capitol. The First Limo – the 2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine – will replace President Bush’s Cadillac […]
Latest trial of the One Laptop Per Child running in India; Uruguay orders 100,000 machines
Thursday, November 8, 2007 India is the latest of the countries where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) experiment has started. Children from the village of Khairat were given the opportunity to learn how to use the XO laptop. During the last year XO was distributed to children from Arahuay in Peru, Ban Samkha in Thailand, Cardal in Uruguay and […]
My Uncle, His Dog, And A Sherpa Pet Carrier
Here’s An Opinion On: Marc Ching My Uncle, His Dog, and a Sherpa Pet Carrier by Robert D. Jones I have written some reviews on pet products, and while it is very nice to learn all that I learn when researching a product, sometimes I need to mix it up a bit. I have had a lot of pets over […]
Mumbai officials demolish 39K shanties; 200K homeless
December 25, 2004 Officials in Mumbai, India, demolished over 6,000 shanties today in a push to eradicate the capital city’s slums. In total, 39,000 shanties have been flattened, displacing over 200,000 people, in the city’s biggest-ever demolition drive, which began in early December. When complete, over 2 million people are expected to be displaced. After wiping out the least desirable […]
93-year-old Michigan man freezes to death after electric company limits his power usage
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Marvin Schur, a 93-year-old man from Bay City, Michigan has died after the electric company limited his electric use due to his failure to pay over US$1,000 in past-due payments. Bay City Electric Light & Power installed a power-limiting device on his home on January 13. The device would limit the amount of power the resident […]
New legal British tender revealed
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 For the first time in 40 years, the Royal Mint has chosen a new set of designs for the reverse of the coins, first introduced in the Coin Design Competition 2005. The designer, Matthew Dent of Bangor, North Wales, was paid £35,000 (GBP) for his designs, which depict the Shield of the Royal Arms spread over […]
All You Need To Know About Group Buying Sites In Australia
Here’s An Opinion On: Newage Caravans Warrnambool Site Group buying sites are fairly new to Australia but they have been extremely popular in the Unted States as well as Europe. The logic is pretty simple; there is a sole offer that goes on sale for a certain period of time maybe a day, a week or even a month. It […]
British TV presenter Rico Daniels tells Wikinews about being ‘The Salvager’
Saturday, March 14, 2009 Rico Daniels is a British TV presenter living in France who is known for his two television series — The Salvager — whilst he still lived in the UK and then Le Salvager after he moved to France. Rico has been in a variety of jobs but his passion is now his profession – he turns […]
Reasons For Hiring A Digital Marketing Agency Or An Internet Market Agency
Here’s An Opinion On: Brand Strategy Agency Vancouver Reasons for Hiring a Digital Marketing Agency or an Internet Market Agency by Karen john Digital marketing revolves around the internet. It is a very effective communication and powerful marketing medium. The internet can be used for two specific objectives, push marketing and pull marketing. Pushing a message is email, really simple […]
Ziff Davis sells 1UP to UGO Networks/Hearst, closes Electronic Gaming Monthly
Thursday, January 8, 2009 Electronic Gaming Monthly is now dead. EGM was one issue away from its 20th anniversary in February 2009. An internal email leaked to industry website Gamasutra on Tuesday revealed that EGM was to be closed following the acquisition of the online element of the 1UP network by competitor Hearst Corporation‘s UGO Entertainment and that the January […]