Archive for November, 2009

A Little Support?

Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Thanksgiving was last week, and I thought about doing a post to thank the people who contribute to WordPress core, since this is a group of people I’m thankful for ... Read more..

Solar panel costs ’set to fall’

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The cost of installing and owning solar panels will fall even faster than expected according to new research. Read more..

eBay fined in perfume sales row

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A Parisian court fines eBay 1.7m euros after ruling it had not kept to an injunction banning users from selling on LVMH perfumes. Read more..

Town appoints resident ‘tweeter’

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A teacher has been appointed "tweeter in residence"' at a County Durham town, for an annual fee of Read more..

BT boss has only broadband home

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BT admits its chairman is the only person in a village on the Oxfordshire-Buckinghamshire border with broadband. Read more..

Game firm pursues virtual thieves

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Fraudsters who targeted the Runescape virtual game with a phishing attack are being sought by police in the UK and US. Read more..

Websites start charging for news

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Newspaper publisher Johnston Press starts charging readers to access the content on some of its websites. Read more..

Atom-smasher sets energy record

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The Large Hadron Collider sets a new world record for the energy of its particle beams, officials say. Read more..

Future flashback

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Steampunkers reinvent Victorian technology Read more..

Tour of one of best Silicon Valley service companies: Tiny Prints

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What makes great service? It’s something I’ve cared about a long time, since helping run consumer electronics stores in the 1980s to working at Rackspace (which regularly wins awards and praise ... Read more..