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Former players rue Lawson appointment

Asif, one of the well known names in Pakistan cricket, said on a television programme that he wanted to know who gave the chairman the authority to appoint the national coach.

PCB sacks cricket coach Geoff Lawson

The Pakistan Cricket Board has sacked the national cricket team’s coach Geoff Lawson here on Friday. The former Australian pace-man had assumed the position of coach just 15 months before, the board's spokesman said. "Geoff Lawson has been sacked. He has been given three months' severance pay," PCB spokesman Raza Rashid told media. The move comes just three days after new PCB chairman Ijaz Butt said that Lawson's contract would not be renewed next year, on the grounds that Pakistan had "no utility" for him. The 50-year-old Lawson was appointed Pakistan coach in July last year after Pakistan's first-round defeat in the World Cup in the Caribbean in March.

Former UBS chief forgoes bonus

Peter Wuffli, the former chief executive of UBS, has revealed he turned down SFr12m ($10m) in bonus entitlements out of solidarity with the stricken Swiss bank. The move, the first of its kind at a big casualty of the credit crisis, will raise pressure on other former top UBS executives to follow suit. Marcel Ospel, architect of UBS’s expansion into US investment banking and one of Switzerland’s highest-paid managers until he resigned last April, has faced intense public criticism. Wuffli’s decision will draw attention to others, including John Costas, the American behind UBS’s disastrous decision to create an in-house hedge fund, and Stephan Haeringer and Marco Suter, Ospel’s former deputies on the board. The move by Wuffli, who left in July 2007 just before the credit crisis, followed efforts by UBS to persuade former managers

Former players salute Kumble as a giant cricketer

Former players Sunday described Anil Kumble as a giant whose contribution to the game goes beyond his cricketing feats. The pride and dignity with which he played the game remains the hallmark of the man, who was fondly called 'Jumbo' by his contemporaries.

Pakistan cricket greats applaud sacking

ISLAMABAD (October 25 2008): Former Pakistan cricket greats Friday applauded the sacking of national coach Geoff Lawson and wasted no time in attacking the former Australian bowler. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sacked Lawson on Friday, just 15 months after the former paceman took up the position.

Lawson Fast Tracks Security Software for S3

Lawson Software last week rolled out a new solution, called Lawson Security FastTrack, aimed at speeding the implementation of its security offering for its S3 suite of ERP software, Lawson Security 9.0.

Players Network Teams Up With blinkx, the World's Largest Video Search Engine

PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Players Network (PNTV), the leading Digital Media 3-Screen Network dedicated to Las Vegas Entertainment and the Gaming Lifestyle, announces today that it has launched two new channels on blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine. The first channel, "Players Network" contains proprietary PNTV Gaming Lifestyle Content, while the second, "Vegas On Demand" features proprietary PNTV Las Vegas Entertainment Programming. Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will place contextually relevant advertising against the footage, and will share resulting advertising revenue with Players Network.

Players Network Teams Up With blinkx, the World's Largest Video Search Engine

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Players Network (OTC Bulletin Board: PNTV - News), the leading Digital Media 3-Screen Network dedicated to Las Vegas Entertainment and the Gaming Lifestyle, announces today that it has launched two new channels on blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine. The first channel, "Players Network" contains proprietary PNTV Gaming Lifestyle Content, while the second, "Vegas On Demand" features proprietary PNTV Las Vegas Entertainment Programming. Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will place contextually relevant advertising against the footage, and will share resulting advertising revenue with Players Network.

Snapshots UK DVD Players 2008

Snapdata's Snapshots UK DVD Players 2008 provides 2007 year-end market size data, with 2008 estimates, 5 years of historical data and five-year forecasts. The Snapshots report gives an instant overview of the UK DVD player market and covers sales of DVD players. Market value is based on retail sales. Market volume is based on unit shipments. Chains include retail outlets which are part of a chain operating as multiples under the same name. The data is supplied in both graphical and tabular format for ease of interpretation and analysis. The Snapshots UK DVD Players 2008 forms part of Snapdata's Consumer Electronics industry coverage.

Pakistan axe coach Lawson

New PCB chief Ijaz Butt earlier this week revealed Lawson's contract would not be renewed when it expired in April 2009. Former Australian paceman Lawson lasted 15 months in the job.

Pakistan hope Lawson proves to be farsighted

To want to take charge of Pakistan, it has often been said that a coach would need to be a farsighted individual, but instead the country’s cricket board has chosen a qualified optometrist. Geoff Lawson, the former Australia fast bowler, will succeed the late Bob Woolmer after accepting the offer of a two-year contract from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), which selected him ahead of Dav Whatmore and Richard Done, his fellow Australians. Lawson’s first assignment will be to oversee the ICC World Twenty20 in September, followed by home series against South Africa and Australia, with a tour to India in between.

Sports Wire - Pakistan axe coach Lawson

New PCB chief Ijaz Butt earlier this week revealed Lawson's contract would not be renewed when it expired in April 2009. Former Australian paceman Lawson lasted 15 months in the job.

Sony Revolutionises Visual Entertainment with New Blu-ray Players

Sony Singapore breaks new ground with two Blu-ray disc players, BDP-S350 and BDP-S550, adding to its suite of Full HD gadgets. On top of the ability to support Full HD resolution content, the latest Blu-ray disc players from Sony display interactive features such as BD Live and easy access to the latest updates on Blu-ray. With its slim and classic frame design, the competitively priced players make for a perfect fit in the functional and space-efficient living rooms of today’s consumers.

Former IT Manager Sentenced to One Year in Prison For Hacking Former Employer

A California man has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for hacking into his former employer’s computer system and giving spammers access to the mail server.

CRICKET-PAKISTAN/LAWSON:Cricket-New Pakistan cricket boss unhappy with coach Lawson

KARACHI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Pakistan's new cricket boss has turned the heat on the team's Australian coach Geoff Lawson, saying he favoured having a home-grown player in charge.

Ponting under fire from former players, media

Sydney, Nov 10 : With clouds of disappointment looming over Ricky Ponting, the skipper has now come under fire from former greats and media for being selfish and sacrificing every chance to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in the final Test against India.

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman considers politics

Former CEO, eBay; former executive at Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD), Stride Rite, Walt Disney and Hasbro.

XP and renown bonuses for WAR transfer servers

With the recent server transfers made available to Warhammer Online players, Mythic enabled players to move onto several servers free of charge. Now they're offering limited time server bonuses for players making their trek onto the offered servers. The bonus itself is a 20% rested boost to experience and renown gain. It's a nice little cherry on top for players packing their bags and it should also help encourage some people on the fence to take Mythic up on the offer.

Tales of Pirates - Pirate Club Debuts

Tales of Pirates has released the cool new Pirates Club, a help system for players. It offers a sound platform to help new players and enhance mutual communication between veteran players and newbie players alike.

Pakistan cricket chief selector resigns

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket chief selector Salahuddin Ahmad resigned Wednesday just hours after the federal sports ministry issued the notification regarding the appointment of former Test cricketer Ijaz Butt as the new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Salahuddin, a former Pakistan Test batsman, told reporters that he wanted to provide room to the new PCB chief to appoint the person of his choice as the new chief selector. “I welcome the appointment of Mr Ijaz Butt as the new PCB chief and wish him all the best,” he said.

Former GDC Director Moledina Joins EA Partners

Former GDC Director Moledina Joins EA Partners Former Game Developers Conference showrunner Jamil Moledina, who left the organization in August, has announced his new position as outreach director for business development at Electronic Arts' EA Partners division (Rock Band, Crysis).

Turbine Releases Prisoners of Prophecy for Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach

November 3, 2008 - Turbine, Inc. today announced the launch of the latest update for players of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE: Stormreach (DDO), Prisoners of Prophecy. This major update to DDO delivers a completely upgraded experience for new players, improves solo play with the introduction of Hirelings, upgrades the DDO engine to support DX-10 graphics technology, and adds more monsters, spells, magic items, and challenging dungeons. Prisoners of Prophecy continues Turbine's commitment to delivering fun, engaging and exciting updates for players in its online worlds. This latest update provides a wealth of new features and experiences for players including:

Want to leave WoW for Conan or Warhammer? Good luck

Despite his rather stoic delivery during an Activision Blizzard conference call earlier today, Blizzard's Mike Morhaime undoubtedly took some thrill reciting the following statistics relating to players trying to leave World of Warcraft for the competition: Of the players who cited Funcom's Age of Conan as their reason for leaving WoW, a whopping 68% returned to Azeroth; of the players who cited Warhammer: Age of Reckoning as the impetus behind their departure, a less overwhelming (but similarly impressive) 46% of players ultimately leapt right back into Blizzard's no-doubt strategically receptive embrace.

No contractions

With my first son, I was had extreme water retention but it was a very happy pregnancy. He was due on August 20th, but my due date came and went. I received a letter from the Maternity Ward with an appointment for Sept 6th if there was no sign of the baby! I happened to mention this to my community midwife at a routine appointment and she was horrified. Before I knew it, I had an appointment for a membrane sweep. My sister was obsessed with my baby being born in September for the school cut off so at my appointment I expressed concern that the baby would be born at the very end of August so the midwife agreed to do the sweep the next day. Upon my return the sweep was done and the midwife was dubious of the results so I was booked in for induction on Sept 1st.

Cricket players should be free to decide when to retire, says Kapil Dev

Former Indian cricket captain and all-rounder Kapil Dev today said that players should be allowed to decide when to retire and that the selectors should actively participate in such decisions.

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