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God 'told man to ram vehicle at 100mph'

An American man who rammed a woman's vehicle at more than 100mph with his truck told police he'd done so because God told him to.

Beware of Bolsheviks!

Mark Twain once wrote that a lie well told is immortal, but one of the things that has always mystified me is how even badly told lies can still gain a lot of traction. So much successful propaganda over the centuries has been badly told but still worked at achieving its creators’ goals. Witness Michael Moore’s inflammatory bit of agitprop Fahrenheit 911: it was filled with blatantly false claims and contradictions, but was still accepted without question by millions of people.

Woman told to remove Christmas lights

A British housing association has apologized to a homeowner who was told to remove her Christmas lights so they would not offend non-Christian neighbors.

Store told to nix jokes on fliers

PORT TALBOT, Wales, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A South Wales shopkeeper said police told him there have been complaints about the jokes he has printed for years on his store's leaflets.

Big-hitting import told to give fans what they want

OTAGO captain Craig Cumming has told the Volts' swashbuckling import Dimitri Mascarenhas to play his natural game and go for the big hits.

Play.com told to back up price claims for second time in a year

Online music retailer Play.com has been criticised by the UK's advertising watchdog for the second time in a year for claims about the savings it offers. The company has been told not to repeat the claims.

Microsoft Internet Explorer users told to switch browsers over flaw

Users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer have been warned of a flaw that could let hackers gain access to their computers and steal personal data, and told them to swap to a rival browser.

Eat camels to protect environment, Aussies told

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australians were urged Tuesday to eat camels to stop them wreaking environmental havoc, just months after being told to save the world from climate change by consuming kangaroos.

Devastating phone call to the Falklands that told this girl her fiance had died in Afghanistan

The fiancee of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan on New Year's Day told yesterday of the agonising moment she discovered he had died in a bomb attack.

Consumer Electronics Show kicks off with Windows 7 beta

Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer told the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that a beta version of the much-maligned Windows Vista's replacement will be available for download on Friday. Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer told the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that a beta version of the much-maligned Windows Vista's replacement will be available for download on Friday.

Star wars between NASA head and Obama transition team

That's probably not exactly what NASA administrator Michael Griffin told Lori Garver, who is heading up Barack Obama's space transition team. But according to the Orlando Sentinel, that's the gist of it. Change you can launch?While a spokesman for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration told the paper that agency officials were getting on famously with the Obama team, numerous reports suggest a more fraught relationship. The White House has directed federal agencies to give the president-elect's representatives an all-access pass, but several sources claim Griffin has sought to control access to his subordinates and stage-manage their interviews with the transition team.

iPhone killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

Ah the Nokia N97. Whilst on a musical theme with our headline, to quote the Hives, hate to say I told you so....well told you a few days ago to be more accurate.

Putting FileMaker 10 to work on your iPhone

FileMaker has updated its flagship database product to version 10--we've told you about that. FileMaker Pro 10 offers many new features, highlighted by an interface overhaul, the addition of dynamic reports, and an updated Quick Start screen and Resource Center--we've covered that, too. And a team of FileMaker developers is celebrating the release of FileMaker 10 with a free database designed for the iPhone and iPod touch--that, friends, we haven't told you about.

Expo: Putting FileMaker 10 to work on your iPhone

FileMaker has updated its flagship database product to version 10—we’ve told you about that. FileMaker Pro 10 offers many new features, highlighted by an interface overhaul, the addition of dynamic reports, and an updated Quick Start screen and Resource Center—we’ve covered that, too. And a team of FileMaker developers is celebrating the release of FileMaker 10 with a free database designed for the iPhone and iPod touch—that, friends, we haven’t told you about.

Sony to issue bonds for first time in 3 years: Bloomberg

the Tokyo consumer-electronics giant, will issue bonds for the first time in three years, a company official told Bloomberg News. The bonds will help refinance $2.7 billion of maturing debt, Bloomberg reported. The timing and amount of the new issue haven't been decided, the official, who declined to be identified pending an announcement, told Bloomberg. The offering will test demand for corporate debt as Japan is in its first recession in seven years, the news service reported. End of Story

LHC 2.0 could be conjured out of thin air

WHEN the Large Hadron Collider was switched on last September - and ignominiously switched off a few days later - it was the subject of the kind of media frenzy usually reserved for rock stars and celebrity models. These, we were told, were the first moments of the most complex machine ever built. What we were not told was that something similar might never be built again.

LHC 2.0 may do without the mega machinery

WHEN the Large Hadron Collider was switched on last September - and ignominiously switched off a few days later - it was the subject of the kind of media frenzy usually reserved for rock stars and celebrity models. These, we were told, were the first moments of the most complex machine ever built. What we were not told was that something similar might never be built again.

Desktop atom smashers could replace LHC

WHEN the Large Hadron Collider was switched on last September - and ignominiously switched off a few days later - it was the subject of the kind of media frenzy usually reserved for rock stars and celebrity models. These, we were told, were the first moments of the most complex machine ever built. What we were not told was that something similar might never be built again.

Designers cutting R & D on possible reduction of TD-SCDMA handsettenders

By Hua Jinglei Shanghai. December 30. INTERFAX-CHINA - Mobile handset design companies in China are cutting their research and development of TD-SCDMA due to the possibility that China Mobile could reduce its TD-SCDMA handset purchases in 2009, industry insiders told Interfax recently. "Our company has been cutting jobs in its TD-SCDMA handset R & D team and has recently merged the team with the CDMA handset R & D team to form a new 3G mobile handset R & D division," a member of the R & D staff of mobile phone design company Shanghai Simcom, who wished not to be identified, told Interfax on Dec. 29. Shanghai Simcom, which is a subsidiary of SIM Technology Group Ltd., was among the first batch of companies to start designing TD-SCDMA mobile phones.

6 Steps To Bake SEO Into The Web Design Process

Despite tough economic times, and advertising budgets being pulled back in almost every sector I know of, companies are still recognizing the need to be different to stand out from the competition in such bleak times. Many of the prospects I’ve spoken to in the recent past have told me that they intend to get a fresh look by revamping their website, but of course, SEO wasn’t baked into that process. In fact, I’ve one lead even told me to ‘call him back in 6 months, once the design was done so we could revisit SEO for his site.

Vodafone Qatar IPO set for next month

Vodafone Qatar expects its delayed initial public offering (IPO) to go ahead next month, Reuters reports. The start-up mobile and fixed line operator is poised to break the monopolies of state-run Qatar Telecom (Qtel) but must first receive approval from the Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA) to proceed with its planned IPO of 40% of its shares. A company spokeswoman told Reuters this morning, ‘Because of market conditions the QFMA told us to hold off and propose a new date, which we did…We will be given a date next month.’ The spokeswoman confirmed that Vodafone Qatar remained on track to launch commercial mobile services on 1 March, over a GSM network with capacity for one million users, although she added, ‘We will have customers on the first day but we don't know how many.

Google Was 3 Hours Away From DOJ Antitrust Charges

turnkeylinux writes "Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. called off their joint advertising agreement just three hours before the Department of Justice planned to file antitrust charges to block the pact, according to the lawyer who would have been lead counsel for the government. "We were going to file the complaint at a certain time during the day," says Litvack, who rejoins Hogan & Hartson today. "We told them we were going to file the complaint at that time of day. Three hours before, they told us they were abandoning the agreement.""

3G auctions postponed to Jan 30; bidders await clarity on charges

The department of telecommunications (DoT) has put off the 3G auctions by a fortnight, thanks to the poor response of foreign operators and uncertainty over the 2% administrative charge on bidders, on which the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) has to take a decision. The auction, earlier scheduled for January 16, may now take place on January 30. A DoT official told FE that the auction had been postponed on the request of prospective bidders for more time. Fe was the first to report in its October 27 edition that the auctions would be postponed as international telecom companies would find it hard to raise funds amid the financial crisis. A source told FE that the auctions could be postponed beyond January because, in all likelihood, the CCEA would constitute a sub-committee to examine the issue of 2% administrative charges on

Bebe Zuena split rumours

The word on the grapevine is the celebrity couple Bebe Cool and Zuena Kirema are having a rough patch. Apparently, after disagreements with Bebe Cool, Zuena packed her bags and she has been living with her family in Jinja over the last three weeks. Our source tells that she returned home only to pick the kids and returned with them to Jinja. Our source told us that Bebe Cool has been sending emissaries to Jinja to convince her to return home and he has even been sending money for their upkeep, but Zuena has not touched a cent. When contacted, Zuena admitted that she hasn’t been living with Bebe Cool for over three weeks, but she told us that she is just on “holiday” in Jinja.

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