British Army Medical Personnel in Afghanistan

Monday, 29 December 2008, 14:57 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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This is a very nice audio report about the work of the British medical personnel in Afghanistan.

Internet and phone communication between Europe, the Middle East and Asia disrupted

Monday, 29 December 2008, 14:16 | Category : Computer Stuff, Crumbs
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It’s a little freaky to think that something like this can happen so easily… Basically three of the four cables that run below the ocean between Europe, the Middle East and Asia have snapped.
Communication with the Middle East is already difficult in the present state and the disruption may bring massive losses to businesses, but [...]

The Bush Shoe Throwing Incident

Monday, 29 December 2008, 13:55 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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I’m not sure why I didn’t write about this when it first happened ;) But anyway, here are some hilarious photos from all round the world relating to the incident - apparently when it comes to throwing shoes at Bush, we can all stand united ;)

Apple, Google and Microsoft hit by Patent Infringement

Monday, 29 December 2008, 0:59 | Category : Computer Stuff, Slices
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The world of software patents is a bit like Monthy Python - the reason why Apple, Google and Microsoft have been hit by a lawsuit is that they use thumbnails to preview files like images and video in their applications. This is already pretty funny, but we might be in for some even more ridiculous [...]