“Kaka believes that a world record transfer to Chelsea remains a strong possibility and that he could be a Premier League player before the end of this month. Chelsea have made a €100m (£78m) offer for the Brazilian forward, who would be prepared to move to London if his club, Milan, accept it.
“Even though the [...]
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Kaka + Chelsea move still on the cards?
More slander than libel in online setting
“Defamation on internet bulletin boards is more like slander than libel, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Eady said that bulletin board discussions are characterised by “give and take” and should be considered in that context.” Report on 7 August, in Out-law.com.
Thanks to post from Matt Rhodes, of the FreshNetworks Blog, which flagged [...]
Cains Beer Company PLC – in administration
Ironic that with the Great British Beer Festival on this week the news that Cains Beer Company PLC – in administration. Looks like they had bad luck with the smoking ban, plus ran up a large tab with HMRC.
iPhone early adopters don’t include IT folk?
Apple chaos theory by ZDNet’s Dennis Howlett — I got a fairly lukewarm response to my excitement over Oracle putting applications on the iPhone. That should be no surprise to readers of Fortune which also poured cold water on the idea that iPhone’s are going to be the next big thing in corporate gadgets: Companies [...]
Video on how to use Twitter
How Do You Use Twitter? from biz stone on Vimeo.
Delicious 2.0
This from Techcrunch:
“YAY! The long awaited, much promised, never delivered Delicious 2.0 will launch in the next few minutes, just like they promised again last week.
“The new Delicious is just like the old Delicious, except for the way it looks. They’re also promising that it will be “faster, easier to learn,” and “hopefully more [...]
Cuil vs Yuil
Which one do you like best? The new cuil search engine, or this yuil (yahoo-based cuil look alike?)
Systemantics
The Fundamental Law of Administrative Workings (F.L.A.W.): Things are what they are reported to be. The real world is what it is reported to be. (That is, the system takes as given that things are as reported, regardless of the true state of affairs.)..
Existence of water on Mars confirmed
By David A. FahrentholdWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, August 1, 2008 After years of proposing, theorizing and deducing that there is water on Mars — at least in the form of ice — NASA scientists said yesterday they have finally confirmed it, after the Phoenix lander detected traces of water vapor wafting off a scoop [...]