Queen wants a pay rise as Palace goes £6million over budget – Daily Mail
 Daily Mail | Queen wants a pay rise as Palace goes £6million over budget Daily Mail The Queen is demanding her first pay rise in 20 years to plug a looming £6million deficit in the royal household's finances. Palace officials have warned the Treasury they need a dramatic rise in the £7.9million annual civil list to ... Queen wants ariseThe Sun Buckingham Palace in secret talks with Coalition over Queen's cash shortfallTelegraph.co.uk Queen pleads for cash to plug £6m shortfallExpress.co.uk Times Online -Sydney Morning Herald -Edmonton Journal all 24 news articles » |
Categories: Uncategorized Tags:
Skype Over 3G Comes to the iPhone. It’s Not All Good News
Skype on Saturday releasesd an upgrade to its iPhone app that allows calls to be made and received under AT&T’s 3G network, but there’s a catch — they won’t be free for very long, even for Skype-to-Skype calls or for people who have all-you-can-eat calling plans with the internet telephony company.
Categories: Technology Tags:
David Laws has quickly moved to centre stage in politics – BBC News
 Times Online | David Laws has quickly moved to centre stage in politics BBC News Treasury Chief Secretary David Laws, who has apologised over the claiming of expenses paid for accommodation in properties owned by his partner, has occupied centre stage in UK politics since this month's general election. One of the Liberal Democrat ... Laws claimed £40000 to rent rooms from partnerIndependent Treasury chief secretary David Laws to repay £40000 expensesThe Guardian Laws expenses blow rocks coalitionThe Press Association Mirror.co.uk -Financial Times -AFP all 204 news articles » |
Categories: Uncategorized Tags:
Recycling a Cellphone: Responsible E-Waste Transformation
The United States generates about 2 million tons of electronic waste each year — so where does it go? WeRecycle in New York fills us in.
Categories: Technology Tags:
Photo Gallery: Art, Madness and Electronics at Maker Faire 2010
Maker Faire in San Mateo, California, is a two-day reinvention of the world as it would look if 10-year-old nerds ran everything.
Categories: Technology Tags:
Storyboard: Lost, Musical Notes From the Island
The Storyboard podcast takes a look at the most important part of Lost that you never see -- the music.
Categories: Technology Tags:
Relocating Prisoners: The Cross-Country Inmate Transfer
The U.S. Marshals Service shuttles approximately 350,000 prisoners around the country annually. A Wired writer tags along to see how it's done.
Categories: Technology Tags:
British bomb expert’s widow recalls ‘he was so tired’ – BBC News
 BBC News | British bomb expert's widow recalls 'he was so tired' BBC News Staff Sgt Olaf "Oz" Schmid, a highly trained member of the military's elite bomb disposal unit, died while attempting to defuse a bomb in Afghanistan. His widow, Christina Schmid, has been looking into her late husband's final days and the pressures ... UK army's chief bomb officer resigns over AfghanistanReuters UK Army bomb chief: I quitThe Sun British army's bomb disposal chief quits after speaking of Afghan pressuresThe Guardian Independent -Scotsman -The Press Association all 89 news articles » |
Categories: Uncategorized Tags:
Inside Disrupt Hackathon [Video]
Just a quick update for those tracking the Disrupt Hackathon. Pizza has been delivered, the Red Bull girls have made their rounds, and the group seems to be in high spirits. TechCrunch developer Andy Brett and I made the rounds this afternoon, chatting with developers (who came from places as close as New York and as far as Israel) to discuss their projects and their strategy for the evening. Many expected to use a combination of potent caffeine and quick naps to power through the session. Some offered quirkier solutions: one team toyed with the idea of napping in the beginning and working during the late hours (to sleep through the noisiest part of the day) and another set a hard deadline of 2 am so that they could be the most refreshed team during the presentation round. We'll find out who makes it and what they've made tomorrow at 11am--- and for those who can't be here, we plan to Livestream the event as well. Until then, enjoy our brief video of Hackathon (Andy doesn't make frequent video appearances so this is a real treat, bonus points if you find his 2 cameos).
Categories: Its just not on mate ! Tags:
William Hague visits Afghanistan with senior Tories – BBC News
 BBC News | William Hague visits Afghanistan with senior Tories BBC News William Hague has arrived in Afghanistan on his first visit to the country as UK foreign secretary. He flew into Kabul ahead of talks with political and military leaders in the Afghan capital. He is heading a senior ministerial delegation also ... Whitehall officials play down torture inquiry expectationsThe Guardian Probe into MI5's role in tortureThe Hindu Hague arrives in Kabul for talksThe Press Association The Associated Press -AFP -InTheNews.co.uk all 296 news articles » |
Categories: Uncategorized Tags:
