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McAfee puts Facebook users on threat alert
Security software company McAfee has issued a warning to Facebook users about the latest threat to hit the popular social-networking site. Continue Reading
Blair’s fight to keep his oil cash secret: Former PM’s deals are revealed as his earnings since 2007 reach £20million
The former Prime Minister tried to keep the public in the dark over his dealings with South Korean oil firm UI Energy Corporation. Continue Reading
Nationalised Lloyds forecasts surprise return to profit… just a month after reporting £6.3bn loss
The bank, which has three million small shareholders, reported ’strong’ trading in the first 10 weeks of 2010 and has clamped down on costs after the HBOS merger. Continue Reading
Arlene Phillips: My guilt over Daddy has left me in awe of the selfless devotion of Britain’s carers
Starting today, we are asking readers to nominate people whose inspirational care and selflessness should be recognised. Continue Reading
Shutting out soft tissue cancers in the cold
Cryotherapy, an interventional radiology treatment to freeze cancer tumors, may become the treatment of the future for cancer that has metastasized in soft tissues (such as ovarian cancer) and in bone tumors. Such patients are often not candidates for surgery and would benefit from minimally invasive treatment, say researchers. Continue Reading
iiNet slams AFACT appeal
iiNet has sent a request to the Federal Court to put a stop to film studios’ appeal against last month’s decision to clear the Australian Internet service provider (ISP) of copyright breaches. The ISP filed a ‘Notice of Contention’ in the Federal Court, seeking to not only reaffirm Justice Cowdroy’s decision, but to overturn some points in the case that did not go in its favour. Continue Reading
Blair’s fight to keep his oil cash secret: Former PM’s deals are revealed as his earnings since 2007 reach £20million
The former Prime Minister tried to keep the public in the dark over his dealings with South Korean oil firm UI Energy Corporation. Continue Reading
Body found in roof of Italian church ends 17-year riddle of missing schoolgirl – and could solve murder of British mother
Police investigating the murder of Elisa Claps (pictured) believe there may be a link between her death and the murder of a British mother in 2002. Continue Reading
Senior HSBC bank clerk who stole £120,000 is found hanged in suicide pact with husband after fleeing court
Bindi Dhanji, 31, and her husband Kishore were found dead in an apparent suicide pact after disappearing from court moments before she was due to be sentenced. Continue Reading
Mandarin who brokered Ashcroft peerage deal says he was never told about tax status concerns
Sir Hayden Phillips, then a senior official involved in approving honours, says he was only worried about whether the billionaire would be able to fulfil his duties in the Lords. Continue Reading
Amazon releases Kindle for Mac
Amazon has released a version of its Kindle application for Mac OS X. Continue Reading
£1,000 fine for using the wrong bin: Families face new crackdown over household waste
Food scraps, tea bags and vegetable peelings thrown into the wrong dustbin could land them with hefty penalties under government plans to be unveiled. Continue Reading
Boy of 11 dies of asthma attack after being left to sit in school corridor
Sam Linton was found alone and gasping for air by two fellow pupils after being told to sit in a corridor by his form tutor Janet Ford. Continue Reading
Mum wanted to die, but convincing her to live gave us both a gift beyond measure…
She was 84, suffering from advanced breast cancer and didn’t want chemotherapy. As far as she was concerned, the end could not come soon enough. Continue Reading
Genes linked to ulcerative colitis identified
A study of the human genome has now identified genes linked to ulcerative colitis, offering clues as to what causes the condition and potential avenues for new therapies to treat the disease. Continue Reading
Recession recovery will be slow for telecoms industry: Ovum
Global research firm Ovum has released a report on the telecommunications industry warning that revenue growth is in decline for many “mature market operators,” and slowing for those in emerging telco markets. Continue Reading
Recession recovery will be slow for telecoms industry: Ovum
Global research firm Ovum has released a report on the telecommunications industry warning that revenue growth is in decline for many “mature market operators,” and slowing for those in emerging telco markets. Continue Reading
Could regulating intestinal inflammation prevent colon cancer?
Every day, our gut comes in contact with bacteria, inducing an inflammatory response that is tolerated and controlled. Sometimes the control of inflammation is lost and this can lead to inflammatory bowel disease that may predispose to colon cancer. Caspase-1, an important protein involved in the mechanism of inflammation, has long been believed to be one of the culprits behind excessive inflammation in the colon. Researchers suggest the opposite in a new study. Continue Reading
HTC, T-Mobile mum on Windows Phone 7 plans for HD2
Phone maker HTC and wireless carrier T-Mobile announced the highly anticipated HD2 smartphone in the U.S. on Tuesday, but also said that no plans were in place to put Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 OS on the device yet. Continue Reading
Two Pakistanis and Romanian woman arrested after father ‘pays £100k ransom for kidnap boy Sahil Saeed in Spain’
Two Pakistani men and a Romanian woman were held by police at an address in the Mediterranean city of Tarragona, 60 miles south of Barcelona. Continue Reading
I was wrong on defence spending: Brown admits budget did NOT rise every year after Commons figures catch him out
The Prime Minister had to issue the humiliating climbdown after Commons figures proved his evidence to the official inquiry into the Iraq war was wrong. Continue Reading
Lenovo goes after consumer notebook market with multitouch IdeaPad
Lenovo is looking to increase its share of the Australian consumer notebook market and is hinging its hopes on an expanded IdeaPad range, which includes a netbook with a built-in multitouch screen. Continue Reading
Foreign doctor’s fatal blunder: ‘Negligent’ German surgeon flown in to tackle NHS staff crisis left grandmother dead
Ena Dickinson, 94, lost nearly half the blood in her body during what should have been a routine hip operation. Werner Kolb cut the wrong muscle, severed an artery and used the wrong cutting tool in what an expert witness described as the worst case of negligence he had come across. Continue Reading
Father commits suicide after being wrongly blamed by hate mob for death of baby daughter caused by GP error
Neil Jones and his partner Maxine Winfield were driven from their home as neighbours suspected they were responsible for the death of four-month-old Abbie. Continue Reading
Getting divorced was the biggest mistake of our lives (so we all got re-married!)
According to counselling service Relate one in four people regrets their divorce. In this age of ‘moving on’, admitting you still love your ex might, however, be a taboo subject. Continue Reading
Arctic Britain falls to -16C as Christmas getaway descends into chaos- German governor says Opel bankruptcy must be avoided; officials meet on carmakers' future
- NY congressman blasts Michael Jackson as 'pervert'
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- Temple Sloan resigns from Bank of America board
Britain faces coldest winter for 25 years as big freeze causes chaos for millions returning home after Christmas break- WaPo Still Blending Rev. Wright Outrages With McCain's Religious Endorsers