Bangladesh security tightened following Pilkhana massacre and Bashundhara City fire
Friday, March 20, 2009 Following the Pilkhana massacre which occurred February 25 and 26 leaving 74 dead and the inferno at the Bashundhara City shopping mall complex March 13 leaving seven dead, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said security measures are being tightened countrywide across Bangladesh. Fire drills will be enactedContinue Reading
Cisco sues Apple for iPhone trademark
Friday, January 12, 2007 The iPhone only made its appearance as a prototype and there have been controversies aroused. The dispute has come up between the manufacturer of the iPhone (which was resented on Wednesday for the first time) – Apple Inc. – and a leader in network and communicationContinue Reading
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Latest trial of the One Laptop Per Child running in India; Uruguay orders 100,000 machines
Thursday, November 8, 2007 India is the latest of the countries where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) experiment has started. Children from the village of Khairat were given the opportunity to learn how to use the XO laptop. During the last year XO was distributed to children from ArahuayContinue Reading
Wikinews interviews Australian wheelchair basketball player Tina McKenzie
Friday, January 3, 2014 Preston, Victoria, Australia — On Saturday, Wikinews interviewed Tina McKenzie, a former member of the Australia women’s national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders. McKenzie, a silver and bronze Paralympic medalist in wheelchair basketball, retired from the game after the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.Continue Reading
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Submitted by: Hiedimierbl Zwiak In years gone by computer system hardware had always been a couple of steps ahead of the software applications being developed. It had become completely possible to get your hands on a new game and play it with your current 2-3 year old desktop utilizing topContinue Reading
Wikinews reports from 2008 Taiwan Open Source Developers’ Conference
Sunday, April 13, 2008 Developers involved in open source products across Taiwan gathered together at the 2008 Taiwan Open Source Development Conference on Saturday and Sunday to present a variety of research relevant to the open-source community. A variety of different issues were discussed at the conference, including 3D GraphicalContinue Reading
NASCAR: Carl Edwards wins 2011 Kobalt Tools 400
Thursday, March 10, 2011 Roush Fenway Racing driver Carl Edwards, who qualified third, won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2011 Kobalt Tools 400 held on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. This became his first Sprint Cup win of the season. Throughout the courseContinue Reading
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Ukrainian ship MV Faina with cargo of tanks freed by pirates
Thursday, February 5, 2009 Pirates in Somalia have released the MV Faina, a Ukrainian ship carrying a cargo of 33 T-72 tanks, along with 20 of its crew of 21, the Russian captain having been killed by hypertension during the hijack. A ransom of US$3.2 million was paid for theContinue Reading