The end of handwriting
How often do you actually sit down and write something? According to recent research it is not very often, a decade ago, we would have been send letters, cards and writing down notes to remind us of what to buy at the shops, but with the increased use of the internet and computers, is handwriting [...]
February 24, 2009Fighting climate change with fish and chips
The rise of the small fuel producer is reaching the point where there is in virtually all areas someone producing their own bio diesel from used cooking oil.
The problem is that as this becomes more popular is there any chance that we could be seeing a fuel war between rival producers, in the same way [...]
Murdering cats to be tagged
They may sit on the sofa and look as if butter would not melt in their mouths, but it turns out that the average family pet cat is a ruthless assassin with an average of five kills per year to chalk up.
It is estimated that the total kill for the country’s cats runs into millions [...]
Sega cutting back to save cash
The games maker Sega are feeling the global credit crisis so hard that they have had to revise almost everything that makes the company what it is, one of the most popular games companies in the world.
But in a market like this, the industry is struggling Sega had lost around £200 million last year, and [...]
Young actors still living in slums
It looks as if the film Slumdog Millionaire is becoming a victim of its own success, as it turns out the young acting stars Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail are not only still living in the slums where they found, but in fact are worse off than before.
The film had more than £8 million for [...]
UK hit by heavy snow
One day everything was all right, people could travel around freely and everywhere was open.
Then suddenly, almost literally overnight, everything changed and the UK was covered in heavy snow, which caused chaos. Almost all transport services began to grind to a halt, trains, road and even airports suffered under the weight of snow.
It is said [...]