Published on December 3, 2010 by Technology Slice
Australian Bid Gets One Vote – Australia’s disappointment in losing out to Qatar for the right to host the 2022 World Cup has turned to devastation with the revelation that the team from Down Under received just one vote from the FIFA executive committee and was the first nation eliminated. It emerged that after Australia [...]
Tags: 2022 World Cup, Aftermath, Australia, Australian Representatives, Bid, Chief Executive, Committee Members, Contingent, Devastation, Disappointment, Ffa, Fifa Executive Committee, First Nation, Japan, Journalists, Rank Outsider, Revelation, Sepp Blatter, South Korea, vote
Posted in Sport
Published on May 24, 2010 by Technology Slice
Foxtel Offers TV Through Microsoft XBOX – PAY TV operator Foxtel will partner with Microsoft to launch 30 of its channels via the Xbox 360 games console using the internet. There were no pricing details announced this morning but Foxtel chief Kim Williams told journalists it would be “magnificiently affordable” since there would be no [...]
Tags: afl, Capability, Foxtel, Installation Charges, Internet Company, James Packer, Journalists, Kim Williams, Microsoft Tv, Microsoft Xbox, Nrl, Pricing Details, telstra, Tv Operator, Xbox, xbox 360, Xbox 360 Games, Xbox Console, Xbox Games, Xbox Microsoft
Posted in Technology
Published on May 21, 2010 by Technology Slice
Iran May Cancel Uranium Swap Deal – Iran could cancel an accord with Turkey and Brazil to transfer some of its enriched uranium abroad if the U.N. Security Council approves a fresh round of sanctions against it, a member of parliament said on Thursday. A Russian official meanwhile confirmed that Iran is set to open [...]
Tags: Draft Resolution, Fears, Iran News, Islamic Republic, Journalists, Lawmaker, Leu, Mehr News Agency, Member Of Parliament, Mohammad Reza, Nuclear Reactor, Nuclear Weapons Power, Parliament, russia, Russian Official, Sanctions Against Iran, Security Council, Sergei Kiriyenko, Swap Deal, United Nations
Posted in Politics
Published on May 17, 2010 by Technology Slice
Freedom Of Press Act To Be Made Law – Obama is set to sign the Daniel Pearl Freedom of Press Act into law, after it was passed unanimously by the Senate last week. According to JTA.org, this law “mandates the State Department to identify countries in which there are violations of press freedom; determine whether [...]
Tags: al-qaida, Daniel Pearl, Extremist, Father Mother, Financial Networks, Freedom Of Press, Government Authorities, Governments, Islamics, Journalists, Judea, obama, Press Freedom, Prosecution, Recent History, Senate, Son Danny, State Department, Three Months, White House
Posted in Politics
Published on April 27, 2010 by Technology Slice
Police Raid Home of Jason Chen – Even after one eventful week of the “lost” iPhone 4G, Gizmodo/Apple saga is getting worse. Gizmodo has just posted that there was a Police raid on their editor Jason Chen’s house in California. This happened on Friday night when Police entered Jason Chen’s house with search warrant. Police [...]
Tags: Appleinsider, Audio Hardware, County Judge, Criminal Investigation, District Attorney, Felony, Gawker, Gizmodo, Hardware Product, iphone, Iphone 4g, Jason Chen, Journalists, police raid, San Mateo County, San Mateo Police, San Mateo Police Department, Search Warrant, Seizures, Unnamed John
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