Thursday, September 13, 2007 VIPs at Press ConferenceImage: Rico Shen. On Tuesday, Microsoft launched BizTalk Server 2006 R2 with Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) technology in Taiwan. Microsoft Taiwan held a launch seminar with “Pulse the Operations with the Communication of Enterprises” topic and invited hardware and software companies to highlight the Continue Reading
Wikinews interviews 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor Candidate Wayne Tseng
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Thursday, October 22, 2020 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor candidate Wayne Tseng answered some questions about his campaign for the upcoming election from Wikinews. The Lord Mayor election Continue Reading
Category:Food
This is the category for food. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 14 April 2017: Google blocks home device from responding to Burger King commercial 1 January 2017: William Salice, creator of Kinder Surprise eggs, dies at 83 3 December 2016: Chinese chef Peng Chang-kuei’s death announced 5 Continue Reading
Dutch financial institution ING takes impairment charge
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Dutch financial institution ING Group reported today in its quarterly results an impairment charge of €194 million euros (approximately US$285.6 million). However, as a result of selling an equity stake in rival ABN AMRO, the net profit of €2.48 billion, was 18% higher than last year. Continue Reading
Doctor robbed, car-jacked and locked in boot while car set alight
Monday, March 19, 2007 A 34 year old obstetrician from Forestville on Sydney’s Northern Beaches has escaped after he was robbed, car-jacked and locked in the boot (trunk) of his BMW, which was set alight. Police say the doctor was locked in the boot while his car was set alight, Continue Reading
US, UK embassies in Yemen close due to al-Qaeda threat
Monday, January 4, 2010 The United States and the United Kingdom closed their embassies in Yemen Sunday, pointing to ongoing terrorist threats. The closures came after the two nations pledged to boost counter-terrorism support to the Yemeni government. The American embassy’s website said the threats come from al-Qaeda in the Continue Reading
Version 0.44 of SVG image software Inkscape released
Saturday, June 24, 2006 Screenshot of Inkscape 0.44 After 6 months of development, the Inkscape project released today a new version of their SVG-based GPLed vector drawing program. It features improved performance and many new features, such as a Layers dialog, better PDF export, configurable keyboard shortcuts and support for Continue Reading
Conductor Jeffrey Tate dies aged 74
Monday, June 5, 2017 Conductor Sir Jeffrey Tate died on Friday. He was born on April 28, 1943 in Salisbury, England with spina bfida and kyphosis. Jeffrey Tate in 2010Image: Symphoniker Hamburg. Tate moved with his family to Farnham, Surrey and attended school there. Despite his disabilities, he achieved a Continue Reading
Wikinews Shorts: January 10, 2010
A compilation of brief news reports for Sunday, January 10, 2010. Contents 1 Croatian president pardons convicted war criminal 2 Saudi Arabian court commutes Canadian’s death sentence 3 Thousands attend murdered Ottawa police officer’s funeral 4 Gunman opens fire at ABB Factory in St Louis, Missouri 5 Sarkozy wins fraud case; Continue Reading
BBC Television Centre placed up for sale
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 The BBC Television Centre in 2007 The BBC Television Centre has been placed up for sale by the corporation. Plans to sell the centre originally came forward in 2007 but the BBC only appointed Lambert Smith Hampton, a commercial property consultant, in November of last year. Continue Reading