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Deletion software tribute to ex-chancellor Kohl
News In one of Germany's most high profile investigations it was discovered that files concerning the privatisation of East Germany as well as arms sales to Saudi Arabia were destroyed days after Kohl was removed from office in 1998.
[June 29, 2000, 16:09]
Dell names new CFO
News Sabic is a unit of Saudi Basic Industries. As it continues to work on a turnaround, Dell on Monday announced that it has named a former General Electric executive to serve as its new chief financial officer.
[May 19, 2008, 16:43]
Teledesic backs away from satellite push
News Teledesic's network, funded in part by Bill Gates, a Saudi prince and Boeing, was to have provided global Internet access and other digital services at speeds of up to 720mbps. After twelve years and "hundreds of millions" of development dollars...
[October 3, 2002, 10:27]
Australia censors the Net
News The passing of the legislation puts Australia in the same league as countries like Saudi Arabia and Singapore that also have censorship laws for the Internet. Remember the CDA in America? The censorship law found to be unconstitutional and...
[July 2, 1999, 9:16]
Security bosses want encryption bans overturned
News Countries such as China, Russia, Israel and Saudi Arabia, have stipulated strict rules governing the use of encryption tools, and in some cases banned the practice. An international security consortium is set to lobby governments around the world...
[April 27, 2005, 16:35]
Global Advisor
Downloads The new Global Advisor covers cultural etiquette for the following 61 countries: Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany...
[January 8, 2006, 7:00]
Another Microsoft Web site hacked
News Just last Friday, the same group, which claims to be based in Brazil, vandalised three international Microsoft Web sites, Microsoft UK, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. This time the software giant's US Web site may have become the victim of computer crackers
[May 8, 2001, 9:55]
Apple and Intel increase their Imagination stakes
Blog In both Apple and Intel's cases, many of the acquired shares are believed to have come from Imagination's major backer, the currently debt-ridden Saudi investment firm Saad. Apple has almost tripled its stake in the Hertfordshire-based company...
[June 29, 2009, 16:34]
Making a better day from the Dark Knight's lesson in IP
Blog DVD sales alone will probably let Warner Brothers buy Saudi Arabia and give a barrel of oil away with every disc. Although there are some areas of geekhood where I test very positive indeed - perhaps obvious to anyone who saw me lugging a £10 eBay...
[July 22, 2008, 8:00]
Three undersea cables damaged five times
Blog Mahesh Jaishanker, an executive director for UAE telecoms provider du, told the Khaleej Times: "The submarine cable cuts in FLAG Europe-Asia cable 8.3km away from Alexandria, Egypt and SeaMeWe-4 affected at least 60 million users in India, 12...
[February 6, 2008, 11:41]
Anthems Around the World
Downloads Countries included:Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cameron, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji,France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway...
[December 18, 2009, 23:40]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It always worries me that a debate which was settled over a hundred years ago is still going on, and that half the proponents would -- if given the chance -- follow the lead of fundamentalist regimes like Saudi Arabia where Pokemon has just been...
[May 17, 2001, 19:04]
Africa Elevation Maps: Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Cameroon, ...
Downloads In alphabetical order they are: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Benin, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote D'ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cyprus...
[November 27, 2006, 7:00]
MI5 turns to the Web in hunt for terrorists
News The appeal message has been posted on a Saudi opposition site www.islah.org and a Chechen pro-jihad site www.qoqaz.com. The British intelligence service has launched an Internet investigation to appeal for information about potential terrorist...
[October 26, 2001, 13:28]
When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.....
Blog Comment He's in Saudi Arabia right now working on some of our equipment on a rig so I'll try to weasel a little more info out of him when he gets back. He only lives 5 miles from Bush airport so he would have had time to do it.
[September 26, 2008, 4:37]
Divorce by text message 'unacceptable'
News Abdel-Salam Darwish, a family advisor in the Family Reconciliation section of the Dubai courts told the paper that his department had made inquiries with scholars from the Dubai Awqaf and Islamic Affairs department, Arabic and Islamic Studies...
[August 8, 2001, 10:45]
ICANN drops plan to approve .XXX
Talkback After all if an Islamic woman in Saudi Arabia shows much more than her eyes she's accused of being immoral, should all images of women therefore fall under .XXX unless they wear the chadori or hijab? Overall I approve of the idea, however there...
[December 3, 2005, 13:10]
Oiling the wheels of education
News Indian and Pakistani emigrants drive cabs, run hotels and perform most of the working-class jobs in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia. Even by oil-cartel standards, Qatar's wealth is extraordinary.
[January 23, 2006, 12:20]
Longhorn no window of opportunity for Itanium
Leader The day Windows will be ported to Power or any other RISC architecture will be when Bill Gates releases it under the GPL, the day after Zen Buddhism becomes the state religion of Saudi Arabia. It's rare that Microsoft is troubled by a lack of self...
[April 11, 2005, 12:40]
PDA security with Windows CE
Talkback RJ99 in Saudi Arabia Till last night I was believing Windows CE machines can't get viruses. I was happily surfing - began at CEO Express.com then accessed a couple of newspapers, The Times, The Independant .suddenly a pop up screen appears along...
[March 7, 2004, 10:19]
