Tag: Random
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New take on Indian global influence..
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Car giant Ford has sold its luxury UK-based car brands Jaguar and Land Rover to Indian company Tata.Tata, India’s biggest vehicle maker, is paying $2.3bn (£1.15bn) for the British brands after months of negotiations over price and supply relationships. BBC NEWS | Business | Tata buys Jaguar in £1.15bn deal Interesting developments, given the importance…
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Tania is growing up…
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Just a bit of family trivia! Tania is nearly two, and coming out of nappies. We only started last weekend, and she’s doing great! We were obviously a little pensive, over what can be a tricky phase, but so far, so good! The last couple of days at nursery she’s managed to stay dry, and…
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Yet more bad sports news!
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Yet more bad news! The 2009 America’s Cup in Valencia has been postponed because of a legal row.BMW Oracle Racing and champions Alinghi have been in a dispute over Desafio Espanol’s status as challenger in the prestigious yachting competition. BBC SPORT | Other Sport… | Sailing | America’s Cup postponed over row So, not only…
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What governments are capable of doing with our data
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if this is as safe as personal data gets in government hands, then we have just been handed the single most compelling argument against ID cards. Ever. Chris Linfoot | A tale of two realms… Read the full post, including the comments. A very clear take from Chris, on what is a shocking mess. Tags:…
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Spanish Lotus Users Group – Madrid 2007
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I’m looking forward to hearing from Josep Alemany how the first Spanish Lotus User Group meeting went yesterday, held in the IBM Fourm in Madrid. The agenda looked interesting, I hope the turnout was good, Josep put a lot of effort into getting this off the ground. In the end I was extremely disappointed I…