funeral in news
10,000 mobiles per month left in London cabs
News Other belongings left in cabs include a sawn off shotgun, false teeth, 12 dead pheasants, a variety of pets, toilet seats, funeral ashes, £2,700 in cash and even a couple of kids. Londoners are leaving 10,000 mobile... [17 Sep 2008]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 01.02.08
Round-Up Podcast Funeral '2.0', email-free 'stress down' Friday, wearing slippers to work and a Rubik's cube-solving robot are all featured on the silicon.com Weekly Round-Up podcast this week. Andy McCue hosts and is joined in the... [01 Feb 2008]
Pope's funeral broadcast online
News Today's funeral for Pope John Paul II will be available across a broad range of media, including online venues. XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio said this week they will be carrying live reports and special... [08 Apr 2005]
Disputed witnesses to take the stand in Oracle case
News He issued Friday's decision via teleconference - federal courts were closed in observation of Ronald Reagan's funeral. The federal judge hearing the Department of Justice v. Oracle antitrust case rejected motions from... [14 Jun 2004]
Anti-patent groups act up in Brussels
News For the benefit of onlookers and the national news media, the protestors carried out a mock funeral before tombstones reading, "maybe you'll be next! Several hundred demonstrators assembled in front of the European... [28 Aug 2003]
Working Title buys boo.com film rights
News Working Title, which produced a string of hits such as Bridget Jones's Diary and Four Weddings and a Funeral, has bought the rights to the story of the rise and spectacular fall of internet retailer boo.com.boo.com, set... [20 Dec 2001]
Music drives call centre customers to distraction
News For example it claims a hospital casualty unit was playing the funeral march by Chopin, a mail order firm playing hanging on the telephone by Blondie, and a clothing firm played Fat-bottomed girls by Queen. [02 May 2001]
German bank merger threatens future of IT departments
News The traders have been singing Beethoven's funeral march all day. Only one IT department will survive the planned merger of German banks, Deutsche and Dresdner, Silicon.com has learnt. The banks have a strong overlap in... [09 Mar 2000]