beer falls off truck and forms lake
A truck carrying 12 tonnes of beer has lost its load at a busy intersection in the German city of Kassel. About 800 litres of beer flew off the truck and formed a frozen lake due to the -4 degrees…
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Using Solar Power To Save Money and Help The Environment
One wonders whether recent moves to increase energy prices in Australia will spur people to look for alternatives in order to cut their electricity costs. Solar energy, and wind power are the most readily available forms of alternative energy, and…
Ebay Set To Challenge Commission Ruling
In a statement issued on Friday June 13, online auction site eBay says it will challenge the Australian competition watchdog’s ruling to block a plan to force its users onto a PayPal-only payments system. “There will be a period of…
Ebay Fails To Force Users To Use PayPal
ONLINE auction site eBay has failed in its bid to force Australian customers to use PayPal to pay for items on the auction website. The move by Ebay would have meant that users would have had just two payment alternatives:…
Back To The Future With Firefox And Google
After all the battles that Google had in forcing Microsoft to allow freedom of choice when it came to search providers, it would make sense that they would uphold the same standards, right? According to Search Engine Land, Google is…
Microsoft’s Yahoo Takeover Bid Scrapped
Microsoft announced today that it was scrapping its takeover bid for Internet pioneer, Yahoo. The announcement was made today with the publication of a letter to the Yahoo board by Microsoft CEO Stephen Ballmer. “We continue to believe that our…