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Twenty-three of Scotland’s 32 local authorities have said they cannot afford to provide free school meals for five to seven-year-olds within existing budgets.
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Recession? Don't tell big league GMs. The nine-figure contracts teams will dole out to free agents Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira and CC Sabathia will open a lot of eyes, Scott Miller says.
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Recession? Don't tell big league GMs. The nine-figure contracts teams will dole out to free agents Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira and CC Sabathia will open a lot of eyes, Scott Miller says.
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One of the world's leading street artists, Adam Neate, is giving away 1,000 pieces of his art, estimated to cost almost $2 million. Neate and his helpers left the art on London's streets.
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Students at two Rowland Unified schools received free laptops this week, and the excitement was palpable. Fifth-graders at Oswalt Academy try out the new computers. Pebbles Tsai takes pictures with a photo program, with help from teacher Lisa Rodriguez, right....
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Africa urgently needs to clear the customs red-tape, corruption, transport monopolies and the like that keep the continent disconnected and destitute.
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Every book needs an ending - even ones that are given away, says Alex Clark
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When Alesha Dixon won last year's Strictly Come Dancing, it marked a new beginning in her musical career. Bernadette McNulty meets her.
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San Diego Padres catcher Michael Barrett appears ready to change teams for the fourth time in his major league career after electing to become a free agent on Friday.
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Report from commission engineers boosts plan to open "white space" for free wireless Internet by dismissing concerns it would interfere with existing providers' signals.
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Former Archer of Loaf Eric Bachmann has forged a quiet path since the demise of his much-loved indie band. But don't take that solemn calm--spread over three lush records and a few EPs--as a sign of anything but strong reserve. With Bachmann's latest under the Crooked Fingers moniker, ... Originally posted at Crossfade
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Muhal Richard Abrams, Amina Claudine Myers and the Wet Ink Ensemble performed at the Kitchen on Thursday to honor the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.
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Turning the protester stereotype on its head, well-scrubbed, button-down conservative activists turned out at the Capitol on Friday to protest big government and the $700 billion package it produced to rescue the nation's financial sector.
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Just when you thought the Spice Girls ruined U.K. rap, along comes Mike Skinner, a pub-crawling everyman spilling judgments about daily life, girls, and money. The smart-assed rhymespitter's latest highlights his ego and attachment to celebrity. Download free MP3 now! Originally posted at Crossfade
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The drinks industry condemns draft government proposals which could ban bars from giving free alcohol to women.
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Back in May, the FCC was to vote on rules for a national free wireless spectrum along the lines of a proposal by M2Z Networks. But rather than handing over 25MHz of spectrum to the Kleiner Perkins-based company, the FCC decided to auction the spectrum off to a company that would dedicate some of the spectrum to free wireless. The winner must reach half the US population in four years and 95% by 2018. On Friday, the agency released a technical report which said that providing wireless over the 2155-2180MHz spectrum would not interfere with T-Mobile existing 3G network. News.com reports that T-Mobile claims the new service would interfere with abutting spectrum it bought last year for $4 billion for...
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Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB wants to upgrade from XP, what Linux variants would you recommend?" The first to answer that call among our group was Kenneth Hess, over at DaniWeb, who put together his own "Top 10" list. While it's admirable that Ken did the work, I think his list is flawed because he's mixing both End-User and Enterprise, and his personal biases are evident. In this first of two parts, I'm going to discuss the major flavors of Linux...
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LiveProject allows you to view your project's .mpp file on any computer without the need or cost of multiple Microsoft Project licenses. Our project viewer can be downloaded for free immediately, with no expiration, enabling you to view your project now. No longer must you endure the frustration and hassle of converting .mpp files to other visible formats, like Excel or HTML. With LiveProject, you can enjoy the view of your own project, print it, share it with others, or easily open client project files that have been sent to you. Using LiveProject can improve communication for you, your clients and your team by keeping everyone more informed, organized and on schedule. Version 3.0 includes open MPX project files and bug fixes. Note: The Download Now link will download a small installer file. Remain online and double-click the installer to proceed with the actual download. You'll have to register on the publisher site to be able to try this program.
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To claim your free lunch, take the voucher found in The Independent print edition everyday this week into any Upper Crust UK railway station and participating airports.
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The German Bundeswehr has been deployed in Afghanistan since December 2001. The government in Berlin now reports the military mission has cost taxpayers close to 3 billion, far eclipsing the 830 million in development aid provided to Kabul.
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Over the past century, the U.S. government has nationalized railways, coal mines and steel mills and has even taken a controlling interest in banks.
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Regulators are moving toward auctioning a block of spectrum for use by companies that want to offer free wireless data service. This may be good for consumers, but is it fair?
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Angolan singer, Maya Cool, winner of the 2008 edition of the "Top dos Mais Queridos" top-ten Music Contest, announced in Luanda that he intends to offer a free show at Terra Nova ward, Rangel district, in partnership with the local
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10/13/08 - Set your desktop virtually on fire.
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Intuit drops the subscription fee for its Web-based financial software and is readying an iPhone version.
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The good news is that the freelance American journalists who went missing in Lebanon earlier this month have been found ... in a Syrian jail.
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Unionized workers at Manitoba's largest newspaper set up a picket line outside the Winnipeg Free Press offices Monday while talks continued to try to reach a labour deal.
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Owners need the land for a new home and don't want to destroy historic building.
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Clinton staffer hit on free trade
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BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali security forces freed a Panamanian ship from pirates on Tuesday, officials said, two days after they killed one of the hijackers in a gun battle.
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Some system integrators seem to think open source offers them a free lunch.
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Management and unionized workers at the Winnipeg Free Press are working on competing websites to disseminate the latest Manitoba news, a day after workers at the province's largest daily paper walked off the job.
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President Bush finally manages to do something right—entirely by mistake.
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George Bush today confirmed a $250 billion plan by the US government to buy shares directly in the nation's leading banks.
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