SPINVOX ACTIVIST KICKS UP A RUMPUS August 17, 2009 THE rumpus surrounding controversial voice-to-text messaging firm SpinVox continues apace. After the firm recently admitted some of its messages are translated into text manually by workers outside the UK, some former customers are up in arms – and I read on a techie blog that one in particular is spearheading a drive to persuade people [...]
CITY EYE August 17, 2009 DON’T LOOK DOWN: a resident descends the concrete staircase in the Cromwell Tower on the Barbican Estate. The tower, which stands 123 ft high, was built in 1973 and named after the historical Republican figure Oliver Cromwell.
Flintoff made to work for England cause August 17, 2009 ANDREW FLINTOFF faces a potentially gruelling workload after being named in England’s one-day and Twenty20 squads. The all-rounder has battled through the Ashes series with a knee injury and will quit Test cricket at the end of the deciding match at The Oval this weekend to concentrate on the limited-overs game. And he’ll have plenty [...]
Now for 9.4 secs, says record monopolising sprint king Bolt August 17, 2009 SPRINT sensation Usain Bolt has set his sights on running the 100m in 9.4 seconds after shattering the world record yet again. The Jamaican obliterated the previous best time, which he set at last year’s Beijing Olympics, by the unprecedented margin of 0.11 seconds at the World Championships in Berlin on Sunday. And now the [...]
Alonso given reprieve as Renault ban is overturned August 17, 2009 RENAULT and former world champion Fernando Alonso will race at this week’s European Grand Prix after being handed a late reprieve yesterday. The team were hit with a one-race ban after a wheel came loose from Alonso’s car during the Hungarian Grand Prix last month. But governing body the FIA yesterday agreed to lift the [...]
Tiger was finally out-Tigered August 17, 2009 I SUPPOSE it had to happen some time didn’t it? Historically, when Tiger Woods is leading a Major after 54 holes there really is only one winner, but Korean YE Yang obviously hadn’t read the script. Tiger actually played as well on the final round of the US PGA on Sunday as any of the [...]
SPORT IN BRIEF August 17, 2009 Ex-Bath duo plan appealsRUGBY UNION: Former Bath players Michael Lipman and Alex Crockett are to appeal their nine-month bans handed out by the RFU.Co-captains Lipman and Crockett, along with team-mate Andrew Higgins, were suspended after they were found guilty of failing to submit to drugs tests as the club investigated allegations of misconduct on a [...]
Richards gets three-year ban for fake blood fiasco August 17, 2009 FORMER Harlequins boss Dean Richards was last night banned from coaching for three years for his part in the club’s faking of a blood injury during last season’s Heineken Cup. Winger Tom Williams, whose mouth wound during April’s quarter-final defeat to Leinster was found to have been fabricated, had his 12-month suspension reduced to four [...]
Wenger: Champions League days numbered August 17, 2009 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger expects money-hungry big clubs to abandon the Champions League in favour of an even more lucrative European super league within 10 years. The Frenchman’s team will be striving to secure their place in the competition’s group stage when they face Celtic in the first leg of a Champions League play-off in [...]
FSA TO PROBE KEY BARCAP BONUS DEALS August 17, 2009 &9632; FSA will demand to see the contracts of five traders&9632; JP Morgan and Barclays Capital in row over poached staff&9632; Think tank calls for Commission to report on high earners CITY watchdog the Financial Services Authority (FSA) last night said it will demand to see the contracts of five traders being hired by Barclays [...]
