The Pacific island of Samoa is planning to move forward to a different time zone to help boost business. Samoa is currently 21 hours behind Australia, which is one of its biggest trading partners. The change in time zone is due to happen later in 2011. Reporter: Mike Wooldridge When Samoa put itself on the [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Microsoft is buying Skype
Microsoft has confirmed it will buy the internet phone service Skype. The $8.5 billion deal will connect Microsoft with the 663 million people around the world who use Skype. It is the most money Microsoft has spent to buy another company. Reporter: Rory Cellan-Jones One is the giant business, whose software powers more than 90% [...]
Portugal reaches financial aid deal
Portugal’s caretaker prime minister Jose Socrates says he has reached agreement on a financial aid deal with the EU and the International Monetary Fund. The plan includes cuts in government spending as well as selling off state-owned assets. Reporter: Alison Roberts In a statement with distinctly political overtones, no doubt with next month’s general election [...]
Inventor of show business machine dies
Engineer Hubert Schlafly Jr, inventor of a machine that changed show business forever, has died aged 91. The teleprompter or autocue, used by actors, newsreaders and politicians worldwide, helps them remember what to say. Reporter: Maddy Savage Almost anyone who’s given a speech, led a meeting or acted on stage will recognise that sick feeling [...]
Goodbye to typewriters
The typewriter, rather than the computer, was responsible for creating the modern office. But now, the only company in the world that still makes and sells them says there are just 500 left, and no more are to be made. Reporter: Mark Gregory India is well known for its legions of computer programmers, but the [...]
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