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Samoa to change its time zone
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
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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
Microsoft CEO Steve [...]
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
Portuguese opinion is split over the [...]
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
US President Barack Obama stands behind his teleprompter
Almost anyone [...]
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
Computers have largely replaced [...]
Female players get football league in England
A new Super League is being launched for some of the top English ladies’ teams including Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool. England’s Football Association is hoping the league will attract more supporters to the sport.
Reporter: Maddy Savage
Women's football is growing in popularity
Women’s football – or soccer [...]
Jordan launches largest online antiquities catalogue
The newest and biggest online database of historic objects in the world has been launched in Jordan. The Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities, Mega, has information on all of Jordan’s 11,000 historic sites.
Reporter: Dale Gavlak
The temples at Petra, Jordan are a popular tourist attraction
Lying at [...]
India ‘telecoms scam’ goes to court
India’s former telecoms minister has appeared in court over allegations of an almost $40 billion fraud. He is charged with accepting bribes in return for selling mobile phone licences for much less than they were actually worth.
Reporter: Sanjoy Majumder
Andimuthu Raja was forced to resign from [...]
Japanese garbage island moves towards US
Following the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami disasters, a massive amount of rubbish has washed into the Pacific Ocean. The US Navy is watching the garbage with interest as it floats towards Hawaii and the west coast of the United States.
Reporter: Mark Lobel
The debris is [...]
Australia’s plan to ban cigarette logos
Australia has unveiled what it claims are the toughest anti-smoking measures in the world. They would completely ban logos and branding on packets of cigarettes. Packets would also be plain olive green; the colour that smokers apparently find least attractive.
Reporter: Nick Bryant
The Australian government wants [...]
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