Ian Winter

If you heard over to menti.net you can see information about how he's setup some code to push the popular BBC News feeds out to accounts on twitter. Nice!

Steve Irvin killed by a Sting Ray on the Great Barrier reef. RIP.

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | 'Crocodile Hunter' Irwin killed

Taken from BBC NEWS, Microsoft is to be debuing it's security package. 3 computers will be covered in the yearly fee of £26.50 but the question would you actually trust them to care about your PC? Seems like a handy way to grab more information about your machine and also slipstream in updates to Windows without exactly telling you what their doing... or am I being a classic M$ synic?

We shall see.

Taken from BBC News the announcement that America Online to rebrand as AOL, I suppose Time Warner have loads of money, why not do something daft!

I'm sure major corp's have their reasons, like Intel recently, but I'm still not sure on major re-brands when they're household names. I guess it does generate publicity and refresh the image, but still, is it worth it? I'm sure marketing folk (eek I said folk when I'm not American!) will argue otherwise.

Still won't make AOL a company I'd recommend, sorry!

Yes, you read that correctly. Use the force to navigate to the Fitness First site and become a fit young Jedi!

Whether this is true or not true (as the Whitehouse is trying to claim, naturally), you have to wonder about him, I mean more than before!

Full Story: BBC - Yahoo! News

This is of personal interest to me as I've had Insulin dependant diabetes since 1996. Hopefully this will progress and become available to all.

BBC NEWS | Health | Transplant cures man of diabetes

If you're got an Xbox, live in Europe and got it before October 2003 I suggest you go take a look at this BBC NEWS article. Good 'ol M$

I need say no more, read the article over on Ananova

Google has setup a page of links if you want to help with Tsunami Relief. More information can be found on the BBC news site.

The official site (english version) also provides information. It's running a bit slow, but that's not surprising.

Having known 2 sets of people caught up in this a colleague and a family member of a good friend, both home safely thankfully, it's a bit close to home! Thoughts go out to all who haven't been as lucky.