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Review: Google's first phone smart, but needs work AP
AP - Given Google Inc.'s reputation as a trend setter on the Web, I expected great things from its first mobile phone Â— especially since it is emerging more than a year after Apple Inc...
2008-10-15 23:05:08
'Give us a reason for the sack'
One phone call changed our lives. That's what sacked employees of Jet airways claimed on Wednesday, when most of them received termination letters from the company. ...
2008-10-15 17:00:00
Mobile phone service for expat labour force
A new mobile phone service especially targeting primarily the large expatriate labour force of Indians and other Asians in the UAE has been launched. ...
2008-10-15 14:59:22
Neglected horses recovering at Huntington farm
Wayne Dougal's cell phone rings. The riff from "Bad to the Bone" fills the barn. It's another call about the " Central Islip Five," the neglected horses seized from a stabl...
2008-10-15 14:37:53
Ickey Shuffle creator not a fan of self-promoting celebrations
Long before the days of Chad Johnson and Terrell Owens celebrating touchdowns with Sharpies, cell phones and showing off their back side, there was the Ickey Shuffle. ...
2008-10-15 14:38:57
Raj Thackeray threatens Jet Airways, wants sacked staff reinstated Second Lead
ECO8Economy/Politics/Aviation/NationalRaj Thackeray threatens Jet Airways, wants sacked staff reinstated Second LeadMumbai, Oct 15 IANS Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS chief Raj Thackeray will ground Jet Airways if it does not reinstate the near-800 employees it laid off Tuesday night, the party said here Wednesday.The decision was taken after about 200 Jet employees met Thackeray Wednesday morning seeking his intervention in the matter, a party spokesman told IANS.Thackeray's representatives will meet the Jet Airways management Thursday to discuss the issue.The spokesman said if the airline did not absorb the retrenched employees, Thackeray would not allow Jet to operate in Mumbai or the rest of Maharashtra.The employees, who had been camping outside Thackeray's Shivaji Park residence since early Wednesday morning, alleged that the airline terminated their services without serving termination letters or compensation. A majority of the employees, who have come for employment from out of Mumbai, said that they had availed of huge loans from family members or friends to complete their aviation industry study and training courses, which they will not be able to repay. Many of them, seen weeping outside Thackeray’s residence at Shivaji Park, said they were the only breadwinners and that their families would now be reduced to starvation.A majority of these employees have been in the service of the company for less than six months, with a few receiving their termination letters Wednesday morning that were couriered Tuesday evening."What the hell do they think of themselves No prior warning, no notice!" screamed a member of the airline's airport staff, who alleged her services were terminated with just a short message SMS on mobile phone.Another, who was still wearing the airline's bright yellow uniform, said reports that they were given a month's notice were without basis and that no one from the management had bothered to talk to them.The decision on retrenchment resulted after Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines announced a code-sharing and operational alliance late Tuesday in a bid to cut costs and remain in the black with shared ground handling, flight crew and training of crew.Speaking to reporters in Hyderabad at the ongoing air show, Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal denied that his airline had laid off permanent employees or was going to do that."The people laid off were probationary employees and there will be no retrenchment of permanent employees," he said, adding: "Our employees are our family and we will take care of all of them."The airline also issued a statement saying the airline had been watching the situation for some time in the hope that it may turn around, but had reached a stage at which some hard decisions are inevitable."As a consequence, personnel hired for the expansion, probationers and unconfirmed personnel - who have been recently hired - will have to be released," the airline said."As a first step, around 800 flight attendants, recently recruited for the planned expansion programme, which has now been suspended, have been released. We are in the process of releasing personnel in other categories also."The airline said the $6 billion Indian aviation industry was expected to lose $2 billion in 2008-09, with operations affected by high fuel prices, downturn in traffic and the global financial crisis.Jet and Kingfisher, along with their acquired airlines, have a combined strength of 19,000 employees, a fleet of 189 aircraft serving 1,009 daily flights, of which 82 are on international routes.According to industry sources, this was the third time in recent months that Jet had cut its workforce. Some 1,200 employees were given the pink slip after the carrier acquired Air Sahara last year followed by a separation pact with another 700 a couple of months ago.Kingfisher, too, had initiated similar moves, albeit at a much truncated level.--Indo-Asian News Serviceqn/ank/jg670 Words*15101701
2008-10-15 08:01:05
FCC overhaul eyes broadband but could raise bills AP
AP - The head of the Federal Communications Commission wants a massive overhaul of the fees that phone companies pay each other when they connect calls. Supporters say the reforms will help fund impro...
2008-10-15 06:42:07
German consulate asks Goa to protect rape victim, mother
NAT24National/CrimeGerman consulate asks Goa to protect rape victim, motherPanaji, Oct 15 IANS The German consulate has asked the Goa government to ensure protection to German researcher Fadela Fuchs and her 14-year-old daughter, who was allegedly raped by state Education Minister Atanasio Monseratte's son Rohit.Alarmed by an attack on Fuchs' counsel Aires Rodrigues Monday night, the Mumbai consulate has expressed concern and asked the state government to pursue the charges made by Fuchs."I would be grateful if you could ensure that the criminal investigation is pursued vigorously and that the safety of Fuchs and her daughter is not compromised," German Consul General in Mumbai Walter Stechel said in a letter to chief secretary J.P. Singh Tuesday. Fuchs, whose criminal complaint was registered Tuesday after a 12-day delay, had claimed that 21-year-old Rohit had caused mental and physical agony to her daughter by raping her and sending lewd SMSes. Fuchs had claimed that the police "preferred her not to pursue the complaint". On Monday night, Rodrigues was attacked by a group of masked men while having dinner with a social activist at a city restaurant. He lost two fingers in the assault, which he alleged was planned by Monseratte."I have received calls from Monseratte's friends and others in high positions who warned me against pursuing the case. Monseratte also sent a some people to Fadela's house to try and ensure that the case is dropped," Rodrigues had told reporters.On Tuesday, Rohit was booked under Sections 354, 376, 293 of the Indian Penal Code IPC. However, he has still not been arrested. The minister has been accused of abetting the crime since the mobile phone from which Rohit sent the messages belonged to him. Official sources said Home Minister Ravi Naik has since Tuesday summoned the police top brass twice to his official residence for updates on the investigation involving his cabinet colleague's son. Police sources claimed that the victim has not been cooperating with officials probing the case."She has not given us a statement yet. She is also not willing to undergo a medical examination," a police official said. Rodrigues said that considering the sensitive nature of the case, he had asked the Goa police to use lady officers to record the victim's statement."It's a sensitive issue. Both the mother and the daughter are in a state of trauma," he said.Sources said the investigators are likely to rope in a child psychiatrist in order to convince the victim to depose in the case. --Indo-Asian News Servicemaya/sh/jg459 Words15101550
2008-10-15 06:04:08
Goat theft leads to twin murders in Bengal
NAT21National/Society/CrimeGoat theft leads to twin murders in BengalKolkata, Oct 15 IANS An attempt to steal a goat took a fatal turn when a man paid with his life for trying to stop its theft in a West Bengal village Wednesday. One of the thieves was lynched.Babulal Bhandari, 65, a security guard in the Kumropara area of Raidighi village at South 24 Parganas district, saw three men trying to steal his goats in the wee hours of Wednesday, police told IANS on phone. "When Bhandari shouted at them and tried to chase them away, the thieves hit him on the head with a torch. He died on the spot. Some residents immediately reached the spot and caught hold of one of the thieves," said a police officer at Raidighi police station."The thief, Hari Mondal, was then tied to a tree and lynched before police could reach the spot. His body bore marks of sharp weapons along wit signs of a heavy beating," the official said.Police said they had arrested one of Mondol's accomplices."We have arrested Sadananda Purakai, another of the three thieves, Wednesday noon. The search is on for the third thief as well as the people who took law into their own hands and killed Mondal," the police officer added.A similar incident took place at Beldanga village of Murshidabad district Tuesday evening when people lynched a youth on the suspicion of being a thief.-Indo-Asian News Servicebs/pg/tb256 Words15101442
2008-10-15 05:04:11
Firm meets residents over mast
Residents unhappy about a mobile phone mast erected near their homes meet Vodafone representatives....
2008-10-15 04:08:15

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