In a bid to attract the affluent young business traveller, the Naumi in Singapore is not only totally wired (standard practice these days) but you get a personal Aide who is on call 24/7. The aide will do pretty much whatever...
Read MoreJapan announced last week that it would start fingerprinting and photographing all foreigners who enter the country. Modelled on the conversial US-Visit system launched by the United States post September 11, will require all...
Read MoreNew Zealand scientists have discovered a bacterium which eats methane. It was discovered about 30cm below ground level in Hells Gate, Rotorua. The discovery originally came about because a Microbiologist (Dr Scott) was curious...
Read MoreKudos to Roy Morgan Research it appears for being the pollster who picked the swing to the ALP most closely. Their election eve poll showed a 6.2% two party preferred swing to the ALP and the results as of Sunday morning have it...
Read MoreHilton Hotels Corporation anticipates doubling its portfolio in Middle East & Africa over the next five years in line with the company’s strategic focus on development and growth. Currently with 43 properties and 15...
Read MorePayPal brings m-commerce to Australia – PayPal brings m-commerce to Australia Sunday, 25 November 2007 PayPal is set to open Australian mobile commerce m-commerce with the launch of the PayPal Mobile Checkout. The service...
Read MoreWith MP3 players becoming a “must have” for anyone and everyone, and thumb drives becoming more common than the old floppy disk, its perhaps not surprising that Swarovski have joined forces with Philips to create the...
Read MoreAustralia finally has a 4th airline (or a 3rd if you recognise Jetstar as simply a budget offshoot of Qantas). With just 24hrs till its maiden flight, Tiger Airlines managed to get its air operators certificate. So all the...
Read MoreA luxury boutique hotel in Boston (Nine Zero) have introduced iris scanning for access to their penthouse to replace a keycard. The iris scanners are already in place for the hotel’s employees and vendors and they are...
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