Why do firms change their names only to confuse people, asks Clive James.A lightning
strike killed a Chinese paraglider who was sucked into the same powerful thunderstorm
that a German woman miraculously survived, it has been revealed.He Zhongpin died
during the freak storm which hit fellow paraglider Ewa Wisnierska last Wednesday.Memory
problemsSanDisk is to axe 250 staff - 10 per cent of the payroll - to combat plunging
memory stick prices.Federal prosecutors counted immigration violations, marriage
fraud and drug trafficking among anti-terror cases in the four years after 9/11 even
though no evidence linked them to terror activity, a Justice Department audit said
Tuesday.Re-record not fade away...Traxdata has launched its first Blu-ray re-writable
disc. The single-layer disc can store up to 25GB and plays up to 1920 x 1080 HD formats
at 40Mbit/sec. It incorporates a hard-coating technology the company claims offers
a "stronger resistance to scratches and fingerprints".A 13-year-old boy has been
cleared of the manslaughter of his friend who died after he accidentally shot him
in the face with an air rifle.Jurors had been told the defendant pointed the gun at
12-year-old Mitchel Picken's face and asked: "Are you scared?"
strike killed a Chinese paraglider who was sucked into the same powerful thunderstorm
that a German woman miraculously survived, it has been revealed.He Zhongpin died
during the freak storm which hit fellow paraglider Ewa Wisnierska last Wednesday.Memory
problemsSanDisk is to axe 250 staff - 10 per cent of the payroll - to combat plunging
memory stick prices.Federal prosecutors counted immigration violations, marriage
fraud and drug trafficking among anti-terror cases in the four years after 9/11 even
though no evidence linked them to terror activity, a Justice Department audit said
Tuesday.Re-record not fade away...Traxdata has launched its first Blu-ray re-writable
disc. The single-layer disc can store up to 25GB and plays up to 1920 x 1080 HD formats
at 40Mbit/sec. It incorporates a hard-coating technology the company claims offers
a "stronger resistance to scratches and fingerprints".A 13-year-old boy has been
cleared of the manslaughter of his friend who died after he accidentally shot him
in the face with an air rifle.Jurors had been told the defendant pointed the gun at
12-year-old Mitchel Picken's face and asked: "Are you scared?"