London Transport has promoted the Oyster Card on the Tube and Buses, but not with the agreement of all the train companies serving London (about 15). Hence customers get a hard time from some of the train companies and have to buy tickets even when they have credit on their Oyster Card. Because of the […]
Paranoid Jerk
Fabian inched his size 10 shoes closer to the curb. The black shoes, purchased at K-Mart, were scuffed and dirty. Fabian noticed this and thought to himself that he would shine them when he got back to his apartment. Whether out of spite or forgetfulness, he had still not opened the Kiwi Shoe […]
The Talk In London – A New Yorker’s Report from the Field
“Are you replete?” my British wife wanted to know, her curiosity laced with earnest spousal solicitude. I froze, locked in a semi quaver’s worth of vamp-till-ready until context rolled in and I could brave my reply – a confident, if ever-so-slightly-belated, yes. This was dinner time, and my connubial blissmate had merely wondered, after all, […]
7 Turks arrested in environmental protest
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Seven environmental activists were arrested in Istanbul on Thursday after protesting the construction of new dams in Turkey that will submerge a national park and displace thousands of Kurds. They chained themselves to a tree in front of the Tunceli Association headquarters – a group involved in the infamous Ilisu Dam project […]
Universities Save Time and Money With Open-Xchange
Stability, Availability and Reduced Costs Drive Widespread Academic Adoption of Open-Xchange TARRYTOWN, NY, December 12, 2006 – Open-Xchange Inc., the leading provider of open source collaboration software, today announced that it has secured additional customer wins in the higher education market space. The Polytechnic of Namibia and the University Hospital of Cologne are using […]
Open-Xchange Announces Partnership with MySQL AB
Leading Linux-based Collaboration Server to Extend Database Support TARRYTOWN, NY, December 7, 2006 – Open-Xchange Inc., the leading provider of open source collaboration software, announced today that it has signed a partnership and support agreement with MySQL AB, the developer of the world’s most popular open source database. This partnership enables Open-Xchange to embed […]