$A gets a boost from German growth data

The Australian dollar rose back slightly above parity with the US dollar after a boost in late afternoon trade on official data showing Germany avoided a recession. At 1700 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at 100.02 US cents, slightly down from 100.08 cents yesterday.  Since 0700 AEST, the local unit traded between 99.45 US cents and 100.08 cents.  For most of Tuesday, the Australian dollar traded in a range below 100 US cents after falling below parity yesterday for ...

Rainbow Moon gets Detailed Even More, New Screenshots, Trailer in Tow

By News Staff | Monday, May 7th, 2012 at 8:17:GMT+5 It’s high time we heard a bit more about the Rainbow Moon RPG which went official back in November 2012. A post on the PlayStation US blog has brought forth additional in-depth details on the game’s battle system. Besides exploration and character development being the primary objectives, the game concentrates a lot on battles as well.

Detect and Remove Inactive Google+ Users

When it comes to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus, you will find that friends on those networks fluctuate over time. While you will keep in regular contact with a core number of friends, there are others that may stop using the service completely after some time. Some see inactive users on social networking sites as dead weight that they need to get rid of. For others, it is not a huge issue at all. While inactive ...

Halle Berry lifts the lid on her ‘addictive’ relationship

The newspaper’s tv critic Grace Dent was sent a Tweet by a young public relations man named Mufadal Jiwaji while she was making her peculiarly unfunny appearance on Have I Got News For You? He joshed on the social networking website: “@gracedent reminds me of a girlfriend I once had. By girlfriend I mean that time I accidentally made love to an ugly abhorrent horse.” He was quick to apologise for his “vulgar and puerile” comment, but that wasn’t good ...

BreakTaker Encourages You To Take PC Breaks

I often forget to take PC breaks, especially when I’m concentrated on a specific task on the computer. That’s a problem as it can lead to all kinds of work place injuries, from fatigue and headaches, to eye strain or other stress related injuries. One huge issue here is that many PC workers do not notice those issues when they are concentrated on work, and that these issues come to light after work. BreakTaker is a lightweight application for the ...

CBT: Baylor women complete historic 40-0 season

For the first time in history, a college basketball team has gone 40-0. The Baylor Bears, led by their star Brittney Griner, beat Notre Dame 80-61 to win the women’s National Championship. Baylor had led by six at halftime. Notre Dame was able to cut the lead to three with 15:09 left in the 2nd half, but then the wheels came off. They were outscored by 16 the rest of the way. Notre Dame had stayed in the game for ...

B.C. anesthesiologists barred from taking job action

The B.C. Supreme Court has allowed an injunction to the province’s health authorities preventing anesthesiologists from carrying out their threat to partially withdraw their services next week. A full hearing on the injunction has been scheduled for April 18, to grant lawyers representing the anesthesiologists time to prepare their case. The health authorities had filed the application for an injunction Thursday. The authorities have also filed a civil claim that could be used against any physician found in breach of ...

$A up on Bernanke comments

The Australian dollar has risen nearly one cent and pushed past 105 US cents for the first time in six days following indications from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that the US would keep interest rates low. At 0700 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at 105.38 US cents, up from 104.48 cents yesterday. HiFX trading director Mike Hollows stated the rally came after Mr Bernanke stated the US jobs market, despite three months of steady employment growth, remained weak ...

Gmail Reports Why Mails Have Been Rated As Spam

Like many other email providers, Gmail is using anti-spam technologies to filter out spam messages automatically. These spam messages are then moved into the spam folder, and not into the mail inbox. That’s beneficial to the user, as it reduces the time it takes to go through all incoming emails. Gmail’s automated spam filter is relatively thorough when it comes to identifying spam messages. It can happen nevertheless that legit mail is identified as spam. That’s why many users look ...

Barbour: Contested Convention "Not Necessarily Bad"

While he will not weigh in on who he thinks should get the GOP nomination, former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour stated stated on the “This Week” roundtable that it is growing more and more likely that it will be months before his party coalesces around a nominee and that there will likely be a contested Republican convention. “We have had twice — three times really — Governor Romney looked like he was poised to start coalescing, and each time he lost the ...