Archive for February, 2008

Armed robbers target OZ biker shindig

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Not the brightest idea

Two robbers who decided to target a Sydney club picked the wrong night for their armed assault - a monthly meeting of bikers who duly whupped their asses.…

Time for UML tools to evolve

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Refactoring gap

There’s an audible rhythm to development tools. Modern integrated development environments (IDEs) go like this: tap, tap, bam! Diagramming tools go like this: point, click, pause, point, click, pause……

<em>Metal Gear Solid 4</em> to launch on 12 June

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The game the PS3 was made for, apparently

It’s official: Konami has announced that the fourth instalment in its extremely successful Metal Gear Solid series, Guns of the Patriots, will be released across Europe on 12 June.…

Dutch tax office deletes 730,000 tax returns

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IT chaos

Early tax return filers have been punished rather than rewarded by the Dutch tax office, as a computer glitch meant all their information was deleted.…

HMRC appoints 37 data guardians

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Beefs up data responsibility

HM Revenue and Customs has appointed 37 staff to protect information, since it lost personal records on 25 million people last November.…