IBM and Cisco in attempt to create a universal platform for communications software development

Friday, March 9, 2007 IBM and Cisco have announced the development of a new platform, based on Eclipse and OSGi (Open Services Gateway initiative), which should unite all communication and collaboration software developers under a single platform. Before the UC2 (Unified Communication and Collaboration) the unified communication has suffered because of a lack of a […]

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News briefs:February 01, 2008

Contents 1 Wikinews News Brief [Date] 1.1 Introduction 2 Events of worldwide notability, military action, disasters etc. 2.1 Violence takes place in Chad capital N’djamena as military and rebels clash 2.2 High level al-Qaeda leader reported dead 2.3 International manhunt for alleged kidney harvester 3 Non-disastrous local events with notable impact and dead celebrities 3.1 […]

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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce second pregnancy

Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Kensington Palace announced on Monday that Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, is pregnant with a second child after the onset of acute morning sickness led to her cancelling an engagement at Oxford University, where the couple were due to open a new centre for the study of China. Prime Minister David Cameron […]

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Wikinews interviews Australian wheelchair basketball player Tina McKenzie

Friday, January 3, 2014 Preston, Victoria, Australia —On Saturday, Wikinews interviewed Tina McKenzie, a former member of the Australia women’s national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders. McKenzie, a silver and bronze Paralympic medalist in wheelchair basketball, retired from the game after the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Wikinews caught up with her in […]

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Muslim hair stylist sues hairdresser over alleged discrimination

Friday, November 9, 2007 British-born Muslim hair stylist Bushra Noah is currently undertaking legal action against the owner of a hair salon for alleged religious discrimination. Noah is suing London hair salon owner Sarah Desroiser. Desroiser who runs a salon in King’s Cross, has said that she would not accept Noah as a stylist if […]

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Rocketeers find possible impact crater in Nevada

Friday, March 9, 2007 Imagine coming back from a camping trip in the desert. Then a few months later you notice in your photos from the trip that you camped inside a giant impact crater so big that no one documented it before. Could it happen? During several trips to the Black Rock Desert, mostly […]

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