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  Expulsion plan
Date: February  28, 2009  

There is dramatic evidence from one of Asia s fastest-expanding economies of the downturn s severity. A senior minister says the government wants to send back 60% of Malaysia s two million foreign workers, the BBC s Robin Brant reports.The machines are noisy, the smell of chemicals and paint pervades the air. Lim Kok Boon s plastics factory in Sela
  Baboon book makes shortlist for oddest book title prize
Date: February  21, 2009  

Shortlists for major literary prizes often leave casual readers scratching their heads, as they wonder why such acclaimed novels have passed them by.But even avid bookworms may have missed out on Baboon Metaphysics, which is up for this year s Diagram Prize.The award, which is run by The Bookseller magazine, aims to reveal the oddest book title of
  Future tech unveiled at CES
Date: February  18, 2009  

Maggie Shiels visited the CES show s Digital Experience, billed as the biggest media event of the week.In the past the world s largest electronics show has given us everything from the VCR to the DVD and from high def TV to digital radio.So what can we expect the gadget makers to offer us in the futureTV MEETS THE WEBLast year CES focused on TV scr
  Mobiles connect across the waves
Date: February  06, 2009  

The days of running off to sea to escape problems on land could be over as mobile connectivity hits the ocean.Irish mobile maritime communications company Blue Ocean Wireless has teamed up with picocell developer ip.access to develop the system.For crews, separated from their families for months on end, the ability to be able to make and receive ca
  Back in Mac
Date: January  23, 2009  

By Maggie ShielsTechnology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley"If you look backward in this business, you will be crushed. You have to look forward."These are the words of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs when asked about celebrating the Mac s 25th anniversary.While the landmark event is being remembered by user groups, the Mac faithful and those who wor
  Mills & Boon man
Date: December  30, 2008  

Peter JacksonBBC NewsAs Mills & Boon marks the end of its centenary year, the romance publisher is still selling millions of copies. Its 200 staff writers have something in common - they re all women, except for one. So how does a gruff former rugby player Yorkshireman writing under the pseudonym Gill get away with itWhen it comes to blushing heroi
  Pound for euro
Date: December  21, 2008  

By Mark SimpsonBBC News Ireland correspondentWhile the decline in the value of sterling is posing problems for UK tourists bound for Europe, it is providing an unexpected boon for Northern Ireland s retailers.As the pound keeps falling, the traffic-jams keep growing with euro-shoppers coming to Northern Ireland for a Christmas bargain.With some sho
  White House to Preston Hollow - is this the Bushes new home?
Date: December  05, 2008  

Outgoing US President George W Bush and wife Laura have bought a home in one of the wealthiest areas of Dallas to live in after they leave the White House.Mrs Bush s press secretary, Sally McDonough, said the couple had bought a home in the Preston Hollow area.She did not give details but US media say a friend of the Bushes has purchased a ranch-st
  Liberty v security
Date: October  23, 2008  

By Paul ReynoldsWorld affairs correspondent, BBC News websiteSir Ken Macdonald, the outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales, said in his final speech on 20 October: "We need to take very great care not to fall into a way of life in which freedom s back is broken by the relentless pressure of a security state."But as governmen
  Diet drug doubles weight loss
Date: October  22, 2008  

An anti-obesity drug vastly outperforms currently available rivals, early trials suggest.Danish tests of tesofensine, reported in The Lancet, found dieting patients on the highest doses lost up to 12.8kg (28.2lbs) in six months.This is twice the level achieved by drugs such as sibutramine and rimonabant.But UK experts warned that more trials were n


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