Dell, is to axe at least 400 temporary workers this weekend. The computer giant last night confirmed that “several hundred temporary employees” are to be let go from their Limerick base.
Fears are now growing for the 3,000 full-time Dell employees at the Raheen manufacturing facility in Limerick and the 1,400 workers in the Dublin facility.
However, [...]
Taxi fares are set to become more expensive from midnight, when an 8.3 per cent price increase comes into effect. The rise, which was announced by the regulator in September, will see the cost of hailing a cab rise to €4.10 at the standard rate and €4.45 at the premium rate, which applies from 8pm [...]
Smartparts SP3200WF Wi-Fi Digital Photo Frame is claimed to be the largest Wi-Fi digital photo frame in the world. Measuring 32 inch, it comes with a natural wood frame with espresso finish and museum quality beige mat. The digital photo frame can also display hundreds of digital photos on a slideshow format.
Features of the SP3200WF [...]
This neat little gadget by ION Audio is a 35mm slide digitizer known as SLIDES 2 PC. This USB-powered gadget lets you work your way through a sheet of negatives or a carousel of slides. Its five-megapixel scanner with a four-glass optic element won’t give you the results of a professional counterpart but it get [...]
“Honey,” said this husband to his wife, “I invited a friend home for supper.”
“What? Are you crazy? The house is a mess, I didn’t go shopping, all the dishes are dirty, and I don’t feel like cooking fancy meal!”
“I know all that.”
“Then why did you invite a friend for supper?”
“Because the poor fool’s thinking about [...]
Toshiba’s MKxx29GSG is a 1.8 inch hard drive that offers 250GB of storage capacity. Measuring at only 8mm thin, this 3Gbps SATA hard drive targets netbooks or laptops. There is also a 120Gb and 160Gb version in Toshiba’s MKxx29GSG series hard drives. Goes into production in November 2008.
The President of Acme Toothbrushes is packing up his files and papers in anticipation of his Friday afternoon round of golf, when suddenly his desk intercom buzzes. “There’s a gentleman here to see you, sir,” his secretary says. “He’s here for the sales position.”
Grumbling unhappily, the President tells the secretary to send the man in. [...]
