Patrick Smith

Patrick Smith Takes Exception To The “Automated Cockpit” Nonsense

Air Travel – Salon.com I’ve heard it all. Nothing, however, gets me sputtering more than misunderstandings about cockpit automation — the idea that modern aircraft essentially fly themselves, with pilots on hand merely as a...

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Twitter premium accounts for business users due by end of the year

So how's Twitter going to make any money? One of its biggest fans, British actor and polymath Stephen Fry , gave co-founder Biz Stone one idea when the pair shared a Nesta panel in London on Thursday… "Supposing I was to say to...

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Tourists sue Sanbona safari park after too-close encounter with lions

Chris Smyth and Sadie Gray Eight British tourists are suing a South African safari park after they became trapped by a pride of wild lions when their tour vehicle overturned. The group are claiming hundreds of thousands of...

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Burda buys quarter of Xing

German magazine publisher Burda makes strategic investment in social networking site Xing.com German mag publisher Burda Media is buying a 25.1 percent stake in the business-focused social networking site Xing.com for a total...

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Futurebrand appoints Pete Hollingsworth to creative role

Futurebrand is appointing Pete Hollingsworth as its managing creative director consumer. The creation of the new role indicates that the consultancy is rebuilding its management team following a cull of senior staff earlier...

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Former MMA fighter Tyner arrested in multiple homicide

David Allen Tyner, a 28-year-old former Marine who fought seven times professionally as a mixed martial artist, has surrendered himself to police in Oklahoma City, Okla., in connection with a multiple homicide on Nov. 9.

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Iceotope: Iceotope Unveils First Modular Liquid-Immersion Cooled Server

Nov 16, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Running the Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) units and the associated refrigeration plant (chillers) is a huge energy burden, increasing costs and carbon output, yet is necessary...

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On the move

Seattle area Banking: Kyle Kurisu was named manager of Washington Federal Savings' Silver Lake branch, Everett. Commercial real estate: John Bliss was appointed chief investment officer of Urban Renaissance Group.

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Former logistics exec Patrick Smith charged with taking kickbacks

Will face felony charges in North Carolina Gary Evans -- Furniture Today, November 16, 2009 HICKORY, N.C. — A longtime former employee of a freight company that serves the furniture industry has been indicted on charges of...

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MoZoop: A free and simple way to transfer your contacts to your new mobile phone

Nottingham, Nov 16, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Launched in time for Christmas, MoZoop is the stocking filler everyone with a new mobile phone should make sure they have. If you're expecting a new phone for Christmas you...

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