Quad crash kills fourteen year-old in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Saturday, November 21, 2009 A 14-year-old boy has been killed in an accident involving a quad bike in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The boy has been identified as Paddy McErlean, who crashed near his house in the town of Maghera. What is believed to have happened is that Paddy was …

Predictable random number generator discovered in the Debian version of OpenSSL

Friday, May 16, 2008 A major security hole was discovered in the pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) of the Debian version of OpenSSL. OpenSSL is one of the most used cryptographic software, that allows the creation of secure network connections with the protocols called SSL and TLS. It is included in …

Volkswagen emissions scandal may affect thousands more cars

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 The Volkswagen emissions scandal continued yesterday with the company announcing 800,000 mainly diesel vehicles may also be affected by carbon dioxide emissions problems. The company stated “the safety of the vehicles is in no way compromised”. They estimated potentially this could cost them €2bn on top …

Which Features To Look For While Choosing A Premium Word Press Theme?}

Submitted by: Sonal Sinha True that the market is flooded with premium WordPress themes trying to add every possible feature available. But out of those premium themes one has to decide which one suits their design and aesthetics style as well as which features are really needed. We have gathered …

CanadaVOTES: CHP candidate Steven Elgersma running in Haldimand—Norfolk

Friday, September 19, 2008 On October 14, 2008, Canadians will be heading to the polls for the federal election. Christian Heritage Party candidate Steven Elgersma is standing for election in the riding of Haldimand—Norfolk. Wikinews contacted Steven Elgersma, to talk about the issues facing Canadians, and what they and their …

Zimbabwe opposition calls for constitutional reform, may boycott elections

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 The opposition party of Zimbabwe, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has announced that it wishes for constitutional reform to take place before the planned March election. The party has warned that they may boycott the planned elections, as well as saying in a press release …

Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO apologies for financial planning scandal

Thursday, July 3, 2014 Ian Narev, the CEO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, this morning “unreservedly” apologised to clients who lost money in a scandal involving the bank’s financial planning services arm. Last week, a Senate enquiry found financial advisers from the Commonwealth Bank had made high-risk investments of …