Prince William spent Easter with Kate Middleton’s family
Chocolate-loving Prince William enjoyed Easter Sunday with his future in-laws, far from the pre-wedding craze that has taken over London. William, 28, who is very close to fiancée Kate Middleton’s family, didn’t feel the pull of joining Queen Elizabeth and the extended royals at Windsor Castle. Instead, he opted to…
Thai military: Death toll rises in Thai-Cambodian clashes
Clashes over a disputed area along the Thai-Cambodian border erupted for a fourth consecutive day Monday, resulting in the death of a Thai soldier, a military official said. Four other Thai soldiers have been killed since the fighting started Friday, according to Col. Sansern Kaewkumnerd. Authorities have evacuated thousands…
Man Utd vs Schalke 04 Champions League semi-final first leg
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL, FIRST LEG Venue: Veltins-Arena Date: Tuesday 26 April Kick-off: 1945 BST Coverage: BBC Sport website, BBC Radio 5 live and live on Sky Sports 2 Manchester United will be without top scorer Dimitar Berbatov for Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg at German side Schalke 04. The…
Hua Hin | Thailand
Hua Hin, one of Thailand’s premier beach resort towns on the Gulf of Thailand, is less than 200 km south of Bangkok, making it one of the most popular weekend getaway destination for city residents. A resort equally popular with young couples and families, tourists and Thais, Hua Hin is…
Learning from Amazon’s cloud collapse
Call it Cloudgate, Cloudpocalyse or whatever you’d like, but the extended collapse of Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) is both a setback for cloud computing and an opportunity for us to figure out how to stop it from happening again. Amazon may be best-known for its online shopping site, but…
Playstation Network suspended over ‘external intrusion’
Millions of gamers are unable to play online as the Playstation Network remains unavailable. Users are seeing error messages stating the network is “undergoing maintenance” or is “suspended”. In a blog post, maker Sony said it turned off the network on Wednesday after it detected an “external intrusion” and that…
