Legendary USA swimmer, Dara Torres, retires after failing to make Olympic team
Omaha: Dara Torres lingered in the water after the other swimmers had rose out of the pool. Her long career was finally over. She wanted to soak up the moment as long as possible. The 45-year-old Torres came up short in her…
Anyone for Pi? Mods and hacks for the Raspberry Pi
by Nick Heath An enthusiastic modding community has been playing with the $40 Raspberry Pi Linux computer for the past couple of months and they’ve not been wasting time. Hacks and mods for the credit-card sized device range from speech-controlled…
BlackBerry Music Gateway is Now Available
RIM’s latest accessory, the BlackBerry® Music Gateway, is now available. Unveiled at BlackBerry World 2012, the new BlackBerry Music Gateway lets you wirelessly play music to your home or car stereo from your BlackBerry® smartphone, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet or any…
Letter to Editor: Quincy Brown now on Grand Cayman
By Quincy Brown Cayman Brac is my home town but I am living on Grand Cayman once again. The recent drama workshops I conducted at the University College of the Cayman Islands were successful having full participation from all in…
Power outages persist for 1.4m amid US heatwave
Some 1.4m storm-struck households in the eastern US are without electricity for a fourth day amid sweltering temperatures. Three people have already died from heat-related deaths in Maryland, as crews from as far as Quebec and Oklahoma battle to restore…
F1 Marussia driver Maria de Villota in Duxford crash
A Formula 1 test driver who suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash during testing in Cambridgeshire has regained consciousness. Maria de Villota was hurt while driving an MR-01 race car for the first time for the Oxfordshire-based Marussia team at…
Mosquito control is everyone’s business
If you think you saw mosquitoes in your house, or outside, earlier this month, you were probably right. But with the diligent work of the Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU), the situation is mostly under control. “They are the…
Tiger Woods wins AT&T to pass Jack Nicklaus record
AT&T NATIONAL LEADERBOARD Venue: Bethesda, Maryland -8: Tiger Woods (US) -6: Bo Van Pelt (US) -5: Adam Scott (Aus) Selected others -3: Hunter Mahan (US) -1: Martin Laird (Sco), Brendon De Jonge (Zim) +1: Greg Owen (Eng) Tiger Woods passed…
DeVere plans Cayman Islands office
The deVere Group is looking to open a regional office in the Cayman Islands, and is sending its frontman, Simon Pratt, to oversee the launch. A company spokesman said the new office, the company’s first in the Caribbean, was expected…
Letter to the Editor: by Anon
The Opposition leader is now on our last nerve, apparently suffering from a severe case of amnesia. As one writer puts it: Are these die hard PPM supporters willing to draw reference to the memory of Dart paying civil servants…
