December, 2009

Illegal taxis are targeted – The Star

Illegal taxis are targeted – A CLAMPDOWN on illegal taxi drivers in Rotherham is being carried out – to keep revellers safe.
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On Location in Worcester : Real Worcester – Worcester News and Blogs

by taxi – December 29, 2009 4:10pm. This WCVB-TV satellite truck was parked in the St Stephen’s parish parking lot at the corner of Hale and Grafton Streets this morning.There didn’t appear to be anybody in or near it. …
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Coventry Telegraph – News – Coventry News – Cabbies' fury over

TRAFFIC chaos has been caused on a Coventry high street after the city council moved a taxi rank – to the opposite side of the road.
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Stabroek NewsTaxi driver struck down man at Plaisance, escaped

Sam, the witness said, was crossing from the northern side of the road and was almost in the middle, where the double lane road is separated by a strip of grass sandwiched by concrete ledges, when he was hit by the taxi, HB 3337. …
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Sukhois PAK-FA or T-50 started taxi trials, first flight early in

Sukhois PAK-FA or T-50 is started taxi trials with an aim to make first flight early in January 2010. Zelin said that by 2009 will be ready three.
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Wormtown Taxi: If News Was News

Oh, sure, they still have those daily printouts of yesterday’s news that they sell for a buck, but in the most real sense of what newspapers used to be, we can probably say that the T&G finally died a very real death during this past …
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New York Taxis to Tout Art – ARTINFO.com

Artworks by Shirin Neshat, Alex Katz, and Yoko Ono will be displayed atop nearly 500 cabs throughout January.
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What can you do with city data? Call out bad taxi drivers and find

NEWS: iSlate – Apple’s tablet gets a name · Infamous Chinese pirates launch Ubuntu that looks just like Windows XP · Pedal Brain’s Gadget Turns Your iPhone Into A Powerful Cycling Computer · Give your iPhone a seriously powerful …
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HTC Pure Lost in a Taxi; Microsoft My Phone Tested on This

CNET reporter Natali Del Conte decided to test the Windows Mobile “My Phone” service and instead of having a handset stolen, she decided to leave a HTC Pure phone in the back of a taxi. The device was left there with the sound off and the quest began for Microsoft’s service… The reporter mentions that [...]

Alert 5 – Military Aviation News: Russia's 5th-generation fighter

Russia’s 5th-generation fighter has started taxi trials. Aviation Week reports that Sukhoi’s fifth-generation fighter has started taxi trials and first flight could come next month. Labels: Russian 5th-generation fighter …
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