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Greenpeace: IT firms not tackling climate change — In its quarterly report on green IT, Greenpeace has criticised Dell, Microsoft, Apple and others for failing to cut emissions... [Tags: criticised, dell, emissions, greenpeace, microsoft]

3 Easy Ways To Add Borders To Your Photos — There’s nothing quite like a nicely framed photograph. Ideally we’re talking about some classy wood and quality glass.  If your image is heading to Grandma for her birthday, then that’s probably the best option. But for many of us, photographs largely live online, ready to be admired and/or criticised by the masses. For some situations, a virtual border or frame is a substantial improvement. Restraint is advised though. Just because you can doesn’t always mean you should. I’ve got two easy online methods to have yourself framed, and one for those who prefer to be offline now and then. Picnik... [Tags: beast, borders, capability, colours, criticised]

Sainsbury's criticised for handing book with sexual drawings to schoolchildren — Sainsbury's have been criticised by parents for handing out a book containing sexual drawings to dozens of children on a school trip.... [Tags: criticised, dozens, parents, sainsbury, school trip]

UTV criticises Channel 4 for quitting digital radio project — Belfast-based media group UTV, owner of TalkSport, has criticised Channel 4 for pulling out of the 4Digital consortium. By Mark Sweney... [Tags: belfast, channel 4, consortium, criticised, digital radio]

Roy Greenslade: Chinese journalist challenges paper's closure — A Chinese reporter whose newspaper was closed for three months after she wrote an article that criticised one of China's largest banks has sued the government. In a rare challenge to communist party control over the media, Cui Fan claims the authorities had no right to shut down the China Business Post for publishing her article, which alleged that the Agricultural Bank of China had committed forgery. The paper is state-owned but managed by a private company. It sells about 400,000 copies nationwide. (Via AP)ChinaPress & publishingguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is... [Tags: agricultural bank of china, amp, authorities, bank of china, banks]

Council criticised for 'hope to see you dead' road safety advert — A council has been criticised for launching a road safety campaign with the slogan "We hope to see you dead soon" featuring an official dressed as an undertaker and sitting in a coffin.... [Tags: advert, coffin, criticised, road safety campaign, slogan]

Trust insists on editorial discipline — The BBC Trust last night moved to assert its authority with a detailed statement designed to show that the much criticised body can play a meaningful role in the running of the corporation. After six hours meeting the director general, Mark Thompson, at Broadcasting House, the trust outlined a series of internal reviews to start immediately, as well as the 12-week suspension of its highest paid star, and confirmation of the resignation of Lesley Douglas, the controller of Radio 2 .The postmortem will include: • all programmes to be reassessed "for editorial risk" by the director of BBC audio and... [Tags: bbc programmes, communications committee, criticised, director general, editorial guidelines]

Jerry Lewis criticised for 'gay slur' — Veteran US comedian Jerry Lewis has been criticised for a remark he made on Australian television which has been seen as a slur on gay people, the national AAP news agency reported Saturday.... [Tags: aap news, australian television, comedian jerry lewis, criticised, jerry lewis]

New way needed to allocate public funds to Scotland, says Calman — The much-criticised Barnett Formula, which is widely regarded in England as giving an unfair public spending advantage to Scotland, needs to change, the head of a review of Scottish devolution said yesterday.... [Tags: barnett formula, criticised, england, public spending, scotland]

Treasury criticised over mortgage plans — The Treasury has been criticised for a proposal calling for HBOS, Lloyds TSB and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to resume lending to homeowners and small businesses "at 2007 levels".... [Tags: bank of scotland, criticised, hbos, lloyds tsb, mortgage]

National Portrait Gallery criticised over purchase of Marc Quinn's Blood Head — The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) was accused today of trashing its remit to record individuals of “status” who have contributed to “British history and culture”.... [Tags: british history, criticised, marc quinn, national portrait gallery, npg]

David Cameron criticised for suicide joke in speech — David Cameron was accused of insensitivity today after making a joke about suicide in his keynote address to the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.... [Tags: conservative party conference, criticised, david cameron, insensitivity, joke]

'Sex in confessionals' instruction book criticised by Catholics — A book which encourages people to have sex in confessionals has been criticised by US Catholic leaders.... [Tags: catholic leaders, catholics, criticised, instruction book]

Labour bid to work with TV presenter Jeremy Kyle — Government in talks with ITV over project with controversial host, criticised for making 'car crash television'... [Tags: car crash, criticised, itv, jeremy kyle, labour]

British envoy Paul Boateng criticised over party for King Mswati III — As scores of bare-breasted virgins dance in front of the portly King Mswati III of Swaziland to celebrate his 40th birthday today, one guest could be forgiven for feeling rather hot under the collar.... [Tags: 40th birthday, bare breasted virgins, british envoy, criticised, hot under the collar]

Another bruise for Apple, but will it fester? — When your product is so hotly anticipated and your brand such an iconic and successful one - anything you do or say is bound to be criticised, as Apple is finding out. The Apple iPhone, the most hotly anticipated technology launch of the past two years, has its first television ad campaign banned by the UK advertising watchdog for being misleading. Not exactly a good start considering the handset will set you back a hefty £240. It’s a lot of money for a product that can’t deliver on its promises. Further damage to the brand reaps from a class... [Tags: apple brand, apple iphone, bruise, class action lawsuit, criticised]

Putin criticises U.S. over South Ossetia — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin criticised the United States on Monday, saying it had displayed a cynical Cold War mentality by supporting Georgia in the conflict over South Ossetia.... [Tags: cold war mentality, conflict, criticised, moscow, reuters]

Channel Five criticised over 'unfair' premium-rate quizzes — Channel Five has been censured by media regulator Ofcom over premium-rate quizzes were ruled to be unfair to viewers. By John Plunkett... [Tags: criticised, john plunkett, ofcom, premium rate]

Wal-Mart signs deals with Chinese unions — US retail giant Wal-Mart, criticised for its attitude to organised labour at home, said Friday it had reached collective bargaining agreements with China's official union in several cities...... [Tags: attitude, china, collective bargaining agreements, criticised, labour]