American comedian Harvey Korman dead at age 81

Saturday, May 31, 2008 American comedian Harvey Korman has died at the age of 81, according to a statement released by his family. Four months ago, Korman suffered a rupture in an aortic aneurysm located in his abdomen and died from complications related to the illness. “Everything he did on The Carol Burnett Show, especially…

Rescue attempts continue for Tasmanian miners

Thursday, May 4, 2006 Rescuers are continuing their efforts to reach the trapped miners in the Beaconsfield mine in northern Tasmania. A five tonne borer drilling machine has been secured in place to drill a one metre hole through the remaining 12-16 metres of rock that fell into the main shaft. Since drilling began at…

Blu-ray prevails in high definition disc war

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 The battle between the two high definition optical disc formats, Blu-ray and HD DVD has ended after sole HD DVD manufacturer Toshiba has announced it will no longer produce HD DVD players. In a press conference yesterday, Toshiba president Atsutoshi Nishida announced and confirmed that Toshiba will terminate the R&D plan…