The Google Desktop search tool is as speedy and accurate as its far-famed online search engine, though some people are alarmed by a persistent (and reeking of hogwash) rumor that it potentially compromises user privacy.

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Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider, famed for praising Hitler's "orderly employment policy", is in negotiations with the conservative People's Party, to form a coalition government.

BBC: Haider in power: A danger to Europe?

The remaining 121-strong workforce is a far cry from the yard that built the famed Titanic liner and had 35, 000 employees on its books.

BBC: 'End of an era' at Belfast shipyard

Those with cash head north to movie-famed Fifth Ave and 59th Street, gateway to the Garden of Eden as far as luxury goods are concerned.

BBC: Last minute holiday shopping in the Big Apple