The Kuwait Trade Union Federation (KTUF) has repeatedly asked the government to address the problems of citizens with limited income but its pleas have fallen on deaf ears, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily quoting KTUF Chairman Fayez Al-Mutairi.

Google is rapidly becoming the internet police in regards to censorship on the internet. Google has complied with nearly two-thirds of the requests for removing content between January and June, according to a recent transparency report.

The reporting on Saudi Arabia’s new unemployment benefit program, Hafiz, has lacked clarity and transparency. Saudis have commented about their lack of knowledge of just what qualifications are necessary.

Eating too much junk food is bad for you. You know this to be true, it's obvious.  It sometimes seems, though, that our modern lifestyles leave us so hurried and rushed that eating it is the easy option.

I've known it for most of my life, but now I have official confirmation - shopping is a pleasure! I needed to go the supermarket today . I notice some facts about Grocery Shopping in Dubai

Going green at work is basically about being economical. Re-ducing consumption, re-using to avoid wastage, and re-cycling old into new. It doesn't have to cost the earth...in fact greening your workplace could actually save you money.

Here's our top ten tips for saving money on your office consumables.

There are lots of reasons why a project might not be going well or may even fail. When your boss wants to know why, there is a world of difference between offering an excuse and providing a legitimate reason. In truth, most excuses only make your manager more upset and put the blame on you. Here are 10 common excuses

It's already clear the United Arab Emirates is going to go crazy apeshit over the 40th National Day. Flags are decorating many of the bigger houses around and it's clear the race is on to see who can drape the biggest flag possible on their building.

Pennants are fluttering in the warm winter breeze, sparkling lights are festooning hotels, tower blocks and residences and there are a growing number of cars in evidence wrapped in stick-on National Day themed patterns.

Many Facebook subscribers were in for a nasty surprise when they logged into their accounts yesterday, and may still be if they haven't yet checked in. Facebook has been the victim of a coordinated attack that takes advantage of a browser vulnerability. Subscribers that are affected by this attack see a flood of pornographic and violent images in their newsfeed.

A senior labor official in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor criticized an American report which accused Kuwait of human trafficking, saying “the allegations were based on information posted on blogs and articles published in some newspapers,” reports Al-Seyassah daily.  (DG Comment:  Unlike official Kuwaiti agencies, statistical information on Kuwait IS actually gathered by other organizations.  Aint that a thang! .. but wait... HOW many years has Kuwait been reported for the same thing?)

Just finished reading an interesting blog post by venture capitalist Bill Gurley about Twitter, a portfolio company of his firm Benchmark Capital. In it, he argues that there’s a misperception about Twitter in that people keep regarding it as a social network and pitting it against Facebook.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are considered to be one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. They were built in the ancient city-state of Babylon, near present-day Al Hillah, Babil, in Iraq. They are sometimes called the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis (in reference to the legendary Queen Semiramis). The gardens were supposedly built by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 BC.

I know that modern commercial aviation is a truly wonderful thing, and this post is rather unfairly written to highlight its recent shortfalls rather than its benefits. It's a bit of a cathartic rant. I basically agree with the sentiments of Ford Prefect, who “...always found the actual travelling-through-space part of space travel rather trying.”

Actually writing a book is easy as pie. You just take 75-100,000 words or so and put them down on paper. The order in which you place them can be a bit of a bugger, but the principle’s simple enough.

The Cabinet has reportedly instructed the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to restrict the granting of work permits to expatriates in the public and private sectors, reports Al-Jarida daily.