Angelica Mari, Computing , Thursday 10 July 2008 at 17:18:00 30,000 handheld devices will help van drivers capture delivery data Royal Mail is finalising contracts with a range of suppliers for the provision of handheld devices to track letter and parcel information…. More: continued here

FedEx Corp. is teaming with the Overseas Vote Foundation to give about 6 million overseas Americans free or discounted delivery of absentee ballots between Sept. 15 and Oct. 29. More: continued here

MPs slam post office closure plans and call for public actionComet 24, UK –3 hours agoREACTION to the Post Office's proposals to axe 10 post offices in Comet country was swift and damning. There was a united voice of anger from post masters, …Last post may not have soundedMiddleton GuardianCLOSURES ARE LABOUR'S …

Operating in combination with small diameter hose and external gun driver, e.dot+(TM) Electric Guns have on-times as low as 0.4 ms, cycle rates as fast as 1.8 ms, and service life in excess of 200 million cycles. Ball and nozzle/seat design optimizes repeatability, pattern control, and consistency, minimizing adhesive stringing …

Another post office goesHarrow Observer, UK –6 minutes agoWhen a post office has stood on a street for more than 50 years it becomes an integral part of the community. So it was very sad to see The Old Post Office… More: continued here

GRAND RAPIDS — Postal officials say time is running out to buy stamps that honor a furniture design couple with West Michigan ties. Gina Haisma, spokeswoman for the downtown Grand Rapids post office, said there are only 24,000 sheets left of the Charles and Ray Eames stamps. More: continued here

Man admits pirating videos for sale on eBayNewsday, NY –3 hours agoAn East Hartford man has pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge stemming from a scheme in which he pirated movies and TV shows and sold them on eBay. … More: continued here

The Tech Herald Gmail uses DomainKeys to lock out eBay phishing attacksRegister, UK –1 hour agoBy John Leyden → More by this author eBay and PayPal have linked up with Gmail to roll out technology designed to block fraudulent emails and phishing …Gmail, PayPal and Ebay embrace DomainKeys to fight phishing emailsZDNetEBay, …

HispanicBusiness.com Wal-Mart pulls Mexican comic criticized as racistBusinessWeek –15 hours agoIn 2005, the Mexican postal service issued a series of stamps commemorating the Memin character. President Bush and several African-Americans, …Memim Pinguin Comic Book Criticized as RacistEnews 2.0Mexican comic-book character called racistCNN InternationalWal-Mart Pulls Potentially Racist Comic Book from StoresTheCelebrityCafe.comSF Weekly …

THERE was no need for the official results. The media scrum that greeted Cadel Evans after his solo, 29.5-kilometre effort in stage four of the Tour de France confirmed what most believe. More: continued here