Sorocaba

North Korea to host Brazil club

SEOUL: North Korea will host a World Cup warm-up match against Brazilian club Atletico Sorocaba next month, South Korean media reported. Atletico Sorocaba, who play in Sao Paulo state’s Campeonato Paulista League, will travel...

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27th July 2009: Automotive Roundup July 2009

Toyota to Proceed With Plan to Build Car Factory in Brazil (29/06/09) Toyota has confirmed that it will press ahead with plans to build a new auto-assembly plant in Sorocaba in south-eastern Brazil after a government tax cut...

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University Uses Virtualization to Create More Responsive, Cost-Effective Data Center

The Universidade de Sorocaba (UNISO), in Sorocaba, Brazil, responded to the tough 2008 economy by tightening budgets and consolidating three data centers to one. To do that, it employed Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V...

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Prison guards intercept carrier pigeon with a cellphone

Prison guards foiled a new attempt to smuggle a cellphone into a Brazilian prison by carrier pigeon — this one wearing a tiny backpack — and said Friday that the practice is becoming familiar. SÃO PAULO — Prison guards foiled a...

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Toy helicopter used to smuggle mobiles

A plot to smuggle cellular phones into a prison yard using a remote-control model helicopter has been foiled in Brazil. Police announced on Monday they had confiscated the one-metre-long chopper near the Presidente Venceslau...

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Pigeons fly mobiles into prison

Last Modified: 03 Apr 2009 Source: PA News Inmates have devised an innovative way to smuggle in mobiles into a prison farm in Brazil: carrier pigeons. Guards at the Danilio Pinheiro prison near the southeastern city of Sorocaba...

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Brazilian prisoners using pigeons to fly mobile phones to them

London, Mar 31 : Brazilian prisoners, who no longer have access to communication with the outside world, were discovered to be using carrier pigeons to get mobile phones delivered to them. Two of the pigeons were intercepted by...

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