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Windows anti-piracy program causes shock for doing its job

admin — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:52:50 +0000

Windows anti-piracy program causes shock for doing its job
iTWire - Jun 10, 2006By Stan Beer. The news that Microsoft users are shocked because the anti-piracy Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program reports back to home base is astounding. The astounding thing, however, is not that WGA ...

Boys to shine at Tony awards
Sydney Morning Herald - 4 hours agoAlan Bennett's enlightened and entertaining play, The History Boys, is expected to be among the big winners at Broadway's annual Tony Awards, announced today. For once Sydney audiences have seen a nominated ...

Was Nadal's win a passing of the torch?
FOXSports.com - 22 minutes agoWho else would stop top-ranked Roger Federer 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (4) to successfully defend his French Open title and then go on to call his foe "the best and most complete player ever" in his championship speech? ...

Singer Beaten in NYC; 4 Arrested
Guardian Unlimited - 20 minutes agoNEW YORK (AP) - A singer suffered a broken jaw and other injuries in an attack by a group yelling anti-gay slurs, yet he hopes to perform again by the end of the month, police and his publicist said. Kevin ...

Israel: Final peace talks unrealistic
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 45 minutes agoBy STEVEN GUTKIN. JERUSALEM -- Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Sunday that Israel wants to negotiate with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas but insisted it's "not realistic" to pursue a final peace deal ...

Suspension issue tests Bush, Iran, major powers
Reuters - 3 hours agoBy Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush already has made significant concessions as part of a major power offer to end the Iran nuclear crisis. But will he ...

Carolina uses tempo, crowd to finish off ailing Sabres

admin — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:16:11 +0000

Carolina uses tempo, crowd to finish off ailing Sabres
CBS SportsLine.com - 3 hours agoRALEIGH, NC -- With all being fair in love, war and the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Carolina Hurricanes certainly weren't about to make any apologies for taking advantage of a defenseless opponent. Instead, they ...

All US troops in Iraq to get ethics training
Baltimore Sun - 34 minutes agoBy Megan K. Stack and Louise Roug. BAGHDAD, Iraq // Seeking to quell outrage over allegations that Marines went on a killing rampage against unarmed civilians in Haditha, the top US general in Iraq ordered ...

US rejects North Korea invitation to US envoy
Washington Post - 14 hours agoNora Boustany 's column reporting on Washington's diplomatic community appears each Wednesday and Friday in The Post. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday rejected an invitation from North Korea ...

Michael Moore, NBC sued for $175M
CNN - 6 hours agoA war veteran says filmmaker Michael Moore used footage of him in a hospital without permission. (CNN) -- Filmmaker Michael Moore is being sued by an armless Iraqi war veteran who says Moore's controversial ...

Curfew in Kabul after deadly riot

admin — Mon, 29 May 2006 17:07:41 +0000

Curfew in Kabul after deadly riot
BBC News - 1 hour agoThe Afghan government has imposed an overnight curfew in Kabul, following violent anti-US protests - the biggest since the fall of the Taleban in 2001. The riots began after a US military vehicle crashed into ...

Indonesian earthquake survivors say aid is slow
Houston Chronicle - 3 hours agoBy IRWAN FIRDAUS. JAMPRIP, Indonesia -- Homeless earthquake survivors living in rice fields and makeshift shacks begged for food and water under a blazing sun today as Indonesia's death toll rose to over 5,000. ...

2 CBS Crew Members, US Soldier Killed In Baghdad
CBS 13 - 5 hours ago(CBS News) BAGHDAD Two members of a CBS News team were killed and correspondent Kimberly Dozier was seriously injured Monday when the US Army unit in which they were embedded was attacked. A US soldier was ...

Grim echoes of Vietnam in Iraq massacre
New Zealand Herald - 5 hours agoBy Rupert Cornwell. WASHINGTON - To Americans of a certain generation, the news this weekend must have seemed dreadfully familiar: an endless war, whose rationale is ever harder to understand, a group of soldiers ...

6 more bird flu cases in Indonesia
CNN International - 1 hour ago(CNN) -- Six more human cases of the H5N1 strain of avian flu have occurred in Indonesia, the World Health Organization has said, citing Indonesia's Ministry of Health. That means 48 of the 224 human cases ...

World considering nuclear guarantee for Iran: Russia
Daily Times - 55 minutes agoMOSCOW: World powers are ready to guarantee Iran s right to develop nuclear energy provided Tehran alleviates international concern over its nuclear intentions and cooperates fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Russia on Monday. ...

Indonesian villagers blame magic, not flu

admin — Mon, 29 May 2006 05:13:22 +0000

Indonesian villagers blame magic, not flu
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 17 hours agoBy MARGIE MASON. KUBU SIMBELANG, Indonesia -- The three brick-and-clapboard houses stand along the village's muddy dirt road, empty and forlorn. A naked light bulb hangs from a wire over one door, still burning. ...

China sending disaster relief team to Indonesia
Jakarta Post - 2 hours agoBEIJING (AP): China said it was sending a medical team and earthquake experts on Monday to Indonesia's quake-stricken Java island. The 44-person team was bringing five tons of medical supplies, said a statement from the China Seismological Bureau. ...

Update 3: 6 World Powers to Discuss Iran in Vienna
Forbes - 1 hour agoBy GEORGE JAHN , 05.29.2006, 06:42 AM. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany will meet in Vienna later this week in hopes of approving a package of incentives and penalties meant ...

In Miami, Pistons Taking Simple Approach to Game 3

admin — Fri, 26 May 2006 22:19:25 +0000

In Miami, Pistons Taking Simple Approach to Game 3
Washington Post - 51 minutes agoKEY BISCAYNE, Fla., May 26 -- This is how the Detroit Pistons prepared for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat: They spent more than three hours on a plane diverted because of thunderstorms. ...

Lay, Skilling Face Uphill Battle on Appeal
Washington Post - 50 minutes agoDefense lawyers for former Enron Corp. leaders Jeffrey K. Skilling and Kenneth L. Lay already are activating plans to appeal their convictions on fraud and conspiracy charges, the start of a costly and potentially ...

Jersey lawmaker's call closes Capitol
Newark Star Ledger - 40 minutes agoWASHINGTON -- South Jersey Rep. James Saxton heard a noise that "sounded exactly like gunfire" in a Capitol Hill parking garage yesterday and instructed his staff to call police. That prompted Capitol Police ...

Royals 7 Yankees 6
WAFB.com - 27 minutes agoNEW YORK Angel Berroa (AHN'-hel beh-ROH'-ah) hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the eighth inning and the Kansas City Royals stopped their 13-game losing streak by holding off the New York Yankees, 7-to-6. ...

Hamas is forced to pull forces off streets of Gaza
Scotsman - 4 hours agoTHE Palestinians' militant Hamas government withdrew its controversial militia force from the streets of Gaza yesterday, hoping to avoid further clashes with the rival Fatah movement. A government spokesman ...

Security And Privacy For Home VoIP

admin — Fri, 26 May 2006 14:08:33 +0000

Security And Privacy For Home VoIP
Security Pronews, KY - May 25, 2006Much disussion has centred around the security and privacy aspects of VoIP as well as significant issues in relation to emergency calls. ...

MMT to distribute Linksys, engin VoIP bundle
CRN Australia, Australia - 18 hours ago... MultiMedia Technology (MMT) has been appointed to distribute the Linksys range of VoIP products, bundled with software developed by home VoIP provider engin. ...

S&P Positive on Yahoo-eBay Partnership

admin — Fri, 26 May 2006 06:07:11 +0000

S&P Positive on Yahoo-eBay Partnership
BusinessWeek - 6 hours agoAnalyst Scott Kessler says the link-up is "not good news" for Google. Plus: Analysts boost Global Payments, and more. eBay shares are indicated higher in pre-market trading, as the company announces a broad ...

Google, Dell in software bundle deal, marginalizing Microsoft
Xinhua - 6 hours agoBEIJING, May 26 (Xinhuanet)-- Google Inc. on Thursday confirmed a long-rumored deal that the No. 1 personal computer maker Dell will factory-install some of its software on Dell PCs, a move that could blunt rivalry Microsoft's competitive edge. ...

European shares stage rebound; steel firms eyed
Reuters - 55 minutes agoBy Lincoln Feast. LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) - European stocks rallied almost 1 percent on Friday, with mining and building companies among the best performers as investors regained a measure of confidence after two weeks of turmoil. ...

Outage paralyzes Northeast trains
Cherry Hill Courier Post - 30 minutes agoBy WAYNE PARRY. Krista Barry of Pennsauken spent the morning of her 23rd birthday sitting on the floor of a sweltering NJ Transit car, reading a book for more than 90 minutes. She and tens of thousands of others ...

Indonesia Confirms Bird Flu Deaths in Siblings
Voice of America - 43 minutes agoBy VOA News. Indonesia's health ministry say local tests indicate two more siblings have died of bird flu in the country. Health officials say the 18-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl died Tuesday at a hospital in West Java province. ...

MMT to distribute Linksys, engin VoIP bundle

admin — Thu, 25 May 2006 21:16:51 +0000

MMT to distribute Linksys, engin VoIP bundle
CRN Australia, Australia - 1 hour ago... MultiMedia Technology (MMT) has been appointed to distribute the Linksys range of VoIP products, bundled with software developed by home VoIP provider engin. ...

Security And Privacy For Home VoIP
Security Pronews, KY - 12 hours agoMuch disussion has centred around the security and privacy aspects of VoIP as well as significant issues in relation to emergency calls. ...

Family gathers to honor passing of Valley hero

admin — Wed, 24 May 2006 06:14:53 +0000

Family gathers to honor passing of Valley hero
Monitor - 6 hours agoMISSION Former US Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen s career included economic and political successes that made him a national figure with Rio Grande Valley roots. He died Tuesday at his home in Houston at 85. ...

Health chiefs fear worst over family killed by bird flu
Times Online - 1 hour agoBy Sam Knight and agencies. World health chiefs said today that they were increasingly concerned about the bird flu deaths of six Indonesians from one family, raising fears of the first human-to-human transmission of the deadly H5N1 virus. ...

Officials Defend Raid on Lawmaker's Office
Washington Post - 9 hours agoJustice Department and FBI officials yesterday vigorously defended a weekend raid on the Capitol Hill office of Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson (La.), arguing that the unprecedented tactic was necessary ...

Bin Laden denies Moussaoui had 9/11 link
The Age - 8 hours agoOsama bin Laden says that neither Zacarias Moussaoui - the only person convicted in the US for the September 11 attacks - nor anyone held at Guantanamo had anything to do with his al-Qaeda operation. "He had ...

Huge fire breaks out at Istanbul airport
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 20 minutes agoISTANBUL, Turkey -- A huge fire engulfed the cargo section of Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport on Wednesday, blocking air traffic and causing hundreds of panicked people to flee, television reports said. ...

Note From Elizabeth Vargas on Changes to 'World News Tonight'
ABC News - 2 hours agoFind out which oil producers profit as you pay more at the pump, as our series "The Producers" begins. May 23, 2006 Elizabeth Vargas closed tonight's "World News Tonight" broadcast with a note on the changes at the anchor desk. ...

Merkel begins China visit with a walk in the park

admin — Sun, 21 May 2006 21:15:01 +0000

Merkel begins China visit with a walk in the park
Washington Post - 1 hour agoBERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, visiting China to discuss weighty issues such as Iran, human rights and piracy, got her visit off to a relaxed start with a walk in the park with Premier Wen Jiabao. ...

A world-leading bourse in view, but merger party won't be over
Times Online - 6 hours agoBy James Doran, Wall Street Correspondent. A MERGER of the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext would create the world s first transatlantic share trading operation, with an expansive range of products, including ...

Iran warns G 5+1 against unrealistic approach
IranMania News - 36 minutes agoLONDON, May 22 (IranMania) - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi cautioned Group 5+1 against unrealistic approach in its upcoming meeting and present a proposal which observes Iran's rights, IRNA reported. ...

Dell shares up on AMD chip plans

admin — Fri, 19 May 2006 21:20:52 +0000

Dell shares up on AMD chip plans
MarketWatch - 13 hours agoSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Dell Inc. shares rose as much 4% Friday after the hardware giant issued a steady forecast, unveiled a cost-cutting plan and said it will use microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. for the first time. ...

Stocks erratic; interest rate woes remain
BusinessWeek - 10 hours agoMAY. 19 1:31 PM ET Stocks fluctuated in erratic trading Friday as stress over rising interest rates weighed on Wall Street for a third straight session. Investors still appeared to be unsettled about inflation ...

Bush is right on border debate
Walton Tribune - 15 hours agoBush is as hardline as anyone can be when it comes to protecting the nation from a foreign threat. Although not in the same way as terrorism, one can certainly argue illegal immigration is a foreign threat ...

Child-Killer Gets 30 Years for Gun Offense

admin — Thu, 18 May 2006 14:10:46 +0000

Child-Killer Gets 30 Years for Gun Offense
Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours agoBy BRIAN SKOLOFF. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Lionel Tate, the teenager who got a second chance after he beat and stomped a 6-year-old girl to death, was sent back to prison for 30 years Thursday for gun possession. ...

Stocks slide on inflation, interest-rate fears
Reuters - 25 minutes agoBy Vivianne Rodrigues. NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks tumbled on Thursday, with the Nasdaq suffering its longest losing streak in 12 years, as concern about inflation and rising interest rates kept investors wary after a sell-off on Wednesday. ...

Update 1: Elliott Yamin Says There's Music After 'Idol'
Forbes - 1 hour agoBy MICHAEL FELBERBAUM , 05.18.2006, 03:16 PM. Elliott Yamin, the latest contestant to be booted from "American Idol," says he'll do anything to make a lasting mark on the music world - without completely compromising his style, of course. ...

73 killed in heavy fighting in Helmand
PakTribune.com - 1 hour agoHELMAND: At least 60 suspected Taliban and 13 policemen were killed in heavy fighting erupted in the restive southern province of Helmand, an official confirmed Thursday. Vice Governor Helmand, Amir Muhammad ...

Kicking The Microsoft Habit
InformationWeek - 4 hours agoTired of the cost and security concerns that result from using Microsoft products? Not to worry--solid alternatives abound. By David Haskin. For many people these days, Microsoft is to computing as Kleenex ...

Govt bios: the others

admin — Wed, 17 May 2006 12:10:29 +0000

Govt bios: the others
ANSA - 1 hour agoMastella, 59, was defence undersecretary under Giulio Andreotti just before the Clean Hands probes shattered the once-dominant Christian Democrats. He founded a splinter group and became Silvio Berlusconi's labour minister in 1994. ...

Honda Picks Midwest for New US Auto-Assembly Plant (Update2)
Bloomberg - 59 minutes agoMay 17 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co., the first Asian automaker to produce cars in the US, will build its sixth North American auto-assembly plant in the US Midwest as part of a $1.46 billion expansion plan. ...

Cabin pressure 'not linked to DVT'
Monsters and Critics.com - 6 hours agoBritish researchers have said there is 'no evidence' that low cabin pressure on long-haul flights is linked to deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Scientists from the Universities of Aberdeen and Leicester found that ...

ASK MIKE: Alarm may fail over VoIP line

admin — Tue, 16 May 2006 04:10:49 +0000

ASK MIKE: Alarm may fail over VoIP line
Detroit Free Press, United States - May 15, 2006... Vonage, the biggest of the home VoIP firms, maintains that "some (alarm) systems will work just fine with Vonage and some can be made to work if the alarm ...

MTV enters online music fray with launch of new download service

admin — Mon, 15 May 2006 08:10:44 +0000

MTV enters online music fray with launch of new download service
TMCnet - 11 hours agoBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer. For years, MTV Networks Inc. sat on the sidelines while Apple (News - Alert) Computer Inc., RealNetworks Inc. and others racked up sales of music downloads. Now the cable network ...

Officials: US to restore relations with Libya
CNN - 30 minutes agoWASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States will establish full diplomatic relations with Libya and remove the North African country from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, State Department and Libyan officials told CNN. ...

Hayden Hearings Shadowed By NSA Debate
CBS News - 19 hours ago(CBS/AP) The ongoing battle over the legality and scope of the NSA's domestic surveillance program is threatening the confirmation of Air Force General Michael V. Hayden as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency. ...

'Poseidon' Sinks Under 'M:i:III'; Lohan's Out Of Box-Office 'Luck'
MTV.com - 3 hours agoKurt Russell and Lindsay Lohan went up against Tom Cruise this weekend, but their mission to take the #1 box-office spot away from the blockbuster star proved an impossible task. the top position at the box ...

Carolina curse lives on for Devils
San Jose Mercury News - 8 hours agoBY DARREN EVERSON. RALEIGH, NC - The season is over, as is the quickly doused dream of an 0-3 comeback. The Carolina curse, however, lives on. The New Jersey Devils just can't handle the Hurricanes. Not when it counts. Not anymore. ...

UPDATE 1-Bush to call for National Guard on Mexico border
Reuters - 24 minutes agoBy Steve Holland. WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - US President George W. Bush will announce plans on Monday to deploy thousands of National Guard troops along the US-Mexico border to support efforts to curtail ...

Enron's hometown convinced Lay and Skilling deserve jail

admin — Sun, 14 May 2006 20:16:17 +0000

Enron's hometown convinced Lay and Skilling deserve jail
New Zealand Herald - 8 hours agoBy Ann Woolner. Proving guilt beyond reasonable doubt sounds like a grand idea until you get someone on trial like Kenneth Lay or Jeffrey Skilling. Tell a Houstonian that jurors will need more than 10 minutes ...

Bird flu - the battle could be over
News-Medical.net - 2 hours agoEven though Dr. David Nabarro, chief pandemic flu coordinator for the United Nations says he is encouraged by how both Thailand and Vietnam had responded to the health crisis facing their domestic poultry, and their successful efforts to reduce the threat ...

Two killed and one injured in Basra bomb attack on UK troops
Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours agoTwo British soldiers were killed and another injured in Basra when their armoured Land Rover was hit by a roadside bomb late on Saturday night. The soldiers, from the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment, were ...

2 more die in Florida from alligator attacks
Kentucky.com - 23 minutes agoBY AMY C. RIPPEL AND STEPHEN HUDAK. ORLANDO, Fla. - The deaths of two women from apparent alligator attacks reported Sunday - one in Marion County and the other in Pinellas - mean three people have been killed ...

Mother's Day greetings flow in as former conjoined twins recover
KVOA.com - 7 hours agoMINNEAPOLIS Mother's Day greetings are flowing in from around the country for the parents of Abbigail and Isabelle Carlsen. The Mayo Clinic in Minnesota msays the formerly conjoined twins are doing well following nearly seven hours of surgery on Friday. ...

No big news on this Giant

admin — Wed, 10 May 2006 16:10:41 +0000

No big news on this Giant
Boston Globe - 15 hours agoBy Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff | May 10, 2006. SAN FRANCISCO -- The 20 or so minutes of the interview were just about up when a local columnist mentioned to Barry Bonds that 90 percent of the assembled media ...

Embracing Palestinians but not Hamas
Christian Science Monitor - 1 hour agoTry as they might not to talk of a peace deal, Israel and the Hamas government of the Palestinians can't ignore a world desire for them to find peace. With an apology to Shakespeare, some achieve peace and others have peace thrust upon them. ...

Putin Chastises US on Democratic Ideals
Guardian Unlimited - 3 hours agoBy JUDITH INGRAM. MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin took a swipe at the United States in his state of the nation address Wednesday, bristling at being lectured by Vice President Dick Cheney and comparing ...

J. Michael Luttig Resigns From Appeals Court
Washington Post - 7 hours agoAppeals court judge J. Michael Luttig, a leading conservative jurist and a short-list Bush administration candidate for the Supreme Court, announced today that he is resigning from the bench to serve as senior vice president and general counsel of The ...

'Halo 3,' 'GTA IV,' Xbox Live Anywhere: Microsoft Busts Out Big ...
MTV.com - 10 hours agosystem. Game designer Cliffy B opened the event, held at Mann's Chinese Theater just off the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with a giant-screen play session of the heavy-armor, big-gun shooter "Gears of War" roaring ...

Fed raises rates again

admin — Wed, 10 May 2006 12:11:32 +0000

Fed raises rates again
CNN - 39 minutes agoThe central bank boosts short-term rate to 5%, says that future hikes will depend on economic data. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - The Federal Reserve raised its short-term interest rate target another quarter ...

Death toll mounts in fighting in Somalia
CNN International - 1 hour agoSomalian gunmen sit in the shade in the southern town of Wajid, west of Mogadishu, in this March photo. MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Islamic militiamen and secular fighters battled for control of Somalia's capital Wednesday despite promises of a cease-fire. ...

NBA: Dallas 113, San Antonio 91
Monsters and Critics.com - 4 hours agoSAN ANTONIO, TX, United States (UPI) -- Dallas` Josh Howard and Dirk Nowitzki combined to score 48 points in leading the Mavericks to a 113-91 NBA playoff victory over the San Antonio Spurs. The Mavericks ...

Cruise's Small-Town "Mission"
E! Online - 29 minutes agoby Sarah Hall. When Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes arrived in the town of Aberdeen, Washington, on Tuesday, they were greeted by screaming fans, a red carpet and even a marching band. They were not greeted by a couch-jumping contest. ...

Conservative judge to work for Boeing
BusinessWeek - 1 hour agoMAY. 10 1:16 PM ET Judge J. Michael Luttig resigned Wednesday from the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to accept a job as senior vice president and general counsel for Boeing Co. Luttig, a conservative judge ...

CIA nominee softens on eavesdropping law
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 1 hour agoBy KATHERINE SHRADER. WASHINGTON -- Gen. Michael Hayden, nominee to be director of the CIA, told at least one Democratic senator that he may be open to changing the law that governs eavesdropping on US soil ...

Judge: iTunes isn't cheating the Beatles

admin — Tue, 09 May 2006 08:10:00 +0000

Judge: iTunes isn't cheating the Beatles
San Francisco Chronicle - 4 hours agoWill Beatles fans finally be able to download "Yellow Submarine" onto their iPods for 99 cents? A judge in the United Kingdom ruled Monday in favor of Cupertino's Apple Computer Inc., arguing that its popular ...

Dell cuts first-quarter earnings outlook
MarketWatch - 3 hours agoSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Dell Inc. slumped over 7% in pre-open trading Tuesday after warning that fiscal first-quarter profit would be below previous forecasts, and that revenue would be at ...

Sharks just two much
SLAM! Sports - 1 hour agoThat was one TV guy's post-game take of proceedings at HP Pavilion last night, and it wasn'ta bad assessment after the San Jose Sharks fashioned a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series with the Edmonton Oilers after a 2-1 win. ...

Study looks at deaths of babies in first weeks
Boston Globe - 8 hours agoBy Margie Mason, Associated Press | May 9, 2006. HANOI -- About 4 million babies die in their first month of life -- about half of those in the first 24 hours, according to a global report on newborn mortality. ...

Ahmadinejad Letter to Bush Doesn't Address Issues, Rice Says
AXcess News - 49 minutes agoBy Freddie Mooche. (AXcess News) Washington - According to comments given to the press, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's letter to President Bush did not contain ...

Christian group bids to dispel DVC myths
Ireland Online - 1 hour agoA group of Christians determined to address what they claim are the myths of The Da Vinci Code are to offer the Irish public a mental health warning on the film before it hits cinema screens. Hope Ireland, made ...

Thermo Electron, Fisher Scientific in Deal

admin — Mon, 08 May 2006 08:10:08 +0000

Thermo Electron, Fisher Scientific in Deal
Bismarck Tribune - 23 minutes agoBy MARK JEWELL. BOSTON (AP) -- Thermo Electron Corp. is paying about $10.6 billion in stock for the larger Fisher Scientific International Inc. in a deal that would create a laboratory supply powerhouse making ...

Yahoo Unveils Public Details Of "Panama" Ad System Upgrade
Search Engine Watch - 1 hour agoYahoo's finally gone public with details about its new "Panama" ad system upgrade, which when launched later this year will bring the system up to matching what Google's long offered, though both Yahoo and Google will remain behind Microsoft's third ...

Drug Plan Is Meeting Goals
Los Angeles Times - May 7, 2006The Medicare benefit is helping millions even as the system's complexity vexes many pharmacists and patients. A penalty looms for late enrollees. By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Times Staff Writer. WASHINGTON With ...

Stocks inch higher on acquisitions
BusinessWeek - 41 minutes agoMAY. 8 10:18 AM ET Stocks edged higher Monday as Wall Street weighed a sliding US dollar against lower oil prices and a trio of multibillion-dollar acquisitions. There were no new government reports to offer clues about inflation and the economy's health. ...

Italy to Elect New President
Voice of America - 1 hour agoBy VOA News. More than 1,000 voters will chose a successor to President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, who steps down in 10 days. The vote is seen as a test for Italy's new prime minister, Romano Prodi, who must wait ...

GOLF ROUNDUP: Furyk leads by 1 shot at Wachovia

admin — Sun, 07 May 2006 07:08:57 +0000

GOLF ROUNDUP: Furyk leads by 1 shot at Wachovia
Detroit Free Press - 4 hours agoCHARLOTTE, NC -- Jim Furyk took advantage of a rain-softened course Saturday for a four-under 68 third round and a one-shot lead in the Wachovia Championship at Quail Hollow. Furyk, the only player to shoot ...

Poll: 4 in 10 Play Electronic Games
Forbes - 4 hours agoBy MATT SLAGLE , 05.07.2006, 05:08 AM. Millions of people in this country don't automatically reach for the television remote control when they want to be entertained. They turn to electronic games for diversion. ...

Bodies Recovered From Afghanistan Crash
Houston Chronicle - 28 minutes agoBy JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press Writer. KABUL, Afghanistan The US helicopter that crashed in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan fell into a ravine inaccessible by road but rescuers recovered all 10 ...

Why Goss is Gone
TIME - 7 hours agoCovert operations rarely come off exactly as planned. But last week's coup at the CIA, orchestrated by White House officials and Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte, went only slightly awry and only at the last moment. ...

Tom Cruise at the US premiere for 'Mission: Impossible III.'
EiTB - 20 hours agoCruise took time away from fianc e Katie Holmes and new baby Suri to promote the film in Rome, London, Paris and then Mexico before attending the New York event. Mission accomplished. After travelling through ...

Questions Remain After Darfur Peace Accord
Voice of America - 1 hour agoBy Noel King. Sudan is not out of the woods yet, following a widely hailed peace agreement signed between the Sudan government and Darfur rebels. Critics are skeptical the deal will hold, because two rebel factions have refused to sign on. ...

Medicare drug plan sign-ups lag in Tier

admin — Sat, 06 May 2006 04:10:23 +0000

Medicare drug plan sign-ups lag in Tier
Press & Sun-Bulletin - 4 hours agoWith a May 15 deadline looming, thousands of eligible Medicare beneficiaries in the Southern Tier still haven't enrolled in the voluntary Part D prescription drug coverage. At risk is not only financial assistance ...

Can Moscow save Iran from sanctions?
RIA Novosti - 27 minutes agoApparently, the debates around the Iranian nuclear program have reached the homestretch. Although neither deputy foreign ministers of UN Security Council permanent members and Germany (which is a member of ...

Coalition chopper crashes in Afghanistan
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 7 hours agoKABUL, Afghanistan -- A CH-47 Chinook helicopter with nine coalition personnel aboard crashed late Friday during combat operations in Afghanistan's Kunar province, a military spokeswoman said. The helicopter was not brought down by hostile fire, said Lt. ...

Stung Blair shakes party
Toronto Star - 2 hours agoLONDON Prime Minister Tony Blair fired his foreign secretary who had taken a different tack on Iran and reportedly expressed doubts about the Iraq war in a wide-ranging cabinet shuffle yesterday, a day after the governing party took a pounding in local ...

After accident, Hendricks finds comfort in training horses
San Jose Mercury News - 55 minutes agoBY WRIGHT THOMPSON. LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Dan Hendricks watches the horses run. They move so easily, and he spends his days teaching them to go even faster. He studies their movements, the sinew of their muscle, the dapple of their back. ...

CBS Starts Online Channel
Los Angeles Times - May 5, 2006Innertube will carry TV reruns and Web-only shows in a bid to boost ad revenue and viewers. By Chris Gaither and Meg James, Times Staff Writers. CBS Corp. continued its aggressive push online Thursday by launching ...

Heat, Nets roll into Round 2; Suns hang on

admin — Fri, 05 May 2006 00:08:40 +0000

Heat, Nets roll into Round 2; Suns hang on
FOXSports.com - 46 minutes agoThe Indiana Pacers seemed to hold out hope they could salvage their season by knocking off the New Jersey Nets in the first round. It didn't happen, and both the Heat and Nets went into their challengers' homes and ended their season. ...

Half of British voters want Blair out by year-end: Poll
Zee News - 44 minutes agoLondon, May 05: Half of Britain's voters want Prime Minister Tony Blair to quit by the end of the year as they increasingly see him as arrogant, untrustworthy and wrong to support the Iraq war, a survey said today. ...

Canada's ATI,
Wall Street Journal - 3 hours agoBy STUART WEINBERG. TORONTO -- Graphics-chip maker ATI Technologies Inc. announced a strategic relationship with Nokia Corp., following news earlier this week that ATI was buying a Finnish mobile-graphics concern. ...

Wireless opens window for VoIP

admin — Thu, 04 May 2006 12:08:17 +0000

Wireless opens window for VoIP
Globe and Mail, Canada - 11 hours ago... "It basically allows you to bring your home [VoIP] phone service with you wherever you go," said Bruce Robertson, director of product marketing and programs at ...

Wireless opens window for VoIP

admin — Thu, 04 May 2006 08:08:13 +0000

Wireless opens window for VoIP
Globe and Mail, Canada - 7 hours ago... "It basically allows you to bring your home [VoIP] phone service with you wherever you go," said Bruce Robertson, director of product marketing and programs at ...