HP, Taiwan company show off WiMax hospital station

InfoWorld - Hewlett-Packard and Taiwanese WiMax service provider Global Mobile on Monday showed off a mobile WiMax station for use in hospitals, complete with a laptop PC, monitor, and other gear.


Ascoli Piceno, 16:57 - CALCIO, ASCOLI; BENIGNI: SONO FIDUCIOSO, SIAMO IN CRESCITA

L'amministratore unico dell'Ascoli Roberto Benigni si dichiara soddisfatto per il pareggio ottenuto ...


HP wins $290M data center deal with Defense Logistics Agency

Under the 10-year deal, HP will create a single, organizationwide IT infrastructure for the agency in a move aimed at saving the Department of Defense money while creating a more modern and efficient IT operation.


Italian Study: Shy Children Don't Read Emotions Well

Shy children tend to have muted reactions to joy or anger in the facial expressions of others, inhibitions that may lead to the anxieties many experience later in life, Italian researchers said on Monday.


Maryland lawmakers are drawing up ambitious proposals to provide medical insurance to hundreds of thousands of residents without coverage, stepping into the national debate over who should pay the soaring costs of health care.


Radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al Sadr has threatened to lift by the end of the week a six-month cease-fire widely credited with helping reduce violence in Iraq


Heads roll in CIA shakeup; Powell said to resign

ISN SECURITY WATCH (15/11/04) - The new head of the CIA and former Republican chairman of the US House Intelligence Committee, Porter Goss, has begun a major shakeup of the main US foreign intelligence service, offending some critics, including many in


An Alliance for the Scale to Battle a Common Foe

The fact that neither Kmart or Sears has faired well against Wal-Mart may leave some people wondering if the combined company can do any better.


David Beckham limps out of an LA Galaxy match with a knee injury - nine days before England host Israel in a Euro 2008 qualifier.


Russia Air Crash Flight Recorders May Not Help

Investigators examined flight recorders  Thursday from Russia's mystery double air crash in which 89  people died, but one official doubted they would be of any use.


Ingres, Wipro team on open source enterprise software

InfoWorld - Indian outsourcer Wipro is to develop open-source business software and offer system integration services around the open-source database from software vendor Ingres, which will be marketed jointly by the two companies.


NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. - An elderly woman crashed her car into the Woonasquatucket River on Wednesday, and then clung to a tree branch until she could be plucked by rescuers, authorities said...


Spamalot creator Eric Idle rewrites a song lyric poking fun at "sad" pop star Britney Spears.


Sudan Says Darfur Rebel Groups Involved in Attack

Khartoum said on Wednesday the rebel  Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM), which is bound by a cease-fire  in Darfur, was involved in an attack this week on government  forces near the troubled western region.


The PG-13 picture, an American remake of the Japanese horror hit âJu-On,â takes an old-school approach in telling an unnerving tale about ghosts with more bite than pit bulls.


Friend: Diana didn't want to marry Fayed

Princess Diana denied any intention of marrying Dodi Fayed in a conversation just a few days before the couple died, a friend testified Monday.


By MICHELLE MILLHOLLON  The Blanco administration is creating an Internet money trail for the billions of dollars flowing into the state for hurricane recovery.


The first week of the third quarter will probably be a quiet one as many fund managers, having put the final touches on their portfolios last week, leave on their Fourth of July vacations.


Prince Charles to marry long-time partner Camilla Parker Bowles

Britain's Prince Charles and his longtime partner Camilla Parker Bowles are to marry, the prince's official residence in London said.


Coca-Cola Co. is aiming to put the fizz back into its marketing as a key part of its turnaround strategy. Coke will boost its annual spending on marketing and developing new products by $350 million to $400 million beginning next year.


BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- When yesterday's Ryder Cup pairings were announced, Bernhard Langer knew his team had been given an opportunity.


Bank of America CEO says buying all of LaSalle

Bank of America Corp.  Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis pledged on Thursday to complete the $21 billion acquisition of all of LaSalle Bank from ABN AMRO Holding NV  early in the fourth quarter.


BESLAN, Russia  - Russian President Vladimir Putin  ordered security forces to seal off a southern region amid  fears some Chechen hostage-takers may have escaped the storming  of a siege school which killed at least 250 people.


The U.N. commemoration of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps 60 years ago is a reminder that the evil that killed six million Jews still threatens the world today and must never be repeated, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said.


Ecuador's Galapagos Park Rangers End Strike

Galapagos park rangers on Monday ended a strike that had blocked tourist sites in the exotic islands for more than two weeks after the Ecuadorean government accepted their demands for a change in park leadership.


Stocks rallied Wednesday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to a record close, after investors cheered comments on the economy and inflation from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.


LONDON -- Apple Computer's three-month-old European iTunes service came under attack Wednesday from Britain's Consumers' Association, which asked the Office of Fair Trading, a business watchdog, to investigate why the service's prices are higher than


The Bulls and Wizards have developed something of a rivalry since meeting in the 2005 playoffs, but personnel changes have deflated it somewhat.


Merck, the maker of the arthritis drug Vioxx is facing a nationwide legal assault as lawyers representing thousands of people injured or killed by the painkiller meet next week to set the groundwork for a massive action against the drug maker.


Mexican army battles drug gang near U.S. border

MONTERREY, Mexico  - Mexican troops and police fought a fierce battle with suspected drug hitmen armed with grenades in a town near the U.S. border on Monday, and one police officer was killed, witnesses and Mexican media said.


Dokic to rely on invite for Australian Open

Former world number four Jelena Dokic will need to rely on an organizer's invitation for next month's Australian Open after pulling out of the wildcard qualifying tournament with a thigh injury.


The health of China's ex-Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang has deteriorated sharply, reports say.


China's Jailing of Hong Kong-Based Reporter Decried

HONG KONG, Aug. 31 -- Supporters of a Hong Kong-based reporter expressed outrage after he was sentenced to five years in prison on espionage charges Thursday, and the chief executive of Hong Kong said his administration was "very concerned" about the case.


A Roma e Milano sono 537.734. Il tempo medio per il rilascio del permesso di soggiorno Ã¨ di 113 giorni. I numeri presentati dal ministro dell'interno ministro dell'Interno, Giuseppe Pisanu, durante il question


The Dutch publisher VNU, which owns the Nielsen TV ratings service, said Monday it signed a deal to sell its World Directories unit for $2.6 billion to a group assembled by the private equity firms Apax Partners Worldwide and Cinven Group Ltd.


Bergamo, 18:16 - CALCIO, ATALANTA: PRIMO ALLENAMENTO PER VIERI

Christian  Vieri ha sostenuto oggi il primo allenamento con l'Atalanta nel centro sportivo Bortolott...


A new heart drug targeted exclusively at blacks reduced deaths from advanced heart failure by 43 percent and reduced hospitalizations by a third, setting the stage for it to become the first drug approved for only one race.


Irvin, Thurman Thomas among six into Hall of Fame

Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin and Buffalo Bills running back Thurman Thomas headed a list of six former players chosen for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday, the NFL announced.


Peterson Defense Begins Fifth Day Of Questioning

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Laci Peterson called her mother early on the morning of June 9, 2002, and announced she was pregnant, according to testimony Monday morning in the Scott Peterson double murder trial.


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- More than anything else, Intel Chairman Andrew Grove was a pioneer. Free! Sign up here to receive our Internet Daily e-Newsletter!


Pechino, 19:54 - CALCIO, MONDIALI DONNE: INGHILTERRA-ARGENTINA 6-1

La nazionale inglese di calcio femminile ha sconfitto l'Argentina per 6-1 in una sfida valida per la...


40ft tunnel, fitted with electric lights, was 15ft short of target when it was discovered by workmen.


Rice praises Iraq, says more progress needed

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Iraq on Tuesday for passing the first in a series of critical laws meant to reconcile warring Iraqis, saying progress was remarkable even though more was needed.


Burton's "Nightmare" spurs digital 3-D growth

LOS ANGELES  - "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D" changed it all.


Hamas Hints It Is Open to Deal on Truce, Statehood

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - A Hamas leader said the  militant group could accept creation of a Palestinian state in  the West Bank and Gaza and a long-term truce with Israel,  signaling a possible new overture to end hostilities.


Oct. 17, 1604: Johannes Kepler Goes Dancing With a Star

The German astronomer launches an exhaustive study of the exploding star that will soon bear his name.


Gli ispettori accusano le toghe nella relazione a Mastella


Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary lies in state

Hundreds of people queued on Monday to pay their last respects to Sir Edmund Hillary, the conqueror of Mount Everest, whose body lay in state in New Zealand ahead of his funeral on Tuesday.


Harris averaged 7.7 points, 1.6 assists and 2.6 rebounds in 456 games since being acquired in June 1997 as part of an eight-player trade with Philadelphia.


EU blasts US pullout from air subsidy deal

BRUSSELS  - The European Commission condemned Friday a unilateral US decision to terminate a 1992 accord on trans-Atlantic air subsidies, saying the move was invalid and therefore the deal remained in force.


Polling begins in Romanian presidential, legislative elections

BUCHAREST - Romanians went to the polls on Sunday for a general election and the first round of a presidential vote, marking the end of the era of Ion Iliescu in the former Soviet state.


One of Brian McNamee's lawyers said Sunday he believed the Justice Department will open a criminal investigation into Roger Clemens' denials of doping.


A European Union summit with Ukrainian leaders will discuss progress made on democratic reforms,


Lohan voted worst performance in online movie poll

As if 2007 could get any worse for Lindsay Lohan, now this: Moviegoers tagged her with the year's worst performance by an actress.


Eight businesses, seven individuals named as defendants in suit alleging distribution, sales of counterfeit programs.


Oil falls over 2 pct as warm weather hits U.S.

Oil fell more than 2 percent on Tuesday as warm weather thawed top consumer the United States, cutting demand for heating fuel.


THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Maryland.


Era nel garage di un suo conoscente che e' stato arrestato


Getty Images to Buy Celebrity Photo Distributor

Getty Images said it planned to buy the celebrity photo distributor WireImage for $200 million and is in talks to acquire another rival, Jupitermedia.


The head of China's central bank  said on Sunday Beijing's efforts to curb excessive credit  growth were bearing fruit, increasing chances the country's  booming economy would achieve a "soft landing."


JACKSONVILLE (11-4) AT HOUSTON (7-8) When, where: Sunday, 1 p.m., at Reliant Stadium. TV: Channel 4. Last meeting: Jaguars won, 37-17, Oct. 14, 2007. Of note: The Jaguars have locked up the No. 5 seed in the AFC playoffs, meaning their starters may see little action . . . The Texans need a win to avoid going winless in the ...


Police in Ireland question two men arrested in Dublin in connection with the murder of the daughter of Malawi's chief justice.


Q Somebody just e-mailed me a ".docx" file. Is this a Microsoft Word file? Why can't my copy of Word open it?


Castro recovering "very well", official says

A senior Cuban official said on Tuesday that Fidel Castro is recovering "very well" but gave no indication when, or if, Cuba's ailing leader might return to public life.


The US places key Middle East allies on its blacklist of countries that  fail to stop people trafficking.


Stocks: Investors seek haven amid uncertainty

NEW YORK Uncertainty over high oil prices and pharmaceutical companies kept stocks mixed Monday as investors migrated to less risky holdings, pushing blue chips and other large-caps higher while the Nasdaq fell.


TechWeb - Just days after the Mozilla Foundation released the final version of its standalone Firefox browser, a security firm Thursday said that earlier editions should be replaced.


Mediation Slated for CanonUSA Real-Estate Fight

By Jeremy Harrell  Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has proposed a mediation hearing next Wednesday in an effort to resolve a bitter real-estate fight that could cost Long Island the headquarters of CanonUSA.


As internet firms are doing all they can to combat junk e-mail, a new form of virtual irritation is emerging.


Bush's Counterterror Policy Point Man Resigns

President Bush's point man for  international counterterrorism policy has quit, the first  resignation by a senior official to be made public since Bush's  reelection, a U.S. official said on Friday.


A woman, 18, who falsely accused four men of rape is given custody after a mobile video helps find them innocent.


FDA Fast Track for Female Testosterone Patch Questioned

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a fast track review of testosterone patches for women with low sex drive, despite concerns about insufficient data and potentially misleading marketing by their manufacturer Proctor & Gamble, claim two


Scientists are testing a vaccine that could prevent heart disease and reverse damage to clogged arteries.


Gaddafi's Son Trying to Help Free UK Hostage

The son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said Tuesday he was using his charity foundation contacts in Iraq to help free British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who has been held by Iraqi militants for nearly three weeks.


La vittima Ã¨ Eduardo Bove, freddato con un colpo alla testaArrestato uno dei capi del clan Di Lauro, Giovanni Cortese                                                  Camorra, altro omicidio a Napoli Ucciso il boss di Forcella                                                                                Eduardo Bove, 28 anni, freddato in casa con un colpo alla testa


Ad costs hit bottom line but subscriptions grow.


Ex-head of bust Italian giant Parmalat apologizes to savers

Calisto Tanzi, founder of the bankrupt Italian food giant Parmalat at the heart of a huge finance scandal, apologized to savers who suffered ruin from the company's meltdown.


Insurgents in Baghdad struck a police station and a mosque at dawn Friday, killing at least 30 people and wounding nearly as many.


Daisuke Matsuzaka dined with his would-be Boston bosses and took in a Los Angeles Lakers game during a trip to the United States, then headed back to Japan and left his agent to work out a deal with the Red Sox.


Obama wins Wisconsin, Hawaii ... McCain inches closer to delegate goal ... Candidate wives' spar over remarks ... Candidates comment on Castro announcement ... ___


Bang-up job Alerts issued by the Joint Border Operations Centre (JBOC) have resulted in more than 1,000 arrests.â¦


Any objections? For Open XML standard, yes

Microsoft's Open XML standards proposal fewer vehement foes than expected in the ISO standards committee tasked with approving to deny the spec. But document obtained by Computerworld indicate that if the vote were held today, there's no guarantee that the proposal would pass.


Darfur talks stalled over differences on proposed military no-fly zone

ABUJA, Nigeria  - Disagreement over creation of a no-fly zone in Sudan's troubled Darfur region stalled the signing of a security accord between the government and rebels, who met for another day of talks Friday in Nigeria's capital.


Freshmen seeds in bloom for March Madness

The big stories at this year's NCAA basketball tournament are young stars and surprising teams without basketball tradition.


Electronics giant Sony confirms a recently discovered security flaw in its products and says it will issue a fix.


African Union Says Sudanese Troops Raiding Darfur

Sudanese troops launched air strikes  against a Darfur village, contrary to reports Khartoum was  withdrawing its forces from the region to meet an African Union  cease-fire deadline, an AU spokesman said on Sunday.


Wal-Mart says to slow supercenter growth

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas  - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on Friday that it will moderate the growth of its supercenter stores as it tries to improve sales at its U.S. stores, sending shares of the world's largest retailer up 4 percent.


Top London cancer hospital evacuated after fire

A fire tore through the top floor of a leading cancer hospital in London on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of all staff and patients including some already in the operating theatre.


Inizieremo a parlare con un unico interlocutore


Matthew Pinsent won his fourth successive Olympic gold medal amid tears of joy and relief yesterday as the British coxless four beat Canada in one of the closest rowing finals ever.


HBO is preparing a eulogy for "Six Feet Under."


ImClone Systems Inc. IMCL.O on  Thursday posted its third successive quarterly profit helped by  strong sales of its new colon cancer drug Erbitux.


HRE sells its German loan book for 3.6bn

HRE's share price jumped 5 per cent as the group, spun out of Munich-based bank HVB last year, said the clean-out of its legacy German business was now complete.


British punk rock band The Sex Pistols  will reform in November for a one concert to mark the 30th  anniversary of their album "Never Mind the Bollocks."


President Bush always said he would wait to talk about the CIA leak case until after the investigation into his administration's role. On Thursday, he skipped over that step and pronounced the matter old news hardly worth discussing.


Ngugi wa Thiong'o, goes back to Kenya to give evidence against four men accused of attacking him and his wife.


EU insists on WMD clause in accord with Syria

The European Union wants to sign a trade and aid pact to ease Syria's diplomatic isolation, but only on condition it agrees to renounce weapons of mass destruction, German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said yesterday.


Reid to Fast Track Sex Disease Screening Programme

The introduction of a national screening programme for chlamydia will be fast-tracked in efforts to tackle soaring rates of sexual disease, the Government said today.


SPANISH heartthrob Alejandro Sanz, one of the few well-known musicians vying for a Latin Grammy on Wednesday, swept the awards show, taking home trophies for Best Song, Best Record and Best Album.


More trial data backs Merck's cervical cancer shot

New data from a combined analysis of four Phase II/III studies involving more than 20,000 women confirm the effectiveness of Merck & Co Inc's cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, researchers said on Thursday.


New NYSE rule lets floor brokers access other markets

A rule change at the New York Stock Exchange will allow brokers on its trading floor to handle non-NYSE listed stocks, in a move meant to stem trading share losses to newer competitors.


Argentina to open notorious dirty war prison

The most infamous political prison from Argentina's 1976-1983 dirty war opens to the public next month as a human rights memorial, one of the first of its kind in Latin America.


Katie Couric isn't the only thing new at the "CBS Evening News."


Renee Zellweger isn't the only actress packing on the pounds for plum roles these days. Sarah Steele, the 16-year-old actress who plays the overweight daughter of Adam Sandler and Tea Leoni in the comedy-drama "Spanglish," had to gain between 15 and 17 pounds for the role.


Odey Asset Management LLP acquires 5.84% in Converium registered...

Converium Holding Ltd, Zug, has been notified pursuant to Art. 20 of the Swiss Stock Exchange Act that Odey Asset Management LLP, 12 Upper Grosvenor Street, London W1K 2ND, United Kingdom, has acquired ...


U.S. ready to fight militants with Pakistani troops

The United States would be willing to send troops to Pakistan to fight alongside the South Asian country's forces against Islamist militants, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday.


Indexes rise after strong new home sales data

U.S. stocks gained on Friday, after data showed sales of new U.S. homes unexpectedly rose in July.


KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Mike Mussina pitched three-hit baseball for eight innings and struck out a season-high 11, leading the New York Yankees past the Kansas City Royals, 4-0, Tuesday night.


Eight Thai soldiers are killed in an attack by suspected Muslim rebels in the violence-hit south, the army says.


Dollaro ai minimi sull'euro, livello piu' basso in 19 mesi


Marriott profit falls 5 pct, but tops view

Marriott International Inc.  on Thursday said its third-quarter net income fell 5 percent on higher taxes, but the top U.S. hotel operator's profit still beat Wall Street expectations.


Teachers call for support for staff attacked at school, after a conference hears assaults even happen in nurseries.


Valentino Rossi, centre, talks tactics with Yamaha crew members before winning pole yesterday. Photo: Reuters. World champion Valentino Rossi took pole position at the Malaysian Grand Prix with a record lap


In my slightly tilted world, soup is one of the greatest culinary creations of all time. I would have to put it right up there with the peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich and meatballs and spaghetti.


Orphanages Stunt Mental Growth, a Study Finds

Giving credence to the long-held belief that orphanages stunt childrenâs mental development, a study shows that infants placed with foster families have higher I.Q.âs on average than those who remain in institutions.


Inferiore ad attese per societa' prima al mondo nell'eolico


When a Murderer Wants to Practice Medicine

It is hard to think of a case in which a murderer should become a medical doctor. Murder and medical practice are simply incompatible.


Up to 160,000 birds may be culled as experts try to identify which strain of bird flu killed 2,600 turkeys in Suffolk.


The body assessing new drugs and therapies for the NHS should be rejecting more treatments, say economists.


Bush says "all options" on table to help economy

President George W. Bush on Thursday said he would consider "all options" to help the U.S. economy weather a deep housing slump but the economy was fundamentally strong.


BHP Billiton reportedly taps more banks for Rio bid

BHP Billiton has brought in more banks to help it find the $70 billion it needs to fund its planned takeover of Rio Tinto , Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reported.


Kenya opposition to resume nationwide protests

An African Union mission to resolve a political crisis in Kenya that has killed 500 people ended in failure on Thursday as the president and opposition leader accused each other of wrecking talks.


A power plant purchase that Dynegy announced Tuesday is a signal that the company's recovery from near collapse two years ago is almost complete.


Open source JDBC 3.0 Type 4 driver for Microsoft SQL Server (6.5, 7.0, 2000 and 2005) and Sybase. jTDS is the fastest JDBC driver for MS SQL Server and is a complete implementation of the JDBC spec. For more information see http://jtds.sourceforge.net/   The jTDS Project has released version 1.2.2 of the open source JDBC driver for Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase. jTDS 1.2.2 is a bugfix release, improving over upon jTDS 1.2.1. A few new features also made it into the release.    New features:  o 64-bit support for Single Sign On (SSO) o [1491811] sqlState code for snapshot conflict.    Bug fixes:  o [1774322] Sybase nulled text fields return not null o [1592113] NTLMv2 properties on datasource   Make sure to check the changelog for detailed listings of the bugfixes and new features.    jTDS is the most performant JDBC driver for both Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase. It is a complete implementation of JDBC 3.0, it passes the J2EE 1.3 certification and Hibernate test suites and is the preferred SQL Server/Sybase driver for JBoss, Hibernate, Atlassian JIRA and Confluence, DbVisualizer and Compiere.    For more information on jTDS see:  http://jtds.sourceforge.net/    The release can be downloaded from:   https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=33291


Venezuela's Chavez says could sue Exxon Mobil

Venezuela could sue Exxon Mobil  for not paying taxes on some of the oil it produced, President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday, amid an escalating legal battle with Exxon over compensation for nationalized assets.


(seedings in parentheses) MEN - Roger Federer (1) def. Janko Tipsarevic, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1), 5-7, 6-1, 10-8; Novak Djokovic (3) def. Sam Querrey, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3; Marin Cilic def. Fernando Gonzalez (7), 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1; James Blake (12) def. Sebastien Grosjean, 4-6, 2-6, 6-0, 7-6 (5), 6-2; Tomas Berdych (13) def. Juan Monaco (21), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 ...


LONDON-Parliamentarians and celebrity campaigners launched a bid yesterday to impeach British Prime Minister Tony Blair for "gross misconduct" over his justification for the Iraq war.


NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - Yahoo Inc.  and AT&T Inc.  are negotiating potentially sweeping changes that could scale back their partnership, the Wall Street Journal reported, dragging Yahoo shares down 5.2 percent.


A rift between the Ambani brothers who run India's Reliance conglomerate appeared to spill into the boardroom of power utility Reliance Energy Ltd.


Art like Romare Bearden's Â intense and intricate Â deserves close scrutiny. So here's my advice: pick a few favorites at the Whitney Museum and stick with them.


You've read the ads, heard the buzz and seen the long lineups on the news, but does Halo 2 live up to the hype? Yes. Played from an immersive first-person perspective, the original Halo: Combat Evolved was


European condoms AIDS-tainted: Mozambique bishop

The head of the Catholic church in  Mozambique said on Wednesday he believed some European-made  condoms were deliberately tainted with the HIV/AIDS virus to  kill African people.


Second accused in Madrid trial refuses to speak to judges

A second alleged mastermind of the 2004 Madrid train bombings has said he would only give evidence through his defence counsel.


Six British politicians call for the authorities in Bangladesh to release the former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina.


Russian Official Affirms Japan Land Deal

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday reaffirmed Moscow's adherence to a 1956 declaration in which the Soviet Union said it was ready to hand over two of the four disputed Kuril Islands to Japan.


A former Army reservist who served at Abu Ghraib with Maryland's scandal-scarred 372nd Military Police Company testified yesterday that interrogators at the prison encouraged


MUMBAI: Amitabh Jhunjhunwala, the treasurer of Reliance Industries and one of the brains behind the companyâs successful fund raising moves over many years, has resigned, top company sources said.


Pound says Jones case pivotal in doping fight

If the drug allegations surrounding US track star Marion Jones are true, not only could she be stripped of her Olympic medals but American sprinters may also face tougher restrictions in the future, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Monday.


Kenya parties to work with African panel: AU

Kenya's president and opposition leader agreed on Thursday to work together with an African panel headed by former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to end turmoil that has killed 500 people, the African Union said.


Sensing technology calculates the direction in which Samsung's mobile phone is moving--and translates the data into commands.


Campaign Notebook Candidates make appearances in Florida, Ohio

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - From the South and the Midwest, President Bush and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry yesterday traded barbs and aggressively questioned the other's qualifications to be president.


Newark Slayings Stoke Immigration Debate

NEWARK -- Since two illegal immigrants were named among the suspects in the execution-style killings of three college students here, Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rudolph W. Giuliani and Tom Tancredo have suggested that the deaths show the consequences of failures in immigration...


A woman accused of slashing a new mother's throat and kidnapping her baby in rural Missouri was pregnant recently, confirming part of her story to police, authorities said Friday.


Coach Pete Carroll takes pride in being distinct. The same can be said for Southern California's football team, which during the past five years has produced one of the great runs in college history.


Desertion is a crime like few others. Along with mutiny, it hits at the heart of military service, violating a fundamental code of honor.


By Geoffrey Lean Mobile phone companies and the Government's official regulator are keeping information about the siting of radiation-emitting masts secret, despite rising concern about effects they may have on health.


Blast at revered Shi'ite shrine in Iraq's Samarra

Militants blew up two minarets of a revered Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Wednesday, targeting a shrine that had already been badly damaged in a 2006 attack, Shi'ite officials said.


As Islamist gunmen mopped up his routed forces in Gaza, Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the Palestinian government on Thursday and declared a state of emergency after six days of bloody faction fighting.


Mehmet Okur scored 19 of his 29 points in the second half, including a decisive 19-footer with 5.1 seconds remaining, and the Utah Jazz beat the Phoenix Suns 108-105 Saturday.


Firenze, 14:47 - CALCIO, INZAGHI: ALLA FRANCIA RISPONDIAMO SUL CAMPO

Superpippo Inzaghi è già carico e sente moltissimo il match Italia-Francia, in program...


Agreement lets MGM survive merger with Sony

Under a definitive agreement reached Thursday by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. and a consortium led by Sony Corporation of America, MGM will continue to operate as a private movie-making company


Chirac Ally Gives Up Seat Ahead of Trial

Former Prime Minister Alain Juppe said Thursday he will resign his parliamentary seat before his October retrial in a party financing scandal.


Historic Hypersonic Flight for NASA 'Scramjet' Made in Tennessee

An unmanned NASA jet that set a speed record of almost 7,000 miles per hour was built by a Tennessee company. The 12-foot-long X-43-A supersonic combustion ramjet, or Scramjet, flew on its


Colorado and Utah Approve Integra's Acquisition of Eschelon

Eschelon Telecom, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESCH), a provider of integrated  communications services to small and medium sized businesses in the  western United States, today announced that the Public Service  Commission in Utah has approved the petition by Integra Telecom  Holdings, Inc.


Karachi tense after killing of Shiite leader

Pakistan's main southern city of Karachi was tense with thousands of police patrolling the streets after riots the night before sparked by the assassination of a senior Shiite Muslim leader.


J im Pratt, who works for the Federal Aviation Administration in Michigan, has made 28 stock and bond trades this year through his Thrift Savings Plan account. With the trades, Pratt hopes to build a big nest egg for retirement.


By Randy Myers, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun. 10--In the no-holds-barred blogosphere, every voice can be raised.  But not everyone cares to listen.


The actress is expecting twins early next year


Istanbul, 11:02 - F1, TORO ROSSO: SCHUMI JR BUSSA MA TROVA PORTA CHIUSA

Ralf Schumacher è alla ricerca di un ingaggio per la prossima stagione considerato il diffici...


The political debates are getting some sporting competition — the baseball playoffs. Tuesday night's debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic Sen. John Edwards is up against Game 1 of the American League Division Series between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins.


At the end of the most maddening summer of his career, Red Sox pitcher Matt Clement has traveled to Alabama to see noted orthopedist James Andrews, with the hope that he may finally find answers to why he has not been able to pitch since mid-June, a mystery that has made him a target of innuendo both in and out ...


Photographer Matthew Pillsbury uses extremely long exposures to create eerie, ambient-light images that juxtapose technology's permanence with human transience. By Sharon Mizota.


Banks Implement Check 21 Starting Thursday

New federal regulations designed to speed up the processing of checks went into effect on Thursday, and consumer advocates advised Americans to be more vigilant about monitoring their accounts.


Opinion: Don't wait. Get SATA into your data center

Key factors driving the adoption of SATA drives are the enterprise caliber features they now include. Unlike first generation SATA drives, the drives that hit the market in Q3, 2005 offered five-year warranties, one million hours mean time between failure (MTBF) and disk speeds rated at 7,200 RPM.


Oscar-Winning Film Composer Bernstein Dies

Elmer Bernstein, whose eclectic film music ranged from the rousing theme of "The Magnificent Seven" to the lighthearted score for "Thoroughly Modern Millie," for which he won an Oscar, died Wednesday at his home in Ojai, Calif. He was 82.


Dame Miriam Rothschild, a self-taught scientist from the famous banking family whose highly technical studies of parasites earned her the title "Queen of the Fleas," has died at the age of 96, her family said.


UAL Corp. asked a US bankruptcy judge in Chicago Wednesday to let it reject contracts with its six labor unions if it can't reach agreements with the workers on


43 dead, million flee homes as rains lash northeast India, Bangladesh

At least 43 people have died and more than a million have fled their homes as a result of torrential rains lashing parts of India and Bangladesh, officials said.


Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama appealed for the hearts and votes of female voters in Washington state Friday, part of the state-by-state struggle that could determine who becomes the Democratic nominee for president.


European share indexes were slightly  ahead by late morning on Tuesday, with gainers led by Credit  Suisse after the bank set ambitious earnings targets and as a  survey showed a pick-up in German investor confidence this  month.


Michigan still smarting from '02 loss to Iowa

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Michigan Stadium was mostly filled with empty seats. The only cheers were coming from near one end zone - the Iowa section.


The group led by wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has said it has abducted a member of Japan's armed forces and is threatening to behead him if the Japanese government does not withdraw its troops from Iraq within 48 hours.


A father is found not guilty of raping his chess prodigy daughter.


South Korean bank puts faith in credit for clergy

One of South Korea's top banks has rolled out a new credit card for Protestant clergy that will give them breaks on Bible purchases and allow them to gather bonus points they can turn into donations for their churches.


Disney's Eisner to leave company in 2006

Eisner has said that Disney President and Chief Operating Officer Bob Iger would be his choice as successor, but the Disney board is expected to consider many candidates.


Dozens of homes are set on fire in central Kenya, police say, with several people reported killed.


Finita l'emergenza cenere, non tutti i voli ripristinati


AMERICA/PERUÂ - L'Arcidiocesi di Lima e la Diocesi canadese di Pembroke unite in un progetto di solidarietÃ  a favore dei bambini, per rafforzare cosÃ¬ i vincoli tra il Nord e il Sud dellÂAmerica Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Una delegazione di fedeli cattolici canadesi formata da 47 persone, ha accompagnato il Vescovo di Pembroke (Canada), Mons. Richard Smith, nel suo viaggio a Lima (PerÃ¹), per firmare un accordo di cooperazione con lÂArcidiocesi c...


It was Bud Brown's boss at Freddie's Casino in Everett who encouraged him to get a flu shot this year. Normally that would mean little more than driving to his doctor's office and rolling up his sleeve.


Strike is averted by deal with British Airways

LONDON British Airways and union leaders said over the weekend that they had agreed to a three-year pay deal for check-in employees and baggage handlers and that a strike scheduled for Friday had been suspended.


The Street thinks you should. A Fool weighs in.


Saudi king greeted by pomp, ceremony and anger in Britain

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah received a lavish welcome from Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday at the start of a state visit to Britain, though human rights protestors decried his presence.


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Fourth Title Snatched From Fourth No-Trump

It is unusual in any sport for a player to win an event three years in a row.


Bin Laden vows revenge on Pakistan's Musharraf

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has vowed to retaliate against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for the killing of a rebel cleric and a raid on his mosque in July, a U.S. Web site said on Thursday.


By Janet Kornblum  Brittnie Sarnes has 5,000 MySpace friends. Actually, make that 5,036.  At last count, anyhow. About 10 people a day ask to "friend" her.  Usually she says yes.  She knows they're total strangers, but it doesn't matter.


Lift Every Sweet Voice and Sing, Rascals, Sing

This French film tells a deeply conventional story about truculent or orphaned boys and the gentle soul who finds himself by shaping the tots into a chorus.


Powell declares North Korea a 'terrorist state'

BEIJING - US Secretary of State Colin Powell, on a mission to restart talks on North Korea's nuclear program, on Sunday branded North Korea a "terrorist state" that shows "no respect whatsoever for human rights.


A park warden tries to stop a couple taking pictures of their own child playing on a swing.


Newcastle's Souness steps into unknown against Sakhnin

Graeme Souness says he will be venturing into the unknown when Newcastle United meet Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin in the UEFA Cup on Thursday for his first game in charge of the English Premier League club.


Roma, 29 ottobre 2004 - Esce venerdÃ¬ 4 novembre 'Agents secrets' con Monica Bellucci e Vincent Cassel. Sul cadavere di un uomo sconosciuto, ucciso nel sud della Spagna da dei killer russi, i servizi segreti


Hurd keeps the pressure on to improve HP

(InfoWorld) - Hewlett-Packard may be on track to be a $100 billion company this year, but CEO Mark Hurd said there's a total $1.1 trillion IT market for it to pursue. Hurd, in a keynote address Monday at the HP Technology Forum in Las Vegas, told an audience of HP customers, partners, and employees that the company needs to continue to reduce costs so it can invest in innovation more. In an emotional moment in his 30-minute address, he expressed confidence his 167,000 employees are up to the challenge. "I know of no CEO who is prouder of their company as I am about HP," Hurd said, in an arena inside the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino convention center. HP's capital spending has remained relatively flat in recent years while its budget for IT maintenance and continuing operations has continued to rise. Hurd pledged that HP would increase its capital spending by a factor of four over what it is today, with a goal of getting HP to a point where maintenance and operations are just 30 percent of the IT budget and innovation on new technology is 70 percent. HP is in the midst of a capital project to reduce the number of data centers it operates, from 85 worldwide to just six, to improve the efficiency of its own operations. Hurd, who is also chairman and president of the technology company, said it also has a goal of reducing the amount of energy used for power and cooling by 50 percent, which he said would save enough energy to power the city of Palo Alto, California, HP's headquarters city, for a year. "Green is not just about being environmentally friendly, it's [about] a great outcome. It's also about the efficiency we gain and the money we save at the same time," Hurd said. While remaining focused on costs, HP is also hiring. Hurd said the company hired approximately 1,000 new sales people over the last 12 months, two-thirds of them in the Technology Solutions Group, which sells to businesses and large enterprises. Hurd said that all the innovation HP designs into its personal computers, servers and other products won't make a difference if the products are not well distributed. He said the company needs to hire more and better sales people and handle more accounts to better serve their customers. The Technology Forum is co-hosted by HP user groups, including Encompass. The forums help HP customers, particularly small-to-medium sized businesses get the company to listen to them, said Nina Buik, president of Encompass. "HP is going to listen to FedEx, Motorola or General Dynamics," Buik said. "But if you take that layer of SMBs who, collectively, probably do the largest spending for HP products, this is where their voice is heard."ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!


One Fool is done complaining about this offshore overachiever -- for now.


Troops seal off Pakistani mosque after 11 killed

Pakistani troops sealed off the area around a mosque in the capital and imposed a 24-hour curfew on Wednesday after 11 people were killed in clashes between security forces and militant Islamic students.


The fiancee of a young father shot dead outside his home tells a jury of her panic on seeing his injuries.


Finding a dog owner nursing daydreams of becoming a trainer has become about as difficult as finding a waiter with a headshot.


FDA official says 5 drugs on market are unsafe

In devastating testimony before a Senate panel yesterday, a whistle-blower at the Food and Drug Administration shocked a packed hearing room when he listed five drugs now on


Chirac could lose outright majority in Senate vote Sunday

French President Jacques Chirac's ruling UMP party risks losing its outright majority in the upper house of parliament, the Senate, when a third of its seats are renewed in elections Sunday.


Notebook: McCaw to sell 50 percent of Canucks, GM Place

British Columbia businessman Francesco Aquilini bought half of the Vancouver Canucks and General Motors Place arena from John McCaw of Seattle.


Suspected Klansman Says Not Guilty of '64 Slayings

PHILADELPHIA, Miss.  - A suspected Ku Klux  Klansman pleaded not guilty on Friday to the 1964 murders of  three civil rights workers in Mississippi, one of the most  notorious civil rights-era crimes in the United States.


Senate Democrats Tap Moderate Reid as Leader

Nevada moderate Harry Reid was elected by Senate Democrats on Tuesday to lead their battered party and immediately warned Republicans he could either dance with them or fight them.


Medio Oriente. Anp: Abu Ala e Abu Mazen vedranno Arafat. Debka: Suha sta trattando sull' eredita' del rais. AParigi si discute dell'eriditÃ  politica, ma anche di soldi. Suha Arafat, che ieri si Ã¨ scagliata


Democrat John Edwards is exiting the race for the White House, according to US media reports.


More post-election attacks are reported in Sierra Leone, despite assurances from the new president.


Global music sales fell around 10 pct in 2007

Sales of music fell at a faster rate in  2007 than 2006 despite digital sales soaring, and the  gatekeepers of the Web must act if the industry is to beat  piracy, the international trade body said on Thursday.


A cargo spaceship has taken off carrying vital foodstuffs to the International Space Station, where supplies are running dangerously low.


UN seeks to persuade Sudan to accept peacekeepers

Senior United Nations diplomats will  seek to persuade Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir's  government on Tuesday to accept a U.N. peacekeeping force in  the western Darfur region.


Undercover agents posing as passengers will check for drivers who decline to accept credit cards and who talk on their cellphones while driving.


Tens of millions of Americans are expected to hit the road this Thanksgiving holiday in numbers not seen since before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, despite


Terra Firma plans to dismiss about a third of the staff at  EMI as it moves to streamline marketing operations and focus on the discovery of new artists.


The Army Corps of Engineers says it has finished installing instruments for measuring the stability of an embankment that separates Lake Audubon from Lake Sakakawea along the Missouri River north of here.


Linux market may grow to $35 billion by 2008

SEATTLE - Linux, the fast-growing alternative to Windows and other operating systems, will become a $35 billion market by 2008, technology research firm IDC said Wednesday.


Texas Tech Stuns No. 23 Okla. St., 31-15

Sonny Cumbie, the nation's leading passer, had a season-low 281 yards but threw for three touchdowns to lead Texas Tech to a 31-15 win over No. 23 Oklahoma State on Saturday.


DJ Howard Stern is to get his own cartoon series. Plus news in brief on Sandra Bullock, Patty Duke and Franz Ferdinand.


Diplomats: Iran may be hiding nuke equipment

Iran may be hiding equipment from the UN nuclear watchdog agency, foiling efforts to police a freeze of all programs that Tehran could use to make nuclear weapons, diplomats said Thursday.


Own 2 homes? Be careful when you declare your primary residence

If you're lucky enough to own two homes, you may have recently packed up and moved to your summer residence. That's nice, but it can have tax consequences that are anything but a day at the beach.


Siemens AG tried Sunday to blunt fierce criticism from politicians, labor unions and the media for unloading its mobile phone business on a Taiwanese company which has failed to keep it afloat.Comment


Veteran Backs Kerry on Silver Star Account

A Chicago Tribune editor who was on the Vietnam mission for which John Kerry received the Silver Star is backing up Kerry's account of the incident.


U.S. says key al Qaeda in Iraq associate captured

U.S. forces in Iraq have detained more than 70 suspected terrorists, including a key associate of the head of al Qaeda in Iraq, a military spokesman said Thursday.


Sharapova wins in Wimbledon final encore

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16. - With just two games away from ending the season in defeat, Maria Sharapova focused on holding her own serve against an injury-ridden Serena Williams and overcame the early third-set


Gstaad, 15:23 - TENNIS, ATP GSTAAD: RISULTATI PRIMO TURNO

Risultati del primo turno del torneo Atp di Gstaad (terra battuta, montepremi 421.250 euro).


Hamas fighters and looters control Gaza, defy Abbas

Islamist Hamas fighters and looters ransacked the blood-spattered Palestinian presidential compound in Gaza on Friday as their leader ordered an end to reprisals against their routed, Western-backed Fatah rivals.


Eleven companies are teaming up to see how they can work with thousands of their suppliers to curb greenhouse gas emissions.


New Technique for Observing Faint Companions

Observing the image of a faint object that lies close to a star is a demanding task as the object is generally hidden in the glare of the star. Characterising this object, by taking spectra, is an even harder challenge.


Palermo, 17:34 - CALCIO, PALERMO: MATUSIAK PASSA ALL'HEERENVEEN

Radoslaw Matusiak, attaccante  del Palermo, è stato ceduto dal club siciliano agli olandesi d...


K. Eric Drexler was the godfather of nanotechnology. But the MIT prodigy who dreamed up molecular machines was shoved aside by big science -- and now he's an industry outcast. By Ed Regis from Wired magazine.


Seminal Guitarist, 4 Others Die in Ohio Shooting

COLUMBUS, Ohio  - A man charged on stage and  opened fire at a heavy metal band and fans at a crowded bar,  killing four people and wounding two others before being killed  by police, officials said on Thursday.


Microsoft sees Zune sales topping 1 million by June

Microsoft Corp.  forecast on  Wednesday that sales of its Zune music player will exceed one  million units by the end of June 2007 despite a tepid start for  the device.


If this humble voter were filling out his ballot today, though, it would look like this: 1. Purdue 2. Minnesota 3. Ohio State, 4. Michigan 5. Iowa 6. Wisconsin 7. Michigan State 8. Northwestern 9. Penn State 10.


Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 8 Outside U.S.-Iraqi Security Center

Insurgents vowing total war on Sunday's Iraqi election unleashed a fresh wave of attacks on Saturday, killing eight people in a suicide bombing and three soldiers in a rocket strike.


Last Harry Potter book sets online pre-sale record

The seventh and final book in J.K.  Rowling's Harry Potter series has become online retailer  Amazon's most pre-ordered product, with almost 1.6 million  copies bought globally ahead of the book's release on July 21.


Bush signs law cutting student lender subsidies

President George W. Bush signed student loan legislation on Thursday that slashes federal subsidies to lenders such as Sallie Mae, Citigroup, Bank of America and many others.


Iridium Announces Q4 and Full-Year 2006 Results

BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 14  /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Satellite LLC announces that it has 175,000 subscribers worldwide as of December 31, 2006. The new figure represents a 23.2 percent increase over last year's subscriber total of 142,000.


Federated Shows Renewed Interest in Deal for May

Two years after merger talks fell apart between Federated Department Stores and May Department Stores, Federated is once again taking a look at May.


The Search for a Chief Who Can Unite Merrill Lynch

Whoever is named chief executive will run essentially two companies: a thriving wealth management operation and a beaten-down bond business that could see $10 billion in losses.


Split Could Cost Iraqi Shiites Politically

As Iraq's Sunni Muslims ponder boycotting the Jan. 30 election and some press for a delay, the majority Shiite Muslims face another threat to their expected victory: a split in Shiite ranks that could cost them the chance to dominate the next parliament.


Maryland breaks a 210-minute scoreless streak on A.J. Godbolt's goal in the 73rd minute and beats St. John's 1-0 to advance to the soccer Final Four for the third straight year.


OGGI SU INTERNET/ITALIA - OMI: Lettera del Superiore generale alla Congregazione Roma (Agenzia Fides) - ÂNon bastano i diritti umani, insieme al bisogno di libertÃ , esistono anche altre cose: la necessitÃ  di appartenere, di sentirsi membri di qualcosa di piÃ¹ grande di noi stessi.Â P. William Steckling, Superiore generale OMI. (C....


Judges are to be exempt from a new pensions tax after a threat that many would resign if forced to pay.


The National Hockey League went on resuscitation at 12:01 am today, the right time for the fewest people possible to hear any commotion whatsoever, despite a year of blaring sirens beforehand.


Space nuke boffin: NASA Moonbase needs nuclear rockets

Could face stiff opposition from granola tendency One of America'a top nukes-in-space boffins says it's time to consider nuclear-powered rockets again. He reckons atomic boosters could cut the cost of NASA's upcoming Moonbase plan.â¦


Details of $36 Billion Bipartisan US Energy Plan

WASHINGTON - The bipartisan National Commission on Energy Policy on Wednesday urged the US Congress to end a two-year stalemate and adopt a broad package of proposals addressing climate change, oil security, natural gas supplies and fuel efficiency in


Bringing Home the Bacon, and Keeping Off the Weight

Whether their workplaces are superhealthy or stocked with candy at every turn, employees who are struggling to lose weight must deal with challenges at the office.


CBS and Fox will continue to televise NFL games on Sunday afternoons through the 2011 season. The price tag for the six-year deal: $8 billion, 25 percent and 30 percent higher than the previous eight-year contracts for the two networks.


UN adopts resulotion threatening oil industry sanctions on Sudan

Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Wang Guangya gestures during the UN Security Council vote at the United Nations in New York, Sept.


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New Signs in Europe of U.S. Mortgage Fallout

Many nations in Europe are now feeling an autumn chill of slackening economies and warnings of further market upheaval.


Mourinho lists Chelsea untouchables and Sheva not among them

Jose Mourinho has fuelled speculation of a rift with Andrei Shevchenko by claiming that the 30-million-pound striker has not been good enough to earn "untouchable" status at Chelsea.


NASA to explore strange, new virtual worlds

The Learning Technologies Project Office of NASA is actively considering hopping on the video game bandwagon by releasing its own massively multiplayer online game.


Russia is backsliding on democracy and  the EU must take Moscow to task while bringing other former  Soviet republics closer to the West, the bloc's incoming  External Relations Commissioner said Tuesday.


FDA chief pessimistic flu serum from Britain can be salvaged

WASHINGTON - It is unlikely that any of the nearly 50 million doses of influenza vaccine being held at a plant in England will be found safe and released to the United States, the head of the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.


EMC revenue and income rise over 30 percent

EMC Corp. revenue for the third quarter grew 34 percent year-on-year, driven by software and services sales, the company reported Tuesday.


Contrast tableware spurs appetite in Alzheimer's patients

According to researchers at Boston university brightly colored cups, plates spur food, beverage consumption in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease.


Livorno, 19:50 - CALCIO, SERIE A: LIVORNO-MILAN 0-0 NELL'ANTICIPO

Livorno e Milan hanno pareggiato 0-0 nell'anticipo della quarta giornata del campionato di serie A. ...


Someone Says JessicaÂs in Love. But Who?

The cover of Sept. 11Âs issue of People magazine attributes an unnamed friendÂs quote of Jessica Simpson directly to the star, a tactic People has traditionally avoided.


O.J. Simpson tops Clinton on best-sellers list

"If I Did It," O.J. Simpson's  hypothetical account of his ex-wife's slaying, has hit No. 2 on  the New York Times best-sellers list for non-fiction, topping  former U.S. President Bill Clinton's book "Giving."


IBM targets humanitarian projects with world grid

Hoping to harness a few million of the personal computers are not already running the SETI@home screen saver, IBM and United Devices on Tuesday launched a new World Community Grid project designed to act as a clearing house for humanitarian computing projects.ADVERTISEMENTSolaris 10(TM) OS: Position your business ten moves ahead.Solaris 10 OS has arrived and provides even more reasons for the world's most demanding businesses to operate on this, the leading UNIX platform. Like the fact you can run Linux and Solaris applications side-by-side and run the same OS on SPARC(R), AMD Opteron(TM), and Intel processor-based systems. Discover more reasons and how Solaris 10 OS can move your business ahead today.


By now, almost everyone has heard the rumors that the Chicago Cubs and parent owner the Tribune Company would like to move Sammy Sosa to greener pastures.


News Corp. (NWSa.N) will not pull its  television shows from Apple Inc's  iTunes as rival  media group NBC Universal has done over a pricing dispute,  President Peter Chernin said in an interview on Tuesday.


Sonar helps find six bodies in Utah lake

For more than a decade, the remains of several boaters have been hidden in the dark, cold depths of this 26-square-mile lake high in the Uinta National Forest.


Schwarzenegger Plans Shake-Up of Calif. Pensions

California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger will urge lawmakers to pass a sweeping overhaul  of the state's public pension systems, including Calpers, the  nation's largest pension fund, an aide said on Wednesday.


New Orleans celebrates revitalized Superdome

The Louisiana Superdome, a scene of   misery, frustration and death in the days after Hurricane   Katrina, came back to life on Monday as the New Orleans Saints   took the field for what turned out to be much more than a   football game.


Michael Owen may still not have tied down a regular starting spot at Real Madrid. But his recent record of five club goals in six games means he is certain to start for his country in the friendly


MOSCOW The Russian Olympic Committee has asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to strip Tyler Hamilton of his Olympic cycling gold medal and award it to Vyacheslav Ekimov.


Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Acquitted of Treason

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was acquitted on Friday of plotting to assassinate President Robert Mugabe and seize power, in a verdict that provides a major boost for the opposition.


Steers clear of crowded market Philips has gone into reverse on plans to enter the market for personal navigation devices because of fears the sector is getting too crowded.â¦


A federally funded group that promised flu shots on Election Day in six of South Carolina's poorest counties has drawn criticism from Republican leaders.


Justice Dept. Investigates if Gonzales Tried to Influence Aide's Testimony

The Justice Department is investigating whether Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales sought to influence the testimony of a departing senior aide during a March meeting in Gonzales's office, according to correspondence released today.


Hungary's central bank defends pursuit of a strong currency

The president of Hungary's central bank, Zsigmond Jarai, is facing off pressure from the Socialist-Liberal government and advice from economists in a fight to keep the local currency, the forint, strong.


John Lewis sees record weekly sales, as other retailers brace for poor sales for the Christmas season.


Aumento costante nel 2007, unica eccezione a dicembre


Palermo, 16:53 - CALCIO, PALERMO: SI FERMANO DIANA E BRIENZA, DUBBIO PISANO

Sos infortuni per il Palermo. Guidolin costretto a rivedere la formazione contro il Parma. Oltre all...


Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner became chairman of Aston Villa on Tuesday, completing the second American takeover of an English Premier League soccer club.


Portavoce Perino esclude che sia in corso recessione


Coming to an inbox near you A day after Adobe patched a serious security hole in its Reader and Acrobat programs, miscreants are flooding email inboxes with malware-tainted PDF files that try to remotely hijack vulnerable computers.â¦


Egypt: Bedouin Admits to Explosives Sale

A Bedouin tribesman has confessed to selling explosives that might have been used in three deadly car bombings targeting Israeli tourists, and investigators were looking into possible Palestinian militant involvement, Egyptian security officials said Sunday.


Key dealer says Ford not "defending" truck franchise

The head of the second-largest Ford Motor Co  dealership group on Friday said the automaker was not doing enough to defend the market-leading position of its F-series pickup trucks.


Halliburton: FBI probe reflects old allegations

NEW YORK - Oil services group Halliburton said that news of an FBI probe into its Iraq contract reflected "old allegations" revived ahead of the presidential election.


3 soldiers killed after gunmen infiltrate army outpost in Gaza

Three Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed yesterday when armed Palestinians penetrated an army outpost in southern Gaza. A fourth soldier and a Yedioth Ahronoth reporter were subsequently lightly wounded in the incident.


This week, as EU heads of state meet to decide the fate of Turkey's candidacy for EU membership, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be preparing his own run for the Turkish presidency.


Nel quarto trimestre 2007 a 953 milioni (-47%)


NBA Roundup: Sonics fly high again in Philly

PHILADELPHIA - Wide open or contested, the Seattle SuperSonics hit three-pointers from all over the court. Ray Allen scored a season-high 37 points, Rashard Lewis had 21 and Vladimir Radmanovic added 20, leading


Suez, GDF merge to create new Europe energy giant

French energy group Suez and state-owned Gaz de France announced their merger Monday, creating the world's fourth biggest energy company by market capitalisation.


Dal 30 marzo stop a tamburi, megafoni, sirene e bandiere


Cardinals Meet Sox in Fenway as Series Begins

Description: The Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals face off Saturday in the first game of the World Series. It's a home game for the Sox at storied Fenway Park.


Doctors in Monmouthshire are expected to resign from Chepstow Community Hospital in a dispute over out-of-hours cover.


Palermo, 18:30 - CALCIO, PALERMO; CORINI: NON CREDO AL COMPLOTTO

Il capitano del Palermo Eugenio Corini respinge ogni ipotesi di complotto anti-Palermo. "Da capitano...


UPDATE 1-Real Madrid to name Luxemburgo as coach -reports

Real Madrid are set to name Vanderlei Luxemburgo, coach of Brazilian champions Santos, as their third new coach this season, Spanish media reports said on Thursday.


UPDATE 1-Rangers crash out after home draw with CSKA

Rangers failed to reach the Champions League group stage for a second successive season as CSKA Moscow progressed 3-2 on aggregate after a 1-1 away draw on Wednesday.


Sony and other technology companies working to launch the next generation of DVD format, Blu-ray Disc, are planning to develop a smaller (8cm) version of the disc, Sony have said.


A court convicted five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor Tuesday of deliberately infecting 400 children with HIV and sentenced them to death, despite scientific evidence the youngsters had the virus before the medical workers came to Libya.


Ex-Spain Govt Erased Records After Bomb, Zapatero

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero accused the former government of deceiving the public between the March 11 Madrid train bombings and March 14 elections and of erasing computer records concerning that period.


Iran sees "creeping coup" in the press: report

Iran's culture minister said on Saturday there were signs of a "creeping coup" in the Iranian press that involved individual journalists, a news agency said, four days after a daily critical of the government was banned.


Convicted killer Demarco McCullum, who grew up in Seminary, Miss., was executed Tuesday for the abduction, robbery, beating and fatal shooting of a Houston man 10 years ago.


Officers are to patrol the foot-and-mouth protection zone in Surrey after fears restrictions are being ignored.


Clinton's Health-Care Plan Echoes Her Rivals, Not `Hillarycare'

Bloomberg - Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton's new plan to provide health care for all Americans differs more from her 1993 proposal known as ``Hillarycare'' than it does from ideas offered by her chief Democratic rivals in the 2008 presidential campaign.


Smaller, cheaper, more robust notebook fuel cells could be available in 2006.


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Advance Reported in Nonaddictive Painkiller

While the opium poppy is the source for compounds needed to make potent painkillers such as oxycodone and other medicines, it is also the source for the illegal drug heroin.


Two late goals give Wales a win over Latvia in soccer friendly

RIGA, Latvia  - Late goals from strikers John Hartson and Craig Bellamy helped Wales to beat Latvia 2-0 in a soccer friendly on Wednesday.


Attorney General Pick Vows to Honor Torture Pacts

Alberto Gonzales, the White House  counsel criticized for calling parts of the Geneva Conventions  on prisoner treatment "obsolete," will promise to abide by  anti-torture treaties if he is confirmed as attorney general,  according to a statement obtained on Wednesday.


Andy Murray will miss next week's Artois Championships with injury, fuelling fears he will not be fit in time for Wimbledon.


Annan calls on Myanmar leaders to remain committed to ...

19 October 2004 - Concerned by reports of the dismissal and detention of the Prime Minister of Myanmar, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on the country's authorities to remain committed to the process of national reconciliation


The Russian oil giant files for bankruptcy protection in the US to try to stop the sale of its main production arm.


Watching the Jonathan Woss Show last week, I was more than impressed with U2's fabulous live performance, thinking that the Irish supergroup were right back at the top of their form.


Catania, 20:47 - CALCIO, CATANIA-ATALANTA: 3 POLIZIOTTI FERITI IN INCIDENTI

Fuori dallo stadio Angelo Massimino, alla fine della partita Catania-Atalanta, sono avvenuti alcuni ...


The agent for tight end Benjamin Watson, one of two unsigned NFL first-round draft choices, said Saturday that his client is close to signing a six-year contract with the New England Patriots.


Oil prices rebound above 50 dollars, close in on record highs

LONDON : Oil prices rallied back above 50 dollars a barrel, closing in on record high points on technical factors and persistent worries about tight global supplies, traders said.


Rice, Olmert and Abbas meet amid low expectations

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Monday for talks overshadowed by a Palestinian unity deal that ended factional fighting but cast a new cloud over prospects for peace with Israel.


Carotid Overhaul: Stents and surgery go neck and neck

For 40 years, doctors have cleared blockages of the carotid arteries in the neck, which supply blood to the head, by surgically removing plaque from the vessels.


Michael Eisner lashed out at the "clichÃ©d" portrayal of the "real" Hollywood in his fifth and final day testifying in a shareholder suit over former company president Michael Ovitz's lucrative payout.


ABC gives vote of confidence to "Samantha Who?"

ABC's promising new  Christina Applegate comedy "Samantha Who?" took a big step  towards a full-season pickup Wednesday when the network ordered  six additional scripts.


Wheldon Exploits Mishap for I.R.L. Win at Nazareth

Dan Wheldon took the advantage of a fiery mishap during a pit stop by leader Sam Hornish Jr. and extended Honda's winning streak to 12 races.


Zimbabwe's main bread producer warns it only has two days' supply of flour, according to state media.


Senators from both parties tee off on the White House as evidence mounts indicating it suppressed evidence of climate change. Luke O'Brien reports from Washington.


Argentina's former President Carlos Menem expects a noisy welcome as he returns home from self-imposed exile.


U.S. embargo blocks Cuba finances, musicians

Stricter enforcement of 40-year-old U.S. sanctions has made it harder for Cuba to do its banking and has seen Cubans evicted from U.S.-owned hotels around the world, Cuba said on Tuesday.


An assistant state prosecutor in Mexico was detained for questioning in an investigation into the killing of an opposition politician and four others, and the passing of information to drug traffickers.


Europe's Ariane 5 rocket lofts two satellites from the Kourou spaceport in its last mission of the year.


Kenyan MPs vote to give themselves a $22,000 bonus each, despite public condemnation.


The bombing of a refugee camp in Sudan's Darfur province is unacceptable, says the UN chief.


From Runway to Reality, New Hairspray with Haute Beginnings

Fashion Wire Daily - A fashion show's story starts backstage, where models often undergo hours of hair and makeup prior to walking down the runway. So it was appropriate that Bumble and bumble hosted the first fashion week party of the Fall 2008 season on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at their downtown New York City salon, to debut their latest product, Spray de Mode, and new ad campaign.


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Fascicolo Procura su scorporo Tim, non vi sono indagati


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CapGemini posts better-than-expected sales

French computer services group CapGemini reported a better-than-expected 20.6 percent jump in third quarter sales.


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An NFL scout and personnel consultant with ties to LSU coach Nick Saban said Wednesday night the Miami Dolphins offered their head coaching position to Saban, who could announce a decision today.


The Bishop of Rochester speaks of the "commitment and courage" of assassinated Benazir Bhutto.


Moneta unica a 149,93 yen all'apertura dei mercati valutari


Probe delays verdict on French Guantanamo men

A French court postponed on Wednesday its   verdict on six former Guantanamo Bay inmates who face terrorism   charges, ordering a surprise investigation into how the case   against them was built.


Choc anafilattico per una patatina, in coma 17enne

Una patatina di traverso e un diciassette che finisce in coma. E' successo in un campetto della parrocchia San Francesco di Sales, nel quartiere Malaspina a Mirko C.: il giovane stava per iniziare una partita


Bangladesh Tense After Opposition Say Leader Escaped Assassination

Bangladeshi political activists launched protests and staged a strike Sunday as an aide said the main opposition party's leader had narrowly escaped assassination in a grenade attack which left 18 people dead.


As Hollywood's striking scribes ventured out to their picket lines over the last two months, it's been plain to see Â female writers are outnumbered by their male colleagues.


Patty Duke in fair condition after surgery

Oscar-winner Patty Duke had single bypass surgery Wednesday and was in fair condition, officials said. The 57-year-old actress was in the intensive care unit at the North Idaho Heart Center.


18 dead, 39 injured in Pakistan bus accident

At least 18 people were killed and 38 injured early Saturday, when a speeding bus plunged into a ditch in northeastern Pakistan, police and hospital officials said.


Iraq documentary generates book and Oscar hopes

LOS ANGELES  - Charles Ferguson's documentary "No End in Sight" has more than lived up to its name. A year ago, the political scientist-turned-documentarian was preparing to launch the Iraq-themed film at the Sundance Film Festival.


Pity Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT). For all the grief we give the company about its failure to plug security holes in its software, its historical problems with the blue screen


Novak Djokovic gives a different kind of impression on the court. Most players have been asked for their impression of the new, blue Plexicushion courts at Melbourne Park.


Her name is Mary Cheney. She is the bright, loving, sensitive daughter of Lynne and Dick Cheney. In the presidential debate Wednesday, John Kerry referred to her as the vice president's lesbian daughter.


HONG KONG Mainland Chinese stock markets dropped less than 2 percent on Friday as most Asian financial markets reacted with surprising calm to the Chinese central bank's announcement late on Thursday of its first increase in interest rates in nine years.


Britain 'sleepwalking' into big-brother state, watchdog warns

Britain is "sleepwalking into a surveillance society" because of government plans to introduce ID cards and a population register, the nation's information watchdog was quoted as saying.


On Flu Lines, Signs of Fever and Headache

With flu shots in short supply in the U.S. this year, places that are able to offer them have been mobbed by vaccine seekers.


Alistair Darling tells the FT he plans to give the Financial Services Authority more power over banks.


Thousands Near 9/11 Attack Reported Ill Effects, US Says

More than three years after the World Trade Center was destroyed, city health officials released data yesterday from a two-year study showing that thousands of people in the vicinity of the towers on Sept.


Chavez vows to find prosecutor's killers

VENEZUELA CARACAS -- President Hugo Chavez vowed yesterday that Venezuela's intelligence services would identify the assassins of a state attorney who intended to prosecute backers of Venezuela's 2002 coup. Danilo Anderson, known to many Venezuelans as the "super prosecutor," was killed Thursday night by two explosions that ripped through his vehicle in the capital. The assassination renewed the specter of ...


Brazil police have formally accused a brother of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of influence peddling after a nationwide crackdown on illegal gambling, the government news agency said Tuesday.


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European consortium Airbus prepares to unveil the world's largest plane, the 555-passenger A380.


Roma, 12:11 - CALCIO, ROMA; SPALLETTI: COMPORTAMENTO CLUB ESEMPLARE

A margine della presentazione dei progetti di educazione sportiva al ministero della Pubblica Istruz...


WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy [related, bio] thought he'd been called every name in the book during his career - until airline ticket agents mistakenly flagged him as a terrorist suspect at Boston and Washington airports.


Chilean Police, Students Clash Before APEC Summit

Riot police in Santiago, Chile have fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of students protesting President Bush's arrival later this week at an economic summit in the Chilean capital.


Greggio, Hunzicher e le veline alla riconquista del preserale

MILANO, 24 SETTEMBRE 2004 - 'Striscia la notizia, la voce dell'incandescenza' sta per arrivare sugli schermi di canale 5 - la data fissata Ã¨ il 27 settembre - con tutto il suo carico di novitÃ . A cominciare


A former Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader is sentenced to 34 years for wartime murder and rape.


Milano, 12:32 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS; MILAN: RIDOTTA SQUALIFICA DIDA

L'Uefa ha parzialmente accolto il ricorso presentato dal Milan contro la squalifica di due giornate ...


Asus will unveil at next week's CES the M70S laptop that comes with 1 terabyte of storage space.


Pesano i maxi-oneri legali del valore di 4,85 mld


Hundreds of people attend a vigil in west Belfast for murdered greengrocer Harry Holland.


The RSPCA is accused by Britain's largest Hindu temple of killing a sacred cow while worshippers prayed.


Roma, 14:14 - CALCIO, CONCILIAZIONE: RINVIATA UDIENZA GALLIANI

E' stata rinviata a data da destinarsi l'udienza conciliativa di Adriano Galliani fissata per domani...


With positive and negative results, it remains to be seen what type of Fossil this company really is.


Earl Snyder grew up rooting for Red Sox outfielder Ellis Burks. Now he's sitting next to him.


In a Lifetime of Sickle Cell, the Evolution of a Disease

One womanâs career as a patient and an activist demonstrates how the understanding of sickle cell disease has changed.


Giuliani fights for survival as Florida votes

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Florida  - Florida voters could anoint a front-runner among Republicans in the White House race and put onetime favorite and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in trouble in the state's nominating contest on Tuesday.


Samsung Elec to Invest $24 Bln in Chips by 2010

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world's largest maker of memory chips, said on Monday it would invest $24 billion in its semiconductor business by 2010.


Firenze, 20:24 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: I CONVOCATI PER L'INTER

Sono 19 i giocatori convocati dal tecnico della Fiorentina Cesare Prandelli per la gara di domani co...


MEPA will deliver golf course recommendations by end October

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has made it his personal crusade to see Malta increase its number of golf courses.


Schroeder says Turkish EU membership talks would help security

Negotiations with Turkey over possible membership of the European Union could help make Europe a safer place, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said in an interview to be published Monday.


No. 2 Oklahoma Wins Big 12 Title Game Over Colorado

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Sports Network) - Adrian Peterson rushed  for 171 yards and three scores, as the second-ranked Oklahoma  Sooners likely punched their ticket to the Orange Bowl with a  42-3 pasting of the Colorado Buffaloes in the Big 12  championship game.


DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah - A space capsule holding atoms collected from solar wind was en route to a tricky rendezvous with Earth, offering scientists the first material NASA has brought back from space in nearly three decades.    A pair of helicopters helmed by stunt pilots were set to hover nearly a mile above the Utah desert, ready to help snatch the refrigerator-sized capsule's parachute with a hook as it floats down at 400 feet a minute, or more than 6 feet per second...


Research points to heart muscle regrowth

Medical researchers in Brazil say they have found that patients with diseased hearts can apparently regrow heart muscle and arteries after being injected with bone marrow stem cells.


Deutsche Bank curbs subprime losses to post record profit

Deutsche Bank, Germany's top lender, said Thursday it had stemmed losses from the US subprime mortgage debacle and made a record profit last year, putting it in a strong position for growth in 2008.


Need a basic portable GPS? We found a great discount on the TomTom One.


UN Says Fewer Tsunami Orphans Than Feared

The head of the U.N. Children's Fund said there were probably fewer orphans than originally thought in Asia's tsunami-hit areas, and efforts should be directed toward uniting children with family members.


Giro d'affari complessivo annuo di circa 330 milioni euro


Uno degli aggrediti, anziano, e' in condizioni critiche


Heavy price cuts help deliver a stronger than expected rise in UK High Street sales, official figures show.


Lakersâ Saga Takes Another Turn as Bryant Demands a Trade

A day after calling the Lakersâ front office âa mess,â the all-star guard said âthereâs no other alternativeâ and he wants to be traded from the Lakers.


Dutch Mosques Attacked After Filmmaker Killing

Several Dutch mosques were attacked  by arsonists this weekend as tension in the Netherlands grew  after the murder of an outspoken filmmaker by a suspected  Islamist extremist, the ANP news agency reported on Sunday.


Former BBC Radio 1 breakfast DJ Kevin Greening has died at the age of 44, his agent confirms.


Zend Developer Zone: Tracing PHP Applications with xdebug

Continuing on from the previous part of his series, Stefan Priebsch has posted part two of his look at using XDebug over at the Zend Developer Zone.   Welcome to the second installment of our five-part series of articles on xdebug, the PHP developer's swiss army knife extension. The installation of xdebug and its basic features were covered last week. This week, we will explore the tracing feature of xdebug.   He details what tracing is and how it's helpful (no more repetitive var_dumps!) in finding issues in your code. He shows how to set up a trace log, add the code to your application to pass debugging information off to the log and how to add additional information to the log to make narrowing down the error even easier.


Pakistan is 85 for five in its second innings at stumps on the third day of the second cricket test against Australia in Melbourne.


Microsoft to help users prep for patching

Microsoft said today that it plans to give customers three days' advance notice about its monthly security updates to help them prepare to install related software patches.


Exercise alone unlikely to prevent obesity

NEW YORK  - Simply increasing physical activity levels alone is unlikely to reduce body weight in young children, and therefore will probably not prevent obesity, although it may set the stage for a healthier lifestyle, the results of a study conducted in Scotland suggest.


Man Gets Prison Sentence for Mall Assaults

A man was sentenced to 195 years in prison Thursday for sexually assaulting female mall workers and young children over several years.


The Story: Some technologies always seem to be ?just around the corner.? Seven years ago, there was a big flurry of interest in end-to-end Ethernet (aka metro Ethernet) as a brace of new ventures promised to cut through the complexities of wide area networking.[ Slideshow: 2007's top underreported tech stories ]                                                    They didn?t deliver. One big reason: building a new network that will reach into offices and homes costs beaucoup bucks. As IDC analyst Boyd Chastant puts it, ?Digging a whole in the ground never gets cheaper.?Laying fiber is still expensive, but now telcos ? including AT&T, Verizon, and Qwest ? plus cable companies such as Optimum LightPath, Cox, and Time Warner that already have fiber in the ground are offering Ethernet services. LightPath, for example, boasts of 2,500 miles of fiber in the ground and says it has lit more than 2,000 buildings in its service area in the northeast.End-to-end Ethernet offers a very affordable way to connect LANs to a wide area network. After all, every router has an Ethernet interface, you don?t need much special hardware, and the technology is very familiar. So most IT staffers will have little trouble adapting, says Burton Group analyst Jeff Young. That is, if you can get it: Pricing depends on your need for speed, and not all of the providers offer it throughout their service areas.Raw bandwidth isn?t Ethernet?s big advantage. It?s not necessarily much faster than private lines. However, says Chastant, it is more scalable. Conventional private-line services offer speeds near the bottom (around 10Mbps) and the near top (around 10Gbps), but not much in the middle. End-to-end Ethernet solves that. And it can be tied to Internet access, bumping up access speeds appreciably.Availability is on the upswing too, says Boyd. In the past, carriers worried that end-to-end Ethernet service would cannibalize other data services. But now that demand has reached critical mass, that concern appears to have faded. Meanwhile, providers and equipment manufacturers are ironing out incompatibles and clarifying service definitions in the Metro Ethernet Forum, Chastant says.It looks like we?ve turned the corner and end-to-end Ethernet is right in front of us.The Bottom Line: If your carrier doesn?t provide end-to-end Ethernet, another provider likely does. It?s worth the trouble to look: End-to-end Ethernet will give you the performance you need and because it?s a familiar technology you won?t have to retrain or replace your IT staff.Complete list of 2007 underreported stories: 1.? Java is becoming the new Cobol 2.? Sun Microsystems is back in the game 3.? Hackers take aim at Mac OS X 4.? There are some threats you can worry less about 5.? Companies may have found a way around H-1B visa limits 6.? Open source?s new commercial strategy 7.? End-to-end Ethernet finally arrives 8.? Blade servers arrive for the masses 9.? BI is dead; long live BI 10. Balance of power shifts to software buyers


Here's a look at the evolution of software coding from the early days of wires and physical switches to the untimely death of "automatic programming."


Jeanne downgraded, but still does damage Winds, rain kill 7 across Caribbean

SAMANA, Dominican Republic -- Slow-moving Tropical Storm Jeanne swept the Dominican Republic yesterday with fierce winds and heavy rain that triggered mudslides, collapsed walls, and forced thousands to evacuate before it weakened to a tropical depression and headed toward the Bahamas. Seven were killed across the Caribbean.


With addition of profile photos, LinkedIn is faceless no more

The social networking site now allows its members to upload 'professional photographs,' which it had previously nixed in favor of emphasizing its strictly-business aims.


Tillman family on hand for emotional retirement of son's jersey

The Arizona Cardinals honored Pat Tillman yesterday in an emotional halftime ceremony that featured the fallen player's widow and other members of his family.


Chelsea striker Didier Drogba and coach Jose Mourinho are convinced that Paris St Germain can bounce back from their crushing home defeat to the London side.


Stocks seen higher; Dell to boost tech shares

U.S. stocks look set to open higher  on Wednesday as technology shares could be boosted by Dell's   better-than-expected third-quarter results, while  investors awaited key U.S. macro economic data.


Daredevil American skier is finally besting the Alpine set

Bode Miller is poised to become the first American to win the overall World Cup title in 22 years.


Chile puts off digital television decision to March

Chile has postponed until March its  decision about which digital television standard it will adopt  -- Japanese, European or American, government spokesman  Francisco Vidal said on Monday.


Bush Touts Health-Care Plan as Cost Control

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. Jan. 25 -- With his new health-care proposals receiving a frosty reception from Democrats on Capitol Hill, President Bush ventured here Thursday to make the case that his ideas offer the best remedy for the nation's health insurance crisis.


Clarett Sent to Close-security Prison in Toledo

TOLEDO, Ohio  -- Former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett has been transferred to a prison where he could spend the remainder of his sentence.


Thesinger is paying for saying âread-my-lips-no-new-rehab.".


Former major league first baseman and general manager Bob Watson has been offered what could be a temporary job as general manager of the Expos, a source said.


Orlando Bloom wants to move on to more serious and contemporary roles and is keen on ending the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy.


Rescue workers comb storm-hit Cornish village after flash flood horror

Rescue workers combed a coastal village in north Cornwall for missing persons after a flash flood sent a wall of water tearing through the picturesque tourist spot the day before.


Actress Lindsay Lohan has been cited for driving under the influence after losing control of her Mercedes convertible, the Beverly Hills Police Department said on Saturday.


Highlights from the SEW Blog: June 4, 2007

Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.


VATICANO - Sono 321, di tutti i continenti, i sacerdoti dei Paesi di missione ospiti dei Collegi di San Pietro Apostolo e San Paolo Apostolo per gli studi superiori nelle UniversitÃ  Pontificie CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Ogni anno un consistente gruppo di sacerdoti dei territori di missione viene inviato a Roma dai rispettivi Vescovi, per perfezionare gli studi presso le UniversitÃ  Pontificie. I Pontifici Collegi di ÂSan Pietro ap...


Nintendo offers weak-of-grip fresh Wii wrist-straps

Damage limitation Nintendo has begun offering Wii owners free replacement wrist-straps for folk who become way too aggressive in their gameplay and end up snapping the straps or simply - and literally - losing their grip.â¦


Russia's state-controlled natural gas giant OAO Gazprom said Wednesday it had obtained large stakes in two joint-venture projects to develop major gas and oil fields, the latest in its moves to become one of the world's largest energy companies.


Spill shuts 10,000 bpd BP Alaska oil output: report

Oil major BP Plc has shut down 10,000 barrels per day of oil production at its giant Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska after discovering a leaking flow line, the Anchorage Daily News reported on Saturday.


Community News: PHP Con 2004 Wrap Up Notes

Now that the International PHP Conference 2004 and MySQL ComCon are completed, there's all sorts of coverage to look back on:  Sebastian Bergmann's summary of each day of the conference Archives from the "live from the floor" blog at PHP Magazine and other random comments from other attendees


Rebels said Monday they have captured another town near Central African Republic's restive Chad-Sudan borderlands and that their forces are aiming for the country's southern capital. Government officials only confirmed there was fighting.


SEC sues firm over alleged bogus takeover bids

U.S. securities regulators on Friday sued a partnership and one of its founders, alleging they made bogus offers to buy such well-known entities as Sony Corp.  and Playboy Enterprises Inc.  in an effort to manipulate their stock prices.


Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard believes he is ready to make his comeback against Middlesbrough at the weekend following a two-month injury lay-off.


Security Council brings clout to Sudan effort

NAIROBI, Kenya - On one of the more hopeful days in a long time for ending Sudan's dreadful cycle of violence, the man who has spent the past three years trying to broker a peace was voicing cautious optimism that maybe this was the time.


Demand for Personal Storage Devices to Grow

Storage devices such as external hard drives are becoming more popular as data protection and backup requirements get more complex.


Pakistan decides "in principle" to delay poll

Pakistan plans to postpone next week's election after Benazir Bhutto's killing sparked turmoil in the nuclear-armed country, but officials put off a final announcement until Wednesday to consult parties.


The brother of a pilot hijacked during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks launched his general election campaign for Congress Wednesday with a sharp attack on his opponent, the widow of one-time presidential candidate Paul Tsongas.


âHe got hurt, he reacted,â Clarence House says after nightclub ...

PRINCE HARRY lashed out at a photographer early yesterday after being confronted by cameramen as he left a nightclub. The Prince was accused of âdeliberatelyâ striking Chris Uncle and swearing outside the Pangaea club in the West End at 3am.


As a playoff-bound football team, your 8-7 Seattle Seahawks look about as juggernautical as Titanic after the iceberg. But they're in the postseason again, thanks in large part to a pep talk from Alexander the Great.


Mexico to Charge Two Dozen in 'Dirty War' Massacre

Mexico will bring genocide charges  in March against two dozen former officials for a 1968 student  massacre, the bloodiest moment in a brutal campaign against  leftist dissidents during decades of one-party rule.


After years of conflict and a tense border dispute, Ethiopia has accepted a U.N. commission's ruling to turn over a disputed town to Eritrea.


Investigators Consider Race as Possible Motive in Maryland Arson

Racial animosity and revenge are among the possible motives in the arson fires in a subdivision in southern Maryland on Dec. 6, a spokesman for federal investigators said Sunday.


Un canadair e due elicotteri in azione a Fiumedinisi


Cheney Seeks to Switch New Jersey to Bush

MEDFORD, N.J.  - Vice President Dick Cheney on  Monday made a play for the traditionally Democratic-leaning  state of New Jersey, hard hit by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks,  by criticizing Democrat John Kerry as naive on the war on  terrorism.


Unidentified submarine spotted in Japan waters; MND monitoring ...

Japan's navy went on alert yesterday when an unidentified submarine made a brief incursion into the country's southern waters near Okinawa, and Tokyo was trying to determine where the vessel came from.


Hundreds of insurgents arrive from other cities amid airstrikes by the US, which sees the city as a terrorist haven. By wire services.


Gaza Gunmen Kidnap, Then Free Palestinian Official

Palestinian gunmen kidnapped a top  security official they accused of corruption and held him for  several hours in the Gaza Strip on Thursday in a fresh  challenge to President Yasser Arafat amid a wave of unrest.


A breve soluzione procedimento a carico di Rai e Mediaset


After spending far too much time traveling across the country to face his legal problems recently, Stephen Jackson isn't going anywhere during the All-Star break.


Bush seeks $100 billion for wars in 2007

President George W. Bush will ask Congress for $99.7 billion for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for rest of fiscal year 2007 and more than $145 billion for fiscal year 2008, a Bush administration official said on Friday.


'Su leadership del centrodestra non ho cambiato idea'


Mibtel -0,65%, SP Mib -0,86% e All Stars -0,53%


Rogers Communications sees debt refinancng ahead

Rogers Communications Inc. (RCInvb.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) expects to refinance C$2 billion to C$3 billion ($1.7 billion to $2.


NBC names new entertainment execs in overhaul

NBC Universal on Tuesday named two  executives to lead its entertainment division, replacing  current head Kevin Reilly in a management shake-up it hopes  will help reverse the ratings slump at its television network.


Dead Russian spy thought he would be safe in England, widow says

Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko who was poisoned in London thought he would be safe in England as an outspoken critic of Moscow, his widow has said.


Violence in Iraq holding back foreign aid

When Mohammad Ali-Hassan, the governor of Al-Muthanna Province in southern Iraq, visited Tokyo last week, he thanked Japan for the aid it has given to his province, where Ground Self-Defense Force troops have been deployed.


Violence turns to hope as Sistani's arrival in Najaf heralds peace ...

Iraq's leading Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Husseini al-Sistani, reached an apparent agreement with the radical cleric Muqtada Sadr yesterday to end a three-week uprising by Sadr's Army of Mehdi militiamen in Najaf.


Roma, 23:26 - CALCIO, LAZIO; ROSSI: PRIMA O POI GOL DOVEVANO ARRIVARE

"Prima o poi i gol dovevano arrivare, anche per la legge dei grandi numeri...". Delio Rossi incassa ...


Sun ships Java upgrade, focuses on ease of use

OCTOBER 01, 2004  - Sun Microsystems Inc. this week released Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0, an upgrade of its programming language with more than 100 new features designed to bolster


Baghdad blast kills 6, wounds top officials

Iraq's Shi'ite vice president and a cabinet minister were wounded in an apparent assassination attempt on Monday when a bomb killed six people at a ministry in Baghdad where they were attending a ceremony.


Kitzbuehel, 18:54 - SCI, CDM: A KVITFJEL LA LIBERA ANNULLATA A KITZBUEHEL

La libera di Kitzbuehel annullata oggi sarÃ  recuperata a Kvitfjel in Norvegia dove, il 5 e 6 marzo, ...


The UN should threaten to impose sanctions on Sudan because of abuses in Darfur, Kofi Annan says.


LEEDS United's Elland Road stadium is the latest football ground to be earmarked for a major casino development. Bookmaker and gaming group Stanley Leisure has bought the rights to seven acres next to Elland


PIFFARD, N.Y. - An upstate New York order of monks who don't watch TV or listen to the radio will soon be going high-tech to offer their baked goods for sale on the Internet.


Ingersoll-Rand to buy Trane in cash, stock deal

Diversified manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand Co Ltd  said on Monday it would buy Trane Inc , a maker of heating and air conditioning systems, for about $9.4 billion in cash and stock.


Reactions to former Gov. John G. Rowlandâs guilty plea

"It absolutely warrants jail time. These are criminal acts and criminal acts should receive the appropriate punishment." - Democratic Lt.


Ministro, voto ha vinto terrore.Ritirarsi? lo vuole Zarqawi


ROMA - Il governo Ã¨ stato battuto alla Camera sul decreto legge "milleproroghe". Con il parere contrario dell'esecutivo, Ã¨ stato infatti approvato un emendamento della Lega che cancella la proroga per l'entrata


Godzilla Walks the Red Carpet at Premiere

Godzilla went Hollywood as his 28th feature film, "Godzilla: Final Wars," was given a red carpet premiere.


Residents: U.S. Aircraft Strike Falluja Targets

U.S. aircraft mounted another air strike on the guerrilla stronghold of Falluja west of Baghdad Monday, residents said.


Drug Middleman Plans Hostile Bid for Larger Rival

Express Scripts is planning a $26 billion hostile bid for rival Caremark Rx that would create the nationâs largest pharmacy benefits manager.


A Fathers 4 Justice campaigner dressed as Batman breached security by protesting from a balcony at Buckingham Palace. Jason Hatch, 33, from Gloucester, managed to reach the royal residence despite the presence of armed guards, the group said.


Mauresmo Ranking Highlights Faults in System

More a mathematical anomaly than a badge  of honor, the world's No. 1 ranking in women's tennis rests  this week uneasily on the shoulders of Amelie Mauresmo.


LUXEMBOURG Microsoft warned a European appeals court on Thursday that software developers and consumers would face dire consequences should legal sanctions intended to hinder its ability to dominate the markets for desktop media players and server


Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, was taken to a hospital here late Saturday after complaining of an upset stomach, a spokeswoman said.


N.Korea, US to Discuss Six-Way Talks in Dec: Nikkei

A North Korean official will visit the United States next month for talks with US counterparts on resuming six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program, a Japanese newspaper reported on Friday.


'Crocodile Hunter' death brings unscripted danger into sharp relief

The onscreen heroics of presenters like Steve Irwin have shaped viewers' perceptions about the dangers of some animals.


Judge: Big East Can't Impose College Fine

The Big East can't impose a $5 million fine on Boston College for defecting to the Atlantic Coast Conference, and it can't force BC to remain in the conference for an extra 15 months, a Superior Court judge has ruled.


U.S. troops set trap for militants near Baghdad

The U.S. military said on Thursday it was setting a trap to "eliminate" al Qaeda militants around Baghdad, but also said 12 American soldiers had been killed in the past two days, mostly in roadside bombings.