Robertson: Linspire CEO Collaborates With Wal-Mart To Offer $498 ...

Attention Wal-Mart shoppers: There's a new laptop available and itâs cheap, really cheap. Working with operating system vendor Linspire--helmed by former mp3.


A subdued Craig Conway admitted Wednesday that he responded to a hostile takeover bid for the company he led, PeopleSoft (PSFT), with a campaign of "vilification" aimed at Oracle (ORCL) and its chief executive, Larry Ellison.


People swear by herbal supplements, but they may do more harm than good


Herbert Hill tallies 20 points and 20 rebounds to spark Providence past formerly unbeaten George Washington, 86-67.


Donovan McNabb throws for 381 yards and four touchdowns and Kevin Curtis ties and NFL record for yards receiving in a first half in the Eagles' 56-21 win over the Lions.


Soldier Gets Six Months in Abu Ghraib Case

Sgt. Javal Davis, who admitted abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib in late 2003, was sentenced Friday to six months in a military prison and given a bad-conduct discharge from the Army.


Some members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins say they have been described as grumpy old men a little too often for openly rooting against the New England Patriots.


Four days after Novell Inc. of Waltham received half a billion dollars from Microsoft Corp. to settle an antitrust complaint, Novell has filed another antitrust suit against its giant rival.


Analysis paralysis: part two Teams can get stuck wallowing in trivial details when modeling in UML. Sweating such details can lead to frustration and premature, and rash, decisions on using UML later in a project. But how do you know when a particular nuance is inconsequential and when it's an important item to specify?â¦


Some 100,000 Liberians, who fled 14 years of war, are being sent home a year after the fighting ended.


Obese heart attack and angina patients are more likely to survive after treatment, research suggests.


Indonesian rights campaigners have had their worst fears confirmed with the news the country's best-known activist was apparently a victim of arsenic poisoning.


Indonesia plane crash kills 49; scores escape

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia  - At least 49 people died but scores escaped after an Indonesian passenger jet overshot the runway and burst into flames on landing in the cultural capital of Yogyakarta on Wednesday.


The quarterfinals of the if...Stockholm were filled out as five second round matches were contested on Thursday.


Real Madrid's doctor Alfonso del Corral claims he warned the club they were taking a risk in signing Jonathan Woodgate and has not ruled out the possibility of an operation to cure the defender's long-standing thigh problem.


German Michael Schumacher of Ferrari is seen at the Interlagos race track in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano).


Bollywood Blitzkrieg Â What stars do on their birthdays

This month when Rani Mukherjee turns a year older I think of all the


Wheels: At Frankfurt, a Hands-Free Fiat 500

The new 500 is reminiscent of the classic Fiat model of the same name produced from 1957 to 1975. (Photo by Nick Kurczewski) Few people would turn down the chance to test drive the chic Fiat 500, even if it meant leaving the driving to the car. The Frankfurt auto show is the international debut of [...].


Despite the high short interest, these companies may be the ones to watch.


SHANGHAI: Although the title has already been decided, Chinaâs first Formula One race still has second and third place in the standings to decide, along with the much anticipated return of former champion Jacques Villeneuve and Ralf Schumacher.


TORONTO -- Back to you, Gary Bettman. Call it a sacrifice. Call it an attempt to save the season. Call it a public relations move, if you'd like.


Prime Minister Tony Blair gives the strongest hint yet that Scotland's regiments will be amalgamated.


Sen. Norm Coleman attended Woodstock and even did a video for a planned museum commemorating the famous music festival. But the Minnesota Republican recently voted against spending $1 million to help with the effort, saying government has better things to do with its money.


RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A 14-pound girl delivered by Caesarean section is so large that her feet reach over the edge of her small crib, hospital officials said Tuesday.


Operazione da 26 miliardi di dollari completata entro l'anno


Some advice to take to heart -- take a nap

Regular naps are good for your heart, researchers said on Monday.


Rock band Franz Ferdinand lead the nominations for the 2005 Brit Awards, to be held next month.


Reporters Find Plenty of Room on Airbus A380

Airbus introduced its 519-seat double-deck airplane to 200 members of the news media in a flight over France.


Considering Rosenborg haven't won away in Europe for five years, Highbury would have been rocked if the Gunners hadn't. The Norwegian challenge was snuffed out by the break.


Roma, 20:18 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; DE LAURENTIIS: VA BENE ARRIVARE DECIMI

Una salvezza tranquilla come trampolino di lancio per stagioni da protagonista. Questo l'obiettivo d...


Tongans mourn king who brought progress, levity

Tongans paid their respects Tuesday to their king of 41 years.


State to send additional flu vaccines to counties

The New York state Department of Health is sending tens of thousands of additional flu vaccine doses to the state's 62 counties.


Israelis Attack Again in Gaza, Killing 3 Palestinians

The Israeli Army kept up pressure on Friday in the northern Gaza Strip, killing three Palestinians in the Jabalya refugee camp as soldiers sealed off the Palestinian territories for the Jewish holiday season.


YouTube signs licensing pact with Hearst-Argyle TV

YouTube said on Sunday it has  reached a revenue-sharing deal with Hearst-Argyle Television  Inc. in which local TV stations will be paid when users of the  video-sharing site watch their programming.


News Analysis: Ex-Baathists Get a Break. Or Do They?

A measure to open jobs to former members of Saddam Husseinâs party is riddled with loopholes and caveats.


Oil prices continue their record-breaking run as fresh threats of sabotage in Iraq boost concerns that demand may outstrip supply.


Hawaii is one of 27 states that have no law banning racial profiling practices by law enforcement, Amnesty International USA said yesterday.


Think of "Arctic Tale" as a mash-up between "March of the Penguins" and "An Inconvenient Truth" — apropos, since it's being marketed at Starbucks like some innocuous folk-rock music — except unlike both of those movies, it isn't even trying to be a pure documentary.


Ex premier chiude manifestazione Cdl contro la Finanziaria


PITTSBURGH -- A year ago, Mark Whipple was walking out of a high school outside Orlando, Fla., wondering if his sales pitch to a recruit had enticed the player to consider the University of Massachusetts. Whipple was pondering whether Amherst was for him as well.


Troubled Indian state threatens security clamp-down as protests flare

India's troubled northeastern state of Manipur threatened to re-impose a controversial anti-terror law as violent protests flared during Independence Day.


In the end, England's soccer fans accepted World Cup defeat with dignity &#151; and without the drunken violence authorities had prepared for and hoped against.


U.S. stocks slipped on Friday, snapping the Dow's three-day run to record highs, as employment data renewed worries about slower economic growth, while shares of automaker General Motors Corp.  sank on fears a major shareholder may begin selling his stake.


OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - A un anno dalla Giornata Mondiale della GioventÃ¹ 2008 di Sydney si sono giÃ  iscritti 2000 gruppi che comprendono piÃ¹ di 120.000 persone; lanciato ePILGRIMAGE, un pellegrinaggio virtuale in preparazione al cammino. Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - A un anno dal piÃ¹ grande incontro giovanile del mondo, la Giornata Mondiale della GioventÃ¹ che si svolgerÃ  a Sydney dal 15 al 20 luglio 2008, cresce la partecipazione dei gruppi di pellegrini provenienti dallÂestero. LÂevento...


Epidemics could kill as many as quake-tsunamis: World Health ...

The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that disease in the aftermath of southern Asia's tsunami disaster could kill as many people as the deadly waves and earthquake have.


Blackstone Group to buy Hilton for $26 billion

The Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion in cash.


Six species of reef-building coral could vanish from the Caribbean due to rising temperatures and toxic runoff from islands' development, according to a study released Thursday.


Wall Street stocks fell sharply on Friday amid fears of bigger-than-expected writedowns and loan-losses at financial companies and as Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) agreed to absorb Countrywide Financial, the troubled mortgage lender.


Floridians Brace for Monster Storm Frances

Nearly 1.2 million Floridians were urged  to leave their homes on Thursday as massive and powerful  Hurricane Frances roared toward the crowded southeast U.S.  coast.


The crowd shouted him down repeatedly, once with a roar so loud he confessed it shook him up. But President Bush liked these shouters: loud voices of support in a state where he was soundly defeated four years ago.


Undicimila bloccano autostrade per protesta durante sciopero


OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Impegnare tutte le energie per contrastare gli abusi sui minori: lÂallarme della Chiesa di Sydney Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Il problema degli abusi sui minori in Australia non va sottovalutato e devÂessere combattuto con ogni mezzo. La Chiesa Ã¨ chiamata a fare la sua parte, tutelando il piÃ¹ possibile i bambini e  restando vigile nella denuncia e n...


Research into the causes and treatment of repetitive strain injury is urgently needed, experts say


Bush finds a way to win, or at least a way not to lose, a crucial showdown on Iraq.


Amministrazione comunale disponde spargimento sale sui ponti


Three former agents of the New York office of the Drug Enforcement Administration filed a defamation lawsuit against NBC Universal studios, claiming the movie âAmerican Gangsterâ libeled D.E.A. agents.


Iraqi Shi'ite Leader Expects Many Sunnis to Vote

Iraq's elections will be legitimate if roughly half the Sunni Arab minority votes despite threats of violence, a leading politician in the Shi'ite alliance expected to dominate the polls said on Saturday.


BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's prime minister has said he will heed the words of the nation's king to use a "gentle approach" in the aftermath of 85 people dying at the hands of government forces last week.


'Sideways' and 'Aviator' Lead Globe Nominations

The movie awards season picked up steam today, as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association gave seven Golden Globe nominations to "Sideways," the comedy by director Alexander


The UK Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon says 850 British troops are to be sent to a US-controlled region of Iraq close to the capital.


Freshman Helps Sooners Run Past Longhorns

In just his fifth college game, Adrian Peterson ran for 225 yards and made many big plays when No. 2 Oklahoma needed it most.


With fanfare, Pak makes cut -- she's a Hall of Famer

There was cake. There were presents. There was a bouquet of roses. But what touched Se Ri Pak most was the show of support from her countrywomen from Korea who filled the back of a press room to pay tribute to the newest World Golf Hall of Fame member.


Sony Corp has denied plans to exit the plasma television business. The company plans to focus on the flat-panel TV market on liquid crystal display and rear-projection models, and analysts say that this would be a logical move.


THE 35TH RYDER CUP Tiger's Cup doesn't run over with success

Bloomfield Township, Mich. -- The Ryder Cup is upon us, and you know what that means: Time to dress up as Mrs. Doubtfire and taunt Colin Montgomerie from behind the ropes?


Online Communities a Godsend for IT Managers

Most IT professionals depend on online communities and Web searches to get their jobs done.


US suffers deadliest attack in Iraq since May; captured man not ...

A massive car bomb exploded Monday on the outskirts of Fallujah, killing seven US marines and wounding several others in the deadliest attack on Americans since May.


Sports promoters and tournament  organizers are licking their lips in anticipation at the  prospect of a return by Martina Hingis to women's tennis.


PARIS Euro Disney, which operates two troubled theme parks east of Paris, reported on Tuesday that its net loss widened and that revenue was flat in the fiscal year that ended on Sept.


Major Pakistani cities stirred back to life on Monday for the first time since opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, emerging from violent unrest that paralyzed trade and commerce.


Online video boom raises risks, concerns

As if porn sites and pedophiles in chat rooms weren't frustrating enough for parents whose children use the Internet, now online postings of amateur video featuring skin and violence are raising concerns. The explosion in online video-sharing sites, where clips of any nature can be easily uploaded for the world to see, has become the latest challenge for parents trying to protect their children and for Web sites coping with obscene submittals.


Lawmakers from Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF and main opposition parties on Thursday unanimously adopted legislation paving the way for joint presidential and legislative elections next year.


YASSER Arafatâs death is a development of monumental dimensions. The void it has left in one of the worldâs most disturbed and disturbing regions would be hard to fill, but filled it has to be.


Blog: It's only a 2.5-inch prototype, but it's a first


A Glimpse of Greatness Lifts an Otherwise Dour Day

Lynn Beach of Manchester, England, barely managed to unroll her


Social partners meet today amid bleak prospects

The social partners represented within the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development are set to meet Parliamentary Secretary Tonio Fenech at the Finance Ministry this morning following a request by the ...


Shilpa Shetty's musical to premiere in Berlin

Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty' s musical  "Miss Bollywood" is set to premiere in Berlin, her publicist  Dale Bhagwagar said.


On top one day and completely down in a matter of two days. That is the story of Pakistan cricket. What a show they put up against the Indians the other day, only to collapse in a heap against the West Indies.


Plans for a national support network for runaway children in England are to be announced by ministers.


E' autista del tir,feriti una decina di passeggeri del treno


Chenoweth and LuPone Sing 'Candide' on PBS

Playbill - The 2004 Candide concerts with the New York Philharmonic - starring Tony Award winners Kristin Chenoweth and Patti LuPone - will be broadcast on PBS on Jan. 12.


UK's Blair Wins Key Vote on Identity Cards

British Prime Minister Tony Blair won a key vote Monday in his bid to reintroduce identity cards, seen by the government as a key weapon in its anti-terror campaign.


DevShed: Throwing Basic Exceptions When Auto Loading Classes in PHP 5

DevShed has posted the second part of their series looking at handling exceptions in a PHP5 application today. This one focuses on capturing the errors thrown when your script autoloads classes.   Bearing in mind this intrinsic limitation exposed by the "__autoload()" magic function when it comes to triggering exceptions at runtime, in this second article  of the series I'm going to show you some basic workarounds that you can implement to provide this function with the ability to throw exceptions when a determined source class fails to be included.   They give two examples of the use of the __autoload function as well as a method to capture the fatal errors that it might throw (using an eval inside of it to check on the class).


Darfur Rebels Expect to Take Talks Decision Friday

Darfur rebels were set to announce later  on Friday whether they were pulling out of stalled  three-week-old peace talks with the Sudan government.


TOKYO - As many as 15 people were killed on Wednesday when Typhoon Tokage slammed into western Japan, bringing heavy rains and powerful winds.


Wall Street is seen opening slightly  higher on Tuesday, tracking gains in Europe and Asia as  investors around the world bet the Federal Reserve has another  interest-rate cut up its sleeve to help avert a recession.


Russian Church urges Madonna to tone down her act

Russia's Orthodox Church made a   last-minute plea to Madonna to drop symbols of the crucifixion   from her stage show when she performs in Moscow for the first   time on Tuesday.


Vaughan in the runs after Flintoff row in third cricket test

England captain Michael Vaughan appeared to put the row regarding his comments on Andrew Flintoff to one side on the first day of the third Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford here.


Work cut out for Australia and Indonesia

John Howard ensured his control over Australian politics for the next four years on Oct. 9 when he swept to an impressive fourth term as prime minister and his Liberal Party


Roma, 11:11 - CALCIO, BORRELLI: GIUSTIZIA SPORTIVA DA RIORDINARE

Francesco Saverio Borrelli, capo ufficio indagine della Figc, è intervenuto all'audizione del...


Nine get bail in alleged celebrity steroid ring

ALBANY, New York  - Nine people pleaded innocent on Monday to charges related to a suspected steroid ring accused of distributing anti-aging treatments to celebrities and muscle-building drugs to pro athletes.


The Food and Drug Administration is unlikely to clear influenza vaccine made by Chiron Corp. as safe for Americans to use this flu season, Dr. Lester M. Crawford, the agency's acting commissioner, said Friday. It was unclear whether the lack of vaccine might lead to more flu deaths this year.


Paula Radcliffe is to have another medical check-up as a row brews over the marathon's scheduling.


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Reeve Backed Stem Cell Research, a Campaign Issue

Christopher Reeve, the paralyzed  actor who died nine years after a riding accident, worked  tirelessly to promote medical advances, especially the  controversial stem cell research that has emerged as a campaign  issue this year.


News Analysis: Experts Mostly Back Way U.S. Reacted in TB Case

In interviews, many experts generally supported actions by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the case of Andrew Speaker, the traveling lawyer who was diagnosed with tuberculosis.


The US orders its largest-ever beef recall, saying a California meat plant broke rules on cattle inspection.


Russia to Move Ailing Yukos Defendant to Clinic

MOSCOW, Feb. 7 -- Russia's prison service agreed Thursday to move a jailed and gravely ill former executive of the dismantled Yukos oil company to a specialist health clinic, apparently yielding to a growing international outcry over the treatment of a man who once worked for a prime foe of the...


Phil Mickelson withdrew because of a wrist injury and flew home to San Diego for an MRI. He saw two doctors, had one cortisone shot and decided to withdraw from his next tournament. Michelle Wie withdrew because of a wrist injury and went to the range to hit balls. In fairness, at least she took a day off.


In a surprise to absolutely no one,  R&B singer Usher led the nominees for the 19th annual Soul  Train Music Awards, organizers said on Tuesday.


U.S. stocks may test record highs next  week as muted oil prices take center stage. But the September  jobs report on Friday could keep traders cautious and upend a  rally.


(InfoWorld) - Eyeing organizations that run business-critical Web applications on the PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) platform, Zend Technologies will offer its Zend Platform 3.0 PHP application server on Monday. Zend Platform bolsters deployments of commercial applications on PHP, Mark de Visser, Zend chief marketing officer, said. New in this version is its availability in three different editions. Versions are offered for smaller organizations, for integrating with Java, and for enterprise-level users. Zend Platform features such capabilities as message-queuing, de Visser said. Virtually all Fortune 500 companies have PHP initiatives, he said. "It's a sizable market opportunity for us," he said. Zend Platform fills a niche for enterprise-level PHP users, Stephen O'Grady, principal analyst at RedMonk, said. The product provides performance, caching, and reliability, he said. "It brings many of the same benefits that [Java] application servers bring to the Java world to the PHP world," O'Grady said. PHP has gotten the nod over Java in some installations because it offers developer productivity and is suitable for SOA, de Visser said. "The scripting languages just lend themselves [to] that," he said. The three specific editions of Zend Platform include: * The PS release, which loosely stands for performance server. Geared toward SMBs, it offers performance improvements and management functions. Capabilities include PHP intelligence to monitor business applications, and code acceleration and dynamic content caching to boost performance. Other features include output compression to reduce bandwidth for better responsiveness, and simplified configuration management. * IS, for integration server, is geared to organizations with application and infrastructure needs. Integration is provided with Java and SNMP infrastructure. Reporting capabilities also are included. A Java bridge interacts with Java objects or J2EE services. Also highlighted is integration with Eclipse Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools for reporting. * ES, for enterprise server, for large organizations that need scalability and reliability. Session-clustering and high availability fail-over are featured. Job queues offer off-line processing for improved interactive responsiveness. A download server offers as much as a tenfold increase in file download speeds. Subscriptions to Zend Platform start at $1,500 per server for the PS release.


Locals Voice Opposition to Catawba Interbasin Plan at Charlotte Meeting: Hundreds Pack High School Gym to Express Their Concerns

By Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Sep. 20--CHARLOTTE -- York County residents who oppose a plan from two North Carolina cities to draw water from the Catawba River pleaded their case to N.C. officials Tuesday during the last public hearing on the proposal.


Dow Jones & Co. (DJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday cut its earnings forecast for the current quarter, citing weakness this month in key advertising categories


The number of gay characters depicted on TV is falling on network series but rising on cable, a study by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation found


Associazione chiede sostegno politico per ridurre gas serra


French police widened an investigation  into a trading scandal at Societe Generale  as a court  prepared to rule on Friday whether Jerome Kerviel, the trader  blamed for huge losses, should be held in custody.


Turmoil at CIA As Goss Lays Down the Law

When former CIA Director George Tenet said his farewells at a two-hour ceremony this summer, a deputy noted that 40 percent of the agency's staff had worked for just one chief.


LONDON, England -- Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Mazri has appeared in a British court charged with a string of offences including soliciting to murder non-Muslims, stirring up racial hatred and possessing terrorist documents.


The good news for Democrats, who still believe that President George Bush may have won the state of Ohio on Nov. 2 as a result of fraud, John Kerry picked up about 300 more votes in the state's presidential recount.


Reserve Keon Lawrence scores a season-high 18 points to lead six Missouri players in double figures in a 97-84 victory over No. 12 Texas.


Penn State University, responding to a rumor started by a Pittsburgh radio station that Coach Joe Paterno had resigned, issued a statement yesterday denying the report.


Stocks Rise as Investors Shrug Off Oil Prices

U.S. blue chips were higher today, led by shares of major oil producers benefiting from higher crude oil prices, which broke through the $50 a barrel mark.


A security loophole at internet bank Cahoot allowed customers to view other people's accounts, a BBC investigation reveals.


US military says wanted militant killed in Pakistan

The US military in Afghanistan said Saturday that a Taliban-linked militant leader wanted by Washington had been killed in neighbouring Pakistan.


THE OLYMPICS may have returned to the land of their birth, but even as these games wind down, the stadiums in Athens remain eerily empty.


Fancy a $20,000 suit of armor under  the Christmas tree? Or how about a crystal-encrusted Mrs.  Potato Head for $8,000? Or maybe a $50,000 Ferrari go-cart?


Singh Turns Up Heat on Joint Leaders Lehman, Baird

ORLANDO, Florida  - World number one and defending  champion Vijay Singh was stalking joint leaders Tom Lehman and  Briny Baird after the third round of the $4.2 million Funai  Classic at the Walt Disney Resort on Saturday.


NCAA ruling makes Mike Williams a football star without a team

Mike Williams is a terrific wide receiver -- an All-American at Southern California last season who will probably be a star in the NFL someday.


Spezza fires Senators to grudge win over Sabres

Jason Spezza's second goal late in the third period lifted the Ottawa Senators to a 6-5 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday in a rematch of their brawl-filled game on Thursday.


Athens Olympics Draw Record TV Audiences

The Athens Olympics broke global TV viewing records, with nearly 4 billion people tuning in, IOC president Jacques Rogge said Tuesday.


Blood on the Sinai points to the roots of violence - yet again

Dozens of innocent people were killed on Friday, this time in suicide bomb attacks at the Egyptian resorts of Taba and Nuweiba on the Sinai Peninsula.


Small deer-like animal that waded in lagoons 10 million years ago may have evolved into whale


The athlete who failed a doping test is confirmed as a weightlifting bronze medallist.


In passerella modelle gemelle di tutte le eta'


TV stations are prescribing more renewals for "Dr. Phil."


Bonus fiscale per chi produce dischi di artisti emergenti


Sony, Nintendo go head to head with Christmas games

The holiday shopping season is set to be a shoot-'em-up round in the video game industry, as its top players Nintendo and Sony go head to head by launching new and advanced hand held machines.


Duke player seeks more medical exam notes

Attorneys for a player charged in the Duke University lacrosse rape case asked Thursday for any notes or other material related to the accuser's medical exam that have not been turned over by the prosecution.


WASHINGTON--Alaska Rep. Don Young voted for a change in Republican caucus rules that would allow Rep. Tom DeLay to keep his job as majority leader in the US House


Corelli author loses plot in summerhouse theft

Louis de Bernieres, author of the best-selling novel "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", faces having to rewrite the first four chapters of his new novel because his computer was stolen from his summerhouse.


In Germany, a Christmas-season contest: Santa vs. St. Nicholas

Across the country, initiatives are sprouting to push commerce out of Christmas and focus on tradition.


Al pm milanese Nocerino la relazione sui bilanci dei nerazzurriSotto la lente scambi di calciatori non di prima fila con il Milan                                            Covisoc: Inter senza requisiti per il campionato 2005-2006                                                                                La Commissione: "L'equilibrio finanziario sarebbe saltato se la societÃ avesse evidenziato le perdite connesse alle plusvalenze fittizie"


Chirac rival takes helm of president's party

Nicolas Sarkozy, one of France's most ambitious and visible politicians - and an in-house rival of President Jacques Chirac - moved to the helm of the president's party yesterday, a perfect podium for him to bid for the


The controversial attempt to attack spammers by bombarding their web sites with traffic from thousands of individual PCs is over. After a week of heavy criticism of the company's plan to launch denial-of-service


Israel's Shas Party to Vote Against Gaza Pullout

The spiritual leader of Israel's  influential Shas party ordered its 11 lawmakers on Saturday to  vote against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw  from the Gaza Strip.


Summary - (Dec 3, 2004) Cassini took this amazing photograph of Prometheus, one of Saturn's small shepherd moons as it's tugging material away from the planet's F ring.


Movie Review | 'I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With': Seeking Special Someone but Finding a Giant Pirate

Imagine Larry Davidâs HBOâs series, âCurb Your Enthusiasm,â without the bile. Thatâs the tone of âI Want Someone to Eat Cheese With.â


Afghan Militants Threaten to Kill Foreign Hostages

The kidnappers of three foreign election workers in Afghanistan say they will kill their hostages by Wednesday if a list of demands is not met.


Twenty seven years after Elvis Presley's death, the King of Rock 'n Roll's financial power was confirmed anew yesterday when his family announced that it had sold a controlling interest in his estate to a media entrepreneur for $100m.


First Murder Charge in '64 Civil Rights Killings of 3

A reputed Ku Klux Klansman was arrested on murder charges in the 1964 killing of three voter-registration volunteers.


AOL settles with states on cancellation complaints

Time Warner Inc.'s  AOL reached  a settlement with 48 states and the District of Columbia under  which it will change its policy on account cancellations,  officials announced on Wednesday.


Tentative Jackson Evidence Rulings Issued

The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case issued tentative rulings Monday admitting 39 pieces of evidence seized in a search of Jackson's Neverland estate and suggested he will toss out a number of other items.


Online search site clusty.com organizes results in useful clusters

in clusters. Users enter search terms the same way as in any search engine, but the results are different.


AS THE son of an aircraft technician in Fiji, as a nightclub bouncer in Edinburgh, as a teaching pro in Borneo, even as a plodding player on the PGA Tour early in his career, Vijay Singh could only guess what he could accomplish as a golfer.


U.S. did not threaten to bomb Pakistan: Armitage

Washington did not threaten to bomb   Pakistan "back to the Stone Age" after the September 11 attacks   but a Pakistani official may have distorted U.S. resolve to   press Islamabad for help, a former U.S. diplomat said on   Monday.


Bristol-Myers Seeks to Sell Excedrin Line

Bristol-Myers Squibb, the pharmaceutical company, is in talks to sell its Excedrin line of pain relievers for as much as $1 billion.


Joseph Weiss, 80, Originator of Theory on Facing Trauma, Dies

Dr. Joseph Weiss was a psychoanalyst and researcher who helped develop an influential theory involving ways that patients confront psychological trauma.


Footballer Craig Bellamy tells a court he was slapped during a nightclub argument with a 19-year-old woman.


By Jenna Russell and Peter DeMarco, Globe Staff And Globe Correspondent | September 12, 2004. At ground zero in New York City and at Boston memorials, the names of the dead were spoken aloud again yesterday.


Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards criticized rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday for leaving South Carolina in the run-up to the state's primary, saying residents should question whether the New York senator would return if she became president.


Madrid, 13:33 - CALCIO, CALDERON, CON KAKA' FATTUREREMMO 400 MILIONI DI EURO

L'arrivo di Kakà al Real sarebbe una grande operazione commerciale. ''Kakà ha 23 anni,...


Integration problems arise with DLP tools

Vendors of data leakage prevention (DLP) systems claim that customers will avoid integration issues by using packaged tools that encompass all the different elements of the technology, but some early adopters of DLP are already running into serious problems.The DLP market has matured rapidly over the last several years, driven by an avalanche of high profile data loss incidents, new regulatory measures, and IT security industry consolidation. Experts agree that the technology has evolved into three individual pieces, and to protect against all the ways in which sensitive information could be liberated from customers' networks and devices, organizations need DLP tools that defend data on endpoint machines, filter for policy violations at the network gateway, and keep an eye on content residing "at rest" inside various data storage systems, ranging from e-mail in-boxes to back-end archiving systems.While many vendors offer all three breeds of DLP in packages that emphasize integration of the individual elements, most also sell the technologies a la carte, with customers able to choose one blend or another to get their installations under way faster and more economically.As a result of the inability of different vendors' point products to work together cohesively, some DLP providers admit that a number of companies are already facing teardowns of their initial systems because they have become so challenging to blend with other technologies."When some early adopters started installing DLP, a lot of vendors had some of the pieces, but no one had the full product set. So you had a lot of people going after their biggest pain points and deploying on the endpoint or the network, but rarely both," said Kurt Shedenhelm, chief executive of Palisade Systems."Most companies getting into DLP today will take the integrated approach and buy from a single vendor, and the products have matured to address this problem," Shedenhelm said. "But a lot of early decisions that were made based on business issues related to data protection or compliance mandates have led to these integration issues."A loss of endpoint control Shedenhelm concedes the integration problem may only affect 1,000 or so companies that invested in early iterations of DLP, particularly tools aimed at locking down data on endpoint devices. But many of those customers are among the largest and most complex organizations in the world, including financial services giants, he said.Other industry experts agreed that users of DLP technologies offering endpoint device control, with features that promise to block the transfer of information onto USB drives or other mobile storage devices, are likely running into the most significant problems.Companies that started by installing such tools on their laptops and desktops to prevent insiders from walking off with valuable information are now looking to blend those systems with gateway and data-at-rest DLP technologies and finding that integration with other systems is no easy trick, said Uzi Yair, chief executive of GTB Technologies, which markets all three types of the technology as individual products."The biggest problem that we hear people running into is the inability to enforce security policies consistently across the three different areas of DLP," Yair said."If you can't enforce the same policies across all of your systems, then it is almost impossible to make DLP work properly, which is why we're advocating the integrated approach today," Yair said. "If you don't allow credit card numbers to flow across the network, why would you let them be saved to a USB drive? But it does seem that some companies are having this issue."Other industry watchers downplayed the problem and classified such device control applications as mere cousins of true DLP systems, but admitted that the problems may exist."People may have purchased these failsafe tools at the endpoint, and they address an aspect of DLP that involves device control and setting encryption at the endpoint. But that's not really DLP, it's not data-aware, it's more about controlling the periphery of the endpoint," said Devin Redmond, senior product manager of security products and strategy at vendor Websense.Redmond said many DLP vendors, including Websense, have built APIs to mesh their products with those endpoint tools, and he noted that some of the perceived problems with the device control applications is that they cover such a small piece of the overall data security issue."A lot of people who made the move on those failsafes are finding that they won't address the bigger problem, that they don't get into the workflow of understanding the data on the device, which is what DLP is really all about," Redmond said. "Some may struggle to integrate those products with broader DLP technologies, but moving forward I think the trend will be more about understanding data and how it is used, versus simply the type of device that is being used."A minority report Even those DLP players who are considered leaders in the space admit the market for their technologies is only just beginning to blossom.Companies like Websense, and Vontu -- which was acquired by security market leader Symantec for $350 million in Nov. 2007 -- are considered to have the most users of DLP technology today, and they only lay claim to several hundred customers apiece.Beyond mistaking simple endpoint device control and encryption technologies as true DLP offerings, market watchers and customers who buy into the integration problem are overlooking the fact that most companies are only just beginning to work with DLP, and that those organizations will benefit from more mature, tightly integrated products, said Vontu Chief Executive Joseph Ansanelli."We're still refining the integrated suite. We have to do more to deliver across infrastructure. There's still a lot to do there," Ansanelli said. "We know that we need to be integrated into the right technologies at certain points in the infrastructure and then overlay the context of how the content is used."A lot of people tried to do the context thing first. But when people try to lock down the data in only one way, they still have huge holes around what is allowed, whether at the endpoint or the gateway," Ansanelli said. "The issue is that DLP is a data problem, not an endpoint-only problem. If you only have one product like that in place, you just can't get that integrated view."


Why it's the last possible moment for Netflix to open up

Comcast announced a service at CES that sounds an awful lot like Netflix. I already pay Comcast over $100 a month for various services. I pay Netflix $20 per month, and what Comcast is proposing is even more useful and easier than what Netflix offers. If it actually is, it would be easier to turn off the Netflix service. Netflix has a unique opportunity with X years of preference data for users that they still have active relationships with. Open the service up so that other websites can integrate their services with yours, the prototype being a dating site that matched people with others who like the same kinds of movies. Build a network of utility to lock users in with a feather instead of a deadbolt.  The uniqueness of Netflix is about to go poof. Time to build a new kind of uniqueness. It might be too late, but let's hope it's not. I don't really expect Comcast to share data with other service providers. It's not in their nature. Netflix -- zig while they match your (old) zag.


American Axle offers buyouts, withdraws outlook

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc.  on Wednesday said it would offer buyouts or early retirement to 6,000 U.S. United Auto Workers members because of the struggles of North American automaker customers, sending shares up more than 5 percent.


Church hall bans 'unchristian' yoga for nippers

Young minds saved from spiritual perversion A Somerset church has banned toddlers from practising yoga in its hall because the "unchristian" practice "promoted other spiritualities", the BBC reports.â¦


Microsoft has been rapped over the knuckles over an anti-Linux ad campaign. The ASA in the UK has ruled that the ad makes "misleading" claims, and has told the company change the copy on the advertisement forthwith.


Two Americans among eight dead in Afghan blast

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber attacked the office of a U.S.-owned security company in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday killing seven people, including two Americans, a government and company official said.


NFL Game Summary - Cincinnati at New England

Foxboro, MA (Sports Network) - Tom Brady went 18-of-26 for 260 yards with two touchdowns to lead New England to a 35-28 win over Cincinnati at Gillette Stadium.


Presidential hopefuls to debate with the aid of CNN and You Tube

Blog: On Monday, July 23, at 7:00 (ET) CNN will air a debate between several Democratic presidential candidates utilizing questions submitted by You Tube users. Technically the approach is a first, but is it really a revolutionary innovation or is it just anoth


When it comes to DNA, a human is closer to a chimpanzee than a mouse is to a rat. Yet tiny differences sprinkled throughout the genome have made all the difference, giving humans agriculture, language, art, music, technology and philosophy -- all the achievements that make us profoundly different. Until recently, there was no way to unravel these crucial differences, but that's rapidly changing.


Palestinians aiming for polls in spring next year: organisers

RAMALLAH - The Palestinians are hoping to hold elections across the occupied territories in spring next year, the head of the central electoral commission Ali Jarbawi said Saturday.


Two Killed in Afghan Protests Over Ousted Governor

Two people were killed in clashes on Saturday between US and Afghan forces and stone-throwing protesters angered by President Hamid Karzai effectively axing a regional governor, hospital officials and witnesses said.


Israel Kills Militant in 6th Day of Mass Gaza Raid

Israeli forces launched the sixth day of a massive offensive in the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday with an air strike that killed a Palestinian militant and wounded two others in Jabalya refugee camp.


Nobel prize goes to pair who championed inflation-targeting

Two economists whose work paved the way for success in the fight against inflation in Britain and other countries were rewarded with the Nobel prize yesterday.


Californians to Vote on Spending $3 Billion on Stem Cell Research

California, in an act of rebellion against the White House, may be on the verge of spending $300 million a year in each of the next 10 years on stem cell research.


3 Airlines Try to Fly Above Financial Failure

Three of the nation's largest airlines could be operating under bankruptcy protection in coming weeks, analysts say, the latest sign of the industry's upheaval as it lurches through a  transformation.


China Mine Blast Kills 25, Traps 144 in 3rd Mishap in Six Weeks

Twenty-five Chinese coal miners were killed and 141 remained trapped underground a day after China's third major mining accident in less than six weeks.


The new owner of Dow Jones & Co. indicated that charges for full access to the Wall Street Journalâs Web site may even go up.


Twin Delivers Quadruplets on Her Birthday

WYNNEWOOD, Pa. - The odds of a fraternal twin giving birth to two sets of identical twins may be one in a million, but Geana Morris can attest to it...


Business & money: City expected poor results after chief executive described operating performance as 'dreadful'.


In trattativa si discutera' di ammortizzatori sociali


Salesforce.com Unveils Site Aimed At Providing On-Demand Call ...

Salesforce.com Inc. took the next step in its evolution Wednesday, introducing a new site, Supportforce.com, that's designed to provide on-demand call-center and customer-service software along


They are some of the most famous words in American history: "I have a dream ..." And the man who said them has become an icon. Martin Luther King Jr. has certainly gotten his share of attention this year, the subject of a presidential campaign controversy over his legacy that blew up just around the time of the holiday created to honor him.


America West Holdings Corp. AWA.N on  Friday posted a quarterly loss and forecast a loss for the  current quarter, citing high fuel prices and further pressure  on airfares.


Adobe Systems Inc. has released fixes for three critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player that could let hackers infect Windows, Mac OS X and Linux systems.


European Union welcomes the adoption of UN SC resolution 1564 on ...

BRUSSELS, 22 September 2004 - The European Union welcomes the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of Resolution 1564. Resolution 1564 is an important contribution to the urgently required increased


GTSI Promotes Mohamed Elrefai to Vice President Enterprise Solutions Group

CHANTILLY, Va., Feb. 20  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GTSI(R) Corp. , a leading government information technology solutions provider, announced that Mohamed Elrefai has been promoted to Vice President Enterprise Solutions Group (ESG).  Mr.


Hopefuls see Fla. race as '08 bellwether

Gov. Jeb Bush is leaving office after eight years, and Florida voters will take the first step Tuesday in deciding whether they want to elect someone who shares his values or a governor who will seek to dismantle some of the Republican's key programs.


International Olympic Committee opens investigation into doping ...

The BALCO scandal could cost Marion Jones her five medals from the Sydney Olympics. The International Olympic Committee opened an investigation Tuesday into the doping allegations against the American track star.


U.S. stocks fell  on Monday as a lower  dollar, high oil prices and uncertainty over the U.S.  presidential election made investors cautious.


Six car bombs killed 160 people in a Shi'ite stronghold on Thursday in the bloodiest attack in Baghdad since the U.S. invasion and the authorities imposed an indefinite curfew on a city fearful of a sectarian civil war.


Ken Burns's 'The War' as seen through teen eyes

We convene a panel of young viewers to watch the epic PBS documentary.


COMPETITIVITA', ALEMANNO: ''PREMIER CONVOCHERA' LE PARTI DOPO L' ...

Il ministro per le Politiche Agricole: ''Ci sarÃ  un decreto legge. C'Ã¨ giÃ  un testo predisposto da Marzano su cui si incomincerÃ  a lavorare''. Roma, 23 dic. (Adnkronos) - ''Il presidente del Consiglio si


Sony offers a smaller, book-size PlayStation 2

TOKYO Sony on Tuesday showed a smaller, book-size PlayStation 2 that will go on sale worldwide next month as it fights to keep the lead in the competitive video game market.


Roma, 22:11 - CALCIO, ROMA: TOTTI FA GLI AUGURI A BERLUSCONI

A Silvio Berlusconi, colpito ieri da malore e ricoverato in clinica per accertamenti, arrivano gli a...


Rumsfeld Attempts to Respond to Troop Concerns

Under fire from troops who complain they are being sent to war in Iraq with inadequate gear, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld promised Thursday that more would be done to protect forces.


Palestinian Gunmen Shot Dead in Gaza Settlement

Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian  gunmen who infiltrated a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip  Thursday.


Australian Leader Howard Calls National Election For Oct. 9

Australian Prime Minister John Howard called an election for Oct. 9 betting that income tax cuts and a national security record will help his conservative coalition defeat the opposition Labor Party.


Tra le ipotesi, un regolamento di conti tra camorristi


Better Mood at the Gas Pump. What About the Voting Booth?

Gas prices have dropped by nearly 25 percent since mid-July, putting the issue at the forefront of the midterm elections.


Friday 13th, 2029 may be unlucky for the Earth

"In the unlikely event that it did hit, it would be quite serious. Weâre talking either a tsunami if it hit in the ocean, which would be likely, or significant ground damage" - Dr Donald Yeomans, NASA Near Earth Object Program manager.


Lui aveva espresso desiderio, il padre: a calci nel sedere!


America's late-night TV comics returned to the air on Wednesday with dueling politicians, newly grown facial hair and expressions of sympathy for striking screenwriters whose labor dispute threw the shows into reruns for two months.


FA Cup semifinals to be played in Cardiff

This season's FA Cup semifinals will be held at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, the Football Association said on Wednesday.


Epic Comic Book Miniseries Is Animated for DVD

âThe New Frontier,â an epic comic book story that follows heroes of the DC Universe from the end of World War II through the cold war, will soon be seen in a new incarnation: a 70-minute animated film.


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Ossetian policemen with a sniffer dog search a classroom in a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia. Picture:AP. President Vladimir Putin has announced radical changes to Russia's democratic


In a newspaper opinion piece published Sunday, New Jersey's embattled governor says his decision not to leave office immediately because of a sex scandal was "difficult" to make but one he will not change.


Venezuelan Military Plane Crashes, 16 Killed

A Venezuelan military aircraft crashed into a mountainside west of Caracas on Friday, killing 16 passengers and crew-members aboard including several senior officers, authorities said.


Conflict threatens rare Asian mountain sheep, experts say

A rare species of mountain sheep could face extinction if it is not given a safe haven from the conflicts tearing apart its natural habitat in central and south Asia, conservationists say.


Europe and Iran to meet again on nuclear issue

Europe's three key states are to meet again with Iran in Vienna to hear Tehran's response to their offer for it to avoid possible UN sanctions and receive nuclear technology by indefinitely suspending uranium enrichment.


England sevens coach resigns on eve of Dubai opener

England coach Mike Friday announced his resignation on the eve of the Dubai Rugby Sevens.


A bomb has exploded near the entrance of an Islamic school in the Netherlands, after a weekend of anti-Islamic attacks apparently sparked by the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh.


T.I. holds off Pumpkins, Interpol to remain No. 1

NEW YORK (Billboard) - T.I.'s "T.I. vs. T.I.P." maintains its lead on the Billboard 200 for a second week after moving 175,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.


Sport: Cricket: Australia were denied a record-breaking 17th consecutive Test victory by an impressive India in Perth


Update 1: Workers at One of Oldest US HMOS Strike

About 1,700 nurses and other health care workers formed picket lines Monday to start a five-day strike against Group Health Cooperative - one of the nation's oldest HMOs - over the cost of their own health benefits.


Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Iran on Saturday to discuss instability in Iraq and the crisis in Lebanon, the official IRNA news agency reported.


Dow Jones To Pay $519 Million for MarketWatch

Dow Jones won out over a list of competing media bidders to gain control of MarketWatch with its $18-a-share offer. If the buy is approved by shareholders, Dow Jones will gain a valuable foothold in the fast


Clinton hospitalized with chest pains; will face heart bypass ...

Former president Bill Clinton will have heart bypass surgery after complaining of mild chest pain and shortness of breath, his office said Friday.


ST. LOUIS - In an effort to revive flattening sales and attract new drinkers, Anheuser-Busch is unveiling a new concoction - a fruity-smelling beer, spiked with caffeine, guarana and ginseng...


Bobcats survive Kidd's triple-double to beat Nets

The Charlotte Bobcats overcame Jason Kidd's third consecutive triple-double to beat New Jersey 115-99 on Tuesday, ending the Nets' five-game winning streak with Charlotte managing partner Michael Jordan looking on.


Warsaw gets first woman mayor, Kaczynski twins dealt blow

Poland's capital has got its first woman mayor, liberal Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, after voters dealt a blow to the conservative government of identical twins Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski.Comment


Reggio Calabria, 20:20 - CALCIO, REGGINA: LUCARELLI E' TORNATO IN GRUPPO

Allenamento pomeridiano per l Reggina in vista della gara di domenica contro la Sampdoria.  Lucarell...


Consumer advocates on Tuesday said federal regulators need to increase oversight of telephone and cable companies that offer Internet access to ensure they aren't discriminating against certain providers of video and other Web content.


Israel Expands Gaza Strike, Kills 5 Palestinians

The Israeli army killed five Palestinians  in missile strikes Friday as it poured reinforcements into  northern Gaza, expanding a ground offensive intended to root  out militants firing rockets at Israeli towns.


The Japanese island of Okinawa protests at plans to revise textbook accounts of army WWII activities.


'Domani o chiude Casini o chiudiamo noi, bisogna decidere'


KISMAYU, Somalia  - An explosion tore through a ceremony in southern Somalia on Sunday, killing at least four people and wounding more than 20 others including senior military and police commanders, witnesses said.


New pop act 3 Of A Kind beat cult band The Libertines to number one in the UK's singles chart.


The UK is set to launch its first Skynet 5 spacecraft, a key  component in its new military satellite communications system.


FLORIDA 20, KENTUCKY 3: While the defense shines, Ciatrick Fason leads an adept but at times sloppy offense. By ANTONYA ENGLISH, Times Staff Writer.


The State, Columbia, S.C., C. Grant Jackson Column: Span-America Declares Dividend

By C. Grant Jackson, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb. 10--GREENVILLE -- Span-America Medical Systems declared a dividend of $0.08 per share payable March 5 to shareholders of record Feb. 19. The dividend is a 33 percent increase from the previous quarter.


ATHENS, Greece - Rulon Gardner was in another Olympic wrestling upset - his own. One of the biggest stars of the 2000 Summer Games, Gardner was thrown to the mat in overtime Wednesday by Kazakhstan's Georgi Tsurtsumia and lost 4-1 in his Greco-Roman semifinal match...


Spain says terror suspects were targeting court

(Madrid, Spain-AP) Oct. 19, 2004 - Spanish officials say they've broken up a terrorist cell that was plotting to bomb the country's National Court.


Primo aprile si decide anche per Amanda e Rudy Guede


Peavy and Haren named to start All-Star Game

Jake Peavy of the San Diego Padres on Monday was named starting pitcher for the National League to oppose Oakland Athletics hurler Dan Haren for the American League in Tuesday's All-Star Game.


Commodities prices climbed broadly as expectations of another interest rate cut and rebounding equities markets lifted investorsâ appetite for gold, grains and other hard assets.


MOSCOW -- Russia's biggest aluminum producer, OAO Rusal, plans to acquire rival Sual Group and the alumina assets of Swiss-based commodities trader Glencore International AG in a deal to create the world's biggest aluminum producer, a person close to the negotiations said yesterday.


Scotland's eight fire services have been criticised in a review by a public sector watchdog.


Court-Martial Set For Army Pfc. Lynndie England

FORT BRAGG, NC -- The Army says it will court-martial Pfc. Lynndie England in January on charges of abusing prisoners in Iraq. Pfc.


Shopping for Films but Settling for Some Fun

After a huge buildup about the commercial prospects of this yearâs Sundance, buyers have their hands jammed deep into their coats.


White House hopeful Giuliani says he's fine after health scare

US Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said Sunday he felt "great" after a health scare that forced him to check into a hospital last week.


Brent Schaeffer will become the first true freshman to start at quarterback for Tennessee in a season opener when the Vols plays UNLV on Sunday.


An Olympic Selection of Search Resources

The 2004 Summer Olympics are underway in Athens and the web is home to plenty of information that makes watching the games even more interesting.


Roma, 14:29 - CALCIO, ARBITRATO: SECONDA UDIENZA GIRAUDO IL 9 MARZO

La Camera di Conciliazione e Arbitrato per lo Sport ha comunicato che la seconda udienza che riguard...


Chicks row looms large for country music liberals

Ever since the Dixie  Chicks were boycotted by radio stations for insulting President  George W. Bush in 2003, country music liberals have felt under  siege but that doesn't mean there aren't any in Nashville.


Rapper ODB, whose death in a Manhattan recording studio last month sent ripples through the hip-hop community, died from the combined effects of cocaine and a prescription painkiller, the medical examiner has ruled.


Taco Bell outbreak not over, officials say

U.S. health officials said on Monday they were not ready to declare an end to an E. coli outbreak, linked to Taco Bell, that sickened at least 64 people, saying they could not confirm that green onions were the source of the bacteria.


LONDON -- Northern Ireland's rival political parties locked horns yesterday over the issue of disarming the Irish Republican Army guerrillas amid frantic efforts to agree to a final peace settlement for the British-run province.


Scientists have moved closer to being able to use human stem cells to manufacture blood.


Brad Lidge threw 42 pitches during his two-inning outing on Saturday in the Astros' 5-2 win over the Cardinals, but the closer had no doubt in his mind following that


Microsoft delays reduced, Dell goes to the High Street and all is well with AMD

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Terps send No. 1 Tar Heels to first loss

Bambale Osby scored inside with 21 seconds left to help Maryland stun top-ranked North Carolina 82-80 on Saturday, handing the Tar Heels their first loss of the season.


Flyers star Jeremy Roenick paid more than $100,000 to a Florida firm that made millions selling betting tips to gamblers, law enforcement officials told The Philadelphia Inquirer.


Usare il cellulare per oltre dieci anni aumenta il rischio di sviluppare tumori benigni al nervo acustico. E' quanto emerge da una ricerca choc condotta dallâIstituto svedese di medicina ambientale. "Quando


United States policymakers received a welcome fillip yesterday after official figures showed consumer prices in July dropped for the first time in eight months and growth returned to the home building market.


Cook wins AT&T for 1st Champions victory

John Cook won his first Champions Tour title in his second start on the 50-and-over circuit, closing with a 6-under 65 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory over Mark O'Meara in the AT&T Championship.


Sophie Gustafson and the rookie Ji-Young Oh each shot a six-under-par 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Lorena Ochoa after the first round of the Safeway Classic.


IBM in 'Flexible' Outsourcing Deal with Insurer

A U.S. insurer is handing over its entire electronic infrastructure to IBM and AT&T, giving it access to the latest technology while shedding tens of millions of dollars in upfront investment and long-term costs.


A change in the rules means a number of Oscar contenders are now ineligible for the 2007 Bafta Film Awards.


With Nods to the Strike, Late-Night Hosts Return

Eight weeks after their writers went on strike and plunged their shows into reruns, Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan OâBrien returned to late-night television Wednesday with original episodes in which both the Iowa caucuses and the new facial hair on two of the hosts loomed large.


Blog: Imagine configuring a security policy and having it enforced across the IT infrastructure? That's the aim of "Stirling," a new product unveiled at TechEd.


Napoli, si nascondeva in un'abitazione di Secondigliano

NAPOLI - Importante sviluppo di uno dei piÃ¹ efferati omicidi degli ultimi giorni a Napoli. Uno dei presunti killer della giovane Gelsomina Verde, 22 anni, uccisa nella notte tra sabato e domenica scorsi, Ã¨


International Mediators Try to End Ukraine Crisis

International mediators will step up  efforts on Wednesday to resolve Ukraine's 10-day-old crisis  over a disputed presidential election that has exposed bitter  divisions between pro-Western and pro-Russian factions.


A campaign is launched to help people who put money into savings clubs to prevent a repeat of the Farepak disaster.


The Metropolitan Police Service has been told it should apologise to families over the Forest Gate raid.


I due diretti da Coletta in 'Appuntamento a ora insolita'


Milano, 17:31 - CALCIO, MATARRESE CONFERMA: IL CAMPIONATO PARTE IL 26 AGOSTO

Il presidente della Lega Calcio Antonio Matarrese ha confermato che il prossimo campionato di serie ...


GM Withdraws CBS' 'Survivor' Sponsorship

DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. has decided to end its sponsorship of CBS' hit series "Survivor," but the world's largest automaker said Wednesday that the decision had nothing to do with the reality show's controversial decision to divide its contestants in the upcoming season by race and...


"This is your gray-haired captain speaking... Relax"

NEW YORK  - Air passengers should feel quite safe when the pilot is getting on in years, a new study shows. Older pilots actually show less decline in their aviation skills over time than their younger peers.


ICANN moves ahead with international domain names

(InfoWorld) - Participants made good progress discussing changes to Internet governance during an ICANN meeting in Puerto Rico that closed on Friday, leaders of the organization said. One topic that leaders worked on was the future enablement of non-Latin characters in domain names. ICANN hopes to support Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, and other characters in the future, but that's easier said than done. In 2003, ICANN made an attempt to widen the acceptable characters but found that its rules were too permissive, said Vint Cerf, ICANN's chairman. "There could be confusion between similar registrations that might mislead users," he said during a conference call to discuss the meeting. One potential source of confusion is that some characters in different alphabets might look similar but mean different things. For example, in Cyrillic, the word for "restaurant" looks in the Latin alphabet like "pectopaht." That opens the door for users to register domains in different languages in a way that could confuse users. ICANN hopes to develop rules that will prevent such confusion. ICANN plans to be able to test the use of international domain names live on the Internet by November. The test will include a mechanism to take them out instantly if they create a problem, Cerf said. The group has already tested the process in the lab. "We are confident that none of the infrastructure is likely to encounter problems, but you never really know until it's in that live environment," he said. The meeting also included a discussion on continuing to encourage IPv6 use. That's particularly important now because ICANN has determined the current system, supported by IPv4, for allocating the numerical address space will exhaust available numbers around 2011 or 2012, Cerf said. The wide adoption of IPv6 will support the continued addition of new numerical addresses. Cerf said there was significant progress in efforts to enable digital signatures to help authenticate the match between domain names and Internet addresses. The digital signature would validate that the Internet address associated with a domain name wasn't corrupted, either maliciously or accidentally. "This is a significant change in the core architecture of DNS," he said. The group also worked on developing a more regular process for allowing the introduction of additional generic top-level domains. ICANN worked on such policies in 2000 and 2003 and will take those experiences and try to establish a more regular practice for making additional domain names available, Cerf said. ICANN is on track for the introduction of new domains by the middle of 2008.


Iraqi security forces have detained 51 suspects after a car bombing in Najaf, Governor Adnan al-Zorfi said today. "We have 50 Iraqi suspects who are being held and interrogated," Mr Zorfi said.


O.J. Simpson Is Charged In Alleged Robbery

Las Vegas police arrested O.J. Simpson yesterday and charged the former football star with six felony counts in connection with an alleged hotel-room robbery, placing Simpson in his most serious legal jeopardy since his acquittal on double murder charges in 1995.


Kevin Harvick, driving a Chevrolet, won the Daytona 500 after a close, accident-filled finish to the race on Sunday.


Russia to Test New Soyuz Booster on Oct. 29

Russia's military will test a new-generation rocket booster this week that could eventually be used to launch civilian cargoes into space, Itar-Tass news agency said Monday.


Google has launched a new search technology that helps publishers sell books online. The service, called Google Print, will be incorporated into Google search queries.


Dal 2008 conterra' video e forum su dialogo sociale


China shares bird flu sample, first time in year: WHO

China has shared human bird flu samples for the first time in more than a year, giving a boost to international efforts to track the deadly H5N1 virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.


Moro rebels welcome dropping of charges vs Murad et al.

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) commended the government Friday for dropping the charges against its accused members in connection with the twin deadly bombings in Davao City airport and wharf last year.


When MTV kicked off the annual Video Music Awards in 1984, they were seen as a kind of anti-Grammys, almost a spoof on the self-serious awards show format.


Lawmakers Got Flu Shots on Medical Advice

Some members of Congress got flu shots before they headed home to campaign this month, despite the vaccine shortage. They were following the advice of the Capitol physician.


Myles Walsh stole the spolight in what is normally hailed as the Drew Carey show in Masconomet, as the Chieftains claimed a 28-7 victory over visiting Newburyport (1-5).


Chiuse 60 aziende, persi 2.500 posti lavoro


All'ultimo concorso per magistratura 58 posti non assegnati


Tante iniziative per il 60/o anniversario della nascita


End of the siege: the smoke clears in Najaf

It's morning in Najaf again, and all around the Old City center, there are the signs of destruction that a three-week-long rebellion has brought.


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Bush Defends Iraq Invasion Despite Report

Faced with a harshly critical new report, President Bush conceded Thursday that Iraq did not have the stockpiles of banned weapons he had warned of before the invasion last


Baghdad's governor survives assassination attempt

Baghdad's governor survived anassassination attempt when a car bomb exploded in the Iraqi capital Tuesday morning as his convoy was passing by, Interior Ministry said.


Germany tracks polonium trail left by ex-spy contact

German police have uncovered a radioactive trail linked to what prosecutors believe could be a possible suspect in the murder of a former Russian spy in London last month.


Bombs Explode in Nepal Capital as Rebel Siege Bites

Suspected Maoist guerrillas set off two bombs in and around Nepal's capital on Friday, wounding two people as the commercial center remained cut off for a third day by a rebel-imposed blockade.


Thatcher son held in S Africa probe for role in Guinea coup

CAPE TOWN, AUGUST 25: The son of former British PM Margaret Thatcher was arrested in South Africa on Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in a mercenary plot against the government of Equatorial Guinea.


Mitchell Report may not have shut door on steroid use

Commissioner Bud Selig, who hoped to bring closure to Major League Baseball's steroids era by commissioning the Mitchell Report that was issued on Thursday, may have opened the door to more questions about the game's troubled past.


Webcast Alert: NetObjects Fusion 10 Website-Building Software's New Features Are Easy-To-Use By Novices and Experts Alike

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 16  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- From personal homepages to e-commerce driven sites, NetObjects Fusion 10 software enables users to easily develop affordable, full-feature websites.


The inquiry into claims Home Secretary David Blunkett abused his position is criticised as it begins.


AUSTRALIANS holidaying in the Thai resort of Phuket today described the devastation unleashed by massive waves triggered by a major earthquake.


An emotional Paula Radcliffe said today that she is mystified as to why, despite her thorough preparations, she was unable to complete yesterday's marathon race.


Consumer group supplies Web tips on prescription drug costs ...

Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, launched a Web site this week that helps doctors and their patients compare medicine based not only on price but also effectiveness - and in plain English.


Tucker the f**ker claims blogger book deals are 'easy'

Er, if you can write SXSW The last thing a blogger wants to hear is that it takes talent â or at least hard work â to turn online ramblings into a career. And so SXSW attendees clenched their genitalia when debauched goat boy Tucker Max revealed that few bloggers have the right stuff to merit widespread attention.â¦


As the new year approaches, there is good news and there is bad news for English-language print media in Asia.


Q1 Labs Receives ''Positive'' Rating in Leading Analyst Firm's Network Behavior Analysis Report

Q1 Labs, a leading network security management company, today announced  that it had received a 'Positive'  rating in a new piece of Gartner research: Marketscope  for Network Behavior Analysis 2H 06.


Wall Street got off to a miserable start of the year, with all three major indexes dropping by sizable margins.


US, EU take to skies in battle of the giants

In a nasty trade battle that could rattle the multibillion-dollar aerospace industry, the US and Europe formally sued one another in the World Trade Organisation over the huge government subsidies paid to their respective aircraft giants, Boeing and Airbus


Current UK tax plans are unlikely to curb the growth in greenhouse gas emissions from travel, a study says.


China calls for reason as food safety fears mount

Under pressure after a U.S. move against Chinese seafood and a huge recall of Chinese toothpaste in Japan, Beijing urged trade partners on Friday to accept its products unless they violate contract terms or local regulations.


Massachusetts health insurers are predicting their rates will increase by about 10 percent next year for most residents covered through employer health plans, marking the eighth consecutive year of double-digit premium hikes.


Lo ha annunciato il direttore generale Roberto Santarelli


Carlos Beltran got off to a fast start in the free agent market, too. After hitting eight home runs for the Houston Astros to tie the postseason record, the speedy center fielder was among 65 players who filed for free agency yesterday on the first possible day.


Hollywood Hopefuls (Dream On) at Pitchfest

Fade In magazineâs 11th annual Hollywood Pitch Festival, the movie and television businessâs answer to speed dating, was a beehive of activity.


Freshman sparks Wildcats past Washington

Arizona had been looking for an inside presence and its once-reliable shooting touch. The No. 20 Wildcats found both in an 84-54 victory Saturday over Washington.


Serbia unfit for EU, reform plan needed: cen.bank

Serbia's central bank governor has  said the country is currently in no condition to join the  European Union, and called on politicians to draw up a plan  quickly to lead it in the direction of membership.


Hawks Beat 76ers 96-92 to End Losing Skid

Josh Smith scored the tie-breaking basket off an offensive rebound with 17.6 seconds remaining, then blocked a shot to preserve the lead as the Atlanta Hawks snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 96-92 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.


Eclipse Reeling in Swordfish as SOA Framework

The Eclipse Foundation is developing an open source SOA framework intended for applications ranging from enterprise environments to embedded systems.


Presidential Campaigns Step Up Push for Youth Vote

U.S. college students are already stressed about getting good grades and a decent job, but this year there is added pressure: the presidential campaigns want them to help decide the country's political future.


From Japanâs Slump in 1990s, Lessons for U.S.

A Japan-style quagmire, most economists say, is an outcome that can be avoided in the United States with sound economic policy.


On Road to Kosovo Independence, a Warning: Go Slow

As the U.N. nudges Kosovo toward what it calls âfinal statusâ and what Belgrade calls independence, many of northern Kosovoâs Serbs are threatening to break away.


'Spazio per candidati, programmi, liste e progetti'


OVERLAND PARK, Kan.âSprint Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. announced they have entered a reciprocal Wi-Fi roaming agreement. Through the partnerships, the carriersâ customers will be able to access each


John Howard 1st Iraq Invader to Face Vote

CANBERRA, Australia Aug. 29, 2004 - Prime Minister John Howard will become the first of three allied leaders who launched the US-led invasion of Iraq to face voters, having announced Sunday that Australians will go to the polls on Oct. 9.


Urgent: Two Astronauts Wrap Up Third Spacewalk

Urgent: Two astronauts wrap up third spacewalk    WASHINGTON, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Two U.S. astronauts ended the third of four spacewalks of Atlantis mission at 9:22 p.m. EDT on Friday (0122 GMT on Saturday), accomplishing multi-task, NASA TV reported.


Troops cleared protesters from the streets of central Yangon on Thursday, giving them 10 minutes to leave or be shot before chasing them through the city, firing into crowds and beating people.


U.S. Treasuries prices were sucked lower on Monday as speculators took advantage of a vacuum of economic news to test the bearish side of recent tight trading ranges.


Torino, 15:51 - SCI, CDM DONNE: HOLAUS, TRAUMA CRANICO E LESIONE GINOCCHIO

Dopo i primi accertamenti, risulta meno grave del temuto l'infortunio subito oggi dall'austriaca Mar...


The United States rejected Saturday a proposal by developing nations to clarify their responsibilities on controlling greenhouse gas emissions, further blocking agreement on a plan to launch negotiations for a new global warming pact.


Prime Minister Gordon Brown says institutions worldwide must change to better handle a globalised economy.


A 17-day Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, the biggest in four years, came to an end after the army withdrew from the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza.


Israel Parliament to Start Winter Session

JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has alienated his right-wing Likud party with plans to withdraw from Gaza, begins a new legislative session fighting for his government's survival.    Lawmakers were scheduled to vote on two motions of no confidence Monday, the first day of Israel's winter parliamentary session...


Clinton campaigns with family, GOP voter

Democratic Hillary Rodham Clinton got by with a little help from her friends Â Republican ones Â and family on Friday.


Britain unveils plans to prevent fresh Northern Rock-style disaster

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling on Wednesday outlined proposals for a radical reform of banking regulations to prevent another Northern Rock-style crisis.


If Hillary Rodham Clinton wins Iowa's presidential caucuses, it won't be because of endorsements or poll numbers. It will be because of people like Carol McCarty, who lives in the state's heavily Republican northwest corner but plans to attend her local caucus and stand up for Clinton.


Coleman backing Mourinho's men for the league

Fulham manager Chris Coleman has tipped Chelsea to win the Premiership, after watching his side put yet another dent in Manchester United's title hopes.


Finanziaria, il governo chiede la fiducia

Il ministro dei Rapporti con il Parlamento Carlo Giovanardi ha posto in Aula alla Camera la questione di fiducia sulla Finanziaria, saltando completamente la discussione generale sulla manovra appena licenziata dalla commissione Bilancio dove era tornata


ConAgra Shares Fall Despite 15% Profit Increase

The companyâs consumer segment, which accounts for more than half of the companyâs sales, posted a 16 percent drop in earnings as the cost of ingredients jumped.


HANOI -- What's the best way to sue my neighbor? How big is Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum? Is surgery necessary to remove a bunion? Am I pregnant?


Iraqi artist puts himself in line of fire

Blog: Provocative video installation by Iraqi-born artist aims to provide metaphor for danger confinement faced by family and friends back home.


Nine Turkish soldiers are killed in an ambush blamed on separatist Kurdish rebels, Turkish reports say.


U.S. Unprepared Despite Progress, Experts Say

The United States remains woefully unprepared to protect the public against terrorists wielding biological agents, according to government officials and specialists in bioterrorism and public health.


No $54 Million for Missing Pants, Judge Rules

âThe court finds that the plaintiff is not entitled to any relief whatsoever,â Judge Bartnoff wrote.


Forgotten anything? Then sit down and have a cup of tea

DRINKING tea can help to improve the memory and even ward off Alzheimerâs disease, according to research. Black and green tea were shown in laboratory tests to inhibit the activity of certain enzymes in the brain.


Genzyme has agreed to pay at least $325 million to win the hotly contested rights to a potentially powerful cholesterol-lowering drug.


Deutsche Boerse notifies German cartel office of LSE takeover plans

German stock market operator Deutsche Boerse has notifed Germany's competition watchdog, the Federal Cartel Office, of its plans to take over the London Stock Exchange, a cartel office spokeswoman said.


Rams Hoping to Sneak Into Playoffs Again

Four years ago, the St. Louis Rams sneaked into the playoffs in the final game of the season. Now, they're facing the same situation, needing some help to advance.


Celtic's Boruc reveals secret of penalty heroics

Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc has revealed how he read Louis Saha's mind to make the penalty save that sent the Scottish champions into the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time.


As of Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007, at least 3,893 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,168 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


OPINION: City Not Taking High Road on Eminent Domain

By ? Scott Shackford, Desert Dispatch, Barstow, Calif.  Jun. 13--The City of Barstow stands poised to declare the right to use eminent domain to take private property in order to assist private developers.


Brad Radke pitched seven solid innings, Corey Koskie drove in three runs and the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees in the regular season for the first time since 2001 with an 8-2 victory Tuesday night.


The Halifax bank, Britain's biggest mortgage lender, predicts a much-feared fall in the rampant UK property market.


In one of its broadest efforts to rein in what it regards as abusive tax shelter activity among well-to-do professionals, the Internal Revenue Service is seeking to shut down a group of California companies that have sold millions of dollars' worth of insurance and other purportedly tax-favored investments to doctors and dentists.


Grandmaâs Marathon Champion Killed in Kenya

A Kenyan marathon runner was fatally shot with an arrow, the second international athlete to die as Kenya struggles with postelection chaos, a sports official and a fellow athlete said Tuesday.


Senators concerned about report CIA secretly removed detainees ...

Leading senators expressed concern Sunday about a report that the CIA has secretly moved as many as a dozen unidentified prisoners out of Iraq in the past six months, a possible violation of international treaties.


Kodak catches up with Sony in camera sales

The digital camera market has turned into a dead heat, with Kodak virtually tied for the top spot with perennial sales leader Sony, according to an IDC report.


Oil prices held near record peaks on  Thursday after a larger-than-expected decline in heating fuels  in the United States heightened fears of a winter supply  crunch.


Schroeder Urges Vigilance Against Neo-Nazi Threat

Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder reminded  Germans on the eve of Auschwitz commemorations that ordinary  people empowered the Nazis and urged them to be vigilant  against a continued far-right threat.


Ordinanza con nuove norme per il catasto delle aree bruciate


Pakistani, Afghan Leaders Vow To Fight Militants

23 August 2004 -- President Pervez Musharraf promised visiting Afghan leader Hamid Karzai today that Pakistan will not allow Islamic militants to use Pakistani soil to disrupt Afghanistan's presidential elections this fall.


Test Flights for Shuttle Could Begin Next Spring

NASA officials said on Friday that the space shuttle Discovery could take off for the International Space Station in May or June in the first of two test flights aimed at resuming normal shuttle operations.


After hitching a ride on the back of NASA's Cassini orbiter for seven years through more than 2 billion miles of space, the European Space Agency's Huygens space probe is finally stepping out on its own.


Rhodri Morgan reveals Labour's Welsh assembly plans amid criticism from some opposition parties.


LIVERPOOL hope to finally secure the signing of Fernando Morientes by increasing their bid to Â£5m. But reports in Spain today suggest Real Madrid are continuing to block


Keep better records of refugee interviews, watchdog advises CSIS

OTTAWA (CP) - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service should make transcripts of the interviews it conducts with refugee claimants to prevent future conflicts, says the watchdog over the spy agency.


Two Iraqi Children Killed in Car, U.S. Blamed

FALLUJA, Iraq  - Two young Iraqi girls were killed  on Friday when their car came under U.S. fire near the  rebel-held city of Falluja, according to an Iraqi who helped  rescue four people wounded in the incident.


Clinton loses ground to Obama, Giuliani widens lead: poll

Senator Hillary Clinton has lost some ground in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, while former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani has widened his lead on the Republican side, a new poll showed Wednesday.


Dal 2008 le tasse aumenteranno in modo automatico


Iran will only freeze its uranium enrichment activities for a few months and has no plans to permanently mothball facilities which could make atomic bombs.


Though I've spent a good portion of my life living in the Southeast, I didn't stumble upon Hibbett Sporting Goods (Nasdaq: HIBB) in real life.


Israel Kills Top Hamas Militant Ahead of Gaza Vote

Israel killed the top bomb and rocket  maker of the Hamas Islamic militant group in a Gaza air strike  on Thursday, days before a key parliamentary vote on Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to quit the occupied strip.


The Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers say that fighting on Thursday has left more than 30 dead.


Three major drug chains report soft sales for December. But there's always the flu to look forward to.


A new high-definition DVD format aimed at replacing current DVDs got a huge boost Monday when NBC Universal and three other heavyweight Hollywood studios endorsed electronics giant Toshiba's new HD DVD.


By scaling back, company hopes to hit a 2006 release. Microsoft Corp. is dropping a highly touted new feature from its plans for the next generation of Windows -- scaling back ambitions for its biggest product


BANDA ACEH: Hunger and diseases stalked survivors of one of the worst tsunamis in history yesterday even as the world stepped up one of its biggest aid effort yet.


REVIEW RESULTS: Coca-Cola Co. lowered its targets for earnings and sales volume growth amid continuing weakness in key markets including North America.


Activists to promote Buddha's birthplace as 'world peace city'

Buddhists from around the world will gather in revolt-hit Nepal this month to consider ways to promote Buddha's birthplace, Lumbini in the country's southwest, as a "world peace city."


China gets more foreign investment than US

GENEVA - China has again overtaken the United States as a top global destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) last year, a UN report said yesterday.


Wall Street Not Buying Retail's Optimism

Top U.S. retailers reported double-digit profit gains in the third quarter, with industry titan Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  leading the pack and brightening its outlook for the key holiday season underpinned by the recent drop in oil prices.


Volunteers are battling to save whales and dolphins who have beached themselves off the coast of Australia. More than a hundred of them have already died after getting stuck on beaches off Tasmania over the weekend.


They buy themselves enough time and size to play with the big boys. For now. In the world of big-time telecom, the Baby Bells have been hogging the spotlight as they bulk up to compete against an onslaught


Militants and Israeli Troops Battle in Gaza

A period of relative calm in the Gaza Strip was broken by a nearly hour-long battle between Palestinian militants and Israeli troops that left at least one Israeli soldier and one militant dead.


A specially-shaped camera lens which means images are never out of focus could find its way onto camera phones.


Movie Industry Targets The Internet In Piracy Battle

The movie industry on Thursday said it plans to start suing later this month people who have illegally swapped movies on the Internet, saying the practice represents the greatest economic threat ever faced by the industry.


The Muslim Council of Britain sends representatives to Iraq to try to secure the release of British hostage Ken Bigley.


Parents in England are to be promised online "real-time reporting" on their children's progress at school.


Mi posso presentare in tutta Italia, Bondi intermediario


A brand new year and already so much to purge. It is time for eBay, that all-season national yard sale. But who wants to put up with the annoyances of holding an eBay auction?


German academics believe they have  solved the centuries-old mystery behind the identity of the  "Mona Lisa" in Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait.


Man convicted of sending penis photo by phone

A 21-year-old German man has been  convicted of sending a photograph of his penis to an unknown  woman via mobile phone, authorities said on Wednesday.


Reform candidate Basescu wins Romanian presidential runoff

Reformist opposition candidate Traian Basescu won Romania's presidential runoff election, according to nearly complete returns Monday -- a blow to the successors of the once-powerful communists who ruled for most of the period since the 1989 revolution.


Reliance Industries approves share buyback, shares stage rally ...

[Business India]: Mumbai, Dec 27 : Corporate behemoth Reliance Industries Monday approved one of corporate India's largest share buyback programmes with a view to curbing volatility in company stocks that have been badly hit by an ownership slugfest.


Two wins in a row Warriors have a little streak

Coach Mike Montgomery expressed concern recently that the Warriors were relying too much on Jason Richardson to shoulder the scoring load in the fourth quarter of close games.


Milano, 14:00 - CALCIO, INTER: CONFERMATI 3 TURNI STOP A VIEIRA

La Commissione disciplinare ha confermato le tre giornate di squalifica inflitte dal giudice sportiv...


Nicklaus, Palmer pay tribute to "Lord Byron" Nelson

Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer led   the tributes for golfing great Byron Nelson, who died at his   ranch in Texas on Tuesday at the age of 94.


More Than 20 Killed in Latest Car Bomb Attacks in Baghdad and ...

Car bombings in Baghdad and Iraq's northern city of Mosul killed at least 24 people Monday, as Iraqi and US troops pressed ahead with efforts to restore security in the country.


Shut extra NY hospitals to save $1.5 billion: panel

To control soaring medical costs, New York state must shut nine hospitals and reorganize another 48 centers to save $1.5 billion a year while also improving the quality of care, a reform commission proposed on Tuesday.


Milano, 13:49 - CALCIO, INTER; MORATTI: CHIVU GIOCATORE CHE STIMIAMO

"Chivu è un giocatore importante e c'è stima nei suoi confronti da parte nostra. Bisog...


IRAQ: GOVERNO, 5 GIORNI A MILIZIA AL SADR PER DISARMARE

(AGI) - Baghdad, 10 ott. - La milizia di Moqtada al Sadr ha cinque giorni di tempo per consegnare le armi, come previsto dagli accordi siglati tra il governo di Baghdad e il leader radicale sciita. Secondo


Hurricane Frances Batters Bahamas, Nears Florida

Hurricane Frances, weaker but still  massive, inched toward Florida on Saturday as it delivered a  long battering to the Bahamas.


On Tuesday, Advanced Micro Devices introduced its two fastest processors yet, a quiet slap at Intel's latest roadmap revision.


Days after Google acted to thwart the Santy worm, security firms warned that variants have begun to spread using both Google and other search engines.


Sirius says holiday sales lower than expected

Sirius Satellite Radio  said on Monday that retail sales since the Thanksgiving weekend have been less than it expected and it now sees 5.9 million to 6.1 million subscribers by year's end.


Mexico Police Arrest Dozens for Cop Lynching

Mexican police arrested dozens of people in a raid on a town where a frenzied mob beat and burned two federal police officers to death in an attack that shocked even this crime-hardened nation.


Gates pushes Iraq's leaders on reconciliation

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates met Iraqi leaders on Saturday to tell them Washington was disappointed with their efforts to reconcile warring factions.


Crohn's disease may be caused by the same bacterium that causes a similar intestinal disorder in animals, according to a study published in the medical journal Lancet.


Senior Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed is freed from house arrest.


Daimler Seeks Partners in China to Build Cars

The company has concluded that it cannot build its own subcompact cars in North America cheaply enough to make money on them.


Filmmaker's killer left threat for politician

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A letter the suspected Muslim killer of a Dutch filmmaker pinned to his body held death threats from an unknown terrorist ''movement'' against the screenwriter of a movie criticizing Islam, the justice minister said Thursday.


Columbus delivery gives Europe a place in space

Europe finally got a place of its own in space when astronauts attached the European laboratory Columbus to the International Space Station on Monday.


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- No storm in history has done more damage to the Kennedy Space Center than Hurricane Frances did. Officials at the Florida facility said the storm tore about 1,000 exterior panels from the Vehicle Assembly Building.


Morgan Stanley to cut 1,000 jobs as markets slow

Morgan Stanley  will slash more than 1,000 jobs in the coming week, trimming costs ahead of what it expects will be a tougher business environment, a person briefed on the moves said on Thursday.


Bears' Ogunleye Has Tear in Ankle Ligament

Chicago Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye has a small tear in the ligament of his right ankle and won't play Sunday against Tampa Bay.


Sudanese gov't says ready to withdraw troops from Darfur

Bugged by pressure both from the African Union (AU) and the international community, the Sudanese government has announced its readiness to withdraw its troops fromthe troubled Darfur region.


Consumer Spending Up Following June Decline

Consumer spending rose slightly in July, though tepid growth in personal income raised concern about whether the trend will continue.


Bells will be ringing at Mervyn's department stores this holiday season after all, store officials announced Thursday in a sudden reversal of a ban on Salvation Army collection kettles.


A few miscalculations can wreck a lifetime of saving and investing.


Hong Kong stocks closed higher Tuesday following a drop in global oil prices and expectations of gains on Wall Street following the US presidential election.


The Astros are getting Jason Jennings instead of Jon Garland to replace Andy Pettitte in their starting rotation.


Quake Sparked by Slipping Geologic Plates

The chain reaction that sent enormous, deadly tidal waves crashing into the coasts of Asia and Africa on Sunday started more than six miles beneath the ocean floor off the tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.


Pakistan struggle to build a massive total as Scotland take six wickets in their opening match in Durban.


France's foreign minister says the world should prepare for the possibility of war over Iran's nuclear programme.


Woolmer died of natural causes: Jamaican police

Former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was not murdered but died of natural causes, Jamaican police said Tuesday in a bombshell announcement three months after his death rocked the World Cup tournament.


Chicago Bulls draft pick arrested for urinating in public

SALMON, Idaho  - Chicago Bulls draft pick JamesOn Curry was arrested in Boise, Idaho on Thursday for urinating in public and resisting police arrest.


Highlights from the SEW Blog: Dec. 18, 2006

Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary headlines from around the web.


Hurry Potter: speed-reading critics rush reviews

Spare a thought for the reviewers of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".


Two Hamas militants killed in Gaza airstrike

Two members of Izzedin al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), were killed on Saturday evening in an Israeli airstrike on their car that drove


France is pushing to win passage of a UN resolution that seeks an arms embargo and other penalties against the Ivory Coast. France's UN ambassador, Jean-Marc de la Sabliere, hopes for a vote early this week.


Two of Allawi's Kidnapped Relatives Freed

Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's office confirmed Monday that two of his female relatives who were kidnapped last week have been released.


Feeling blue in the blue states? Canada rolls out welcome mat

One day after Bush's re-election, Ottowa's official immigration website logged three times its daily average.


'Drug Trials Secrecy Putting Patients at Risk'

Patients are being put at risk because of the secrecy of drug companies which refuse to publish the results of clinical trials, it was claimed today.


Taranto, 17:11 - TENNIS, FED CUP: LA SEMIFINALE ITALIA-FRANCIA 14-15 LUGLIO

La semifinale della Federation Cup di tennis femminile tra Italia e Francia si disputerà il 1...


FBI to get UK biometric database hookup?

1776 continues to cost money The list of police and security forces which can gain automated access to UK law-enforcement biometric databases may be set to widen, according to reports.â¦


Darfur summit opposes 'foreign intervention'

Tripoli - An African summit meeting wound up here overnight with a joint statement rejecting any "foreign intervention" in the crisis-torn Sudanese region of Darfur and voicing strong support for the Sudanese government which is threatened with


Customers are getting Botox shots in settings that are   more salon than  doctorâs office.


A man armed with two pistols hijacked an Air Mauritania flight Thursday, but was subdued by two passengers, a Spanish official said.


THE family of President John F Kennedy yesterday blasted a video game that lets players simulate his assassination. Glasgow-based Traffic Games has released JFK Reloaded to coincide with the 41st anniversary of the murder in Dallas.


PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua  - The highly dangerous Hurricane Felix ripped into Central America on Tuesday, smashing up a port on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast and threatening deadly mudslides in Honduras and Guatemala.


Munch's Iconic 'Scream' Stolen in Norway

Armed, masked thieves burst into a lightly guarded Oslo museum Sunday and snatched the Edvard Munch masterpiece "The Scream" and a second Munch painting from the walls as stunned visitors watched in shock.


Microsoft: Vista Follow-up Likely in 2009

With Vista just out the door, Microsoft Corp. is now drawing up plans to deliver its follow-up client operating system by the end of 2009, according to the executive in charge of building the product's core components.


Lebanese crowds defy Syria at Gemayel's funeral

Tens of thousands of Lebanese choked downtown Beirut to pay tribute to assassinated Christian leader Pierre Gemayel on Thursday, turning his funeral into a show of defiance against Syria and its Hezbollah allies.


Judge orders hearing on destroyed CIA videos

A judge on Tuesday scheduled a hearing into whether the CIA violated a court order by destroying videotapes of the harsh interrogations of two terrorism suspects.


SOME of my strawberry plants have got black centres to their flowers. Is it because of the compost? E Johnston, County Durham PIPPA SAYS: This is a common problem but has nothing to do with the compost or the plants.


Palestinians express hope for unity pact

JERUSALEM -- The Fatah movement's yellow flags flew alongside Hamas's green ones yesterday in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians expressed cautious hope that a new power-sharing agreement between the rival factions could bring an end, or at least a pause, to weeks of internal violence.


BlackBerry watchers raise dual-mode concerns

The upcoming BlackBerry 8820 with support for cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity is intriguing, but it won't have much of an impact on enterprises, experts claim.


On Wednesday, gunmen fired at a convoy carrying Ahmad Chalabi, a former Iraq Governing Council member and one-time US ally, wounding two of his bodyguards.


Market Bomb in Thailand Kills One, Injures at Least 24

A bomb blast at a market in Thailand's troubled southern region has killed one person and injured at least 24, including 13 police officers and soldiers.


Si fara' il 31 gennaio sempre dalle ore 12 alle ore 16


Sears to close Hollywood, New York stores

Retailer Sears Holdings Corp said on Friday that it would close two Sears stores in Hollywood, California, and New York City for business reasons.