'No-go' zones in some Muslim areas: British bishop

A rise in Islamist extremism is creating "no-go areas" in Britain for non-Muslims, a senior Anglican bishop said in a newspaper article Sunday, warning the country's Christian status was at risk.


And it's looking for staff too... Established consoles makers might be quaking in their virtual boots, 'cause Apple has filed documents with the US Patent and Trademark Office that suggest it may be devloping a video games console.â¦


Amelie Mauresmo from France touches her taped leg in the final against Lindsay Davenport of the US at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix at Filderstadt near Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004.


Libya Welcomes 7 Italians It Had Expelled

I am very glad that the circle is finally closing, Giovanna Ortu, one of seven Italians going back next month, told The Associated Press on Thursday.


Fourteen police killed in militant attack in India

GUWAHATI, India  - At least 14 policemen were killed on Saturday in an ambush by suspected militants in India's remote northeastern state of Manipur, a day after provincial elections were held there, a police officer said.


The company that controls domain names ending in .name charges for registration details that are publicly available for other top level domains. Security researchers charge the policy will create a haven for hackers.


Sudanese parties fail to agree on security issue

ABUJA - Parties to the Sudanese peace talks in Abuja on Monday failed to agree on the way forward on security issues in the Darfur crisis.


Rah-Rah, Sis-Boom-Bah for Google! Or Not

The cheerleading for Google from the analysts at leading brokerage firms is starting to sound a lot like the days of the dot-com bubble.


The number of new mortgages being approved for home buying fell again in November.


The government says it will cover losses by financial institutions providing money to the troubled bank.


France gives all clear after embassy toxic alert

French authorities said a suspect letter which triggered an evacuation of the Canadian embassy on Monday did not contain a toxic substance.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Trembling, haggard and weeping into a tissue, kidnapped hostage Margaret Hassan begged Britain yesterday to help save her by withdrawing its troops.


"Stalin's gift" finds new role in Warsaw

A local joke runs that the luckiest man in Warsaw is the caretaker who lives on the top floor of its towering Palace of Culture -- because he is the only one who can look out of his window and not see it.


Call Mets Crazy, but MartÃnez Is a Serious Option

Pedro MartÃnez could soon receive a contract offer from the Mets that is competitive with the one he has already received from Boston.


Sprint Nextel to Buy Yet Another Affiliate

Sprint Nextel said yesterday it will acquire affiliate Northern PCS in a deal worth $312.5 million, the seventh such purchase for the wireless company in the past two years.


Risparmi su bollette, trasporti, viaggi e generi di consumo


India lead South Africa by three runs on 308-6 after tea on day three of the second Test.


It may be the ideal weather, the upcoming fall marathons or simply the ever-rising awareness of health and fitness, but nearly half of The Post sports department now takes to the roads, many only recently.


Consumption Of Resources Focus of Report

An environmental group says earth's people are using up the planet faster than it can restore itself and the west is the chief culprit.


Britain condemns Russia's refusal to extradite Andrei Lugovoi over the Litvinenko murder.


By Lynnette Curtis  By LYNNETTE CURTIS  REVIEW-JOURNAL  The North Las Vegas City Council with a 3-2 vote Wednesday went against the recommendation of the city's attorney and rejected a chance to settle a 2-year-old eminent domain battle.


Zeng Outlines Vision For The Chinese Economy

BEIJING, SEPT 13: Chinese Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan has outlined an ambitious long-term vision for China, with the aim of quadrupling output within two decades, at the opening plenary session of the World Economic Forumâs China Business Summit 2004.


Sri Lanka fights rebels, evicts Tamils from capital

Sri Lanka evicted hundreds of ethnic Tamils from the capital on Thursday citing security concerns, as troops battled Tamil Tiger rebels in jungles in the island's restive east.


Oil prices took time out on Friday from this week's succession of record highs but anxiety over outages in the U.S. Gulf, Nigeria and Norway in the run-up to winter left little hope of relief for consumers.


Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday swore in a new cabinet which sidelines powerful warlords and brings in reformers to battle drugs and rebuild the shattered country.


PARIS - Roy Keane's return to the Irish team is not so much about what he can produce on the pitch, but what he can inspire in others.


(Sports Network) - The Boston Red Sox are attempting to erase the ...

from an 0-3 deficit to win a best-of-seven series. They are already the first. team to make it to Game 7 after losing the first three.


Karzai, Blair upbeat as report warns Afghanistan at 'tipping point'

Afghanistan is at a "tipping point" ahead of an expected Taliban spring offensive, a hard-hitting report warned, despite upbeat comments from Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Prime Minister Tony Blair.


New York Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner has not closed the door on a trade for Minnesota Twins left-hander Johan Santana.


Three North Palm Beach County men did their part in Battle of Bulge

Sixty years ago, Americans figured Adolf Hitler was finished. But six months after the successful D-Day invasion and push by the Allies into Europe, the fuhrer of the German Reich had other plans.


After Indian riots, Muslim men stuck in legal limbo

Nearly 90 Muslim men are waiting  in an Indian jail for a trial that may never happen, under a  law that no longer exists, accused of triggering one of India's  worst religious riots in Gujarat in 2002.


Suicide bomber kills four in Afghan capital

A suicide car-bomber attacked a military-civilian convoy on Saturday in the Afghan capital, killing four civilians, police and NATO-led forces said, in the third such attack on international forces in two days.


NOVEMBER 19--Another day, another lawsuit for the King of Pop. A Los Angeles antiques dealer yesterday sued Michael Jackson for allegedly failing to pay a $180,000 bill for merchandise he purchased earlier this year.


Wayne Rooney enters Man U folklore with hat trick in debut

Yet none made the breathtaking impact in his Man U debut as 18-year-old Wayne Rooney did Tuesday night. Support your favorite team with official Champions League gear from the FOX Soccer Shop!


"w00t" crowned word of year by U.S. dictionary

"w00t," an expression of joy coined by  online gamers, was crowned word of the year on Tuesday by the  publisher of a leading U.S. dictionary.


Siemens CEO denies he knew of bribes: magazine

Siemens  Chief Executive Klaus Kleinfeld denied any knowledge that the German engineering conglomerate was paying bribes in exchange for contracts, German magazine Focus reported on Saturday.


Tory MP calls for independent experts at sub inquiry

OTTAWA - The navy board of inquiry investigating the fatal submarine fire aboard HMCS Chicoutimi should include independent members, perhaps from another country, says Tory MP Bill Casey.


Google adds presentations app to hosted suite

(InfoWorld) - Google plans toÂ add a presentations applicationÂ to its Web applications suite on Tuesday, delivering on a promise made in April. The suite, until now known as Docs & Spreadsheets, will also be renamed Google Docs on Monday. Because Google Docs is part of the broader Google Apps suite of collaboration and communication applications, Google Apps users will also get the presentations application. The delivery of the presentations application will no doubt once again turn up the heat on industry discussions thatÂ Google Docs and Google Apps rival Microsoft's OfficeÂ suite of productivity applications and the Outlook/Exchange messaging platform. There is a key architectural difference between the Google and Microsoft suites: Google's is hosted in the search company's data centers while Microsoft's is packaged software designed to be installed on users' computers. TheÂ viability of Web hosted applications, with their software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, is no longer in question, although the consensus is that, while the future belongs to them, theyÂ will not completely displaceÂ traditional packaged applications. The issue is that, while Google and others like Zoho and Zimbra push ahead expanding and improving their SaaS suites, Microsoft is perceived by many to be dragging its feet in coming up with SaaS versions of its Office products. "Microsoft needs to take a careful look at its enterprise strategy for both messaging and the desktop," said Rebecca Wettemann, an analyst with Nucleus Research. Having delivered the presentations application, Google Docs and the broader Google Apps, which includes e-mail, instant messaging, calendar, and a Web page creator, have filled the only big hole they had in their ability to compete with Microsoft Office and Outlook/Exchange, she said. "Microsoft should be very concerned," Wettemann said. The benefits of SaaS communication and collaboration suites have already caught the attention of thousands of organizations of all sizes worldwide. Because the vendor -- Google in this case -- hosts the software, which end-users access via a Web browser, clients don't have to install the software or worry about upgrading it. Another benefit is that this type of SaaS application, designed to live on a hosted server is typically built to make it easy for users to share documents and collaborate on them. There are downsides to the SaaS model as well.Â Security concernsÂ exist about housing applications and data in a vendor servers. Availability and performance problems sometimes arise from server failures. It is also generally agreed that Google Apps and similar suites from other vendors don't have as many features and functionality as long established communication and collaboration platforms like Microsoft's Office, Outlook and Exchange and IBM's Lotus Notes/Domino. However, the SaaS suites generally cost significantly less. For example, Google Docs is free, while Google Apps has free versions and one designed for workplace use called Premier that costs $50 per user per year and includes more sophisticated features, including broader administrative controls for IT staffers. In the case of the Google Docs presentations application, Wettemann estimates that it has about 60 percent of the features in Microsoft Office's PowerPoint. Google officials point out that Google Docs and Google Apps aren't intended to replace Microsoft Office and Exchange, but rather complement them or be an option to users and organizations who don't have them. It's widely expected that Google Apps will soon gain a wiki component based on technology Google acquired almost a year ago when itÂ bought JotSpot. The presentations application, still in an early stage, will let users create presentations and store them in a central server, where they can be shared with colleagues, who can in turn edit them. Users will also be able to share slide shows of a presentation with others and chat with them in real time. They will also be able to import presentations created with Microsoft PowerPoint. The ability to export presentations to PowerPoint will be added later. Â


Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat collapsed yesterday evening, was unconscious for about 10 minutes and remained in a "very difficult situation," Palestinian officials said.


U.S.C. Plays Through the Fog to Remain Undefeated

Matt Leinart led top-ranked U.S.C. shook off the fog and an early Oregon State threat to beat the Beavers.


Florida Gov. Charlie Crist opened a two-day summit on climate change Thursday, promising the state will lower carbon dioxide emissions and make use of alternative energy sources.


Canada confirms a third case of mad cow disease has been found in a cow in the western province of Alberta.


By Bloomberg News  Micron Technology Inc., the largest U.S. maker of computer memory chips, said prices for the products may have stabilized after an inventory glut sent them plummeting earlier this year.


Wi-Fi Alliance starts testing draft 802.11n gear

(InfoWorld) - The Wi-Fi Alliance launched the action phase of its plan to get faster wireless networking products into the market on Monday, kicking off certification testing of gear based on a draft version of the IEEE 802.11n standard. The industry group that popularized wireless LANs expects 802.11n Draft 2.0 products with its seal of approval to be on the market before September. Those routers, access points, clients, and other products should work with other certified gear based on the draft standard as well as existing Wi-Fi gear that uses the 802.11a/b/g standards. They'll also need to pass security and multimedia quality tests. Eight labs in Spain, Taiwan, Japan, and the U.S. are now testing products, according to the industry group, which has about 300 member companies. The emerging 802.11n specification, which is more complicated than earlier wireless LAN standards because it involves the use of multiple antennas and a large amount of radio spectrum, has been a tough nut for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to crack. After watching lengthy fights over the proposed standard, the Wi-Fi Alliance last year jumped on Draft 2.0 of the standard as a common ground for vendors to build products that work together. The IEEE is still working on a final 802.11n specification and expects it to be finished in March 2009. There is no guarantee of interoperability between products based on Draft 2.0 and those using the final standard. Wi-Fi Alliance certification is intended to let consumers buy Draft 2.0 products from different vendors and know they will work together. However, some industry analysts don't expect enterprises to invest in the new generation of technology until the final standard is approved because they need to be sure they have a wide range of products to choose from over a long period of time. Both Draft 2.0 and the final standard are intended to run at more than 100Mbps, faster than many wired Ethernet connections. The products now being certified can deliver as much as five times the throughput and twice the range of earlier Wi-Fi gear, according to a Wi-Fi Alliance news release. In addition to working with other Draft 2.0 products, the certified products will comply with the group's WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access) security specification and its WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) standard for ensuring high-quality voice, video, and gaming.


Taking one drug to raise "good" cholesterol and one to lower bad cholesterol can slow the progression of heart disease more effectively than either medicine alone, a new study has found.


Russia agrees to Iraq international debt relief plan: US offical

BERLIN : Russia has agreed to a deal to wipe out up to 80 percent of the debt owed by Iraq to the Paris Club creditor nations, a US official said at the conclusion of a Group of 20 meeting.


Israeli force kills W.Bank shopkeeper: Palestinians

NABLUS, West Bank  - Israeli undercover forces killed a Palestinian shopkeeper and wounded his brother on Saturday during an apparent attempt to shoot two gunmen in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian security officials said.


Shares jump as tongues wag over possible buy-out Avaya has seen its shares rocket by more than 15 per cent amidst speculative reports that a takeover bid for the network firm is imminent.â¦


Google tidies up iPhone apps for Macworld

Showing what's possible online As the Macworld show starts in San Francisco Google has speeded up its iPhone applications, as well as improving its customised homepages and providing quick links to users' favourite Google applications.â¦


U.S. forces in Iraq on offensive against Qaeda

U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a series of operations on Tuesday targeting al Qaeda in Iraq after an upsurge in suicide bombings which U.S. commanders say are an attempt by the militant group to reignite sectarian violence.


Diplomats: EU Ready for Tougher Action on Iran

European countries are losing patience with Iran over its nuclear program, diplomats said on Friday, as France's foreign minister insisted Tehran must assure the world it does not plan to acquire nuclear weapons.


Public hearings on Liberia's lengthy conflict are to start at its Truth and Reconciliation Commission.


Thanksgiving travelers might face long security lines at Logan and other airports, as a rush of travelers is expected to collide with new security rules recently


Appeals Court in Georgia to Hear Key Coastal Development Case

By Mary Landers, Savannah Morning News, Ga.  Sep. 15--The Georgia Court of Appeals has agreed to hear a case that  could shape future marshfront and waterfront development in coastal Georgia.    In question is Cumberland Harbour, a community of 1,000 luxury homes in  St. Marys.


Green Looks for Way to Spark Cards Offense

Dennis Green made his reputation with high-powered offenses. Two games into his tenure as coach at Arizona, the Cardinals are sputtering like an engine with bad spark plugs that's low on oil.


A US court revives shareholder lawsuits against drugs giant Merck over the health risks of its  painkiller Vioxx.


Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq said Pakistan still had room for improvement after knocking India out of the Champions Trophy at Edgbaston.


Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace is now carrying new television and movie content, including anime and other video that's exclusive to the site.


Radio Listeners Hear Valentine Hold Court

Former Mets manager Bobby Valentine was behind the microphone for two hours on Tuesday as host of a WFAN morning show.


Senator: Net neutrality push ain't over yet

Democrat Byron Dorgan, a leading advocate for imposing antidiscrimination rules on Internet service providers, says law's passage remains "important for our country's interests."


Madrid, 13:33 - CALCIO, IRAN: FEDERAZIONE OFFRE PANCHINA A MARADONA

La federcalcio iraniana ha offerto la panchina della nazionale a Diego Armando Maradona.


A UN conference on natural disasters adopts a plan to minimise casualties,  but fails to set specific targets.


British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will together pay about $203 million to settle a lawsuit accusing them of illegally fixed the price of fuel surcharges on long-haul trips.


Quality Is Major Concern of Toyotaâs Visiting Chief

In his first visit to the Detroit auto show, Toyotaâs chief executive appealed to his employees to take personal responsibility for the quality of Toyota cars and trucks.


The Food and Drug Administration yesterday called for an evaluation of all prevention studies involving two controversial painkillers - Celebrex and Bextra - to ensure adequate protection for participants who use the pills.


New Patch May Fix 'Extremely Critical' IE Flaw

It is unclear whether any of the three patches Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is releasing tomorrow will address a recently identified flaw that one security firm upgraded on Friday to 'extremely critical.'


An unprecedented study of sex and seniors finds that many older people are surprisingly frisky — willing to do, and talk about, intimate acts that would make their grandchildren blush. That may be too much information for some folks, but it comes from the most comprehensive sex survey ever done among 57- to 85-year-olds in the United States.


CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - U.S. and Russian flight controllers partially restored critical computers aboard the International Space Station on Thursday after a system crash that could have forced the $100 billion orbital outpost's crew back to Earth.


Ex-CEO of PeopleSoft says he lied to analysts

The former chief executive of PeopleSoft Corp., who was fired last week, said he lied to Wall Street analysts last year about the impact of Oracle Corp.'s hostile bid on the company's business.


Antonio Tarver did not seem to have the same dynamite in his hands that he used to knock out Roy Jones Jr. last May. He still appeared to have defeated Glen Johnson on Saturday in the main event at Staples Center.


Hep E vaccine proves effective but expensive

An experimental vaccine can prevent more than 95 percent of infections with hepatitis E but its makers said on Wednesday they need to find a way to make it cheaply available in the poor countries that need it most.


Having heard the tales of red-eyed shoppers amassing hours before sunup to snag a holiday bargain or two, Mauri Decker made a simple decision before she went to bed Thursday evening.


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A coalition of human rights groups called Wednesday for recruiters of child soldiers to face international criminal court charges, the BBC reported.


JAKARTA, Indonesia, Feb. 25 -- An Indonesian passenger ferry that caught fire last week capsized Sunday as accident investigators and journalists inspected the charred vessel, killing one person and leaving three others missing, witnesses and news reports said.


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Calif. Church Said to Settle Abuse Suits for Record Amount

A Roman Catholic diocese in California has made a record settlement in 87 lawsuits by people who claimed they were abused, a source close to the case said on Friday.


'Problema del gruppo, noi dobbiamo pensare a Fiat Auto'


Monaco di Baviera, 16:37 - CALCIO, BAYERN MONACO: SOSA FERMO 6 SETTIMANE

Josè Sosa, centrocampista del Bayern Monaco, acquistato in estate dall'Estudiantes, è ...


Iran would respond militarily to U.S. attack: IRNA

Iran would respond militarily if the United States attacks the country to disrupt its nuclear program, Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted a senior official as saying on Wednesday.


Oracle to Drop Lawsuit If PeopleSoft Tender Fails

An attorney for Oracle Corp. says the company will abandon its legal challenge to PeopleSoft Inc.'s antitakeover protections if shareholders fail to tender a majority of their shares by a Nov. 19 deadline.


Schwarzenegger Defiant in Indian Casino Fight

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, under fire from American Indians for telling voters that tribes were "ripping off" the state with their casinos, refused on Friday to back down from the charge.


New Drug Shows Promise Against Liver Cancer

THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDayNews) -- An investigational cancer drug called BAY 43-9006 stabilized or shrank tumors in 52 percent of people with advanced primary liver cancer, a new study shows.


Last.fm puts video through the scrobbler

Empire building Last.fm, the popular music website, is to apply its social recommendation technology to video, as it prepares to do battle with Pandora for the internet radio station market.â¦


The slow rise in the price of clothing and footwear on the high street has once again helped to keep inflation under control in the UK.


Southern California took the top spot Monday in the season's first Bowl Championship Series standings, and surprisingly Miami is ahead of Oklahoma in a close race for the second spot.    Oklahoma is No...


Evinci, volevo raggiungere l'Italia per timore di arresto


E' l'attuale presidente il candidato di AeB: "SarÃ² neutrale con tutti". Galliani: "Ora la minoranza si adegui". Corioni: "Un voto per chi rovina il calcio". Eâ Franco Carraro il candidato designato dall


Immucor (BLUD:NYSE - news - research) said its chief executive has temporarily stepped aside while Italian authorities conduct a criminal investigation of an Immucor subsidiary that the CEO once directed.


Tutti illesi i cinque ostaggi liberati dai rapinatori


EBay buys StumbleUpon, a site that recommends other websites and has almost 2.5 million registered users.


Microsoft, Novell Detail Their Linux-Windows Roadmap

TechWeb - Look for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 applications to run as a virtualized guest on Longhorn, for starters.


Yen seen dodging G7 rebuke as talks enter last day

Japan's Finance Minister Koji  Omi said on Saturday a slide in the value of the yen would not  be singled out for criticism by the Group of Seven club of  wealthy economic powers.


VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., Sept. 26  Â The Visteon Corporation, the auto parts supplier, said Tuesday that it would not meet its financial targets for the rest of the year because of production cuts by automakers and other factors.


A picture caption Sept. 6 with an article about the recent rise in interest in American-made goods described incompletely one of the products shown. About 90 percent of Manhattan Portage bags are foreign-made; those with a red label, as shown in the picture, are manufactured domestically.


U.S., Iran and Syria may sit at the same table

The United States and their adversaries in Iran and Syria may for the first time since the Iraq war began meet face to face at a conference next month to discuss the situation in Iraq.


IRS says Fedex owes $319 mln in back taxes: filing

Fedex Corp  said on Friday that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service found that its FedEx Ground independent contractors should be reclassified as employees for tax purposes and that the company faced related taxes and penalties of more than $319 million for 2002.


Adm Mike Mullen is nominated as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the country's top military post.


A space probe headed for Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is nearing the end of its two billion mile journey, reports Nic Fleming.


Chief Leaves Mall Developer That Is Subject of S.E.C. Inquiry

The Mills Corporation, a shopping mall developer whose accounting practices are under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, said Monday that its chief executive retired over the weekend Â the second top executive to leave the company recently.


Blair joins ranks of Sierra Leone's tribal rulers

MAHERA, Sierra Leone  - In some parts of Sierra Leone, the tribal ruler is carried aloft on a hammock when he is crowned and decapitated after he dies, his head buried alongside those of his ancestors.


Canada seeks author of nasty letters from Santa

Canada's post office and police are trying to track down a "rogue elf" who wrote obscene letters to children on behalf of Santa Claus, a newspaper reported on Friday.


Iran slowing down uranium enrichment work: ElBaradei

Iran has slowed the expansion of its disputed uranium enrichment program, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday, after Western powers threatened to hit Tehran with harsher sanctions.


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Napster's Shawn Fanning Back With New Music Service

Napster founder Shawn Fanning is back in the music-downloading game, this time with a legal service that has the blessing of at least some significant members of the music industry.


America Ferrera, star of "Ugly Betty," has had her smile insured for $10 million by the company Lloyds of London. The insurance was taken out by a tooth product company who is set to work with Ferrera in a charity campaign. The actress, 23, sai...


LOS ANGELES - Latin Grammy favorite Alejandro Sanz won four awards and Brazilian jazz songstress Maria Rita collected two Wednesday at a ceremony aimed at uniting Spanish- and Portugese-language music with the flash and sizzle of American pop.    Sanz won the male pop vocal album award and album of the year for "No Es Lo Mismo" and took home song of the year and record of the year trophies for writing and performing the album's title track...


Gates: 'Creative Capitalism' Can Fight Global Poverty

Businesses should lead philanthropic efforts, Microsoft chief tells economic summit.


India, Russia must join hands to develop new tech: Putin

Mr Vladimir V. Putin, President of the Russian Federation, Mr NR Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor and Chairman, Infosys, and Mr Nandan Nilekani, CEO and Managing Director, at the Infosys campus in Bangalore on Sunday.


LONDON: Chelsea returned to form and extended their lead at the top of the English Premiership with an impressive 4-0 win at Charlton Athletic yesterday.


Victoria Beckham, wife of English soccer star David Beckham, has signed a deal to star in her own U.S. TV reality show that will chronicle her move to a new life in Los Angeles, NBC television said on Wednesday.


The administrators at Leeds United resell the club to Ken Bates for an undisclosed sum.


Movie, Music Makers' Piracy Claims Denied

A federal appeals court on Thursday  delivered a stinging blow to the anti-piracy efforts of major  movie studios and music companies, ruling that several online  file-sharing software companies are not liable for copyright  infringement.


Final seal of approval for South Africa gay marriage bill

South Africa has become the first country on the continent to authorise marriage for gay and lesbian couples when the controversial civil union bill received the final seal of approval.


Pocket PC Users Report Trouble With Skype

Internet telephony application balks on IPaq and Axim Pocket PC devices.


3 Planets to Offer Rare Visual Treat on Sunday

Rise before dawn on Sunday, prepare a thermos of hot cocoa, bundle up, drive to some spot where mountains don't obstruct the eastern horizon -- and watch an astronomical grouping not seen since the Civil War.


Chicken genome analysis will benefit human health and agriculture

EAST LANSING, Mich. - We may soon be thanking Michigan State University chicken No. 256 for better treatments or even new vaccines for the flu and other human ailments.


Carlos Delgado wanted to play for a contender, and the Florida Marlins look like one now.


Scafati, 17:16 - BASKET, LEGEA SCAFATI: FAJARDO NON ARRIVA, HA FIRMATO CON IL TAU

E' saltato l'accordo tra la Legea Scafati e Diego Fajardo. Il giocatore ex Milano aveva firmato un a...


Group's Offer to Buy Grizzlies Is Rejected

NBA officials are not considering a sale of the Memphis Grizzlies, because the proposed buyers have not provided enough information on where the money would come from.


China Ready to Help Wal-Mart Set Up Unions

China's Communist Party-controlled union is ready to help Wal-Mart Stores Inc. set up union branches at its Chinese stores "as soon as possible," the official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.


Ieri uccisi sette poliziotti, sabato attacco anti-russo


Victorious presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko says its time for his supporters who have camped all winter on Kievs main street to come in from the cold.


Iraq's prime minister announced Friday that the government was launching a major offensive against al-Qaida in the northern city of Mosul after two deadly blasts that killed 34 people and a provincial police chief.


Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. announced Wednesday that he is exploring a run for mayor of Chicago and said it is "more likely than not" that he will enter the February contest.


College Basketball: Illinois, North Carolina Cruise

LAS VEGAS (Sports Network) - Luther Head scored a game-high  18 points to lead top-ranked Illinois over Northwestern State,  69-51, in the Las Vegas Holiday Classic at Valley High School.


What's Microsoft's next move in fight for Yahoo?

After a resounding "no" on its unsolicited buyout offer for Yahoo, Redmond will either up the ante or ready a one-two punch.


Israeli Air Strike Kills 4 Gaza Gunmen-Witnesses

An Israeli drone fired a missile at  Palestinian militants in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday,  killing four, witnesses said.


Russia set to auction off oil giant to recoup unpaid taxes

Russian oil giant OAO NK Yukos has finally run out of options after a prolonged attempt to stave off bankruptcy that culminated earlier this week in a government raid on its offices.


Scientists and entrepreneurs call for the creation of a charitable foundation to promote and fund UK stem cell research.


Husky Energy signs seventh contract with China National Offshore Oil Corp.

CALGARY (CP) - Husky Energy Inc. has further strengthened its relationship with one of China's major oil companies by signing a new exploration agreement in the South China Sea.


Despite the Iraq war's unpopularity, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Congress lacks the votes to force a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops and will focus instead on putting a ceiling on the number deployed.


A test of a new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile ended in failure Thursday when it fell into the sea shortly after its launch from a nuclear submarine, the Defense Ministry said.


Yusuf Abdul-Ali is making an annual habit of breaking Bryant's heart. The Bentley senior point guard took the ball the length of the court and scored the winning basket on a layup with 1.6 seconds remaining, helping the top-ranked Falcons remain undefeated with a 69-68 victory over the Bulldogs in a Northeast-10 showdown at Waltham.


The telephone company reported an 89 percent increase in quarterly profit, aided by an income tax benefit and an increase in high-speed Internet subscribers.


com. Tropical Storm Jeanne is forecast to turn to east on Sunday, prompting the government of the Bahamas to take down watches and warnings for the islands.


World Trade Organization approves sanctions over US antidumping ...

The World Trade Organization has approved stiff sanctions on US exports - ranging from almonds to ski jackets - intended to punish Washington for failing to repeal the so-called Byrd amendment, a key trade diplomat said Friday.


Star Plus's new serial Paanchvi Paas will be hosted by Shah Rukh Khan.


In the season's last week, they need to stay on top of things

The playoff-bound Red Sox are home tonight to start the final six games of the regular season, and manager Terry Francona continues to straddle the line between playing for the division title (and the best record in the league) and getting his team ready for the postseason.


Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi warned Sunday that time was almost up for a peace agreement that could prevent a bloody, decisive battle in Fallujah, the western city


Unions in Nigeria Call for an Oil Strike

Unions declared the top multinational oil company here, the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, "an enemy of the Nigerian people" on Sunday and called for a Nov.


Nader documentary rights to IFC, Netflix

IFC Entertainment and  Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment have nabbed all North  American rights to the Oscar-shortlisted documentary "An  Unreasonable Man," which follows controversial presidential  candidate Ralph Nader.


Attendees Mixed if iMac G5 is The Complete Solution

Attendees at Apple Expo in Paris are impressed at the look of the new iMac G5, but mixed on whether it's the right solution for their needs.


Tiger Woods builds an 11-shot lead in the final round of the Buick Open on Sunday but settles for an 8-shot margin to earn his 62nd career victory.


A mobster will be taking over for a cop on "Law & Order." Michael Imperioli of "The Sopranos" will appear in the NBC drama while series star Jesse L. Martin, who plays New York police Detective Ed Green, films the musical "Rent," NBC said Thursday.


How to get colour composite-video from an Apple TV

Got a standard def 16:9 telly? Now you too can use an Apple TV Editors' Blog I've been playing with Apple's Apple TV set-top box this week, and I have to say I like it. But Apple's missing a trick by not allowing those of us - me included - without HD TVs to make the most of the device. No matter: a simple hardware trick solves the problem.â¦


China says aircraft carrier possible by 2010: paper

China could build its first aircraft carrier by 2010 if current research and development proceeds smoothly, a Hong Kong newspaper quoted a Chinese general as saying on Wednesday.


Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi nearly collapsed during an emotional speech to political supporters Sunday, and aides rushed to the podium to keep him from falling.


Millions are at risk from different CJD strain

MILLIONS of people thought to be less vulnerable to the human form of âmad cowâ disease may be at risk of developing a different strain, according to research.


Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N on  Wednesday posted a slight rise in quarterly profit, fueled by  revenue gains across all of its businesses, and its shares rose  more than 2 percent in after-hours trade.


GM, Opel hit as thousands take to the streets in Europe-wide protests

Nearly 40,000 people in Germany, backed by expressions of support elsewhere in Europe, took to the streets to protest plans by US auto giant General Motors to axe about one-fifth of its European workforce and possibly even close a plant.


Study Links Diabetes in Women and Sugar Sweetened Soft Drinks

Melitta King enjoys good sugary soda, "especially when it's hot out. It tastes good," she says. But it's not good for you.


UN: 350,000 may be displaced if AU leaves Darfur

Some 350,000 people in Sudan's  war-ravaged west could be displaced if African Union forces  leave Darfur when their mandate expires at the end of the  month, the United Nations said on Monday.


In Italy, it's been a rough year for the baby Jesus

It's been a rough year for the baby Jesus in Italy. As Christmas was approaching, several schools in the northern Italian region of Veneto decided not to put up the traditional Nativity scene, or "presepio," so ...


Unique Kenyan game park under human threat

KITENGELA, Kenya  - A short distance from the slums and skyscrapers of Nairobi, Naanyu Ntirrisa pulls thorn bushes around her Maasai village to keep out marauding lions that have killed a cow and two sheep.


Hootie & the Blowfish are again delaying the start of their summer tour as lead singer Darius Rucker recovers from a staph infection in his left knee.


Art Review | 'Picturing New York': Views of the City, His and Hers, With Lens and Brush

The pair of shows at the Museum of the City of New York reveals the competing visions of the city behind the romantic and creative partnership of Yvonne Jacquette and Rudy Burckhardt.


"Beauty and Beast" star charged with sex crimes

Stage actor James Barbour, who starred as the beast in the hit Broadway musical "Beauty and the Beast," pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges he sexually abused a 15-year-old girl.


(InfoWorld) - In only one week, Apple Computer's iTunes Store generated $1 million in movie sales for Walt Disney, and that's "just the beginning," the head of Disney said Tuesday. By the end of this year, Disney expects to reap $50 million in movie sales through the iTunes Store "at no marketing expense to us at all," said Robert Iger, chief executive officer of Disney, at a conference put on by The Goldman Sacks Group and webcast over the Internet. Disney became the first company to offer movies through the iTunes Store last week, a total of 75 films including new titles such as "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," and older classics such as "The Incredibles" and "Cinderella." The initial success of the venture, with over 125,000 Disney titles sold in a week, should help boost confidence in the Internet as a lucrative place for entertainment companies to deliver content to users. It should also help allay fears over movie piracy, an issue the movie and recording industry has fought a tough battle against. "We are very, very bullish on consumption over electronically delivered media and we're taking a very optimistic view of technology as a friend, or a great enabler, and not a great predator," Iger said. Disney plans to expand the number of movies it offers through iTunes and the number of Web-based stores where users can buy its movies. "This is not exclusive to Apple," he said. During the Goldman conference, Iger also praised Apple CEO Steve Jobs and his performance asÂ a Disney board memberÂ for bringing in his ideas on new opportunities for media in the Internet age. "He has become, very quickly, not only a great sounding board but a great advisor, someone I can turn to readily for advice in a lot of these areas," said Iger. Jobs became a major shareholder and board member of Disney after the media and entertainment giant bought computer animation studio Pixar earlier this year. Jobs had been head of Pixar and a major shareholder in the company. An audio webcast of comments by Iger can beÂ accessed here.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.


Sudan criticizes UN resolution on Darfur

The Sudanese government Sunday criticized a new UN Security Council resolution on Darfur, but vowed to cooperate with the international community.


Burundi forces shoot dead Russian diplomat

Burundi security forces shot dead a Russian diplomat on Saturday after he drove through a checkpoint, an army spokesman said.


Celebrations are set to continue for double Olympic winner Kelly Holmes, with a parade through her home town.


Queen Elizabeth II lays wreath in Germany

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II laid a wreath at Germany's national war memorial Tuesday during a state visit underlining the two countries' post-World War II reconciliation and the urgency of efforts to combat climate change.


Ranching, mining, energy exploration and other activities that raise dust in the West are helping diminish the snowpack that supplies much of the region's water, a new study says.


The annual convention of the Modern Language Association, known for its yield of papers rife with puns, pop culture and sex, begins Monday in Philadelphia.


Political Prisoners Among Latest Freed in Myanmar

Two senior pro-democracy leaders jailed in 1995 for distributing anti-government pamphlets were freed in military-ruled Myanmar on Sunday, part of the junta's latest release of more than 5,000 prisoners.


Heavy Baghdad Clashes Between U.S. Troops and Rebels

Heavy fighting erupted between U.S.  troops and Shi'ite militiamen in Baghdad's Sadr City slum on  Monday night and American AC-130 aircraft pounded suspected  rebel positions, witnesses said.


China says "ni hao" to copper-rich Chile

Xiao Qiong, 28, stares  intently at a group of Chilean teenagers, smiles and says with  conviction: "Ni hao!"


At PeopleSoftâs European conference this week, the vendorâs senior executives were keen to point out the progress that the firm has made in the past year, including new services to make updates easier for customers.


Fashion Wire Daily - Paris is not only considered the world's capital for fashion creativity due to big names like Balenciaga and Lanvin but also because of small and independent designers like Veronique Leroy. The Belgium designer has been showing for more than a decade and successfully operates a boutique off central Paris' rue St. Honore.


State: Public not at risk from brain disease

An outbreak of a rare brain disease in Ulster County now appears to be less severe than was first thought after state health officials said Monday three cases had been confirmed in two counties.


The worldwide war on terror is still on the lose-side, as al-Qaeda is still posing as big a threat as ever, according to an alarming United Nations report.


Fiji military stages coup, fourth in 20 years

Fiji's military took over running the country in a bloodless overthrow on Tuesday after confining the elected prime minister to his home in the South Pacific island nation's fourth coup in 20 years.


A joint French-Spanish operation against the Basque separatist movement Eta is the focus of Spanish press comment on Monday, while in France, commentators denounce a botched attempt to free the two French journalists in Iraq.


News.com Extra: Linear accelerator: Ode to industrial artistry

Also: New modular Hummer 'more animalistic,' 'eco-friendlier'. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.


Lo afferma il vicesegretario Ugl, domani incontro con Maroni


China strongly urges Israel to immediately stop military ...

China strongly urged Israel to immediately cease military operations against Palestine to avoid further escalation of the tense regional situation, Sunday.


Merck Licenses Bone Drug for Generic Sale

Merck & Company said it had signed a deal for an authorized generic form of its blockbuster osteoporosis drug Fosamax to become available in February.


Re-energized Kolzig Is Ready to Lead the Charge for Capitals

Olie Kolzig is focused on getting his teammates to believe they are worthy of the postseason as he prepares for his 12th full season in a Capitals uniform.


ITALIAN football faced one of the biggest scandals in its scarred history yesterday, after a Turin judge found the Juventus doctor, Riccardo Agricola, guilty of administering banned drugs to some of the worldâs leading players during the 1990s.


JAKARTA Indonesian prosecutors opened a new terrorism trial on Thursday against an Islamic cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir, charging him with involvement in the suicide bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, in 2003, and the bombings of the nightclubs in Bali


Exxon Mobil to be sued by NY official over spill

The New York State attorney general said on Thursday that he plans to sue Exxon Mobil Corp.  over a nearly 30-year old oil spill in New York City.


By Alan Formby-Jackson  Dell job losses   US computer maker Dell will shed more than 8,000 jobs, including 450 in the Irish Republic, over the next year as part of restructuring.


Sri Lanka defuses suspected rebel bomb near pageant

Sri Lankan security forces defused three suspected Tamil Tiger rebel bombs on Sunday, including one in the ancient central hill capital of Kandy.


Microsoft devotes entire department to filtering spam from Gates' ...

The Microsoft Corp. chairman receives four million e-mails a day, but practically an entire department at the company he founded is dedicated to ensuring that nothing unwanted gets into his inbox, the company's chief executive said Thursday.


Canadian dollar is hit by low inflation rate

TORONTO: The Canadian dollar fell hard after Canada's inflation for August came in well shy of expectations and prompted a new debate on the pace of future Bank of Canada interest rate hikes.


Surely, Homeland Security officials had good reason for diverting a London-to-Washington flight to Bangor, Maine, so they could remove pop legend Cat Stevens from the plane as a national security threat and ship him back to England.


Deaths Related to Olympic Stadium Construction Under Scrutiny

BEIJING, Jan. 28 -- Six workers have died helping to build venues for this summer's Olympic Games, including two who worked at Beijing's celebrated "Bird's Nest" stadium, a top worksafety official said Monday.


Alexandra Pelosi Captures Campaign Process

NEW YORK Oct. 10, 2004 - From the moment she met John Kerry, filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi knew she wouldn't be making "Journeys with John.


The first Rwandan peacekeeping troops have been airlifted into the Sudanese region of Darfur aboard two US transport planes. Sixty-five Rwandan officers and soldiers arrived with their supplies.


Afghan forces and international peacekeepers hunt for three foreign poll workers abducted in Kabul.


Three UN workers freed by kidnappers in Afghanistan rejoiced at their freedom Wednesday and said they were sustained through 27 days of captivity by thoughts of their family and friends.


RIGHTS:  EU Glosses over Violations in Russia

HELSINKI, Nov 29 (IPS) - Finnish human rights groups say that European Union  leaders failed to raise human violations  in Russia effectively  enough at their meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin  here last  week.


Sony denies plan to pull plug on plasma TVs

ELECTRONICS giant Sony today denied reports it is to quit the plasma television business and focus its efforts on liquid crystal display (LCD) and rear-projection models.


US prostitute nabs crooked cop with his own badge

A prostitute forced repeatedly into having sex with a Boston policeman said she feared the abuse would never stop -- until she stole his badge.


The cost of making mobile phone calls in Europe is set to fall after lawmakers backed plans to cap roaming fees.


An inquiry into the impact of climate change is to get under way at the Scottish Parliament.


âThe team is in negotiations with Michelin for next year,â confirmed Red Bull Racing team principal Tony Purnell. âThe 2005 (Jaguar) car was designed around Michelin tyres and we are hoping to continue that relationship.


Russell Crowe blames self for on-set brawl with minder, admits drinking

Film star Russell Crowe has blamed himself for an on-set brawl with his minder in Toronto, admitting he was drinking at the time but saying it was a "misunderstanding".


Police release CCTV images of a man they want to speak to after a child, aged about four, was violently assaulted outside a DIY store.


Radical Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr withdrew his support for a security crackdown in Baghdad on Sunday, hours after a female suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives killed 40 in a student college.


Fred Funk overcomes back pain and a rocky final round Sunday to win the Mayakoba Golf Classic on the second hole of a playoff with Jose Coceres.


JVC and Funai Elec to team up in LCD TVs: source

Japanese consumer electronics makers  Victor Company of Japan Ltd (JVC) (6792.T) and Funai Electric  Co Ltd (6839.OS) will jointly develop and supply LCD television  sets, an industry source said on Tuesday.


Roma, 18:32 - CALCIO, GIACOMAZZI AL PALERMO, MUNARI AL LECCE

Scambio di centrocampisti fra Palermo e il Lecce. Al Lecce va Gianni Munari, in campionato ancora no...


Rain Douses Minn., Causes Floods, 1 Death

Emergency workers in boats rescued people from cars and homes left stranded by rising water Wednesday as heavy rain doused southern Minnesota and caused flash flooding. The storm was blamed for at least one death.


Sept. 10, 2004 - Michael Eisner plans to step down as chief executive of the Walt Disney Co. when his contract expires in 2006, he said in a letter to the company's board of directors.


Temperature Rise May Mean More Wildfires

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ For the past 20 years, wildfires in western states have raged more often and more intensely, an alarming trend that has been blamed mostly on decades of aggressive fire suppression and century-old grazing and logging practices.


Italian designers seem to be on a mission to get guys to dress up again.


Palestinian Leaders to Transfer Arafat Powers

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian leaders  prepared on Thursday to transfer President Yasser Arafat's  powers to three key figures who will take on the most important  roles he held, officials said.


The largest U.S. wireless service provider commits billions to network data speed upgrades.


Northern Ireland Electricity  warns of possible damage to the network ahead of expected high winds.


Kenyan police fire water cannons against hundreds of anti-government protesters in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.


US envoy Christopher Hill says the US will persevere in talks with N Korea, as he begins a regional tour.


By Kristen Moulton, The Salt Lake Tribune  Dec. 8--BRIGHAM CITY -- The Box Elder County Commission has said no to  the county attorney's negotiated settlement of a dispute over public access to  a road.


Lance Mackey is chasing his dream. The other mushers are chasing him at the halfway point of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.


FastScale Technology to Demonstrate New Software Virtualization and Provisioning Solution at Network World IT Roadmap Conference and Expo

FastScale(TM) Technology, Inc., a provider of next generation software virtualization and provisioning solutions for data centers and web farms, today announced that it will exhibit at the Network World IT Roadmap Conference and Expo taking place in Santa Clara, California on June 26, 2007.


Roma, 17:27 - CALCIO, HILDEBRAND LASCIA STOCCARDA A FINE STAGIONE

Timo Hildebrand, portiere dello Stoccarda e nel giro della nazionale tedesca, al termine della stagi...


Islamist militants take school children and teachers hostage in the north west of Pakistan, officials say.


A flawed social-climbing heroine, tons of colorful characters, a beloved Victorian novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, 11 weeks of shooting.


Mattel unveils 10th anniversary Elmo doll

Mattel Inc.  on Tuesday  unveiled the 10th anniversary edition of its Tickle Me Elmo  doll, a new red plush "T.M.X. Elmo" that can make itself fall  over laughing when tickled.


Blog: Amidst thousands of comments about whether Net neutrality rules are needed, media conglomerate urges FCC to stress that broadband providers must fight transfer of copyrighted works.


Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  posted a 3.2 percent decline in quarterly earnings on Tuesday as the U.S. investment bank wrote down mortgage and leveraged loan assets, but the results beat expectations and its shares rose.


One al-Qaida's top commanders in Afghanistan, Abu Laith al-Libi was killed in Afghanistan, a Web site used by militant groups said Thursday.


Adobe releases hobbyist Photoshop package

Photoshop Elements 3.0 enhances tools for touching up photos, including the "healing brush."


Protezione civile, temperature fino a 45 gradi in Sicilia


Blair denies he led Britain to war with false justification

Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday denied leading Britain into war on a false prospectus, despite intelligence on the threat posed by Iraq being wrong.


No 'evidence of risk' of cancer A long-term study, carried out by the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Denmark and published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, has found no increased incidence of cancer among mobile phone users.â¦


National Perspectives: One Path to Rebirth in New Orleans

While New Orleans haggles over a master redevelopment plan, people in some neighborhoods have been rebuilding on their own.


In a Jan. 15 story about Romanian revolutionaries, The Associated Press erroneously reported that former President Ion Iliescu stepped down after he was defeated by Traian Basescu in a presidential election. Iliescu did not run in the election. Basescu won a runoff vote against Adrian Nastase in December.


The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless aid jumped by 28,000 last week, far more than anticipated and the biggest increase for any week since February, the Labor Department said on Thursday.


U.S., Researchers Reach Deal in '99 Gene Therapy Case

The Justice Department reached civil settlements with the physician-researchers who oversaw a 1999 gene therapy experiment that resulted in the death of Arizona teenager Jesse Gelsinger.


A police officer is suspended while the use of CS spray in Londonderry is investigated, the PSNI says.


Zimbabwe's government says it accepts the opposition leader's treason acquittal, in an apparent change of view.


JPlate is a framework/toolkit to build applications - think of it as the template for application development. If for some reason releases are not happening in a timely fashion please examine the Subversion repository as you may find more there.   This releases fixes documentation, adds a new parser (colon delimited values) and moved some files around to be in more logical locations.  For further information, please see:   http://jplate.sourceforge.net/parser/jplate-parser-0.2/svn/svn-log.html


Blast kills two near Somalia peace venue

A large blast killed two civilians in Mogadishu on Monday close to the venue for next month's planned peace conference that has already been delayed twice over security fears, police said.


A current slew of games suggest that the Vietnam War is the conflict of the moment, with Conflict: Vietnam and Shellshock: Nam '67 out this week.


A Comedy That Knows How Cruel Life Can Be

Sir Peter Hall's production of Shakespeare's comedy, starring his daughter Rebecca Hall as Rosalind, is soul-stirring and exhilarating.


Il neonatologo del Melloni: condivido la scelta inglese

A Milano un caso simile alla piccola Charlotte. I genitori tendono a negare ogni evidenza e si appellano al miracolo. MILANO - Â«Una decisione sofferta, ma che condivido vista le gravissime condizioni, ormai irrecuperabili, della bimbaÂ».


Niche Online Marketers Venture Into Real World

NEW YORK On a Tuesday this spring, about 300 young men and women gathered after work for a somewhat unusual event: a pool party held inside a hotel bar in midtown Manhattan. Frolicking in the water with beach balls and paddling around the swim-up bar, they were treated to complimentary Sparks, a caffeinated malt liquor drink Miller acquired last year. The host of the party? Thrillist, a two-year-old e-mail newsletter for young, affluent urban professional men looking for nightlife and other lifestyle information.


The chants of "MVP, MVP" followed Gary Sheffield from Yankee Stadium, headed down I-95 and spent the weekend at Camden Yards, home of the Orioles in name only when the Yankees are in town.


Verona, 18:25 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS: CHIEVO NON COMMENTA IPOTESI RIPESCAGGIO

In attesa di comunicazioni ufficiali il Chievo ha deciso di non commentare il possibile ripescaggio ...


Drought-ridden Indian bird park loses its birds

BHARATPUR, India  - For years, tourists have come to India's Keoladeo Ghana National Park to gaze at shimmering, bird-flocked wetlands stretching to the horizon.


Hazards: Football Head Injuries, Not So Cut and Dried

Researchers have found that there is no way to know for sure which blows will lead to a concussion.


QUANTICO, Va. - For many suburbanites, life without garage door openers is unimaginable. But neighbors of the Marine base here have been reduced to just that after a strong radio signal coming from the facility began neutralizing remote-control openers.


Oil Prices Rise as Supply Concerns Linger

World oil prices rose on Thursday as  concerns over a supply shortage after Hurricane Ivan persisted  despite news the U.S. will loan some oil from its reserves to  refineries to make up for lost production.


Yahoo (Quote, Chart) isn't ready to concede the e-mail search market to Google (Quote, Chart). In a deal that signals aggressive response to the growing popularity of Google's (Quote, Chart) Gmail service, Yahoo


'Dell Day' canceled this year Dell is closing its call center in Edmonton, Canada this spring, after less than four years of operation. The move is expected to put more than 900 people out of work.â¦


Judges refuse to increase the minimum six-year jail term given to Britain's most prolific paedophile.


Update: Darfur peace talks suspended as rebels pull out

The third round of peace talks aimedat ending a 22-month-old crisis in Sudan's troubled Darfur region has been suspended after the rebels accused government forces of continuing attacking them.


Russia downplays terror crash revelations

President Vladimir Putin's government has played down revelations of terrorist involvement in the crash of two airliners, apparently not wanting to highlight an embarrassing security


Disney's new Pooh movie is an achievement in economical art.


Chinese astrologers offer Year of the Rat stock tips

Forget about graphs, charts and economic forecasts. Wary investors in Asia are turning to feng shui masters to tell them which way the markets will head in the Chinese Year of the Rat.


Credit Suisse sheds 150 jobs due to sub-prime crisis

The Swiss banking group Credit Suisse said Wednesday it was shedding 150 jobs due to the impact of the recent subprime lending crisis in the United States.


E-mail security company FrontBridge Technologies Inc. has bought MessageRite Inc. of Irvine, California, a maker of technology for archiving e-mail and instant messages, FrontBridge said Monday.


He committed the biggest individual fraud in history but France is lauding the 'quiet and fragile' JÃ©rÃ´me Kerviel as a national hero


A man who turned to the Internet in hopes of finding a kidney donor underwent dialysis Wednesday to prepare to receive his new organ, two days after a surgeon decided not to perform the procedure because of questions about the practice of Web matching.


NC-17 rating couldn't "Dirty" Waters' image

"Let's go sexin'!" is the battle cry used by Ray-Ray Perkins (Johnny Knoxville), the messianic leader of a gang of sex addicts in John Waters' "A Dirty Shame.


HP To Stop Selling Itanium-Based Workstations

HP says it is still committed to the Itanium processor, but it has decided to stop equipping workstations with the chip, due to demand for processors that run in both 32- and 64-bit environments.


Diageo, the world's biggest spirits company, is to purchase Californian wine firm Chalone for $260m.


Bradley brings in Euro dozen for Mexico soccer friendly

United States coach Bob Bradley has drafted 12 Europe-based players into his squad to face Mexico in a friendly in Houston on Wednesday.


Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is wooing wealthy entrepreneurs with ties to India, seeking to tap the growing political clout of Indian-Americans in California's Silicon Valley.


Oil down on fading Humberto, new credit fears

Oil eased from its record high on Friday as a hurricane subsided in the Gulf of Mexico and refineries looked set to return to normal operations.


Federal scientists' stake in experiments disclosed

Government scientists have collected millions of dollars in royalties for experimental treatments without having to tell patients testing the treatments that the researchers had a financial connection.


Fighting goes on despite Sudan's call for ceasefire in Darfur

SUDAN said yesterday it would immediately and unconditionally cease hostilities in its remote Darfur region, and asked the United Nations and African Union to request that rebel forces do the same.


Two Scottish fishing vessels collide in Norwegian waters, resulting in significant damage to one of the boats.


The parents of kidnap victim Shawn Hornbeck speak out on the sentencing of their sonâs tormentor and the status of the boyâs recovery.


Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday urged the nation's top manufacturers to lobby Congress in what he says will be a difficult battle to extend trade promotion authority to President Bush.


FreeBSD Foundation, Sun working on Java license

The FreeBSD Foundation and Sun Microsystems are negotiating a new license to continue distribution of binaries for the Java runtime and the JDK, for use with the FreeBSD open source operating system, according to the foundation.


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Where to beginâ¦where to beginâ¦where to begin? How about with the end? Bernard Hopkins by UD or late stoppage (I will be laying money on the latter).


Amadeus to Be Bought Out by British Investment Funds

Amadeus Global Travel Distribution SA has agreed to be acquired by two British private investment funds for about 4.34 billion euros ($5.69 billion), the company's main shareholders said Wednesday in a filing ...


Merrill Lynch & Co., the biggest U.S.  brokerage, on Tuesday said quarterly profit fell slightly amid  sharply higher expenses, but its shares rose as a 21 percent  jump in revenue helped the firm beat expectations.


Drought-Stricken South Facing Tough Choices

A drought in the Southeastern United States has become so severe that some cities are just months away from running out of water.


First Trial in Texas Immigrant Deaths Begins

Three people on trial over the  deadliest U.S. human smuggling disaster, which left 19 dead in  a stifling truck trailer, were part of a wide network that  abused illegal immigrants, prosecutors said on Tuesday.


Amazon's Profit Triples, Driven by Free Shipping

But the company's guidance for next year failed to top Wall Street's estimates, and its shares fell in after-hours trading.


The Dallas Cowboys moved closer to ensuring home field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs with a 20-13 road victory over the Carolina Panthers on Saturday but lost wide receiver Terrell Owens with an ankle sprain.


The last bloody exercise in the "mosque-centered" Sunni-Shiite conflict in Pakistan occurred yesterday during Friday prayer.


Two Killed as Construction Crew Ambushed in Iraq

A Briton and an Iraqi security guard were killed and a Brazilian man working for a construction company was kidnapped.


REM contribute to charity download album for Oxfam

LONDON - Oxfam is launching its first downloadable music album with songs from REM, Ash, David Gray and Faithless to raise money for refugees in Sudan's Darfur region.


A mob torched a Kenyan church on Tuesday, killing villagers cowering inside, as the death toll from ethnic riots triggered by President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election soared to nearly 200.


Hamas's exiled political leader urges Palestinian unity amid rising tensions and violence between Hamas and Fatah.


Liechtenstein's Marco Buechel gives his father a birthday gift on the slopes Saturday, winning a World Cup downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta, by 0.05 of a second.


Universal-based  producers Scott Stuber and Mary Parent, the team behind the  studio's "You, Me and Dupree," have picked up an untitled  comedy pitch from "Dupree" writer Mike LeSieur. While details  are being kept under wraps, the project is set at a Las Vegas  sales convention.


Fashion Week Review: Safe and Comforting

Designers played it safe at New York Fashion Week, with simple, easy pieces. But achieving simplicity in fashion is one of the toughest things to do


Planning for retirement should also consider post-work lifestyle

WASHINGTON -- Maybe you're saving too much for retirement. You may also be eating too many vegetables, spending too much time with the kids, exercising too regularly, and doing your job too diligently.


Applausi a "Nuovomondo" di Crialese. Il dramma degli immigrati,molti dei quali italiani, che arrivavano alle porte degli Stati Uniti                                                  Quando gli immigrati eravano noi Verso gli Usa, tra realismo e poesia                                                                                La lunga traversata dell'Atlantico, l'arrivo a Ellis Island, di frontea Manhattan. Poi il lavaggio, visite mediche e test d'intelligenzadal nostro inviato CLAUDIA MORGOGLIONE


Johan Santana and Jacque Jones were a dynamic duo Tuesday night as they led the Minnesota Twins to a 2-0 win over the New York Yankees.


Cabinet Study Says Safety Must Precede U.S. Border

A working group appointed by President Bush recommended a food inspection approach that focuses on points of vulnerability that arise before products like food and toys reach the United States.


Obesity, Child Mortality Slowing U.S. Health Gains

Rising obesity rates and the number of people without health insurance are placing a drag on health gains for the American population, according to the results of a survey released Monday.


The Iraqi prime minister says there has been a big reduction in violence since the security plan launched.


Some pensioners are cutting back on food and heating in order to meet council tax bills, a charity says.


U.S. boosts homeland security budget in 2005

President Bush signs the 2005 budget for funding the Department of Homeland Security, allocating some $40.7 billion to that agency, an increase of 6.6 percent over 2004.


Japan braced for more tremors after deadly earthquake

AFTERSHOCKS were felt in Japan last night, two days after the countryâs deadliest earthquake for nearly a decade claimed at least 23 lives.


Bombardier: little earnings impact from Q400 woes

Canada's Bombardier Inc, the world's third-largest maker of civil aircraft, does not expect a large impact on earnings from problems with its Q400 turboprop that have affected airlines globally, a company official said on Friday.


NewsGator Joins With /N Software In RSS Technology

TechWeb - The partnership builds a content aggregator for databases, business applications, spreadsheets and directories.


Hewlett-Packard reports a slim rise in profits after increased sales across all of its business areas.


Leona Helmsley's dog will continue to live an opulent life, and then be buried alongside her in a mausoleum. But two of Helmsley's grandchildren got nothing from the late luxury hotelier and real estate billionaire's estate.


NEW YORK -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel expressed hope yesterday that the new Palestinian government would be a "serious partner" for peace and promised to consider releasing hundreds of millions of dollars in frozen tax funds.


â27 Dressesâ makes the point that modern American weddings are all pretty much alike. The same could be said about modern American romantic comedies.


Sudan orders U.S. charity director to leave

Sudan has expelled the top official in Sudan of the U.S.-based aid group CARE, the director said on Monday.


Brazil Says Gets UN Go-Ahead for Uranium Enrichment

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Brazil's uraniumenrichment plant in Resende will start working before the endof the year after getting a go-ahead from the United Nations'nuclear watchdog, the country's Science and Technology Ministersaid on Wednesday.


Intel, the world's largest computer chip maker, announced on Thurs-day that its directors had confirmed the selection of the company president, Paul Otellini, as chief executive.


All'immobiliarista Vittorio Casale, disposto dal gip


House passes bill to make voters show ID

The House voted Wednesday to require Americans to show proof of citizenship in order to vote, and the Senate moved to build a 700-mile fence along the Mexican border as Republicans sharpened attacks on illegal immigration before the midterm elections.


Risky business IT systems have become so integral to businesses that their failure can have disastrous consequences for an organisation, according to analysts Gartner.â¦


World Bank: Disengagement Might Make Things Worse

A report by the World Bank indicates that the implementation of Prime Minister Sharon's disengagement/expulsion plan could lead to increased Arab violence against Israel.


25 Insurgents Are Killed During Attack on US Base in Mosul

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 29 - American troops and warplanes killed at least 25 insurgents who used car bombs and rocket-propelled grenades in a brazen but failed effort to overrun an American combat outpost in


G7 tells China to take its currency off leash

The Group of Seven rich nations took   aim at China on Saturday, urging Beijing to let its currency   rise faster to ease imbalances in trade and capital flows that   pose one of the biggest risks to global growth.


Superate le stime del gruppo e le attese degli analisti


Sunni Shrine Leveled In Apparent Reprisal

BAGHDAD, June 15 -- Extremists demolished a Sunni mosque in Basra early Friday, prompting the government to impose an indefinite curfew in the southern port city. The strike was an apparent retaliation for Wednesday's attack on a Shiite shrine in Samarra.


Europe Is Said to Be Close to Pressing Intel Case

European officials investigating the chip maker say they have a watertight argument for pursuing antitrust charges.


New Dinosaur Discovered: T. Rex Cousin Had Feathers

"It's the kind of thing we expected, but we thought we might never find a fossil that would justifiably show it," said Mark Norell, who co-authored a paper that describes the new species.


There are no bad feelings between Oregon's Mike Bellotti and Oklahoma's Bob Stoops. Both are having difficulty with last Saturday's blown call.


Developers and game makers are gathering in San Francisco to debate the industry's future.


Rodriguez Wins His Fourth Stage in Spain

Spain's Javier Pascual Rodriguez edged Colombia's Ivan Parra at the finish Thursday to win the 18th stage of the Spanish Vuelta, his fourth win of the race.


Take advantage of fear, even when it's your own.


Kung fu monks battle Colombian karate assassins

Who is the hardest of them all? Reader poll Our recent piece on the verbal spat between China's kung fu monks and an anonymous gobby net ninja provoked a certain amount of reader speculation as to who might in fact be the meanest kick-ass mutha on the planet.â¦


NEW YORK - We may soon add IBM to the long, long list of companies exiting the thankless business of selling personal computers. According to a report in The New York Times, IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people


Lockout in N.H.L. Puts Businesses on the Brink

In the many smaller cities that are reliant on hockey to enliven downtowns at night, the loss of a season is a significant blow.


Ford Motor Company has announced that Chief Operating Officer Jim Padilla has been named president of the Company and elected a director of the Board, both effective February 1, 2005.


President Arroyo, by ordering that a court martial try Army Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia on unexplained wealth charges, has put the entire Armed Forces of the Philippines on trial, Sen. Joker Arroyo said yesterday.


For CBS, All 'Crime Scenes' Are Beautiful

Premiere Week. CBS has three "CSI's." CBS wins. Get used to this, because you're going to see a lot more weeks like it this season.


Londra, 19:30 - F1 2008: NIENTE PENALIZZAZIONE PER PRIMO CAMBIO MOTORE

Nel Mondiale 2008 di Formula Uno al via il 16 marzo in Australia i team potranno contare su uno spec...


Missiles kill 32 militants in Pakistan tribal region

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan  - A missile attack, possibly launched by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, killed at least 32 pro-Taliban militants in a Pakistani tribal region near the border on Tuesday, Pakistani officials said.


Retailers seen taking lease accounting hit-study

Retailers could see some big changes  in their earnings reports and balance sheets, as accounting  rulemakers move forward with a project to change the way  companies account for leases, a study showed on Tuesday.


AT&T video sharing service hits 160 markets

Blog: AT&T is taking its video sharing service nationwide.


Nonetheless, shares fell 65 cents, to $50.48, as the company said results in the current quarter would be pressured by calendar changes.


RUESSELSHEIM - US automotive giant General Motors aims to slash 9,500 jobs at its German subsidiary Opel, but payroll cuts will come without compulsory redundancies, Opel's top workers representative said on Thursday.


Gordon Brown is told to use "temperate language" after he accuses David Cameron of "misleading" MPs.


Esai Morales has rejected allegations by an ex-girlfriend who sued the "NYPD Blue" star, claiming he assaulted her and gave her herpes.


A new season   of The Bachelor is upon us, and this time the ABC show is   whisking 25 wannabe princesses to Rome to vie for the charms of this   year's main event, Prince Lorenzo Borghese.


DevShed: Introducing the Composite Pattern in PHP 5

Continuing their look at design patterns, DevShed has kicked off yet another series today spotlighting the Composite pattern as used in PHP5.   The composite pattern is one of the less commonly used patterns in PHP 5. Nevertheless, in certain situations, it is very helpful. This article, the first one in a two-part series, will introduce you to the basic concepts of the composite pattern.   The composite pattern allows you to define a single or multiple objects that will have identical behavior - basically behaving the same if there's just one or with the multiple instances. They start with the basics, reaching for one of their standard examples - a file information reader - to illustrate their point. They create the two helper classes it needs to work, one for the single file read and another for the multiple file read. The finish by combining them all together for a file-reading fiesta, showing how to get a one shot info dose as well adding files to the list and grabbing their info all together.


Londra, 19:33 - CALCIO, ROONEY AL MANCHESTER UTD FINO AL 2012

Wayne Rooney ha prolungato di altre due stagioni il contratto con il Manchester United. Il nuovo acc...


Brazil Starts to Crack Down on Counterfeit Goods

Brazil stands to lose billions of dollars in trade benefits from the United States if it does not prove by the end of September that it is making progress in combating copyright piracy.


High Risk Breast Cancer Needs MRI Detection -- Study

Women with a high genetic risk for  breast cancer run a better chance of having it detected with  magnetic resonance imaging than with mammography and other  methods, researchers said on Tuesday.


Amburgo, 15:12 - CALCIO, KAKA' IL MIGLIORE DEL MONDO PER GIOCATORI BUNDESLIGA

Kakà è il miglior giocatore del mondo secondo i suoi colleghi della Bundesliga. In un ...


Phillies Win,ÃÂ Stay Close inÃÂ NL Wild Card Race

Late-season acquisition Jamie Moyer tosses seven solid innings on TuesdayÃÂ and the Phillies defeat the Cubs, 4-1, to stay close in the wild-card race.


Manchester, 23:12 - CALCIO, COPPA DI LEGA INGLESE: TOTTENHAM IN SEMIFINALE

Il Tottenham si è qualificato per la semifinale della Coppa di Lega inglese, battendo in tras...


The only thing that showed up Wednesday night at the big ball park in the Bronx was Dracula, dressed like Johnny Damon, and he sucked the life right out of the Yankees.


Hotels and gaming company Hilton today reported a 72% rise in profits, powered by sales from its betting division, Ladbrokes. However, the company maintained a cautious outlook, saying it did not anticipate


Keeping physically active can significantly cut the risk of developing colon cancer, research shows.


United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan jetted into Dublin...

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan jetted into Dublin tonight for a key three-day visit to the Irish Republic.


Unlimited mobile music for Â£1.99 a week

Et tu, Apple? In what may prove to be the most far-reaching digital music launch since iTunes, Omnifone today took the wraps off its MusicStation service.â¦


U.S. Knew Last Year of Flu Vaccine Problems

The FDA found serious problems of bacterial contamination 16 months before Britain closed the site.


A day after losing center Mikki Moore to free agency, the Nets reached an agreement in principle with the former All-Star Jamaal Magloire on Saturday.


Kmart, Sears pair up to create No. 3 retailer

The parent company of the Sweetwater Kmart, Kmart Holding Corp., announced on Wednesday that they are acquiring department store chain Sears, Roebuck and Co.


Oil prices held firm on Wednesday as  Hurricane Ivan closed off crude output and shut refineries in  the Gulf of Mexico, while OPEC's Gulf producers tried to  reassure traders by recommending an output hike.


Record-Tying Beltran Blasts Astros Into Tie

Carlos Beltran's record-tying eighth  post-season home run capped the Houston Astros' 6-5 comeback  win over the St Louis Cardinals to even the National League  Championship Series at two games apiece Sunday.


Microsoft Gives Europe Antitrust Documents

On Thursday Microsoft met the latest deadline to provide information on whether it is complying with a 2004 antitrust ruling.


The countdown clock on Sunday began ticking toward a Wednesday launch of the space shuttle after a week of weather delays kept Atlantis grounded. The launch time was set for 12:29 p.m. EDT Wednesday. If the shuttle does not lift off then, NASA has launch opportunities on the following two days.


Britney Spears leaves hospital as photogs give chase

Pop star Britney Spears on Wednesday was unexpectedly released from the Los Angeles hospital where she was held for a mental evaluation, prompting celebrity photographers to chase her across the city.


As the bus slows for a police checkpoint, hawkers rush up pushing ears of corn, sodas and fried treats toward the open windows.


Dalla Cina a Venezia, arriva il cinema italiano

Gianni Amelio porta in concorso La stella che non c'è con Sergio Castellitto. Oggi alla Mostra anche Bobby sulla morte del senatore Kennedy e l'India de L'intouchable


Bush Inaugural Committee Takes in $25.5M

The team raising money for next week's festivities marking President Bush's inauguration has taken in $25.5 million, mostly in donations from corporations, it reported Friday.


Thunder? It's the sound of Greenland melting

ILULISSAT, Greenland  - Atop Greenland's Suicide Cliff, from where old Inuit women used to hurl themselves when they felt they had become a burden to their community, a crack and a thud like thunder pierce the air.


Google sees video anti-piracy tools as priority

Google Inc., racing to head off a  media industry backlash over its video Web site YouTube, will  soon offer anti-piracy technologies to help all copyright  holders thwart unauthorized video sharing, its chief executive  said on Wednesday.


A registered and licensed nurse who gave more than 100 people at Whatcom County grocery stores questionable flu shots was found by police Thursday afternoon.


Donington, 14:55 - MOTO, GP INGHILTERRA; MOTOGP: VINCE ANCORA STONER

Casey Stoner su Ducatti ha vinmto il Gp di Inghilterra, ottava prova mondiale, della classe MotoGp. ...


'Four more Bush cabinet members to leave'

Washington: The White House will announce the resignations of four members of US President George W. Bush's Cabinet late on Monday, said spokesman Scott McClellan, who declined to say who would be leaving.


Marine Corps may need to grow: commander

The U.S. Marine Corps may need to grow to sustain commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan and remain ready for other crises, the force's new commander said on Wednesday.


ELKHART, Ind. - A woman heading home from a store was surprised to find a man accusing her of stealing his van. The 71-year-old woman was leaving Wal-Mart about 9 p.m. Saturday with her great-nieces and great-nephews when a man walked in front of her van, forcing her to stop.


A rosier economic outlook will boost  U.S. holiday spending by up to 5 percent this year despite a  firm resolution by many consumers to spend less, a consumer  group said on Monday.


A popular cable car that scales the landmark Paris peak Montmarte is reopening after a months-long shutdown, authorities said Friday.


It's sort of a mushy number, but Apple said yesterday that it thinks 250,000 of the 1.4 million iPhones sold so far were bought with the intention of unlocking them from AT&T's network.


Michael Jackson hip hop Il Re è tornato?

Con il brano No Friend Of Mine (Gangsta) Jacko fa capolino tra DJ Tempamental e Pras dei Fugees. Di' la tua


The British and Irish governments summoned rival Northern Ireland parties to a moat-surrounded castle Thursday in hopes of crafting a new peace deal for the British territory.


U.S. air strikes target insurgents in Iraq

U.S. air strikes in and around Baghdad killed senior insurgents suspected of targeting American helicopters and seven members of what the U.S. military said on Saturday was an al Qaeda cell responsible for car bombings.


Bush: hopes U.S.-Russia shield talks beneficial

President George W. Bush said on Monday said he hoped that a plan for U.S. and Russian experts to analyze each other's proposal for a missile defense shield would be beneficial.


Cold war workers, sick from exposure to radiation years ago, now face a tangle of red tape between them and government compensation.


Marital bliss boosts your health, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study found married adults are healthier than those who are divorced, widowed or never married.


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Second chlorine bomb stokes fears in Iraq

The U.S. military said on Thursday a second bomb in two days using chlorine gas may have been a copycat attack amid concerns insurgents were broadening their range of weaponry to include crude chemical bombs.


BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Suicide bombers struck Iraqi security targets yesterday north and west of Baghdad, killing 22 Iraqis, officials said.


Activision sued over Guitar Hero III, Vista beta testers get Office service pack automatically and Microsoft looks for a Windows information minister, all in today's installment of BfBB.


Taliban, Korean negotiators resume talks on hostages

GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban and South Korean negotiators on Tuesday resumed talks on the fate of the remaining 19 Korean hostages held by the militant group in Afghanistan, provincial officials said.


The Story: Call it a trend within a trend. Blade servers have become the fastest growing segment of the server market, and for the first time accounted for more than $1 billion in sales during the third quarter of 2007. Although the vast majority of those sales were to enterprise customers, IBM and Hewlett-Packard have redoubled their efforts to push blades downmarket to small and medium businesses.[ Slideshow: 2007's top underreported tech stories ]                                                    And why not? There are tens of thousands of relatively small businesses, not to mention remote offices, that already run three or more servers ? in many cases with only minimal IT resources.Both HP and IBM launched blade products aimed at the small-to-medium business market late this year. HP has the BladeSystem c3000, which can hold as many as eight blades in a single chassis, and IBM has the BladeCenter S, a six-blade chassis system with on-board storage and switch options. These may sound familiar; both companies have touted blades as a solution for the small-to-medium business market for a few years. But their newest blade servers have actually been redesigned with the needs of smaller companies in mind.A good way to understand blades? appeal to smaller businesses is to think about what an enterprise datacenter has that a small shop doesn?t ? and how the new generation of blade servers can help fill those gaps.First, datacenters offer a controlled environment. Heat and dirt are server killers, but a small business may well stick a server under a desk or in a closet. So the new breed of blades comes with a chassis that filters and cools the air, and reduces noise.Second, datacenters rely on dedicated power systems, which smaller businesses just can?t afford. The ?downmarket? blades from HP and IBM, however, run on standard 110-volt lines and have the same three-pronged plugs you?ll find on a kitchen appliance.Third, datacenters have lots of room. A small business has no space for racks, but a chassis filled with six or eight blades takes up no more space than a desktop PC.Fourth, datacenters have dedicated IT support. Small businesses can?t afford that, either. Configuring small-business blades is relatively simple, though, and most customers get them preconfigured from a reseller that specializes in their industry. Either way, the blades should be up and running fairly quickly.For now, HP and IBM are the only major vendors offering blades tailored for smaller customers. Between them, however, they account for about 75 percent of the blade market, so that may not matter. And Dell is rumored to be contemplating a move to this market, and other vendors could follow.The Bottom Line: Why should the big boys have all the fun? Blades designed for smaller businesses let you get some of the datacenter capabilities that just weren?t possible before, without the headaches and costs of a traditional datacenter. Why not check them out?Complete list of 2007 underreported stories: 1.? Java is becoming the new Cobol 2.? Sun Microsystems is back in the game 3.? Hackers take aim at Mac OS X 4.? There are some threats you can worry less about 5.? Companies may have found a way around H-1B visa limits 6.? Open source?s new commercial strategy 7.? End-to-end Ethernet finally arrives 8.? Blade servers arrive for the masses 9.? BI is dead; long live BI 10. Balance of power shifts to software buyers


Russia Finds Trace Explosives on 2nd Plane

MOSCOW - Russian investigators found explosive residue on the wreckage of the second of two airliners that crashed minutes apart, a security spokesman said Saturday, adding to evidence that terrorists breached security at one of the country's most up-to-date airports.    The high explosive hexogen was found on the Tu-134 airliner that went down Tuesday south of Moscow, said Sergei Ignatchenko, spokesman for the Federal Security Service, or FSB, Russia's domestic security agency...


Novell to Open Enterprise to Netware and Linux

Novell (Quote, Chart) announced today that it was moving up the timetable by 10 months on its new Open Enterprise Server (OES). The new server, due out in February, will include Novell's NetWare operating


It's Fur Without Fear on New York Fashion Runways

Fur is back and prominently displayed  by top designers this week on New York's fashion runways, with  nary a peep of protest.


Jesse Jackson calls for investigation into AIDS drug

CHICAGO The Reverend Jesse Jackson says the US government should immediately halt distribution in Africa of an AIDS drug that reportedly poses serious risks.


The United States, Colombia and Mexico are slowing the flow of cocaine and methamphetamine into the U.S., according to new figures from the Drug Enforcement Administration.


Algerian pilot wrongly accused of training 9/11 hijackers is allowed to claim damages, court rules


Blog: VoIP provider SunRocket is shutting down.


IBM, among others, wants you to swap movies at a high rate of speed.


6 Killed in Arizona As SUV Flees Deputies

PHOENIX - A stolen truck filled with suspected illegal immigrants sped away from deputies and rolled over at a busy intersection near an Army post Saturday, causing an 11-car crash that killed six people and seriously injured 15, sheriff's officials said.    Passengers were thrown from the truck as it struck a center median and began to spiral, hitting vehicles waiting at a turn lane, Deputy Chief Randy Redmond of the Sierra Vista Fire Department said...


A RECORD $US100 million ($129 million) clergy sex abuse settlement between the Californian Catholic Diocese of Orange and 87 plaintiffs has brought some relief to families.


News.com Extra: Discovery launches despite doubts

Plus: Technology helps firefighters by land, air and space. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Attorney General Gonzales leaves under pressure

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned on Monday under pressure after months of controversy and political turmoil that President George W. Bush angrily blamed on his administration's critics in Congress.


Vaccine Will Not Stop Next Flu Pandemic, Official Warns

Drug companies will not be able to make enough vaccine to prevent the next global flu pandemic, which health officials fear may be triggered by a viral strain originating in birds, a senior World Health Organisation official said today.


Update: PeopleSoft board won't negotiate Oracle takeover

PeopleSoft executives said over the weekend that they won't discuss a sale to Oracle at a price of $24 per share but would consider an offer at a higher price.


Tony Stewart took a verbal swipe at NASCAR on Saturday, insisting friend and competitor Dale Earnhardt Jr. should not have lost points for cursing during a live TV interview last weekend.


Tall righty reportedly turned down offer to play in NBA

com. According to reports, the club is scheduled to announce a three-year deal for starting pitcher Chris Young, a Dallas native, at a press conference Friday at 11:30 am CT.


Arjen Robben's deflected strike eventually beat a stubborn Portsmouth defence at Fratton Park as Premiership leaders Chelsea moved eight points clear of title rivals Arsenal.


Langer scores century as Australia in control after first day of ...

Justin Langer scored his 20th test century and remained unbeaten on 144 at stumps Friday as Australia took early control of the second cricket Test against New Zealand.


"Nice" girls Dixie Chicks finish first at Grammys

Country music outcasts The Dixie Chicks, who jeopardized their career by criticizing President Bush, won all five Grammy Awards for which they were nominated on Sunday, including the coveted album of the year.


Esponente di spicco della cosca Pangallo-Verno


Suffering cravings and growing agitated without cigarettes, Kwabena Sarfo of Riverdale called it "tough" to quit smoking.


Customers clamoring to get their hands on Apple Inc.'s highly anticipated iPhone better make sure they're at the right store.


Florida coach Urban Meyer learned all he needed to know about the Southeastern Conference last season against Alabama.


Music and video clamshell In addition to the phones announced earlier today, Nokia also unveiled the N75 in New York. This S60 phone has front mounted music controls and an external 1.36 in (160 x 128 pixel) display which allows you to control your music playback without having to open the flip. The N75 will play back MP3, M4A, AAC, eAAC+ and WMA files and also has a built in FM radio.â¦


Military confirms transport chopper down in Iraq

The U.S. military confirmed on Wednesday that a transport helicopter had come down near Baghdad but declined to comment on any casualties.


Actors Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany are due at the London premiere of romantic comedy Wimbledon.


French foreign minister praises decision to ban Al-Manar TV

France's foreign minister on Tuesday praised an administrative panel's decision to ban satellite broadcasts by Al-Manar Television station, as officials in Lebanon slammed the move as proof of Zionist pressure.


Mubarak ha autorizzato il passaggio per motivi umanitari


Los Angeles, 10:37 - GOLF: MORTO BYRON NELSON, STELLA DEGLI ANNI '40

E' morto Byron Nelson, leggenda del golf internazionale. Aveva 94 anni. Nelson, soprannominato Lord ...


The Republic of Georgia said Thursday it is raising the number of its soldiers serving with the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq to more than 2,000 from the current 850.


Television's "Dr. Phil" McGraw said Britney Spears was released from a hospital Saturday but still needs psychological help, the syndicated programs "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider" reported in a press release.


A free mobile phone applet neutralizes the excuse of not knowing where to find an alternative fueling station. In Autopia.


IBM's New eServer Supports AMD Dual-Core

IBM (Quote, Chart) is looking to get a leg up on the competition with the October 15 launch of eServer 326, a rack-mounted server that supports AMD's (Quote, Chart) upcoming dual-core 64-bit processor.


An anti-war group planning a massive demonstration the day before the GOP convention asked a judge on Wednesday to overrule city officials and let protesters gather in Central Park.


Turkey's PM Erdogan changes plans in order to meet Pope Benedict XVI in Ankara on Tuesday.


White House: Safe pills would cost consumers dearly

Making imported drugs safe for US consumers would be so expensive that US consumers would see a price break of only about 1 percent, the Bush administration contends.


US Deserter Get 30 Days, Dishonorable Discharge

A US soldier who pleaded guilty to deserting to North Korea nearly four decades ago was sentenced to 30-days confinement and a dishonorable discharge on Wednesday, ending one of the Cold War's strangest dramas.


FDA: Chip Implant Can Be Used to Get Health Records

A computer chip that is implanted under the skin won U.S. approval on Wednesday for use in helping doctors quickly access a patient's medical history.


Colin Fox is elected the new national convener of the Scottish Socialist Party, succeeding Tommy Sheridan.


The Custodian Of The Two Holy Mosques And The Crown Prince Review The ...

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz received at his office at Alyamamah palace in Riyadh the British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and accompanying delegation.