2008 Jan 21
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World 
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AFP - An Australian state Tuesday approved millions of dollars in compensation for members of the "stolen generation" of Aborigine read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - An Australian state Tuesday approved millions of dollars in compensation for members of the "stolen generation" of Aborigine read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment 
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Reuters - Wall Street analysts have been digging into this year's expected film releases to gauge box office trends, and some do read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Wall Street analysts have been digging into this year's expected film releases to gauge box office trends, and some do read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business 
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A recent study reports that while most teenagers describe their online experiences on YouTube as a "treat," most classify their o read more »
TechdirtA recent study reports that while most teenagers describe their online experiences on YouTube as a "treat," most classify their o read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology 
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InfoWorld - Focusing on the enterprise, PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) tools vendor Zend Technologies is shipping Tuesday version 3. read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - Focusing on the enterprise, PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) tools vendor Zend Technologies is shipping Tuesday version 3. read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - An incensed Chinese couple, videotaped hugging and kissing on a subway platform, plan to sue the subway's operator aft read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - An incensed Chinese couple, videotaped hugging and kissing on a subway platform, plan to sue the subway's operator aft read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Scott Hamilton is now a father of two. read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Scott Hamilton is now a father of two. read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Hollywood's big question which movies will compete at the Academy Awards? is about to be answered. read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Hollywood's big question which movies will compete at the Academy Awards? is about to be answered. read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - The daytime soap operas might be losing their bubbles in the weeks ahead as networks resort to episodes not penned by read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - The daytime soap operas might be losing their bubbles in the weeks ahead as networks resort to episodes not penned by read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has told schools to teach information technology from an early age so his impoverished count read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has told schools to teach information technology from an early age so his impoverished count read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - "I Am Legend" hit $262.5 million at the foreign box office, after a $29 million weekend in 56 countries, according to read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - "I Am Legend" hit $262.5 million at the foreign box office, after a $29 million weekend in 56 countries, according to read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf prepared for talks Tuesday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy after urging Europe t read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf prepared for talks Tuesday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy after urging Europe t read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - The popularity of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has grown since the Labor leader's election late last year, according read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - The popularity of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has grown since the Labor leader's election late last year, according read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business 
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Reuters - Yahoo Inc is planning to announce cutbacks later this month that will likely lead to hundreds of job losses at the ne read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Yahoo Inc is planning to announce cutbacks later this month that will likely lead to hundreds of job losses at the ne read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Paraguay's ruling party nominated a woman as its presidential candidate on Monday, a first for the South American nation, but read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Paraguay's ruling party nominated a woman as its presidential candidate on Monday, a first for the South American nation, but read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Stocks tumbled across Asia on Tuesday, and U.S. stock index futures sank, as panic gripped markets that a U.S. recessi read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Stocks tumbled across Asia on Tuesday, and U.S. stock index futures sank, as panic gripped markets that a U.S. recessi read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Former Pink Floyd mastermind Roger Waters will bring the curtain down on the annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Fest read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Former Pink Floyd mastermind Roger Waters will bring the curtain down on the annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Fest read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - China's banks will suffer a rise in non-performing assets due to the U.S subprime crisis and domestic credit tightenin read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - China's banks will suffer a rise in non-performing assets due to the U.S subprime crisis and domestic credit tightenin read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Techdirt
A few weeks ago, we pointed to an article claiming that modern technology was making it harder to write interesting "thriller" or read more »
TechdirtA few weeks ago, we pointed to an article claiming that modern technology was making it harder to write interesting "thriller" or read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - Fulham manager Roy Hodgson is keen on signing Cho Jae Jin after the South Korea striker impressed during a trial at the Prem read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Fulham manager Roy Hodgson is keen on signing Cho Jae Jin after the South Korea striker impressed during a trial at the Prem read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
TechWeb - Actuate OnPerformance includes many of the same features as the company's on-premise Performancesoft Suite. read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsTechWeb - Actuate OnPerformance includes many of the same features as the company's on-premise Performancesoft Suite. read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - The top U.N. envoy in Iraq on Monday welcomed recent improvements in security and tentative steps towards national reconcilia read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The top U.N. envoy in Iraq on Monday welcomed recent improvements in security and tentative steps towards national reconcilia read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - An indigenous-rights activist jailed for setting fire to a farm once owned by Mapuche Indians passed the 100-day mark of a pr read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - An indigenous-rights activist jailed for setting fire to a farm once owned by Mapuche Indians passed the 100-day mark of a pr read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
Reuters - When Lazio faced Olympiakos Piraeus in an important Champions League tie in November, Italian daily Gazzetta dello Spo read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - When Lazio faced Olympiakos Piraeus in an important Champions League tie in November, Italian daily Gazzetta dello Spo read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Mexico's army on Monday captured a top lieutenant of the powerful Sinaloa cartel who allegedly commanded squads of hit men an read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Mexico's army on Monday captured a top lieutenant of the powerful Sinaloa cartel who allegedly commanded squads of hit men an read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Techdirt
The Arabic Daily Asharq Al-Awsat reports that a team of French researchers are hoping to create an "Electronic Mufti" -- an art read more »
TechdirtThe Arabic Daily Asharq Al-Awsat reports that a team of French researchers are hoping to create an "Electronic Mufti" -- an art read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Elle Fanning follows in her older sister Dakota's precocious footsteps with a star turn in the film "Phoebe in Wonderland." read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Elle Fanning follows in her older sister Dakota's precocious footsteps with a star turn in the film "Phoebe in Wonderland." read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Reclusive chess genius Bobby Fischer was buried Monday in a private ceremony at a churchyard in southern Iceland, a televisio read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Reclusive chess genius Bobby Fischer was buried Monday in a private ceremony at a churchyard in southern Iceland, a televisio read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
FT.com - Saudi Telecom, the leading Middle East telecommunications group, has agreed to pay $2.6bn for a 35 per cent stake in Oger read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsFT.com - Saudi Telecom, the leading Middle East telecommunications group, has agreed to pay $2.6bn for a 35 per cent stake in Oger read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - Fierce fighting erupted in northern Sri Lanka Monday as government forces mounted a fresh push into territory held by Tiger read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Fierce fighting erupted in northern Sri Lanka Monday as government forces mounted a fresh push into territory held by Tiger read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Sherpas laid prayer scarves on the coffin of Edmund Hillary Tuesday as thousands across New Zealand bid farewell to the Mount read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Sherpas laid prayer scarves on the coffin of Edmund Hillary Tuesday as thousands across New Zealand bid farewell to the Mount read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Techdirt
Having successfully sued Vonage over VoIP patents, despite an inferior product and plenty of prior art, it appears that Verizon i read more »
TechdirtHaving successfully sued Vonage over VoIP patents, despite an inferior product and plenty of prior art, it appears that Verizon i read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - The widow of Sammy Davis Jr. is suing two former business partners over the rights to the Rat Pack entertainer's life story a read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - The widow of Sammy Davis Jr. is suing two former business partners over the rights to the Rat Pack entertainer's life story a read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - The new parliament chosen by Cuban voters could ultimately send ailing 81-year-old Fidel Castro into permanent retirement. read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The new parliament chosen by Cuban voters could ultimately send ailing 81-year-old Fidel Castro into permanent retirement. read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Playbill - Nicholas Hytner, the artistic director of the National Theatre in London, used a press conference to make two kinds of read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsPlaybill - Nicholas Hytner, the artistic director of the National Theatre in London, used a press conference to make two kinds of read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - Substitute Peter Crouch scored two minutes from time after Marlon Harewood's over-head kick and an own goal from Fabio Aurel read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Substitute Peter Crouch scored two minutes from time after Marlon Harewood's over-head kick and an own goal from Fabio Aurel read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - The United States is working to help Pakistan deal with extremism "in its own way," a top US diplomat for the region said he read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - The United States is working to help Pakistan deal with extremism "in its own way," a top US diplomat for the region said he read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
PC World - The European Commission is offering translation software developers free access to around one million sentences transla read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsPC World - The European Commission is offering translation software developers free access to around one million sentences transla read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Government negotiators and rebel groups reached a deal to end fighting in the vast country's restive east, where some 800,000 read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Government negotiators and rebel groups reached a deal to end fighting in the vast country's restive east, where some 800,000 read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - A suicide bomber apparently targeting a senior security official blew himself up inside a funeral tent Monday, killing 18 peo read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A suicide bomber apparently targeting a senior security official blew himself up inside a funeral tent Monday, killing 18 peo read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
PC World - Strata8 is launching a service that lets enterprise cell-phone users make low-cost calls inside their offices. read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsPC World - Strata8 is launching a service that lets enterprise cell-phone users make low-cost calls inside their offices. read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Techdirt
Are Republican operatives scheming to steal the election in Maryland this fall? Threat Level is reporting that the contract for t read more »
TechdirtAre Republican operatives scheming to steal the election in Maryland this fall? Threat Level is reporting that the contract for t read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - His father was a senior member of al-Qaida in Iraq. His mother promised him they would meet again in paradise. read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - His father was a senior member of al-Qaida in Iraq. His mother promised him they would meet again in paradise. read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
TechWeb - The company expects to fill what it sees as a market void -- Web-based software that's affordable to small businesses wi read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsTechWeb - The company expects to fill what it sees as a market void -- Web-based software that's affordable to small businesses wi read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
NewsFactor - On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission will auction off what industry observers call the "sweet spot" of read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsNewsFactor - On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission will auction off what industry observers call the "sweet spot" of read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - IP addresses, string of numbers that identify computers on the Internet, should generally be regarded as personal information read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - IP addresses, string of numbers that identify computers on the Internet, should generally be regarded as personal information read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Israel said Monday it will ease a blockade of Gaza imposed in retaliation for militant rocket attacks, allowing some food and read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Israel said Monday it will ease a blockade of Gaza imposed in retaliation for militant rocket attacks, allowing some food and read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
FT.com - The euro slumped on Monday as fears about the prospect of a US slowdown infecting the global economy sparked a rout on th read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessFT.com - The euro slumped on Monday as fears about the prospect of a US slowdown infecting the global economy sparked a rout on th read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Techdirt
The NY Times is covering the news that HBO has finally decided it needs a real internet strategy, and will start offering its con read more »
TechdirtThe NY Times is covering the news that HBO has finally decided it needs a real internet strategy, and will start offering its con read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
PC World - IBM is developing a new, "one-stop-shop" product offering, Lotus Foundations, aimed at companies with five to 500 emplo read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsPC World - IBM is developing a new, "one-stop-shop" product offering, Lotus Foundations, aimed at companies with five to 500 emplo read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
AP - Gary Foreman, a former financial planner who edits "The Dollar Stretcher" newsletter, says that consumers have a number of op read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Gary Foreman, a former financial planner who edits "The Dollar Stretcher" newsletter, says that consumers have a number of op read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
AP - Joi Freemont, a dentist in suburban Atlanta, doesn't have to look further than her appointment book to tell that people are w read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Joi Freemont, a dentist in suburban Atlanta, doesn't have to look further than her appointment book to tell that people are w read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Lebanese troops opened fire Monday on Israeli warplanes over southern Lebanon, the military said the second time they have read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Lebanese troops opened fire Monday on Israeli warplanes over southern Lebanon, the military said the second time they have read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - U.S. stock index futures sank in holiday-shortened trading on Monday as fear of a U.S. recession gripped investors, in read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - U.S. stock index futures sank in holiday-shortened trading on Monday as fear of a U.S. recession gripped investors, in read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) -This week could mark the end of the bull market for Wall Street, with U.S. stocks likely to join a read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) -This week could mark the end of the bull market for Wall Street, with U.S. stocks likely to join a read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - The police commander poured gasoline down the walls of three slum shacks and set them alight. At each home, his officers wait read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The police commander poured gasoline down the walls of three slum shacks and set them alight. At each home, his officers wait read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - A Dutch company has squeezed a display the size of two business cards into a gadget no bigger than other mobile phones read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - A Dutch company has squeezed a display the size of two business cards into a gadget no bigger than other mobile phones read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Brazilian mining giant Vale said Monday it was in talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata about a takeover, a deal that a read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Brazilian mining giant Vale said Monday it was in talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata about a takeover, a deal that a read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced several moves it says will help its business customers take advantage of a technology cal read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced several moves it says will help its business customers take advantage of a technology cal read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
PC World - GNUCitizen is describing an apparent vulnerability that could trick people into revealing personal data. read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsPC World - GNUCitizen is describing an apparent vulnerability that could trick people into revealing personal data. read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Chess legend Bobby Fischer, who died in Iceland last week aged 64, was buried on Monday in a private ceremony near the read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Chess legend Bobby Fischer, who died in Iceland last week aged 64, was buried on Monday in a private ceremony near the read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Techdirt
Perhaps taking a page from certain universities, the London bureau chief of the Agence France Presse (AFP), Pierre Lesourd, state read more »
TechdirtPerhaps taking a page from certain universities, the London bureau chief of the Agence France Presse (AFP), Pierre Lesourd, state read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology 
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The nation's utilities are at risk for cyber attack, the CIA's top cybersecurity expert, Tom Donahue, told a gathering of utility read more »
NewsFactor NetworkThe nation's utilities are at risk for cyber attack, the CIA's top cybersecurity expert, Tom Donahue, told a gathering of utility read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission will auction off what industry observers call the "sweet spot" of the wireless read more »
NewsFactor NetworkOn Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission will auction off what industry observers call the "sweet spot" of the wireless read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Getty Images Inc , the world's biggest supplier of pictures and video to media and advertising companies, has put itse read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Getty Images Inc , the world's biggest supplier of pictures and video to media and advertising companies, has put itse read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - British actress Emily Blunt wants nothing better than to laze around on the couch, but at the Sundance Film Festival s read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - British actress Emily Blunt wants nothing better than to laze around on the couch, but at the Sundance Film Festival s read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - World stocks nosedived and demand for safe-haven bonds and currencies soared on Monday as fears gripped investors that read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - World stocks nosedived and demand for safe-haven bonds and currencies soared on Monday as fears gripped investors that read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Techdirt
Richard Ahlquist writes: "A farmer has now felt the wrath of the SEULA or the Seed End User License Agreement! It turns out read more »
TechdirtRichard Ahlquist writes: "A farmer has now felt the wrath of the SEULA or the Seed End User License Agreement! It turns out read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - Armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Nord-Kivu province were ready Monday to sign a ceasefire and troo read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Nord-Kivu province were ready Monday to sign a ceasefire and troo read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - The U.N. Security Council's five permanent members and Germany are expected to agree Tuesday on a new resolution to pressure read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The U.N. Security Council's five permanent members and Germany are expected to agree Tuesday on a new resolution to pressure read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
FT.com - Kyocera (NYSE:KYO) on on Monday agreed to buy Sanyo (NASDAQ:SANYY)'s lossmaking mobile phone unit for Y40bn-Y50bn ($378m- read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsFT.com - Kyocera (NYSE:KYO) on on Monday agreed to buy Sanyo (NASDAQ:SANYY)'s lossmaking mobile phone unit for Y40bn-Y50bn ($378m- read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Israel will allow some diesel fuel and medicine into Gaza on a one-time basis, easing the blockade imposed because of a surge read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Israel will allow some diesel fuel and medicine into Gaza on a one-time basis, easing the blockade imposed because of a surge read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
AFP - European stock markets closed very sharply lower Monday, with losses of more than five percent in many centres as investors read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessAFP - European stock markets closed very sharply lower Monday, with losses of more than five percent in many centres as investors read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
FT.com - The FTSE 100 on Monday suffered its biggest one-day fall since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre more tha read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessFT.com - The FTSE 100 on Monday suffered its biggest one-day fall since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre more tha read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Paraguay's ruling party nominated a woman as its presidential candidate on Monday, a first for the South American nation, but read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Paraguay's ruling party nominated a woman as its presidential candidate on Monday, a first for the South American nation, but read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
NewsFactor - The tech world is still buzzing about announcements by Sun Microsystems that it will acquire MySQL AB and by Oracle t read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsNewsFactor - The tech world is still buzzing about announcements by Sun Microsystems that it will acquire MySQL AB and by Oracle t read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - President Pervez Musharraf pledged that Pakistan's elections next month will be free and fair, but urged the West not to exp read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - President Pervez Musharraf pledged that Pakistan's elections next month will be free and fair, but urged the West not to exp read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Britain set a two-week deadline for a private-sector rescue of Northern Rock that would allow the stricken bank's 25 b read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Britain set a two-week deadline for a private-sector rescue of Northern Rock that would allow the stricken bank's 25 b read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - Services and software companies IBM and SAP , longtime technology partners, will bring out their first joint software read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - Services and software companies IBM and SAP , longtime technology partners, will bring out their first joint software read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Police rounded up clansmen in Anbar province Monday as a U.S.-backed tribal leader suggested a teenager who carried out a sui read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Police rounded up clansmen in Anbar province Monday as a U.S.-backed tribal leader suggested a teenager who carried out a sui read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - One of Liberia's most notorious rebel commanders, known as Gen. Butt Naked for charging into battle wearing only boots, has r read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - One of Liberia's most notorious rebel commanders, known as Gen. Butt Naked for charging into battle wearing only boots, has r read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - The suspected head of a Sudanese militia accused of murder, rape and other atrocities in Darfur has received a senior governm read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The suspected head of a Sudanese militia accused of murder, rape and other atrocities in Darfur has received a senior governm read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Women in Saudi Arabia can now stay in a hotel or a furnished apartment without a male guardian, according to a government dec read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Women in Saudi Arabia can now stay in a hotel or a furnished apartment without a male guardian, according to a government dec read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
On Monday, Dell sharpened its blades, so to speak, with the launch of all new PowerEdge M-Series blade servers. Dell boasts 30 i read more »
NewsFactor NetworkOn Monday, Dell sharpened its blades, so to speak, with the launch of all new PowerEdge M-Series blade servers. Dell boasts 30 i read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Doomsayers often predict classical music will go the way of CD shops and dodo birds, but someone forgot to tell the pe read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Doomsayers often predict classical music will go the way of CD shops and dodo birds, but someone forgot to tell the pe read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Techdirt
Last week Broadband Reports broke the story of Time Warner's decision to test overage charges for their biggest users. I don't t read more »
TechdirtLast week Broadband Reports broke the story of Time Warner's decision to test overage charges for their biggest users. I don't t read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - A controversial play that depicts Jesus being seduced by Judas and conducting a gay marriage for two apostles has been read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - A controversial play that depicts Jesus being seduced by Judas and conducting a gay marriage for two apostles has been read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Sanyo Electric Co. said Monday it will sell its troubled mobile phone operations to Kyocera Corp. read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Sanyo Electric Co. said Monday it will sell its troubled mobile phone operations to Kyocera Corp. read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
For years, HBO has been saying it's not TV. Now, with reports that it will be offering downloads of many of its movies and shows, read more »
NewsFactor NetworkFor years, HBO has been saying it's not TV. Now, with reports that it will be offering downloads of many of its movies and shows, read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - World stocks nosedived and demand for safe-haven bonds and currencies soared on Monday as fears gripped investors that read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - World stocks nosedived and demand for safe-haven bonds and currencies soared on Monday as fears gripped investors that read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Oil slid by almost $2 to a six-week low below $89 a barrel on Monday as stock markets fell and concern mounted over an read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Oil slid by almost $2 to a six-week low below $89 a barrel on Monday as stock markets fell and concern mounted over an read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Sympathizers submitted hundreds of questions to al-Qaida deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri's "on-line interview" before a recent read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Sympathizers submitted hundreds of questions to al-Qaida deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri's "on-line interview" before a recent read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
WordPerfect, a once-popular software program, is making something of a comeback -- this time as Exhibit A in Novell Inc.'s multibi read more »
NewsFactor NetworkWordPerfect, a once-popular software program, is making something of a comeback -- this time as Exhibit A in Novell Inc.'s multibi read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
WordPerfect, a once-popular software program, is making something of a comeback -- this time as Exhibit A in Novell Inc.'s multibi read more »
NewsFactor NetworkWordPerfect, a once-popular software program, is making something of a comeback -- this time as Exhibit A in Novell Inc.'s multibi read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Brazilian mining giant Vale (VALE5.SA) said on Monday it has held talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata about a potent read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Brazilian mining giant Vale (VALE5.SA) said on Monday it has held talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata about a potent read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Director Oliver Stone, who has made movies about Presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, is developing a project read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Director Oliver Stone, who has made movies about Presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, is developing a project read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
The tech world is still buzzing about announcements by Sun Microsystems that it will acquire MySQL AB and by Oracle that it will a read more »
NewsFactor NetworkThe tech world is still buzzing about announcements by Sun Microsystems that it will acquire MySQL AB and by Oracle that it will a read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Kiefer Sutherland has been released from jail after serving 48 days on a drunken driving charge, according to a police offici read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Kiefer Sutherland has been released from jail after serving 48 days on a drunken driving charge, according to a police offici read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
Once a year, Kresimir Alic walks to one of 50 stationery stores in Zagreb where Croatians can buy the forms needed to file their i read more »
NewsFactor NetworkOnce a year, Kresimir Alic walks to one of 50 stationery stores in Zagreb where Croatians can buy the forms needed to file their i read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - World stocks tumbled on Monday as fears gripped investors that a sliding U.S. economy would drag others down with it. read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - World stocks tumbled on Monday as fears gripped investors that a sliding U.S. economy would drag others down with it. read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
PC World - Kyocera can use the Sanyo brand on cell phones sold in Japan and North America, in a deal a year in the making. read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsPC World - Kyocera can use the Sanyo brand on cell phones sold in Japan and North America, in a deal a year in the making. read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Oil slid almost $2 to a six-week low below $89 a barrel on Monday, as stock markets plummeted and concerns mounted ove read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Oil slid almost $2 to a six-week low below $89 a barrel on Monday, as stock markets plummeted and concerns mounted ove read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
PC World - The new Xeon M600 and Opteron M605 run Windows Server 2003 and Linux, and bundle OpenManage plus energy management tool read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsPC World - The new Xeon M600 and Opteron M605 run Windows Server 2003 and Linux, and bundle OpenManage plus energy management tool read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Hong Kong Disneyland unveiled new Chinese New Year outfits for Mickey and Minnie Mouse created by designer Vivienne Tam on Mo read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Hong Kong Disneyland unveiled new Chinese New Year outfits for Mickey and Minnie Mouse created by designer Vivienne Tam on Mo read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
AP - With Wall Street falling precipitously almost by the day, investors are asking what it will take to revive it. Market experts read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - With Wall Street falling precipitously almost by the day, investors are asking what it will take to revive it. Market experts read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
Vendors are preparing wares designed to capitalize on the arrival of Adobe's AIR system that builds a bridge between online and of read more »
NewsFactor NetworkVendors are preparing wares designed to capitalize on the arrival of Adobe's AIR system that builds a bridge between online and of read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Techdirt
The Associated Press is reporting that a Turkish court has banned YouTube access from the country for the second time, once again read more »
TechdirtThe Associated Press is reporting that a Turkish court has banned YouTube access from the country for the second time, once again read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Advice for actors looking to get nominated for worst performance: multiple roles help. Lindsay Lohan and Eddie Murphy scored read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Advice for actors looking to get nominated for worst performance: multiple roles help. Lindsay Lohan and Eddie Murphy scored read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - U.S. rabbis are turning to an on-line dating service in a bid to help Jews marry Jews. read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - U.S. rabbis are turning to an on-line dating service in a bid to help Jews marry Jews. read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - "Ratatouille" and "Once" warmed the hearts of moviegoers and critics alike and now, they've taken top honors in the ninth read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - "Ratatouille" and "Once" warmed the hearts of moviegoers and critics alike and now, they've taken top honors in the ninth read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Two New York firemen posing as a gay couple, psychically linked identical twins and a mild-mannered man dominated by h read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Two New York firemen posing as a gay couple, psychically linked identical twins and a mild-mannered man dominated by h read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - Imagine how different the tech industry might have been had Gary Kildall accepted IBM's offer, back in 1980, to licens read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - Imagine how different the tech industry might have been had Gary Kildall accepted IBM's offer, back in 1980, to licens read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
FT.com - The FTSE 100 slumped more than 100 points on Monday morning amid continued gloom about the prospects for the global econo read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessFT.com - The FTSE 100 slumped more than 100 points on Monday morning amid continued gloom about the prospects for the global econo read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - Dutch electronics giant Philips reported Monday that its 2007 net profit fell 22.6 percent to 4.168 billion euros (6.04 bill read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Dutch electronics giant Philips reported Monday that its 2007 net profit fell 22.6 percent to 4.168 billion euros (6.04 bill read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - A major Chinese insurer has announced plans to raise up to $22 billion (euro15.0 billion) for acquisitions at a time when U.S read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A major Chinese insurer has announced plans to raise up to $22 billion (euro15.0 billion) for acquisitions at a time when U.S read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - One of Liberia's most notorious rebel commanders, known as Gen. Butt Naked, has returned to confess his role in terrorizing t read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - One of Liberia's most notorious rebel commanders, known as Gen. Butt Naked, has returned to confess his role in terrorizing t read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - Apple Inc and Thailand's Advanced Info Service (AIS) are in talks about selling the U.S. firm's popular iPhone in Th read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - Apple Inc and Thailand's Advanced Info Service (AIS) are in talks about selling the U.S. firm's popular iPhone in Th read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - Japan's Softbank Corp (9984.T), seeking to lure more mobile phone users away from its bigger rivals, plans to scrap mo read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - Japan's Softbank Corp (9984.T), seeking to lure more mobile phone users away from its bigger rivals, plans to scrap mo read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - An explosion struck a NATO patrol vehicle outside a former Taliban town in southern Afghanistan, killing one British soldier read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - An explosion struck a NATO patrol vehicle outside a former Taliban town in southern Afghanistan, killing one British soldier read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Israel looks powerless to stop the barrage of rockets from Hamas-ruled Gaza. The Islamic militants, choked by a blockade of t read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Israel looks powerless to stop the barrage of rockets from Hamas-ruled Gaza. The Islamic militants, choked by a blockade of t read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - Time Warner Inc pay TV channel HBO will launch a service on Tuesday to let subscribers download movies and television read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - Time Warner Inc pay TV channel HBO will launch a service on Tuesday to let subscribers download movies and television read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - It's a little boy for Mr. Big. read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - It's a little boy for Mr. Big. read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - David Mamet's new play, "November," might concern an American president, but it isn't much in the way of decorousness. read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - David Mamet's new play, "November," might concern an American president, but it isn't much in the way of decorousness. read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Techdirt
AT&T announced last summer that it was going to start filtering traffic for copyrighted content -- so we're still not entire read more »
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Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Lachlan Murdoch, son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, and Australian gaming magnate James Packer launched a joint A$3.3 read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Lachlan Murdoch, son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, and Australian gaming magnate James Packer launched a joint A$3.3 read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Britain set a two-week deadline for a private-sector rescue of Northern Rock on Monday as it confirmed plans to conve read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Britain set a two-week deadline for a private-sector rescue of Northern Rock on Monday as it confirmed plans to conve read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - World stocks fell sharply on Monday, battered by fears of U.S. recession and investor disappointment about a fiscal re read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - World stocks fell sharply on Monday, battered by fears of U.S. recession and investor disappointment about a fiscal re read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - This year, for the first time, expatriate Democrats can cast their ballots on the Internet in a presidential primary for peop read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - This year, for the first time, expatriate Democrats can cast their ballots on the Internet in a presidential primary for peop read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Few Internet entrepreneurs practice what they preach as devoutly as LinkedIn Corp. co-founder Reid Hoffman, whose business re read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Few Internet entrepreneurs practice what they preach as devoutly as LinkedIn Corp. co-founder Reid Hoffman, whose business re read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - Softbank Corp (9984.T), Japan's smallest mobile phone carrier, said on Monday it would not charge monthly fees for thr read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - Softbank Corp (9984.T), Japan's smallest mobile phone carrier, said on Monday it would not charge monthly fees for thr read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - A young woman descended from a Scottish dynasty granted the Cocos Islands by Britain's Queen Victoria went on trial in Austr read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - A young woman descended from a Scottish dynasty granted the Cocos Islands by Britain's Queen Victoria went on trial in Austr read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - The creature-feature "Cloverfield" became the first monster hit released in 2008, debuting with $41 million, a record opening read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - The creature-feature "Cloverfield" became the first monster hit released in 2008, debuting with $41 million, a record opening read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Stocks extended their drop on Monday, with Tokyo shedding just under 4 percent after a proposed U.S. stimulus package read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Stocks extended their drop on Monday, with Tokyo shedding just under 4 percent after a proposed U.S. stimulus package read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - The editor of the Los Angeles Times, James O'Shea, has been fired over a budgetary dispute only 14 months after he too read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The editor of the Los Angeles Times, James O'Shea, has been fired over a budgetary dispute only 14 months after he too read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - NEW YORK (AP) Even though his 10-year-old co-star was new to acting, Daniel Day-Lewis said he didn't need to adjust his st read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - NEW YORK (AP) Even though his 10-year-old co-star was new to acting, Daniel Day-Lewis said he didn't need to adjust his st read more »
Date : 21 Jan 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - A grenade explosion set ablaze a parked car belonging to the wife of Lebanon's assistant military prosecutor and damaged seve read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A grenade explosion set ablaze a parked car belonging to the wife of Lebanon's assistant military prosecutor and damaged seve read more »