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Date : 07 Feb 2008 World 
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AP - A knife-wielding woman tried to hijack a regional domestic flight in New Zealand Friday, stabbing both pilots and threatening read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A knife-wielding woman tried to hijack a regional domestic flight in New Zealand Friday, stabbing both pilots and threatening read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology 
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AP - Near-perfect knockoffs of 21 different Microsoft programs began surfacing around the world just over a decade ago. Soon, PCs read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Near-perfect knockoffs of 21 different Microsoft programs began surfacing around the world just over a decade ago. Soon, PCs read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - The alleged mastermind of a shadowy organ transplant operation in India that illegally removed hundreds of kidneys sometim read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The alleged mastermind of a shadowy organ transplant operation in India that illegally removed hundreds of kidneys sometim read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business 
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Last month, we wrote about how more courts have been saying that customs agents could search the content of your laptop or mobile read more »
TechdirtLast month, we wrote about how more courts have been saying that customs agents could search the content of your laptop or mobile read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - A U.S. military judge was considering a request Thursday by lawyers for Osama bin Laden's driver to interview the confessed m read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A U.S. military judge was considering a request Thursday by lawyers for Osama bin Laden's driver to interview the confessed m read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
Reuters - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed by the force of a suicide bomb and not by an assassin's bullet, read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed by the force of a suicide bomb and not by an assassin's bullet, read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - The World Health Organization warned in a new report Thursday that the "tobacco epidemic" is growing and could claim 1 billio read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The World Health Organization warned in a new report Thursday that the "tobacco epidemic" is growing and could claim 1 billio read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment 
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AP - John Fogerty is finding out it's never too late to be a first-time performer at the Grammy Awards. read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - John Fogerty is finding out it's never too late to be a first-time performer at the Grammy Awards. read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - "American Pie" star Natasha Lyonne's personal struggles have been tabloid fodder for years. But who knows how much of read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - "American Pie" star Natasha Lyonne's personal struggles have been tabloid fodder for years. But who knows how much of read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - A big green ogre elbowed aside Miley Cyrus but just barely in the race to secure the most nominations for the Nickelode read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - A big green ogre elbowed aside Miley Cyrus but just barely in the race to secure the most nominations for the Nickelode read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - The United States expressed "serious concerns" Thursday about the March 29 general elections in Zimbabwe, a country it finds read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - The United States expressed "serious concerns" Thursday about the March 29 general elections in Zimbabwe, a country it finds read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - The U.S. Justice Department has launched an inquiry into "Total Music," an approach for selling digital music that has been t read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - The U.S. Justice Department has launched an inquiry into "Total Music," an approach for selling digital music that has been t read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Israel's military is using electric shocks to keep wild boars from setting off false alarms at its supersensitive electronic read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Israel's military is using electric shocks to keep wild boars from setting off false alarms at its supersensitive electronic read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - A Puerto Rican militant suspected in a 1983 Connecticut robbery among the country's largest cash heists at the time was read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A Puerto Rican militant suspected in a 1983 Connecticut robbery among the country's largest cash heists at the time was read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AFP - A group of university students posed tough questions about Cuban society to Parliament chief Ricardo Alarcon, in a video mad read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAFP - A group of university students posed tough questions about Cuban society to Parliament chief Ricardo Alarcon, in a video mad read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Amy Winehouse will not attend this year's Grammy Awards because her request for a visa was denied, but she will perform by sa read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Amy Winehouse will not attend this year's Grammy Awards because her request for a visa was denied, but she will perform by sa read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business 
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AFP - The US Congress on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a giant economic stimulus plan sought by the White House amid mounting f read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessAFP - The US Congress on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a giant economic stimulus plan sought by the White House amid mounting f read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Police arrested the alleged mastermind of an India-based kidney transplant racket at a resort in southern Nepal, officials sa read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Police arrested the alleged mastermind of an India-based kidney transplant racket at a resort in southern Nepal, officials sa read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Techdirt
It's quite interesting to see the way companies misuse intellectual property law in order to try to prop up what is otherwise a w read more »
TechdirtIt's quite interesting to see the way companies misuse intellectual property law in order to try to prop up what is otherwise a w read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - The president of a Japanese mobile carrier that owns a stake in Yahoo said Thursday he is in talks with Yahoo chief Jerry Yan read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - The president of a Japanese mobile carrier that owns a stake in Yahoo said Thursday he is in talks with Yahoo chief Jerry Yan read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Before Charlize Theron could pick up her Woman of the Year award, she had to prove she was worthy. That meant dancing to disc read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Before Charlize Theron could pick up her Woman of the Year award, she had to prove she was worthy. That meant dancing to disc read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - The U.S. Department of Justice has requested information from Sony BMG and Universal Music Group about their talks to read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The U.S. Department of Justice has requested information from Sony BMG and Universal Music Group about their talks to read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Facebook Inc. unveiled a Spanish-language version of its popular online social network Thursday, hoping to expand its audienc read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Facebook Inc. unveiled a Spanish-language version of its popular online social network Thursday, hoping to expand its audienc read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - When Richard Jalichandra became Technorati's CEO in October, the company, a blogging and Web 2.0 pioneer, had generate read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - When Richard Jalichandra became Technorati's CEO in October, the company, a blogging and Web 2.0 pioneer, had generate read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Microsoft Corp. views its proposed takeover of Yahoo Inc. as the missing piece in its Internet advertising puzzle, but skepti read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Microsoft Corp. views its proposed takeover of Yahoo Inc. as the missing piece in its Internet advertising puzzle, but skepti read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Exxon Mobil Corp has won court orders freezing up to $12 billion in Venezuelan assets around the world as it fights f read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Exxon Mobil Corp has won court orders freezing up to $12 billion in Venezuelan assets around the world as it fights f read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - Activision Inc on Thursday posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and gave a bullish revenue forecast, citing read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - Activision Inc on Thursday posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and gave a bullish revenue forecast, citing read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AFP - Facebook on Thursday unveiled a Spanish version of its hot social-networking website and promised French and German language read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAFP - Facebook on Thursday unveiled a Spanish version of its hot social-networking website and promised French and German language read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - The Web site for Indian antivirus vendor AvSoft Technologies has been hacked and is being used to install malicious so read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - The Web site for Indian antivirus vendor AvSoft Technologies has been hacked and is being used to install malicious so read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
AP - The Senate passed an economic rescue plan Thursday that would speed $600 to $1,200 in rebates to most taxpayers and $300 chec read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - The Senate passed an economic rescue plan Thursday that would speed $600 to $1,200 in rebates to most taxpayers and $300 chec read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Three former El Paso Corp natural gas traders were convicted on Thursday of reporting false deals to manipulate gas p read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Three former El Paso Corp natural gas traders were convicted on Thursday of reporting false deals to manipulate gas p read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Techdirt
About a month ago, there was an amusing viral video getting passed around that showed various famous heavy metal guitarists, wher read more »
TechdirtAbout a month ago, there was an amusing viral video getting passed around that showed various famous heavy metal guitarists, wher read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Mary Matalin, conservative pundit and adviser to former presidential candidate Fred Thompson, has attacked Sen. John McCain f read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Mary Matalin, conservative pundit and adviser to former presidential candidate Fred Thompson, has attacked Sen. John McCain f read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Exxon Mobil Corp has moved to freeze up to $12 billion in Venezuelan assets around the world as the U.S. company figh read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Exxon Mobil Corp has moved to freeze up to $12 billion in Venezuelan assets around the world as the U.S. company figh read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Iran's nuclear project has developed its own version of an advanced centrifuge to churn out enriched uranium much faster than read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Iran's nuclear project has developed its own version of an advanced centrifuge to churn out enriched uranium much faster than read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - The old school campus is dilapidated. There is little food, water from only a single tap, no toilets. Families sleep in the o read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The old school campus is dilapidated. There is little food, water from only a single tap, no toilets. Families sleep in the o read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
NewsFactor - Are Apple sales in trouble? Two research analysts have reported in recent days that Apple is aggressively cutting bac read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsNewsFactor - Are Apple sales in trouble? Two research analysts have reported in recent days that Apple is aggressively cutting bac read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - A Microsoft spokesperson today acknowledged InfoWorld's petition effort asking the company to keep Windows XP for sale read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - A Microsoft spokesperson today acknowledged InfoWorld's petition effort asking the company to keep Windows XP for sale read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Techdirt
It's been fairly amazing to watch the entertainment industry act as if every other industry is responsible for protecting its obs read more »
TechdirtIt's been fairly amazing to watch the entertainment industry act as if every other industry is responsible for protecting its obs read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
AP - Here's a sign of how shaky the economy has become: Wal-Mart says its shoppers are redeeming their holiday gift cards for basi read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Here's a sign of how shaky the economy has become: Wal-Mart says its shoppers are redeeming their holiday gift cards for basi read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher on Thursday joined a chorus of officials warning that high inflation t read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher on Thursday joined a chorus of officials warning that high inflation t read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
NewsFactor - On Wednesday, Time Warner said it will split off AOL's remaining dial-up business. read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsNewsFactor - On Wednesday, Time Warner said it will split off AOL's remaining dial-up business. read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - A knife-wielding woman stabbed the pilot of a small commuter plane in New Zealand and threatened to blow it up in an apparent read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A knife-wielding woman stabbed the pilot of a small commuter plane in New Zealand and threatened to blow it up in an apparent read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - A woman stabbed two pilots and threatened to blow up a plane during a harrowing mid-air drama on a New Zealand domestic flig read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - A woman stabbed two pilots and threatened to blow up a plane during a harrowing mid-air drama on a New Zealand domestic flig read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - A former loyalist now trying to unseat President Robert Mugabe on Thursday rejected the ruling party's accusations that he is read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A former loyalist now trying to unseat President Robert Mugabe on Thursday rejected the ruling party's accusations that he is read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Lawyers for Osama bin Laden's former driver asked a U.S. military tribunal to dismiss charges against him Thursday, arguing t read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Lawyers for Osama bin Laden's former driver asked a U.S. military tribunal to dismiss charges against him Thursday, arguing t read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Israeli forces Thursday killed seven Palestinians, including a schoolteacher, in its campaign to stop daily rocket barrages f read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Israeli forces Thursday killed seven Palestinians, including a schoolteacher, in its campaign to stop daily rocket barrages f read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - Amy Winehouse has been denied a visa to enter the United States, preventing the troubled British singer from appearing at th read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Amy Winehouse has been denied a visa to enter the United States, preventing the troubled British singer from appearing at th read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AFP - California-based video game publisher Mastiff said Wednesday it has a deal with organizers of the famed Coney Island hot dog read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAFP - California-based video game publisher Mastiff said Wednesday it has a deal with organizers of the famed Coney Island hot dog read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
FT.com - US stocks rebounded on Thursday as bargain-hunters rushed to buy into market weakness and called a halt on a three-day lo read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessFT.com - US stocks rebounded on Thursday as bargain-hunters rushed to buy into market weakness and called a halt on a three-day lo read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - The government imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew Thursday across Chad and said it was scouring the capital for coup plotters and read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The government imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew Thursday across Chad and said it was scouring the capital for coup plotters and read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Stocks rose on Thursday, as relatively cheap valuations tempted investors back to Wall Street after a three-day losing read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Stocks rose on Thursday, as relatively cheap valuations tempted investors back to Wall Street after a three-day losing read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
AP - Consumers increased their borrowing in December at the slowest pace in eight months, additional evidence that economic activi read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Consumers increased their borrowing in December at the slowest pace in eight months, additional evidence that economic activi read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - When Sebastien Boucher stopped at the U.S.-Canadian border, agents who inspected his laptop said they found files containing read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - When Sebastien Boucher stopped at the U.S.-Canadian border, agents who inspected his laptop said they found files containing read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Techdirt
Apparently the Justice Department is suddenly worried that the four major record labels are colluding in creating a new online mu read more »
TechdirtApparently the Justice Department is suddenly worried that the four major record labels are colluding in creating a new online mu read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - British chip designer ARM will demonstrate a prototype of Google Inc's Android mobile phone platform in action next read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - British chip designer ARM will demonstrate a prototype of Google Inc's Android mobile phone platform in action next read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Note to world leaders: Next time you need instant access to foreign dignitaries and top military brass, forget the usual prot read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Note to world leaders: Next time you need instant access to foreign dignitaries and top military brass, forget the usual prot read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Oil rose $1 to over $88 a barrel on Thursday as forecasts for colder weather in the giant U.S. Northeast heating oil m read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Oil rose $1 to over $88 a barrel on Thursday as forecasts for colder weather in the giant U.S. Northeast heating oil m read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - When Matthew Szulik left Red Hat abruptly for family health reasons in December, many people were scratching their hea read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - When Matthew Szulik left Red Hat abruptly for family health reasons in December, many people were scratching their hea read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Washington is wielding a visa weapon against prominent Kenyans who have allegedly encouraged weeks of postelection bloodshed, read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Washington is wielding a visa weapon against prominent Kenyans who have allegedly encouraged weeks of postelection bloodshed, read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - The CEO of the world's largest philanthropy would have stepped aside two years ago if co-chairs Bill and Melinda Gates hadn't read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - The CEO of the world's largest philanthropy would have stepped aside two years ago if co-chairs Bill and Melinda Gates hadn't read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Terry McMillan has been honored with a lifetime achievement award from Essence magazine for her best-selling, irreverent nove read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Terry McMillan has been honored with a lifetime achievement award from Essence magazine for her best-selling, irreverent nove read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Mary Matalin, conservative pundit and adviser to former presidential candidate Fred Thompson, has attacked Sen. John McCain f read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Mary Matalin, conservative pundit and adviser to former presidential candidate Fred Thompson, has attacked Sen. John McCain f read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Amy Winehouse will not be performing at this year's Grammy Awards because her request for a visa has been turned down by the read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Amy Winehouse will not be performing at this year's Grammy Awards because her request for a visa has been turned down by the read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, has sharply reduced his workload in recent months, rai read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, has sharply reduced his workload in recent months, rai read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology 
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Are Apple sales in trouble? Two research analysts have reported in recent days that Apple is aggressively cutting back production read more »
NewsFactor NetworkAre Apple sales in trouble? Two research analysts have reported in recent days that Apple is aggressively cutting back production read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
Google is releasing today its new Team Edition of Google Apps -- which could make life both harder and easier for IT departments. read more »
NewsFactor NetworkGoogle is releasing today its new Team Edition of Google Apps -- which could make life both harder and easier for IT departments. read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Techdirt
Back in 2006, we noted that hyped-up Transmeta, the semiconductor startup that Linus Torvalds worked at for a while, had pretty m read more »
TechdirtBack in 2006, we noted that hyped-up Transmeta, the semiconductor startup that Linus Torvalds worked at for a while, had pretty m read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - In a slow week for new releases, the top two DVD sellers from the previous week, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainmen read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - In a slow week for new releases, the top two DVD sellers from the previous week, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainmen read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
On Wednesday, Time Warner said it will split off AOL's remaining dial-up business. Led by newly minted CEO Jeff Bewkes, the move read more »
NewsFactor NetworkOn Wednesday, Time Warner said it will split off AOL's remaining dial-up business. Led by newly minted CEO Jeff Bewkes, the move read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Randy Quaid has been banned for life by Actors' Equity Assn., the labor union representing American stage actors, and read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Randy Quaid has been banned for life by Actors' Equity Assn., the labor union representing American stage actors, and read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - The housing market has still not reached bottom, the number of workers drawing jobless benefits has hit a 2-1/4-year h read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The housing market has still not reached bottom, the number of workers drawing jobless benefits has hit a 2-1/4-year h read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
Microsoft is delaying the rollout of Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1) for several weeks in order to address problems arising from the us read more »
NewsFactor NetworkMicrosoft is delaying the rollout of Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1) for several weeks in order to address problems arising from the us read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Techdirt
Just as our courts on continually pointing out that anonymity is protected free speech, it appears that the federal government is read more »
TechdirtJust as our courts on continually pointing out that anonymity is protected free speech, it appears that the federal government is read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Martin Scorsese brings the magic of the Rolling Stones to the big screen with "Shine a Light," a two-hour film of the read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Martin Scorsese brings the magic of the Rolling Stones to the big screen with "Shine a Light," a two-hour film of the read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
PC World - Servers, e-mail applications and other less-than-chic combinations of hardware and software typically inhabit the techn read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsPC World - Servers, e-mail applications and other less-than-chic combinations of hardware and software typically inhabit the techn read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to he read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to he read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Nothing draws celebrities like cocktails, fellow A-listers and a good cause. read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Nothing draws celebrities like cocktails, fellow A-listers and a good cause. read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
FT.com - European equities fell on Thursday as technology shares lost ground after Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) in the US warned of read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessFT.com - European equities fell on Thursday as technology shares lost ground after Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) in the US warned of read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
On Wednesday, Cisco Systems projected fiscal third-quarter revenues well below what analysts expected. The company said its U.S. a read more »
NewsFactor NetworkOn Wednesday, Cisco Systems projected fiscal third-quarter revenues well below what analysts expected. The company said its U.S. a read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denied here Thursday the allied strategy to stabilise Afghanistan was failing, saying read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denied here Thursday the allied strategy to stabilise Afghanistan was failing, saying read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - At least 29 people were killed and 12 injured when nine cars and trucks slammed into each other on a fog-choked rural highway read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - At least 29 people were killed and 12 injured when nine cars and trucks slammed into each other on a fog-choked rural highway read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Parliament will apologize next week to thousands of Aborigines who were forcibly removed from their families under policies t read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Parliament will apologize next week to thousands of Aborigines who were forcibly removed from their families under policies t read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - A workman was seriously injured Thursday in an electrical blast while working on one of central London's busiest shopping st read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - A workman was seriously injured Thursday in an electrical blast while working on one of central London's busiest shopping st read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Techdirt
While in other countries, courts have been much more willing to reveal anonymous online writers when someone feels someone dislik read more »
TechdirtWhile in other countries, courts have been much more willing to reveal anonymous online writers when someone feels someone dislik read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
Critics thought it was over the top when Amazon.com expanded from books into music in 1998. When the Web retailer let competitors read more »
NewsFactor NetworkCritics thought it was over the top when Amazon.com expanded from books into music in 1998. When the Web retailer let competitors read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - A mobile phone debuting Thursday, the Modu, combines futuristic cues from the robot-morphing "Transformers" show with read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - A mobile phone debuting Thursday, the Modu, combines futuristic cues from the robot-morphing "Transformers" show with read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Stocks waffled Thursday as investors, worried about technology spending after a dreary outlook from Cisco Systems, struggled read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Stocks waffled Thursday as investors, worried about technology spending after a dreary outlook from Cisco Systems, struggled read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
It's been a busy, crazy week in the Middle East. Forget Iraq. Forget Gaza. Forget Iran. The big Middle East story was the damage t read more »
NewsFactor NetworkIt's been a busy, crazy week in the Middle East. Forget Iraq. Forget Gaza. Forget Iran. The big Middle East story was the damage t read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - British chip designer ARM will show a prototype mobile phone based on Google's Android platform next Monday at the M read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - British chip designer ARM will show a prototype mobile phone based on Google's Android platform next Monday at the M read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Chad's president issued a "solemn call" Thursday for a planned European peacekeeping force to quickly deploy to Chad to ease read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Chad's president issued a "solemn call" Thursday for a planned European peacekeeping force to quickly deploy to Chad to ease read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - Network administrators, the custodians of an organization's passwords and privileges, may want to find another job as read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - Network administrators, the custodians of an organization's passwords and privileges, may want to find another job as read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - U.S. troops raided Baghdad's largest Shiite slum early Thursday and arrested 16 people, American and Iraqi officials and witn read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - U.S. troops raided Baghdad's largest Shiite slum early Thursday and arrested 16 people, American and Iraqi officials and witn read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AFP - The "digital divide" between rich and poor countries is growing with developing countries still far behind in the use of bro read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAFP - The "digital divide" between rich and poor countries is growing with developing countries still far behind in the use of bro read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Chad's president said Thursday he was "ready to pardon" six French aid workers convicted in December of trying to kidnap more read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Chad's president said Thursday he was "ready to pardon" six French aid workers convicted in December of trying to kidnap more read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Stocks fell on Thursday, taking the Nasdaq down 1 percent and further into bear market territory, after network equipm read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Stocks fell on Thursday, taking the Nasdaq down 1 percent and further into bear market territory, after network equipm read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
AP - The nation's retailers delivered more evidence of a stumbling economy Thursday, as merchants including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. r read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - The nation's retailers delivered more evidence of a stumbling economy Thursday, as merchants including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. r read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Police arrested two suspects Thursday in the suicide attack that killed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, an official said, a read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Police arrested two suspects Thursday in the suicide attack that killed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, an official said, a read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Consumers held on to their cash and gift cards longer than usual and ignored widespread discounting in January, result read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Consumers held on to their cash and gift cards longer than usual and ignored widespread discounting in January, result read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - The United States said Thursday it was barring 10 leading Kenyan politicians from entering the U.S., the first time Washingto read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The United States said Thursday it was barring 10 leading Kenyan politicians from entering the U.S., the first time Washingto read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
AT&T is expanding its 3G footprint. The telecommunications giant announced Wednesday an expansion of its third-generation wireless read more »
NewsFactor NetworkAT&T is expanding its 3G footprint. The telecommunications giant announced Wednesday an expansion of its third-generation wireless read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Techdirt
There have been plenty of stories over the past few years concerning the problems associated with identity fraud -- but with more read more »
TechdirtThere have been plenty of stories over the past few years concerning the problems associated with identity fraud -- but with more read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Hollywood star and humanitarian activist Angelina Jolie appealed on Thursday for more international help for the milli read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Hollywood star and humanitarian activist Angelina Jolie appealed on Thursday for more international help for the milli read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
AP - The number of newly laid off workers filing applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week, but not enough to indic read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - The number of newly laid off workers filing applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week, but not enough to indic read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - New applications for unemployment benefits fell by 22,000 last week, but the number of workers remaining on jobless ai read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - New applications for unemployment benefits fell by 22,000 last week, but the number of workers remaining on jobless ai read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Standard & Poor's unveiled an overhaul of its ratings process on Thursday as it responds to widespread criticism of th read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Standard & Poor's unveiled an overhaul of its ratings process on Thursday as it responds to widespread criticism of th read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Samba group Beija Flor was declared Brazil's carnival champion for the fifth time in six years, wowing judges with gold-encru read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Samba group Beija Flor was declared Brazil's carnival champion for the fifth time in six years, wowing judges with gold-encru read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
There are a few hurdles between Landy Ung and her dream of growing her startup into a household name. One is the fact that her on read more »
NewsFactor NetworkThere are a few hurdles between Landy Ung and her dream of growing her startup into a household name. One is the fact that her on read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Angelina Jolie brought her star power to Baghdad Thursday on a mission as a U.N. goodwill ambassador to highlight the plight read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Angelina Jolie brought her star power to Baghdad Thursday on a mission as a U.N. goodwill ambassador to highlight the plight read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
Sam Zell just told the 20,000 employees at his company that he trusts them on the Internet during work time. "I have instructed th read more »
NewsFactor NetworkSam Zell just told the 20,000 employees at his company that he trusts them on the Internet during work time. "I have instructed th read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Jennifer Lopez is expecting twins, her father says. read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Jennifer Lopez is expecting twins, her father says. read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
With Google throwing its weight around in an attempt to stop a Microsoft-Yahoo tie-up that would threaten its dominance of the onl read more »
NewsFactor NetworkWith Google throwing its weight around in an attempt to stop a Microsoft-Yahoo tie-up that would threaten its dominance of the onl read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
The president of a Japanese mobile carrier that owns a stake in Yahoo said Thursday he is in talks with Yahoo chief Jerry Yang abo read more »
NewsFactor NetworkThe president of a Japanese mobile carrier that owns a stake in Yahoo said Thursday he is in talks with Yahoo chief Jerry Yang abo read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Confined alone in his Guantanamo cell nearly around the clock, a Yemeni prisoner and former driver for Osama bin Laden has be read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Confined alone in his Guantanamo cell nearly around the clock, a Yemeni prisoner and former driver for Osama bin Laden has be read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Why was she released? read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Why was she released? read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
An Israeli startup has convinced wireless carriers in three countries to try a new concept: a tiny cell phone that pops into inter read more »
NewsFactor NetworkAn Israeli startup has convinced wireless carriers in three countries to try a new concept: a tiny cell phone that pops into inter read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - The title of Ledisi's breakthrough album "Lost & Found" is also an apt description for her career path. read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - The title of Ledisi's breakthrough album "Lost & Found" is also an apt description for her career path. read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology NewsFactor Network
Online banking-service provider CheckFree is rolling out technology that could mean consumers will no longer have to go to a bank read more »
NewsFactor NetworkOnline banking-service provider CheckFree is rolling out technology that could mean consumers will no longer have to go to a bank read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Heath Ledger's death by accidental overdose should serve as a warning to others not to mix prescription drugs, his father sai read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Heath Ledger's death by accidental overdose should serve as a warning to others not to mix prescription drugs, his father sai read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology 
Official Google Blog
Posted by Egon Pasztor, Software EngineerOne of the strengths of Google News is the diversity we can provide by crawling thousands read more »
Official Google BlogPosted by Egon Pasztor, Software EngineerOne of the strengths of Google News is the diversity we can provide by crawling thousands read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Time.com - Open since 2004, the ISX is about to give up its hand-written exchange for a computerized system. Too bad the Iraqi eco read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessTime.com - Open since 2004, the ISX is about to give up its hand-written exchange for a computerized system. Too bad the Iraqi eco read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Techdirt
This probably won't come as much of a surprise to, well, anyone, but when Reporters Without Borders came out with a report on how read more »
TechdirtThis probably won't come as much of a surprise to, well, anyone, but when Reporters Without Borders came out with a report on how read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Official Google Blog
Posted by Josh Cohen, Google News TeamOn Super Tuesday, voters couldn't cast their ballots online, but we were excited to see so m read more »
Official Google BlogPosted by Josh Cohen, Google News TeamOn Super Tuesday, voters couldn't cast their ballots online, but we were excited to see so m read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - InBev , the world's second-largest beer producer by volume, and U.S. Anheuser-Busch are in talks that could lead to a read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - InBev , the world's second-largest beer producer by volume, and U.S. Anheuser-Busch are in talks that could lead to a read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the Unit read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the Unit read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Official Google Blog
Posted by Justin Sadowski, Software EngineerRaise your hand if you'd have a hard time getting things done without the Internet. Ar read more »
Official Google BlogPosted by Justin Sadowski, Software EngineerRaise your hand if you'd have a hard time getting things done without the Internet. Ar read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - There will be less "Dirt" and "Riches" on FX's schedule this year. In a sign of what's in store for TV series whose pr read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - There will be less "Dirt" and "Riches" on FX's schedule this year. In a sign of what's in store for TV series whose pr read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a unit of the McGraw-Hill Companies Inc is set to announce changes to boost the i read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a unit of the McGraw-Hill Companies Inc is set to announce changes to boost the i read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Christie's sold a Francis Bacon triptych for 26.3 million pounds ($51.7 million) late on Wednesday, the highest price read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Christie's sold a Francis Bacon triptych for 26.3 million pounds ($51.7 million) late on Wednesday, the highest price read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - General Motors Corp is planning for half its cars in the United States to be running on ethanol by 2012, the Associat read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - General Motors Corp is planning for half its cars in the United States to be running on ethanol by 2012, the Associat read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - Dominic Monaghan, who plays Charlie Pace on the series "Lost," has landed the lead role in the psychological thriller read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - Dominic Monaghan, who plays Charlie Pace on the series "Lost," has landed the lead role in the psychological thriller read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Official Google Blog
Posted by Vint Cerf, Chief Internet EvangelistJosh Lederberg, whose pioneering work laid foundation stones for modern genetics and read more »
Official Google BlogPosted by Vint Cerf, Chief Internet EvangelistJosh Lederberg, whose pioneering work laid foundation stones for modern genetics and read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Google Inc. is introducing an online business software package designed to make it easier for people in the same organization read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Google Inc. is introducing an online business software package designed to make it easier for people in the same organization read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Online banking service provider CheckFree Corp. is rolling out technology that could mean consumers will no longer have to go read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Online banking service provider CheckFree Corp. is rolling out technology that could mean consumers will no longer have to go read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will on Thursday announce an upgrade to its walk-in medical clinic business with plans for sever read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will on Thursday announce an upgrade to its walk-in medical clinic business with plans for sever read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
Reuters - As Linkin Park prepares for its upcoming North American tour, frontman Chester Bennington is predicting a much shorter read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsReuters - As Linkin Park prepares for its upcoming North American tour, frontman Chester Bennington is predicting a much shorter read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Entertainment Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
AP - Britney Spears' parents said Wednesday they believe the pop star's life is at risk following her early release from a hospita read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - Britney Spears' parents said Wednesday they believe the pop star's life is at risk following her early release from a hospita read more »
Date : 07 Feb 2008 Business Techdirt
Earlier this week, we noted that a Danish court had told ISP Tele2 that it needed to start blocking access to the Pirate Bay. La read more »
TechdirtEarlier this week, we noted that a Danish court had told ISP Tele2 that it needed to start blocking access to the Pirate Bay. La read more »