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Nintendo Offers a Peek at System

2006-05-09T19:15:00.000-07:00

Nintendo Co. offered a rare glimpse of its upcoming Wii gaming system yesterday, vying with rival Microsoft Corp. for attention as the video game industry's biggest trade show prepares to open. Full Story

Lone Chinese protester humiliates Bush

2006-04-22T09:39:00.000-07:00

During her outburst, Dr Wang shouted: "President Bush, stop him from killing." And addressing Hu she called out: "Your time is over. Evil people will die early." Full Story

Old Holloway Suspect Doesn't Know Detaineeb

2006-04-17T08:48:00.000-07:00

An announcement that police made an arrest in the disappearance of teenager Natalee Holloway left many islanders wondering Sunday who the suspect is -- and whether the arrest marked a real breakthrough in the almost year-old case.Full Story

Bausch & Lomb: ReNu appears safe

2006-04-12T11:32:00.000-07:00

Bausch & Lomb Inc. executives are at a loss to explain why some users of its ReNu contact-lens solution have reportedly developed serious eye infections, saying Wednesday that all tests run so far have shown the product safe and effective.Full Story

Shuttle era began 25 years ago

2006-04-09T13:28:00.000-07:00

No one really expected the first space shuttle to fly on April 12, 25 years ago. It was only the second countdown for Columbia. A computer glitch scrubbed the first attempt two days earlier. ... Full Story

BlackBerry Maker Squeezed On Outlook

2006-04-07T11:44:00.000-07:00

Shares in Research In Motion, the Canadian company behind the BlackBerry mobile e-mailing system, fell today after fourth-quarter profits were hit by a large legal settlement and growth forecasts fell short of expectations. ... Full Story

Movie downloads an evolutionary idea?

2006-04-04T07:22:00.000-07:00

I have a bad feeling about this article – it is going to seriously date me. Yesterday, five of the major Hollywood movie studios announced that consumers could download ... Full Story

Accuweather Washington DC

2006-03-30T21:00:00.000-08:00

Beatles Sue Apple Computer Over Logo

2006-03-29T10:04:00.000-08:00

LONDON: The long-running legal feud between the Beatles and Apple Computer Inc over the use of the Apple name and logo entered a new phase with the former mounting a legal suit in the high court here on Wednesday. ... Full Story

Airbus A380 Successfully Evacuated

2006-03-27T09:22:00.000-08:00

Airbus SAS, which is aiming to deliver its first double-decker A380 by yearend, performed a key certification test today, evacuating 873 people in 80 seconds -- 10 seconds faster than its goal.

I find it really funny that one person broke a leg. Its just a test! Full Story

Here's a video of an Airbus A380 Landing.

Envoy: Afghan convert to be freed

2006-03-26T10:22:00.000-08:00

A source close to the case says that Christian convert Abdul Rahman "could be released soon.". KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An Afghan man threatened with execution because he converted from Islam to Christianity ... Full Story

Google Added to S&P 500

2006-03-24T08:31:00.000-08:00

Bill Gates has to be fuming. Standard & Poor's announced that it was adding Google, Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) to the S&P 500 after the close of trading March 31st, replacing oil and gas producer Burlington Resources Inc. (NYSE: BR). Full Story

Schoolgirl's fight to wear full Islamic dress rejected by Law Lords

2006-03-22T20:50:00.000-08:00

A MUSLIM teenager who claimed her human rights were violated when she was banned from wearing full-length Islamic dress at school yesterday lost her legal battle. The Law Lords said Denbigh High School in ... Full Story

Palestinians Face Economic Ruin As Hamas Names Cabinet

2006-03-20T19:08:00.000-08:00

Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas' choice for Prime Minister, has been presenting his cabinet to Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President. After Fatah and other parties defeated in the January ...Full Story

Thousands Flee Cyclone Larry

2006-03-19T16:43:00.000-08:00

Residents along parts of Australia's northeast coast were ordered out of their homes yesterday as a tropical cyclone bore down on them, bringing the threat of a devastating storm surge. The tropical cyclone ... Full Story.

French Students' Protests Turn Fiery

2006-03-18T18:56:00.000-08:00

Police loosed water cannons and tear gas on rioting students and activists rampaged through a McDonald's and attacked store fronts in the capital Saturday as demonstrations against a plan to relax job protections spread in a widening arc across France. Full Story

Ballmer: Xbox will capitalize on PS3 delay

2006-03-17T18:30:00.000-08:00

Ballmer: "Did we just get an even better opportunity to be the first guy to 10 million [consoles]? Yeah, of course we did." Full Story

Judge Tells Google to Hand Over Data to DOJ

2006-03-16T07:01:00.000-08:00

The government first subpoenaed Web data from Google last August, as part of its defense of an online pornography law. Google is now ordered to hand over 50,000 pages that are indexed versus 1million as initially asked. Google also is ordered to give a sample of 5000 search queries. The judge in the case is taking into consideration of google's trade secrets and privacy.Full Story

Saddam Testifies, but Judge Cuts Him Off

2006-03-15T07:59:00.000-08:00

Saddam Hussein testifies during his trial in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 15, 2006. Saddam and seven co-defendants are on trial for torture, illegal arrests and the killing of nearly 150 people from Dujail after a 1982 assassination attempt on Saddam in the town. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg, Pool) Full Story

Isaac Hayes quits 'South Park'

2006-03-14T09:16:00.000-08:00

Soul singer Isaac Hayes has quit cartoon 'South Park' after an episodes lampooning religion. Isaac is the voice for the "chef". Full Story

Bird flu spreads to Myanmar, likely in Afghanistan

2006-03-13T07:33:00.000-08:00

A turkey and a kitten pass by each other at a private house during a vaccination session against bird flu at the settlement Ptichje, 70 km (43 miles) from the Russia's southern city of Stavropol, March 12, 2006. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko.
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Former Bush Adviser Arrested in 'Theft Scheme'

2006-03-12T08:26:00.000-08:00

Claude A. Allen, Bush's domestic policy adviser who stepped down in February, charged with "theft" in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Google Buys Online Word Processing Company

2006-03-11T08:45:00.000-08:00

Upstartle or writely which is an online word processing company is now part of Google as announced on Thursday. Analysts say it could be a potential rival to Microsoft Word. Full Story

Dawn Mission Cancelled

2006-03-10T00:42:00.000-08:00

NASA has cancelled the Dawn mission. The Dawn mission would have consisted of visiting two nearby asteroids. The photo is a NASA artist's depiction of what the dawn mission would have looked like. Full Story.

Bush, House Republicans at Odds Over Ports

2006-03-08T09:03:00.000-08:00

House Armed Services chairman Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif. holds a press conference on a bill he is submitting in reaction to the Dubai ports deal on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, March 7, 2006. The bill, called the National Defense Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2006, would allow only American companies to run U.S. ports and would block the Dubai Ports World's deal to take over operations at Read the full story.

Bird flu in cats sparks WHO fears

2006-03-06T14:35:00.000-08:00

VIENNA, Austria (Reuters) -- Avian flu extended its spread across Europe as Poland confirmed on Monday that two dead swans had the virulent H5N1 virus and Austria reported that several cats had been infected. Full Story

FDA: Drug Companies Drop Ball on Studies

2006-03-05T04:06:00.000-08:00

Drug Companies Dropping Ball on Follow-Up Studies They Agree to Undertake, FDA Says Read More...

Shuttle Hopes for Three Flights

2006-03-03T12:57:00.000-08:00

NASA is optimistic for resuming missions to space again. They hope to squeeze in three flights this year starting in May. NASA put in efforts to minimize foam loss. Full Story.

Investors hate idea of mature Google

2006-03-01T09:08:00.000-08:00

Googles stock fell 13% the other day and Google is looking at other revenue sources since it has 99% in the online advertising. Such sources include the premium versions of Google Earth. Full Story

Google Okays Abuja for Wireless Network Project

2006-02-27T07:19:00.000-08:00

This is so crazy, do they not know that scammers would so exploit this technology. Scammers are already going to libraries and other public places so that it keeps them somewhat anonymous. That way when someone like the FBI tries to track them they'll trace it to a public place rather than a person's home. Full Story.

Bird Flu Hits Poultry Stocks at French Farm

2006-02-25T07:39:00.000-08:00

THE lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu has been confirmed at a turkey farm in France.

It is the first time the virus has been detected on a farm in an EU country. About 80 per cent of the birds on the farm in south-east France's Ain region have died in the past week and the rest have been culled.

The spread of bird flu to commercial stocks in France, which has been working for months to prevent and prepare for an outbreak, served as a sobering sign for other developed countries that consider themselves well protected against the virus.

Japan has already slapped a ban on importing French poultry and sales in France of poultry have fallen by 30 per cent.

France has some 200,000 farms that raise 900 million birds each year. In 2004, the French poultry sector generated more than £2 billion in revenues - more than 20 per cent of total EU production.

The country is to start vaccinating millions of birds against the disease in a bid to protect the industry. Scientists fear the H5N1 strain, which has spread from Asia to at least ten European countries and Africa, could mutate into a form easily transmitted between humans, sparking a pandemic.

No human cases of bird flu have been reported in France or elsewhere in the EU.

The disease has killed at least 92 people elsewhere, mostly in south-east Asia. Before the outbreak in turkeys, the only confirmed French cases of H5N1 in birds were in two dead wild ducks found near the farm in the south-eastern town of Versailleux.

Google in Court for Copyright Infringement of Pornography

2006-02-22T23:26:00.000-08:00

Google goes to court after having some thumbnail images of women on a porn site, they are being sued for copyright infringement. I doubt that google will lose because it is common knowledge for webdesigners to create a robots.txt file to prevent search engines from crawling certain content. In addition anchor links to images can have an attribute rel="nofollow" to prevent bots from crawling links to content as well.

BOTTOM LINE

2006-02-21T22:49:00.000-08:00

Bottom line Democrats have supported and endorsed the downward spiral of how a REPUBLIC collapses from within. Anyone with the intelligence that can read this knows. The Roman Empire, Babylonian Dynasty, and many Ancient and in some ways more advanced civilizations were over run or fell apart in thier later days due indirectly to the liberal views and social decay. At certain points we can see in history where we were able to afford certain second guessing and even rebel peacefully. At other times it has been a mistake and has shown a lack of honor and respect for those in service of our country, you know the same men and women that came before and after all of us. Who decided to serve and die by the beliefs and standards they knew were right in their hearts and come to find out history properly recorded these people as heros. Some were Republican, some Democrat, but all Americans. In an awful blunder that no one has been able to explain as of yet. George Bush has decided to hand over 6 of our all important and strategic shipping ports. For over two hundred years with the exception of the British no foreign military force large or small has blemished this land and home of both Democrat and Republican. There are two good reasons why we have not been invaded. The Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Two tremendous and obvious obstacles for any larger force to just invade. But we are at odds with a fanatical ideal and religion. Not an army with honor or courage to meet any on the battlefield. Our heros have been limited to a sustained amBUSH in Iraq for literally months now. Our administration is about to hand over strategic positions that I just described to you are invaluble to our exsistance now and in the past as proven. And last but not least, an army is now on our soil that is following blindly the betrayal and or very negilent decisions dare I say incompetant, of a political leader. I votted for this man twice, I have voted deligantly for 15 years for Republicans, I believe in their standards and ideals for life here. But my God what are we supporting now an invasion of a country that is concluded and ready to handover to the special forces and exisisting government in place and pull these troops out not to stop but to reinsert at better positions and regardless of your political stanzt I am sure you'd agree you enjoy debating, ridaculing, even fighting Liberals. So why is it we are about to commit the only act of destruction Abraham Lincoln warned us of. Our we so blind in our struggle to prove the opposite side of the isle wrong that we will allow this happen. Dem or Repub or whatever, take a look at what would really break down a country like this one. It isn't an invading army or two towers, a nuke or all the nukes. Its us. You can break down my arugment or discredit my sources or make fun of my spelling, but the truth is it is "We the people" who will make or break our nation. Pay attention to the leadership on either side.

Muslim Hack Attack on WebSites

2006-02-20T19:25:00.000-08:00

Muslim computer-hacker gangs have launched a massive attack on Danish and Western Web sites as part of the mass protests across the Arab world over the publication of cartoons making fun of the Prophet Mohammed. The cyber-crime monitoring group Zone-H.org said in a statement that more than 1,000 Danish, Israeli and European sites were defaced or shut down by Islamic hackers in the last week. Full Story.

16 Die in Cartoon Protests in Nigeria

2006-02-18T15:53:00.000-08:00

People are dying as a result of cartoons of Islam's prophet Mohammed. 16 die today and 11 churches were burned all in Lagos, Nigeria. There's always some shit going on in Nigeria. Read the full story.

Cheney Shoots Friend

2006-02-16T19:49:00.000-08:00

I'm sick of this story about USA Vice President Cheney shooting his friend, its getting a little annoying. I see it on every channel. Even on Comedy Central. Its old news now.

Bird Flu Outbreak in Nigeria Means No Country is Immune

2006-02-13T16:26:00.000-08:00

Northern Nigeria, several thousand chickens have died near the city of Lagos this month, and now the bird flu may have appeared in the city of Lagos. Chicken traders say that an estimated 200 birds have died from unknown causes in the state markets of Lagos within the week. Full Story.

Nigerians Handle Dead Poultry Unaware of Bird Flu

2006-02-10T09:27:00.000-08:00

This is the first case of the H5N1 virus also known as the bird flu in Nigeria. The Nigerians through the infected chickens with their bare hands directly into the fire. The photo and news story is provided by Reuters. Full story.

Britney Spears Drives with a Baby On Her Lap

2006-02-09T08:48:00.000-08:00

The question is has she ever driven with her body guard on her lap.

Paris Hilton, Nipple Slip, $10m Bidding

2006-02-08T10:45:00.000-08:00

David Hans Schmidt told the Daily News that's how much he has been offered for the items that Paris Hilton thought were safely stored in a warehouse in LA. The storage facility had gained possession of the goods when her locker rent was unpaid. Schmidt said there were 18 diaries among the possessions. Hilton expresses herself about her sexual adventures, photos and videotapes of her partying on yachts/mansions. There were also sex toys, lingerie furniture and computers. Hilton entrusted a moving company consisting of a husband-and-wife with her possessions. That company did not pay the bill. Hilton is welcome to the bidding.

In addition this screenshot was from TV after her nipple slipped out during her bidding I guess.

Metro Foils Al-Qaeda Plot (warning: gallows humor)

2006-02-06T07:03:00.000-08:00

Al-Qaeda attempts to bomb Metro were foiled when:

AQ Bomber # 1 arrives at Woodley Park-Zoo station and discovers the escalator is out-of-order. Bomb kills him before he can get all the way downstairs.

AQ Bomber # 2 arrives at Smithsonian station and finds it clogged with tourists who are blocking the whole escalator. He doesn't know how to yell "stay to the right". Bomb kills him as he's running to the farecard machine.

AQ Bomber # 3 makes it to a farecard machine. The farecard machine won't take either of his bills or half his change. Bomb goes off and kills him as he fumbles for another nickel.

AQ Bomber # 4 decided to buy farecard with his debit card. Bomb goes off and kills him before he can figure the freakin' thing out.

AQ Bomber # 5 makes it through turnstile only to find the last esaclator is out of order and nobody is moving. Bomb goes off and kills him as he runs towards the train (bing! doors closing! bing!).

I'm not sure Metro needs more security.

Terrorists Attacking Blogger?

2006-02-05T16:03:00.000-08:00

Unconfirmed rumor regarding yestarday's Blog*spots 8 Hour blackout: Yestarday at 9:00 am, Muslim bloggers launched a denial of service on Googles blog service known as Blogger. The attack originated at Googles main office in Mountain View, California. The alleged Demand email by the Islamic Terrorist bloggers was as follows.

"Your company will delete all blogs that mock our religion as well as all blogs that make us seem evil. If you do not do so immediately we will attack your blogger service everyday until you submit to The Prophets will. May God destroy your bloggers!! Allah be great."

Paris Hilton's stolen stuff is worth $20 million

2006-02-05T08:34:00.000-08:00

Many of Paris Hilton's personal belongings – including photos, journals and clothing – have been removed from a Los Angeles-area storage facility without the socialite's permission, and are being sold for a reported asking price of $20 million.Full Story.

Warnings Reduce Effect of Worm

2006-02-04T08:27:00.000-08:00

Remember that "Kama Sutra" worm that was discussed all week in the news? Well the warnings have reduced the effects of the worm since companies took the necessary action. The worm modifies documents like .doc .pdf and .zip files. The worm is named ''CME-24'' but it is nicknamed Kama Sutra (the Hindu Love Manual) because of the pornographic come-ons, it also attempts to disable anti-virus software. Full story.

Cell Phone Communication Through Balloons

2006-02-03T08:06:00.000-08:00

In Bismarck, North Dakota (USA) they're testing a theory that you can get better cell phone service through weather balloons. These balloons would carry a repeater the size of a toaster high up in the stratosphere. Nine balloons would be running, they would either be high, low, or grounded, constantly keeping communications within the state working. I don't believe this idea works because third generation cell phone communications rely on only like 50 channels a carrier and I'm sure there is a possibility that more then 50 people in the state of North Dakota will be on the phone at the same time. This is why the cellular system works because the cells only transmit and receive so far and therefore wouldn't create interference in adjacent cells allowing frequencies to be reused.

Cell Phone Privacy

2006-02-02T12:20:00.000-08:00

What is your most annoying pet peeve relating to cell phone usage. Probably that the calls are always dropped right? Usually the case with carriers like MetroPCS. Or did you know that your call could be tapped? Recently cell phone records have been sold on the internet. Records like who your calling, etc. So your girlfriend can see if your cheating on her by who you are calling. But now congress is being urged to ban the sale of cell phone records. Cell phone records are usually obtained by a disgruntled employee from within a cell phone company.

2005-12-08T16:02:00.000-08:00

They discovered a 10th planet! And what do they call it, some stupid name like U233 or something with some crazy numbers. News Story.