Forecasters Say Widespread Flooding Looms

20.03.2008 20:40 - source: CBS

The floods washing over large parts of the Midwest are just a taste of things to come, government forecasters said. Read more…


Videos Show S.C. Troopers Behaving Badly

20.03.2008 20:40 - source: CBS

A federal investigation was launched into the South Carolina Highway Patrol after dashboard camera videos showed a trooper using a racial slur and two others ramming their cruisers into fleeing suspects, a prosecutor said. Read more…


NYC Makes Arrest In Deadly Crane Collapse

20.03.2008 20:40 - source: CBS

An inspector responsible for the crane that collapsed on the East Side of Manhattan has been arrested for allegedly falsifying records. Read more…


Activision to bring "Guitar Hero" to Nintendo DS (Reuters)

20.03.2008 20:40 - source: Yahoo tech

Reuters - Activision said on Thursday it will release a version of its "Guitar Hero" video game for Nintendo's (7974.OS) DS, bringing its blockbuster musical series to the most popular handheld gaming device. Read more…


Sun Offers Virtual Desktop Managment Tool (NewsFactor)

20.03.2008 20:40 - source: Yahoo tech

NewsFactor - Sun has announced a virtual-desktop system with the release of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 2.0. With VDI, administrators running VMWare's virtualization solutions can provide a range of desktops to users running Intel x86 hardware or Sun's dedicated thin-client machines. Read more…


Adobe Offers DRM Content Control for Media (NewsFactor)

20.03.2008 20:40 - source: Yahoo tech

NewsFactor - Adobe Systems has unleashed a new software product that will enable content providers to add digital-rights management (DRM) protection to media files. What's more, Adobe Flash Media Rights Management Server also allows media outlets to limit access to live Webcasts as well as deliver pay-per-view programs on demand. Read more…


Mozilla says Firefox 3 ready for prime-time (Reuters)

20.03.2008 20:40 - source: Yahoo tech

Reuters - A new version of Mozilla's popular Firefox Web browser is ready for download with improved security and memory use as the tiny company takes a stab at Microsoft Corp's dominant Internet Explorer. Read more…


Winners of airwaves auction announced (AP)

20.03.2008 20:40 - source: Yahoo tech

AP - The nation's cell phone companies won big in a record-setting government airways auction, the Federal Communications Commission announced Thursday. Read more…


EBay cuts 125 jobs in reorganization (AP)

20.03.2008 20:40 - source: Yahoo tech

AP - EBay Inc. said Thursday it is cutting 125 jobs in Europe and North America, including 70 positions at the online auctioneer's headquarters in San Jose, Calif. Read more…


More newspapers join online ad system (AP)

20.03.2008 20:40 - source: Yahoo tech

AP - A group of newspaper publishers said Thursday it was joining an industry-backed online advertising sales effort aimed at winning more business from national advertisers. Read more…


Dell plans new PCs for China, India (AP)

20.03.2008 20:40 - source: Yahoo tech

AP - Dell Inc., the world's No. 2 PC maker, is developing new models aimed at Chinese and Indian consumers to drive sales in fast-growing Asian markets, CEO Michael Dell said Thursday. Read more…


Hannaford breach raises new fears (AP)

20.03.2008 20:40 - source: Yahoo tech

AP - At first, it sounded like another in a long line of credit card breaches: Up to 4.2 million account numbers were stolen by thieves who cracked computers at Hannaford Bros. Co., an Eastern supermarket chain. Read more…


Wikipedia questions paths to more money (AP)

20.03.2008 20:41 - source: Yahoo tech

AP - Scroll the list of the 10 most popular Web sites in the U.S., and you'll encounter the Internet's richest corporate players ?— names like Yahoo, Amazon.com, News Corp., Microsoft and Google. Read more…


BitWine and JAJAH Announce Partnership

21.03.2008 16:51 - source: Voipmonitornet

BitWine and JAJAH Announce PartnershipBitWine and JAJAH are pleased to announce their technology partnership. Read more…


Allworx Announces Interoperability of VXI VoIP Phone and Headset Solutions for the SMB Market

21.03.2008 16:51 - source: www.topix

"We're making it easy for our channel partners to incorporate VXI's headsets with our phone systems, and we think our SMB customers will appreciate the convenience and flexibility they provide." Allworx, the small business phone and network solutions company, today announced the interoperability of VXI's innovative VoIP headset offerings with Allworx' award winning family of IP phones and VoIP ... via Customer Interaction Solutions Read more…


Wireless data drives US

21.03.2008 16:51 - source: www.topix

Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report showing that during 2007, total revenue for the U.S. telecommunications industry grew by around ... via Total Telecom Read more…


Author Claus dies by euthanasia

21.03.2008 16:51 - source: BBC News

Belgian writer Hugo Claus ends his life by euthanasia after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, his wife says. Read more…


Call for clarity on code patents

21.03.2008 16:51 - source: BBC News

A legal row between the UK government and Symbian has revived the issue of whether computer programs can be patented. Read more…


Massage illusion helps amputees

21.03.2008 16:51 - source: BBC News

Amputees can feel relief from phantom limb pain just by watching someone else rub their hands together, a study says. Read more…


Brown criticised over embryo bill

21.03.2008 16:51 - source: BBC News

A senior Catholic clergyman urges Gordon Brown to rethink "monstrous" plans to allow hybrid human-animal embryos. Read more…


Record US sale for Indian artist

21.03.2008 16:51 - source: BBC News

A painting by one of India's best-known artists, MF Husain, sells for a record $1.6m at auction in New York. Read more…


War trials calls in Bangladesh

21.03.2008 16:51 - source: BBC News

Veterans of Bangladesh's 1971 war call for countrymen who collaborated with Pakistan to face war crimes trials. Read more…


Saudis to retrain 40,000 clerics

21.03.2008 16:51 - source: BBC News

Saudi Arabia says it will retrain its 40,000 imams as part of a campaign to counter religious extremism. Read more…


Kurds shot dead in northern Syria

21.03.2008 16:51 - source: BBC News

Reports from Syria say the security forces have shot dead three Kurds celebrating the Kurdish new year. Read more…


Greece passes pension reform bill

21.03.2008 16:51 - source: BBC News

Greece's parliament passes a controversial pension reform bill that has triggered mass public protests. Read more…