Mainsoft supports Microsoft technology for Java, Linux (InfoWorld)09.04.2008 10:04 - source: Yahoo tech InfoWorld - Mainsoft on Tuesday is launching a product that supports Microsoft's ASP.Net AJAX technology on Java-supported platforms such as Linux. Read more… |
Hitachi Acquires ID Management Software Maker M-Tech (TechWeb)09.04.2008 10:04 - source: Yahoo tech TechWeb - M-Tech -- now Hitachi ID Systems -- offers P-Synch software for managing user passwords and ID-Synch technology for user provisioning. Read more… |
Microsoft To Mainstream Containerized Data Centers With C-Blox (TechWeb)09.04.2008 10:04 - source: Yahoo tech TechWeb - The server-packed shipping units allow Microsoft to run its entire $500 million Northlake facility with a continuous staff of little more than 20 or 30 employees. Read more… |
Horror writer King blasts banning violent videogames (Reuters)09.04.2008 10:04 - source: Yahoo tech Reuters - Horror writer Stephen King has criticized plans by a U.S. state to ban violent video games, saying such a move would be undemocratic and it was up to parents to monitor their children's entertainment. Read more… |
Dems To Push Iraq To Spend Its Own Money09.04.2008 10:04 - source: CBS Democrats plan to push legislation this spring that would force the Iraqi government to spend its own surplus in oil revenues to rebuild the country, sparing U.S. dollars as the war grows ever more expensive for an economically hurting America. Read more… |
Is The Costly Border Fence Worth It?09.04.2008 10:04 - source: CBS The U.S. government is spending about $3 million per mile of fence along the Mexico border to stop illegal immigration. That's a $21 billion price tag. But, Bill Whitaker asks: Is it really solving the problem? Read more… |
Tearful Bush Awards Medal Of Honor To SEAL09.04.2008 10:04 - source: CBS President Bush has awarded the nation's highest military tribute to a Navy SEAL who was killed when he threw himself on a grenade in Iraq to save his comrades. Read more… |
Rampant Sexual Abuse Alleged At Texas Sect09.04.2008 10:04 - source: CBS A polygamist compound with hundreds of children was rife with sexual abuse, child welfare officials allege in court documents, with girls spiritually married to much older men as soon as they reached puberty and boys groomed to perpetuate the cycle. Read more… |
Feds Quietly Dig Up 67 Civil War Graves09.04.2008 10:04 - source: CBS Working in secret, federal archaeologists have dug up the remains of dozens of soldiers and children near a Civil War-era fort after an informant tipped them off about widespread grave-looting. Read more… |
American Airlines Nixes Up To 500 Flights09.04.2008 10:04 - source: CBS American Airlines said it was canceling up to 500 flights, perhaps one-fifth of its schedule, to check the bundling of wires in some planes, the same issue that caused the airline to scrap more than 400 flights last month. Read more… |
Dems Split On How To Ease Housing Crisis09.04.2008 10:04 - source: CBS Democrats are split over how to respond to the housing debacle, with House leaders focusing on helping homeowners facing foreclosure while the Senate moves to take care of businesses impacted by the subprime crisis. Read more… |
How To Weather, And Escape Unemployment09.04.2008 10:04 - source: CBS If you've just lost your job, the decisions you make in the coming days and weeks may be critical to your financial survival. Read more… |
Fed Members Worried About Deep Recession09.04.2008 10:04 - source: CBS Worries about a deep recession — not a shallow one — drove Federal Reserve policymakers to slash a key interest rate last month, meeting minutes show. Read more… |
FDA Triples Tally Of Heparin-Linked Deaths09.04.2008 10:04 - source: CBS The Food and Drug Administration has tripled the number of deaths it attributes to side effects of the blood thinner heparin, which triggered a massive recall earlier this year. Read more… |
High Security For U.S. Olympic Torch Relay09.04.2008 10:04 - source: CBS The Olympic torch arrived for its only North American stop amid heavy security Tuesday, a day after its visit to Paris descended into chaos and activists here scaled the Golden Gate Bridge to protest China's human rights record. Read more… |
Viper venom examined to save stroke sufferers09.04.2008 10:04 - source: USATODAY.com For years, the concept has tempted scientists: Could the way snake's venom kills also help doctors put the brakes on a human's ... Read more… |
Gator blood could take bite out of superbugs09.04.2008 10:04 - source: USATODAY.com Proteins in alligator blood could lead to new drugs that fight the super infections that plague humans, Louisiana researchers ... Read more… |
Johns Hopkins performs 6-way kidney transplants09.04.2008 10:04 - source: USATODAY.com Johns Hopkins surgeons transplanted a half-dozen kidneys simultaneously, an operation believed to be the first of its kind, hospital ... Read more… |
FDA triples death count linked to tainted heparin09.04.2008 10:04 - source: USATODAY.com Sixty-two deaths now are associated with contaminated batches of the blood thinner heparin, triple the previous estimate, the ... Read more… |
Study: Estrogen therapy doubles rate of benign breast lumps09.04.2008 10:04 - source: USATODAY.com Add another risk to hormone therapy after menopause: Benign breast lumps. Estrogen plus progestin already is well-known to increase ... Read more… |
US protests ahead of torch relay09.04.2008 10:04 - source: BBC News Pro-Tibet protesters march in San Francisco, as the Olympic torch arrives for the US leg of its international relay. Read more… |
Baghdad under anniversary curfew09.04.2008 10:04 - source: BBC News Baghdad imposes a one-day vehicle curfew on the fifth anniversary of its capture by American forces. Read more… |
Seven dead in Nepal poll violence09.04.2008 10:04 - source: BBC News At least six Maoists and another protester are killed by Nepal police in violence related to Thursday's elections. Read more… |
France calls off Colombia mission09.04.2008 10:04 - source: BBC News France halts a medical mission seeking to help hostage Ingrid Betancourt, after Farc rebels deny access. Read more… |
Zuma condemns Zimbabwe poll delay09.04.2008 10:04 - source: BBC News South Africa's governing ANC head Jacob Zuma says Zimbabwe should have released its poll results by now. Read more… |