Palestinian Official Says Talks With Israelis Yield Little The Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister on Thursday offered an unusually bleak assessment of the negotiations with Israel.... Read Full Article A Climate Meeting Packed With Nobel Winners Fifteen Nobel Prize laureates assembled in Potsdam, Germany, for a momentous task: saving the world from global warming.... Read Full Article Music Review | Beastie Boys: Giving The Hometown Fans A Dose Of Classic Hometown Hip-Hop Nostalgia was what fueled the Beastie Boys? show at Central Park SummerStage on Wednesday, as the group tore through hits and obscurities with an anarchic and only faintly dutiful fervor.... Read Full Article U.N. Restarts Talks To Persuade Myanmar’s Junta On Reforms The U.N.began its latest mission to persuade Myanmar’s junta to reconcile with dissidents. But the talks are being strained by the junta’s order to expel the top U.N. official in the country.... Read Full Article Boeing Profit Up 61% The company posted its best profit in nearly four years but it reduced its revenue estimates for 2008 because of delays in the introduction of its 787 ?Dreamliner.?... Read Full Article |
Technology NewsNumbers don’t tally for clip2008-03-07 06:01 - YouTube investigates sudden surge in traffic that has seen a video clip featuring a quirky Brazilian pop band rocket to top spot. Rockin’ All Over the World 2008-03-07 06:01 - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are to get an unusual treat - an MP3 player loaded with a playlist of songs specially chosen for people in orbit. Bits: Will Europe Let Google Out of the Penalty Box? 2008-03-07 06:01 - As Google awaits a ruling on its proposed acquisition of DoubleClick, its prospects may have grown brighter because of Microsoft’s pursuit of Yahoo. Boldface in Cyberspace: It’s a Woman’s Domain 2008-03-07 06:01 - Wowowow.com is a site where women over 40 discuss everything from politics to fashion. Bits: Sell More NAND, Watch Margins Drop 2008-03-07 06:01 - NAND flash chips account for only a fraction of Intel’s business, but the segment’s impact on Intel’s bottom line is more dramatic. Bits: How About a Three-Way Merger for Yahoo? 2008-03-07 05:56 - It might make sense for Yahoo to consider a deal in which it merges with both AOL and MySpace to create a social media and advertising powerhouse Bits: A $299 Sony Blu-ray Player, but No Cheap Chinese Models 2008-03-07 05:55 - Sony expects prices to drop for its Blu-ray disc players from $399 to $299 by the end of the year and perhaps to $199 by the end of next year. Apple Falls Short of Rental-Movie Target 2008-03-07 05:55 - Apple has fallen substantially short of its target of having 1,000 movies available for rent on its Apple TV set-top box by the end of February, and is blaming studios for the discrepancy. Ziff Davis Media Files for Bankruptcy 2008-03-07 05:55 - The publisher of technology and video game magazines filed for bankruptcy, citing a decrease in revenue from print advertising and subscriptions as contributing to its decline. Bits: New Patentable Idea: A Way to Invalidate Vague Patents 2008-03-07 05:55 - A federal appeals court has agreed to hear a patent case that may invalidate a controversial class of patents called business method patents, which seek to protect ways of doing business. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 |
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