As Funding Increases, Afghan Forces Range From Ragtag To Ready Efforts to create a capable Afghan Army and a police force have been accompanied by a mix of achievements and frustrations.... Read Full Article Collins Stewart Predicts Two-year Downturn Terry Smith, the chairman of Collins Stewart, the UK investment bank, has predicted that the fall-out from the credit crunch is far from over and that the turmoil in financial markets will drag ... Read Full Article Nokia Increases Profit And Market Share Nokia said that it had extended its dominant share of the global mobile phone market to a record 40 percent in the fourth quarter as profit surged 44 percent on rising sales.... Read Full Article BP Managers Put Cost-savings Before Plant Improvements The crucial BP email exchange Senior managers at BP’s Texas City refinery instructed staff to put cost savings ahead of the purchase of equipment that could have saved the lives of 15 people killed ... Read Full Article Ruling Party Rebel Lays Down His Challenge To Ageing President Mugabe A three-horse race for Zimbabwe’s presidency was set in motion yesterday when candidates registered for elections that for the first time pose a real challenge to the octogenarian President Muga... Read Full Article |
Technology NewsA Farewell Note From a Departing Yahoo2008-02-16 05:55 - Bradley Horowitz, a Yahoo vice president who left this week for Google, pens a loving note to his troubled ex-employer. Will Toshiba Suspend Its HD DVD Campaign? 2008-02-16 05:55 - Toshiba still says it will fight on in the high definition disc race. But campaign sources tell the Hollywood Reporter that it is preparing to accept that HD DVD simply can?t win. Stolen photos from laptop tell a tawdry tale 2008-02-15 06:01 - Cautionary tale about keeping lurid digital photos of past lovers becomes one of Asia’s biggest internet celebrity sex scandals. Bloodbath in the Valley as tech shares tank 2008-02-15 06:01 - Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have seen their fortunes shrink by $US16 billion since the start of the year. Yahoo Chief Explains Rejection of Microsoft Bid 2008-02-15 06:01 - Jerry Yang explained his company’s rejection of Microsoft’s buyout offer in a letter to shareholders late Wednesday outlining why he believed the bid was too low. Wage Cut Prompts Online Protest at I.B.M. 2008-02-15 06:01 - In comments accompanying an online petition, workers are airing disappointment, anger and bitterness with I.B.M. over a salary cut affecting 6% of the company’s U.S. workforce. Heathrow Launches RFID Trial to Track Luggage 2008-02-15 06:01 - The U.K.’s busiest airport is starting to affix radio chips to the luggage of passengers as part of an experiment aimed at reducing lost bags. Novell Acquires Open-Source Collaboration Vendor 2008-02-15 05:55 - Novell, seeking a real-time makeover for its collaboration wares, announced that it has acquired SiteScape, the developer of open source collaboration tools. If You Can?t Let Go, Twitter 2008-02-15 05:55 - The group-messaging application Twitter still hasn?t broken into the mainstream or become a to-die-for tool for the youngest early adopters. Fabric to harness power from its wearer 2008-02-15 05:15 - US scientists have developed a microfibre fabric that generates its own electricity, making enough current to recharge a mobile phone. 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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