State & Community
Jennifer Aniston to appear on '30 Rock'
30.08.2008 08:27
digitalspy.co.uk
Jennifer Aniston signs up to make a guest appearance on NBC comedy series 30 Rock.
USA
Television
Report: Left-Wing Hackers Break into Neo-Nazi Server
30.08.2008 06:44
dw-world.de
Left-wing computer hackers have reportedly broken into the secure server of one of the world's largest neo-Nazi groups, copying more than 30,000 pieces of data.
Germany
Social Life
Economics & Finance
Jammu rice business hurt by Amarnath land row
30.08.2008 06:44
b4uindia.com
The ongoing land shrine row has badly hit the rice sellers in Ranbir Singh Pura district of Jammu. A couple of months back, the farmers in the area were upbeat about their rice crop. Even the wholesale dealers were rejoicing, as the producers had already wrapped up 70 per cent of their sowing by July. The rates of the premium quality Basmati rice had risen from Rs.2000 per quintal last year to Rs.6, 000. spelling an almost three-fold increase in the profits this year. But the celebrations were marred by the shutdowns and curfews over the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine board. Wholesale dealers said that the local distributions are almost nil. Even their payments have been badly affected since the banks are closed either due to the shutdown calls or because of the curfew. "The local distribution is almost nil. The shops are closed and people don''t come out to buy. There is an interest burden also that is accumulating," said Harmohidner Singh, a Basmati rice dealer. Many shopkeepers said that the premium quality rice of Ranbir Singh Pura was famous among the tourists and pilgrims also. With a fall in the number of tourists their already suffering business is in shambles. The region has been witnessing agitation and protests for almost past two months on the issue of allotment of land to the Amarnath Shrine Board for setting up temporary shelters for the devotees taking part in the annual Amarnath Yatra. (ANI)
India
Economics & Finance
Mobile Apps: Salvation for Internet Radio?
30.08.2008 06:39
ecommercetimes.com
Internet radio station operators are concerned that skyrocketing royalty fees could zap an industry that's still in its infancy. However, technology may be bringing some solutions to the vexing problem of paying artists a royalty fee each time a listener hears a song.
World
E-commerce
New Tool Gives A Heads-Up For Athletes After A Concussion
30.08.2008 04:33
medicalnewstoday.com
For 19-year-old Karlee Carbert, rugby isn't just a sport, it's a passion. But the rough and tumble game can be physically demanding, as Carbert reveals "some games you can hit your head as many as five times." Carbert has suffered three concussions in her career but after the first two her response was the same, "usually you hit your head, get a headache and once the headache is gone you go back.
World
Medical Equipment
Incidents
Men found injured in city centre
30.08.2008 06:03
bbc.co.uk
Two men are found injured after an incident in Coventry city centre, say police.
World
Incidents
Hurricane Gustav - New Orleans May Face Mandatory Evacuations
30.08.2008 02:36
nationalterroralert.com
Hurricane Gustav - New Orleans May Face Mandatory Evacuations Rescue workers were considering evacuating New Orleans as it faced a hurricane threat three years to the day that Katrina devastated the city. Tropical storm Gustav, which is expected to strengthen into a hurricane, hit Jamaica on Thursday after leaving 67 people dead in Hispaniola, the island divided [...]
World
Terrorism
Ukraine Presented Russia with Fait Accompli
29.08.2008 09:10
mignews.com.ua
Ukraine informed Russia about new rules of crossing national frontier of Ukraine by military ships and aircrafts of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.
Ukraine
Incidents
Technologies
Samsung Unveils 14MP Compact Camera at IFA
30.08.2008 08:24
i4u.com
Samsung announced the new NV100HD digital camera at IFA in Berlin. The camera is the flagship of the Samsung line with 14.7-megapixels -- the highest resolution in a compact camera so far. The lens is a 28mm wide angle and the LCD on the rear of the camera...
World
Technologies
IFA 2008: Creative Refreshes Speaker Line-Ups
30.08.2008 08:22
trustedreviews.com
A new high end 2.1 system and some spit and polish applied to a pair of our favourite models.
World
Multimedia
Bertelsmann 'prepared to reduce RTL stake'
30.08.2008 06:41
digitalspy.co.uk
Bertelsmann is considering reducing its 90% holding in Five owner RTL.
World
Multimedia
Science & Education
German Zoologist Recognized By EMBO For Public Communication
30.08.2008 06:37
medicalnewstoday.com
Juergen Tautz from the University of Wuerzburg will receive a special discretionary prize, as part of the 2008 EMBO Award for Communication in the Life Sciences. The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) awards the prize annually to a practicing scientist in Europe for outstanding communication with the public. The additional award was made in recognition of Tautz's long-term public communication activity on a single organism using all available media.
World
Biology
Maine Prep Expands to Portland, Maine
30.08.2008 02:54
prweb.com
Maine Prep opens a new class in Portland, Maine, offering SAT prep there for the first time. The new Portland SAT class is in addition to seven other Maine Prep class locations in Maine, including Brunswick, Bangor, Lewiston, Kennebunkport, Falmouth, Cape Elizabeth and Kents Hill. (PRWeb Aug 30, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1261084.htm
World
Science & Education
Hard & Soft
3D Models - 2008 Chevrolet Silverado
30.08.2008 08:29
the3dstudio.com
Name: 2008 Chevrolet SilveradoType: 3D ModelsAuthor: be_fastPrice: $35.00File types: max obj 3dsDescription: 2008 Chevrolet Silverado lowpoly 3d model for 3d softSee complete details
World
Computer Design & Modelling
Indiana Gregg to Beat Pirates with Music Download Site
30.08.2008 08:25
torrentfreak.com
Indiana Gregg has become a well known name around the net, mainly for her contradictory, and self-obsessed rants regarding piracy. The Scottish singer and her producer husband are now going to try and cash in on that 'net notoriety' with a new site they claim will help the artists; the name, Kerchoonz.com
World
Software
HOWTO: Managing Active Directory Users Under Linux With adtool
30.08.2008 08:24
linuxtoday.com
<b>The eternal fight between admins and computers:</b> "Usually people manages Linux boxes using Windows clients but sometimes, someone (like me, for example) needs to manage a Windows server from a Linux host (it could be a normal client or another server which wants to talk to Windows)."
World
Open Source Software
Health & Beauty
Framing Technique Can Be Used As A Public Relations Strategy In Cases Of Sexual Assault
30.08.2008 08:24
medicalnewstoday.com
In Spring 2006, when three White Duke University lacrosse players were charged with raping a Black female student from nearby North Carolina Central University, Duke University officials framed the crisis in terms of institutional reputation rather than the rape issue at hand.
World
Sexology
vCJD can be transmitted via blood transfusion
30.08.2008 06:43
b4uindia.com
After studying sheep for nine years, researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found evidence that vCJD can be transmitted through blood transfusion in humans. The researchers say that their findings highlight the significance of precautions against vCJD transmission, such as the Government decision in 2004 to ban blood donations from anyone who had received a blood transfusion since 1980. During the study, the researchers looked at BSE transmission between sheep through infected blood to quantify how vCJD - the human form of BSE - could be spread through transfusions. They observed that the likelihood of BSE being transmitted between sheep through transfusion of infected sheep blood was 36 per cent, with rates of 43 per cent found for scrapie. "It is apparent that the stage of disease incubation in infected donors played a large role in the likelihood of transmission. The longer that BSE or scrapie had been carried by donors, the greater the likelihood of the disease being transmitted with transfusions of infected blood," said lead researcher Fiona Houston, presently at the University of Glasgow. BSE is one of a group of rare neurodegenerative disorders called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), which include scrapie and vCJD. The researchers said that eight of the 22 sheep that received BSE infected blood showed evidence of infection, while nine out of 21 sheep receiving scrapie-infected blood developed the disease. "The study shows that, for sheep infected with BSE or scrapie, transmission rates via blood transfusion can be high, particularly when donors are in the later stages of infection. This suggests that blood transfusion represents an efficient route of transmission for these diseases and justifies the current control measures put in place to safeguard human blood supplies,” Houston said. The study has been published in the journal Blood. (ANI)
India
Health & Beauty
Cot death warning for teen mums
29.08.2008 18:02
bbc.co.uk
The children of young mothers are at a higher risk of cot death because of a lack of prevention advice, a charity warns.
World
Health & Beauty
Culture & Arts
Winehouse facing legal row over missed gig
30.08.2008 08:27
digitalspy.co.uk
Amy Winehouse is threatened with legal action after pulling out of a French music event yesterday.
World
Music
THE HAUNTED's Peter Dolving Smashes Hand Through Window
30.08.2008 08:26
bravewords.com
Peter Dolving, vocalist for THE HAUNTED, has issued the following update: "So I smashed my hand through the kitchen window. It's not the first time, and...
World
Rock Music
Credit-card companies killed Mythbusters segment on RFID vulnerabilities
30.08.2008 08:25
boingboing.net
Check out the first two minutes of this clip of Mythbusters' Adam Savage telling the folks at the HOPE hackercon about how the Discovery Channel was bullied by big credit-card companies out of airing a program about how crappy the security in RFID tags is. Arphid Watch: Mythbusters and RFID...
World
Culture & Arts
Recreation & Entertainment
Lohan threatens family with tell-all TV show
30.08.2008 08:28
breakingnews.ie
Lindsay Lohan's father Michael is threatening to reveal all his family's secrets in a tell-all TV special - after being accused of being "out of control" by his famous daughter.
Ireland
Recreation & Entertainment
Rhys Ifans enjoys wild night out in Ibiza
30.08.2008 08:27
digitalspy.co.uk
Rhys Ifans shocks onlookers by doing Hitler impersonations during a wild night out in Ibiza.
World
Recreation & Entertainment
Condensed Sugar: Brad and George Light Up the Venice Film Festival
30.08.2008 08:26
whyfame.com
Brad Pitt and George Clooney were in Italy this week to take their new film Burn After Reading to the Venice Film Festival. They had a whirlwind few days between the parties and premieres, but George and Brad weren't the only celebrities making news this week; here's a look back at the week in photos. SourceStart Slideshow Source: POPSUGAR -- ...[ More on WhyFame.com ]
World
Recreation & Entertainment
Automotives
GM offers buyouts to 9,000 salaried staff, sources say
30.08.2008 02:44
freep.com
General Motors Corp. is offering retirement incentives to 9,000 -- about 28% -- of its U.S. salaried workers, people familiar with the plan said.
USA
Autonews
Ten Tips For Cheaper Scooter Cover
29.08.2008 16:39
a-harley-motorcycle.com
A recent study found that one in three consumers is paying over the odds for scooter insurance, the AA reported earlier this year. Nearly half of Brits do not bother to seek a number of quotes and one in four renew their scooter cover instantly, without using the opportunity to save hundreds of pounds.
World
Motorcycles
2010 Ford Mustang Hood Found Alone without a Body
29.08.2008 16:32
worldcarfans.com
This poor little hood has been left all alone, it may have even slipped everyone's attention had it not been for the kind and informative writing confirming it is the outer cover for the 2010 Ford Mustang.
World
Cars
Sports
Report: World Cup Match May Have Been Fixed
30.08.2008 08:30
dw-world.de
A match at the 2006 World Cup involving five-time world champions Brazil may have been rigged by an Asian betting syndicate, an investigative journalist claimed in an interview with a German magazine.
Germany
Football
Ballack concern for Germany
30.08.2008 08:29
breakingnews.ie
Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack is a doubt for Germany’s opening two World Cup qualifiers as he is still struggling with a foot injury.
Ireland
Sports
Stewart embraces 'edgy' profile in "Rolling Stone"
30.08.2008 02:51
usatoday.com
Tony Stewart is "cool" with his recent profiling in a Rolling Stone story filled with coarse language and a no-holds-barred look ...
USA
Motorsports
Tourism
As summer ends, fliers brace for airline changes
30.08.2008 02:51
usatoday.com
The grip U.S. airlines have on travelers' wallets is about to get tighter as carriers go ahead with plans to trim their domestic ...
USA
Tourism
Battleship Missouri Memorial Commemorates 63rd Anniversary of the End of World War II, Tuesday, Sept. 2
30.08.2008 02:39
prweb.com
It has been 63 years since Japan's unconditional surrender ended history's most destructive war. On Sept. 2, the Battleship Missouri Memorial will commemorate the anniversary with a ceremony featuring keynote speaker United States Senator Daniel K. Akaka, and guest speaker, U.S. Navy Captain Gregory R. Thomas, Commander, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. (PRWeb Aug 30, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Battleship_Missouri/World_War_II/prweb1266904.htm
USA
Tourism
Movie map aims to boost tourism
30.08.2008 02:02
bbc.co.uk
A new map is produced showing where film and television productions were filmed in and around Bath and North East Somerset.
World
Tourism
Blogs
FREE PRESS CARTOONIST MIKE THOMPSON: Impending disaster
30.08.2008 02:46
freep.com
Republicans will be running for high ground!
USA
Blogs
US media assesses Obama speech
29.08.2008 02:07
bbc.co.uk
Excerpts from US blogs and commentators reacting to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's convention speech.
World
Blogs
Unizh 2008. Festival of Ukrainian format. (32.00UAH, $7.92USD)
23.08.2008 13:32
umka.com.ua
In Unizh, near the picturesque Dnister canyon the building of format territory "Kuznya" ("Smithy") - a platform for those who want and can implement powerful Ukrainian projects, has already started. The first Kuznya’s large-scale project is the Festival of Ukrainian format Unizh...
Ukraine
Music, MP3
Advertisements
The Ultimate Luxury: A Garage
30.08.2008 02:29
nytimes.com
It adds convenience, privacy and security. And the oversize door is handy for moving big objects in or out. One owner even turned his garage into a music room.
World
Real Estate
Cheap drinks break pub agreement
29.08.2008 04:03
bbc.co.uk
Newspaper advertisements for cut-price alcohol at a Londonderry bar breach the voluntary protocol, according to former Mayor.
World
Advertisements
Spain offers best quality lifestyle
23.08.2008 10:33
propertyinspain.net
A new survey contrasts the work treadmill of Britain with Spain where people earn less and live longer and the country is now top of the Quality of Life Indicator...
Spain
Real Estate
Weather Forecast
Gloomy August wettest since 1992
30.08.2008 02:02
bbc.co.uk
Heavy rain and lack of sunshine combine to make it one of the worst Augusts on record in Wales, official records show.
World
Weather Forecast
Gulf Coast readies for Hurricane Gustav
29.08.2008 16:41
usatoday.com
Gustav has been upgraded to a hurricane in the northwest Caribbean Sea. The storm drenched Jamaica and menaced the Cayman Islands ...
USA
Weather Forecast
History's Most Important Forecast
06.06.2008 11:23
accuweather.com
Col. William McIntosh, the Foundation President of the National D-Day Memorial in Lynchburg, Va., speaks with AccuWeather.com News Director Steve Penstone about the impact of the weather on the D-Day ...
World
Weather Forecast
English