State & Community
Obama promises to restore U.S. legacy
28.08.2008 18:00
reuters.com
DENVER (Reuters) - Barack Obama, about to take a historic step as the Democratic presidential nominee, promised on Thursday to reverse the economic failures of the last eight years, end the war in Iraq and restore America's reputation.
World
State & Community
Georgia: Satellite Images Show Destruction, Ethnic Attacks
28.08.2008 16:18
humanrightswatch.org
Russia Should Investigate, Prosecute Crimes Recent satellite images released by the UN program UNOSAT confirm the widespread torching of ethnic Georgian villages inside South Ossetia, Human Rights Watch said today. Detailed analysis of the damage depicted in five ethnic Georgian villages shows the destruction of these villages around the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, was caused by intentional burning and not armed combat.
Georgia
Human Rights Protection
US Army to Close 15 Small Military Facilities in Germany
28.08.2008 15:34
dw-world.de
The US Department of Defense announced Thursday, Aug. 28, that it plans to cease operations at 15 minor military facilities in Germany as part of the larger restructuring and downsizing of bases around the world.
Germany
Social Life
Economics & Finance
Blogger Faces Hard Time for Posting Guns N' Roses Music
28.08.2008 16:29
ecommercetimes.com
No one can say what 27-year-old Kevin Cogill expected when he apparently posted nine songs from an unreleased and long-awaited Guns N' Roses album called "Chinese Democracy" to his Web site earlier this summer. It could have been anything from monetary gain to a desire to be the first to distribute the long-anticipated songs. However, he likely didn't expect to find the FBI at his door with an arrest warrant.
World
E-commerce
Democrat's vision will collide with reality
28.08.2008 16:26
washingtonpost.com
WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama is accepting the Democratic nomination Thursday night with a lofty vision for the nation's future that is far easier to articulate than to accomplish.
USA
Defense Industry
Leading Expense Management Company Launches Website
28.08.2008 15:38
prurgent.com
Website offers both corporate and individual users a user-friendly experience
World
Press Releases
Incidents
Emergencies Situation in Kharkov Region! Projectiles Bursting at Military Supply Depots! PHOTO, VIDEO (updated at 06:00 pm)
28.08.2008 08:07
mignews.com.ua
Ukrainians have got used to the fact that when tragedy occurs, official conceal the truth.
Ukraine
Crime
PSNI attacked with petrol bombs
28.08.2008 04:01
bbc.co.uk
Petrol bombs and stones are thrown at police attending a hit-and-run incident in Derry.
World
Incidents
Putin Warns Of Direct Confrontation With U.S.
27.08.2008 23:29
nationalterroralert.com
A new Cold War between Russia and the West grew steadily closer yesterday after the Kremlin gave a warning about “direct confrontation” between American and Russian warships in the Black Sea. Dmitri Peskov, a spokesman for Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister, declared that Russia was taking “measures of precaution” against American and Nato naval ships. “Let’s [...]
World
Terrorism
Technologies
Sony Ericsson W980i
28.08.2008 17:30
trustedreviews.com
Sony Ericsson's flagship Walkman phone gets the once over from Sandra.
World
Mobile Phones
Web news aggregators rise despite papers woes
28.08.2008 17:00
reuters.com
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Local newspapers may be faced with hard times, but the ability to get news on a mobile device is flourishing, with several outlets providing context that helps explain particular stories' places in the larger universe of world events.
World
Internet
Samsung's BlackJack II gets its Windows Mobile 6.1 treatment
28.08.2008 16:29
engadgetmobile.com
Filed under: Handsets, Software, Samsung, Windows MobileThis has to wrap up the lunacy that has seen Windows Mobile 6.1 updates for just about everything that needed one in recent times. We've seen 6.1 hacked for Sammy's BlackJack, but it's sorta sweet of them to get it out to us all official-like. The release notes on Samsung's site mention threaded SMS, Domain enrollment, and even a BMW iDrive patch as tout-worthy features, in this, the newest and best from Microsoft. As a word of caution, following the instructions to the letter is always a good plan during ROM updates, as failure to do so can lead to a very dead handset. Thanks Samsung, we appreciate the speedy software updates. Read link has the goods.[Via Boy Genius Report]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
World
Mobile Phones
Science & Education
Gustav kills 60 in Caribbean, aims at U.S.
28.08.2008 18:01
reuters.com
KINGSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav, which has killed at least 60 people in the Caribbean, struck Jamaica with near hurricane-force winds on Thursday and was on a path to reach New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico oil fields as a potentially powerful hurricane.
World
Science & Education
The Dulwich Mum
28.08.2008 16:25
telegraph.co.uk
This week, the Dulwich Mum concocts a plan to fight her husband's miserly ways.
Great Britain
Science & Education
Matt Keating - Quixotic
28.08.2008 14:34
roomthirteen.com
Veteran purveyor of Americana returns with his best and longest album to date.
World
Books & CD
Hard & Soft
Things You Should Never EVER Type in Linux. Ever!
28.08.2008 17:32
linuxtoday.com
<b>ars Technica:</b> "Let’s start with commands that delete things that probably shouldn’t be deleted, shall we?"
World
Open Source Software
calfordseaden cuts security administration time by 99 percent with Sophos email appliance
28.08.2008 16:28
securitypark.co.uk
Sophos has announced that construction and property consultancy, calfordseaden, has selected Sophos Enterprise Security and Control to protect entry points, end user machines and servers on the organization's network. Sophos's ES1000 email appliance will protect calfordseaden's gateway from email-borne threats, spam, phishing and data leakage, while the WS1000 web appliance will defend the net
World
Information Security
IFA 2008: Philips Slim 'Essence' LCD To Make Wall Mounting Easy?
28.08.2008 16:26
trustedreviews.com
Just try not to mention Sony...
World
Computer TV & FM Tuners
Health & Beauty
'Huge contrasts' in devolved NHS
28.08.2008 17:02
bbc.co.uk
Separate health policies across the UK are leading to wide differences for patients, it is claimed.
World
Health & Beauty
Weight-loss camps invite families to come along
28.08.2008 16:33
usatoday.com
It took Kelsey Galer four weeks at a weight-loss camp to lose 9 pounds. It took her dad just three days to start acting like ...
USA
Health & Beauty
Exclusive Breastfeeding Increases Child's Risk For Vitamin D Deficiency; Black, Darker-Skinned Children Already Have Increased Risk
28.08.2008 15:28
medicalnewstoday.com
Exclusive breastfeeding can increase a child's risk of developing rickets because breast milk alone does not provide adequate levels of vitamin D, a critical ingredient that helps to absorb calcium and build strong bones, the New York Times reports.
World
Children Diseases
Culture & Arts
Use code "dogdays" at the MakerShed for 20% off
28.08.2008 16:29
boingboing.net
The Maker Shed, Make and Craft magazines' online store, sells lots of great books and kits, like this solar powered Theremin (list price $15.99). If you use the code "dogdays" you'll get 20% off everything in the Shed. It's hot here in Sebastopol. So hot, that the PG&E substation across the street blew a transformer and knocked out our power yesterday afternoon. So.... Under the category of anything is a good excuse for a promotion, we'll do the "dog days" promotion now through midnight Sunday, August 31. Visit MakerShed and enter "dogdays" as the promotional code and get 20% off everything in your shopping cart. Offer expires midnight PST this Sunday (9/1). Use code "dogdays" at the MakerShed for 20% off...
World
Culture & Arts
Bonn Young People Say Beethoven Belongs to Their City
28.08.2008 15:34
dw-world.de
On the eve of the 2008 Beethovenfest in Bonn DW-WORLD.DE took to the streets of Beethoven's birthplace to see if young people like Beethoven or if they have had enough of old Ludwig.
World
Culture & Arts
Melodifestivalen 2009 speculations have begun
28.08.2008 15:31
esctoday.com
It's over sixth months until Melodifestivalen 2009 begins. But already now the speculations have began in Sweden about who is going to participate in the popular competition to representing Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. Among the names we find Lena Philipsson, Måns Zelmerlöw and Timbuktu. (http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12224)
Europe
Music Contests & Awards
Recreation & Entertainment
David Duchovny in sex addiction treatment
28.08.2008 18:01
reuters.com
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "X-Files" star David Duchovny, who currently plays a womanizing writer on the cable television series "Californication," said on Thursday he has entered a facility for treatment of sex addiction.
World
Recreation & Entertainment
Analyst: Activision Doesn't Need Warner Music for Guitar Hero
28.08.2008 17:33
shacknews.com
In recent history, Activision--publisher of the Guitar Hero series--and Warner Music--a massive record label with songs included in the music-rhythm games--have publicly played out a drama resembling an abusive relationship. Famed gaming analyst Michael Pachter at Wedbush Morgan has now chimed in on the troubled couple, bluntly telling Gamasutra that "Activision doesn't 'need' Warner Music at all." Warner started the fire by publicly complaining that video game studios, whether selling Guitar Hero or EA's rival series Rock band, don't pay record labels enough money for the rights to use those songs in the games. Activision countered by saying that Warner lacked respect for Guitar Hero. Pachter's reasoning is straightforward: "There are over one million songs out there-...
World
Computer Games
Gardening: Problems with peaches
28.08.2008 16:25
telegraph.co.uk
A peach of a plant whose problems can be overrated. By Ursula Buchan.
Great Britain
Gardening
Automotives
GM picks Chevy Volt battery maker
28.08.2008 15:32
freep.com
JOLIET, Ill. — General Motors Corp. has decided on a battery maker for the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric vehicle, but it's not saying who it is, yet, Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said today on the sidelines of a media event touting the automaker's 2009 vehicle line.
USA
Autonews
VW Voyage scooped in front of Brazilian president's house
28.08.2008 14:35
worldcarfans.com
The sedan version of VW Gol is expected to be presented at the 2008 edition of Sao Paulo Motor Show, in October.
World
Cars
New Mustang Badge
28.08.2008 04:47
pistonheads.com
As badges go it is moderately interesting
World
Automotives
Sports
Ivanovic toppled by unknown Frenchwoman
28.08.2008 18:00
reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A shell-shocked Ana Ivanovic was unceremoniously tossed out of the U.S. Open on Thursday by an obscure Frenchwoman who had never played a tour-level match before arriving at Flushing Meadows.
World
Sports
Gymnast Liukin, decathlete Clay make it to Wheaties box
28.08.2008 15:35
usatoday.com
At the Olympics in Beijing this month, Nastia Liukin followed in the footsteps of Mary Lou Retton and Carly Patterson, the two other American gymnasts who have won Olympic gold in the all-around competition. Now she and American decathlete Bryan Clay follow them onto the Wheaties cereal box.
USA
Olympic Games
Villa draw sees them through
28.08.2008 15:33
breakingnews.ie
Aston Villa 1 FH Hafnarfjordur 1 ( 5-2 on aggregate) Aston Villa are through to the first round proper of the UEFA Cup for the first time in seven years despite being held by the Icelandic part-timers in a low-key second leg at Villa Park tonight.
Ireland
Sports
Tourism
Families stretch their physical limits on multisport vacations
28.08.2008 17:36
usatoday.com
Multi-adventure trips cater to today's appetite for easy-to-organize getaways providing varied physical challenges.
USA
Tourism
Split, Croatia – Beauty of the Dalmatian Region
28.08.2008 07:17
europealacarte.co.uk
Split is in the middle of Croatian right off the coast and is a beautiful city with many things to see and do. The nightlife can’t be beat and the food options are limitless. There are many attractions and all throughout the year there are ferries that go to the many islands that are [...]
Europe
Tourism
Adventurous 91 Year Old Man Beats Record for Moaning Cave Zip Lines
28.08.2008 00:54
prweb.com
Thrill Seeking Antioch man chooses Moaning Cavern's Zip Lines for his high adrenaline activity on his 91st birthday. (PRWeb Aug 28, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/ziplines/record/prweb1253294.htm
World
Tourism
Blogs
Free Press Editorial Board: LA Times to Detroit: Drop dead
28.08.2008 12:26
freep.com
Today's Los Angeles Times lead editorial says "U.S. automakers can't blame Washington for the fix they're in" :
USA
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
Alliance and Leicester banks on TietoEnator for fully managed service
23.08.2008 12:24
computerbusinessreview.com
IT Services provider TietoEnator has announced that Alliance and Leicester has completed the final stage of its project to migrate the bank's lease administration system to a fully hosted service.
World
Soft
Advertisements
Powering Up
28.08.2008 16:24
nytimes.com
The 3,800-acre Three Rivers Recreation Area in Oregon is home to more than 500 off-the-grid vacation homes.
World
Real Estate
Video reports: Scots in Afghanistan
28.08.2008 04:01
bbc.co.uk
BBC Scotland is examining the involvement of Scottish troops in Afghanistan with four days of special coverage.
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
Grand Prix weather delay warning
28.08.2008 11:01
bbc.co.uk
Manx Grand Prix officials are warning motorists they may face lengthy delays as Friday's races may continue later due to bad weather.
World
Weather Forecast
Gustav nears Jamaica; New Orleans keeps watch
28.08.2008 07:27
usatoday.com
Tropical Storm Gustav built toward renewed hurricane force on Thursday as it drove toward Jamaica, while many miles away, New ...
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
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