Rikki StancichInformation and communication technology firms are at the forefront of reducing our carbon footprint, and they are set to reap the rewardsAs businesses scramble to reduce their energy consumption internally and across supply chains, the information and communication technology...
Philips hopes to raise the bar in sound quality with the introduction of the GoGear portable media players, the SA52.The players use the company's proprietary FullSound technology to make MP3 songs sound just like high quality CD music by restoring...
The Barbie Girl MP3 player is not just for girls to listen to their music but is also a "key" to access Mattel Inc's Barbiegirl.com website.When the 11cm tall device is plugged into an Internet-capable PC, the girls can log...
Chris MaxcerDespite mountains of DMCA takedown notices, pirated content still gets posted on video sharing sites. Ad platform Auditude has partnered with MTV Networks and MySpace for an alternative solution. Auditude's fingerprinting technology IDs MTV Networks-owned video that MySpace users...
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has admitted defeat in a general election and says she will step down as leader of the Labour Party, reports BBC.John Key's centre-right opposition National Party won 45 per cent of the vote, against...
PETION-VILLE, (Haiti), Nov 8 (AFP): About 50 schoolchildren and teachers were killed when a shantytown grade school packed with hundreds of students collapsed during classes Friday, a government official said. The three-story La Promesse (The Promise) school in Petion-ville, on...
If Barack Obama thought he'd get a break after the US election, reality has proven otherwise: His life as president-elect has been every bit as busy as life on the gruelling campaign trail, according to Internet.From receiving his first intelligence...
Militants in Pakistan kill 2 alleged US spiesISLAMABAD, (Pakistan), Nov 8 : Militants killed two people they claimed were spies for the United States and dumped their bodies with a warning in a Pakistani border region at the center of...
People with persistent heartburn should be considered for early surgery to prevent a lifetime of popping pills, NHS research suggests, reports BBC.A year after keyhole surgery, only 14 per cent of patients were still taking medication, compared with 90 per...
WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters): Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin fired back Friday against post-election claims by aides to Republican presidential candidate John McCain that she thought Africa was a country, not a continent, calling the anonymous sources "jerks."Palin, McCain's running mate...
WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (AP): The nation's jobless ranks zoomed past 10 million last month, the most in a quarter-century, as piles of pink slips shut factory gates and office doors to 240,000 more Americans with the holidays nearing. Politicians and...
CHICAGO, Nov 8 (AFP): US President-elect Barack Obama called early today for urgent action to prop up the flagging US economy and stop the hemorrhage of jobs, arguing that there was not "a moment to lose." In his first weekly...
BEIJING, Nov 8 (Xinhua): Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has warned the world's efforts to address climate change despite the global economic slowdown. "As the global financial crisis spreads and worsens, and the world economy slows down, the international community must...
HONG KONG, Nov 8 (AFP): Five Hong Kong banks announced yesterday cuts in their prime lending rates, amid growing fears over the state of the economy. The move by HSBC, Hang Seng, Standard Chartered, Bank of East Asia, and Bank...
SAO PAULO, Nov 8 (AFP): Looking to take the first steps toward revamping a global financial system ravaged by crisis, leaders from the main industrialised and emerging economies gather today seeking common ground. Yet the talks involving the Group of...
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 8 (AFP): The economy of South Africa, Africa's economic powerhouse, cannot be immune from the effects of the global financial market crisis, the central bank's monetary policy review committee said last week. "The volatile and uncertain financial market...
BEIJING, Nov 8 (Xinhua): Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday spoke over the phone with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown about the current international financial situation. Wen said the Chinese government will support the reforms initiated by international financial organisations, and...
WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (AFP): US President-elect Barack Obama will not be attending a summit of world leaders for economic crisis talks in Washington next week, his spokeswoman said yesterday. Obama's transition spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter confirmed the president-elect would not be...
LONDON, Nov 8 (AFP): Commodity prices saw mixed fortunes this week, with crude oil falling in value and metals switching between losses and gains on world markets as recession fears intensified. The US unemployment rate rose to its highest level...
NEW YORK, Nov 8 (AFP): The dollar wobbled slightly against the euro yesterday as a grim US employment report signaled the United States has entered a painful recession. The single European currency was at 1.2719 dollars around 2200 GMT, up...
LONDON, Nov 8 (AFP): Indian-owned steel group Corus is to cut its production by 30 per cent over the next six months due to weakening demand in Europe amid the global downturn, the company said yesterday. "The current slowdown requires...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8 (PTI): Indian and Pakistani officials began talks here yesterday on a joint move for registering the "Geographical Indication" of basmati rice in the U.S. and Europe to prevent the product from being imitated by other countries. This...
Our correspondent JAYPURHAT, Nov 08: Cultivation of hybrid variety of bitter gourd (korola) has become very much popular among the farmers of Jaypurhat.The hybrid TIA brand bidder gourd is cultivated in villages Vanurkanda, Chakrapara, Kashira, Hossen Nagor, Abadpukur under Akkelpur...
NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (PTI): Undertaking his first visit to the Gulf, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to seek enhanced investments and trade in energy from the region during his three- day visit to Oman and Qatar beginning today....
Sifat SiddiqueLIFE is a circle that starts at the point of bringing dreams into the world and ends completing the arc of achieving them if we are to call life a successful one. Dreams are the means, the sources which...
FE Special Munmun (pseudonym) has graduated from a university very recently. She has joined a research organisation just after completing her masters examination. She does her duties just fine. The problem she faces is she cannot express her ideas properly...
POTCHEFSTROOM, Nov 8(AFP):Dale Steyn's pace snuffed out a spirited Bangladesh challenge as South Africa won the first one-day international by 61 runs at Senwes Park Friday. Steyn took four for 16 as Bangladesh were bowled out for 222 in reply...
India lead the final Test at Nagpur by 86 runs after Australia were all out for a ponderous 355 late on day three, BBC reports. Simon Katich, resuming on 92 with his side 189-2, was dropped at slip but hit...
Serena Williams and Ana Ivanovic have withdrawn from their matches at the Tour Championships in Doha, BBC reports. A stomach injury forced Williams to pull out of Friday's round-robin match against Elena Dementieva, who will now advance to the semi-finals....
Indira Road Cricket Academy emerged group champions to reach the final round of the Metropolis Third Division qualifying Cricket League beating Udiyaman Cricket Academy by 24 runs at Dhanmondui Cricket Stadium in the city Saturday, reports UNB.Batting first, Indira Road...
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