Intel Readies Power-Saving Quad-Core Xeons

"Intel Corp. quad-core microprocessors that work at an energy-efficient 50 watts per processor will officially be on the market starting Monday, according to the company. Each of the four cores in its new Xeon L5320 and L5310 will consume just 12.5 watts of electricity,...

Five Australians Missing After Indonesia Plane Crash

"Five Australian passengers are missing after a PT Garuda Indonesia airplane crashed in Indonesia yesterday leaving at least 21 people dead, Prime Minister John Howard said. ``They're not confirmed dead, although as each hour goes by we must recognize that the prospects are...

Toyota to build assembly plant in Mississippi

4000 employees, plus thousands more in support businesses.  This is welcome news for north Mississippi which has seen the redeployment of thousands of furniture manufacturing jobs since the passage of NAFTA."Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi plans a major economic...

MS Vista for (Almost) Everybody

As a Mac person, I find Microsoft's "security" excuse to be cute at best. Are they saying, by extension, that their lower-priced software is less secure? If so, why should we trust their higher-priced packages?Also, on a technical note, gaming through emulation software would...

EMI Says It Recieved An Approach From Warner Music (3rd Update)

"EMI Group Plc, the U.K. music company that cut its forecasts twice in the past month, received a takeover approach from Warner Music Group Corp. in the second attempt at a merger in a year. There is ``no proposal currently for the EMI board to consider,'' the company said...

Kansas City Chemical Plant Explodes

The most remarkable aspect of this story so far is the lack of injuries or fatalities."Several explosions engulfed a chemical plant in flames Wednesday, forcing a broad evacuation as the fire spread to nearby houses and spewed a toxic, sticky substance that residents were...

Bomb-sniffing robots on way to troops in Iraq

"U.S. troops deployed in Iraq will soon receive help in the form of explosive-detection robots, which can sniff out deadly improvised explosive devices, more commonly known as IEDs. More than 100 PackBot robots provided by iRobot Corp. will be fitted with the sniffing...

Mobile Content Market Set to Explode! ...except for a few things... like vi...

"The only thing holding up the explosion of the mobile phone content and advertising business continues to be the lack of interested.  David Poltrack, chief research officer of CBS Corp., emphasized that news and local content were key to luring viewers to their...

PlayStation 3 Beaten By Wii In Home Market

PlayStation 3 likely missed global shipping target, beat by Nintendo surprise hit Wii "Sony's long-awaited PlayStation 3 may have missed its global shipment target and been beaten in its home market by rival Nintendo's surprise hit Wii video game system, new figures...

Woman Discovers Her Bracelet Is 10,000 Years Old Via National geographic

Fredericton, Canada (AHN) - A Canadian archeologist plans to carry out his excavations in New Brunswick after he came to know that a woman found a spearhead, as old as 10,000 years old, from a nearby area. According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Joan Rennick found a...