Signs Point to New Microsoft Smartphone Push

"Rumors continue swirling around Microsoft's next steps in the lucrative smartphone market, with a new report suggesting that the software colossus is planning its own mobile phone. But while Microsoft is...

If America Is an Empire, then Why Is Gas So Expensive?

"If America Is an Empire, then Why Is Gas So Expensive? Imperial considerations. By Thomas F. Madden America has become an empire. Everyone says so. This is a surprise to most Americans, since few imagined that they were building such a thing. But, as historians such as...

Everest conqueror Hillary dies: New Zealand PM

"Edmund Hillary, the unassuming New Zealander who won world fame as the first man to climb Mount Everest, died Friday at the age of 88, Prime Minister Helen Clark said. Hillary, who with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of the world's highest mountain on May 29 1953,...

Colossus cracks codes once more

"For the first time in more than 60 years a Colossus computer will be cracking codes at Bletchley Park. The machine is being put through its paces to mark the end of a project to rebuild the pioneering computer. It will be used to crack messages enciphered using the same...

Colossus cracks codes once more

"For the first time in more than 60 years a Colossus computer will be cracking codes at Bletchley Park. The machine is being put through its paces to mark the end of a project to rebuild the pioneering computer. It will be used to crack messages enciphered using the same...

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