Ballmer Sees Global Crisis Hitting Microsoft

" Ballmer Sees Global Crisis Hitting Microsoft Topics:Technology | Information Technology Sectors:Software and Computer Services | Software | Technology Microsoft [MSFT  26.14    1.13  (+4.52%)   ] Chief Executive Steve...

New Font Called EverGreen Saves 20% On Print Outs

A company called GreenPrint has invented a computer font that saves 20% on printing toner compared to Arial, Helvetica and Times New Roman fonts. The font is aptly named 'EverGreen' and it is the first in a...

Bill Clinton complains about Obama's attacks

"Bill Clinton complains about Obama's attacks (CNN) -- Former President Clinton on Monday complained about attacks from Sen. Barack Obama on Sen. Hillary Clinton in the latest in the back-and-forth between the two rival Democratic presidential...

Daring to utter the F-word

She is Jewish. She likens the Bush regime to Nazism - a brave woman indeed. I have to agree with her observations that the land of the free is much less free than we like to think.Photo of Naomi Wolf by Marco del...

'Hollywood Madam' a 'big fan' of Sen. Clinton

"Hollywood Madam' says she's a 'big fan' of Sen. Clinton * Story Highlights * Heidi Lynne Fleiss, the former "Hollywood Madam," backs Sen. Hillary Clinton * Fleiss convicted of charges related to an...

Passengers stuck in planes after computer fails

Total reliance on computers is flawed.(Susan Jones photo) "LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Weary international passengers were stuck at Los Angeles International Airport for several hours, after a computer failure...

Second hole punches into mine cavity

"Second hole punches into mine cavity * Story Highlights * Camera set to be lowered into hole to look for trapped miners * Some miners were worried about safety in section of collapse, source says * Gaining access to trapped men could take several days, CEO...

Brothers In Arms

Australia seems to be in a state of siege. A state of extreme paranoia about terrorism has prevailed for a number of years now. The nice attitude I used to know and enjoy whilst living there of "a fair go for all"...

"Stop harrassing me," Michael Moore tells US government

Documentary film director Michael Moore has accused the US government of harassing him over an investigation into a trip he made to Cuba earlier this year for his latest film, according to a story released bythe...

NZ staff exit Suva as coup fears grow - The Age

" Email Print Normal font Large font New Zealand has moved some high commission staff out of Suva and along with Australia, has upgraded travel warnings about Fiji as the Pacific nation's military chief openly talks of removing its government. Commodore Frank Bainimarama...

Americans seized in Iraq convoy hijack - Sydney Morning Herald

" Email Print Normal font Large font British and US forces hunted four kidnapped Americans and an Austrian in southern Iraq, a day after the truck convoy they were guarding was hijacked at a fake security checkpoint near the Kuwaiti border. The foreigners' Kuwaiti employers...

US rejects UN plea to cut gas emissions - The Age

" Email Print Normal font Large font Washington has rejected pleas by UN chief Kofi Annan to cut greenhouse gas emissions and dismissed his charge that there is a "frightening lack of leadership" in fighting global warming. "We think that the United States has been leading...

Six police arrested over Baghdad kidnapping - The Age

" Email Print Normal font Large font Iraqi security officials inspect the site of the kidnapping. Photo: AP SIX senior Iraqi police officers have been arrested over the mass kidnapping of about 50 people by suspected Shiite militiamen dressed in Iraqi police uniforms. Most...

Gunmen snatch 150 Iraq ministry staff - Sydney Morning Herald

" Email Print Normal font Large font GUNMEN wearing Iraqi police commando uniforms kidnapped about 150 staff from a government building in central Baghdad yesterday, the head of the parliamentary education committee said. Alaa Makki interrupted a parliamentary session to say...

CSS drop caps

"A fairly typical example of the sorts of drop caps you are likely to see on tutorials about creating CSS drop caps. To me this looks pretty icky. The capital "T" has way too much space around it, both vertically and horizontally. I also think that drop caps look better when...

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