Thousands of Hezbollah supporters protest

"Thousands of protesters from Hezbollah and its pro-Syrian opposition allies descended on downtown Beirut Friday to force the resignation of Lebanon's Western-backed prime minister, who was holed up in his office ringed by hundreds of police and combat troops. The Shiite...

Upanishads: treatises hinduism

"Upanishads: upanishad are treatises by various Spiritual Gurus who having Realized-God ... Summarized their experiences. They tried to teach the Esoteric knowledge in ways ... Easy for the common man to understand ... Consisting of lots of examples and comparisons! Most...

Microsoft Counting on a Twist to Make Zune Shine in Shadow of iPod

"The hoopla was still swelling around last November’s debut of the Xbox 360, Microsoft’s latest entry in the game-console wars, when some on its development team began turning their attention to conceiving a new product.Their discussions led to the rough outline of...

The Lesson Learned from Edelman's Woes...

"Then, Edelman-gate breaks. The Edelman PR firm 'fessed up to creating and maintaining blogs that appeared to feature honest grassroots opinion in support of their mega-client, Wal-Mart. The blogs were disingenuous and ran contrary to the influential PR firm's own stated...

Bring out your dead - potential voter fraud in Missouri

WSJ Opinion Journal goes into some detail on the potential for voter fraud with the lack of a system to identify voters: "The Liberal Assault on Voter ID Laws. “People in the good state of Missouri need photo identification to cash a check, board a plane or apply for...

Sandfields Steppers walk to a better healthier lifestyle

"Sandfields SteppersA group of people from Sandfields have been walking towards a healthier lifestyle, whatever the weather. Sandfields Steppers, part of the Fit Together / Walking the Way to Health scheme, are celebrating their first anniversary and will continue to brave...

Sandfields youngsters help produce short movie

"Tornado Films, a Port Talbot based film company, has been helping youngsters in Sandfields get a real taste for the movie industry. Its latest production, the Sandfields Story, is part of 4 productions by the company from the First Light Initiative. First Light fund and...

Planet Earth - just a dot in space

"... Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions,...

Www.ackiest sites on the net

"IT must have seemed a good idea to name a website after the well-known phrase "The pen is mightier than the sword." But written as a web address (URL) which has to have no spaces between words, it didn't turn out exactly as planned. The result is would-be writers finding a...

DreamHost updates website and doubles their package plans!

"DreamHost.com has officially doubled their package plans in terms of bandwidth and web space. They now provide 2 TB of bandwidth per month as well as 200 GB of disk space for their minimal package. The great thing is the pricing is low -- just $119.00 a year. And that web...

Google's Office in China

"Google's office in China doesn't look half bad. As a matter of fact, it looks pretty damn cool. I'm taking a fancy to the recreation room, candy stash, and gymnasium. Not to mention it would be great watching football on that big screen TV. Maybe this is just their way to...

The Difference Between a Virus, Worm and Trojan Horse

"The most common blunder people make when the topic of a computer virus arises is to refer to a worm or Trojan horse as a virus. While the words Trojan, worm and virus are often used interchangeably, they are not the same. Viruses, worms and Trojan Horses are all malicious...

Iraqis swap houses to flee sectarian violence

"Many Iraqi families are swapping homes with friends from the other religious sect to avoid falling victim to Baghdad’s rising sectarian violence, which has claimed the lives more than 10,000 Iraqis in the last four months alone."