T20: India suffer early setbacks after flying start

Virender Sehwag and Suresh Raina fell in quick succession as India lost early wickets after the visitors were put in to bat. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl in the second Twenty20 International at Wellington on Friday. " Daniel Vettori won his second consecutive...

Fed leaves rate unchanged despite market strains

Despite earlier predictions that rates would be cut, the U.S. Federal Reserve has announced that its key interest rate will remain unchanged."The central bank said Tuesday it was keeping its target for the federal funds rate, the interest that banks charge on overnight loans,...

England declare ODI team for India tour

"England’s selectors have named a 15-man squad for the Stanford Super Series and the seven-match one-day tour of India that gets underway in November, with Ryan Sidebottom earning a recall after an injury disrupted season. He comes in to replace Tim Bresnan, although will...

U.S. economy losses 63,000 jobs in February

"NEW YORK: The U.S. economy shed 63,000 jobs in February, the government said Friday, the fastest falloff in five years and the strongest evidence yet that the country is headed toward - or may already be in - a recession. The unexpected decline raised expectations that the...

Reminder: Backup before installing new Leopard 10.5.2 update

"Today Apple released its Mac OS X 10.5.2 update, which addresses many annoying bugs as well as tackling a number of interface issues that bugged longtime users. According to the technote on the release, users should backup before installing the update (this is really...

NY hikes security on dirty bomb Internet chatter

Now a part of the daily grind."NY hikes security on dirty bomb Internet chatter Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:42AM EDT Email | Print | Digg | Reprints | Single Page | Recommend (-) [-] Text [+] By Mark Egan and Christine Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police stepped up security...

13 Days to Save Net Radio

I'm a big fan of Pandora and similar sites so I was interested to see this appeal: The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on May 15 (retroactive to Jan...

Evolutionary Hardware: AI 2.0

I wouldn't frame this story in terms of evolution-versus-creationism, but it's a stellar read anyway: Engineers have developed a way to get systems to "evolve" thourgh self-upgrade."For decades people have tried to replicate the human mind, using more and more sophisticated...

Stocks narrowly mixed after Google data

"Stocks rose moderately Thursday as Wall Street balanced enthusiasm about robust consumer spending figures with disappointment in Google Inc.'s profit report, which dragged on technology stocks. The muted performance followed Wall Street's best day of the year on Wednesday,...

EDITORIALS: Farewell to Cheap Golf

"EDITORIALS: Farewell to Cheap Golf Myrtle Beach Online January 17, 2007 Nobody wants to pay more for anything. So golfers, residents and snowbirds alike, are upset over higher fees for winter golf. The loss of 387 golf holes in the past eight years has caused increases in...

Tesco's Rubbish

"Tesco's Rubbish I am writing to complain about the horrible mess on the canal path at the rear of Tesco's branch at Tring Road in Aylesbury, Bucks. This canal runs alongside the rear of the Tesco's Store in Tring Road, Aylesbury, right next to their carpark and recycling...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...