Bill Gates considering flight to space

Bill Gates is considering a possible flight into space according to one of the Russian cosmonauts on board the International Space Station during a video link up with reporters for Russian TV.However, Space Adventures, the US-based company [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

Zooming in on Darfur: Google teams up with Holocaust Museum

  Internet users starting Wednesday can use Google Earth to zoom in on the destruction in Darfur, western Sudan, that has killed an estimated 300,000 people and displaced more than 2 million people. The project - a joint effort by i [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

Marketing A Struggle Here's 6 Tips

(1) Just keep moving forward, one step at a time, do the best you can with what you have and be kind to yourself. (2) Recognize that success is a journey, not a destination. Look for things to be grateful for every single day. Don't give [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2007 | Comments : 0

PPR offers $7.1 billion to buy Puma

 In the latest sign of sports apparel's move into the fashion world, PPR Group on Tuesday offered 5.3 billion euros ($7.1 billion) for Puma in a deal that will marry the maker of Gucci handbags with the producer of golf cleats and runn [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2007 | Comments : 0

SanDisk faces uphill battle with new MP3 player

SanDisk is No. 2 in MP3 portable music players and trying hard. But dethroning reigning leader Apple and its ubiquitous iPod may be less important than diversification to this Milpitas chip company with broad aspirations.SanDisk on Monday u [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2007 | Comments : 0

Apple sells 100 million iPods

Computer and music player maker Apple Inc. on Monday said it sold its 100 millionth iPodSince the music player was introduced in 2001, there have been 10 new iPod models; including five generations of iPod, two generations of iPod mini, two [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2007 | Comments : 0

Japans KDDI Corp breaks into U.S. mobile phone market

 Japanese mobile phone operator KDDI Corp. will break into the United States market in the coming weeks.  The firm will first offer services catering towards Japanese tourists and residents and will eventually expand to other Asia [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2007 | Comments : 0

Some Fear Russia to Become Space Cabbie

As Demand for Space Tourism Rises, Some Fear Russia Will Fall Behind in Space RaceIt looks like a bonanza for the Russian space industries the planned retirement of the U.S. space shuttle fleet in about three years would make Russia the pri [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2007 | Comments : 0

Lab claims first "proof of concept" iPod virus

The Russian security company Kaspersky Lab claims to have created the world's first "proof of concept" iPod virus. They provide exceptionally few details about the "virus" itself, but what they do provide tells us that t [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

After Apple, now Microsoft set to go for DRM-free Songs

Following its arch-rival Apple Inc.’s plan to deliver higher quality DRM-Free Music on the iTunes Store, software giant Microsoft has planned to sell digital music online without digital rights management (DRM) protection through its [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Stewart sees pal blast off

Martha Stewart came to the bleak space town of Baikonur yesterday to watch a billionaire friend blast off for the international space station. Stewart, who parlayed her vision of gracious living into a business empire, is a longtime frien [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

 A highly touted and widely used computerized system for examining mammograms is leading to less accuracy, not more, a new study finds.Computer software programs, known as computer-aided detection, or CAD, did not find more breast canc [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2007 | Comments : 0

Global warming could hit Southwest hard

Global warming will permanently change the climate of the American Southwest, making it so much hotter and drier that Dust Bowl-scale droughts will become common, a new climate report concludes.  Sign up for: Globe Headlines e-mail | [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2007 | Comments : 0

Hackers Promise 'Nude Britney Spears' Pix To Plant .ANI Expl...

There are problems with the patch Microsoft released Tuesday for a critical .ANI vulnerability, and hackers have launched a new spam campaign to take advantage of the flaw. There are problems with the patch Microsoft released Tuesday for a [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2007 | Comments : 0