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Gamers are enlisted to battle bugs in military weapons

Software bugs can prove deadly on the battlefield — a lesson learned when a buggy Patriot missile defense system failed to intercept a Scud missile that killed 28 American soldiers during the first Gulf War in 1991. To prevent such [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

Central Banks Step Up Battle to Contain Crisis

The central banks for the U.K. and the euro zone scrambled to inject new life into their fading economies, both acting Thursday to try to stave off recession or a credit crunch while awaiting the next moves of the region's embattled g [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Euro Cup 2011: How Long Can Embattled Banks Play Kick the Ca...

European financial markets of all stripes enjoyed another nice bounce Tuesday in the face of widespread skepticism that European officials are doing little more than papering over their problems with talks aimed at expanding the continen [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

RBA defends embattled banks

The boss of the Reserve Bank has stood by the actions of the major banks during this month’s latest round of mortgage rate hikes, saying banking is not like a normal business. RBA governor Glenn Stevens was peppered with questions [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Bush strongly backs embattled justice chief

Washington - US President George W Bush said Monday he was more confident than ever in his embattled attorney general, even though some members of his own Republican Party want him to quit.Alberto Gonzales, a longtime Bush protege who is th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 24 2007 | Comments : 0

Pakistan battles HIV/Aids taboo

Nearly 4,000 people with HIV/Aids have reported at treatment centres around Pakistan, government and World Health Organisation (WHO) officials say. The figure is a fraction of the total number of Pakistanis with the virus. A UNAids repo [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 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

GDC: Gaming Industry Must Prepare For Regulation Battles

Speaking at the GDC session "Censorship of Video Game Content: Time to Fight Back", attorney Lawrence G. Walters explains that while the gaming industry has thus far protected its freedom of speech in North America in the face of [...]