November 30, 2006

Abbas: Talks with Hamas hit a 'dead end' (AP). AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared Thursday that months of coalition talks with the ruling Hamas have hit a "dead end" — and his aides said he's done negotiating with the Islamic militants. [Yahoo! News: World News] 1:41:52 PM

Microsoft launches new Vista version of Windows (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. launched Windows Vista for businesses on Thursday, unveiling the first major upgrade of its dominant operating system in five years and predicting that over 200 million people will run new Windows, Office or PC server software by the end of 2007. [Yahoo! News: Business] 1:35:39 PM