10. november 2005

Hackers use Sony anti-copy software to hide in PCs (Reuters). Reuters - A computer security firm said on Thursday it had discovered the first virus that uses music publisher Sony BMG's controversial CD copy-protection software to hide on PCs and wreak havoc. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 6:54:16 PM    comment []

Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 29 in Crowded Baghdad Restaurant. The bombing, one of the most deadly in the Iraqi capital in recent months, was claimed by Al Qaeda in Iraq. By KHALID AL-ANSARY and SABRINA TAVERNISE. [NYT > Home Page] 6:52:41 PM    comment []

Intel sets $25 billion stock buyback. Since starting to buy back its shares in 1990, the chipmaker has spent about $49 billion on some 2.5 billion shares. [CNET News.com] 6:51:01 PM    comment []

Singapore Telecom results beat forecasts (AFP). AFP - Southeast Asia's biggest telecom company, Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), has beat forecasts as its second quarter net profit rose 5.7 percent on the back of strong contributions from mobile phone associates in India and Indonesia. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 6:49:59 PM    comment []

UK Muslims to fight extremism on the road and Web (Reuters). Reuters - Coming soon to fight extremism in Britain: the Imam Roadshow and Islam Online. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 6:48:54 PM    comment []

Jeremy Zawodny, who works at Yahoo, says that Google is Yahoo 2.0. Very clever, and there's a lot of truth to it, but watch out, that's not a very good place to be. That's how Microsoft came to dominate the PC software industry. By shipping (following the analogy) WordPerfect 2.0 (and WordStar, MacWrite and Multimate) and dBASE 2.0 (by acquiring FoxBase) and Lotus 2.0 (also known as Excel). It's much better to produce your own 2.0, as all of Microsoft's vanquished competitors would likely tell you now. [Scripting News] 6:45:59 PM    comment []

365 Days of Winter There's always snow somewhere. Here are the coolest places on the globe to find it. 6:42:11 PM    comment []

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Pull support from imams 6:35:31 PM    comment []

PGA Qualifying school stage 2: SECOND STAGE Wednesday-Saturday, November 9-12, 2005 Deerwood Golf Club, Kingwood, Texas: Field | Results Stonebridge Country Club, Dye, McKinney, Texas: Field | Results Hombre Golf Club, Bad/Ugly, Panama City Beach, Fla.: Field | Results Wednesday-Saturday, November 16-19, 2005 Oak Valley Golf Club, Beaumont, Calif.: Field Lake Jovita, Dade City, Fla.: Field Bayonet Golf Course, Seaside, Calif.: Field 6:26:55 PM    comment []

Future Tour Qualifying school (round 2 results) Future Tour: 2nd qualifying round wednesday the 9th 6:07:11 PM    comment []

Tour de las Americas: A Tribute to the Greatest Roberto De Vicenzo Classic San Eliseo Golf Club Preview Buenos Aires, Argentina (Nov. 9, 2005) – The inaugural edition of the Roberto De Vicenzo Classic, which gets underway on Friday at San Eliseo GC, pays tribute to Latin America's greatest player of all-time. Eighty professionals from nine nations will compete at the 54-hole thirteenth event of the 2005 Tour de las Americas. 6:00:57 PM    comment []

Australasia Tour: O'Malley on top in Shanghai Australian Peter O'Malley has a share of the lead after the opening round of the HSBC Champions event in Shanghai. 5:58:43 PM    comment []

South Africa Tour: Schwartzel sizzles in Shanghai 10 November 2005 - Charl Schwartzel has fired a red hot four-under-par 68 in the first round of the inaugural HSBC Champions Tournament in Shanghai to sit just four strokes off the first round lead in the $5-million event. ---> read more 5:57:16 PM    comment []

Asian Tour: ATWAL LEAVES A FEW BIRDIES SHORT WOODS TRAILS BY ONE AT HSBC CHAMPIONS 5:54:01 PM    comment []

European Challenge Tour: Q-school Final 6 days: European Tour Final Qualifying Stage (Live Scoring)   COURSE INFO - SAN ROQUE NEW COURSE     COURSE INFO - SAN ROQUE OLD COURSE     ENTRY LIST     R1 TEE TIMES     R2 TEE TIMES 5:43:58 PM    comment []

European Seniors Tour: Carbonetti and Smyth Lead in Bahrain as Order of Merit Rivals Struggle 5:35:27 PM    comment []

LPGA Tour: LPGA Tournament of Champions holds the key to the future for several players Before heading to Q-School, Pressel wins her third straight Florida high school title 5:28:27 PM    comment []

Champions Tour: Nicklaus receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Bush in Washington 5:26:52 PM    comment []

European Tour: Three Way Tie in Shanghai European Tour Weekly Online Changes to European Tournament Rankings Qualification for the 2006 HSBC World Match Play Championship Woods opens one shot off the lead in the HSBC Champions in Shanghai Asian Tour players must branch out more if they want to succeed, says Singh 5:24:31 PM    comment []

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