16. september 2005

Nintendo controller steals limelight from Microsoft's new Xbox (AFP). Yahoo! News: Technology News] 5:35:36 PM    comment [] Record labels sue Baidu for copyright infringement (Reuters). Reuters - The four largest record companies have sued Baidu.com Inc. for copyright infringement, alleging the Chinese Internet search engine has been illegally providing links to free digital music downloads, according to a trade group the represents the music industry. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 5:34:52 PM    comment [] Voting May Be Life-and-Death Choice for Afghans. A newly emboldened insurgency in Afghanistan has stepped up a campaign of threats and thuggery on the eve of elections. By SOMINI SENGUPTA. [NYT > Home Page] 3:37:43 PM    comment [] Severe Hurricanes Increasing, Study Finds . A new study concludes that rising sea temperatures have been accompanied by a significant global increase in the most destructive hurricanes, adding fuel to an international debate over whether global warming contributed to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. By Juliet Eilperin. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews] 3:36:41 PM    comment [] Intel to Invest $345M at Two U.S. Plants . SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Trying to meet demand for its chip sets and other products used in computers, Intel Corp. said Thursday it plans to invest $345 million to beef up the capacity of its manufacturing plants in Colorado and Massachusetts. By MATTHEW FORDAHL. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews] 3:35:51 PM    comment [] Nintendo Produces New Remote Control (AP). AP - Nintendo thinks it has the answer for people scared off by all the complex switches and buttons on home video-game controllers — a simpler device that looks like a TV remote control and can be waved like a wand or a baseball bat. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 3:34:20 PM    comment [] Critics Fear Trailer 'Ghettos' . On the sprawling, dusty grounds of Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Tex., the recreational vehicles and mobile homes are arriving at a rate of 100 a day before being shipped out to the fringes of Hurricane Katrina's disaster zone. By Jonathan Weisman. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 3:33:35 PM    comment [] Skills body to shed 1,300 staff. The Learning and Skills Council is to cut 1,300 jobs as part of a plan to save £40m by cutting bureaucracy. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 3:32:09 PM    comment [] Finnish gov will not criminalise MP3 players - officials. May ban copy-protection circumvention, though [The Register] 3:30:05 PM    comment [] Deadly Toll Continues in Iraq, as Car Bomber and Gunmen Strike. Insurgents continued their deadly week of attacks in Baghdad today, killing at least four people in drive-by shootings, including two men hoping to be hired as day laborers. By TERENCE NEILAN. [NYT > Home Page] 3:28:06 PM    comment [] Stolen Rembrandt work recovered. Danish police recover a self-portrait by Rembrandt stolen from Sweden's National Museum in 2000. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 3:26:58 PM    comment [] Extremists target students claim. An academic claims that extremists are operating on Britain's university campuses, threatening national security. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 3:26:07 PM    comment [] Police blotter: Porn suspect claims rights breach. Man facing child pornography charges asks a court to throw out evidence he claims was illegally seized by government agents. [CNET News.com] 3:24:46 PM    comment []

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