Sunday, October 28, 2007

Acute NHS care 'failing patients'. The NHS is failing to offer sufficient out-of-hours GP care for severely ill patients, experts say. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Hot Home Business http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map25.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map26.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map27.html [Slashdot] 8:47:21 PM    comment [] MPs in call for new climate body. A powerful new body must drive climate change policy after a decade of failure by the government, MPs warn. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Hot Home Business http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map25.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map26.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map27.html [Slashdot] 8:46:00 PM    comment [] Bills 13, Jets 3: Pennington Is Pulled in Jets’ Loss. In a game where both teams switched quarterbacks in the second half, it was the Bills’ backup who did more damage in Buffalo’s victory at Giants Stadium. By GREG BISHOP. [NYT > Sports] Hot Home Business http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map25.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map26.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map27.html [Slashdot] 8:43:42 PM    comment [] UK Schools Warned Off Microsoft Deal. rs232 sends in a BBC piece on the UK computer agency Becta advising schools against sighing up for a Microsoft educational license because of alleged anti-competitive practices. "The problem was that Microsoft required schools to have licenses for every PC in a school that might use its software, whether they were actually doing so or running something else." We have discussed Becta's role in British education here several times as they have acted as a watchdog warning of perceived Microsoft excesses. Read more of this story at Slashdot. Hot Home Business http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map25.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map26.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map27.html [Slashdot] 8:42:25 PM    comment [] The Kremlin Tightens Its Grip on the Internet. reporter writes "According to a report just published by "The Washington Post", the percentage of Russian adults having access to the Internet has risen from 8% in 2002 to 25% in 2007. This growth has attracted the attention of the Kremlin. Its allies are creating pro-Kremlin web sites and are purchasing web sites known for high-quality independent journalism. Pro-Kremlin bloggers have used their skills to bury news about anti-Kremlin demonstrations: at Russian news portals, web links to news about pro-Kremlin rallies consistently rank higher than web links to news about anti-Kremlin demonstrations. The most disturbing development is that the Kremlin intends to develop a Russian Internet which is separate from the global Internet. Russian officials are studying the techniques that the Chinese use to censor the Internet." Read more of this story at Slashdot. Great Home Business http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map22.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map23.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map24.html [Slashdot] 4:31:32 PM    comment [] Apple Makes $831 On Each AT&T iPhone. Ponca City, We Love You writes "The NYTimes reports that Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray, has studied Apple's financial statements and come to the conclusion that AT&T is paying Apple $18 a month, on average, for each iPhone sold by Apple and activated on AT&T's network — up to $432 over a two-year contract. This shows how much incentive Apple has to maintain its exclusive deal with AT&T rather than to sell unlocked phones or cut deals with multiple carriers. Last week Apple disclosed that 250,000 iPhones had been purchased but not registered with ATT that Apple thinks are being unlocked so Apple has now taken action to curb unauthorized resellers by limiting sales of the iPhone to two per customer and requiring that purchases must now be made with a credit or debit card — cash will not be accepted." The latter article links to a US Treasury page explaining the incorrectness of the widely-held belief that cash cannot be refused for any transaction. Read more of this story at Slashdot. Great Home Business http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map22.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map23.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map24.html [Slashdot] 4:30:18 PM    comment [] Obama promises to get tough with Clinton. Senator Barack Obama says he will start confronting Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton more forcefully as he tries to address mounting alarm among supporters that his lack of assertiveness has allowed her to dominate the presidential race. [MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines] Great Home Business http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map22.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map23.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map24.html 3:28:43 PM    comment [] Red Sox blast Rockies, one win from title. Daisuke Matsuzaka hit a two-run single during Boston’s big outburst and pitched into the sixth inning as the Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 9-5 on Saturday to take a 3-0 lead in the World Series. [MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines] Great Home Business http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map22.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map23.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map24.html 3:21:41 PM    comment [] Astronauts enter Harmony. Astronauts entered the International Space Station's newest module, Harmony, on Saturday, checking out the... [spacetoday.net] Great Home Business http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map22.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map23.html http://www.myprowealths.com/site_map24.html 3:20:52 PM    comment []

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