World News :: BLOG: September 2007

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

US actor in White House race

Hollywood actor and ex-US senator Fred Thompson has declared his candidacy for president.

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Opera star Pavarotti dies

Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, aged 71.

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GPS-only HP iPaq 310 Travel Companion unveiled

HP iPaq 310 Travel Companion

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Last year, HP introduced its HP iPaq rx5900 Travel Companion, a sleek gadget that combined the powers of a PDA and a portable navigation system into one solution. It was the first GPS device for the company, and based on user opinions, it ...

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HP iPaq 110 and iPaq 210 bring back PDAs from the dead

HP iPaq 110 Classic Handheld

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Ha! And people thought the PDA was dead. Today, HP introduced two new models to its iPaq line of handhelds: the HP iPaq 110 Classic Handheld and HP iPaq 210 Enterprise Handheld. Now, in this day and age of smart phones, will this ...

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HP introduces big-and-brawny iPaq 610 and iPaq 910 smart phones

HP iPaq 910 Business Manager

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In addition to several other mobile product announcements today, HP showed off two new smart phones, and they're not for the faint of heart.

First, there's the HP iPaq 610 Business Navigator, a quad-band mobile with support for HSDPA and assisted ...

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Dell founder 'unaware' of company's financial shenanigans

For the first time since Dell admitted that some of its accountants had been cooking the books to meet quarterly numbers, company founder Michael Dell spoke publicly about the scandal.

At the Citigroup Technology Conference in New York City on Wednesday, Dell said he had no part in the fudged ...

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New HP desktops shine, want you to buy more stuff

HP's and Voodoo PC's Blackbird 002

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HP announced the first product of its joint design efforts with Voodoo PC this evening. Our review of the HP Blackbird 002 is up, and it achieved the highest rating we've ever awarded a desktop. We'll let the ...

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HP updates business, consumer notebooks

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At an evening press event in New York, HP announced a much-needed new look for its business laptop line. With a silver finish, drop-hinge panel, and scooped-out keyboard, the new models look more modern than the boxy corporate HPs of yore, though they'll still blend in with ...

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Battle of the ulu.com's: Lulu.com vs. Hulu.com

This case that could surely elicit some giggles from the rhyme police. Lulu.com said Wednesday that it has filed suit against Hulu.com for trademark infringement on the grounds that the two names and business models are too similar and will create confusion in the market.

Lulu.com, a ...

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Sharp's Blu-ray player loads discs in 10 seconds

(Credit: AV Magazine.it)

There are a whole bunch of Blu-ray players being announced at CEDIA, but for the most part there's not too much to differentiate them. Sharp's new Blu-ray player, the BD-HP20U, the company's first ever and while it's mostly the same as other ...

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Microsoft gives Media Center Extender another try

Microsoft plans another go at the media center extender concept, but it's unclear whether the new features will be enough to lure more buyers than it did with the first go-around a few years back.

As in the past, the devices are designed to a TV in one room ...

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Flood-hit schools delay new term

Most schools hit by England's floods are re-opening on time, but 21 are not, the government said.

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Bank moves to ease credit jitters

The Bank of England acts to ease the credit crunch hitting financial markets, allowing banks to deposit more funds with it.

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BBC switches off climate special

The BBC cancels plans for the awareness-raising TV special Planet Relief following internal debates on impartiality.

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Euro MPs urge easing liquids ban

The European Parliament calls for the EU to review restrictions on taking liquids on board aeroplanes.

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Diana jury to visit Paris scene

Jurors at the inquest into Princess Diana's death will visit the scene of the fatal Paris car crash.

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Air rage passenger faces prison

A Darlington man faces jail after admitting to an air rage incident on a flight from Turkey to Newcastle.

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Rugby U: Wilkinson return unclear

England have not set a return date for Jonny Wilkinson after the fly-half suffered an ankle ligament sprain during training.

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Law arrested over alleged attack

Actor Jude Law is arrested by police over an alleged attack on a photographer.

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MMR overdose given to 93 pupils

Pupils at three Birmingham schools are given an overdose of the MMR vaccine, health chiefs confirm.

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Killer 'wanted to scare sister'

A 14-year-old girl accused of murdering her sister tells a court she just wanted to scare her after a row.

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Tube services returning to normal

London Underground (LU) is working to restore services across the network after a three-day strike was called off.

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'No plan' for DNA samples for all

The government says there are no plans to make it compulsory for all UK residents to be on the national DNA database.

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Armed help plea over killer dog

A policeman called to a house where a girl was killed by a dog radioed for urgent armed back-up, a court hears.

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UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Two British soldiers serving with Nato have been killed fighting the Taleban in southern Afghanistan.

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'Human-animal' embryo green light

Regulators have agreed in principle to allow human-animal embryos to be created and used for research.

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Foot-and-mouth 'traced to pipe'

The virus that caused the UK foot-and-mouth outbreak is thought to have been in a pipe on a nearby lab site.

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Explorers' treasures in demand

Treasures from the Congo, housed in a museum in Belgium, are receiving increasing interest from mining companies.

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Mount Etna erupts with style

Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe, has had its first major eruption for six years.

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Mother Teresa remembered

The tenth anniversary of Mother Teresa's death has been marked in Calcutta with calls for her canonisation.

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UN head visits Darfur region

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is visiting the war-torn region of Darfur as part of a trip to Sudan.

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Europe tackles human traffic

Delegates from the Council of Europe are meeting in Armenia for talks on how to tackle human trafficking.

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Search for adventurer Fossett

A plane flown by record-breaking US adventurer Steve Fossett is missing in Nevada, officials have said.

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Germany foils 'huge' bomb plot

Three people have been arrested in Germany suspected of planning two terror attacks.

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Finland emerge victorious in first Eurovision Dance Contest

Tonight on BBC One Finland were declared winners of the Eurovision Dance Contest after viewers from 16 participating nations across Europe cast their votes and awarded them a total of 132 points.

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BBC Scotland: Music spree at Pacific Quay!

The foyer of BBC Scotlands new headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow is to be the venue for a great new series of music gigs.

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Kaiser Chiefs and Mark Ronson to perform at the 2007 Electric Proms

The BBC tonight revealed the first of more than 80 artists who will be performing at the BBC Electric Proms 2007.

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Tribute paid to Chris Bard

Chris Bard BBC Essexs Faith producer and presenter died suddenly at the weekend while researching a broadcasting project in Ireland.

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The Sex Lives Of Us – a special season of programming on Radio 4

In two weeks of special programming this month BBC Radio 4 will be looking at attitudes towards sex in Britain today.

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BBC Wales subs the bride in new rugby promos

Imagine the scene. A brides walking down the aisle with her father and suddenly a substitution board rises above the congregation. The bride is substituted at the last minute and a voice from the crowd can be heard saying nice substitution

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Radio 1. Established 1967

BBC Radio 1 will celebrate 40 years of championing the best new music for its young audience with a series of amazing guest presenters.

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Could Microsoft really be this childish?

Microsoft is apparently banning dirty words like "Linux" on its XBox Live site. Really.

Okay, what happens when you like Linux, and decide to change your Xbox Live gamertag motto to "Linux rules"? Well, Microsoft black flags you, that's what. According to xbox-scene.com, Linux and Unix prompt the

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Palm's Foleo: This era's answer to Microsoft Bob

Give this to the folks running Palm: At least management had enough insight to realize the company was about to commit one of the biggest blunders in recent tech history.

(Credit: Palm)

Palm late Tuesday announced its decision to cancel its Foleo mobile companion only four months after its co-founder, ...

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Silverlight goes 1.0, adds Linux support

Microsoft released Silverlight 1.0 on Tuesday and said it has partnered with Novell to deliver a Linux version of the software.

In addition, Microsoft announced a number of consumer Web sites will use Silverlight to distribute video.

Silverlight is a cross-platform Web browser plug-in for displaying interactive Web applications ...

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Who will buy your open-source start-up?

In the Web 2.0 world, this is an easy question to answer. Everyone wants to be bought by Google or Yahoo (or, really, anyone foolish enough to part with $30 million in exchange for six months spent on a relatively lame social-networking idea). In the open-source world, however, I think the answer is not so clear.

And yes, I think the answer is more complex than, "Whoever bids the highest." Why? Because there are principles at stake.

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Sun looks to brighten stock with reverse split

So, Sun investors, does that $5 stock price got you down? Change may be in the wind.

No, there is no crystal ball or vision of a mega-buyout around the corner. But rather, the company is looking to throw a little Miracle-Gro on the stock.

Sun Microsystems is proposing a ...

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Facebook opens up its people search to everyone

Early this morning, Facebook announced that it is making its database of users searchable by non-members. The reduces, slightly, the amount of privacy people have on the social network, but it also adds a great deal of utility to the service and reflects Facebook's growing dominance as the Web'...

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Live from Moscone Center with Apple

Feel free to blow off that midday meeting as we bring you live coverage of Apple's "the beat goes on" press conference.

Set aside a tab in your browser for this blog a little before 10 a.m. PDT, when Apple's event is expected to get under way ...

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More money for fusion energy

Canada's General Fusion has received $1.2 million in venture funding to conduct further research on its fusion reactors, according to VentureWire.

The company's ultimate plan is to build small fusion reactors that can produce around 100 megawatts of power. The plants would cost around $50 million. That ...

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LG's new combo HD DVD/Blu-ray player

LG's new combo player

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LG was the first company to come out with an HD DVD/Blu-ray combo player--the LG BH100--which made a big splash at CES 2007 and won CNET's "Best in Show" award. At CEDIA today, LG announced its second combo player, the BH200, which looks to improve on many of the shortcomings of the BH100. The most significant failing of the BH100 was its limited support for the interactive features available on HD DVD discs, also known as HDi. According to the press release, the BH200 will support HDi functionality, along with network-enhanced HD DVD features, available on some discs such as Blood Diamond. On the Blu-ray side, it should also support BD-Java functionality (as seen on the newer Pirates of Caribbean discs), as well as picture-in-picture functionality. (While picture-in-picture functionality is standard on all HD DVD players, it is not required on Blu-ray players until October 31st .)

LG BH200's key features

Full HDi support on HD DVD discs

Picture-in-picture support for both HD DVD and Blu-ray

1080p output at 24 frames per second

Onboard decoding for Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD

HDMI 1.3 output, with Deep Color support

Ethernet port

$1,000 list price, mid-October release date

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Monday, September 3, 2007

Policewoman's drink-drive crash

An off-duty policewoman gets a suspended jail term after crashing her car when nearly four times over the limit.

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Ballots 'rejected automatically'

A BBC investigation finds that tens of thousands of Holyrood votes were rejected without any human adjudication.

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Schools saved from closure threat

More than 20 closure-threatened schools and nurseries in Edinburgh are given a stay of execution.

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Doctor gives fatal insulin dose

A 92-year-old man dies of a heart attack after a junior doctor gives him 100 times the correct dose of insulin.

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NI politicians help at Iraq talks

Senior Northern Ireland politicians help at Finnish talks aimed at ending sectarian clashes in Iraq.

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Scientists discover height gene

An international team of scientists have discovered the first gene that influences a person's height.

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Prisoners to get £2 strike bonus

Inmates at a prison are to get a small financial bonus for good behaviour during a recent prison officer strike.

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Basra pull-out focus for papers

A number of papers lead with the withdrawal of British troops from their base in Basra.

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Memories of a massacre

A massacre 150 years ago still colours America's view of Mormons, writes Tim Egan.

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How do you set fireworks to live music?

100,000 fireworks rounded off the Edinburgh Festival. It's no mean job.

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Stone, wood and love

Thatcher, stonemason, carpenter. The men and women who stop our castles and cathedrals from crumbling away are in perilously short supply.

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Humphrys queries BBC digital TV

Radio presenter John Humphrys urges the BBC to consider axing its digital TV channels.

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£500m tax write-off claim denied

HM Revenue and Customs denies another mistake with the tax credits system will cost it a further £500m.

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Tories 'to match Labour spending'

George Osborne commits the Tories to matching Labour's public spending for the next three years.

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Pilot died 'doing what he loved'

The pilot of a glider killed when his aircraft came down died doing something he loved, his family say.

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Thierry Henry's wife gets divorce

Former Arsenal footballer Thierry Henry's estranged English wife is granted a divorce.

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Four remanded over M40 shooting

Four men are remanded in custody after appearing in court in connection with the killing of a biker on the M40.

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Jury shown tape of dogs fighting

A tape of two pit-bull dogs fighting is shown to a jury as 25 people appear in court.

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Rugby: England 'basked in glory'

Lawrence Dallaglio admits England "basked in the success" of their 2003 World Cup win rather than planning properly for the defence.

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Football: 'Key week' for Scotland

Scotland assistant Roy Aitken looks forward to two important games for his side's Euro 2008 qualifying hopes.

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England call up defender Lescott

Joleon Lescott is called up to England's squad for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Israel and Russia.

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Foot-and-mouth restrictions eased

Livestock market restrictions have been lifted for the first time since the Surrey foot-and-mouth outbreak.

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Protest at BNP teacher suspension

A protest is held outside a school after a teacher claims to have been suspended for being a BNP member.

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Tanning shop voyeur avoids jail

A "bungling" voyeur who spied on a 22-year-old woman in a tanning booth is given a suspended prison sentence.

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Harder driving theory test begins

The theory part of the driving test is expanded, with candidates now having to answer more questions

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Brown plays down early election

Prime Minister Gordon Brown says "now" is not the time for an election - but fails to fully rule out a snap election.

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Maintenance strike cripples Tube

London travellers face days of misery as a strike by Underground workers halts most trains.

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Custody care review demanded

A report into the death of the youngest person to die in custody demands a review of the use of restraints.

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Coach overturns in motorway crash

A coach overturns on the southbound carriageway of the M1 in Buckinghamshire leaving at least 40 people injured.

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UK Basra base exit 'not a defeat'

The prime minister insists the withdrawal of troops from their last remaining base in Basra city is not a defeat.

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Panama Canal to get bigger

The Panama Canal is starting $5.5bn expansion plans, so that bigger ships can travel through it.

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Ex-PM arrested in Bangladesh

Bangladesh's military-backed interim government has arrested former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.

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Japanese minister resigns

Japan's Agriculture Minister Takehiko Endo has resigned only a week after being appointed.

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Missionary debate in S Korea

The work of S Korean missionaries is being questioned, after the recent return of hostages.

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PM Howard's web appeal

As Australia prepares to host the APEC summit, PM John Howard has appealed to protesters on YouTube.

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Felix graded highest hurricane

Hurricane Felix has been upgraded to a category five storm as it heads towards Honduras and Belize.

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Bush makes surprise Iraq visit

US President George W Bush is making an unannounced visit to Iraq for a meeting with key advisers.

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A message for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year on BBC One

In Keeping FaithRosh Hashanah 2007 on BBC One Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks brings viewers a message for Rosh Hashanah the Jewish New Year.

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New home, new art for BBC Scotland

A new future for BBC Scotlands collection of contemporary Scottish art and a new public art commission for Pacific Quay was announced today Monday 3 September.

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Doctor Who: Series five

After months of media speculation BBC One can confirm that the Baftaaward winning Doctor Who will return for a fifth series in spring 2010.

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