Archive for July 8th, 2009
PC World Google Challenges Microsoft With New Chrome Operating SystemInformationWeekTaking the fight to Microsoft's doorstep, Google has announced Chrome OS, a new operating system for netbooks and desktop computers. By Thomas Claburn Chrome OS is Google's second operating system, after Android, the mobile device operating system that …Will Consumers Take a Shine to Google's Chrome [...]
BBC News World leaders arrive for G-8 quake zone summitCNN InternationalL'AQUILA, Italy (CNN) — Leaders of the world's most powerful economies were Wednesday gathering in the center of an Italian earthquake zone for a summit that, despite an agenda tackling the financial crisis, world poverty and climate change, …Obama team says consensus exists on global [...]
Aljazeera.net Drones 'kill dozens' in PakistanBBC NewsAt least 40 people have been killed in a suspected US missile strike in north-west Pakistan, local officials say. They told the BBC three suspected US drones had fired missiles at militants near Ladha in South Waziristan. It is the third strike in two …Drone Strikes Kill 26 in [...]
Telegraph.co.uk Turkey wants UN to discuss Xinjiang violenceReutersISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his country will ask the UN Security Council to discuss ways of ending ethnic violence in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang. Predominantly Muslim Turkey has a …Chinese troops flood into riot city as Hu Jintao flies homeTimes [...]
CBC.ca Charge of Google's light brigadeBBC NewsSo at long last Google is making its move. Promising a lightweight but fast operating system – Chrome OS – the internet search company is poised to strike at the heart of Microsoft's software empire. The Windows operating system is …Five Questions About Google Chrome OSPC WorldFive Things Google's [...]
Washington Post GOP says White House sends mixed messages on stimulusCNN InternationalWASHINGTON (CNN) — Republicans disappointed with the president's stimulus plan are expected to hit the Obama administration and Democrats hard Wednesday during a House hearing on oversight of the stimulus spending. President Obama says his …Dems' second thoughts on taxing health benefitsSan Francisco ChronicleUS [...]
Telegraph.co.uk Jackson's Kids Not First Famous Family to Mourn in PublicABC NewsOf all the memorable moments at Michael Jackson's memorial Tuesday, perhaps none was bigger than when Jackson's daughter, Paris-Michael, 11, took the stage and spontaneously shared her grief with the world. …Michael Jackson memorial service as normal as can beChicago Sun-TimesMillions watch Jackson memorialBBC [...]
Voice of America Government Web sites attacked; N. Korea suspectedThe Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A widespread computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of the Treasury Department, the Secret Service and other US agencies, and South Korean government sites also came under assault. …North Korea 'launches massive cyber attack on Seoul'Times [...]
Los Angeles Times Sotomayor spin cycle in overdrive – a week earlyChristian Science MonitorRepublicans have been boosted by the NRA registering its 'concerns' about Sotomayor Tuesday. Democrats are playing up her record on law and order. By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer/ July 8, 2009 edition The confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia …Key Players [...]
Telegraph.co.uk Pope shakes up office blamed for Holocaust denierReutersVATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict Wednesday effectively removed the Vatican official who was widely blamed for a controversy involving a bishop who denied the Holocaust. Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos was president of the …Pope blasts capitalism ahead of G-8 meetingCNN InternationalPope reforms body dealing with renegade [...]