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Posted Mon, 03/30/2009 - 07:00 by newton
A tenacious computer worm which has wriggled its way onto machines worldwide is set to evolve on April Fool's Day, becoming harder to exterminate but not expected to wreak havoc. A task force assembled by Microsoft has been working to stamp out the worm, referred to as Conficker or DownAdUP, and the US software colossus has placed a bounty of 250,000 dollars on the heads of those responsible for the threat.
Posted Sun, 03/29/2009 - 07:12 by newton
To someone not used to its grandiose ways, Dubai's downsizing might not look so bad. Construction cranes still tower over the city, though a bit fewer. Hummers still crowd the highways, though some now have "for sale" signs taped to their tinted windows. But one brief phrase shows how heavy a blow Dubai has suffered from the world economic crisis. The words "leaving Dubai, must sell" now dot classified ads as departing foreign workers try to dump furniture, cars and kitchen appliances. Look further, and once red-hot office space and apartments stand empty.
Posted Thu, 03/26/2009 - 17:26 by binoy
IBM will cut about 5,000 jobs in the United States, adding to similarly large cuts in the past few months, sources with knowledge of IBM the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.
The job cuts will account for over 4 percent of IBM's US workforce, which totaled around 115,000 at the end of 2008. The sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly on the issue, said the cuts will mostly be in IBM's global services business, which includes outsourcing and consulting services.
Posted Tue, 03/24/2009 - 06:48 by binoy
Amid camera flashes and the occasional shoving match between photographers, specifications and on-sale dates for the highly anticipated Tata Nano were finally announced at two elaborate media events here on Monday.
“We have made a promise and we have kept that promise,” Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Group, said during the first press gathering, held in the Taj Hotel.
Posted Mon, 03/23/2009 - 06:36 by newton
British reality television star Jade Goody, who won the nation's heart with her rags-to-riches success and her very public battle with cervical cancer, died Sunday aged 27.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown led the tributes to the mother-of-two, who lived her adult life in the spotlight but died in her sleep at home at 03:14 am (0314 GMT), with husband Jack Tweed and mother Jackiey Budden by her side.
Posted Mon, 03/23/2009 - 06:36 by newton
Five Indian soldiers and two Muslim rebels were killed in a gunbattle in Kashmir on Sunday, police said, a day after Pakistani and Indian troops traded fire across the de facto border.
The deaths came during some of the fiercest fighting for months and follow Saturday's cross-border firing that left one Indian soldier dead.
The fighting on Sunday erupted in northern Kupwara district as Indian troops launched a search operation in thick forest.
Posted Mon, 03/16/2009 - 05:49 by newton
Abu Dhabi based airline, Etihad Airways is further strengthening its global reach from Kuwait by announcing a new world leading campaign that caters to the demands of passengers travelling from Kuwait via Abu Dhabi to 19 destinations that cover the North American, European, Australian, African and the Far East regions.
Posted Thu, 03/12/2009 - 07:46 by binoy
Bill Gates retains the title, "The richest man on the world", in a recent assessment by Forbes Magazine. In these troubled days of business, the billionaires across the world has lost billions of dollars. While 1125 people have found there place in the billionaires list in 2008, year 2009 has accounted for only 793 people.
Due to the recession, Bill Gates lost 18 Billion in value and yet topped the list with a net worth of 40 billion dollars. With a net asset of 37 Billion, Warren Buffet stands in the 2nd place where he lost 25 billion dollars in the last year.
Posted Sun, 03/08/2009 - 07:38 by newton
An Abu Dhabi-Jakarta Etihad Airways flight made an unscheduled landing at the Chennai airport on Saturday after an eight-month old baby
suffering from fever developed bouts of vomiting and diarrhoea. The aircraft landed at around 9.10 am and the baby was immediately shifted to a private hospital in Guindy. Hospital sources said that the child is out of danger.
The flight, with the remaining 320 passengers on board, departed for Jakarta at 8.30 pm. Earlier, the passengers were accommodated at different hotels in the city.
