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Lineyte-Samarnon News
Google launches internet browser
BBC News, Sep 03, 2008
Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox.
The browser is designed to be fast, and to cope with the next generation of web applications that rely on graphics and multimedia.
Called Chrome, it w >>Read Full Story
| | | US: Iran has missile that could hit Europe
ABS-CBN News Online, Jul 17, 2008
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said on Tuesday that Iran has the ability to launch a ballistic missile capable of hitting sections of eastern and southern Europe.
Air Force Lt. Gen. Trey Obering, director of the Missile Defense Agency, told reporters h >>Read Full Story
| | | Mars probe makes 'ice discovery'
BBC News, Jun 23, 2008
Nasa's Phoenix lander has unearthed compelling evidence of ice on Mars, mission scientists believe.
Chunks of a bright material found in a trench dug by the craft have disappeared over four Martian days, suggesting they have vapourised.
While d >>Read Full Story
| | | Celtics wins 17th NBA title with 131-92 rout of Lakers
By TOM WITHERS,AP Sports Writer, Yahoo! News, Jun 18, 2008
BOSTON - With Russell and Havlicek sitting courtside, and Red surely lighting up a victory cigar somewhere, these Boston Celtics returned to glory like the great teams before them.
Dominant in every way.
On a new parquet floor below aging champ >>Read Full Story
| | | Sharks swim closer to extinction
By Richard Black, BBC News, May 23, 2008
More than half of the world's ocean-going sharks are at risk of extinction, a new analysis concludes.
Specialists with IUCN (formerly the World Conservation Union) found that 11 species are on the high-risk list, with five more showing signs of de >>Read Full Story
| | | Search for China quake survivors
BBC News, May 13, 2008
A massive search and rescue operation is under way in south-western China after one of the most powerful earthquakes in decades.
Troops have arrived in Wenchuan county at the epicentre, which was largely cut off by the quake - but heavy rain is ha >>Read Full Story
| | | Putin confirmed as new Russian PM
BBC News, May 08, 2008
Russia's parliament has overwhelmingly approved former President Vladimir Putin as the new prime minister.
He handed over to Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday - his chosen successor, who was elected president in March. >>Read Full Story
| | | Mental workout 'boosts the brain'
BBC News, Apr 29, 2008
Even the slower-witted among us can improve mental agility with a few daily brain teasers, a study suggests.
For those who hate crosswords but still fancy shining at work - fear not.
The US-Swiss team behind the research say computer-based test >>Read Full Story
| | | South Korean presidential palace hit by hackers--official
Inquirer.net, Apr 22, 2008
SEOUL--South Korea's presidential mansion, the Blue House, has come under cyber-attack from overseas hackers who accessed some confidential information, officials said Tuesday.
The attacks were discovered about two weeks after they happened when t >>Read Full Story
| | | Venezuela axes "The Simpsons" as bad for kids
Yahoo! News, Apr 16, 2008 
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela has forced U.S. cartoon "The Simpsons" off its airwaves, calling the show a potentially bad influence on children, and filled its morning slot with reruns of the beach-and-bikini show "Baywatch."
"Today I believe they >>Read Full Story
| | | Egg Consumption Poses Risks for Diabetic Men: Study
By Alan Mozes, Yahoo! News, Apr 11, 2008
THURSDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that consuming more than six eggs a week seems to raise the risk of dying from all causes.
And diabetics seem to face an even higher mortality risk, according to the study that was limite >>Read Full Story
| | | More than 1,000 jobs at new Singapore hospital
Inquirer.net, Apr 01, 2008
SINGAPORE -- Two years ahead of its formal opening, a general hospital in Singapore will start filling up more than a thousand positions from Thursday.
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital is looking to hire both medical and non-medical staff, from brain surge >>Read Full Story
| | | Five years later, Bush says Iraq war must go on
CNN.com, Mar 19, 2008
(CNN) -- President Bush marked the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war on Wednesday by calling the debate over the conflict "understandable" but insisting that a continued U.S. presence there is crucial.
"The answers are clear to me," Bush said in a >>Read Full Story
| | | Microsoft targets the mobile web
BBC News, Mar 05, 2008
Microsoft has launched a bid to capture a segment of the growing market for rich web content on mobile phones.
The software firm has signed a deal with handset manufacturer Nokia to bring its Silverlight platform to millions of mobile phones. >>Read Full Story
| | | Clinton-Obama battle takes toxic new turn
By Stephen Collinson, Yahoo! News, Feb 26, 2008
WASHINGTON (AFP) - White House contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Monday hurled barbs over foreign policy and fought over an alleged anti-Obama smear, heading into do-or-die contests for the former first lady.
A day before a crucial debat >>Read Full Story
| | | Planet-hunters set for big bounty
By Helen Briggs, Science reporter, BBC News, Boston, Feb 18, 2008 
Rocky planets, possibly with conditions suitable for life, may be more common than previously thought in our galaxy, a study has found.
New evidence suggests more than half the Sun-like stars in the Milky Way could have similar planetary systems. >>Read Full Story
| | | Taiwan President Visits Disputed Island
Yahoo! News, Feb 04, 2008
Taiwan's president inaugurated a runway Saturday on a disputed island in the South China Sea, sparking a protest from the Philippines which also claims sovereignty over the isle, officials said.
Chen Shui-bian, the first Taiwanese president to eve >>Read Full Story
| | | New flu vaccine may not need needles
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer, Yahoo! News, Jan 29, 2008
WASHINGTON - Relief may be on the way for all those youngsters trembling at the thought of another needle jab. One day the flu vaccine may simply be placed under the tongue.
Korean researchers say the new vaccine worked in mice, avoiding not only >>Read Full Story
| | | Musharraf cracks down on rioters
BBC News, Dec 30, 2007 
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has ordered firm action to crack down on unrest following the death of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
Mr Musharraf said looters "must be dealt with firmly and all measures be taken to ensure [the] safety and >>Read Full Story
| | | India still top for IT offshoring, but others catching up
INQUIRER.net, Dec 12, 2007
BANGALORE, India--India remains the top destination for companies moving information-technology services to lower-cost economies, but China, Russia and Brazil are catching up, said a report released Tuesday.
Research firm Gartner also said offshor >>Read Full Story
| | | Bush urges Iran to 'come clean'
BBC News, Dec 06, 2007 
US President George W Bush has demanded that Iran "come clean" about the full extent of its nuclear programme, or risk further international isolation.
A US intelligence assessment released on Monday said that Iran had halted a nuclear weapons pro >>Read Full Story
| | | Smoking increases 'baldness risk'
BBC News, Nov 26, 2007 
Scientists have discovered another downside to smoking: it may increase the risk of baldness for some men.
Male pattern baldness, or androgenetic alopecia, is hereditary and partly caused by male sex hormones. >>Read Full Story
| | | Howard's reign in Australia is over
By ROHAN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer, Yahoo! News, Nov 24, 2007 
SYDNEY, Australia - Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd swept to power in Australian elections Saturday, ending an 11-year conservative era and promising major changes to policies on global warming and his country's role in the Iraq war. >>Read Full Story
| | | Britain's Daryl Peach wins World Pool Championship
Yahoo! News, Nov 20, 2007 
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) - Daryl Peach on Sunday became the first Englishman to capture the World Pool Championship title, beating Filipino qualifier Roberto Gomez in a nerve-wracking 17-15 triumph.
Peach played solidly to power his way to a winn >>Read Full Story
| | | Al-Qaida's No. 2 threatens Libya
By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press Writer, Yahoo! News, Nov 03, 2007 
CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's No. 2 figure harshly criticized Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in a new audio tape Saturday, accusing him of being an enemy of Islam and threatening a wave of attacks against the North African country because it improved rela >>Read Full Story
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