- 2008-07-19T22:49:13
One of the five UK hostages held captive in Iraq has killed himself, a video given to a newspaper claims.
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- 2008-07-19T20:40:56
Gordon Brown arrives in Tel Aviv for two days of talks with Israeli and Palestinian political leaders, following his trip to Iraq.
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- 2008-07-19T23:01:29
The British government should no longer rely on US assurances it does not use torture, a parliamentary report says.
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- 2008-07-19T18:37:09
US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama meets military officials and visits a US base during a trip to Afghanistan.
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- 2008-07-19T22:16:39
Arab League ministers meeting in emergency session say they have agreed a plan to defuse the crisis over Sudan's President Bashir.
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- 2008-07-19T12:48:38
An investigation begins as a Royal Marine is killed and another hurt when their vehicle overturns during training.
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Web networking photos come back to bite defendants
(AP)
- 2008-07-19T12:22:23
 AP - Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."
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Black market iPhones being sold for $1,200 in Russia
(AP)
- 2008-07-18T16:32:01
 AP - In the Soviet days, Russians asked their American friends to bring blue jeans, rock records and other Western goods into the country. Today Russians can buy almost anything they want here but they are still begging for one item: Apple Inc.'s slick iPhone.
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Big shareholder backs Yahoo board over Icahn
(AP)
- 2008-07-18T20:31:02
 AP - One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders is supporting the re-election of the Internet company's incumbent board, delivering a significant blow to an attempted coup being led by activist investor Carl Icahn.
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GM researches high-tech windshields to aid vision
(AP)
- 2008-07-17T18:21:46
 AP - When Coke bottle glasses just won't cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick.
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Women's tech conference draws Macy's, not Google
(CNET)
- 2008-07-19T16:31:00
CNET - SAN FRANCISCO--On the tech conference circuit, Yahoo, Microsoft and Google are the typical deep-pocketed sponsors. But when the tech is geared toward women, the pockets are those of Chevrolet, Macy's, and K-Y Jelly.
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Ebadi rights group warns Iran on Internet crime bill
(AFP)
- 2008-07-19T17:49:06
 AFP - The rights group headed by Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Saturday condemned a draft bill on Internet crime, warning that it could boost the number of executions in the Islamic republic.
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Protecting against Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RFID data attacks
(CNET)
- 2008-07-19T16:25:00
CNET - NEW YORK--Using a laptop, cell phone headset, building access badge, credit cards, or even a passport can make you a walking target for data thieves and other criminals, a security expert warned at the Last HOPE hacker conference here late Friday.
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India's RCom and SAfrica's MTN call off merger talks
(AFP)
- 2008-07-19T17:43:39
 AFP - Indian mobile phone group Reliance Communications and Africa's largest cellular firm MTN have called off talks for a tie-up because of "legal and regulatory issues", the companies said.
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Dell Upgrades Linux PCs To Ubuntu's Hardy Heron
(TechWeb)
- 2008-07-18T21:04:00
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The computer maker has launched two notebooks and a desktop with Hardy Heron, the version of Ubuntu Linux that was released in April.
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European Researchers Developing Touchy-Feely Robots
(TechWeb)
- 2008-07-18T18:39:00
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Feelix Growing project is developing software, cameras, and sensors that help robots detect facial expressions, voice, proximity, and other parameters to determine a person's emotional state.
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RIM Fixes BlackBerry Enterprise Server Vulnerability
(TechWeb)
- 2008-07-18T21:34:00
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The flaw could let malicious PDFs cause problems with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
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Nintendo Leads in Sales of Video-Game Consoles
(NewsFactor)
- 2008-07-18T16:49:13
NewsFactor - In the wake of the big E3 trade show in Los Angeles, sales reports show the Nintendo Wii is the leading video-game console in the U.S. this year.
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