The organization responsible for managing the assignment of domain names and IP addresses has approved a new plan to allow non-Latin characters in Web extensions. Known as Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), the system is designed to globalize the Net so regions around the world can use their own local alphabet characters to surf in cyberspace, [...]
Lil Wayne (real name: Dwayne Carter Jr.) pleaded guilty Thursday to felony gun possession in a Manhattan courtroom. The plea stems from his 2007 arrest after a New York concert. As part of the plea deal, he’ll be sentenced to one year in prison and must also give up his passport.
The Grammy-winning rapper was caught [...]
Following on the heels of Tuesday night’s $2.2 million debut at a series of midnight showings, “This Is It” took in another $7.4 million in its first full day of release — and another $12.7 million overseas. Overall, it gives the film a worldwide total of $20.1 million — impressive numbers for a midweek release, [...]
Radovan Karadzic is allegedly responsible for the killing of 8,000 Muslims in Srebenica in 1995. He is in The Hague now for charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. The charges are genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. Karadzic is accused of leading four years of ethnic cleansing [...]
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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) this morning reported a 14% slip in sales and an 18% plunge in profit for its fiscal first quarter. Its shares immediately soared, briefly flitting to a 52-week high of $29.35. First-quarter net income fell to $3.57 billion, or 40 cents a share, beating the 32-cent average estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. [...]
With a unanimous vote to move forward on a rule-making process for how the federal government will police access to the Internet. The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to approve proposed new rules aimed at blocking Internet service providers, like Comcast, and wireless phone companies such as Verizon and AT&T, from intentionally halting or slowing [...]
Apple Updates Macs For The Holidays. Apple refreshed its line of iMac all-in-one desktop computers in a new edge-to-edge glass design and aluminum enclosure, the price is unchanged at $1,199. The new MacBook laptops are lighter at 4.7 pounds and will start at $999. The Mac mini, the lowest-priced computer at $599, was refreshed, with [...]
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Verizon Wireless isn’t holding back to promote Droid, its upcoming Android handset aiming directly at the Apple iPhone. The No. 1 U.S. wireless carrier (Verizon) this weekend began a series of television ads designed to up the iPhone which operates on rival carrier AT&T. The “iDon’t/Droid Does” ads run down a list of [...]
Police are to investigate allegations that a incident which saw a six-year-old boy (Falcon Henne) apparently go missing was actually a hoax dreamed up by his fame-hungry family. The disappearance of Falcon sparked a 50-mile chase watched by a worldwide TV audience after he was thought to have sailed off in a homemade balloon shaped [...]