April 22nd, 2008 by Kiyani
The concept behind Nokia’s new music service “Comes with Music” is starting to catch on with the major music labels. Sony BMG, one of the four top recording companies, announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Nokia to make its music catalog available on select Nokia devices. After buying one of the devices, users will [...]
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April 22nd, 2008 by Kiyani
Fifth Third Bancorp posted a 19% drop in first-quarter net income as weaker credit quality — especially from the bank’s operations in Florida and Michigan — dug into the company’s bottom line and caused it to set aside more money for loan losses. The regional bank, which has its largest presence in the Midwest, reported [...]
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April 22nd, 2008 by Kiyani
JAKARTA (Reuters) – The Olympic torch was paraded through a heavily guarded stadium in Jakarta on Tuesday after police stopped about 100 anti-China protesters from disrupting the latest leg of the torch’s fraught journey around the world. Indonesian badminton star and Olympic gold medalist Taufik Hidayat lit a cauldron in front of a cheering crowd [...]
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April 22nd, 2008 by Kiyani
Robert Cheruiyot won his fourth Boston Marathon on Monday, and Dire Tune outkicked Alevtina Biktimirova by 2 seconds in the closest finish in the history of the women’s race. Cheruiyot ran away from the pack to finish in a blistering 2 hours, 7 minutes, 46 seconds. He missed the course record he set two years [...]
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April 22nd, 2008 by Kiyani
When you make a typo in a domain name, many ISPs re-direct you to a page with sponsored links. It’s a way for the ISP to make a little extra cash from your mistake, and it had been considered relatively harmless. However, a security researcher has found a way to exploit the arrangement, and it [...]
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April 22nd, 2008 by Kiyani
South Korean astronaut Yi So-yeon said she was “really scared” when she saw flames swirling around the Russian space capsule that brought her and two others back from the international space station.
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