News: Georgians deported from Russia as 2-nation diplomatic war heats up

Russian authorities pressed ahead this week with deportations of Georgians living illegally in the country, signaling the Kremlin ... ...

Internet: Microsoft Gets Its Act Together With IE 7.0

Finally, maybe developers can stop complaining about Internet Explorer's lack of support for accepted standards. Rumors are flying that the next version of IE will address these long-held concerns. Mozilla's Firefox may be the hot browser right now, simply because Microsoft has been biding its time. But just as Internet Explorer stole the show from Netscape five years ago, the same will likely occur with the release of Internet Explorer 7. IE 6 is sorely in need of repair, and the quick gains in market share by Firefox and other alternative browsers were probably just the kick in the pants that Microsoft needed to get its act together. So IE lost a few percentage points of market share -- down to just under 90%, according to the latest figures. Big deal. MS has had the benefit of learning from Firefox and incorporating its features. Sometimes being second to market is best, especially when you have an enormous advantage over the competition in the first place. That said, it is always going to be safer to use a browser that isn't being used by 90 percent of the Internet population. ...

Leisure: HANDY-TV bei Mobilcom

20.09.2006, 12:25 (GMT 1) Mobilfunkanbieter Mobilcom will ab Oktober 2006 Handy-TV anbieten. Mobilcom-Kunden voraussichtlich in Berlin, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Hannover, Köln, Leipzig, München, Nürnberg, Saarbrücken und Stuttgart sollenHandy-TV als Zusatzoption zu ihrem bestehenden Mobilcom-Vertrag hinzubuchen können. Der Preis dafür soll unter 10 Euro monatlich liegen. Mobilcom will zu den Handy-TV-Verträgen DMB-Handys von Samsung (SGH-P900) und LG (V9000) anbieten. LINK: mobilcom online Quelle: heise.de / Alle Angaben ohne Gewähr ...

Sports: Gordon hits drive after rough '05

Tattered cuffs on hisvg indigo jeans and running shoes that have seen a puddle or two make it hard to believe that Jeff Gordon ... ...

News: Japan, Acting to Calm U.S. Worries, Rules Out Building Nuclear Arms

TOKYO, Oct. 18 -- Japan "is absolutely not considering" building a nuclear arsenal in response to the North Korean nuclear test, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Wednesday, moments after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reiterated that Japan was protected by the American nuclear umbrella. ...