Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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Oyster roll-out 'early next year'

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 07:13 AM PST

Oyster roll-out 'early next year'


Oyster roll-out 'early next year'

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:38 AM PST

London commuters will be able use pay-as-you go Oyster cards on the city's suburban overland rail network in early 2010.

Shaw joins up with England squad

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:01 AM PST

Fit-again Wasps lock Simon Shaw rejoins the England squad ahead of the final autumn Test against New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday.

Labour man calls Queen 'vermin'

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:15 AM PST

A Labour election candidate faces disciplinary action after calling the Queen a "parasite" and "vermin" on a website.

Severed hand attack victim dies

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 06:59 AM PST

A woman dies a few hours after being found in a west London street with a severed hand and a head injury.

N-Dubz pair to help rape inquiry

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 05:24 AM PST

Police seek two members of pop trio N-Dubz as potential witnesses to an alleged rape.

The story of the abandoned 'rainbow baby'

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:03 AM PST

When just a few days old, David Stevenson was abandoned outside a flat in London. Forty-nine years later, he's trying to piece together what happened on that fateful day in 1960.

In search of 'Silent Stan'

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:38 AM PST

Brian Alexander heads to Denver to find out about Arsenal shareholder Stan Kroenke

Kalou & Meite in Ivorian bust-up

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:05 AM PST

Salomon Kalou and Abdoulaye Meite could miss the Ivory Coast's game against Germany after a training ground fight.

The new miracle cure for injuries?

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 05:33 AM PST

Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie has flown to Serbia for a novel form of treatment - placenta fluid is to be dripped on his injured ankle. Why do sports stars

Jack Dee's London

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:35 PM PST

The joys of Soho and the horror of King's Cross station: follow in the footsteps of the entertainer and performer as he talks about his best and worst bits of London life.

In pictures: The Surreal Line

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 06:59 AM PDT

How adverts and people clash on the London underground, with some very interesting results.

'Tibetans open to talks with China' (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:17 AM PST

'Tibetans open to talks with China' (AFP)


'Tibetans open to talks with China' (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:56 AM PST

The Dalai Lama in Arunachal Pradesh on November 9. The Dalai Lama's office said Tuesday the Tibetan leader was ready for the resumption of talks with China as suggested by US President Barack Obama during his trip to Beijing.(AFP/File/Diptendu Dutta)AFP - The Dalai Lama's office said Tuesday the Tibetan leader was ready for the resumption of talks with China as suggested by US President Barack Obama during his trip to Beijing.


Obama says China agrees on Iran nuclear transparency (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:22 AM PST

Reuters - China and the United States agree Iran must show its nuclear program is peaceful and transparent, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday, but Chinese President Hu Jintao was more guarded on the dispute at a summit in Beijing.

US, China stress cooperation on world issues (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:02 AM PST

US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) following a statement to the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The United States and China on Tuesday agreed to cooperate on a host of issues from climate change to North Korea as Obama pledged positive and comprehensive ties with Beijing.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - US President Barack Obama and China's Hu Jintao Tuesday pledged to apply their joint political might to the world's toughest problems, but friction was evident on Tibet, economics and Iran.


Obama, Hu show cooperation, but divisions remain (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:46 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama meets audience members after speaking at a town hall-style event with Chinese youth at the Museum of Science and Technology in Shanghai, China, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks Tuesday determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security and human rights issues that have long bedeviled the two powers.


Obama prods China on yuan but Hu silent on issue (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:39 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) attends a State Dinner Reception with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, November 17, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young    (CHINA POLITICS)Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged a reluctant China to let its yuan currency rise in value at a summit where strains over trade between the two giants crept into proclamations of goodwill.


China, U.S. eye pact to help troubled banks: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:34 AM PST

Reuters - Chinese and U.S. regulators are negotiating a pact aimed at encouraging Chinese financial institutions to buy into small and medium-sized banks in the United States, bankers briefed on the plan said on Tuesday.

China would welcome meeting between U.S. and North Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:29 AM PST

Reuters - China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said on Tuesday that Beijing expects the United States to hold a bilateral meeting soon with North Korea and said his government would welcome such a move.

Obama pushes human rights in meetings with Chinese (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:21 AM PST

China's President Hu Jintao (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama inspect honor guards during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing November 17, 2009. REUTERS/Jason LeeAP - President Barack Obama is pushing China on human rights, telling President Hu Jintao the U.S. believes all men and woman have "certain fundamental rights."


U.S. confident on China's position on Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:14 AM PST

Reuters - The United States is confident that China will have the same position on Iran as other world powers, Jeffrey Bader, a top adviser to President Barack Obama on Asia, said on Tuesday.

Court rules against Microsoft in China font case (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:37 AM PST

A man passes under the logo of software company Microsoft at a trade fair in Germany. A Chinese court has found the US software giant guilty of infringing a Chinese company's intellectual property rights by including certain fonts in its operating systems, according to a court judgement.(AFP/DDP/File/Nigel Treblin)AFP - A Chinese court has ruled Microsoft Corp. infringed a Chinese company's intellectual property rights by including certain fonts in its operating systems, the companies confirmed Tuesday.


Iran faces 'consequences' in nuclear issue: Obama (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 11:09 PM PST

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran. China and the United States have agreed that Iran faces AFP - China and the United States agreed that Iran faced "consequences" if it resisted greater openness on its nuclear programme, US President Barack Obama said Tuesday after talks with China's Hu Jintao.


Obama urges early China talks with Dalai Lama reps (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 09:16 PM PST

US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) following a statement to the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The United States and China on Tuesday agreed to cooperate on a host of issues from climate change to North Korea as Obama pledged positive and comprehensive ties with Beijing.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he told his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao that he backs an early resumption of talks between Beijing and representatives of the Dalai Lama.


China hails U.S. reiteration of sovereignty over Taiwan (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 09:07 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) talks to China's President Hu Jintao (R) at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing November 16, 2009. REUTERS/Alfred Cheng JinReuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao hailed U.S. President Barack Obama's recognition of sovereignty issues dear to China, after a bilateral meeting in Beijing on Tuesday.


Group: Founder of Tibetan Web site gets 15 years (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 08:42 PM PST

AP - The founder of a Tibetan literary Web site was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of disclosing state secrets, an overseas monitoring group said Tuesday.

Obama: No need to change "one-China" policy (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:30 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama says he sees no need to change Washington's "one-China" policy, which acknowledges China's position that Taiwan is part of its territory.

Landslide in northern China kills 23 (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 05:39 PM PST

AP - A state media report says a massive landslide in northern China partially has buried a village and killed at least 23 people, and that rescuers are seeking survivors.

CNN reporter detained in Shanghai over Obama-Mao T-shirt (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 04:42 PM PST

A United States flag is hoisted onto a flagpole in front of the emblem of the Chinese Communist Party atop a building at the airport ahead of the arrival of visiting US President Barack Obama in Beijing. A CNN correspondent said Monday she was detained byChinese security guards in Shanghai for two hours for displaying a T-shirt on camera depicting Obama as Mao Zedong.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - A CNN correspondent said Monday she was detained byChinese security guards in Shanghai for two hours for displaying a T-shirt on camera depicting US President Barack Obama as Mao Zedong.


Chinese censors block Obama's call to free the Web (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:36 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama greets students after speaking at a town hall-style event with Chinese youth at the Museum of Science and Technology in Shanghai, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama prodded China about Internet censorship and free speech, but the message was not widely heard in China where his words were blocked online and shown on only one regional television channel.


Hawaii showroom may open in China (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 11:49 AM PST

AP - Hawaii and China may reach an agreement by the end of the year to open a new retail warehouse showcasing island products.

Obama will huddle privately with China's President Hu (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 11:46 AM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - BEIJING — President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao will meet Tuesday to talk privately about issues ranging from North Korea's nuclear threat to currency and trade disputes. U.S. policy advocates also expect the leaders to announce new joint projects on clean energy.

Microsoft Addresses Prickly Pair of Windows 7 Flaws

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:11 AM PST

Microsoft Addresses Prickly Pair of Windows 7 Flaws


Microsoft Addresses Prickly Pair of Windows 7 Flaws

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 11:55 AM PST

Windows 7, which was publicly released Oct. 22, has been hit by at least two security flaws. One of these lets hackers execute code remotely; the other lets them trigger an infinite loop remotely, causing a kernel crash. Both are flaws in SMBv2, security researcher Laurent Gaffie, who posted details about them on his blog, told TechNewsWorld. SMB, or Server Message Block, is a Microsoft file-sharing protocol used in Windows. It is most often used with the NetBIOS transport protocol over TCP/IP.

Samsung's Android-Powered Galaxy Spins Into Marketplace

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 08:17 AM PST

The Android army gained yet another recruit Monday with the release of Samsung's Galaxy Spica phone in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, or former Soviet republics. Equipped with an 800 MHz application processor and DivX support, the new device -- also known as the "I5700" -- reportedly runs Android 1.5, or "Cupcake." It will next be rolled out in the Middle East and Africa, Samsung said, but no mention was made of North American availability.

Network Forensics and Digital Time Travel

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:00 AM PST

Network forensics is the capture, storage and analysis of network traffic. You might also hear the term referred to as "packet mining," "packet forensics," or "digital forensics." Regardless of the name, the concept is the same, with the objective to record every packet and the data it contains moving across the network and storing it for some period of time. Simply put, this means having a network recorder that would allow you to see all emails, database queries, Web browsing activity, etc.

War and Peace: HP Drops Bomb; Intel and AMD Call Truce

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 04:00 AM PST

We seem to be surrounded by conflict; sometimes it seems peace is harder to make than war. There were two big events in tech last week: HP picked up 3Com, the company that first dominated the network space, as a major shot across Cisco's bow. Also the major legal battle of the decade, between AMD and Intel, came to an end. This market is defined by battles and partnerships, and it was the initial partnership between Intel and AMD that helped launch the PC. Before that, there was IBM. HP seems hell bent to become the next giant, and the market may just let it.

Microsoft's Patently Absurd 'Sudo Patent'

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 04:00 AM PST

There's just never a dull moment here in the world of FOSS, especially when it comes to Microsoft. One minute, we're busy exclaiming our disbelief at the notion of a Microsoft version of Linux. The next minute -- on *Friday the 13th*, no less -- we learn that Redmond has acquired Teamprise, and will soon be shipping the company's Linux tools as part of its upcoming Visual Studio 2010 release. Also last week, it was revealed that Microsoft has been granted a patent on technology many say is essentially none other than the sudo command.

VMware Fuses Performance With Convenience

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:00 AM PST

There's more than 50 new features in the latest version of VMware Fusion -- an application that allows Windows and OS X to run together in a virtual environment on a Mac -- but the one that has users raving is the big boost in performance. "I installed VMWare Fusion 3.0 just a few days ago," Leon Kotovich, president and CEO of AgileSequent told MacNewsWorld. "The upgrade from VMware 2.0.5 was flawless. Performance of Win XP Pro SP3 virtual machine is noticeably faster."

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