How We See The World

Has anyone tried using the new beta for IE? I have seen pictures of screenshots, and from what I can tell, I won't be dropping firefox for it unless someone gives me a good reason to do so. What are your views on it if you use it? Dave S

Apple has forged a deal with with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group to make episodes of several of its more popular TV shows including "Friends," "Babylon 5" and "The Jetsons" -- available for download at its online megastore, iTunes. Episodes of "Friends," the sci-fi epic "Babylon 5," "The Jetsons" and "The Flintstones" are among the latest content from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has recently added to iTunes, its online music and video store. Ever since Apple introduced its first video iPod late last year, the company has been adding TV shows and music videos to its iTunes catalog at a steady clip. It now has more than …

By Dick Morris The Other Russia Congress met here today, with over 3,000 people in attendance, along with hundreds of police to keep tabs on them. They are a hardy bunch, daring to show their faces amid a growing crackdown on democracy in Russia. One knowledgeable leader of the congress told us "there is no difference – none – between the level of repression now and that which prevailed under Brezhnev." While President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice content themselves with lamenting "backsliding" on democracy, the naked truth is that Russia is now as repressive as it was under communism. "Extremist" groups can be barred from participating in elect…

Did anyone watch this last night? For anyone who is unfamiliar with this girl, basically she was an Iranian girl who was hung 2 years ago, aged 16, for 'Crimes against Chastity' as they called it in Iran, when it appears what really happened was that she was raped several times by a 51 year old man. There's an article here to bring you up to speed. http://living.scotsman.com/tv.cfm?id=1056722006 I'd heard about what happened to her, as well as others (such as Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni who were hung last July, some say it was because they were having a gay relationship, others say they raped a boy, but many have come to the conclusion that it was the former rat…

Book and music retailer Borders UK is to make around 50 managerial redundancies following a comprehensive review of the business. Most of the job cuts will be in stores, affecting departmental managers and supervisors rather than general managers. The review, carried out by the company’s directors, found that the retailer needed to put more emphasis on customer service. A spokeswoman said: “There will be more frontline booksellers on the shopfloors and fewer managers. Stores will be more lightly managed.” The retailer will create 100 additional bookseller posts, most of which will be part-time, resulting in a more flexible workforce. It is expected that, over…

Real Madrid say they have agreed to sign Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy on a three-year contract. Madrid announced the deal in a statement on their website on Thursday, but gave no details of a fee. United were believed to be demanding at least £15m for the 30-year-old, who had handed in a written transfer request. In their statement, Real said they would present Van Nistelrooy - who scored 150 goals for United - on Friday evening after a medical in the morning. Reports earlier on Thursday said Real would pay about £10.2m (15m Euros) for the Dutchman. In their statement, Madrid said: "Real Madrid announce they have an agreement with Manchester Unite…

hey everyone.. im not to crazy good with video stuff on computers so here is my problem in simple terms: I load a video with Windows media player or WIn Rar and it says cannot load codecs and it plays as an audio file. anyone got a simple solution that wont take up lots or room ?

Al-Qaeda's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has said in a video the militant network will respond to attacks on Muslims in Lebanon and Gaza. The video was broadcast by Arabic television station al-Jazeera. Al-Qaeda could not remain silent in the face of a "Crusader war" and now saw "all the world as a battlefield open in front of us", he said. Events in Lebanon and Gaza showed the importance of the battle in Afghanistan and Iraq, he added. "The war with Israel is not about a treaty, a ceasefire agreement... It is rather a jihad for the sake of God until the religion of God is established. It is jihad for the liberation of Palestine, all of Palestine, as well …

Microsoft changes tune with Zune Microsoft's Zune portable music player will let people share and sample tracks via wi-fi, reports suggest. Although details of the gadgets are sketchy, Microsoft said it will use a hard drive, wi-fi and owners will be able to buy tracks that are downloaded direct to the device. The first Zune player will appear in late 2006 with more to follow in 2007. Industry experts were split on whether Zune can topple Apple from its top spot in the music download market. Music match Zune is the umbrella term for the hardware player, the software on it and the download service it will be tied into. Music tracks, movies and other conte…

Microsoft is warning Windows users about a virus that takes over PCs via the popular PowerPoint program. Attached to the virus is a poisoned presentation that, if opened, installs keylogging software on a computer. Users are being told to take care because it could be weeks before Microsoft produces a patch that protects against the security loophole. So far relatively few people are thought to have been caught out by the booby-trapped presentation. Nasty bug The bug that the malicious hackers behind the virus have exploited has been found in PowerPoint 2000, 2002 and 2003. Security experts said the virus was aimed at companies in Asia because Chines…

Oscar-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley will be the first narrator in the revival of the classic children's storytelling series Jackanory. The star of Gandhi and Sexy Beast will read Alan Temperley's oriental adventure The Magician of Samarkand. It will be shown as three 15-minute programmes on CBBC and as a 45-minute special on BBC One later this year. Jackanory originally aired between 1965 and 1996, with stars reading nightly extracts from children's novels. The Magician of Samarkand will be directed by Nick Willing, who previously worked with Sir Ben in an Emmy award-winning TV version of Alice in Wonderland. It will incorporate animation, hand-painted i…

Cool movie with a craaaazy twist. :P Anyone seen it?

Sensors in space have recorded the dramatic increases in land temperatures and air pollution as the UK swelters in record-breaking July heat. The images show major cities like London, Birmingham and Liverpool experiencing the highest levels of the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Wisley in Surrey recorded an unprecedented 36.5C (97.3F) on 19 July. The images were generated from data gathered by the European Space Agency's Envisat and Nasa's Aura satellites. John Remedios, head of Earth Observation Science at the University of Leicester, said: "The latest satellite data shows a perspective of the environment in which we live that can only be obtained fro…

California power supply pushed to limit New York and St. Louis dealing with outages Tuesday, July 25, 2006; Posted: 10:55 a.m. EDT (14:55 GMT) SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- As the death toll from a scorching heat wave rose and record demand tested California's power supply, energy managers feared they may have to trigger rolling blackouts. Authorities were investigating at least 29 possible heat-related deaths, most in the smoldering Central Valley where temperatures reached 115 degrees over the weekend and were forecast to remain in the triple digits for the next few days. The intense heat pushed electricity usage to a peak of 50,270 megawatts on Monday -- a…

Jury: Yates not guilty by reason of insanity Mother who drowned her five children to be committed to mental hospital The Associated Press Updated: 2:19 p.m. ET July 26, 2006 HOUSTON - Andrea Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity Wednesday in her second murder trial for the bathtub drownings of her young children. Yates, 42, will now be committed to a state mental hospital, with periodic hearings before a judge to determine whether she should be released. An earlier jury had found her guilty of murder, but the verdict was overturned on appeal. The defense never disputed that Yates drowned her five children one by one in the bathtub of their Housto…

it's stupid but let's imagine !! if i have this remote control !.... strike so much my teacher of childhood :wink3: control my universe as i want ! and if I will see chris and the band ... pause the universe to take a lot of pics with them :laugh3::laugh3: what abou u ?

I cannot stand that show, is it just me? I did watch a couple of episodes (4 to be exact) when it first started and I just couldn't get into it, didn't like any of the characters, its just far too slow and boring for my liking. Personally I just wish that something big and rather nasty that eats people will come out of the jungle to eat them all then the show really will be 'lost' forever!!!!!

I wonder if there is a possibility to hack STEAM in a game Half Life 2: Episode One...I have copied original game into my PC(without net) and it doesnt work... it says that i dont have LOG IN files in my PC...is it possible to make STEAM run offline??? Or what files do i need exactly?? Please, someone help...I HAVE original game, I just want to run in on PC without net. Thank you a lot!

I think I've opened a similiar thread before, but search feat. wasn't all too usefull So uh yeah, contribute. My choice for today, it's full sistem 1/5,2/5,...5/5 1-home team win 2-guest team win Mlb Cleveland(+1,5)~Detroit 2 L.A. Dodgers(-1,5)~San Diego 1 Colorado(+1,5)~St.Louis 2 N.Y.Mets(-1,5)~Chicago Cubs 1 Chicago W.S.(-1,5)~Minnesota 1 :)

The traditional election night could come to an end because of new voting laws, the elections minister has said. The new laws mean election officials have to check signatures and dates of birth of postal voters - something they say cannot be done in one night. Democracy minister Bridget Prentice said there were good arguments for delaying the counts until the next day. There was "ongoing discussion" about the idea but candidates also had strong reasons for wanting results quickly. New checks Delaying counts would mean the end of the "did you stay up for Portillo" moments. (referring to the surprise defeat of the then high flying Tory MP Michael Portill…

A hospital is spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on reinforced beds and strengthening mortuary slabs due to an increasing number of obese patients. The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital said standard beds are not strong enough to hold some people. It has begun a £200,000 project to refurbish its mortuary including bigger storage spaces needed for obese people. Hospital spokesman Andrew Stronach said the situation highlighted the obesity problem currently affecting the NHS. Cremation facilities He said: "I think this situation highlights a growing public health epidemic over people's weight, particularly in cases of morbid obesity. "It is …

BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- An airstrike hit a U.N. post in the southern Lebanese city of Khiyam late Tuesday, causing casualties, according to the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon. Lebanese security forces said it was an Israeli airstrike and four U.N. observers were killed, but UNIFIL said it had no further information on the attack. UNIFIL sent a rescue-and-medical team to the area, and the team was trying to clear rubble early Wednesday. UNIFIL said there were at least 14 incidents of firing close to the post since Tuesday afternoon. read more here: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/25/mideast.main/index.html :stunned:

Sen. Specter preparing bill to sue Bush Republican committee chairman fighting against 'signing statements' The Associated Press Updated: 7:11 a.m. ET July 25, 2006 WASHINGTON - A powerful Republican committee chairman who has led the fight against President Bush’s signing statements said Monday he would have a bill ready by the end of the week allowing Congress to sue him in federal court. “We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president’s acts declared unconstitutional,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., s…

1994 - Rwanda - The U.N. pulls out its small peacekeeping force after ten Belgian soldiers are killed. The pullout and further lack of intervention results in a genocide, killing 800,000 men, women, and children. Think about it: 11 World Cup Stadiums hold 800,000 people. All dead. Present: Darfur, Sudan - The Sudanese Government, using Arab "Janjaweed" militias, its air force, and organized starvation, is systematically killing the black Sudanese of Darfur. Hundreds of Thousands are dead. Hezbollah Attacks on Israel - Hundreds of missiles raining in on Haifa and other cities. Israeli-Lebanese border under siege. WHERE IS THE U.N.? The IMPOTENT, INEFFECT…

MySpace, the world's most popular networking website, has restarted after being shut down for more than half a day following a power cut. The company blamed the closure on record-breaking heat in Los Angeles where its data servers are held. The high temperatures caused "massive power outages" a spokesman for the company said. MySpace lets users build a personalised home page and has almost three million visitors each month. A MySpace spokesperson said: "Due to the record breaking heat in Los Angeles over the weekend the area where MySpace's servers are stored had massive power outages. "With power resumed, the network is now up and running." The spok…