San Francisco (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - Microsoft on Friday confirmed rumors it planned to launch an iPod killer, saying its challenge to Apple Computer's dominant MP3 player would hit the market this year.
Berlin (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel indicated Friday she would not formally respond to a letter from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying it contained totally unacceptable criticism of Israel.
San Francisco (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - Microsoft confirmed rumors Friday it planned to launch an iPod killer, saying its challenge to Apple Computer's dominant MP3 player would hit the market this year.
United Nations (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - French Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere on Friday expressed hope that the UN Security Council would be able next week to pass a legally binding draft resolution requiring Iran to freeze all uranium enrichment activities.
San Francisco (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - Computer hackers built a fake Google Tool Bar website to trick people into downloading a malicious program that could turn machines into zombies, a US Internet security firm said on Friday.
San Francisco (AFP) Jul 21, 2006 - Microsoft will strive to reshape the global portable digital entertainment market in its bid to unseat Apple's iPod as the leading MP3 player, analysts said on Friday.
Arlington VA (SPX) Jul 21, 2006 - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has released a solicitation calling for the exploration of energy alternatives and fuel efficiency efforts in a bid to reduce the military's reliance on traditional fuel for aircraft.
Seoul (AFP) Jul 20, 2006 - South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second largest memory chipmaker, on Thursday said its net profit in the second quarter to June jumped 41 percent from a year earlier on brisk sales.
Bayreuth, Germany (AFP) Jul 20, 2006 - Tickets to this year's Bayreuth Festival, the legendary month-long summer music bonanza dedicated exclusively to the works of Richard Wagner, were once again the object of feverish bidding on Internet auction site, eBay, in the run up to the festival.
Moscow (AFP) Jul 20, 2006 - The launch of a European climate-monitoring satellite has been delayed for several weeks pending technical checks on the Soyuz-2 rocket, a European space official said Thursday.
Paris (AFP) Jul 20, 2006 - Vast swathes of Europe on Thursday baked in tropical temperatures that have claimed nine lives in France alone, but summer thunderstorms brought some welcome relief.
Berlin (AFP) Jul 20, 2006 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday telephoned German astronaut Thomans Reiter at the International Space Station where he is staying for six months.
San Francisco (AFP) Jul 20, 2006 - Motorola will pre-install Yahoo's Internet search facility, e-mail and address book on its new mobile telephones from the first half of next year, the companies announced Thursday.
Washington (AFP) Jul 20, 2006 - Washington remains committed to multiparty talks with North Korea over its nuclear weapons, despite Pyongyang's defiant ballistic missile test launch earlier this month, the US pointman on North Korea said Thursday.
Mountain View, California (AFP) Jul 20, 2006 - Internet giant Google reported Thursday its second-quarter earnings more than doubled as online advertising revenues rocketed.
United Nations (AFP) Jul 20, 2006 - France on Thursday circulated a revised draft resolution in the UN Security Council that legally requires Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities.
