Glen Davis dropped in 15 points, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked five shots as 21st-ranked Louisiana State edged Ole Miss, 55-52, at the Maravich Center. Darrel Mitchell added 12 points and Tasmin Mitchell donated 11 points and five rebounds for...

An exhibition on Austria n writer Baroness Bertha von Suttner, the first Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1905, opened Friday in Shanghai . The exhibition was held to memorize Jews massacred in the Nazi holocaust in Austria during World War

Chinese scientists are developing cutting-edge superservers with home-made multi-core processors, a scientist announced in Beijing Friday. A crack research team with the Institute of Computing Technology (ICT) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is creating indigenous multi-core central processing

Carnegie Mellon's new Ski Team has completed its first season in the Allegheny Collegiate Ski Conference.

The Lunar Gala Fashion Show didn't just feature fashion.

Popular South African singer Thandiswa has a new solo album, Zabalaza , available in North America. Originally released in South Africa on the Gallo label, it is now out on Escondida Records in the United States. Zabalaza combines social commentary

Nielsen//NetRatings published its findings on top search engines in January 2006.Top US search engines in January 2006Search engineJan 2005Jan Nielsen//NetRatings

Mobile phone penetration saw a dramatic growth across Asia/Pacific over the last few years. In 2005, the number of respondents who owned mobile phones reaching 90.2% compared with 80.2% reported in the previous year. Australia and Singapore showed the highest

From December 2005 to January 2006, the number of online searches jumped 12%, due to seasonal lowered searching during the holidays. The 5.7 bln searches conducted online in January 2006 marks the highest number of searches so far.Online searches in

The largest DSL providers added 5.2 mln subscribers in 2005, according to Leichtman Research Group. The major cable companies gained 4.4 mln high-speed Internet subscribers in 2004, for a total of 24.3 mln. Cable retained a narrowing lead in total

For the full year 2005, worldwide server revenue grew 4.4% to $51.3 bln, while worldwide unit shipments grew 11.6% to 7.0 mln units. IBM led the overall server market in 2005 with 32.9% revenue share, followed by HP with 27.7%

In 2005, EMC maintained its lead in the external disk storage systems market with 20.7% revenue share, followed by HP and IBM with 18.3% and 13.6% revenue share, respectively. Dell and Hitachi rounded out the top 5 with 8.4% and

In 2005, 1.57 mln people paid their taxes by credit card, 54% more than the year before, according to IRS. As many as a third of them did it just to accumulate points, says Official Payments.

Nielsen//NetRatings reported that online search conducted across approximately 60 search engines in the US rose 39% YTY in January 2006 from 4 bln searches to nearly 5.7 bln, the highest number of online searches to date. Online search in December

The Windows server market continued to show solid growth, with factory revenues increasing by 4.7% YTY. Overall, Windows servers accounted for $4.9 bln in Q4 2005, representing 33.6% of quarterly server market revenue. For all of 2005, Windows server revenues

As of December 2005, the eBay Developers Program had more than 25,000 members who created 1,900 live applications. Approximately 47% of eBay.com listings are through eBay Web Services. Nearly 50% are from third-party developer tools created by companies. During Q4

in keeps GW unbeaten in A-10 Washington, DC (My Sportsbook) - Carl Elliott scored 11 points, including the game-winning tip-in at the buzzer, to lift No.6 George Washington past Charlotte, 86-85 in overtime at the Smith Center. Danilo Pinnock led...

March 20, 2006, 12:00 pm - David Goldwyn is president of Goldwyn International Strategies and former Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs in the Clinton Administration. Mark Danner is a professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley and will host

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