U.S. recession could be worse than recent downturns

Seeded on Wed Feb 6, 2008 3:36 PM EST (Reuters)

By Joanne Morrison - Analysis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chances of the United States avoiding a recession appear to be growing dimmer by the day, and any contraction in the economy will likely last longer and be more severe than other downturns in...

reuters, world-news, your-money, your-business

Revealed: The seven great "Medical Myths"

Seeded on Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:17 PM EST (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - Reading in dim light won't damage your eyes, you don't need eight glasses of water a day to stay healthy and shaving your legs won't make the hair grow back faster.

health, hair, myth, eyes

FBI aims for world's largest biometrics database

Seeded on Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:18 AM EST (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion project to build the world's largest computer database of biometrics to give the U.S. government more ways to identify people at home and abroad.

technology, fbi, computer, database, biometrics

Court orders cartoon characters to witness stand - CNN.com

Seeded on Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:36 PM EST (CNN)

An Italian court ordered the animated bird, along with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and his girlfriend Daisy, to testify in a counterfeiting case.

court, odd, odd-news, lawyer, cartoon, strange

Windows XP outshines Vista in benchmarking test | CNET News.com

Seeded on Sun Dec 9, 2007 5:34 PM EST (CNET News.com)

New tests have revealed that Windows XP with the beta Service Pack 3 has twice the performance of Vista, even with its long-awaited Service Pack 1.

technology, microsoft, service, software, pack, vista, xp

Has OS development reached it peak?

Sun Dec 9, 2007 5:24 PM EST

I have been keeping close tabs on the world of OS development. It seems that over the last few years development has slowed & innovation has reached new lows. With new OS releases usability and speed have been sacrificed to the god of new gimmicks and slick graphics.

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