AP - Jon Bon Jovi is giving some people who are living on a prayer something a bit more substantial.

Industrial conglomerate Siemens says it is cutting 16,750 jobs worldwide because of the slowing economy

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have begun a military exercise and issued a warning that Israel and US naval forces in the Persian Gulf would be prime targets if Iran is attacked

Former secretaries of state James Baker III and Warren Christopher say the next time the president goes to war, Congress should be required to say whether it agrees

Hmm. . . a movie with two relatively big-ish actors (Catherine Zeta-Jones is perhaps more recognizable, but Guy Pearce is an exceptional actor, as you may recall from a little something called Memento) that has been completed for many months but gets practically no U.S. promotion whatsoever, even as its release date (July 11) fast approaches? It kinda makes you wonder about this Harry Houdini drama, Death Defying Acts. Little Women director Gilli
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Former secretaries of state James Baker III and Warren Christopher say the next time the president goes to war, Congress should be required to say whether it agrees.

Filed under: Etc., VolvoClick for hi-res gallery of Volvo Trucks clothing Trucker chic isn't exactly the same in Europe as it is in America, where every tool with a practical-joke or retro-themed television show is punkin' out the mesh-backed trucker hats. Case in point: the new apparel collection launched by Volvo Trucks. Although the fashion-forward collection might seem more aligned with Volvo's latest passenger cars than commercial vehicles,
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Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Ford, VolvoFollowing up on our report last month about Volvo possibly going to the Chinese, state media is now reporting that Chery Automobile, one of the largest independent and fastest growing Chinese auto manufacturers, has its eyes on the Swedish automaker. Although officials at Chery rule out the possibility of buying Volvo, other sources have stated that the Chinese automaker has already negotiated funding
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Filed under: Software, Wireless, Productivity, Airport, ReviewsBoingo Wireless, the global market leader in Wi-Fi hotspots, has just released a new version of its GoBoingo! client for Intel-based Macs running Tiger or Leopard (Powerbook users can use the client in Tiger). The GoBoingo! client makes it super easy to connect to any of the more than 100,000 Boingo partnered hotspots throughout the world. Boingo powers hotspots in bookstores, airport
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iPhone 3G? P'shaw! Review With the Diamond, HTC probably reckons it has a device that can stop lurking in the bushes, and instead leap out and bash the iPhone over the head with a brick.?

Sets server release dates despite MIA SQL server Microsoft yesterday got out its big red felt pen and marked a few release dates on the calendar.?

'Infinite-capacity' data safe gets faster Data Robotics has launched the second generation of its Drobo "data storage robot", upping the unit's data-handling speed and adding a pair of Firewire 800 ports to the original's USB connector.?

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A whole bunch of people are submitting this, though, the explanation is not passing the sniff test. The story is that a bunch of laptop owners (mainly from Dell) are frustrated after discovering that their laptop soundcard configuration blocks the recording of audio, even though it's possible to enable it with a few tweaks. In other words, recording has effectively been turned off by the computer manufacturers. It didn't take long for rumors a
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While we had thought that Congress was going to easily roll over on the so-called (but not really) compromise bill on new surveillance powers that included telco immunity from potentially illegal acts committed in the past few years, there has been some pushback in the Senate, where the bill is finally about to come up for vote. Some Senators have put together an amendment stripping telco immunity from the bill, but leaving the increased surveil
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DRM-free music download service 7digital is experiencing something of a boom with their profits up 300% so far in 2008 - the lucky buggers. Since signing their last major record label in the shape of Warner Music, back in March, they've become the UK's second biggest online music store...

Sony has now launched a new version of its latest PS3 Firmware, 2.41, following the disastrous events of last week.