Reuters - Canadian rock band Nickelback has signed a global recording, touring and merchandising deal with concert promoter Live Nation, the company said on Tuesday.

Filed under: .Mac, MobileMeApple has just updated the .Mac status page with the date/time of the .Mac to MobileMe switch. So, for those of you wondering when Apple might start the switch will not have to wonder any longer. July 9th from 6 p.m. until 12 a.m. PT is the scheduled date and time.Apple says that during the switch, users will be "unable to access www.mac.com or any .Mac services ... with the exception of .Mac Mail accessed via a desktop
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Man in court accused of spying on a female flatmate with hidden camera.

Bodies of a father and son found after fishing boat sinks off Tasmania.

Today we're announcing a new feature for our community: ReadWriteWeb Predictions, a Predictions Center powered by Predictify. We hope it will enable you to tap into the collective intelligence of RWW readers, to assess web technology trends and keep one step ahead of the news. The first prediction is about the battle for users and mind-share that has emerged this year between Twitter and FriendFeed. Some early adopters of Twitter have migrate
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The anti-fortunetelling legislation in post-Soviet Tajikistan appears to a number of people here as a striking case of misplaced concerns.

A Miami Beach man pleaded not guilty to charges of defrauding the Pentagon under a contract to supply ammunition to forces in Afghanistan.

The British government said it would slow down the introduction of biofuels to address concerns that switching the use of land for biofuels could exacerbate climate change.

A British police department reached an agreement with the parents of Madeleine McCann to provide them with information about her disappearance.

Despite logistical obstacles, recovery and relief efforts are progressing well in the regions of Myanmar that were devastated by Cyclone Nargis in May, Unicef said.

More than 50 Israeli citizens who were wounded or had relatives killed or wounded in the 2006 war with Hezbollah have filed a lawsuit against five commercial banks in Lebanon.

A man who was convicted of a murder and rape 49 years ago that he did not commit will receive about $6.4 million in compensation, the Ontario government said.

The Mexico City government said it would turn a nightclub where 12 people died during a bungled police raid last month into a youth center to honor the victims.

One of Africa?s most infamous soldiers of fortune, Simon Mann, was sentenced to 34 years in prison for his role in a failed coup in Equatorial Guinea.

The solar electric system on the roof of a G.M. assembly plant in Spain will be the largest in the world, a thousand times larger than most projects.

Unitaid is endorsing the creation of a panel of experts to explore the feasibility of a ?patent pool? to try to make drugs at lower costs for poor countries.