News Archive for January 25 2008

Stardust Comet Dust Resembles Asteroid Materials

Contrary to scientists' expectations, much of the comet dust returned by NASA's Stardust mission formed very close to the young sun and was somehow differentiated from the other materials that are believed to have formed in the early solar system.

Govt warns petrol companies on price fixing

The Federal Government has warned petrol companies that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will use its new powers to crack down on alleged price fixing.

US Willing to Send Troops to Pakistan

READY TO HELP: The Bush administration is willing to send a small number of U.S. combat troops to Pakistan to help fight the insurgency there if Pakistani authorities ask for such help, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.

$5M reward for Moussaoui tipster leaves others feeling left out

An instructor at the flight school Zacarias Moussaoui attended before the Sept. 11 attacks is $5 million richer for his efforts to alert...

Iverson Rallies to Earn All-Star Start

With a late rally, Allen Iverson is an All-Star starter again. Iverson surged from behind in the fan voting to earn a starting spot in next month's game when the vote totals were released Thursday night. Denver Nuggets teammate Carmelo Anthony will join him in New Orleans after earning his first starting nod.

New draft version of HTML published

The World Wide Web consortium (W3C) has published an early draft of HTML 5, the first major revision of the web markup language since 1997.

Master System games coming to Virtual Console

Sega will soon be distributing games from its 8-bit Master System console through Nintendo's Virtual Console.

Consumers at heart of stimulus plan (AP)

AP - The success of the federal $150 billion emergency economic stimulus plan will hinge on whether American consumers do what they do best — spend, spend, spend.