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Images: Mercora's 'M'
Mercora's new M subscription service will wirelessly stream music to smart phones for $49.99 a year.

Intel puts four on the floor
This week's Intel Developer Forum should reveal more about quad-core processor designs and plans for mobile and server chips.

Vending machine obsession in photos
Blog: Japan's love for vending machines is well documented: The Western press has written news items for years about the nation's estimated...

Vault removes oxygen to save wine
Blog: Even beginning wine collectors know the dilemma well: You're dying to try one of your recent acquisitions but don't want to drain...

Playing their cards right

Pakistan's Musharraf says coup rumours 'absolute nonsense' (AFP)

AFP - Pakistan's military ruler President Pervez Musharraf laughed off rumours of an attempted coup against him while he was in the United States, saying his country was not a "banana republic".

Mugabe says assaulted unionists deserved the beating (Reuters)
Reuters - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe said trade union leaders, who say they were severely assaulted by police after trying to stage a protest over wages, had defied authority and deserved the beating.

Streaming music for smart phones
Internet radio service Mercora introduces an application that streams music libraries wirelessly.
Images: Mercora's "M"

Silicon Valley's Mr. Green
Vinod Khosla made a fortune as an Internet and IT venture capitalist. Now he's setting his sights on clean technology--and national energy policy.

Apple squawks over 'podcast' use
Blog: So you've just started making your own podcasts, and you think you're the next high-tech audio star? Great, but you may want to...

Cardinal blogs on Rome
Blog: Here's a link to send to that crazy religious aunt of yours, who believes that the Internet is all porn and pagans.The newly elected...

Journey of imagination - Lloyd Jones

Australian PM rejects report that Iraq war raised terror threat (AFP)

AFP - Australian Prime Minister John Howard has dismissed a leaked US intelligence report that found the US-led Iraq war increased the global threat of terrorism, rather than diminishing it.