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Time to rethink set-top box regulation
Policy analyst Thomas M. Lenard says the set-top box integration ban is a regulatory relic that deserves to go.

11 tips for healthy URLs
Blog: You'd think by now that most people would have figured out the basics of choosing the right names for their Web sites. But as...

HP's top lawyer leaves
Ann Baskins, who spent most of her career there, was implicated in the leak investigation scandal.

Tiger play at private zoo in Vietnam (Reuters)
Reuters - A bespectacled man in a wide-brim hat slips his hand between the blue iron bars and casually ruffles the orange and black fur of a tiger's head.

Brazilians in Silva's town still loyal (AP)

AP - Residents of this drab, industrial town where President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva rose to prominence as a labor leader remain loyal to him despite the scandals that have rocked his presidency.

Change needed in anti-terror strategy: Reid (AFP)

AFP - Britain needs a "radical step change" in its anti-terrorism strategy to combat the threat from global extremism, Home Secretary John Reid has said.

European rivals turn wary eye on Microsoft
With Netscape's fate in mind, small European security firms are trying to gauge Microsoft's impact on their business.

Processor, memory may marry in future computers
Correction: In his keynote, Intel CTO Justin Rattner said that 256MB of SRAM existed for each core. He later clarified his comments to mean...

37signals eyes hosted CRM apps
Blog: 37signals is working on three more hosted applications which will bring the company onto Salesforce.com's turf.Sunrise is a "CRM-ish...

Air NZ Cup week 10 preview

Ugandan rebels walk out of peace talks (AP)
AP - Uganda rebels have walked out of peace talks aimed at ending a 19-year conflict in which thousands of civilians have died, state media reported Thursday.

Israel, U.N. hope for pullout by October (AP)

AP - Several disagreements regarding the deployment of Lebanese and U.N. forces in southern Lebanon have delayed a final Israeli troop withdrawal from that country, Israeli military officials said Thursday.