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Dunedin scrub fire flares up again

Scrap over dolphin petition

Rugby - Magpies finish with win

Ref cost us vital fourth try - Umaga

Thousands demonstrate in streets of Gaza (AP)
AP - Thousands of government employees and security officials filled the streets of Gaza on Saturday, burning tires, blocking roads and firing in the air to protest delays and complications in receiving their long-awaited salaries.

Detained guard suspected of Iraq attacks (AP)

AP - U.S. troops detained a bodyguard for the leader of Iraq's biggest Sunni Arab political group on suspicion the guard was preparing suicide bombings, and fearful officials on Saturday enforced a total ban on movement in this city of about seven million people.

Apple Fixes 15 Flaws, Updates Mac OS X To 10.4.8 (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Apple updates Mac OS X 10.4 to patch 15 vulnerabilities in the operating system and bundled software that can let attackers run malicious code.

GOP aims to crack down on Web gambling (AP)
AP - Congressional Republicans attached a measure cracking down on Internet gambling to a bill aimed at enhancing port security that passed Saturday.

Car to driver: Please replace my fuel pump (Reuters)

Reuters - Imagine your car warning you of an icy road ahead, reading aloud the text messages arriving on your phone and sending you an e-mail that your fuel pump needs replacing soon.

Tributes flow for Kiwi cricket great

Afghan suicide blast leaves 12 dead (AFP)

AFP - A suicide bomber blew has blown himself up in the crowded centre of the Afghan capital, killing 12 people and wounding more than 50 in the latest of a series of attacks in Kabul.

Author's home preserved

Beyond Financial Performance: Q&A With Forrester's Paul Hamerman (TechWeb)
TechWeb - You've checked the SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) box and streamlined financial budgeting, planning and consolidation in the process. So what's the next performance management challenge? Paul Hamerman, Forrester's vice president of enterprise applications, looks at operational performance management and offerings from the likes of Oracle, SAP and Microsoft.

Microsoft Steers Firefox Users Wrong On XP SP1 (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Microsoft incorrectly flags users running Mozilla's Firefox browser that they need to update when they visit the Windows Web site.

Government keeps control of Web domain group ICANN (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday it would retain oversight for three more years of the company that manages Internet domain names, renewing an agreement that was scheduled to expire this weekend.