Police confiscate 2 million counterfeit dollars in Colombia
Bogota - Authorities confiscated counterfeit US bank notes totalling more than 2 million dollars in two operations in the city of Medellin, the Colombian Judicial Police said on the weekend. Agents seized more than 1 million counterfeit dollars sent ...
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Michael Jackson glove fetches 350,000 dollars - Summary
Washington - Five months after his death, the King of Pop can still command a high price. Michael Jackson's famous sequined white glove, introduced at his first moonwalking concert, Saturday fetched an astounding 350,000 dollars at auction at the Har...
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Diners eat out of toilet bowls at novelty restaurant chain
Hong Kong - In a year when the world's economy has gone down the pan, a restaurant chain where food is served up in mini toilets has proved a surprise hit in Hong Kong, a news report said Sunday. Diners with a taste for the bizarre have been flocking...
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Romanians head to polls in presidential election
Bucharest - Voters in recession-racked Romania went to the polls Sunday to elect a new president. Conservative incumbent Traian Basescu is seeking a new term. His main rivals are Social Democrat Mircea Geoana and Crin Antonescu, chairman of the Natio...
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Computer and internet briefs
Washington - Thinking about upgrading to Windows 7 from XP? You'll need to do a fresh installation of the operating system instead of an in-place upgrade. That means you won't be able to just pop in the Windows 7 installation disk and have the oper...
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Network music and middleman: New technology products
Music from the network: Sonos ZonePlayer S5Berlin - Sonos has released a new network-ready music player. The ZonePlayer S5 costs 399 dollars and comes with five integrated speakers to play back music stored on a home network or streamed from internet...
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Fast and uncomplicated: Windows 7 on netbooks
Munich - Windows 7 is here. One of the ways the new operating system from Microsoft stands out is that it doesn't need powerful hardware to run well. This makes it suitable for use in netbooks, which typically come preinstalled with Windows XP. Wind...
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Anonymization programmes generally live up to promises
Hamburg - Computer programmes designed to let users surf online anonymously generally live up to expectations, according to tests run by German computer magazine Computer Bild. The test of eight programmes found that seven set up an effective disgui...
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New online virus threat comes via banner ads
Cologne, Germany - Recently, criminals managed to place a doctored banner ad carrying a virus on the homepage of the New York Times, a mainstay of American journalism. The fact they could do so is bad enough. Worse: it's not an isolated case. It's be...
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