Sunday, March 2, 2008

Longhorns Insider: OU coach says Horns deserve No. 1 seed

Thanks in part to UT's victories over UCLA, Tennessee, Kansas & his own Sooners, Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel thinks the Longhorns should be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

Internet Ad Revenue Exceeds $21B in 2007

Online advertising revenues exceeded $21 billion for the first time in 2007, although preliminary data compiled by an industry trade group also suggest growth is slowing.

Winter sports briefs

KVITFJELL, Norway - Finally, Bode Miller won in Norway. ��� He skied a nearly flawless run Saturday to capture a World Cup downhill on Kvitfjell's Olympic course.

Managing the Virtualized Data Center

Many companies are implementing virtualization technology (most notably VMware�) to achieve a variety of benefits - including reduced capital spending on hardware, cooling dem&s, & more flexible allocation of processing capacity.
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Security interoperability with .NET/WSE & WebLogic Workshop 8.1

In this article, Michele Leroux Bustamante shows how to create interoperable applications in .NET with WSE & WebLogic Workshop using web services that implement the WS-Security specification. In particular, she shows how to use UsernameTokens in a .NET client & then authenticate it using WebLogic, & vice versa.

'APART' OF HISTORY

About a half-century ago, a shy young Nigerian man, who had grown up reading Dickens & "Pilgrim's Progress," put his h&written novel in the mail to a typing service in London. The manuscript sat untouched for months, until a colleague rescued it...

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Lawton, Koe advance to Canada Cup finals

Stefanie Lawton could not be dissuaded Saturday morning in Kamloops, B.C., advancing to the Canada Cup of Curling final by defeating previously unbeaten Cheryl Bernard.

Arab leaders doubtful on 2-state solution to Palestinian conflict

At an Arab League meeting in March in Syria, the leaders plan to reiterate support for an initiative that promised Israel normalization with the 22 members of the league in return for the creation of a Palestinian state.

HIGHLIGHT: THE PINK PANTHER SHOW

Ba-dum, ba-dum ... Henry Mancini's unforgettable theme song rings out again on the small screen. The Pink Panther cartoons haven't aired in Canada since 1992, which makes the series' return something to purr about. Teletoon Retro will air 82 episodes made from 1969 to 1972, & many of these include the added animated exploits of a wacky yellow bird called Crazylegs Crane. The classic 'toons use a magical mix of music, slapstick & (blessedly) no dialogue to tell the story. Today, it's such a refreshingly retro way to tell a story that kids are often thunderstruck by its effect. Then they start laughing, & using their head to follow along instead of having the plot blared out at them at full volume. Also launching Monday on the network are Woody Woodpecker & the Looney Tunes gang in Merrie

Niedermayer from Niedermayer in OT - Anaheim vs. Detroit, Game 2

It was an family affair in overtime of Game 2 between the Anheim Ducks & Detroit Red Wings as Rob Niedermayer sets up his brother Scott for the game-winner at 14:17 into extra time. The win levels the series at 1-1 as the teams now move on to Anaheim for Games 3 & 4.

Ochoa Increases Lead in Singapore

Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa increased her lead to seven strokes Friday in the HSBC Women's Champions, shooting a 7-under 65 at Tanah Merah in her second tournament round of the year.

Friday, February 29, 2008

No. 13 Louisville Over Notre Dame

David Padgett made sure Louisville brought a little order to the jumbled mess at the top of the Big East.

Prince Harry 'treated the same as any soldier'

When David Baxter was sent to Afghanistan as a battlefield air controller he did not expect to be cracking jokes with the third-in-line to the throne.

College Basketball | Tennessee results shake up nation

Try to put the 2007-08 college basketball season in context after these two polar experiences: When Memphis coach John Calipari gathered...

Review of Nexium, Losec complete, says Health Canada

Health Canada's review of Losec & Nexium ? two prescription drugs that are used to treat acid-related stomach disorders ? has shown mixed results, it was revealed Wednesday.

France may redeploy troops, but not near bitterest fighting

France may send hundreds of ground troops to help NATO fight insurgents in east Afghanistan, a French newspaper reported; the heaviest fighting, however, is in the south.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

How the Oscars impeded organ transplants

In a race against time, 'all of the corporate jets had been spoken for'