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Feb 20 2009
Pakistan\’s startling accord with Taliban fighters that would impose Islamic religious law on the strategic Swat Valley looms as a setback for the Obama administration\’s hopes to mount a united front against militants there and in...
Feb 20 2009
A car bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan woke many from their dreams early Friday morning, reminding the people of real security threats despite reports of ongoing truce talks between the government and militants. The blast, killing at least three...
Jan 27 2009
Microsoft\’s updated browser, Internet Explorer 8, promises an assortment of new features designed to help make Web browsing with IE safer, easier, and more compatible with Internet standards. We looked at the first release candidate of the new...
Jan 24 2009
In this morning’s Washington Post, discussing the recent political experiences of Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and Caroline Kennedy, Anne Kornblut asks whether a glass ceiling still exists for women in politics.
Jan 24 2009
On the plane, no longer Air Force One but now Special Air Mission 28000, they talked about the speech. George W. Bush, the former president, was heading home to Texas with his inner circle, having just left the Capitol, where his successor first thanked...
Jan 22 2009
A group within Microsoft Corp. recommended in 2005 that the lowest-priced version of Windows Vista be released without the “Vista” name because of concerns over “user product expectations,” according to documents unsealed by a...
Jan 22 2009
For an operating system that took five years to create, Windows Vista’s reputation went down in flames amazingly quickly. Not since Microsoft Bob has anything from the software giant drawn so much contempt and derision. Not every company lives to see...
Jan 7 2009
Satyam Computer Services has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that its chairman B Ramalinga Raju and managing director B Rama Raju have resigned. ( Watch ) The IT services firm has been in the middle of a controversy since it announced a bid to...
Dec 27 2008
Polling began in the byelections to the Karnataka Assembly from eight constituencies today. Ministers Balachandra Jarakiholi, Anand Asnotikar, K Shivanagowda Naik, Umesh Katti and Anita, wife of former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, making her debut...
Dec 27 2008
Pakistan began deploying thousands of additional troops to its border with India on Friday amid rising tension in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last month. Officials ordered army personnel on leave to report for duty and moved troops...