Media Disinformation: Distorts News from the Georgia Region

As usual, the BBC is twisting and distorting the news coming out of the Georgia region. We keep being told that around 1500 have been killed in Georgia, the inference being that this has resulted from Russian bombing. Not so, the casualties are in Ossetia. All we are getting is one-sided reports of the destruction being caused by the Russians.

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White terrorists kill 9 children

A U.S. attack killed 19 insurgents and 15 civilians, including nine children, northwest of the capital Thursday — one of the heaviest civilian death tolls in an American operation in recent months.

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Easy way to Track your Broken Xbox!

I have heard lots of horror stories about having broken xbox systems within months of purchasing them! My horror started when one afternoon it started giving me problems with the dvd-rom. The system refused to start any game and repeatedly gave me errors. So, called Xbox repair center for help They gave me the run around and I've been talking to 1-800-4my-xbox for over a month trying to get my xbox repaired. After the first call, they gave me a Ref. number which usually looks like 106-xxx-xxxx. They told me to wait a week to receive the box and call back if I want the tracking number. Well, its been three weeks now and still haven't received a box yet! I hesitated calling the repair center just to get the tracking number, because I knew it would eat up half hour of my cell phone minutes and my precious time trying to get a freaking' tracking number. I don't know why but, I logged on to UPS.com and tried a trick that worked for my T-mobile phone repairs, T-Mobile had me put my cell phone number in the reference field on the UPS.com site to see the tracking of my replacement phone without having to remember that long (1zxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) number. So, I log on to UPS.com, click Tracking up top, and Reference on the left hand corner. It brought up a box to put in the reference number and bunch of other info. I simply put in my 106-xxx-xxxx without the dashes and pressed track on the bottom. Amazingly, it showed exactly when and where they shipped from and I was going to receive my package in two days! I was excited to find this information and the easier way to track Xbox Replacement systems! Hopefully, this information will come in handy for some poor guy who's being pushed around by the big M.S.

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First impressions: Opera 9.5 alpha a worthy contender

The latest alpha from Opera is out, and we take it for a spin. The verdict: this is another worthy contender from Opera, loaded with interface enhancements and, amazingly, it's even faster than before.

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Acer to buy Gateway for US$710 million

Acer announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire US-based PC vendor Gateway. Under the terms of the agreement, Acer will commence a cash tender offer to purchase all the outstanding shares of Gateway for US$1.90 per share, which represents a total equity value consideration of approximately US$710 million.

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