Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. became the second business, behind telecom giant AT&T, to deploy Microsoft’s computer technology which essentially turns table tops into touch-controlled computer displays.
“People continue to be excited about the endless possibilities of Surface technology and how it can transform everyday scenarios, including the social and entertainment space,” said Microsoft Surface general manager Pete [...]

It’s only June, but temperatures in Southeast Europe have already signalled that summer is well under way. Heat waves and blazing sunlight make it even harder than usual to concentrate on daily business and not think ahead to the summer vacation. With the Balkans becoming a favoured tourist spot, many families from outside the region [...]

Clusters of TV and computer screens beam chatty videos about cooking, travel and wellness books. A music kiosk lets visitors download MP3s or burn CDs, while another offers tips on how to publish your own novel.
Welcome to the newly opened Borders bookstore in Southbury, Conn., which looks less like a traditional branch of the nation’s [...]

BUDDING Jamie Olivers got their chef hats during a trip on a cooking bus.
Pupils from Norland Junior and Infant School were given lessons in preparing good food while aboard the Focus on Food Cooking Bus which made a stop at Dean Clough Mills in Halifax.
The bus, funded by Yorkshire Forward and run by the Focus [...]

It epitomised the hippie dream of free love and easy living in the Sixties. Songs, films and books mythologised it. But with the advent of powerful new strains such as skunk, cannabis is increasingly associated with feral youth, psychosis and violent crime. As the government prepares to reclassify the drug, is its decision borne of [...]

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Semi-Pro
Will Ferrell wrestles a bear in Semi-Pro, another
sports comedy from America’s favourite beady-eyed fool. I know it’s
wrong of me but I was hoping the bear would win.
Being attacked by wild animals is nothing new for Ferrell - a
cougar had its chance in Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky
Bobby and I seem to remember [...]

At winter temperatures, the virus%26rsquo;s outer covering, or envelope, hardens to a rubbery gel that could shield the virus as it passes from person to person, the researchers have found. At warmer temperatures, however, the protective gel melts to a liquid phase. But this liquid phase apparently isn%26rsquo;t tough enough to protect the virus [...]

The scientists caution that the discovery does not suggest the presence of chronic disease, nor does it support extended use of antibiotics to treat Lyme disease in humans. Their findings are reported in the March issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
However, they say, the results of this study do set the stage for [...]

” . . . new find appears to be . . . ” ” . . . timing . . . has been controversial for many years.” “Some archaeologists think . . . ” ” . . . tentatively classified.” Now, from all these [...]

Allguns to be left outside, please. Now, America, come in and sit down on the floor. Thats right, nice and quietly now. Squeeze up a little in the back corner, would you, and make room for the 6 million illegal Hispanics. Thank you, writesJoe Bennett this week.
Now everyone cross your legs and put your hands [...]