A recent survey regarding smoking in the average American home produced some interesting results. It was found that three out of four households ban smoking indoors altogether. This was a marked decrease in smoking from statistics taken a decade ago.

A hacker, calling himself Muslix64, claims to have decrypted the new DRM standard, Advanced Access Content System (AACS), a standard adopted by most Hollywood and music studios for the protection of copyrights of CDs, DVDs and high definition DVDs

In an industry as unstable as the entertainment world, where stars seem to change spouses and partners within a wink, it is always refreshing to note couples who manage to keep their relationships intact, despite the glitz and pomp of Hollywood

According to a market research, PC sales are continuously dropping and the growth is decreasing. During the traditionally highest-volume time of the year for computer consumption, the research shows that desktop sales are on a year-over-year drop, when notebooks are only rising in sales numbers.

Fiji`s military leader, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, announced Saturday, that he is responsible of all that takes place in the country

A US-based company, Zango, has been accused of secretly installing software into the computer systems of millions of users

In the last week before Americans go to the polls, Democrats and Republicans are digging in, trading accusations and making claims in an effort to win over undecided voters who trust neither the Republicans as conservatives nor the Democrats as demagogues.

Ben Edelman, a spyware researcher, has published a pay-per-click advertising report saying that major search engines such as Google run misleading ads, which "push and exceed the limits of ethical and legal advertising."

Freddy Howard had been paid nearly $260,000 by the Seminole Hard Rock Casino and was even presented with a big cardboard check, when suddenly the casino managers apologized, saying that the whole thing was a big mistake.

Officials of Hewlett-Packard Inc. (HP) still have not decided whether the company`s chairwoman, Patricia C. Dunn, will be asked to step down. The company released a statement on Monday saying that it will continue discussing the matter further, but would not elaborate.

Questions still surround the makeup of the peacekeeping force that is set to supposedly assist the Lebanese Army in a job it has been reluctant to do for decades ? patrol the border with Israel, in the hopes of preventing a future war between Israel and Islamist terror groups like Hizballah.

The Yankees were surprised to learn that their pitcher, Carl Pavano, underwent a car accident back in mid-August and is currently suffer from a pair of broken ribs, a very crucial piece of information that Pavano did not share with them until Monday.

Supporters of CSKA Sofia that would like to watch their team play in Belgrade on Thursday will have to spend a lot of money in order to do so. Hajduk Kula`s controversial decision regarding tickets for the match means that CSKA Sofia fans will have to play about $77 for a ticket.

U.S. President George W. Bush has declared in the wake of the implementation of a cease-fire in the Middle East that ?Hizballah lost?. Hizballah is also declaring victory, and in Jerusalem, the government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is declaring victory for Israel.

The Association of Southeast Asia Nations, or ASEAN, Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong said this week that a free trade agreement between the 10-nation ASEAN and the East Asia Summit might be ready for drafting and signing within the next 10 years. If signed, the free trade pact will affect at least half of the world`s population.

We all knew that the match between Portugal and Netherlands that turned into a violent and disorganized clash between the players of the two teams would not be forgotten.

More than 1 billion people watched the opening match of World Cup and many more are expected to watch the final in Berlin on July 9. World Cup is one of the biggest sporting events in the world is the ultimate showdown of all national soccer teams. Many countries are taking the tournament so seriously that everyday life has changed.

The EU has joined the US, Canada and several other Western countires in declaring the Tamil Tigers organization as terrorists.

Wayne Rooney`s D-day is approaching with May 25 being the day England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson gets a better idea of the 20-year-old player`s odds of playing in the upcoming World Cup in Germany.

Reports indicate that the European Union, which saw the accession of ten former Soviet-bloc states join the grouping over two years ago, has delayed recommending whether Romania and Bulgaria can also join the union, expressing hopes that both countries will speed up political and economic reforms.

The paper said that U.S. Vice President Richard Cheney?s speech, delivered in Vilnius, capital of Russian neighbor and former Soviet slave state Lithuania on Thursday, "marks the beginning of a second Cold War," comparing it to Winston Churchill?s famous 1946 "Iron Curtain" speech that warned of Soviet expansion at Fulton, Missouri.

Possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs for personal use will be decriminalized after Mexican President Vincente Fox signed a new law his spokesman said last Tuesday. "We need to register every protest the American government can muster," says San Diego`s mayor.

Soyuz Victan, the third largest branded vodka producer, announced that its SV vodka brand would be the official sponsor of the U.S National Men`s Ice Hockey Team.

The Commerce Department announced that sales of single-family homes dropped 10.5 percent in February 2006. This downturn followed a 5.3 percent fall in January, and was the largest recorded decline since April 1997.

ETA has been blamed for killing over 800 people during a forty-year campaign for independence of the Basque region, located in northern Spain and southwest France. In a statement to Basque media, the group said its objective will be "to start a new democratic process in the Basque country."

Credit card interest rates have been rising significantly since the end of 2005. From January of 2006, consumer non-reward credit cards have seen a .73% increase and currently stand at 13.33%. This is quite a rise considering the fact that it is only March 2006 and interest rates went up almost an entire percent.

Ensuring investors that your stocks and your business will continue to grow indefinitely is something that smart business men will never promise. Sadly, it is not possible in this day and age to make any promises to anyone about businesses, even if your company happens to be Google.

A decree by Egyptan President Hosni Mubarak that effectively postpones local elections by extending the terms of thousands of political allies of the president for two years drew an angry response this week from the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt`s largest opposition group.

Unemployment has seen a significant rise over the past few years, however, this has finally come to an end. In fact, unemployment rates are at their lowest point in approximately four years. This further attests to the fact that the US economy has taken a turn for the better, since last years major drop.

New Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz?s decision to extend Poland`s military mission in Iraq to at least the end of 2006 has drawn complaints from former government officials in Poland. A former Defense Minister of Poland, Jerzy Szmajdzinski, says "This decision overstretches Poles` patience."