The motivation is unclear, but the bottom line is undisputed. The recently released operating system Microsoft Vista is not available for everyone. The new product is on store shelves with a price tag, sure, but it is still difficult for Mac owners and other customers to adopt and use freely

Two Flordia-based businesses have started a new toll-free phone line for family members displaced by the recent hurricane that slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast.

For one WNBA star, the recent devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina hit close to home, New Orleans being the city she grew up in. Does she watch ESPN these days? Nope. The Weather Channel.

On Monday, the U.S. Air Foce conducted airstrikes on a cave complex near Afghanistan`s border with Pakistan, which reportedly killed four Taliban terrorists and destroyed a truck loaded with rockets. Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan, Pakistan`s top army spokesman, said no missiles had landed in Pakistan.

David Lynch`s newest film, Inland Empire, hit cinemas in the United States last weeks, although the fill has already premiered in Italy at the Venice Film Festival on September 6, 2006.

As of November 1, Yahoo will charge about $120 annually for access via download to more than 1 million songs that can then be transferred to portable players - up from its promotional price of just under $60 annually.

How many times have you walked to your car or to work and thanked the technology gods for allowing you to have the added entertainment of an iPod with iTunes. Regardless of what MP3 player you use and what website you decide to download music off of, the one that started it all was the iPod.

Responding to a national and international cry for safer aviation conditions in its country, the Nigerian government has promised to overhaul the aviation industry and put an end to what President Obasanjo calls ?corruption and corner cutting? in the industry.

Thais woke up this morning to the news that the signs of a possible coup-in-the-making was, far from being just a rumor, an actual coup in planning. As Thailand?s prime minister attended the opening of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the country?s army chief took his chance and ordered government buildings surrounded and barricaded.

Cargo industry officials are concerned that a relatively new federal ID system aimed at boosting national security could cost many port workers their jobs. Illegal immigrants and people convicted of certain crimes might be barred from the positions they now hold.

Byron Katie, author of `I Need Your Love - Is That True` and `Loving What Is` will be hosting a workshop in San Diego on January 31st, 2006.

Independence, a city in the state of Missouri, has recently received the 2006 Pinnacle Award for its website. The award was given as a tribute to the excellence in design and usability from the National Association of Government Webmasters.

Things are heating up in South America, as the two best soccer teams are schedule for a friendly meet at London on Sunday. Although this is a friendly match, there is nothing friendly about Argentina and Brazil meeting to play soccer.

With the ever increasing gas prices in the USA any new money saving developments are welcomed. This is what a Texas based company is hoping for when they launch a new powder that will increase gas mileage. Since many American`s currently drive gas guzzling SUV`s, this money saver is not only good for their pockets, but good for the government as well.

Apple Computer admitted that the Chinese Longhau plant, where iPods are manufactured, has gone far beyond the American company`s limits on hours and days worked per week.