Josh Smith of the Atlanta Hawks, the 2005 Slam Dunk champion, will return to defend his title in this year`s Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk competition.

Computer network giant Cisco Systems announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire cable television set-top box manufacturer Scientific-Atlanta for $ 6.9 billion. Cisco offers $ 43 a share for Scientific-Atlanta.

Wouldn`t it be great if you could access all your personal information regardless of where you were and whether your PDA was working or not? Well thanks to one mans brilliant idea now everyone can enjoy the convenience of accessing their personal information from anywhere.

Cristiano Ronaldo could very well stay in Manchester United following a statement by the team saying that Ronaldo is not for sale.

The latest session of the U.S. Congress has about 18 days or so until it ends, and once mid-term elections take place at the beginning of November, the administration of George W. Bush could find that the Congress is more openly hostile to his agenda that it has been for the good duration of his term.

RRSAT Global Network has been recently chosen as Russia Today`s Distribution Platform.

Arsenal FC secured a place in the coming season`s UEFA Champions League at the end of a dramatic last day of fixtures.

You would think that the Toronto Raptors would be happy with the way Chris Bosh has been playing. You see, it?s a bitter sweet kind of thing. The Raptors know that better Bosh plays, the harder it will be to keep him. Bush becomes an unrestricted free agent at the end of the year. Toronto fears that teams will be swarming on him throwing ridiculous amounts of money at him in an attempt to sign him.

The FTC today issued a report assessing whether and how a system that rewards members of the public for tracking down spammers would or could help improve enforcement of the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act o?

The entertainment fans are waiting for the veteran film critic Roger Ebert to recover from the cancer operation he has undergone recently. Because of the operation, which required the reconstruction of his jaw, Ebert, 64, has spent two months in hospital, which had been, as he said, no entertainment and no fun at all.

Leave it to famous people to decide on the most horrible names for their babies. It seems that the entertainment industry believes that nothing matters as long as you are the son or daughter of an elite celeb. At least that is what it seems like when Hollywood parents are naming their kids everything from Apple to Phinneaus.

Researchers say that Symantec, the world leader in antivirus and other malicious software protection provider, has a flaw in their highly acclaimed security software that enables hackers to exploit Symantec`s software and take control of clients`computer using the internet.

Tokyo has announced that it supports the candidacy of South Korea?s Ban Ki Moon, who is the Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister in Seoul, for the position of Secretary-General of the United Nations organization. There had been a Thai hopeful for the Secretary-General?s post, but the military coup which overthrew the democratically elected government of the country on September 17 dealt a death blow to his chances.

Exciting news for portable media fans comes from the known hacker, Jon Lech Johansen

Tropical Storm Ernesto became Hurricane Ernesto over the weekend, a Category 1 storm hurtling over the south Atlantic toward the Dominican Republic and Cuba. If it continues on its present course, and likely gains strength while doing so, the very same communities which were struck last year by Hurricane Katrina could be in harm?s way once again.