IBM predicts that a simultaneous computerized translator in the internet and the cellular phone and 3-dimentional internet will become reality within 5 years.

Relations between Venezuela, the world`s fifth-largest oil producer, and the United States have eroded since President Hugo Chavez took office in Venezuela in February 1999.

The San Francisco school system recently experienced a software malfunction which left students`, and teachers`, private information for all to access and see using bogus password provided by the software application.

Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt may only be a 2 weeks old, but she has one large price on her head. People Magazine, the top rated entertainment mag in the States, has announced that they have received exclusive North American rights to the first picture of the Jolie-Pitt baby.

Sarbakan, a Canadian casual game development studio released `The Bug Factor`, a funny, quirky, action-packed 3rd person shooter game on Trymedia network. In this game, players become one of five Bug Hunters, a team devised to clean Louisiana of mutating space invaders.

General William Westmoreland (US Army, Ret.) has died at the age of 91 in the United States. Westmoreland was the commander of U.S. forces during the Vietnam war, a former superintendent at the West Point Military Academy, and served as Chief of Staff for the Army.

Very soon, with the help of Movielink, a company that distributes movies over the Internet, it will be possible to transfer films that were downloaded from the Web to DVDs.

Today, Hispanic actors get some of the most prestigious roles in films. It used to be that if they wanted to be in a movie, they had to be a gang-banger.

Chief Technology Office over at Dell, Kevin Kettler, addressed the Linux community at the Linux World convention, and said that Linux has to extend virtualization beyond the level that Linux is using it now. That will be the key element to attract more users to this open sourced operating system. Kettler began his presentation by reminding the crowd of a comment his boss Dell founder Michael Dell said during a Linux World 2000 keynote.

A new tool, "Lost In The Crowd", was developed by Unspam Technologies Inc. The tool helps consumers to protect their privacy by sending incorrect search data to AOL, Google, MSN, and other search engines on their behalf.

The federal government is using national security as an excuse to sue New Jersey state officials who are conducting investigations into allegations that certain telephone service providers passed on information about calls made by customers to the National Security Agency (NSA) illegally.

The Tigers are home in Detroit, following the NLCS series between the Cards and Mets on television. Sweeping the NLCS against the A`s has earned them a full week`s extra rest

The Sixers have lost six straight road games which makes a lot of people in Philly concerned. To win on the road you need to have a steady contribution from the bench. So far this season, the Sixers bench has been virtually nonexistent. There is also no one that is able to provide scoring punch and provide a spark off the bench.

There was cautious optimism in the American film industry as recent figures show that box office takings for 2006 increased by 5% compared to the previous year

Virtual Network Computing and its client, Idokorro Mobile, has issued a service called Mobile Desktop. The new service allows users to remotely connect to a computer using their BlackBerry wireless devices, view the screen and even control the keyboard and the mouse.