Without any bells or whistles, AOL has changed the status for its "certified mail" plan to `go`this week, and started delivering pay-to-send email services. Goodmail CertifiedEmail service allows mass-emailers to bypass the AOL spam filters by paying a fee.

Last week saw some crazy weather in the northeastern United States as the country`s National Weather Service said tornadoes had touched down during a severe storm in Westchester County, just north of New York City, and in Connecticut as well. Warnings about the deadly weather conditions were issued just ahead of the evening rush hour.

The world`s first online content portal for independent music and film, Boost Digital, is holding a competition for school students worldwide. The `Boost-Digital Student Online Arts Festival` is hosted by the Fresh Express Group, providers of healthy choice school and college canteen food and service.

A new technique will allow researches to dissect half-billion year old fossil embryos virtually. A whole new world of detail will be now possible, and researchers at Bristol University in southwestern England said it was pushing back the frontiers of science much as the scanning electron microscope did fifty ago.

An end to email troubles? Perhaps. Surely, you are familiar with the experience of sending someone an email that has a big file attached to it, only to discover that your recipient`s email service does not support files of that size

In this digital age it is not at all surprising that computers, PDA`s and other wireless devices become evidence in criminal cases. Most people use electronic devices to keep search for information, keep track of financial information and even write daily diaries or journals.

In his first professional game, the exhibition season opener of the Charlotte Bobcats, Adam Morrison made an impact. He had 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting

Tecmo and NubyTech announced today their plans to launch, The Girls of Dead of Alive Ultimate line of custom-designed controllers for Tecmos highly-anticipated fighting title, Dead or Alive Ultimate for the Xbox video game system.

An illegal vendor stabbed guards who were trying to prevent his selling counterfeit items outside of Dodger Stadium and is wanted by police after having escaped in a black vehicle.

At least it is according to the RiskMap 2007, a guide for the quality of business environments published on Thursday by the international business risk consultancy Control Risks.

There is a lot going on this month at Amazon. The leading online book store is holding special promotions for the month of November, including one very special one in particular.

As Germany approaches elections on September 18, 2005, the heads of the country?s two major parties are debating on television and conducting campaigns that closely resemble political campaigns in the United States. It is expected that the Social Democratic Party will fall behind the Christian Democratic Union, prompting a change of chancellor.

Minneapolis-based Target Stores announced this week that they will be opening 60 new stores in the near future. By the end of October, Target will serve guests at 1,400 stores in 47 states nationwide.

Who will do a better job protecting American borders than the American people? That is the idea behind Taxes`governor plan to install hundreds of night-vision cameras across the Mexican border.

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.