]
] VANCOUVER, British Columbia%u2014In a speech at the
] Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and
] Applications%u2014or OOPSLA%u2014conference here,
] Microsoft Corp.'s head researcher announced a new
] framework and tools for building domain-specific
] languages and the precursor to the company's software
] factories strategy.

Microsoft Sharpens Its Software Factory Vision

]
] It was 5:30 in the morning. I noticed an elderly man being
] whizzed into the emergency department on a stretcher.
] What was unusual were his movements. He seemed to occupy
] a fourth dimension, oscillating in several directions at
] the same time.

Nurse, Where Do We Keep the Chicken Wire and Lamp Cord?

] Two scientists appear to have beaten a $600 million Nasa
] mission to be first to measure a phenomenon predicted by
] Einstein's theory of relativity.

Einstein's warp effect measured

] Eliot Spitzer, the New York State attorney general, has
] recently taken on a procession of corporate powers from
] Wall Street analysts to mutual funds to insurance
] brokers. Now he is casting his eyes on the music
] industry, particularly its practices for influencing what
] songs are heard on the public airwaves.

Record Labels Said to Be Next on Spitzer List for Scrutiny

] BOSTON -- The federal government must have regulatory
] authority over VoIP (define) if the technology is to
] develop quickly and uniformly in the United States,
] Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael
] Powell said today.

Powell Calls for Federal VoIP Rule

] UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi
] Annan on Thursday endorsed scientific studies that
] involve the cloning of human embryos, differing with the
] Bush administration's push for a treaty to ban such
] research.

Annan Backs Stem Cell Studies, Differs with Bush

] HAVANA (AP) -- Cuban President Fidel Castro tripped on a
] step and tumbled to the ground after leaving the stage at
] a graduation ceremony, fracturing a knee and arm but
] quickly returning to say that he was ``all in one
] piece.''

See the pictures.

Castro 'All in One Piece' After Fall

]
] ASHINGTON, Oct. 14 - With less than three weeks before
] the election, Ralph Nader is emerging as just the threat
] that Democrats feared, with a potential to tip the
] balance in up to nine states where President Bush and
] Senator John Kerry are running neck and neck.

Sigh...

Nader Emerging as the Threat Democrats Feared

] A HARDWARE from the Land of the Rising Sun, JVC, has
] signed up to the Blu-ray format and joined the Blu-ray
] Disc Association.

JVC signs up to Blu-ray

]
] EMC Corp. on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Dantz
] Development Corp., developers of the Retrospect family of
] backup and restore technology for the SMB (small to
] midsized business) market.

EMC's Dantz Buy Reveals SMB Ambitions