USA Today reports NSA obtained call logs from communications companies

Friday, May 12, 2006 American newspaper USA Today reported on Thursday that the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) collected millions of call logs from telecommunications companies in 2001. The report comes almost four months after a previous NSA controversy involving the monitoring of international calls placed within the United States. Members of Congress called […]

News briefs:January 04, 2008

Contents 1 Wikinews News Brief January 04, 2008 23:35 UTC 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Israeli troops kill 9 in Gaza 1.3 Georgian President faces election challenge 1.4 US unemployment hits two-year high 1.5 Israel plans crackdown on West Bank settlement outposts 1.6 Transaven Airlines plane carrying 14 people crashes off Venezuelan coast 1.7 Sportswriter Milt Dunnell […]

Houston Astros win 2005 National League baseball pennant

Thursday, October 20, 2005 Wednesday night, the Houston Astros, a professional baseball team in North America, won the 2005 National League Pennant by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 5 – 1 to achieve their 4th win in the National League Championship Series. In this series, the Astros won 4 games and […]

Egyptian treasures found in ancient tomb

Friday, March 13, 2009 A team of archaeologists excavating an Ancient Egyptian tomb have discovered golden jewelry in a recently-discovered lower chamber at the Valley of the Kings burial site in Luxor, Egypt. Two golden rings and five golden earrings were found in the tomb of Djehuty, an 18th-dynasty official of Queen Hatshepsut, and were […]

U.S. superbug expected to emerge in Canada

Wednesday, January 3, 2007 An infectious superbug spreading in the United States is to “emerge in force” in Canada, doctors fear. The bacteria have been reported popping up in day care centers and locker rooms across the U.S. Usually elderly or very ill hospital patients get the disease. More than 2 million U.S. residents are […]

Category:IBM

This is the category for IBM, a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 7 July 2012: WorldPride London 2012: In pictures 19 June 2009: Canada’s supercomputer goes online 10 June 2008: US energy department reveals world’s fastest computer 24 February 2008: IBM to construct supercomputer capable […]

Digest/26December2004

Friday, December 31, 2004 Digest for 26-31 December 2004 < 14 December-25 December 2004 • Index • 1-10 January 2005 > Articles dated 26 to 31 December 2004 are included in the compilation below.