Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP on Monday (AP)

June 29, 2008
AP - Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista.No tag for this post.













Russia to create Internet addresses in Cyrillic (AFP)

June 29, 2008

A man uses a computer at an Internet cafe in Moscow. Russia will be able to create its first Internet addresses using the Cyrillic alphabet next year, communications ministry official Vladimir Vassiliev told Interfax news agency on Sunday.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)AFP - Russia will be able to create its first Internet addresses using the Cyrillic alphabet next year, communications ministry official Vladimir Vassiliev told Interfax news agency on Sunday.


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New Wash. law bans hand-held phones while driving (AP)

June 29, 2008
AP - Driving with one hand on the wheel and the other on a cell phone is no longer an option for Washington state drivers.No tag for this post.