March 10, 2010

Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early (AP)

AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.

March 10, 2010

Obama using 'bounty hunters' to root out fraud (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.

March 9, 2010

Woes at family bank loom over Ill. Senate race (AP)

AP - With the public still furious over bank bailouts, Democrats desperate to keep President Barack Obama's old Senate seat are scrambling to counter revelations that a bank owned by their candidate's family may be nearing collapse.

March 9, 2010

Massa denies he sexually groped male staffer (AP)

AP - Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, acknowledged Tuesday groping a staffer but denied it was sexual.

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Software

Review: System Mechanic 9.5

A neat way to streamline and optimise an ageing PC We've all experienced the scenario before: a computer is getting a bit long in the tooth and becomes sluggish, less responsive and seemingly cluttered full of processes and applications that are far fr

Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3

A powerful update to Corel’s veteran photo-editor Paintshop is Corel’s main, long-standing photo-editing software for home users. The company also has a new, cheaper Digital Studio (at £59) which provides basic tools for editing both photos and vi

Mass Effect 2

Save the galaxy from destruction (again) The original Mass Effect was a flawed masterpiece. It successfully blended space-age action with role-playing and an involving plot, although some aspects of the game worked better than others. Occasional techni

Hardware

Samsung SCX-4600

Print, scan and copy in style Samsung’s SCX-4600 is a combined printer-scanner that, unlike most of its rivals, uses a laser printer rather than an inkjet model....

Review: Toshiba NB305 netbook

Toshiba's newest model features the latest Intel Atom chip Toshiba's NB305 updates the company's netbook range with Intel's latest Atom processor and improved graphics, but is otherwise little changed from the previous generation....

Acer Aspire Timeline 1810TZ

A netbook-sized computer with notebook performance Although it’s small enough to qualify as a netbook, the Acer Aspire 1810TZ is better described as a small, portable laptop rather than a netbook....