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...Called PodFinder, it's the world's first audio directory to help listeners browse, search, discover and subscribe to podcasts. PodShow claims that 4 million listeners access its content--about half the estimated podcasting audience. The company produces some of today's hottest content, including podcasts for Paris Hilton, Spike Lee and The Dawn and Drew Show! (raw talk from two married ex-punks living in a Wisconsin farmhouse) and shows for media companies like Sirius Satellite Radio. It plans to promote independent artists and royalty-free music podcasts...
...tech consultants Forrester Research EMEA in Amsterdam. Some security-minded organizations have done just that. Britain's Ministry of Defence has outlawed the gadgets on certain sites. But software makers can help out, too. Centennial has seen interest in specialized products from government, military and financial services firms spike in recent months. Besides, "we've lived with the Xerox machine," points out Jay Heiser, British-based research vice president for information security and risk at Gartner. "It hasn't killed business...
...China goes, so goes much of Asia, because the mainland's booming demand is critical for regional industries as diverse as Malaysian palm oil, Korean steel and Japanese high-definition TVs. Optimists point out that the impact of the oil-price spike may be softened by the fact that coal, not oil, generates most of China's electricity, somewhat shielding its factories from the effect of rising oil prices. The government also limits the impact of rising fuel costs by dictating the price of gasoline and diesel at the wholesale level each month. Wholesale gas prices in China are currently...
...know how many spike-heel-swallowing sidewalk cracks, ankle-turning potholes, skirt-splashing puddles, and treacherous patches of new cement that...
...progress toward a political solution in Iraq. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice likes to say the Administration is pursuing a two-track policy in Iraq: military plus political. But the two tracks are so entwined that problems on one can easily derail the other. Whenever U.S. casualties spike, as they did last week, the Bush Administration has to remind everyone at home that U.S. forces will not be staying forever. Anxious about slumping domestic approval, the Administration has recently been suggesting that troops may be drawn down as early as next spring. But each time the U.S. signals a likely...