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Ford to slash 10000 more jobs

Ford Motor Co. said Friday that it plans to cut 10,000 more salaried jobs, offer buyouts to all of its U.S. hourly workers and shut down two more plants as it expands its restructuring plan designed to rein in expenses and restore the struggling automaker to profitability.

The company said in a news release that it would shutter a stamping plant in Maumee, Ohio, in 2008 and an engine plant in Essex, Ontario, in 2007. That is in addition to previous plans for 14 plant closures.

In addition, Ford said an assembly plant in Norfolk, Va., will close in 2007, a year earlier than previously announced and will see a shift reduction in January. Also, an assembly plant in St. Paul, Minn., which is scheduled to close in 2008, will have a shift reduction in 2007.

Ford said it would complete its cuts of 25,000 to 30,000 hourly jobs by the end of the 2008, four years ahead of its previous target.

Vista to create 50000 jobs in Europe

"A Microsoft-sponsored study found that Vista will be a boon to European economy, as it 'will create more than 50,000 technology jobs in six large European countries and will lead to a flood of economic benefits for companies there,' News.com reports. Europe will see a total of 1.2 mln paychecks thanks to the new operating system: 'In the six countries studied, more than 150,000 IT companies will produce, sell or distribute products or services running on Windows Vista in 2007 and will employ 400,000 people, IDC said. Another 650,000 will be employed in the IT departments of businesses that rely on Vista.'"

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Spam fighter hit with $11 million judgment

The manager of a popular blacklist used to block spam was hit with a multimillion-dollar judgment on Wednesday, but the order may not be enforceable.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ordered Spamhaus to pay $11,715,000 in damages to e360insight and its chief, David Linhardt, who had sued the U.K.-based organization earlier this year over illegal blacklisting.

The court also barred Spamhaus from causing any e-mail sent by e360insight or Linhardt to be "blocked, delayed, altered, or interrupted in anyway" and ordered Spamhaus to publish an apology for that states that Linhardt and his company are not spammers, according to a copy of the order.

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Steve Irwin on Video

The Steve Irwin 'Crocodile Hunter' video watch is on. Even as the icon was laid to rest, the questions and comments are continuing to flow in with strong opinions on whether or not the public should watch the video of the man being killed in a tragic accident that just happened to be filmed.

Just from the e-mail here alone - it appears the answer is yes for about 65% of the correspondence to The National Ledger.

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The BBC reports:

Steve Irwin made a career partly based on taking risks with wildlife. His death this week at the barb of a stingray on Australia's Barrier Reef was filmed, and in a Sydney Morning Herald poll 40% of the 24,000 or so respondents thought it should be shown.

Explore Mars

Have you ever explored Mars. This is your chance. Just click on any of the pictures below to get going. Explore the whole of Mars, mountains, space shuttles, terrains and more. Move your mouse for more details

Man spends 48 hours without heart

Louis Quarterman appeared with his doctor at a news conference this week. He has been in intensive care at Jackson Memorial Hospital since the operation in June, the Miami Herald reported, but Dr. Si Pham said he is now ready for a transfer to rehab.

Quarterman received a transplanted kidney at the same time.

Pham removed Quarterman's heart 48 days before the surgery because the immunosuppressive drugs he needed to take were speeding the failure of his kidneys. Until he received the transplant, machines kept Quarterman's blood circulating.

"His body went through a lot," Pham said. "He did remarkably well."

Quarterman had his first heart transplant at age 49. That heart gave out 12 years later.

Learning Science the fun way

This is just a fun way of learning things. This science tutorial designed in flash is really a wonderful material for kids learning science for the first time. To get started click the picture below. Then leave some time for the flash movie to load. Then navigate through the numbers 1,2,3 etc., Also watch out for the "Did you know that" section at the bottom which refreshes every time you navigate through. The contents of the movie also seems to be changing over a period of time. All in all a compact movie with a lot of science information.

Dangerous Zidane

You all might have seen the headbutt episode of Zinedine Zidane during the 2006 Football World cup. This flash movie is just an exaggerated version of the same. Just don't take it seriously. Its all for fun.

Disk storage up 4.3%

Disk storage up 4.3% in Q2 2006 by ZDNet's ZDNet Research -- External controller-based disk storage rose 4.3% in Q2 2006 over Q2 2005 to reach a total of $3.6 bln. Network Appliance saw the fastest growth, with revenue up 22.2% over 2005 to reach $271.0 mln, giving it seventh position overall, Gartner reports.

Terrific art work

These are paintings drawn on the surface of the vehicels. These drawings are given 3D touch so that they look real and they too look real. This is stunning art work which should be appreciated.
Is this a container or a train?????