By Eric Griffith October 3, 2005 Strix Systems of Calabasas, Calif., is one of the many companies making a name for itself in wireless mesh infrastructure equipment. It's a market that In-Stat says is going from $33.5 million last year

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid a visit to Heliópolis, a poor neighborhood (comunidade carente) in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, where he went to symbolically inaugurate...

State Corrections Department Should Promptly End Any Abuses Inmates taken to the Jena Correctional Facility after evacuation from the Jefferson Parish Prison due to Hurricane Katrina claim that officers at Jena have beaten and mistreated them, Human Rights Watch said

HE HAS both been held up to acclaim as Scotland's greatest living artist and taunted by critics as a purveyor of "dim erotica" whose work is "colouring in". And yesterday Jack Vettriano managed to split the artworld once again when

SMALL Island, Andrea Levy's novel which has already won the Orange, Whitbread and Commonwealth Prizes, was last night judged the best novel written in English by a woman in the last ten years.

Speedway results for Monday 3 October.

Rockstar's upcoming Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories will feature deathmatch, capture the flag, and assault variants; new trailer also released.

LUXEMBOURG (AFP) - The European Union opened landmark entry talks with Turkey, after clinching a last-minute deal to allay Austrian concerns over the terms for the negotiations with the vast mainly Muslim state.

Former Bologna and Palermo boss Francesco Guidolin could be ready to return to management as Didier Deschamps' replacement at Ligue 1 strugglers Monaco.

New Real Madrid signing Julio Baptista has praised teammate David Beckham after the Englishman's crossing has proven influential in setting up goals in recent matches.

Symantec Corp. continued its buying spree Monday as it announced it will acquire compliance software maker BindView, enabling the security and data integrity firm to flesh out its offerings for corporate customers.

Thanks to beSpacific for the pointer to John W. Dean's FindLaw column, Doing Legal, Political and Historical Research on the Internet. The former counsel to President Nixon discusses how he uses blogs and wikis to conduct legal, political and historical

ANDY Murray is now ranked 72nd in the world following the release of the new ATP rankings yesterday.

The Food and Drug Administration is warning people not to eat certain Dole pre-packaged salads that have been connected to an outbreak of E. coli infections in Minnesota.

MTV.com reports: Lawyers for CBGB and the New York punk club's landlord were back in New York City Civil Court Monday morning (October 3) to file another round of motions in what's shaping up to be a rather drawn-out legal

Catchall, for whatever tickles your fancy.

Or at the very least, she doesn't hate them. I wonder what Dobson has to say about that. As reported by AMERICAblog : I just received a document from the Human Rights Campaign that appears to be a "gay rights"

Thames Valley University in Ealing, West London, is to host a festival of Polish music to demonstrate the depth and breadth of Poland's unique musical culture. Muzyka will be held on the weekend of October 29 and 30 to give

The stretch of U.S. One in Laurel may be a good place to steer clear of later this week. The Maryland State Highway Administration says to expect what it calls "major delays..." especially during rush hours.

Britain is a nation of worriers when it comes to health.