♦ Eile on course for Newcastle

York is extending its sponsorship agreements with Sky Bet to include the Ebor Festival. Enter the free monthly tipster challenge on sportinglife.com. Enjoy the best of Sky Sports with our great range of mobile services. Follow all the action from the finals in Austria and Switzerland with our dedicated Euro 2008 site.	1 vote

♦ George Washington's Boyhood Home Found

The foundations of George Washington's childhood house have been found at Ferry Farm in Virginia, the setting of the legendary cherry tree story. Prehistoric specimens, wig curlers, and a half million other artifacts discovered at the site will help scholars fill in large gaps in the story of the first U.S. president's early life. (See pictures from the site.	1 vote

♦ Murphy escapes break

York is extending its sponsorship agreements with Sky Bet to include the Ebor Festival. Enter the free monthly tipster challenge on sportinglife.com. Enjoy the best of Sky Sports with our great range of mobile services. Follow all the action from the finals in Austria and Switzerland with our dedicated Euro 2008 site.	1 vote

♦ New York Times to offer targeted stories to LinkedIn users

The New York Times will be able to serve targeted web stories to business and technology users following a deal with social networking site LinkedIn. Aiming to strengthen its audience among the business community, NYTimes.com will show five relevant headlines in a right-hand box, with stories selected based on the industry, location, role, company and gender of the user's LinkedIn profile.	1 vote

♦ U.S. prefers Poland as shield site but has options

The United States continues to focus on Poland as a prospective site for part of its anti-missile defense shield but also has other options if a deal proves elusive, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Washington favors a plan to locate 10 interceptor missiles in Poland despite Warsaw's rejection on Friday of a U.S. offer to reach an agreement.	1 vote

♦ Monkey see, monkey do: Microsoft launches mobile app site (Updated)

Just days after the launch of Apple's App Store, Microsoft has put up a website that attempts to compete. I say "attempts," because the new portal, which is powered by Silverlight, looks very rushed. The site, dubbed "Windows Mobile Applications" under the slogan "DO MORE," aims to promote most of the applications currently available for Windows Mobile (estimated to be something like 18,000).	1 vote

♦ Facebook Fury

ANTI-KNIFE crime campaigners attacked the internet site Facebook today for allowing a "disgusting" knifing game. Members of the social networking site have been using a blade icon to virtually "shank" a street term meaning stab other users.	1 vote

♦ Video: On Windows XP's upcoming demotion

CNET News.com's Charles Cooper and Ina Fried discuss Microsoft's announcement that it will cease selling Windows XP (mostly) in favor of its beleaguered successor...	1 vote

♦ Russian Military to End Their Use of Kazakh Space Site This Year

Text of report by corporate-owned Russian military news agency Interfax-AVN website Baykonur (Kazakhstan), 16 July: The discontinuation of military units and the transfer of [Russian] Defence Ministry facilities located at the Baykonur space launch site to enterprises of the Russian space rocket sector will be completed in the autumn of this year.	1 vote

♦ Ten likely to suit Tower

Connections of Phoenix Tower are hoping they have made the correct decision to step up to 10 furlongs in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday. York is extending its sponsorship agreements with Sky Bet to include the Ebor Festival. Enter the free monthly tipster challenge on sportinglife.com. Enjoy the best of Sky Sports with our great range of mobile services.	1 vote

♦ Collectorz.com Photo Collector

Collectorz.com Photo Collector is an image organizer that allows you to automatically organize your digital photos in a database, using existing EXIF and IPTC information. It can import photos directly from a media card or existing folders on your computer.	1 vote

♦ IAC heads toward $2B spinoff

The Internet conglomerate receives financing commitments for Ticketmaster, HSN home shopping network, LendingTree.com and Interval Leisure Group. Copyright 2008 Associated Press All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 2008 Cable News Network. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2008 BigCharts.com Inc.	1 vote

♦ Gibson's praise for Doctor

York is extending its sponsorship agreements with Sky Bet to include the Ebor Festival. Enter the free monthly tipster challenge on sportinglife.com. Enjoy the best of Sky Sports with our great range of mobile services. Follow all the action from the finals in Austria and Switzerland with our dedicated Euro 2008 site. We have 5 pairs of the new PUMA V1.08 Tricks boot to give away.	1 vote

♦ WTC survivor staircase moves again at ground zero

The survivors staircase is shown at the World Trade Center site on June 20, 2008 in New York. The staircase is one of the few above-ground structures remaining from the attacks of Sept. 11. NEW YORK (AP) — A staircase people used to escape the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11, 2001, attack has been moved for a second time on the ground zero site.	1 vote

♦ Hip-Hop Sites Hacked By Apparent Hate Group; SOHH, AllHipHop Temporarily Suspend Access

Hip-hop Web sites SOHH.com and AllHipHop.com were forced to temporarily suspend access to their sites on Friday after being targeted by an apparent hate group.	1 vote

♦ Nigeria oil blast site sealed off

The site of an oil pipeline explosion near a school in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos has been sealed off after the fire was extinguished. Nigeria's oil parastatal cut the flow of fuel to the broken pipeline and a heavy downpour helped firefighters bring the blaze under control. At least 100 people many children died, the Red Cross said, but officials said the death toll was lower.	1 vote

♦ The Scoop

By Laura Giovanelli, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C. Jul. 31--Noble's Grill Location: 380 Knollwood St. Phone: 777-8477. Web site: www.chefjimnoble.com/NGsite/home Hours: Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Dinner: 5:30 to 10 p.m.	1 vote

♦ Punk Graphics

Punk text graphics maker from 123pimpin.com which allows you to create punk graphics images on your own. And customize the photos and graphics online by 123pimpin.com.	1 vote

♦ Demand Media Launches New Trails.Com Featuring Pluck Social Media Tools

Demand Media(TM), a leading social media company, today announced that its property Trails.com(R), the largest and most comprehensive active outdoor lifestyle source on the Internet, has been relaunched to help its growing community of 1.3 million passionate members live a better life outdoors.	1 vote

♦ Toxic Waste Plan is a Threat to Region, Lake Ontario

By Robbyn Drake Up to a point, the facts of the case are simple: A PCBcontaminated site near Albany requires cleanup. A full assessment of the site was conducted by the State Department of Environmental Conservation.	1 vote