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June 17 is "Download Day" for Firefox 3

June 17, 2008 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – June 17 is ‘Download Day’ for the latest Firefox version. Mozilla, creators of the famous Firefox Internet browser, are trying to get into the record book by generating the highest number of downloads for a single piece of software in one day (24 hours).

WWII B-17 Bomber Visits Museum Of Flight

The Seattle-born Boeing B-17 bomber played an important role in World War II and aviation history. Aluminum Overcast, the Experimental Aircraft Association’s restored B-17, returns to the Seattle skies and the Museum of Flight from Wednesday, May 21 – Monday, May 26.

Cricket: Flintoff called up for England's second Test against South Africa

This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Thursday July 17 2008. It was last updated at 17:02 on July 17 2008.

LookSmart Announces Preliminary Second Quarter Revenue Results; Will Report Full Second Quarter Results on August 5

SAN FRANCISCO - (Business Wire) LookSmart, Ltd. (NASDAQ:LOOK), an online search advertising network and technology solutions company, today announced that based on a preliminary evaluation of the second quarter of 2008, the Company expects to report total revenue of between $17.0 million and $17.1 million, which represents a 16% - 17% increase over second quarter 2007 revenue of $14.6 million (which included $1.1 million derived from certain of the Company's consumer assets sold or retired in 2007) . This result is preliminary and therefore subject to change. The Company is still in the process of completing its review of second quarter operating results, and therefore does not yet have visibility into other results of operations.

17-yr old plays soccer, cricket for Australian national sides

SYDNEY, Australia (AP): In one respect, 17-year-old Elysse Perry is like many other teens her age, always having to deal with a messy, cluttered bedroom. “It’s a bit of an atrocity at the moment, as my mom reminds me every second day,” Perry says, laughing. The year 12 student at Pymble Ladies College in Sydney has an excuse for the untidy state of affairs — she’s playing both cricket and soccer for Australia’s national teams, and doing a pretty good job of juggling both. She’ll be on the field in Hanoi, Vietnam for the Australian “Matildas” soccer team when it begins play Thursday in the Women’s Asian Cup against Taiwan. In her first match for Australia, the defender scored the opening goal in an 8-1 win last year over Hong Kong. Last Friday in Australia’s 2-1 win over Canada, Perry made several dangerous forays on the right wing and pro

17-year-old Hong Kong student wins Oxford PHD place: report

Britain's Oxford University has accepted a 17-year-old from Hong Kong on one of its doctorate programmes, making him one of the famed university's youngest such students, a report said Wednesday.

17 deaths tied to East Coast heat wave

PHILADELPHIA - The heat wave that gripped the East Coast over the weekend and into Tuesday claimed the lives of 17 people, and most of the victims were elderly.

17 Mars a day...

A British man has horrified nutritionists and healthy eaters worldwide by confessing he has eaten nothing but Mars bars for the past 17 years.

U-17 cricket team announced

Cricket Federation of Haryana secretary general R.P. Chopra today announced an 18-member team which will represent Haryana in the inaugural All-India Under-17 Federation Cup Cricket Tournament being organised by the Cricket Federation of India here from May 28 to 31.

Pentax UK confirms 17-70mm lens release

Pentax has confirmed the release of a 17-70mm lens, designed to be used on its range of digital SLRs.

Michigan Girl Scout sells 17,328 boxes of cookies (AP)

DETROIT - A Girl Scout sold 17,328 boxes of the group's signature cookies this year by setting up shop on a street corner, shattering her troop's old mark and probably setting a national record.

Firefox 3 gets June 17 as its Download Day

On Wednesday, Mozilla announced next Tuesday, June 17, as "Download Day" for Firefox 3. The company also released Firefox 3 release candidate 3 as a final step toward full release.

Robot orders decline 17% in first quarter, but jump in non-automotive sectors

North American robotics companies reported that new orders sold to North American manufacturers fell 17 percent in the first quarter of 2008 from the same quarter in 2007, but revenue rose five percent. However, orders to non-automotive companies surged, an encouraging sign for future robotics growth, according to the Robotic Industries Association (RIA).

Mortgage rates drop 0.17 percent

The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 17 basis points, to 6.02 percent, according to the Bankrate.com national survey of large lenders. A basis point is one-hundredth of 1 percentage point. The mortgages in this week's survey had an average total of 0.44 discount and origination points. One year ago, the mortgage index was 6.42 percent; four weeks ago, it was 6.11 percent.

ICE raids net 17 illegal immigrants in Canal

May 22, 2008 (The Marin Independent Journal - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- SRFB | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Immigration authorities arrested 17 illegal immigrants in the Canal area of San Rafael in raids that began early Thursday morning.

smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM

Pentax has launched a consumer-level standard zoom lens for its range of digital SLRs: the slightly unwieldily named smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM. The lens offers the useful equivalent zoom range of 26-107mm combined with a maximum aperture of F4.0 and Pentax' SDM system which uses a supersonic motor for focusing. The latter is only compatible with Pentax' latest DSLR offerings - the K20D, K200D, K100D and K10D. On all other bodies focus mode will default to manual.

Online grocer SimonDelivers Lays Off 17

Online-only grocer SimonDelivers this week laid off 17 employees - approximately 6 percent of its workforce - as part of a series of efforts the retailer is making to control expenses.

Warner 'adopts' Haiti U-17 footballers

FIFA vice-president Jack Austin Warner has “adopted” the Haitian national Under-17 football team and has pledged to fund their preparations for the 2008 Caribbean Football Union Youth Cup scheduled to kick off here next month.

News: Weekly Charts 17 May 2008

Team N-Europe has decided it’s time to bring back the weekly hardware and software charts by popular demand! From now on we’ll be giving you in-depth analysis of Japanese and American sales, all in one big update. Without further ado, here are the sales figures for the week ending 17 May.

Home video software revenue up 17%

is reporting that Home Video Software is up a whopping 17%, and that can be attributed almost exclusively to video games!

North American Robot Orders Decline 17% in First Quarter

May 23, 2008 - According to robotic companies, new orders sold to North American manufacturers fell 17% in 1st quarter of 2008 from same quarter in 2007, but revenue rose 5%. However, orders to non-automotive companies jumped 36%. Total of 3,828 robots valued at $288.1 million were sold in opening quarter by North American based robotics companies. RIA hopes to foster increased growth in non-automotive sectors when it sponsors its upcoming Robots 2008 conference in Boston, June 10-12.

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