| Inside Iverson's block party
Before surrendering to the authorities Tuesday morning, Allen Iverson threw one last shindig for family and friends at his house Sunday night. So, what happened that evening at the estate of the Sixers star? The following timeline was gathered with the help of surveillance cameras, audio bugs and eyewitness accounts. .
End of an era - Netscape finally laid to rest
NETSCAPE Navigator, once the world's most popular web browser, will finally be laid to rest next month after its owners gave it a last-minute stay of execution. AOL today delayed plans to abandon support for Netscape web browsers by one month, to March 1. The company had originally planned to cut off support tomorrow. Early internet users will fondly remember Navigator's small blue and yellow icon of a ships' wheel. The browser was first released in 1994 and for a time was the program most people used to surf the web. When Microsoft introduced its Internet Explorer browser the following year, the two companies became entrenched in the "browser wars" that led to the software giant being sued by the US Department of Justice for smothering competition.
Davidson Calendar: Feb. 22- March 3
Scholastic Art Gold and Silver Key Winners' Exhibit: The competition is the oldest and one of the most prestigious student art competitions in the country with past winners including such noted artists as Red Grooms and Andy Warhol. The exhibit remains on view through Feb. 24. For further information call or visit www.cheekwood.org. 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 22 - 23; 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 24, Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art, 1200 Forrest Park Drive; $10, $8 ages 65+, $5 ages 6-17, active military with I.D. and college students with I.D., free ages 5-under; $1 admission in January. William Edmondson: The Hand and the Spirit: Hailed as one of the most outstanding self-taught carvers of the 20th century, William Edmondson paved the way for many African-American artists.
OQO e2 ultramobile PC with HSDPA review
An ultramobile PC is a full PC in a nearly pocket-size unit. OQO, founded in 2000 by ex-Apple engineers, is the most distinctive of the ultramobile PC makers, producing over the years a series of increasingly gorgeous-looking devices, leading up to the OQO e2, a European model with HSDPA mobile broadband, that has the potential to be a really mobile networked PC. The OQO 01 had good reviews and, following decent sales from online stores, the company launched a Europan version of its next model - the OQO e2 - in late 2007, followed swiftly by an HSDPA-enabled version, which can get up to 3.6 megabits per second (Mbps) from cellular networks. At the moment, the OQO e2 is available only in Europe, with a typical model costing around £1,200, including 1.6GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and 120GB hard drive, as well as 802.11abg Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Mustangs win as Rasheed scores 25
DANVILLE Niveen Rasheed seemed as if she was everywhere Friday in leading the Monte Vista High girls basketball team to a hard-fought, 49-42 victory over Newark Memorial in the second round of the North Coast Section Division I playoffs. Rasheed was in the middle of the action all night for the Mustangs (25-2), who struggled to get into an offensive rhythm against the 2-3 zone the Cougars (18-11) used throughout the game. She scored a game-high 25 points, and was the defensive catalyst as well. "It was one of those nights where the ball wasn't dropping for us," Rasheed said. "They played us tough in their zone, and we were a little ragged offensively. I wanted to provide some energy on defense to try to get us going." Newark let the Mustangs know that they were going to be in for a battle early.
Theatre of dreams pauses to relive a nightmare
After all the dark threats about what should be done to Manchester City supporters who were bound not to keep quiet during the Munich minute's silence, 3,000 turned up, crammed into the far corner of the East Stand and did themselves proud. Pipers led the two teams out, United wearing their 1950s-throwback kit, City a sponsorless version of theirs, the managers laid wreaths in the centre circle, and then the loudest sound came from City fans shushing one another to honour the remembrance. .
Ingleside man guilty in 2004 stabbing death of neighbor girl
An Ingleside man entered a guilty plea Monday in the stabbing death of a teenage neighbor who confronted him during a botched burglary of her home in 2004.
Adam Christenson, 25, could face up to 60 years in prison for the July 14, 2004, slaying of Elizabeth Willding in the home she shared with her mother and sisters.
Christenson, who was to go on trial Monday, agreed to what is known as an Alford plea, in which he conceded that a judge or jury shown the evidence would probably find him guilty but denied that he killed Willding.
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