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BOSTON - A combination of Microsoft and Yahoo could reshape the Internet landscape for millions of Web users: Would the two companies join their online portals? Could they rethink the desktop computer to integrate Web content more directly?The changes are potentially huge, but probably not in the short term.Microsoft executives did not indicate Friday exactly [...]

PORTLAND, Ore. - Brandon Roy had 20 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists a night after being picked for his first All-Star game, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the New York Knicks 94-88 in overtime Friday night.It was Roy’s first career triple-double. Steve Blake added 18 points and LaMarcus Aldridge had 17 points and [...]

OAKLAND, Calif. - Monta Ellis scored 21 points, Stephen Jackson had 19 and the Warriors made Jason Richardson miserable in his return to Golden State with a 127-96 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday night.With new acquisition Chris Webber watching from the bench, the Warriors rolled to a 34-point lead in the third quarter [...]

HYUNDAI i30 SR
RRP $26,490. As tested: $26,790. Extras: Metallic paint
($300).
Why we’re driving it The i30 is Hyundai’s replacement for the
Accent and introduces a new naming policy for the brand. It’s about
the size of a Toyota Corolla.
Likes Long list of standard equipment, including auto
headlights, cruise control, climate-controlled air-conditioning,
trip computer and auxiliary input jack. Six airbags and [...]

ONE HAS broken a wrist, another fell so heavily he split his
helmet. Yet another was recently treated in hospital for fractured
ribs. And the rest? Bruises, cuts and enough muscle soreness to
know that this is serious training.
This eclectic confederation of amateur cyclists has until June
to get fit enough to spend just over a week riding hundreds [...]

Volkswagen has kept to the winning formula for its latest diesel
wagon, writes Bruce Newton.
Volkswagen Passat 2.0 TDI Wagon 3/5.5
HOW MUCH? From $46,990.
ENGINE: 2.0-litre 4-cylinder turbo-diesel, 125 kW/350 Nm.
WHAT’S IT GOT: Eight airbags, traction and stability control,
ABS, electronic parking brake, keyless start, remote central
locking, roof rails, alloy wheels, dual-zone climate control,
cruise control, six-CD audio with MP3 [...]

Patrick Horton watches a rising sun lift the curtain on
the highest mountains in the world.
Darjeeling’s narrow streets echo to the baying of dog packs as I
creep out of my hotel at 4am like an absconding guest. Twinkling
stars sit in a cloudless sky, which is just what I need.
Fortunately my driver is on time and, as [...]

Mike Heard finds a polar expedition that can beenjoyed
from the comfort of a ship.
The biggest-ever range of cruising holidays to the “top of the
world” has been launched by tour operator MyPlanet Australia, which
has a line-up of trips that includes several sailings to the North
Pole.
One 17-day North Pole voyage aboard the Russian icebreaker Yamal
departs in July [...]

Mark Hawthorne finds a plethora of diversions, from
boating to bathing to biking.
The harbour has always been Sydney’s playground, a stretch of
water that lies at the very heart of the Emerald City’s cultural
identity.
By contrast, Melburnians are somewhat more blase about Port
Phillip Bay even though, at 1950 square kilometres, it’s 35 times
the size of Sydney’s famous waterway, [...]

Graham Simmons visits a small country town with some big
attractions.
THE sign at the town entrance tells it all: “Welcome to
Cunnamulla, settled in the Dreamtime.” Aussie towns don’t get much
older than that. Nor do they get much more welcoming and community
spirited.
Cunnamulla, a heritage town in western Queensland about 11 hours
by road west of Brisbane, is a [...]