Sun Hopes To Make Waves with 'Niagara': "Sun this week is unveiling its long-touted 'Niagara' processor, the third major rollout in the past two months for the company, which is aggressively trying to separate itself from its past as a vendor focused solely on its SPARC-Solaris platform for high-end customers. The chip offers eight cores per chip running up to four instruction threads each and addresses the growing issues of energy consumption and heat generation by using only 70 watts of power."

AIDS group cautious about HIV cure claim: "The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations has cautiously welcomed claims a British man has beaten HIV, the virus that causes AIDS."

Young, healthy at greater possible risk from bird flu: study: "A new study released by scientists in Hong Kong suggests young people could be at greater risk of contracting and dying from the H5N1 strain of bird flu."

Indonesians raid 'one of world's biggest drug plants': "Indonesian police have detained 12 people after raiding a factory making ecstasy pills and methamphetamines that officers described as one of the biggest such plants in the world."

Pentagon considers Hicks trial future: "The Pentagon says it is close to making a decision on whether to suspend the military commission of Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks."

Hong Kong man jailed in landmark world web piracy case (AFP): "AFP - A Hong Kong man believed to be the first person to be prosecuted for sharing movie files over the popular online Bit Torrent network was jailed for three months in Hong Kong."

Cocaine traces detected in River Thames: report: "So much cocaine is being used in London that traces of the white powdered narcotic can be detected in the River Thames, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported ."

PM warns of 'specific' terror threat: "Prime Minister John Howard says the Federal Government has received specific intelligence about a potential terrorist threat in Australia."