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Commander of Iranian revolutionary guards' aerospace division says it is one of Iran's 'biggest wishes' that Israel do attack, so that the 'enemy of Islam and Muslims' can be discarded. In case of an attack on the Iranian nuclear sites, "Iran would bung Israel into the trash bin of history," a general of the Iranian revolutionary guards (IRGC) said Monday. "It is actually one of our biggest wishes that the Zionists regime [Israel] would make such a move," Amir Ali-Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC aerospace department, told Fars news agency.

Steve Ballmer just confirmed rumors that Microsoft's new search engine, previously called Kumo, has been christened with the wonderfully onomatopoeic, possibly stupid name, "Bing". UPDATE: And it's coming next week. From the AllThingsD interview, a peek into Ballmer's brain: I'm not the creative guy, here …. short mattered … people like to ‘verb up' … works globally, doesn't have negative connotations. Early word is it's got a simple, minimalist, colorful interface, and boasts some Wolfram Alpha-like features though a function called "Instant Answer." More as we get it. (Image courtesy of Ars Technica.) UPDATE: Bing will go public on June...

WHEN the new movie Walk the Line about the life of Johnny Cash opens in London next week, cinema-goers will be treated to a selection of his songs in London Underground stations. Buskers are being hired for £40 a day to sing Cash’s hits as part of a marketing ploy to sell CDs. Record companies have discovered that one of the best ways to promote a new release is to pay buskers to sing its songs to some of the 3m people who use the Tube each day. The stunt will surprise many travellers who believe buskers are enterprising musicians...