http://www.webitpr.com – 19th November 2008, Macau: Today ten of the most innovative mobile companies are partnering to drive the metaTXT standard. metaTXT is the world's first mobile search engine optimisation (SEO) standard. metaTXT will enable search engines to index mobile sites at ease regardless of their technology domains whether they are m.name.com, wap.name.com, name.com/mobile or a .mobi. Read more »

http://www.cnn.com – (CNN) -- Nearly half the respondents in a survey of U.S. primary care physicians said that they would seriously consider getting out of the medical business within the next three years if they had an alternative. Experts say if many physicians stop practicing, it could be devastating to the health care industry. Read more »

http://abcnews.go.com – Reporter's Notebook By JEFFREY KOFMAN BALSAS, Ecuador, Nov. 19, 2008 My left hand grabs the car seat, my right hand firmly clasps the handle above the passenger door inside our rented 4-by-4. We are bouncing our way up a deeply rutted road, passing banana trees and grazing donkeys. This is remote, rural southern Ecuador. A tropical Appalachia that until recently was cut off from the rest of the world. Read more »

http://www.850koa.com – Ashley Dupre, the woman at the center of the downfall of former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer comes clean in her first interview since the scandal broke. Read more »

http://news.ninemsn.com.au – A Northern Territory woman has endured a nightmare operation at Alice Springs Hospital after she became conscious during stomach surgery but remained paralysed by the anaesthetic. Read more »

http://www.webitpr.com – Companies looking to reduce their overall IT expenditure whilst retaining the ability to roll out high value applications should adopt Open Source software, according to Alistair Handyside, CEO, Simplexo. This is in response to a revised forecast from IDC, which states that worldwide IT spending will grow at 2.6% in 2009, down from IDC’s pre-crisis forecast of 5.9% growth. Read more »

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au – THE world's largest food manufacturer has reduced sugar levels of some of its top-selling kids' foods - such as Milo cereal and chocolate milk - and will stop advertising non-nutritious products under a plan to improve its image worldwide. Read more »