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CNET enterprise hardware news
Microsoft Open Office XML: Worse than you thought
Blog: Microsoft has screwed up yet another standards effort. This is getting old. | 3Sci/Tech |
Boston Globe world
Iranians see right to nuclear program as matter of national pride
TEHRAN, Iran -- From this country's divisive political sphere to its disaffected streets, one thing binds Iranians of all ideologies: a fervent belief in the Islamic Republic's right to its nuclear program. | 0World |
RedNova technology
Vietnam PM Hails Role of Mass Media in Anti-Graft Work, Reforms
Text of report in English by Vietnamese news agency VNA website Hanoi (VNA)-Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has extolled mass media as an important tool in the fight against corruption as well as speeding up administrative reforms. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Youngsters Return Yankees Playoff Tickets (AP)
AP - Talk about temptation: $20,000 worth of box seat tickets for New York Yankees playoff games, just lying there on the street. Nine youngsters who came across the tickets turned them in. | 1Sports |
The Motley Fool
Foolish Forecast: Shuffle Master Shuffles Its Deck
Views you can use to get clues on tomorrow's news. | 2Business |
RedNova technology
Toshiba Selects Xilinx Spartan-3 Generation FPGAs for Latest LCD TVs
SAN JOSE, Calif. and TOKYO, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx Inc. | 3Sci/Tech |
Time Business
How to Have a Green Christmas
It may be the most wonderful time of the year, but it's also the most wasteful. Here's how you can be kind to the environment and still celebrate in style. | 2Business |
Atlanta Journal Constitution (su
Song's president to retire
The president of Delta Air Lines' low-fare unit, Song, announced his retirement Friday in the latest executive departure at the ailing airline. | 2Business |
CBC News
Putin says United States trying to isolate, destabilize Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced suspicion Thursday the United States might be behind efforts to isolate Russia and destabilize it. | 0World |
New York Times Business
Philips in $5.1 Billion Deal for Respironics
The acquisition of Respironics, which makes medical devices that assist or monitor breathing, is one of a steady stream of takeovers of U.S. companies by Philipsâ medical arm. | 2Business |
New York Times Business
Former Wal-Mart Executive Faces Resentencing
Thomas Coughlin, who was sentenced to home detention after pleading guilty to five counts of wire fraud and one count of filing false tax returns, got off too light, an appeals court ruled. | 2Business |
San Francisco Chronicle
Cloud of economic pessimism begins to lift from California
Californians' negative feelings about the state's economy have moderated significantly since last year, and many voters expect further improvement in the next 12 months, according to the Field Poll. | 2Business |
New York Times Business
Executives Urge Action to Cut Dependence on Foreign Oil
The Energy Security Leadership Council is lobbying for a comprehensive campaign to reduce reliance on imported oil. | 2Business |
BBC News Business
Downturn hits Friends investors
Friends Provident tells investors in its property fund that they cannot have their money for six months. | 2Business |
Yahoo World
3 more GIs killed in Iraq this week
(AP)
AP - Three more U.S. troops died in fighting this week, the military said Friday, raising to 54 the number of Americans killed in Iraq in December — nearly half of them in Anbar. | 0World |
Reuters Business
Tiffany shares rise on takeover speculation
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Tiffany & Co. climbed as much as 6.8 percent and its options volume surged on Monday on renewed speculation that the fine jewelry retailer could be a possible target for a takeover. | 2Business |
PCWorld news
Microsoft Clarifies Virtualization Licensing
Clarification is avialable, however, customers may face a new set of rules when Windows Server 2008 is released. | 3Sci/Tech |
Woonsocketcall.com
Brady, Dillon provide touchdowns
KANSAS CITY -- The Kansas City Chiefs were supposed to have enough weapons to beat the New England Patriots, but the defending champs proved they have a healthy arsenal of their own on Monday night. | 1Sports |
PCWorld news
Video Games not an Addiction
Addiction experts strongly opposed an AMA proposal to designate video game addiction as a mental disorder. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters
Gulf Arabs Want All Iraqis to Take Part in Polls
Sunni-led Gulf Arab states, worried by rising Shi'ite power in Iraq, urged the United States on Monday to ensure all religious and ethnic groups take part | 0World |
New York Times Business
Tight Budgets, Tactical Thinking
THIS year, Sarah Garcia, the chief executive of Signature Wines and Beverages, took on a difficult challenge: finding a hotel room in New York for less than $100 a night. | 2Business |
ABC News
South Korean with US Army Defects to North -- KCNA
A South Korean who had served with the US military on the divided peninsula has defected to North Korea, Pyongyang's official KCNA news agency said on Wednesday. | 0World |
New York Times sports
Federal charges for Vick
NFL star Michael Vick was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on charges of sponsoring a dogfighting operation so grisly the losers either died in the pit or sometimes were electrocuted, drowned, hanged, or shot. | 1Sports |
Guardian
Annus horribilis
Hungary's hammer throw gold medallist, Adrian Annus, is embroiled in a drugs dispute with the IOC demanding that he give a fresh urine sample or lose his gold medal. | 1Sports |
New York Times sports
Sun ride Whalen's hot hand
Rookie Lindsay Whalen had 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting and the Connecticut Sun moved into a tie for first place in the Eastern Conference with a 77-66 victory over the host New York Liberty last night. The Sun (15-15) are tied with Charlotte and Indiana. | 1Sports |
Zaman Online
Kharrazi: We Will not Give up on Our Nuclear Program for Peace
Iranian Foreign Minister Kemal Kharrazi said Iran would not give up its peaceful nuclear program. During a joint press briefing after meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Zhaoxing, who is currently visiting | 0World |
Atlanta Journal Constitution (su
Probes: $500 million fund is set up for legal problems
NEW YORK - Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday it had created a $500 million legal reserve to deal with ongoing federal probes of its America Online division. | 2Business |
InfoWorld news
SecureWorks, LURHQ become one
( InfoWorld ) - Managed security services companies SecureWorks and LURHQ  have merged.
The combined company is known as SecureWorks and is based in Atlanta. SecureWorks chief executive Mike Cote remains as chief executive officer (CEO) and former LURHQ CEO Tony Prince... | 3Sci/Tech |
RedNova science
Equestrian Official Urged to Skip Talks
By Stephanie Horvath, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Dec. 13--A developer's attorney has accused Michael Whitlow, the chairman of Wellington's equestrian committee, of violating the state's Sunshine Laws and is asking that he remove himself from discussing a contro... | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Politics
Germany Rejects Call for Rumsfeld War Crimes Probe (Reuters)
Reuters - Germany's federal prosecutor
on Thursday rejected calls to investigate allegations that
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was guilty of war crimes over
the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal. | 0World |
Indian Express
Lakshmi Mittal becomes UKâs richest man
London, October 26: NRI business tycoon Lakshmi N. Mittal has emerged as the richest man in Britain. The historic merger of his steel conglomerate Ispat with its rival, International Steel Group of USA, to | 2Business |
Reuters Business
H&R Block posts loss on subprime woes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - H&R Block Inc. , the largest U.S. tax preparer, on Thursday posted a fourth-quarter loss on the depressed value of a mortgage unit slammed by deterioration in the U.S. subprime market. | 2Business |
RedNova science
Golf Courses Ban Sledding: Board Says Winter Activities Hurt Grass
By By Mike Prager, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Dec. 15--Spokane's park leaders have one word for youngsters sledding on municipal golf courses: SCRAM! Same for anyone else who wants to use the city's golf courses for skiing... | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Roush completes deal with Red Sox owner
(AP)
AP - A group of investors led by Boston Red Sox owner John Henry has completed a deal to buy a 50 percent stake in the Roush Racing NASCAR team, a person familiar with the negotiations said Friday. | 1Sports |
Boston Globe business
Fidelity plan fuels tax debate
A move by Fidelity Investments to lower its corporate taxes -- potentially by hundreds of millions of dollars a year -- came under fire yesterday by tax policy advocates and a Massachusetts union official, while a business group defended the Boston mutual fund firm... | 2Business |
The Mirror
FOOTBALL: MOURINHO: BEAT BARCA? NOU PROBLEM
JOSE MOURINHO last night promised Barcelona that as far as football is concerned, his side can prove that size doesn't matter. | 1Sports |
InfoWorld news
Q&A: McAfee, Symantec CEOs talk security
In early December, InfoWorld Senior Writer Matt Hines had the opportunity to sit down with John Thompson, chief executive of Symantec, and David DeWalt, chief executive of McAfee, to interview the leaders about the strategic direction of their companies and wher... | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters
Delta seeks permission to buy back certain bonds
NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines (DAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it was asking permission to buy back debt from about 10 percent of its bondholders, in a first step toward the struggling company's efforts to restructure its ... | 2Business |
New York Times Business
Eyes on Google, Microsoft Bids $44 Billion for Yahoo
If consummated, the deal would instantly redraw the competitive landscape on the Internet and escalate the battle between Microsoft and Google. | 2Business |
Yahoo Business
August new home sales rose 4.1 percent
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sales of new U.S. homes unexpectedly
rose in August to a seasonally adjusted 1.050 million
annualized rate after a sharp downward revision in July's
tally, while the inventory of homes for sale eased slightly, a
government report showed o... | 2Business |
The Motley Fool
How Much Will You Need To Retire?
You've heard you only need 70% of what you make now. Is it true? | 2Business |
BBC News world
Denmark to hold early elections
Denmark's ruling Liberals call an early general election for 8 February, buoyed by opinion polls. | 0World |
WOOD-TV
Redford Township school's experiments to be relaunched
REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. Students at a suburban Detroit high school are getting a second chance to see how space affects their science project. | 3Sci/Tech |
ESPN
Starter will miss 2-5 weeks after knee scope
It didn't take the latest hurricane-induced deluge for Carolina Panthers team officials to acknowledge on Friday afternoon that, when it rains, it pours. | 1Sports |
San Diego Union Tribune
NEWSMAKER-Cycling-'Other American' risks losing Olympic gold
Waking up on the morning after he won Olympic gold in Athens, Tyler Hamilton leaped out of bed to check no one had stolen the medal from his suitcase. | 1Sports |
Reuters
Suicide Bombers Kill 20 Iraqis in Surge of Violence
Suicide bombers killed 20 members of Iraq's fledgling security forces near a US marine base west of Baghdad and at a checkpoint to the north on Saturday amid a spate of insurgent attacks across the country. | 0World |
Yahoo Science
Babies do the driving in Delaware lab
(AP)
AP - With a 6-month-old at the controls, researchers at the University of Delaware are encouraging underage driving. Their ultimate goal is to help immobile, disabled children move and explore. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Sorenstam hopes for repeat at ShopRite
(AP)
AP - If fond memories can lead to good results, Annika Sorenstam might return to form this week. | 1Sports |
Reuters Tech
Viruses Aimed at Microsoft Rise Sharply-Symantec
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The number of new viruses and worms aimed at Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT.O ubiquitous Windows operating system rose 400 percent between January and June from the same year-earlier period, leading computer security company Symante... | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Sports
Reds and Phillips agree on four-year, $27 million deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Cincinnati Reds and second baseman Brandon Phillips avoided arbitration by agreeing on a four-year contract worth $27 million, the team said on Friday. | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
Rockets, blast spark new fears for Pakistan's Musharraf
(AFP)
AFP - Bomb disposal experts defused two rockets near President Pervez Musharraf's residence and the Pakistani parliament in Islamabad, hours after a blast in a park near his army home. | 0World |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Yahoo, Adobe team up on new Web services
Yahoo Inc. and Adobe Systems Inc. have joined forces to tap each others' customers and put Web search features into Adobe's popular Acrobat Reader software. | 2Business |
Reuters Business
Congress panel wants to grill subprime CEOs on pay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Current and former CEOs of three major U.S. financial institutions deeply involved in the widening subprime mortgage crisis were asked on Monday by a Congressional committee to testify at a hearing next month on their massive p... | 2Business |
Reuters Business
Countrywide CEO must go, advisory group says: WSJ
NEW YORK (Reuters) - CtW Investment Group, a pension fund advisory group affiliated with seven labor unions, said it sent a letter to the board of Countrywide Financial Corp , urging it to ask for the resignation of Chief Executive Angelo Mozilo, The ... | 2Business |
Newsday
Pedro is a big mistake
The more you hear about the Mets, their offer to Pedro Martinez and their curious pursuit of players like him this offseason, the more you should think about Tom Glavine. | 1Sports |
PCWorld news
AMD Layoffs Announced
Company cutting 375 jobs to eliminate redundancies in wake of ATI acquisition. | 3Sci/Tech |
The Scotsman
Game on as Sony puts £100 tag on PSP system
SONY is going head-to-head with Nintendo in the battle for the handheld games console market. The company will price its long-awaited PlayStation Portable (PSP) at about £100 for its launch in Japan, when | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
Dell delays analyst meeting, filing as probe widens
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Computer maker Dell Inc. DELL.O said on Monday that an expanding government accounting probe has caused the company to cancel a meeting with Wall Street analysts for the second time this year and that it will suspend s... | 2Business |
New York Times Business
Maker of Antidepressant Drug to Release All Trial Results
In a settlement that the New York State attorney general said would transform the drug industry, GlaxoSmithKline agreed today to release the results of all its drug clinical trials. | 2Business |
New York Times world
Climate Challenge. Same as Ever?
A comparison of the climate debate in 1992 and now shows few differences. | 0World |
Staten Island Advance
Can US salvage a bronze?
The game was concocted by a physical education instructor in Massachusetts and dominated by the United States at the Olympics for most of the 20th century. | 1Sports |
Voice of America
Iraq's Government in Talks with Sunni, Shi'ite Leaders
Iraq's interim government is engaged in cease-fire talks with Sunni and Shi'ite leaders in an effort to restore calm to violent parts of Iraq before January's scheduled election. | 0World |
Reuters Business
Bank of America to buy Countrywide
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp on Friday said it agreed to acquire struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp for about $4 billion (2.04 billion pounds) in stock, a move that could help avert one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing cr... | 2Business |
Yahoo World
Gates: Bombs tie Iran to Iraq extremists
(AP)
AP - Serial numbers and other markings on bombs suggest that Iranians are linked to deadly explosives used by Iraqi militants, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday in some of the administration's first public assertions on evidence the military has... | 0World |
Reuters Business
Business Books: Shoeshine boy dishes Wall Street dirt
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 28-year old Brazilian whose experiences are fictionalized in the novel "Confessions of a Wall Street Shoeshine Boy" says traders at the bank where he plies his trade have been treating him better since the book was publish... | 2Business |
Melbourne Herald Sun
Corpses left in piles
HOSPITALS overflowed with corpses and funeral homes were crammed with crowds as Sri Lanka continued to struggle with its largest natural disaster. | 0World |
Yahoo World
French official urges tighter bank rules
(AP)
AP - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Societe Generale followed market rules when it unwound unauthorized transactions by a rogue trader in a move that cost the bank billions, but urged tighter controls on banks in France. | 0World |
Reuters Business
Microsoft CEO: Merger Strategy Unchanged
LISBON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O is still targeting smaller companies for acquisitions, despite speculation that now-scuttled merger talks with business software giant SAP AG SAPG.DE signaled a shift in strategy, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer ... | 2Business |
Seattle Times
US Airways to cut pay by 21 percent; Delta warns it's near <b>...</b>
A bankruptcy judge granted US Airways authority yesterday to temporarily cut the pay of its union workers by 21 percent, comparing the airline's financial outlook to "a ticking fiscal time bomb. | 2Business |
International Herald Tribune
Bumpy ride for a private rocket ship
MOJAVE, California A test pilot returned successfully to Earth on Wednesday after a foray into space that was marked by a white-knuckle ascent in which his rocket ship rolled at least 16 times in about 16 seconds and he had to fight to regain control. | 3Sci/Tech |
Boston Globe sports
In the Right Place at the Right Time
Like a latter-day Ellis Island, the U.S. Open bristled with overseas energy, overseas hopes, overseas dreams. | 1Sports |
Boston Globe sports
After Progress, Baseball Relaxes
A potentially historic day for the Major League Baseball Players Association regarding the future of drug testing was followed by a relaxing day on Wednesday. | 1Sports |
New York Times sports
Epstein's father admits joking about wedding site
Leslie Epstein, the father of Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein, says he was only joking in an e-mail Tuesday night in which he said his son's hush-hush wedding to Marie Whitney earlier this month took place at a Coney Island hot dog stand. Th... | 1Sports |
Louisville Courier Journal
Sulamani cruises by 11/2 in Canadian International
The other jockeys tried to keep Sulamani, the 4-5 favorite, boxed in, but it hardly mattered as he captured the $1.5 million, Grade I Pattison Canadian International by 11/2 lengths under a hand ride yesterday at Woodbine Racetrack in Toron... | 1Sports |
New York Times Business
Market Week: Get Well, but Not Too Quickly
Investors will be looking for a quick recovery in the stock market this week, but such a rebound might do more harm than good over the long run, one analyst warns. | 2Business |
Yahoo Sports
Injuries hamper Russians in gymnastics
(AP)
AP - Limping slowly on a severely wounded knee, Nikolai Kryukov dragged himself up the stairs, stopped when he reached the top and raised his hand to salute the judges on the floor exercise. All that work to get a 0.0. | 1Sports |
CNET personal technology news
At NYC Flickr party, you're always on candid camera
The Yahoo-owned photo sharing site throws a party in New York to commemorate the release of its "24 Hours of Flickr" book. | 3Sci/Tech |
Seven.com.au
Mobile phone workers kidnapped in Iraq
Kidnappers seized six Egyptians and four Iraqis working for the country's mobile phone company in two separate incidents, authorities said. | 0World |
Boston Globe sports
A Coach Is Forced to Tackle the Lawyers' Game Plans
Lawsuits and related accusations about the Volunteers' coach, Phil Fulmer, have escalated the fierce rivalry between Alabama and Tennessee. | 1Sports |
New York Times sports
Closer makes short work in nick of time
We try not to make assumptions, but can we all agree that Mariano Rivera's commute to work yesterday was a little bit easier and decidedly less stressful than the one the day before? | 1Sports |
Yahoo Politics
Types of low-power TV stations
(AP)
AP - After Feb. 17, 2009, full-power television stations will broadcast a digital signal only, meaning people who do not have a digital-ready TV and watch programs with an antenna will need a special converter box. | 0World |
DetNews.com
Langer goes with experience, then youthful Donald for the <b>...</b>
Bernhard Langer knew all along he had a loaded deck and an ace up his sleeve if he needed it. When the year-long process of selecting the European Ryder Cup team finally | 1Sports |
National Geographic
SpaceShipOne Burns Rubber, Laughing GasâMore Fun Facts
⢠The spacecraft's test pilots do not wear spacesuits. The craft's space-worthy cockpit is housed within a larger, similarly protective shell. | 3Sci/Tech |
BBC News world
Israel president makes plea deal
Israel's outgoing President Moshe Katsav strikes a plea bargain to avoid rape charges and a prison term. | 0World |
Reuters World
Six convicts in Chad to fly to France Friday
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Six French aid workers sentenced to hard labor in Chad for trying to kidnap 103 children will be returned to France on Friday under an accord between the two states, a Chad justice ministry official said. | 0World |
Hampton Roads Daily Press
Smoot not confident he'll be back
Fred Smoot said Thursday that he is pessimistic about returning to the Washington Redskins next season. Smoot, who was injured in the Redskins' 13-10 loss to Dallas last week and will not play in Sunday's | 1Sports |
New York Times Science
Scientist at Work | Emmanuel Mignot: From Faithful Dogs and Difficult Fish, Insight Into Narcolepsy
Dr. Emmanuel Mignot has devoted his career to studying narcolepsy, a disease caused by a deficiency of the brain cells that make the neurochemical hypocretin. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
Avon Profit Up on International Sales
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Avon Products Inc. on Friday posted a better-than-expected 33 percent increase in third-quarter profit as business in Latin America and Europe helped offset weakness in the United States for the direct seller of cosmetics. | 2Business |
RedNova technology
Vitesse SAS Shipments Exceed 250,000 Ports Per Week
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Pink Sheets:VTSS), a leader in Serial Attached SCSI technology, today announced a milestone in the deployment of its NexSAS™ portfolio of SAS products -- shipping over 250,000 ports per week. | 3Sci/Tech |
BBC Sport
See a Premiership match!
Each week BBC Sport are giving away tickets for a top Premiership fixture for the 2004-5 season! This week we are giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets for Bolton v Liverpool. | 1Sports |
New York Times Business
E*Trade Rises on Modest Sales Loss
The online brokerage said that it sold $3 billion of mortgage-backed securities and municipal bonds, with a modest realized loss of $5 million. | 2Business |
New York Times sports
Terriers had nothing to fear
The team that had won 25 Beanpot championships, beaten Northeastern 10 straight times in tournament play, and made victories on second Mondays in February a virtual requirement for graduation appeared much more timid than its history might have dictated. | 1Sports |
BBC News world
Canada set for confidence vote
Canadian PM Stephen Harper delays the return of parliament until October, setting up a vote that could trigger an election. | 0World |
New York Times Tech
Sony Introduces First U.S. Video Walkman Player
The consumer electronics maker said it introduced a new version of its Walkman that includes the ability to play digital video. | 3Sci/Tech |
Boston Globe sports
Wet Field Could Be the Wild Card When the Jets Play the Chargers
The wet forecast in San Diego on Saturday night throws another variable into the Jets' playoff game against the Chargers. | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
Russia's Kudrin quits Putin tour as media abuzz
(Reuters)
Reuters - Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin,
widely respected by foreign investors for his prudent
stewardship of Russia's huge oil wealth, could be dropped in a
reshuffle, expected on Monday, media speculated. | 0World |
Yahoo Politics
Democrats take fire at Rumsfeld
(AP)
AP - Democrats chastised Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld Wednesday for questioning the historical grasp of Bush administration war critics, accusing him of engaging in "dangerous business." | 0World |
BBC News world
Muslims jailed for Gujarat murder
Nine Muslims are sentenced to life in prison in the Indian state of Gujarat for the killing of the state's former home minister, Haren Pandya. | 0World |
Reuters Business
A&P to buy rival Pathmark
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. said on Monday that it plans to buy rival grocer Pathmark Stores Inc. for $678.6 million, creating a larger company to compete in the U.S. Northeast. | 2Business |
PCWorld news
Microsoft Security Update Cripples Internet Explorer
Microsoft says it is investigating reports that a security update for the Internet Explorer browser issued last week has crippled some users' ability to get on the Web. | 3Sci/Tech |
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