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CNET News.com
'Open Source Solaris' to debut this year
BURLINGTON, Mass.--Sun Microsystems will create an open-source project around its Solaris 10 operating system by the end of the year, company executives said Monday. | 3Sci/Tech |
InfoWorld news
FTC shuts down spyware operation
( InfoWorld ) - An operation that allegedly installed illegal spyware on computers will give more than US$2 million to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint.
The FTC has obtained a settlement order against Enternet Media Inc., Conspy & Co. Inc., Lida Ro... | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Sports
No lapse of concentration allowed in Tour's fourth stage
COMPIEGNE, France (Reuters) - There will be much to lose and little to gain in Wednesday's fourth stage of the Tour de France. | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
Australia Terror Suspect Offered Prostitute -Papers (Reuters)
Reuters - An Australian terror suspect was
offered the services of a prostitute by the U.S. military if he
agreed to spy on other detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay
base in Cuba, according to court documents. In an affidavit
unsealed by a U.S... | 0World |
WRAL.com
Two NCSSM Students Win National Team Science Competition
DURHAM, NC -- Two students from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics will split $100,000 in scholarship money. The award is a prize for their cancer research. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters World
Adams: Demand for IRA 'Proof' Could Sink Accord
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - Protestant calls for photographic proof of Irish Republican Army disarmament could sink efforts to secure a lasting settlement in Northern Ireland, the Catholic guerrilla group's political ally said Monday. | 0World |
The Washington Post sports
Patriots DB Faces Drug Charges
New England Patriots defensive back Willie Andrews pleads not guilty to drug possession in Lowell, Mass., hours after authorities say they found him with a half-pound of marijuana. | 1Sports |
San Francisco Chronicle
Larry Brown returns to coach Pistons
Pistons coach Larry Brown came back to the defending NBA champions on crutches Wednesday, returning to Detroit's bench after being told by doctors it was OK to travel. | 1Sports |
Reuters Business
Possible Canada Mad Cow Case Fuels Industry Tension
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada may have found a new case of mad cow disease, officials said on Thursday, rekindling tensions in its hard-hit beef industry just one day after the United States announced plans to reopen the border to live Can... | 2Business |
Chicago Sun Times
Zambrano right at home
No one has been more dominating against National League hitters at home than Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano. And Zambrano looked as if he would be at his finest Monday night at Wrigley Field. | 1Sports |
Sports Network
Inzaghi faces three months on sidelines
Antwerp, Belgium (Sports Network) - AC Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi will be out for three months after undergoing surgery Monday on his injured left ankle. | 1Sports |
InfoWorld news
IBM offers "SOA Healthcheck" workshops
IBM's global services organization is adding "health check" services to its repertoire of technical services for SOA deployments, looking to assist users dealing with issues resulting from poor planning or partnerships with inexperienced or so-called proprietary I... | 3Sci/Tech |
CNN International
Rescue continues after UK floods
LONDON, England -- A massive rescue operation is continuing for 15 people missing from a flood-ravaged coastal town in southwestern England. | 0World |
Yahoo Sports
Glazers find that history wins nothing
(AP)
AP - Overcoming a poor history can be tough in sports. Keeping a strong team consistently on top might be even harder. | 1Sports |
Reuters Business
SocGen reels from record $7 bln rogue trader fraud
PARIS (Reuters) - The biggest rogue trader scandal in history hit Societe Generale on Thursday as the French bank accused a junior employee of a fraud costing $7 billion. | 2Business |
RedNova technology
Middle School Gets $25,000 Technology Grant
By Stacy Brandt, North County Times, Escondido, Calif. May 24--OCEANSIDE -- Two classes at Roosevelt Middle School will begin using laptop computers for their day-to-day lessons this fall, thanks to a grant from a national corporation. | 3Sci/Tech |
Guardian
More cash to come, Vodafone promises investors
Vodafone yesterday announced plans to raise an additional £2.5bn a year through cost savings and increasing its market share within the next four years. | 2Business |
Independent
Wilkinson on the pitch and on target
The last time Jonny Wilkinson parked his backside on the visitors' bench at Murrayfield, it remained firmly planted there. Back in March 1998, three days before his Premiership | 1Sports |
Pakistan Dawn
Bilateral flexibility urged for solution: Musharraf says Pakistan <b>...</b>
LAHORE, Nov 20: President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday ruled out any unilateral stepping back by Pakistan from its historical stand over Kashmir and asked India to show courage | 0World |
Yahoo Business
Wall Street seen down again on rate worries
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. shares are expected to fall on
Thursday as investors wrestle with worries about inflation,
interest rates and economic growth, with economically sensitive
sectors such as technology likely to be hurt again. | 2Business |
The Scotsman
Symbol Technologies Launches New Family of Enterprise-Class <b>...</b>
Company(TM), today introduced the first in a new family of durable enterprise digital assistant (EDA) products specifically designed for business essential applications within the enterprise environment. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Oklahoma to appeal NCAA decision
(AP)
AP - The University of Oklahoma has taken the first step to appealing a ruling by the NCAA that stripped the football team of its 2005 wins and found the university guilty of "failure to monitor" the employment of its athletes. | 1Sports |
BBC science
'DNA analysis' spots e-mail spam
Computational biologists at IBM develop an anti-spam filter that works in the same way scientists analyse DNA. | 3Sci/Tech |
Toronto Star
US to tap oil reserve to boost production
NEW YORKâWorld oil prices rose yesterday as concerns over a supply shortage after Hurricane Ivan persisted despite news the United States will lend some oil from its reserves to refineries to make up for lost production. | 2Business |
BBC News world
Kazakhstan seeks envoy's arrest
Kazakhstan sends a team of prosecutors to Vienna to try and arrest the son-in-law of the Kazakh president. | 0World |
Yahoo Tech
Online Gift Guide for Kids' Books Offered (AP)
AP - Thousands of children's books are published in the United States each year, so finding the perfect book for that favorite niece or nephew won't be easy. It wouldn't hurt to have a little help. With that in mind, the Center for Children's Books at the Univ... | 3Sci/Tech |
PCWorld news
Yahoos Fear Loss of Culture if Swallowed by Microsoft
Employees wonder whether their Silicon Valley 'work hard, play hard' approach would be quashed by an acquisition. | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times sports
Foxboro a sizable test for Dartmouth
When No. 6 Dartmouth travels to No. 4 Foxboro tonight, it will be a matchup of two vastly different football teams, with their only similarity being proximity in the rankings. | 1Sports |
Reuters World
Serbia cleared of genocide, failed to stop killing
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The highest U.N. court cleared the Serbian state on Monday of direct responsibility for genocide in Bosnia during the 1992-95 war, but said it had violated its responsibility to prevent genocide. | 0World |
Reuters
UPDATE 2-Gudjohnsen hits hat-trick in Chelsea's 4-0 win
Eidur Gudjohnsen hit his first ever hat-trick as Chelsea overcame their striker problems to crush Blackburn Rovers 4-0 and keep hot on the tails of leaders Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday. | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
South Africans to appeal Burger rugby ban
(AFP)
AFP - South Africa are to appeal the four match ban handed out to star back row forward Schalk Burger which would see him miss Friday's crucial World Cup clash with England. | 0World |
Yahoo Business
Ford CEO rules out bankruptcy filing: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Ford Motor Co faces stronger
headwinds than it anticipated when launching a turnaround plan
but has ruled out seeking court protection from creditors, its
chief executive was quoted as saying in the Wall Street Journal
on Thursday. | 2Business |
Reuters
PREVIEW-Open-Roddick and Williams to star on Sunday
The first week of the US Open concludes on Sunday with Andy Roddick and Serena Williams the star attractions at Flushing Meadows. While many New Yorkers head out | 1Sports |
ITAR-TASS
Chavez urges opposition to recognize results of referendum
CARACAS, August 22 (Itar-Tass) -- President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez has called on the opposition to recognize the results of a referendum on confidence in the president held on August 15. | 2Business |
CNET enterprise software news
Officials say Linux not a price ploy in Microsoft deal
Local government in UK says it didn't use the open-source OS as a bargaining chip; Microsoft was simply best option. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo World
Portuguese investigating magistrate studies Maddie case
(AFP)
AFP - A Portuguese investigating magistrate was considering Wednesday what further lines of inquiry to pursue after receiving the file on missing British girl Madeleine McCann. | 0World |
New York Times sports
Seven seize
ATHENS -- He was behind at the start. He was behind at the turn. He was behind for 99.99 of the 100 meters. His head was behind Ian Crocker's head at the finish. And yet somehow last night, Michael Phelps won again -- for the fourth and final time in an individual race at these Olymp... | 1Sports |
Boston Globe
Investigative hearings said set for three key Hussein associates
BAGHDAD -- Three close associates of former president Saddam Hussein will move to the next stage of their legal cases before Christmas, when investigative judges will begin questioning them to gather facts for their trials, Iraqi government... | 0World |
Yahoo Science
Study Says Dolphins Are Too Thin (AP)
AP - One-third of the bottle-nose dolphins swimming off Israel's Mediterranean coast are too thin, apparently due to a lack of food from overfishing, researcher said Tuesday. | 3Sci/Tech |
CNN/SI
Boise St. Broncos
EL PASO, Texas (Ticker) -- Boise State got the sort of breaks that come with being a ranked team. The 23rd-ranked Broncos scored a pair of touchdowns on fumble recoveries in the end zone as they rallied for | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
Abuses keep Central Africa on conflict's edge: UN rights chief
(AFP)
AFP - UN human rights chief Louise Arbour warned Monday that unpunished human rights violations -- including "pandemic" sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- are keeping central Africa on the brink of another major... | 0World |
Yahoo Politics
Nepal mulls using retired Gurkhas in peacekeeping role
(AFP)
AFP - Nepal's government, Maoists and the United Nations may use retired Gurkhas, famed worldwide as professional soldiers, to monitor a ceasefire and move forward a peace process, the UN said. | 0World |
Reuters Business
Retail, housing worries weigh on Wall Street
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slipped on Wednesday after a private report showed U.S. home prices tumbled in October and retailer Target cut its December sales view. | 2Business |
Reuters Business
Lindt CEO says considering buying Godiva: paper
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli is considering buying Campbell Soup Co.'s Godiva Chocolatier brand, its chief executive told the Financial Times Deutschland newspaper. | 2Business |
Yahoo Business
Weyerhaeuser 3rd-Quarter Earnings Rise (Reuters)
Reuters - Weyerhaeuser Co.'s
third-quarter profit rose on higher prices for lumber and a
large gain from the sale of timber lands in Georgia, the
company said on Friday. | 2Business |
Yahoo World
India Struggles to Revive Ailing Health Sector (Reuters)
Reuters - Whenever Lalibati, a poor farmer's
wife in western India, falls sick, she heads for only one
person: the local faith healer. | 0World |
Arkansas News
Alltel buys Cingular properties, expands network
Little Rock-based Alltel will expand its wireless phone service in Connecticut, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas in a $170 million deal with Cingular Wireless. | 2Business |
New York Times sports
Bruins play cards right
Only nine days ago, the Bruins absorbed the thumping of the season. On Dec. 29, Atlanta laid a 5-0 smackdown on the Bruins - the second time in 2007-08 Boston has lost by five goals - that featured a misplay by starter Alex Auld that ended up in his net, a wobbler by defe... | 1Sports |
Search engine journal
Google Code Search Exposes WinZip Serial Number Info
Google Code Search Exposes WinZip Serial Number Info
Found via Digg.com, seems that some simple searches on the new Google Code Search will expose some rather valuable information. One searcher found the serial number algorithms for Winzip, Ph... | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Yanks again set payroll record: $218.3M
(AP)
AP - The Yankees did finish first in something last year  spending. While their streak of AL East titles ended at nine, the Yankees wound up with a record payroll of $218.3 million. | 1Sports |
Yahoo Business
4th-Qtr Economic Growth Slows, Inflation Up (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. economy grew at a
weaker-than-expected 3.1 percent annual pace in the final
quarter last year, its slowest since the beginning of 2003 as
the country's trade performance deteriorated and inflation
picked up, a government report on... | 2Business |
SecurityFocus news
News: Prosecutor resigns over hacked PC
A leading Dutch prosecuter resigned yesterday after hackers entered his mail box and revealed yet another classified letter addressed to the public prosecutor's office. | 3Sci/Tech |
Guardian
Poor hurt by aid conditions
Privatisation and trade liberalisation policies foisted on developing countries in return for financial help are often bad for the poor, according to a confidential government paper. | 2Business |
The Scotsman
BA Directors Join Workforce in Bid to Avoid More Chaos
British Airwaysâ top directors, including chief executive Rod Eddington, will be helping out at Heathrow airport today as the airline strives to avoid the flight cancellation chaos of the last few days. | 2Business |
Reuters World
Darfur Displaced Return to 'Live in Fear' of Militia
KHARTOUM, Sudan (Reuters) - Villagers returning to their homes in Sudan's Darfur region are living in fear of the Arab militiamen who initially drove them away, the United Nations said in a report received by Reuters Monday. | 0World |
Washington Post Business
Big Names, Big Bucks For Jamestown's Big 400
Every half-century or so, Virginia throws a party to commemorate the arrival of English colonists on its shores. This year comes a biggie: the 400th anniversary. The whole world's invited, and the guest list is especially long and prestigious. | 2Business |
RedNova general
Norway Searches for Treasured Masterpieces
OSLO, Norway - Norwegian police said Monday that they were working on several tips in their search for two Edvard Munch masterpieces, including a version of "The Scream," after a bold daytime theft from an Oslo museum in front of stunned visitors. The pain... | 0World |
CNET personal technology news
IBM launches open beta for virtualization-enhanced AIX
Blog: For the first time, IBM launches an open beta for AIX 6 in an effort to attract new customers. | 3Sci/Tech |
The Motley Fool
How to Profit from Wall Street's Wallflowers
All dressed up and nowhere to invest? Try one of Wall Street's ugly ducklings. You just might find a swan. | 2Business |
Yahoo Politics
Bush to sign Iraq funding bill
(AP)
AP - The White House expects to receive the Iraq funding bill this afternoon and says President Bush will sign it without fanfare. | 0World |
CNET News.com
Metcalfe, Allen back ZigBee start-up
Ember, a start-up that is developing chips for ZigBee--a low-cost, low-power wireless networking standard--received $25 million in venture capital funding this week. | 3Sci/Tech |
RedNova science
Investools Headquarters Moving; Symbol to Change
Salt Lake-based Investools Inc. said Friday it will move its corporate headquarters to New York City and change its ticker symbol because it has completed its merger with thinkorswim Group Inc. | 3Sci/Tech |
The Hindu
Pak has not given up stand on Kashmir: Musharraf
Islamabad, Oct 31. (PTI): In the face of strong domestic criticism over his new formula to resolve Kashmir problem with India, President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday said Pakistan has not given up its principled | 0World |
BBC News Business
Foreign firms linked to water bid
A Canadian state pension fund and an Australian fund manager are linked with a bid for Anglian Water's owner. | 2Business |
Bloomberg
Crude Oil Little Changed After Rising on Decline in US Output
Crude oil futures were little changed near $50 a barrel as output in the Gulf of Mexico remained below normal two weeks after Hurricane Ivan struck the area. | 2Business |
BBC News world
Peace in sight for Ugandan north
Uganda says it is about to sign a formal peace with LRA rebels in the north after 18 years of bloody conflict. | 0World |
Yahoo Business
Treasuries Up, Rate Hike Still in Offing (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. Treasury debt made moderate gains
on Tuesday after a key reading of U.S. inflation proved softer
than expected, a relief to investors in fixed-income debt. | 2Business |
Yahoo Tech
EU Steps Up Fight Against Spam (AP)
AP - The European Union head office called for closer coordination Monday among all member governments to hunt down and prosecute those illegally spreading unsolicited e-mails across the 25-nation bloc. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Twins Beat Indians 7-3 for 3-Game Sweep (AP)
AP - Justin Morneau drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning before leaving when he was hit in the hand by a pitch, and the Minnesota Twins completed a three-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians with a 7-3 victory Sunday. | 1Sports |
Reuters World
Mexico captures senior drug cartel member
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's army has arrested a leading member of one of the country's most notorious drug cartels, the attorney-general's office said on Monday. | 0World |
Yahoo World
Japan rules out automatic funding of NKorea nuclear deal
(AFP)
AFP - Japan has admitted it would refuse to fund any deal on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions without clear progress in a bilateral row over the communist state's abductions of Japanese nationals. | 0World |
Reuters World
Ghana court delays drug sentencing of UK girls
ACCRA (Reuters) - A court in Ghana on Wednesday delayed for a second time the sentencing of two British teenagers found guilty of smuggling 6 kg (13 lbs) of cocaine to allow a social services report to be taken into consideration. | 0World |
New York Times Business
Stocks Modestly Higher at Opening
Stocks were modestly higher at the opening, bolstered by hopes the economy will dodge a recession through new rate cuts and government stimulus efforts. | 2Business |
Reuters Sports
Serena Williams in commanding form
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Twice former U.S. Open champion Serena Williams turned in a commanding performance to beat Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain 6-1 6-2 to reach the second round on Wednesday. | 1Sports |
Washington Times
Rice farmers riot in Seoul
South Korean police fought Saturday to quell thousands of rioting farmers in Seould after a rally against foreign rice imports, the BBC reported. | 0World |
New York Times Business
Fed Leaves Key Interest Rate Unchanged
The rate hasnât changed since last June, and the Federal Reserve signaled that it will hold steady for some time. | 2Business |
RedNova technology
Official: Charges Possible in HP Scandal
By JORDAN ROBERTSON SAN JOSE, Calif. - California's attorney general could file criminal charges within a week in the boardroom spying scandal at Hewlett-Packard Co., a spokesman said Wednesday, and experts say the company's top brass and third-party detect... | 3Sci/Tech |
The Motley Fool
The Most Unlikely Growth Stocks
How dividend-paying stocks can boost your returns. | 2Business |
Reuters Business
MGM Agrees to Be Bought for $12/Share
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film and television studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. MGM.N on Monday said it agreed in principle to be acquired by a consortium led by Sony Corp. of America for $12 a share in cash, plus assumed debt. | 2Business |
BBC science
Green light for hybrid research
Regulators have given scientists the green light to create human-animal embryos for research. | 3Sci/Tech |
News 8 Austin
FCC to regulate more of the Internet
BOSTON -- It's likely the federal government will be handing down a set of rules for voice communication over the Internet. FCC Chairman Michael Powell said he will seek a broad set of rules to cover what | 3Sci/Tech |
RedNova technology
CraveOnline Punks Valentine's Day Lingerie Fashion Shows: Sexy ''Undressed'' Music Video Used As Viral Marketing Tool
CraveOnline.com (http://craveonline.com/) today unleashed a unique form of what's now being called "branded video content.""Undressed" features a 30 second trailer as a teaser fo... | 3Sci/Tech |
CNET personal technology news
Nokia buys media-sharing site Twango
Blog: The Finnish cell phone manufacturer announces that it has bought the Redmond, Wash.-based start-up, which specializes in multimedia sharing. | 3Sci/Tech |
The Washington Post world
Sharon Phones Palestinian Leader Abbas
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to congratulate him for winning the Palestinian presidential elections, the latest sign that the two sides are eager to restart peace efforts after years of stalemate. | 0World |
Reuters Business
Judge halts sales of Monsanto GMO alfalfa
KANSAS City, Missouri (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday issued a preliminary injunction banning the sale of Monsanto Co.'s genetically modified alfalfa and any planting of the seed after March 30. | 2Business |
Xinhua
Central bank welcomes IMF's China report
A spokesman for the People's Bank ofChina (POC) said Friday that the central bank welcomes the effortsmade by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its staff report for 2004 Article IV consultation with the People's | 2Business |
InfoWorld Business
Warner to offer music via Amazon without DRM
Amazon.com has added songs from Warner Music Group to the range it sells as MP3 files without DRM (digital rights management), the companies said Friday. | 2Business |
PCWorld news
Autonomy Adds Virtualization to E-Discovery
Autonomy's Introspect e-discovery software now finds data stored in virtual environments. | 3Sci/Tech |
Chicago Sun Times
Gymnastics' pettiness is all-around
ATHENS, Greece -- If international gymnastics is a brick house, the mortar holding it together is a conglomerate of finger-pointing, dubious judging, scandal, complaining and bald-faced weeping. | 1Sports |
MSNBC
UConn assistant coach placed on administrative leave
Connecticut placed assistant men's basketball coach Clyde Vaughan on paid administrative leave Thursday after his arrest in a prostitution sting. | 1Sports |
Washington Times
UN urges Darfur parties to agreement
The senior United Nations envoy for Sudan Monday called on parties in the Darfur conflict to settle their political differences. Jan Pronk, UN Secretary-General | 0World |
Reuters Sports
Jones and Trinidad promise fireworks on Saturday
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former world champions Roy Jones and Felix "Tito" Trinidad have promised fireworks when they meet in Saturday's 12-round non-title fight at Madison Square Garden. | 1Sports |
BBC News
Oil prices hold as US stocks rise
Oil prices have showed little reaction to official data recording the first rise in US crude stocks in 10 weeks. The Energy Information Administration said stocks are 14% below the levels of November last | 2Business |
Sports Network
Clippers exercise option on Wilcox
Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Clippers Monday exercised the contract option for the 2005-06 season on forward Chris Wilcox. | 1Sports |
Boston Globe business
Mills Corp. to detail hotel plans
In the next 30 to 45 days, Mills Corp. will submit to Wilmington officials formal plans for two, 120-room hotels and a small restaurant on land off Interstate 93 in North Wilmington, according to David Wahr, a regional consultant to the company. | 2Business |
New York Times Business
Tolkien Heirs Sue New Line Over Millions From âRingsâ
The Tolkien Trust joined a private family trust of Tolkien heirs and the British arm of HarperCollins Publishers in suing New Line Cinema for breach of contract. | 2Business |
Yahoo Business
London stocks set for weak open
(FT.com)
FT.com - London stock markets were seen opening flat to lower on Friday after Wall Street losses overnight were prompted by comments from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke about sluggish US growth. | 2Business |
ABC News
Schwarzenegger Shows Eco-Friendly Hummer
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger laughs during a visit to an after-school program site at PS 129 in New York's Harlem neighborhood in this Wednesday, Sept. | 2Business |
Yahoo Politics
Bush to announce homeowner initiatives
(AP)
AP - President Bush on Friday intends to discuss ways to help the hundreds of thousands of borrowers hard hit by the housing slump and credit crunch that are rocking financial markets. | 0World |
CNET networking news
Google's $4.6 billion wireless spectrum commitment
Blog: Google announces a willingness to commit $4.6 billion to the Federal Communications Commission's upcoming wireless spectrum 700MHz band auction - with strings attached. | 3Sci/Tech |
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