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The Register
Sun gets hooks into JBoss
Single installer
Sun Microsystems is hoping to leverage the popularity of Red Hat's JBoss, with software making it easier to use NetBeans with the application server.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters World
Israel's Shas Party to Vote Against Gaza Pullout
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The spiritual leader of Israel's influential Shas party ordered its 11 lawmakers on Saturday to vote against a Gaza Strip pullout but Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was still expected to win parliamentary approval. | 0World |
Yahoo Politics
Dems seek funds to pay health priorities
(AP)
AP - Democrats looking for money to pay for health care priorities renewed their focus on insurers Thursday. | 0World |
BBC News world
Milosevic's lawyers must stay on
Judges reject a request by lawyers appointed to defend Slobodan Milosevic to withdraw from the case. | 0World |
Reuters World
Peru Rebel Trial Collapses as Judges Withdraw
CALLAO NAVAL BASE, Peru (Reuters) - Peru's retrial of Shining Path rebel leader Abimael Guzman collapsed on Monday after two of the three judges pulled out, citing previous rulings which could cast doubt on their impartiality. | 0World |
The Register
MoD goat-bothering boffinry to cease
Submariner-simulating caprines' work is done
The UK Ministry of Defence is to cease experiments involving goats in compression chambers, it has announced. The British forces now believe they have all the data they need regarding the likely effects of different decompr... | 3Sci/Tech |
IAfrica South African News
Silverstone secures Grand Prix deal
Silverstone racing track owners agreed on Thursday a five year deal with Formula 1 rights holder Bernie Ecclestone to continue to stage the British Grand Prix at the central England venue. | 1Sports |
Business Day, South Africa
SA, Namibia win Cites reprieve
BANGKOK Wildlife conservationists and government delegates approved proposals by Namibia and SA yesterday to kill and export as hunting trophies a small number of endangered black rhinos, protected under an international treaty. | 0World |
Reuters Business
SunTrust Axes 3 Finance Execs, to Restate
NEW YORK (Reuters) - SunTrust Banks Inc. STI.N , the No. 7 U.S. bank, on Wednesday said it fired three finance executives, including its chief credit officer, after finding "numerous errors" in how much to set aside for bad loans. | 2Business |
Reuters Business
Futures fall before Bernanke speech, data
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Tuesday as investors turned cautious before a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that could provide clues on the outlook for interest rates. | 2Business |
Reuters World
Israelis Arrest Palestinian Candidate in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police Monday briefly arrested a Palestinian presidential candidate as he campaigned in disputed Jerusalem, in the latest incident to mar the run-up to elections for a successor to Yasser Arafat. | 0World |
Yahoo Sports
Va. Tech Gets Big Chance With No. 1 USC (AP)
AP - Three straight late-season stumbles have taken the luster off Virginia Tech. Now the Hokies are looking to get it back, and there's no better way to do that than to knock off No. 1 Southern California. The Hokies and Trojans open the season Saturday night... | 1Sports |
Yahoo Business
Fed's Stern says rate cuts should protect economy
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Federal Reserve's
interest rate cuts are appropriate to restore stability in
financial markets and prevent damage to the broader economy,
Minneapolis Fed President Gary Stern said on Tuesday. | 2Business |
Reuters World
Peru Declares Emergency as Armed Group Holds Hostages
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Peru declared a state of emergency in the southern Andean town of Andahuaylas on Saturday where an armed group led by a radical former soldier stormed a police station and was holding 10 officers hostage. | 0World |
Yahoo World
India's National Security Adviser Dies (AP)
AP - J. N. Dixit, India's National Security Adviser and the nation's pointman for peace initiatives with rival Pakistan, died on Monday, the Prime Minister's office said. He was 68. | 0World |
Reuters Business
Bank of America raises ATM fee
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp has raised the fee it charges non-customers to withdraw cash from most of its automated teller machines to $3 from $2, a move that may prompt rivals to follow. | 2Business |
CNET
Don't Mess With the Brain
I know I used to have an account here, but like so many things I have no idea what it is. Damn brain sugery... Being awake for brain sugery is interesting but not fun. Actually I'd describe it as terrifing. But I'm getting ahead of myself. On my first Thanksgiving away from home I h... | 3Sci/Tech |
RedNova technology
Taize Prayer at Sacred Heart
A video seminar for couples - married, engaged or dating - or single adults, "Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage," will be presented Feb. 16-17 at New Song Community Church, 3200 N. 11th St., Bismarck. | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times world
Buffett Strikes a Deal With the Pritzker Family
Berkshire Hathaway said Tuesday that it would pay $4.5 billion for a controlling stake in Marmon Holdings, an industrial conglomerate owned by the Pritzkers. | 0World |
Washington Post Business
Halliburton Payments Won't Be Withheld
In a departure from normal policy, the Army said yesterday it will not withhold future payments to Halliburton Co., despite audit reports last summer that said the giant logistical contractor had not properly accounted for a wide variety of work in Iraq ... | 2Business |
Forbes
More Commentary From Forbes.com
More Commentary From Forbes.com | 2Business |
Computerworld news
Taiwan's miCard chosen as global memory card standard
A Taiwan institute has produced a new memory card standard, the miCard, which works in digital cameras, mobile phones as well as any device with a USB port. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Tech
RIM shares rise amid Microsoft takeover talk
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research in Motion Ltd
moved higher on Thursday on renewed market speculation
that Microsoft Corp could be interested in buying the
BlackBerry maker. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
Qwest Reports Smaller Quarterly Loss
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Qwest Communications International Inc. Q.N on Tuesday reported a smaller quarterly loss as it reduced costs through job cuts and lower network expenses. | 2Business |
Boston Globe
With Vioxx gone, now what do I do?
Drug companies rushing to fill the vacuum left by Merck & Co.'s withdrawal of its best-selling arthritis drug Vioxx are flooding the airwaves with competing | 2Business |
The Motley Fool
This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades
Bear-ish on 'Bucks. | 2Business |
SLAM! Sports
WADA re-elects Pound
MONTREAL (CP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency foundation board unanimously re-elected Montreal lawyer Dick Pound as the organization's chairman Sunday. | 1Sports |
The Washington Post world
Brazil Recognizes China As Market Economy
Brazil has recognized China as a market economy, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Friday after meeting with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. | 0World |
Reuters
Myanmar Frees Prominent Political Prisoners
Myanmar's junta freed at least two dozen members of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's political party Friday during a mass release of 4,000 people detained "inappropriately | 0World |
WTVO
Australian man dies after shark attack on Great Barrier Reef
Police say a 38-year-old man was spear-fishing just a few yards from the boat that had brought him and two friends to the reef. His friends heard him screaming and drove the boat to where he was. | 0World |
The Washington Post world
WORLD IN BRIEF
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Friday that the Bush administration has decided to tone down its appeals to NATO allies for more troops and other aid in the fight against the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. | 0World |
CNN International
Hardie inks $1bn compensation deal
Building products company James Hardie Industries has struck Australia's largest personal injury deal, agreeing to pay asbestos victims more than $1 billion over the next 40 years. | 0World |
Yahoo Business
Carrefour chairman resigns
(AP)
AP - Luc Vandevelde resigned as chairman of Carrefour SA in a shakeup that followed the disclosure that two new shareholders had acquired a nearly 10 percent stake in the world's second largest supermarket retailer. | 2Business |
New York Times world
From Troops, a Few Votes for a Quick Way Home
U.S. soldiers in Iraq are largely supportive of President Bush, but they also expressed widespread pessimism about the war. | 0World |
CRN
New IBM Power5 Server Fires Linux Salvo At HP, Sun
In an attempt to grab business from Hewlett-Packard's and Sun Microsystems' entry-level Unix market, IBM this week plans to introduce a Power5 processor-based server tuned for Linux. | 2Business |
Reuters World
Strike shuts Nigeria, but oil keeps flowing
LAGOS (Reuters) - A general strike over a rise in fuel prices brought much of Nigeria to a standstill on Wednesday but oil exports from Africa's top producer were initially unaffected. | 0World |
Pravda
People in Sudan want peace now
The representatives of Sudanese Civil Society groups addressed the UN Security Council with a message at a special session, which was held in Nairobi today: "People in Sudan want peace and they want it now. | 0World |
InfoWorld Business
Dot-com entrepreneur no longer China's richest man
SHANGHAI -- William Ding, the founder and chief architect of Chinese Internet portal Netease Inc., is no longer China's richest man after his personal fortune took a substantial hit over the last year, according to a list of China's wealthiest indi... | 2Business |
Reuters
NFL Wrap: Dillon Helps Patriots Earn 21st Successive Win
Corey Dillon rushed for 115 yards as the New England Patriots beat the New York Jets 13-7 at Foxboro Sunday to take their record winning streak to 21 games. | 1Sports |
Reuters Sports
Wimbledon players serve up a treat
LONDON (Reuters) - Serena Williams has a passion for carrot cake. Maria Sharapova is a great fan of the chocolate fondant. | 1Sports |
New Kerala
British spy agency to be overhauled after Iraq fiasco:
[World News]: London, Dec 26 : The British espionage service will undergo its biggest overhaul since the Cold War amid resignations of some of its senior spies, according to John Scarlett, the chief of Mi6, Britain's External Intelligence Agency. | 0World |
CNET personal technology news
Dell green-lights photo printers
PC maker expanding printer business with new photo printers. Digital cameras also a possibility. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters
Mixed Economic Data Fog US Outlook
Orders for long-lasting US goods slipped unexpectedly in October, but new home sales rose, consumer sentiment brightened a bit this month and claims for jobless aid fell, a mixed bag of reports showed on Wednesday. | 2Business |
ESPN
Teamwork pays off for Great Britain
You do the math. With the first, third and fourth place finishers in the 100-meter dash joining forces on one 4x100 relay team, doesn't it figure that they should beat the competition? | 1Sports |
BBC News world
Spain and Cuba in expulsion row
The Spanish Foreign Ministry summons Cuba's ambassador after an opposition politician is expelled from the island. | 0World |
Wired Tech
New Book Raises Beloved Zine From the Photo Underground
San Francisco's Mission District keeps it real and gritty with the popular Hamburger Eyes photo zine. Editor Ray Potes tells Wired.com how it all happened. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
US Air Pilots to Resume Giveback Talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiations on $295 million in concessions between US Airways Group Inc. UAIR.O and its pilots union appeared back on track on Saturday although time was running dangerously short for the carrier to strike a deal with labor groups t... | 2Business |
CNN International
Holmes sprints to emphatic triumph
Britain's double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes sprinted to an emphatic victory in the women's 1,500 meters at the world athletics finals in Monaco. | 1Sports |
New York Times Business
The Art of Giving a Bear Hug
In a letter outlining Microsoftâs hopes to Yahoo C.E.O. Jerry Yang, Microsoft C.E.O. Steven Ballmer followed a storied tradition on Wall Street: the bear hug letter. | 2Business |
The Register
Cloudy outlook for climate models
More aerosols - the solution to global warming?
Climate models appear to be missing an atmospheric ingredient, a new study suggests.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo World
Thales, EADS have no merger plans: EADS chief (AFP)
AFP - The French-British defence electronics group Thales and the European aerospace group EADS do not have a plan to merge, EADS co-chairman Philippe Camus said. | 0World |
sportinglife.com
DOLPHINS POSTPONE SUNDAY GAME
For the second time in three weeks, a tropical disturbance has forced the Miami Dolphins from participating in an NFL Sunday. With Hurricane Jeanne - a Category 2 storm - threatening the east coast of Florida | 1Sports |
The Washington Post sports
Suns Win Eighth Straight
Steve Nash has 20 points and 14 assists to lead the Suns to their eighth straight win, 115-102, over the Jazz. | 1Sports |
RedNova science
Irrigation 'Threat to Avon'; Water Concerns
By ELEVEN, Beck Christchurch's Avon River could run dry permanently within 50 years if nothing is done to protect it, a new report says. | 3Sci/Tech |
NDTV.com
CRICKET: Warne ruled out of Mumbai Test
Australian leg spinner Shane Warne was today ruled out of the fourth and final Test against India starting on Wednesday after fracturing his right thumb during the team's net practice. | 1Sports |
Boston Globe business
Hyundai chairman deemed too important for prison
An appeals court yesterday suspended a three-year prison sentence for Hyundai Motor Co. chairman Chung Mong-koo, saying the tycoon is too important to South Korea's economy to go to jail for embezzlement. | 2Business |
Yahoo Sports
Eto'o creates Nations Cup history as Cameroon qualify
(AFP)
AFP - Samuel Eto'o became the leading all-time African Nations Cup scorer with 16 goals as Cameroon defeated Sudan 3-0 in Group C to finish runners-up and reach the quarter-finals. | 1Sports |
BBC science
Racehorse winning secret revealed
The offspring of expensive stallions owe their success more to nurture than nature, a study suggests. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
Dow hits record point gain
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks surged on Thursday, with the Dow hitting a record on its biggest point gain since 2002, after healthy retail sales reassured investors about consumer spending and a $38 billion mining takeover fed expectations for more deals. | 2Business |
The Motley Fool
Hot Stocks You're Buying Now
Get 'em fresh from the oven! | 2Business |
CNET personal technology news
JazzMutant's multi-touch music controller
Blog: Music controller manufacturer Jazz Mutant releases their Dexter controller this week. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Showalter, Scioscia, 6 others suspended
(AP)
AP - Managers Buck Showalter and Mike Scioscia and six others were suspended by Major League Baseball on Thursday following two days of trouble between the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Angels. | 1Sports |
Yahoo Sports
Bills' McGahee Said to Ask for Trade (AP)
AP - Running back Willis McGahee has asked the Buffalo Bills to trade him if he is not their starter on opening day, a source told The Associated Press on Friday. | 1Sports |
CNN
DreamWorks Animation posts profit
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. credited Wednesday a green ogre named Shrek for helping the animated film studio turn a quarterly profit after posting a loss in the same period last year. | 2Business |
Reuters Sports
Mauresmo whips Safina to gain semis
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed Amelie Mauresmo moved closer to her first U.S. Open title by whipping error-prone Dinara Safina 6-2 6-3 in the quarter-finals on Wednesday. | 1Sports |
InfoWorld Business
U.S. recession may benefit Indian outsourcers
Close on the heels of the appreciation of the Indian rupee against the dollar, Indian outsourcing companies are grappling with a new problem -- uncertainty among U.S. companies about a recession has made these companies delay finalizing their IT budgets... | 2Business |
Sports Network
Australia wins gold in men's field hockey
Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Australia won its first ever Olympic gold medal in men's field hockey with a 2-1 golden goal victory over the Netherlands on Friday night. | 1Sports |
Reuters World
Vagrant Killings Raise Fears of Brazil Death Squad
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - The beating to death of four vagrants and the battering of several others in downtown Sao Paulo have raised suspicions of death squads as crime soars in this vast South American city, officials said on Friday. | 0World |
Boston Globe
SEC seeks data on Berkshire insurance
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said the US Securities and Exchange Commission requested information on insurance policies that may help companies smooth earnings. | 2Business |
Sports Network
Glazer revises proposal for United
Manchester, England (Sports Network) - Malcolm Glazer, the owner of the National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is apparently preparing a new takeover offer for English soccer powerhouse Manchester United. | 1Sports |
Yahoo Politics
MoveOn.org Moves on to New Battles (AP)
AP - After President Bush won re-election, many political observers expected MoveOn.org to move into retreat. The sentiment surrounding the liberal online powerhouse was neatly summed up by the satire publication The Onion in its spoof headline: "MoveOn CurlsUp I... | 0World |
Yahoo Business
Bill to tighten foreign takeovers stalls
(Reuters)
Reuters - Legislation to tighten rules on
approving foreign takeovers of American companies has stalled
in the U.S. Congress until after the November elections, House
and Senate lawmakers said on Friday. | 2Business |
The Motley Fool
Toyota Jumps the Competition
Latest robotic development suggests the company might not just be leaping its automotive competitors. | 2Business |
MSNBC
New faces helps Lakers sink Suns
LAS VEGAS - Brian Grant had 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Lakers over the Phoenix Suns 111-103 in a preseason game Sunday night. | 1Sports |
Reuters World
Greek conservatives look set for election victory
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's ruling conservatives appeared to win a second term in elections on Sunday despite public anger over deadly forest fires, but a slim majority could complicate plans for economic reforms. | 0World |
Reuters Business
Broadcom says SEC launches formal probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wireless chip company Broadcom Corp. said on Monday that federal securities regulators had launched a formal investigation of its stock option practices. | 2Business |
San Francisco Chronicle
Nuggets 93, Rockets 88
DerMarr Johnson scored all eight of his points in the final two minutes, helping the Denver Nuggets rally for a 93-88 victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday night in the final preseason game for both teams. | 1Sports |
Boston Globe sports
A Boston River Now (Mostly) Fit for Swimming
Sixty-nine experienced swimmers showed up for a race in the Charles River after it had been officially off-limits to swimmers for more than 50 years. | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
Violence in Iraq leaves at least 51 dead
(AP)
AP - A suicide bomber unleashed a blast in a Baghdad fish market Tuesday and two Shiite families were found slain north of the capital as violence across Iraq claimed at least 51 lives. | 0World |
RedNova technology
Sweat Monkey Works for Volunteers
By Kyle Kennedy, The Ledger, Lakeland, Fla. Jan. 31--LAKELAND -- Online job hunters have their Monster, and Polk County students in need of volunteer work now have a Sweat Monkey. | 3Sci/Tech |
Forbes
Stocks Open Up After Poor Jobs Report
Stocks bobbed higher Monday morning after two sessions of heavy selling driven by surging oil prices and a disappointing employment report. | 2Business |
Myrtle Beach Sun News
Tigers start slow but earn win
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Auburn's stars rescued the Tigers' national championship hopes with a stellar second half. Jason Campbell passed for 224 yards and Ronnie Brown and Carnell Williams ran for second-half touchdowns, leading No. | 1Sports |
Reuters
Office Depot Chairman, CEO Nelson Resigns
Office Depot Inc. (ODP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 2 US office supply chain, on Monday said Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bruce Nelson has resigned and a search for his successor is underway. | 2Business |
CSMonitor World
A mental shift in southern Sudan
In our Notebook: Africa blog: the hardest part of implementing the new peace agreement is in identities. | 0World |
The Washington Post sports
Australia, U.S. Set Record
The U.S. women's and men's eights team both set world bests in the Olympic rowing competition Sunday along with Australian pair Sally Newmarch and Amber Halliday. | 1Sports |
New York Times Business
Fed Has Yet to Set Target on Inflation
As Ben S. Bernanke celebrates his first anniversary as Fed chief, the Fed is still far away from acting on his major proposal of setting an explicit target for inflation. | 2Business |
Yahoo Sports
No. 13 Washington ready for Gonzaga
(AP)
AP - Enough with the preliminaries. Bring on Gonzaga. Deposed starter Ryan Appleby scored a career-high 24 points and heralded freshman Spencer Hawes added a season-high 21 in No. 13 Washington's 87-72 victory over Southern Utah on Monday night in what Huski... | 1Sports |
BBC News world
Iraqi police kill woman 'bomber'
Police in east Baghdad shoot a black-clad woman, detonating her suicide bomb, Iraqi officials say. | 0World |
Reuters Business
Oil pauses after 3 percent dive
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices crept higher on Wednesday after suddenly resuming their six-week rout a day ago, undermined by expectations of another rise in already bulging U.S. winter fuel stocks and more talks over Iran. | 2Business |
Reuters World
Italians say "basta" to Mafia squeeze on business
ROME (Reuters) - When the Sicilian Mafia first tried to shake down restaurateur Vincenzo Conticello for 500 euros ($716 US) a month, he quoted his grandmother Ermelinda at them: "Don't start paying up or you will always be a servant, never a free man." | 0World |
New York Times Science
Maladies: Hormone Levels and Chronic Fatigue
A new study finds that women who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome wake up with lower levels of a hormone that helps people deal with stress. | 3Sci/Tech |
CNET enterprise software news
IBM tightens up WebSphere
Big Blue beefs up its WebSphere 6 application server, promising better performance, reliability and simplified administration. | 3Sci/Tech |
SecurityFocus news
News: UK police arrest Cisco source code suspect
UK police have arrested a man on suspicion of stealing source code from networking giant Cisco. The 20 year-old was arrested following Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit raids in Manchester and Derbyshire on 3 September. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
SuperGen Tumbles, Intel Up Before Bell
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of SuperGen Inc. SUPG.O dropped 17 percent before the bell on Monday after the company said it withdrew an application to market its pancreatic cancer treatment in the United States due to insufficient data. | 2Business |
New York Times Tech
Advertising: Shaken and Stirred: For Liquor Campaigns, the Webâs the Thing
Marketers of alcoholic beverages are joining the list of purveyors of consumer products that are devoting ad budgets to digital media. | 3Sci/Tech |
Falcons Insider
Birds win with Vick makes big plays in 4th
ATLANTA - Jim Mora watched the Atlanta Falcons lose almost every statistical battle but the one that mattered most Sunday afternoon. | 1Sports |
Reuters
IAEA chief arrives in Seoul for talks
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, has arrived in Seoul to discuss South Korea's nuclear experiments after last month's two intrusive inspections. | 0World |
Cincinnati Post
Comair restores flight schedule
Regional jet carrier Comair said Wednesday it had restored its full flight schedule after four days of mass cancellations caused by a severe snowstorm and ensuing computer glitch. | 2Business |
The Register
Boffins build miniature robot Jesus
Walks on water; but can't turn it to wine
American boffins report that they have developed the necessary technology for robots which can walk on water.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Hatalsky, Vaughan share lead
(AP)
AP - Morris Hatalsky and Monday qualifier Bruce Vaughan shot 7-under 65s on Friday to share the first-round lead in the Wal-Mart First Tee Open. | 1Sports |
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