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Channel News Asia
WHO warns Thai bird flu monitoring lagging
BANGKOK: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has criticised Thailand for not doing enough to monitor birds capable of carrying the deadly avian flu virus, the media reports, following the kingdom's ninth human death. | 0World |
BBC News world
India political stand-off worsens
India's ruling alliance is meeting its communist allies after the latter asks to put on hold a nuclear deal with US. | 0World |
Search engine journal
Welcome John Boyle to Search Engine Journal
Search Engine Journal is pleased to announce that we have a new contributor who will be covering search oriented marketing and news centering around viral and social media platforms, John Boyle.
John is the author of the SocialNext blog, where he cover... | 3Sci/Tech |
Telegraph.co.uk
Mamool a fresh horse
I am taking time out from trying to take the jockeys' championship off Kieren Fallon for a weekend in Paris but don't worry - there is a lot of business to be done there. | 1Sports |
iSeries Network
Blue Gene Supercomputer Joins IBM's eServer Family
November 10, 2004 - Itâs not just the wonderful iSeries that comes out of IBM Rochester. The clever folks at the Minnesota hotbed of technical innovation are also responsible for the BlueGene/L supercomputer | 3Sci/Tech |
MSNBC
Bettman reiterates stance against luxury tax
EDMONTON, Alberta - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman reiterated the leagueâs position that it wonât consider the playersâ proposed luxury tax. | 1Sports |
New York Times Business
WhatÂs Offline: Retirement Made Easy, Sort of
An increasingly popular choice when investing for retirement is using target-date, or life cycle, mutual funds. | 2Business |
RedNova general
Candidates Gear Up for Crucial Debates
WASHINGTON - This fall's presidential debates will pit George W. Bush's folksy manner and big-picture brand of policymaking against John Kerry's more cerebral outlook and nuanced world view... | 0World |
The Register
HK star in rumpy pumpy piccy rumpus
Harvested photos spark south China police crackdown
A Hong Kong actor's already interesting love life has been further complicated after pictures of the star cavorting with several starlets appeared on the net.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
The Register
Sun cheers Rock delays
Doesn't want to scare customers with performance
Hopefully someone at Sun Microsystems can still explain why the Rock processor is still a good idea.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
The Register
London Bridge Software fined for using unlicensed software
Debt recovery software outfit pays out £39,500 | 3Sci/Tech |
Washington Post Business
Management Changes Put Proteges at Risk
Top-level exits raise tough personal questions for the people left behind, especially those closely aligned with the departing boss. | 2Business |
CNET enterprise hardware news
Will Vista stall Net traffic?
An expert predicts Vista could overflow part of the Internet's infrastructure, causing "rolling blackouts." Others call the forecast "FUD." | 3Sci/Tech |
PCWorld news
Symantec Merges Enterprise Tools
'Project Nextgen' integrates two compliance assessment products for easier management. | 3Sci/Tech |
BBC News
Q&A: Why UK radio groups want to merge
The agreed merger between two of the UK's biggest commercial radio groups, Capital Radio and GWR, signals an era of change in the radio industry. | 2Business |
New York Times Tech
Google in Content Deal With Media Companies
Google is working with Dow Jones, Condé Nast, Sony BMG Music and other large content companies to syndicate their video content on other Web sites. | 3Sci/Tech |
The Register
Judge backs Biscit, leaves NetServices with crumbs
As Ofcom rules on MACs
ISP Biscit has won its High Court case against NetServices.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times world
Tape Attributed to bin Laden Addresses Iraq
The audiotape called for Muslims to boycott elections and endorsed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as Osama bin Laden's deputy in Iraq. | 0World |
Reuters Sports
Brady Leads Patriots to Third Super Bowl Win in Four Years
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes to lead the New England Patriots to a 24-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles for their third Super Bowl title in four years Sunday, cementing a place among the NFL's gre... | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
Israel Ends Deadly Gaza Offensive (AP)
AP - Palestinians retrieved belongings from the rubble of dozens of homes and work crews patched up roads and water pipes Saturday — the aftermath of Israel's 17-day military offensive, the deadliest in the Gaza Strip in four years of fighting. | 0World |
Expatica
Bayern's Deisler returns to psychiatric clinic
MUNICH - In a personal setback for Bayern Munich's Sebastian Deisler, the club disclosed Tuesday that the young football star has returned to a psychiatric clinic for an examination. | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
Georgia accuses 4 Russians of spying
(AP)
AP - Georgian authorities detained four Russian military officers on spying charges Wednesday, and security forces surrounded Russia's military headquarters in Tbilisi to demand that another suspect be handed over, the interior minister said. | 0World |
Boston Globe business
Wages of younger men fall, study says
WASHINGTON -- The part of the American dream that says a man's children will be better off than he was, has become a dream, not reality, according to an analysis of Census data released yesterday. | 2Business |
Reuters Tech
Beyond Sundance, Web offers indie film 2nd chance
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Director Robert Rodriguez came
to the Sundance Film Festival in 1992 with his $7,000 movie "El
Mariachi," walked away with the Audience Award and entered
Hollywood where he became a big-time moviemaker. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Science
Brazil fishermen caught killing dolphins
(AP)
AP - A crew of Brazilian fishermen was captured on video killing 83 dolphins and joking about their illegal haul, Brazil's Ibama environmental protection agency said Tuesday. | 3Sci/Tech |
EE Times Online
TSMC's Chang sees plummeting Q4 utilization, capex down in `05
In what may turn out to be an ominous sign of a short-lived recovery, foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. caught market watchers by surprise Tuesday with a grim | 2Business |
swissinfo
Cambodian succession clears last hurdle
abdication have cleared a last legal hurdle after the country's top constitutional body ruled the process valid. law did not breach the constitution, which states that the monarch rules for life. | 0World |
RedNova science
Kaine: My Way or No Highways
By CHRISTINA NUCKOLS BY Christina Nuckols THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT RICHMOND - Gov. Timothy M. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Cavaliers on a Streak, Beat Knicks 104-79 (AP)
AP - LeBron James hit his first eight shots and scored 22 points to power the Cleveland Cavaliers past the New York Knicks 104-79 Saturday for their third straight victory. | 1Sports |
Mid-Day Mumbai
'This guy is talented'
Chittagong: Sachin Tendulkar put his hands together in joining the 20,000-odd spectators to applaud Mohammad Ashrafulâs breath-taking innings. | 1Sports |
Reuters World
IAEA team "satisfied" with NKorea nuclear tour: Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear watchdog officials said on Friday they were "satisfied" with a tour of a North Korean reactor complex that the secretive state has promised to scrap under an aid-for-disarmament deal, Kyodo news agency said. | 0World |
Quad City Times
Rumours surround Google browser
The net is buzzing with rumours that Google is working on a web browser. Online journals, or weblogs, have put together a series of developments which suggest that the search engine is developing new web tools. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo World
US Marine faces two more weeks in custody: prosecutors
(AFP)
AFP - Japanese prosecutors said Friday they expect to keep a US Marine in detention for at least two weeks more before deciding whether to bring charges over allegations he raped a girl of 14. | 0World |
Yahoo Tech
Toshiba to mass-produce microSD memory cards: paper
(Reuters)
Reuters - Toshiba Corp. (6502.T) will begin
mass-production of microSD memory cards, the world's smallest,
in September, aiming to take market share amid strong demand
for smaller cards, the Nihon Keizai business daily said on
Friday. | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times Business
No End in Sight to Supply of Cheap TV's
Industry experts say that the financial trouble of one of the biggest Chinese makers of television sets will not affect the market much. | 2Business |
ABC Online
Peacekeepers airlifted into Darfur
The first Rwandan peacekeeping troops have been airlifted into the Sudanese region of Darfur aboard two US transport planes. Sixty-five Rwandan officers and soldiers arrived with their supplies. | 0World |
Forbes
EFJ Inc. Guides 2004 Outlook Higher
EFJ Inc., a maker of wireless communications systems, on Monday increased its fiscal 2004 guidance on stronger-than-anticipated fourth-quarter sales for international security products, above Wall Street estimates and year-ago results. | 2Business |
The Washington Post world
English Camps Reflect S. Korean Ambitions
As tougher immigration laws make it increasingly harder for foreign students to learn English in the United States, immersion villages, according to experts, have promise beyond South Korea. | 0World |
Washington Post Tech
Firefox Browser Alternative to Microsoft
Web surfing has belonged almost exclusively to Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer ever since it buried Netscape's pioneering browser. That doesn't seem to have bothered the developers of the Mozilla Firefox, a feisty new kid on the block that's worth a se... | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters World
Gaddafi says fear drives world economic system
SEBHA, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi criticized the world financial system as a dictatorship based on fear on Friday but said Libya's only pragmatic choice after sanctions was to accept the unfair reality of world trade. | 0World |
The Union Leader
Celtics tradition attracts Rivers
Boston coach Doc Rivers was golfing with Bob Cousy and KC Jones when the two Celtics Hall of Famers started talking about Bill Russell. | 1Sports |
Reuters Business
Apple forecast below Wall Street targets
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday forecast a quarterly profit far below analysts' expectations and posted disappointing holiday-season iPod shipments, sending its shares down 12 percent on fears the weak economy would hurt the Macintosh maker. | 2Business |
Yahoo World
Continental Top Execs Face Concorde Probe (AP)
AP - French prosecutors summoned Continental Airlines' top two executives for questioning in the investigation of the July 2000 crash of a supersonic Air France Concorde, two lawyers said Tuesday. | 0World |
Reuters Business
PartyGaming dismisses report on loan problems
LONDON (Reuters) - PartyGaming Plc dismissed a newspaper report on Wednesday that it must negotiate a new loan facility with its banks within 30 days of President Bush approving a bill to crack down on Internet gambling. | 2Business |
Yahoo Business
FTSE mirrors Wall Street gains
(FT.com)
FT.com - London shares opened sharply higher on Friday with only a handful of stocks trading in the red after the Dow closed at a record high overnight. | 2Business |
The Australian
Work longer, Costello urges
A FEW months ago Treasurer Peter Costello was telling Australians to go forth and procreate but he now says they should work harder to pay for their old age. | 2Business |
Vikings Insider
Manning, Colts Outduel Vikings, 31-28
It was promoted as a shootout, and eventually that is exactly what the Colts and Vikings provided on Monday night. The team with the last possession, the Colts, won on a last-second field goal. | 1Sports |
BBC News world
Blunkett to back EU asylum plans
David Blunkett is set to back plans to work closely with other European Union states on asylum and immigration. | 0World |
Yahoo Sports
Steelers Not Awed by Belichick's Mystique (AP)
AP - Maybe Bill Belichick's 5-9 record against the Pittsburgh Steelers allows them to talk less reverently about the New England Patriots' defensive mastermind. | 1Sports |
The Register
Bletchley Park scientist dies in car crash
RIP Prof. Donald Michie and Dame Anne McLaren
Bletchley Park code-breaker Professor Donald Michie, 84, and his ex-wife, geneticist Dame Anne McLaren, 80, were killed in a car crash this Saturday.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
USA Today
Weekend bowl game previews
Points: The penultimate day of 2004 begins with this future ACC matchup. The "happy-to-be-here" factor would seem to favor the Tar Heels, who won their last two games to qualify and will be playing in their home state. | 1Sports |
Fox Sports
Saints show Redknapp the reality
HARRY Redknapp admitted he might as well have been reading a detailed job description as he watched his new charges at Southampton blow a two-goal lead against Middlesbrough. | 1Sports |
BBC News world
Raids on Ukraine poll opponents
Several raids have been carried out on opposition offices in Ukraine just over a week before presidential elections. | 0World |
ESPN
Friend to claim marijuana was his
DENVER -- Carmelo Anthony was cited for marijuana possession while boarding the team plane last week, though the Denver Nuggets star says the bag was left in his backpack by a friend. | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
U.N. Battles Sex Abuse by Peacekeepers (AP)
AP - Linked in the past to sex crimes in East Timor, and prostitution in Cambodia and Kosovo, U.N. peacekeepers have now been accused of sexually abusing the very population they were deployed to protect in Congo. | 0World |
Reuters Sports
Davenport Rediscovers That Winning Feeling
NEW YORK (Reuters) - What a difference a month makes. After leaving Wimbledon this year with heavy hints she would never return, former world number one Lindsay Davenport is suddenly the talk of the women's tour. | 1Sports |
ABC News
FBI Interviews Halliburton Whistleblower
Bunnatine Greenhouse, chief contracting officer of the Army Corps of Engineers, is seen in her official undated government photo. FBI agents recently spent a day interviewing Greenhouse, the Army contracting | 2Business |
Yahoo World
Islamic militiamen attack Somali rivals
(AP)
AP - Islamic militiamen rooting out resistance in the capital battled supporters of a secular warlord in door-to-door fighting Sunday that left 20 people dead and 40 wounded, witnesses and doctors said. | 0World |
Deepika
Fidayeen attack foiled, two militants, one BSF jawan killed
Srinagar, Nov 6 (UNI) Two militants and a Border Security Force jawan were killed and four personnel injured in a fidayeen attack on the BSF camp at Sopore ealy this morning. | 0World |
Cincinnati Post
MLB gathering groups wanting to buy Expos
Major League Baseball Tuesday kicked off the process of selling the team formerly known as the Montreal Expos, while the president of the franchise said it might have a new name soon after the World Series ends. | 1Sports |
Time Business
Blogs Have Their Day
How three amateur journalists dethroned an icon and turned the mainstream media upside down, all without quitting their day jobs | 2Business |
Giants Insider
Manning shows poise, penchant for rookie mistakes
For everyone watching, from the fans and players to the national press, this is the drive they came to see. Rookie Eli Manning, the NFL's number one pick making his first start for the Giants, barked out signals | 1Sports |
Newsday
Newsday trimming work force by 100
_ Newsday is cutting as many as 100 jobs through voluntary and non-voluntary buyouts, the Long Island newspaper's publisher said Thursday. | 2Business |
RedNova technology
Stopping Online Fraudsters
By Chandra Devi HOAX and scams are getting bolder these days leveraging on high speed technology to get faster and more results. | 3Sci/Tech |
InfoWorld Business
BEA officially rejects offer, Oracle sets bid deadline
Oracle on Tuesday morning said that BEA Systems has officially rejected its offer to acquire the company. BEA had previously said the offer was too low. | 2Business |
The Register
The decline of antivirus and the rise of whitelisting
Drumbeats get louder
The recent acquisition of SecureWave by PatchLink was not so much an acquisition as a merger, with PatchLink being the senior partner. With 3400 customers it had about twice the customer base as SecureWave and it also had about tw... | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Percival OKs Two-Year Deal With Tigers (AP)
AP - Free agent Troy Percival and Detroit agreed Wednesday on a two-year contract, giving the Tigers two closers for their bullpen. | 1Sports |
Computerworld news
Notes from DevCamp: Developers tackle iPhone apps
At the iPhone DevCamp, held in San Francisco this past weekend, iPhone owners and interested nonowners got together to share their knowledge and brainstorm about future ideas. | 3Sci/Tech |
The Washington Post sports
Kings Beat Blue Jackets in SO
Patrick O'Sullivan scores the tiebreaking shootout goal after having a go-ahead goal waved off as the Kings top Columbus, 3-2. | 1Sports |
The Motley Fool
Apple Won't Get Sirius
Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin chats with the leader of the Cult of Mac and gets nowhere. Why not? | 2Business |
Wired News
Sharon Rejects Army Bid to Wind Down Gaza Offensive
Israel's Ariel Sharon has rejected his army's request to scale back its Gaza offensive, seeking to avoid any show of weakness after deadly bombings in Egyptian resorts crowded with Israelis, security sources said. | 0World |
Boston Globe sports
Eagles Shock Hokies Late to Protect Perch at No. 2
The Eagles staged a furious comeback in the fourth quarter to avoid becoming the fourth consecutive No. 2-ranked team to be upset. | 1Sports |
Yahoo Politics
FederâÂÂs Success a Sign of Demsâ Improving Odds in Va. 10
(CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - This story was written for CQPolitics.com by Gregory Vadala. | 0World |
BBC News world
Digital treasure hunt gets winner
After nearly two years, the alternate reality game Perplex City is won by a 38 year old man from the UK. | 0World |
Yahoo World
Iraq's al-Maliki reaches out to Sunnis
(AP)
AP - Iraq's prime minister reached out to Sunni Arabs at a national reconciliation conference on Saturday, urging Saddam Hussein-era officers to join the new army and a review of the ban against members of the former dictator's ruling party. | 0World |
BBC News
Attacks kill 22 policemen in Iraq
At least seven officers have been killed in attacks on police targets in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar. Several dozen attackers stormed the police station in Haditha, 200km (120 miles) west of Baghdad | 0World |
Wired Tech
Finding Nemo by Microchip
Armed with tagging devices and satellite tracking, marine scientists follow hundreds of sea animals around the Pacific Ocean, monitoring everything from location and depth to speed and water temperature. By Randy Dotinga. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Business
Intuit to buy Digital Insight for $1.35 billion
(Reuters)
Reuters - Intuit Inc. said on Thursday
it will buy Digital Insight Corp. for $1.35 billion, a
move that expands the maker of the popular TurboTax and Quicken
financial software into online banking services. | 2Business |
ComputerWeekly.com
IBM unveils new Shark and midrange array
IBM has unveiled two new enterprise-class storage arrays which, despite being aimed at different markets, can be managed through a single interface and data can be replicated between them. | 3Sci/Tech |
Brenham Banner Press
Judge rules school finance plan unconstitutional
AUSTIN -In a year's time, property owners in Washington County will likely see a different school funding plan. Shortly after closing arguments Wednesday in the landmark trial challenging the state's "Robin | 2Business |
CNN/SI
As prolific as Peyton has been, Eli's numbers are just as <b>...</b>
It's just not fair that Peyton Manning keeps getting all the attention, the headlines, the publicity, while kid brother Eli gets nothing. | 1Sports |
New York Times Business
China Detains Ex-Official in Inquiry on Fake Drugs
The detainment is a major step in a wider government investigation into corruption in the countryâs fast-growing pharmaceutical industry. | 2Business |
The Register
ECS to fly Flybook wannabe into CeBIT
Firm's G200 looks strangely familiar...
Taiwanese hardware maker Elitegroup ECS yesterday revealed it's going to be demo'ing at Germany's CeBIT show this week. One offering caught our eye: the G200 laptop, which sports an "ingenious... smart neck that allows the scre... | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times Business
Russian Police Arrest a Suspected Racketeer
Semyon Y. Mogilevich, a reputed kingpin of the Russian mob, was arrested in Moscow this week on tax evasion charges. | 2Business |
Washington Post Business
The Dollar in Decline
Oh, the amazing shrinking dollar. The U.S. currency tumbled last week to a record low after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, continuing the dollar's six-year slide. Behind the latest drop is the expectation of weaker U.S. growth and stronger overseas economies. ... | 2Business |
Washington Post Business
Fannie Mae's Former Chief Wants Earlier Hearing Date
Former Fannie Mae chairman and chief executive Franklin D. Raines, accused of manipulating the housing finance company's earnings, is challenging regulators to make their case against him beginning Feb. 16 instead of waiting until the end... | 2Business |
Wired Tech
Vote Early, Vote Often
As elections get tighter and more complicated, it's inevitable that one of them will be so thoroughly botched it'll have to be done over. It's time to start thinking about how. Commentary by Bruce Schneier. | 3Sci/Tech |
WOKR-TV
Fallujah fighting intensifies
US military officials say a series of air raids on Fallujah provoked a deadly counterstrike from Iraqi militants. The military says one soldier is dead and seven wounded in a rocket attack | 0World |
Reuters World
Qaeda's Zawahri Appears in New Tape on Al Jazeera
DUBAI (Reuters) - Ayman al-Zawahri, the number two figure in al Qaeda, appeared in a new videotape aired on Al Jazeera on Thursday, ridiculing U.S. forces which he said were "hiding in their trenches" in Afghanistan. | 0World |
Washington Post
Ready for Liftoff
Here in the lime-green payload bay of the space shuttle Enterprise, Anne McCombs is going boldly where -- well, where only a few men have gone before. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo World
Bombed statue of Queen Victoria may be resurrected for Quebec City birthday (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - QUEBEC (CP) - A statue of Queen Victoria that lost its head in a bombing by radical Quebec separatists 40 years ago may reign again over a Quebec City park. | 0World |
The Motley Fool
Spend Less to Shop Green
Six tips for eco-conscious shopping on a budget. | 2Business |
Tucson Citizen
Google leads charge toward digital library
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Stanford University senior Will Oremus puts in a full day as a student and editor in chief of the school newspaper. | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times world
G.O.P. Candidates Spar Over Immigration
Senator John McCain, an author of a pending compromise immigration plan, found himself at odds with his rivals. | 0World |
San Francisco Chronicle
Stanford wins, to play for title
Long Beach -- Stanford will make its third appearance in the NCAA women's volleyball final in four years after defeating Pacific-10 Conference's champion Washington 3-1 Thursday night. | 1Sports |
New York Times Business
Two British Mobile Phone Operators Share Networks
T-Mobile UK and 3 UK are combining their third-generation networks to save money. | 2Business |
InfoWorld news
Mozilla investigating new Firefox flaw
( InfoWorld ) - The security team at Mozilla Corp. is looking into a flaw in its Firefox Web browser that hackers exposed at a conference in San Diego over the weekend.
In a presentation at the ToorCon hacker conference on Saturday, hackers Mischa Spiegelmock a... | 3Sci/Tech |
RedNova technology
So What's the Big Deal About Those Slimmed-Down Photos... [Derived Headline]
So what's the big deal about those slimmed-down photos of Katie Couric in the CBS News magazine? If the TV camera can add 10 pounds, as the conventional wisdom goes, why shouldn't a computer subtract 20, just to be pro-act... | 3Sci/Tech |
PCWorld news
Jihadists Publish Cybersecurity E-Zine
Magazine offers tech support, tips for Internet communications. | 3Sci/Tech |
NEWS.com.au
Judge orders Pinochet arrest
FORMER Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet was indicted today and placed under house arrest for the kidnapping of nine dissidents and the killing of one of them during his 1973-90 military regime. | 0World |
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