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Techies scramble to blame C&W for downtime cock-up
Updated Online banking service Egg.com is currently unavailable to its customers and the firm is pointing the finger of blame at telecoms provider Cable and Wireless (C&W).⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
Oil prices continue their record-breaking run as fresh threats of sabotage in Iraq boost concerns that demand may outstrip supply. | 2Business |
A NASA climate expert planned to say in a lecture on Tuesday night that a Bush administration official told him not to discuss the consequences of global warming. | 3Sci/Tech |
MOSCOW. June 9 (Interfax-AVN) - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis with seven astronauts onboard blasted off to the International Space Station on Saturday (Moscow time) from Cape Canaveral. The launch of the shuttle was broadcast live on NASA's website. | 3Sci/Tech |
Privacy advocates obtain records showing that people pulled aside for extra screening during international travel may have detailed records, including reason for travel, race and reading material, stored by the government for years. | 3Sci/Tech |
Genuine Parts Co. (GPC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a distributor of auto replacement and industrial parts, on Friday said third-quarter earnings rose sharply, pushing its stock up 9 percent. | 2Business |
The Swiss health care company Galenica said it agreed to buy Aspreva of Canada for $915 million to expand its drug portfolio and distribution. | 2Business |
As the world mobilizes to provide aid for nations devastated by an earthquake, Mississippi charities and religious organizations are working to help the disaster victims. | 2Business |
The Sporting News - Since the Pistons beat the Celtics 16 days ago, the top two spots in the Power Poll have not changed. More significantly, neither has the number in the L column for either team. Combined, they are 14-0 since Chauncey Billups fooled Tony Allen into a game-deciding foul and the Pistons came away with ... | 1Sports |
AP - British scientists have embarked on a mission to study a huge area on the Atlantic seabed where the Earth's crust is mysteriously missing and instead is covered with dark green rock from deep inside the planet. | 3Sci/Tech |
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nike Inc said on Wednesday that quarterly net profit jumped 10 percent, topping Wall Street estimates, helped by strong international demand and higher margins. | 2Business |
A Chinese girl arrives in Beijing after running more than 3,550km (2,200 miles) from the province of Hainan. | 0World |
(Source: Plasmon) In this white paper, Heidi Biggar of Enterprise Strategy Group discusses the ideal solution that creates a multi-tiered active archive for cost-effective, long-term accessibility to compliance data. According to Biggar, organizations cannot continue keeping non-transactional data on primary storag... | 3Sci/Tech |
The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency criticizes MLB, saying the sport is resisting the recommendation to transfer drug testing to an independent organization. | 1Sports |
As expected, none of the four United States entries survived yesterday's second set of Olympic rowing semifinals, leaving just four boats -- the men's and women's eights, the men's double sculls and the women's quadruple sculls -- going for medals this weekend, five fewer than in Sydney four years ago. | 1Sports |
The Indianapolis Colts' coach was incensed at the ''Desperate Housewives'' promo that aired during the opening of "Monday Night Football. | 1Sports |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees scored 10 runs in the fourth inning and Alex Rodriguez hit his 498th career homer in a 21-4 pounding of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Sunday. | 1Sports |
Raise a cup to the computer nerds. If not for the number crunchers on Yawkey Way who were savvy enough last November to allay Curt Schilling's fears about a fly ball pitcher thriving at Fenway Park, he may never have agreed to waive his no-trade clause to join the Red Sox in their quest for a world championship. | 1Sports |
AP - TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts will be complete in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009, and many consumers are puzzling over how the shift will affect them: Do they need a new converter box, a new TV, a better antenna? But it's pretty clear which business interests stand to gain. | 3Sci/Tech |
Anne Maneikis has a problem with the holidays. She goes crazy. The rest of the year, she is perfectly sane. Thirty-seven and single, she works as an account executive for an advertising agency, managing budgets. | 2Business |
The likelihood of one of the golfers in the field catching Woods is roughly akin to Noahâs Ark washing ashore in La Jolla cove. | 1Sports |
ROME (Reuters) - Students at Italy's top public university protested against the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday after forcing Pope Benedict to cancel a visit. | 0World |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures pointed to a slightly lower open on Tuesday as investors stay cautious after last week's three-day rally and await results from networking gear maker Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO.O which will set the direction for technology stocks. | 2Business |
Government official warns of the danger of falling behind other countries in broadband speeds. | 3Sci/Tech |
AMR Corp., the owner of American Airlines, said Friday that it received a $850 million, revolving credit line, replacing a $834 million line that was set to expire next year. | 2Business |
AP - Jayson Williams, acquitted in April of aggravated manslaughter in the shooting death of a limousine driver, worked out with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday. | 1Sports |
Reuters - Nepal ordered more troops to patrol highways and warned against hoarding in an effort to break a Maoist blockade across the nation, the biggest challenge so far to King Gyanendra's seizure of absolute power this month. | 0World |
AFP - Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh has overwhelmingly approved a constitution declaring itself an independent state, according to official results. | 0World |
A bankruptcy judge today said the agreement between United Airlines and its pilots unfairly forced other unions to join the pilots in letting United terminate their pension plans. | 2Business |
It may have looked like Clay Buchholz, the kid from East Texas who became the first Red Sox rookie to throw a no-hitter, was crying in the midst of the red-and-white scrum that engulfed him after he struck out Baltimore's Nick Markakis looking to make history last night. | 1Sports |
Linebacker LaVar Arrington, who missed last week's preseason game in Miami with a sprained knee, may be forced to miss Friday's contest. | 1Sports |
AP - Kyle Orton passed for 275 yards, and Taylor Stubblefield set a Big Ten record for receptions. But this time, it was the defense that kept Purdue undefeated. | 1Sports |
Jayson Stark writes for ESPN, âItâs hard to say exactly which moment it was that we realized the iPod had taken over our entire civilization. But it might have been this one: The day we first heard, last summer, that baseball players were using their iPods to do their pregame video studies â as opposed to, say,... | 3Sci/Tech |
At least 15 people are killed in simultaneous explosions on two buses in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba. | 0World |
It started with a late-race collapse, escalated in a physical threat and manifested in a highly public finger-pointing session. Now, after rower Catriona Oliver slapped Sally Robbins before stunned | 1Sports |
ADOBE Systems, maker of the world-renowned Photoshop picture-editing software, has announced two new products for digital video and still-photography hobbyists. | 3Sci/Tech |
Stun gun maker's stock recovers following positive reports. | 2Business |
AP - Police arrested 14 men Friday for allegedly harassing two women outside a five-star hotel in Mumbai during New Year's celebrations, a case that drew widespread criticism after police initially refused to pursue it. | 0World |
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Skimpy swimsuits, a shortened telecast and a last-woman-standing talent competition couldn't help Miss America's TV ratings... | 0World |
The heads of General Motors Corp. and Italy's Fiat SpA are expected to meet in the next four weeks to try and resolve their dispute over whether Fiat can force GM to buy the ailing Fiat Auto subsidiary. | 2Business |
( InfoWorld ) - As we gaze toward the vista of 2007, we find our e-mail inbox inundated with IT predictions for the new year from analysts, vendors and consultants. From those predictions and our own prognostications we present our forecast for the top IT stories in the year ahead:
Pun aside, Vista
With fanfare, Micros... | 3Sci/Tech |
The numbers suggest that iPods are not driving iTunes sales as much as early supporters may have expected. | 2Business |
Juan Pablo Montoya won in his final race for Williams-BMW, beating future McLaren teammate Kimi Raikkonen to capture the Brazilian Grand Prix yesterday at Sao Paulo. In the last race of the Formula One season, Brazilian Rubens Barrichello started from the pole for the second straight year and led early, but finished th... | 1Sports |
By Harward Esther Neighbours of a Morrinsville mushroom plant who have complained about a bad smell for more than 10 years vented their frustration at an Environment Court hearing yesterday. | 3Sci/Tech |
Alereon, Inc., the Certified Wireless USB techn | 3Sci/Tech |
AP - Banners proclaiming the Red Sox as World Series winners finally hung from lampposts outside their spring training ballpark 86 years after their last championship. | 1Sports |
Reuters - Moroccans voted on Friday in
parliamentary polls expected to show gains for moderate
Islamists pushing an anti-corruption message to voters seeking
more vigorous efforts to fight poverty. | 0World |
AP - Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal flew Monday to Los Angeles to seek medical treatment for a hip injury that has sidelined him the past five games. | 1Sports |
A BANKRUPTCY judge gave US Airways Group Inc permission today to tap a government loan to fund daily operations - a move expected to allow the airline to continue its normal | 2Business |
Lung cancer screening with CT scans does not appear to save lives, and it exposes people to risks, researchers say. | 3Sci/Tech |
Replacement kit 'fraud'
A public sector computer technician from New Jersey has been arrested over allegations he took Cisco for $10m through a fraud that exploited the networking giant's programme for replacing broken or defective kit.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters - Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy
Co. Inc. said on Thursday it is partnering with U.K.
retailer Carphone Warehouse to test mobile phone-only stores at
nine locations in Manhattan. | 2Business |
The former head of the Bosnian Muslim army, Rasim Delic, is to go on trial in The Hague on war crimes charges. | 0World |
Roush Racing driver Matt Kenseth, the defending NASCAR champion, will race Sunday in the Ford 400 at Homestead, Fla., the final event in the Nextel Cup series. | 1Sports |
Reuters - Sony Corp. (6758.T) said on
Tuesday it would launch its Blu-ray high-definition optical
disc recorder in Japan in December with an expected price tag
of around 300,000 yen ($2,550) for a model with a 500-gigabyte
hard disk drive. | 3Sci/Tech |
USATODAY.com - After a 12-year slumber, ethereal jester NiGHTS returns to the Nintendo Wii in NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, a nightmare adventure doomed by frustrating controls. The last time this franchise made an appearance, Sega was still in the console business. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters - The NFL Network said Monday
it would accept Time Warner Cable's offer to carry the channel
on a digital tier for a week beginning Christmas Eve. | 1Sports |
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's embattled President Pervez Musharraf may quit as army chief in return for support from political parties to re-elect him for another term, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. | 0World |
PC World - Hubble space technology and the global networking power of the Internet is being put to good use in wildlife conservation by giving researchers a clearer understanding of the status of the endangered whale shark. | 3Sci/Tech |
The president of MTV, Christina Norman, is stepping down after almost three years of trying to revitalize the cable channel and adding music and reality-based programming. | 2Business |
AP - A man tried to jump into Pope Benedict XVI's uncovered popemobile as the pontiff began his general audience Wednesday in St. Peter's Square and was wrestled to the ground by security officers. | 0World |
UN negotiations on fisheries end without the ban on bottom trawling advocated by conservation groups. | 3Sci/Tech |
[World News]: New York, Dec 29 : New York Supermodel Petra Nemcova survived the killer Asian tsunami by clinging to the top of a palm tree for eight hours, while bearing the pain of a broken pelvis and the tragedy of her boyfriend Simon Atlee being | 0World |
AP - The astronauts aboard the international space station got their broken oxygen generator running after three tries Friday, but the machine shut down again after barely an hour of operation. | 3Sci/Tech |
Tennis Scotland believe Andrew Murray's success could herald the dawn of a new era in the sport north of the border. The 17-year-old from Dunblane became the first British winner of the US Open boys' title | 1Sports |
Kim Clijsters will not compete in next January's Australian Open because of her persistent wrist injury. Last year's runner-up in Melbourne has decided to spend more time resting instead of rushing back her return. | 1Sports |
Orbiting the Moon is tricky. There's a big planet nearby (Earth) that tugs on satellites and destabilizes their orbits. NASA researchers have an idea for a new class of orbits that may solve the problem. | 3Sci/Tech |
TORONTO (CP) - Scrambling to deal with a potentially serious breach of client privacy, CIBC said late Friday it is ordering all employees to stop using the bank's internal fax system to send customer information between branches or offices. | 2Business |
Five and a half months into Daisuke Matsuzakaâs hyped first season with the Boston Red Sox, he has deteriorated into a pitching punching bag. | 1Sports |
But not without dissent
The FTC has voted to approve Google's of web advertising powerhouse DoubleClick, after an eight month investigation - but not without a dissenting voice.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
'They sometimes explode'
Wikipedia moved with its customary lightning speed this morning to bring netizens the very latest in-depth information on steam pipes, one of which yesterday gave New Yorkers a nasty fright:⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade is to sign a peace deal with Casamance rebels, aimed at ending conflict. | 0World |
InfoWorld - A top official with the U.S. White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) gave her strongest endorsement yet to SaaS (software as a service), saying Wednesday it can help federal agencies cut development costs. | 3Sci/Tech |
Nomar Garciaparra scored the go-ahead run on Claudio Vargas's wild pitch in the 11th inning and Mark Grudzielanek added an RBI single to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 2-1 win over the Expos last night in Montreal. | 1Sports |
I got myself into this mess. I'm going to get myself out. | 2Business |
Sales of new homes rose by 9.4 percent in August, the Commerce Department said Monday, as mortgage interest rates remained at low-enough levels to continue enticing buyers worried about future rate hikes. | 2Business |
IXI Mobile and AT&T Wireless have launched a text-centric device aimed at those who keep their fingers moving, and a surprising price. | 3Sci/Tech |
Early Polynesians traveled thousands of miles - from Hawaii to Tahiti - for trade and exploration, suggests a new study of woodworking tools. | 3Sci/Tech |
They were thinking big in New Mexico. Encouraged by the Drug Enforcement Administration, state officials staged a national summit to discuss solutions for the growing problem of steroids in high school sports. | 1Sports |
Ellis Hobbs is aware of the buzz, but he's keeping it in the background. "You feel it, you hear it, but it's just talk right now," he said. | 1Sports |
The Senate Finance Committee approved $28 billion in tax breaks to underwrite renewable fuels, all at the expense of the oil industry. | 3Sci/Tech |
BEJIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhuaent) -- French president Jacques Chirac is in Libya, the first such visit by a French leader over 50 years. | 0World |
Vulnerabilities in technology widely used for network authentication leave computers open to attack. | 3Sci/Tech |
An economist has warned that China did not raise its interest rates enough to curb inflation, the China Daily reported. Tang Min, chief economist with the resident mission | 2Business |
Ten people were killed and 51 injured last night when a suicide bomber blew herself up near a Moscow market. The explosion went off soon after 8pm in a busy car park next to the Rizhskaya metro station. | 0World |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal probe into whether American International Group Inc., the world's largest insurer by market value, helped a major banking client move bad loans off its books, AIG said on Wednesday. | 2Business |
Tek-Tools Software, Inc., the leading developer of proven resource management software solutions, announced today that it has signed a premier reseller agreement with Cambridge Computer, a national integrator specializing in data storage and data protection solutions. | 3Sci/Tech |
The British grand prix at Silverstone will be included on formula one's draft 2005 calendar when it is published tomorrow, according to sources close to the negotiations. | 1Sports |
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Crowds gathered in Beirut on Friday for the funeral of an anti-Syrian Christian legislator whose assassination has fuelled tensions ahead of Lebanon's bitterly contested presidential election. | 0World |
Wireless communications service provider Nextel Communications Inc. on Friday posted 69 percent growth in third-quarter earnings based on demand across its business sectors, and raised its outlook for 2004. | 3Sci/Tech |
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces launched the sixth day of a massive offensive in the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday with an air strike that killed a Palestinian militant and wounded two others in Jabalya refugee camp. | 0World |
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings , Europe's biggest bank, is acquiring The Chinese Bank Co. in Taiwan and will provide it with additional capital of between $300 million and $400 million, it said on Friday. | 2Business |
Description: Five bombs explode at Christian churches in Baghdad early Saturday. Meanwhile, the Army is investigating a report that 19 reservists refused to go on a mission to deliver supplies, citing concerns about danger and their safety equipment. | 0World |
Mayor Anthony A. Williams said today that the deal to bring Major League Baseball to Washington is in "great, great jeopardy" because of significant changes the DC Council made to a stadium financing agreement. | 1Sports |
Tokyo: Japan on Thursday ended a year of disasters on a happy note with the royal family announcing that the emperor's only daughter Princess Sayako will marry, a piece of good news delayed twice by tragedy. | 0World |
NEW SUPERMAN: A little-known actor has been cast as Superman in a big-budget film slated for 2006, according to Variety magazine. Brandon Routh, 25, has appeared in the soap opera "One | 2Business |
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. F.N on Thursday said it was trying to sell its Aston Martin luxury unit to free up funds to invest in its other brands amid a sharp downturn in sales. | 2Business |
AP - Japan's central bank offered a bleaker assessment of the economy for the first time in more than a year and a half on Friday, citing weakening industrial production and slowing export growth as a cause foir concern. | 2Business |
The blueprint for a different approach includes the pullback of all American combat brigades over the next 15 months. | 0World |
There are some great browsers out there. But they all seem to have some slight niggles, different for each, that make it hard for me to kick back and enjoy them. While there are some projects out there to make browsers more useful for some specialised purposes or by bolting on handy extensions, wouldn't i... | 3Sci/Tech |
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