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Families row over home PC access Arguments over who gets to use the home computer are breaking out in families across the UK, says a survey. | 0 |
Tehran seeking exemptions in EU deal VIENNA -- Iran insisted yesterday that it had a right to exempt some equipment from an agreement with the European Union committing it to freeze all parts of a program that can make nuclear weapons-grade uranium, a move that diplomats said threatened to scuttle the deal. | 0 |
EU, Russia fail to reach accord at summit THE HAGUE -- Russia and the European Union failed yesterday to complete negotiations on a quot;strategic partnership quot; because of disagreements over security and other issues at a summit overshadowed by the Ukraine political crisis. The two sides said they were confident a final pact will be reached next May, however. | 0 |
Alarm raised on Asia's males The explosive growth of male populations in China and India could threaten social order in those countries as well as international security, according to a book by two academic researchers. | 0 |
End to genital mutilation urged VIENNA -- Young girls born in Europe to immigrant families from Africa are subjected to ritual genital mutilation, and authorities are doing little to discourage it, a leading activist for women's rights warned yesterday. | 0 |
Havana's Chinatown struggles HAVANA -- At first glance, Havana's Chinatown seems a misnomer. Restaurants serve pizza, and actual Chinese are vastly outnumbered by tourists and Hispanics. | 0 |
Free radio seeks a new format PRAGUE -- Ronald Reagan used it to reach out to the Soviets during the Cold War. Lech Walesa, the leader of Poland's Solidarity movement, likened it to the sun lighting the earth. Rock band R.E.M. immortalized it in a cynical hit song. | 0 |
Leaving slums of Paris, two Muslim teens turn to waging jihad PARIS -- The two teenage friends hardly seemed like Islamic radicals. They smoked marijuana, drank beer, listened to rap music, and wore jeans. | 0 |
A morning jog, a midday feast, soldiers taste tradition FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq -- The race started like any other, with the pop of a gun and the slap of sneakers on hard mud. The sun had begun to peek above the purple horizon, and the air was New England cold. | 0 |
US casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan The Department of Defense has identified the following US service members who were killed recently in Iraq and Afghanistan: | 0 |
8 Slashed to Death in Chinese High School The unexplained attack is the latest and most serious in a series of such knifings that have alarmed the Chinese public and led police to reinforce security at schools and day-care centers. | 0 |
Two Marines Killed in Fallujah Two Marines killed, three wounded by insurgents during house-clearing in Fallujah. | 0 |
UK Plays Down Prince Harry Kidnap Threat Reports <p></p><p> LONDON (Reuters) - Buckingham Palace Friday termed"irresponsible" newspaper reports that a kidnap threat forcedBritain's Prince Harry to cut short a trip to a polo pony farmin Argentina.</p> | 0 |
450 Colombian Paramilitaries Disarm Some 450 right-wing paramilitary fighters left Colombia's crowded battlefields, turning in their weapons and asking society to let them back into its fold. | 0 |
Nine Bodies Found in Cancun The bodies of nine people, including three federal agents, were discovered at a pair of sites outside Cancun, a Mexican resort city that lies near a route used to smuggle cocaine from Colombia to America's streets. | 0 |
DWP kills 60k PCs in Windows XP upgrade lash-up <strong>Updated</strong> Down for four days and counting... | 3 |
Terapixel digital images approach Digital images that are billions of pixels in size are now becoming commonplace. | 3 |
Swap offer for pirated Windows XP Microsoft is starting a scheme to replace pirate versions of Windows XP with legal ones. | 3 |
Online Identity Theft: Many Medicines, No Cure Anti-phishing applications, smart cards, and new authentication technologies are vying for your support. | 3 |
Shell pushes back AGM Oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell has decided to delay shareholder meetings that will vote on a new unified board structure to allow more time to prepare the necessary documentation. | 2 |
Court extends Stelco protection TORONTO -- Stelco Inc. #39;s protection from creditors was extended to Feb. 11 yesterday at a court hearing where lawyers for shareholders and workers ganged up on a bid by Deutsche Bank to refinance the steelmaker. | 2 |
Most back moon trip, but not Mars Americans may support a return trip to the moon, but there is much less interest in going on to Mars. Also, a majority say they don #39;t believe the space agency should receive a boost in | 3 |
Now, cellphones turn advisers!: Technology India: Washington, Nov 26 : How about a cellphone that can intelligently advise you on what or what not to do based on your track record? | 3 |
Anti-Insurgent Raids Net Large Seizure of Iraqi Rebels, Weapons US and Iraqi government forces have captured scores of suspected insurgents and seized an enormous stockpile of weapons and explosives during anti-insurgent operations in Iraq. | 0 |
UN pulls food aid from Darfur KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The World Food Program has suspended its operations in most of the Sudanese state of North Darfur and relocated its staff to the capital because of renewed clashes between rebels and government forces, the UN agency said Thursday. | 0 |
Whatever Happened to SGI? What high-powered, high-design, graphics-oriented, Unix-based computers are beloved by their fanatical users? Clue: It's not what you think. By Jason Walsh. | 3 |
Science Geek Gifts for All Banish underwear from your gift-giving list this year! Your smarty-pants friends and relatives aren't as hard to buy for as you might think. The web is full of brain-gratifying gift ideas. By Kristen Philipkoski. | 3 |
Porn Prohibitionists Miss Point If we're going to start worrying about porn, doesn't it make sense to actually study its role in society rather than make stuff up? Commentary by Regina Lynn. | 3 |
Technology Over Ideology FCC chairman Michael Powell has confounded liberals and free market purists. He's an official that defies simplification. By Lawrence Lessig from Wired magazine. | 3 |
Langdon Gilkey, 85, Theorist on Nexus of Faith and Science, Dies Langdon Gilkey was a prominent Protestant theologian who argued for a rational, even satisfying, co-existence between science and faith. | 3 |
Target bans Salvation Army ringers By Sam Haverstick, Special to The CJ. Dillon West, 11, doesn #39;t understand why Target Corp. won #39;t let the Salvation Army place bell ringers outside its stores this Christmas. | 2 |
Nintendo Honored by quot;Walk of Game quot; Nintendo did particularly well in a recent poll ran by quot;Walk of Game quot;. With Shigeru Miyamoto winning a lifeti. Walk of Game, the first physical landmark honouring the icons and pioneers of the videogame industry | 3 |
Comfortable win pleases Souness Graeme Souness was naturally delighted as Newcastle comfortably beat Sochaux 4-0 to book their place in the Uefa Cup knock-out stages. | 1 |
PLO #39;s Abbas faces Fatah, Hamas challenges Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas must patch up differences in his influential Fatah group if he hopes to check the growing power of Islamic militants opposed | 0 |
Man with knife kills 8, wounds 4 at central China high school A man with a knife broke into a high school dormitory and killed eight students in the deadliest of a series of knife attacks at Chinese schools in recent months, the government said Friday. | 0 |
Prince Harry flies home from Argentina amid reports of shooting Prince Harry headed home from Argentina on Friday, royal officials said, amid media reports that shots were fired at the ranch where he was staying. | 0 |
Fan mayhem over South Korean heartthrob at Tokyo hotel leaves 9 <b>...</b> A sudden frenzy erupted among fans of South Korean soap opera star Bae Yong-joon as he left his Tokyo hotel in a car Friday, leaving nine Japanese women hurt and prompting an apology from Bae. | 0 |
Big Spending Bills Become Congressal Habit (AP) AP - Ronald Reagan, in his 1988 State of the Union address to Congress, hefted a 1,000-page, 14-pound spending bill and warned lawmakers against sending him more "behemoths" like this. "And if you do, I will not sign it." | 0 |
S Korea motor workers on strike Staff at Hyundai and Kai walk out as part of a nationwide strike in protest at proposed new legislation encouraging temporary work. | 0 |
Oracle unveils PeopleSoft board candidates Oracle has revealed the identities of the four people it will nominate to the board of PeopleSoft as it pushes ahead with its efforts to take control of the company. | 2 |
Oregon trees head to Texas to cheer military families #39; holidays Oregon Christmas tree growers are shipping 1,300 donated trees to military families based at Fort Hood, Texas, industry officials said. | 2 |
Microsoft wins over China public sector China is becoming increasingly alarmed that Microsoft is winning the lion #39;s share of too many government contracts to supply software. | 3 |
Hackers exploit critical Winamp flaw IT security experts have uncovered a critical vulnerability in the popular Winamp media player, which could be exploited by hackers to compromise a user #39;s system. | 3 |
Manning deflects talk about possible TD passes record Unfortunately for the Detroit Lions, this was after the game in the locker room, when he was inundated with questions about his record-setting pace. | 1 |
Huskies quickness overwhelms Utes ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - The Utah Utes have something the Washington Huskies dont: a pure big man blessed with silky talents. But the Huskies have something the Utes dont: swarming, suffocating, overwhelming quickness. | 1 |
11 dead in Indonesia earthquake JAKARTA, INDONESIA - An earthquake in Indonesia on Friday has killed at least 11 people and injured about 65 others. The 6.4-magnitude quake occurred at 11:25 am local time near the town of Nabire, in West | 0 |
BT sells Eutelsat satellite stake BT Group says the sale of its 15.8 stake in the Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat is part of a strategy to focus on its core telephony business. | 2 |
Japan #39;s steel crisis forces Nissan to cut car production JAPANS two biggest steelmakers admitted for the first time yesterday that they were unable to satisfy demand, forcing Nissan, the carmaker, to cut its fourth-quarter production target by 30,000 vehicles. | 2 |
Dollar recovers on denial of Chinese sell-off The dollar rallied from new lows in European morning trade on Friday as a Chinese official backtracked from earlier claims that China had started to shift | 2 |
Singapore Shares End Down On Weak US Dlr, Indus Output SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Singapore shares ended lower Friday, tracking regional markets on renewed concerns that the sagging US dollar against the Singapore dollar will hurt exports and economic growth. | 2 |
Celtics Defeat Reeling Hornets 108-90 (AP) AP - Paul Pierce had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his fourth career triple-double, and Raef LaFrentz had 14 points and 12 rebounds as the Boston Celtics defeated New Orleans 108-90 Monday night, sending the Hornets to their eighth consecutive loss. | 1 |
The never-ending search Fascination with the Holy Grail has lasted for centuries, and now the Bletchley Park code-breakers have joined the hunt. But what is it that #39;s made the grail the definition of something | 3 |
Critical Flaw in WinAmp A critical security flaw has been discovered in WinAmp that exploits the stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability allowing attacks from hackers. | 3 |
Ancient bison done in by climate, not hunters Thousands of years before white and Indian hunters drove the buffalo of America #39;s Great Plains to virtual extinction, the ancestors of those lordly animals suffered a similar fate -- but it was major climate change, not hunting, that did them in, says an | 3 |
Nintendo moving into online within 3 to 4 years - Miyamoto Comments attributed to Nintendo #39;s Shigeru Miyamoto in this week #39;s Famitsu magazine indicate that the company is planning to bring its systems online within a three to four year timescale, with DS leading the way. | 3 |
Hard-working Preston had to go Prospective Livingston owner Pearse Flynn has praised Allan Preston for keeping the team afloat during an uncertain financial time but insists results on the field did not match the commitment of the sacked manager. | 1 |
Colts 41, Lions 9 While Peyton Manning tried to downplay his individual accomplishments, receiver Brandon Stokley heaped on the praise. quot;Hes the best thats ever played this game as far as quarterbacks are concerned, quot; Stokley said. | 1 |
Palace brawl When lines break down, there #39;s chaos So now, the second wave of reaction has set in to last Friday night #39;s Pistons-Pacers-Fans brawl at the Palace. At first, the reaction was shock, dismay, outrage. | 1 |
Abbas makes election move, possibly to push back activist <b>...</b> The interim Palestinian leader promised to set a date for internal elections in the ruling Fatah movement, a Cabinet minister said Friday, in an apparent attempt to persuade the head of Fatah #39;s restless young guard to drop out | 0 |
World 'short of health workers' Millions more health workers are needed if global health is going to be improved over the next decade, a study says. | 0 |
EU gets tough on fusion reactor European research ministers state their intention to go it alone on a multi-billion euro nuclear project if arguments with international partners are not resolved soon. | 0 |
U.S. Commander Makes Afghan Visit (AP) AP - Gen. John Abizaid, the head of U.S. Central Command, made a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit to troops in Afghanistan and met Friday with the country's president. | 0 |
US dollar whipsaws on worries over China LONDON The dollar went for a see-saw ride Friday, plunging after a comment from a Chinese policy maker appeared to undermine already fragile market sentiment toward the US currency, but rebounding after the official retracted the remark. | 2 |
Oil giant in Russia is closer to collapse MOSCOW Yukos has moved closer to collapse after six of the Russian oil company #39;s top executives, including the American chief executive and the chief financial officer, fled the country, citing fear of persecution from the Kremlin. | 2 |
EU judge on Microsoft - one month until ruling A European Union judge told a closed meeting on Thursday he plans to rule within a month whether to freeze curbs imposed by the EU #39;s executive on Microsoft, lawyers present said. | 2 |
Update 12: Bargain Shoppers Get Early Holiday Start Bargain shoppers, many of them braving chilly temperatures, woke up before dawn to head for the nation #39;s malls and stores Friday, the official beginning of the holiday shopping season, hoping to take advantage of early bird specials on a range of items | 2 |
JLT falls on profits warning Shares in Jardine Lloyd Thomas, the UK #39;s largest insurance broker, have plunged 20 per cent after the company issued a profit warning for the year and chief executive Steve McGill quit. | 2 |
Salvation Army rings in the holidays or so hopes the Salvation Army. Each year volunteers and employees appear in malls across Broward County to ring bells from early November to Christmas Eve. | 2 |
Court Blocks Gold Fields Takeover Attempt Gold Fields Ltd. said Friday that a South Africa #39;s Competition Appeal Court has temporarily blocked a hostile takeover bid from Harmony Gold Mining Co. | 2 |
Philippines likely to keep 2004 budget deficit below ceiling The Philippines is likely to keep well within the 2004 budget and consolidated public sector deficittargets due to improved revenue flows and increased electricity tariffs, officials said Friday. | 2 |
Hong Kongs GDP expands 7.2 on tourist spending Hong Kongs gross domestic product rose 7.2 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter as strong trade flows and tourist spending continued to drive its recovery from the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome last year. | 2 |
#39;Easy exit #39; clause hints at News Corp man #39;s Disney move The race to succeed Disney chief Michael Eisner took an intriguing turn yesterday when it emerged that a highranking Murdoch employee has signed a new contract making it easy for him to leave ... but only if he goes to Disney. | 2 |
US yawns over number switching Software salesman Kevin Johnson was no match for the Blackberry 7100 cell phone on display at a downtown San Francisco T-Mobile USA store. | 2 |
UK government hit with another large computer failure NOVEMBER 26, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - IT system failures continued to plague the UK government this week, when as many as 80,000 civil servants working for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) had to deal with what is being described in the local | 3 |
Microsoft offers amnesty program to pirated WinXP users MICROSOFT Corp. is staging another attack against software pirates with an amnesty program for unwitting users of bootlegged copies of its Windows XP operating system (OS). | 3 |
Climatic change put an end to bison existence An international research team claims that it was major climate change, not hunting that led to major bison extinction. Moving in huge herds, more than 20 million bison roamed the American West before white men arrived. | 3 |
Record Labels Support Filesharing Three major record companies have signed on to a new service which will allow their music to be sold via file-swapping. The new project is an attempt to lure fans away from filesharing services which are technically | 3 |
Government says Finnish with IE 6 A government agency in Finland is urging the country #39;s citizens to avoid use of Internet Explorer until Microsoft has patched the Bofra vulnerability. | 3 |
Moon gas could meet Earth #39;s future energy demands: Scientists A potential gas source found on the Moon #39;s surface could hold the key to meeting future energy demands as the Earth #39;s fossil fuels dry up in the coming decades, scientists said on Friday. | 3 |
Phishers tapping botnets to automate attacks Computer criminals are making phishing more potent by automating attacks. Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) analysts reckon fraudsters are using automated tools and botnets to ramp up attacks. | 3 |
South Korea bans Ghost Recon 2 The latest Tom Clancy based military title from French publisher Ubisoft has been rejected by South Korea #39;s Media Rating Board, forcing the company to drop its plans to launch the game in the region. | 3 |
SOUNESS READY TO TEST TITUS Newcastle manager Graeme Souness has challenged Titus Bramble to grow up fast to make himself an international defender. The much-maligned 23-year-old turned in a rock-solid display in the Magpies #39; 4-0 UEFA | 1 |
Notebook: Return in Hughes #39; skates? For the first time in more than a year, 2002 Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes will skate for an audience Saturday. BY Todd Plitt, USA TODAY. | 1 |
Langer exploits popgun attack JUSTIN Langer sniffed the rarified air of cricket #39;s 20-century club, but it took Darren Lehmann #39;s 28 not out to give a nervous home city sweet dreams last night. | 1 |
Success eluding Harrington, Lions At least Thursday he was. Joey Harrington is frustrated. Joey Harrington is searching for answers, the same as everyone else here. | 1 |
Lotito: We #39;re Disappointed Lazio only managed a 2-2 at home against Partizan Belgrade on Thursday night in the Uefa Cup, a result which disappointed all Biancoceleste supporters, in particular President Lotito. | 1 |
Barnes still in the hunt ALL too often at a championship that produces a relatively surprising leader after the opening round, does that player get rather overtaken at the enormity of the situation and slide, sometimes none too gracefully, away down the leaderboard and out of the | 1 |
Pacers 106, T-wolves 102 INDIANAPOLIS - Another improbable win has the Pacers brimming with confidence. And Indiana has Jamaal Tinsley to thank for that. The guard scored 20 points, recorded 14 assists and grabbed seven rebounds to | 1 |
Iranian cleric upbeat on closure of nuclear case A top Iranian cleric expressed optimism Friday that Iran #39;s nuclear case might not be referred to the United Nations Security Council, the official IRNA news agency reported. | 0 |
8 killed in knife attack at Chinese high school BEIJING A man with a knife broke into a high school dormitory and killed eight students in the deadliest of a series of such attacks at Chinese schools in recent months, the government said Friday. | 0 |
Palace denies Harry security threat in Argentina Prince Harry is making news again in Britain, with reports he had to return home from Argentina after shots were fired at the ranch where he was staying, and that there may have been a plot to kidnap him. | 0 |
Indonesian leader visits site of separatist conflict BANDA ACEH, Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, who has vowed to end the conflict in Aceh Province, made his first visit there Friday against a backdrop of continued violence. | 0 |
Earthquake hit Indonesia, killing 11 and injuring 65 A heavy quake rocked Indonesia #39;s Papua province killing at least 11 people and wounding 75. The quake destroyed 150 buildings, including churches, mosques and schools. | 0 |
Arms cache in mosque US troops have found a massive weapons cache in the former rebel stronghold of Fallujah. As the grim toll in the fight for the ruined city passed 2000, Iraqi soldiers combing | 0 |
NBA: James Returns to Lead Cavaliers Over Bobcats CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Sports Network) - LeBron James, playing his first game since suffering a facial fracture, scored a game-high 26 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out six assists to lead Cleveland to a 94-83 win over the Bobcats at Charlotte Coliseum. | 1 |
U.S. and Other Countries Deliver Aid in Indonesia In 30 sorties on Monday, U.S. helicopters delivered more than 60,000 pounds of water, medical supplies and food. | 0 |
Music Companies Embrace P2P File-Sharing Even as the RIAA continues to sue downloaders of illegal music over file-sharing networks, some music companies are finally finding ways to use P2P to their advantage. | 3 |
IOC Wants to Expel Bulgarian Official (AP) AP - The IOC recommended Friday that Bulgaria's top Olympic official be expelled from the organization for unethical conduct. | 1 |
Beckham #39;s not finished, says Eriksson England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has backed his under-fire captain David Beckham to rediscover his best form. Midfielder Beckham received particular | 1 |
Four Killed in Baghdad #39;s Green Zone A US Army 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment soldier scans the area through his rifle scope during a joint early morning raid on insurgent targets by Iraqi and US forces, during which 13 suspects were detained in Mosul, Iraq Friday, Nov. 26, 2004. | 0 |
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