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United unions seek up to \$1 billion in skipped pension payments CHICAGO The trustee firm representing employee pension funds at United Airlines wants the carrier to make up millions in skipped pension contributions before exiting bankruptcy. | 2 |
Oxendine offering telemedicine John W. Oxendine, Georgia Commissioner of Insurance, Fire Safety and Industrial Loans, announced a new rural health initiative first at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta and second at the Bainbridge Rotary Club Tuesday. | 2 |
PPR plans to sell Rexel stake in bid to cut debt LONDON Pinault Printemps Redoute, the owner of the Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent brands, said Tuesday that it planned to sell its stake in the electrical parts distributor Rexel in a deal that values the company at 3.7 billion. | 2 |
High Court Overturns Loan Scam Damage Award The Supreme Court today overturned a five-figure damage award to an Alexandria man for a local auto dealer #39;s alleged loan scam, ruling that a Richmond-based federal appeals court had wrongly | 2 |
HD DVD Gains Studio Support in Battle with Blu-Ray The battle between Blu-ray and HD DVD to define the next generation DVD format shows no signs of cooling off. While electronics and computer companies such as Sony, Dell and HP back the Blu-ray | 3 |
MmO2 signs i-mode deal BRITISH mobile telephone operator mmO2 has announced a deal with NTT DoCoMo, Japan #39;s leading mobile phone operator, to launch i-mode mobile internet services in Britain, Germany and Ireland. | 3 |
Kazaa mounts Betamax defence SYDNEY - Lawyers for the file-swapping service Kazaa argued in an Australian court yesterday that their software is analogous to the old Betamax videocassette recorders. | 3 |
Lycos offers customers program to attack spam servers MADRID, Spain Some computer users are about to find out if fighting fire with fire works when they fight spam with spam. German-based Lycos Europe offers a free screensaver program that hits back at spam senders by flooding them with junk traffic. | 3 |
Let a thousand mobiles bloom Scientists at the University of Warwick have designed a hi-tech solution to an old-technology problem: a cellphone case made of biodegradable polymer. | 3 |
New Netscape browser supports Internet Explorer NOVEMBER 30, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - America Online Inc. today released a preview version of a new Netscape Web browser that #39;s based on the open-source Firefox Web browser, but also supports Microsoft Corp. | 3 |
Cisco Enhances Gigabit Ethernet Switches Cisco Systems on Tuesday announced enhancements to its Catalyst switching product line, and also announced quot;the industry #39;s first quot; Gigabit Ethernet-enabled IP phone. | 3 |
Sybase, IBM Embrace Over Linux Sybase (Quote, Chart) announced it has tailored its Linux-based database to run on rival IBM #39;s eServer OpenPower systems, providing customers more choice in the increasingly popular market for Linux systems. | 3 |
China #39;s Google Block Sparks Media Group #39;s Protest The Chinese government is blocking one of Google #39;s (Quote, Chart) more popular sites, the company confirmed Tuesday. Debbie Frost, a Google spokesperson, told internetnews. | 3 |
Man sentenced over movie downloads A JAPANESE court has sentenced a self-employed man to a one year suspended jail term for allowing free downloads of two popular Hollywood films through a popular file-sharing software program. | 3 |
Bolton will stand by remorseful Diouf, says Allardyce BOLTON Wanderers have played down rumours that they were considering dismissing El-Hadji Diouf after the strikers latest public disgrace. | 1 |
After #39;Battle of the Buffet #39;, rivals ready for second helpings SIR ALEX FERGUSON ventured yesterday that Chelsea are suddenly the big concern for his Manchester United team, but there is nothing like a confrontation with Arsenal to set his pulse racing. | 1 |
Chelsea Beats Fulham in League Cup; Watford Defeats Portsmouth Frank Lampard scored with two minutes remaining as Chelsea defeated Fulham 2-1 to advance to the semifinals of English soccer #39;s League Cup. | 1 |
Cardinals to play Broncos in the Liberty Bowl MEMPHIS, Tenn. Undefeated Boise State will play Number Seven Louisville in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl game on December 31st (in Memphis). | 1 |
Three QBs, two RBs compose list NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Three college quarterbacks and two running backs, all from undefeated teams, are finalists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year award, officials with the Walter Camp Foundation announced Wednesday. | 1 |
Washington, DC Council Moves on Baseball Funding Washington, DC #39;s City Council on Tuesday approved a debt and tax-backed financing plan to build a new stadium for Major League Baseball, moving a step closer to bringing baseball back to the US capital. | 1 |
Spain have homeground advantage against US Seville, Spain - The United States, led by Andy Roddick, should be the favourite going into the Davis Cup final against Spain - except for a few small details. | 1 |
Martinez waits to find out Yankees #39; level of interest With an offer in hand from the New York Mets, Pedro Martinez will wait to see what the New York Yankees do before deciding where he #39;ll play next year. | 1 |
Congo officials claim Rwanda troops attacking Senior Congolese officials charged Tuesday that Rwandan President Paul Kagame had made good on his threat to invade, claiming Rwandan troops had crossed into eastern Congo and were clashing with militias there. | 0 |
US Group Urges Rumsfeld War Crimes Probe in Germany A US human rights group urged German prosecutors Tuesday to investigate accusations that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and senior US officers are guilty of war crimes over the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal. | 0 |
EU Cyprus demands enrage Turkey A leaked European Union draft that says Turkey will have to recognize the Republic of Cyprus before joining the EU has infuriated the Turkish government. | 0 |
Allawi in Jordan for meetings with influential Iraqis but rules <b>...</b> Iraq #39;s interim prime minister went to Jordan on Tuesday for meetings with tribal figures and other influential Iraqis in a bid to encourage Sunni Muslims to participate in the Jan. | 0 |
Syria denies giving up previous negotiating achievements Syria denied yesterday that it was forgoing Israel #39;s commitment to withdraw from the Golan as a basis for negotiations. The commitment was made by former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. | 0 |
Sony, IBM detail chip plans A LONG-awaited microprocessor developed by IBM, Sony and Toshiba will go into early production next year and start appearing in video game consoles, high-definition TVs and home servers in 2006. | 3 |
Don #39;t get mad with spammers. Get even Spammers may be about to get a taste of their own medicine. A British company is today launching software that it claims will allow computer users to hit back at the mass mailers who clog up our inboxes with | 3 |
Enter your e-mail: It #39;s about time. As we speculated a few months ago, Sony has announced plans for a hard-drive based digital audio player that will support the MP3 compression format. | 3 |
IBM To Put Open-Source Sybase Datebase Software on Servers Sybase said today that it has struck a deal with IBM in which Big Blue will market and distribute Sybase #39;s Linux database management software. | 3 |
Search engines zero in on video Google has officially joined the race to come up with a way to search videos and TV shows. In addition to a search technology for Internet-based video content, Google is also working with TV and cable broadcasters | 3 |
Divided council gives initial OK to stadium bill A deeply divided DC City Council today voted initial approval of a bill to publicly finance a new baseball stadium - but without a majority of the council #39;s support. | 1 |
U.S. Sets Final Duties on Imported Shrimp WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States set final anti-dumping duties of up to 112.81 percent on shrimp imported from China and up to 25.76 percent on shrimp from Vietnam to offset unfair pricing, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday. | 2 |
SEC gives some companies a break Most US companies - although not the largest ones - were given a reprieve Tuesday from requirements imposed in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom scandals that they and their auditors certify that the companies #39; internal financial controls are adequate. | 2 |
Cycling: Even after firing Hamilton, Phonak #39;s #39;attitude #39; derails <b>...</b> PARIS Despite its revelation that it has fired Tyler Hamilton, its leader and the winner of a disputed gold medal at the Olympic Games in Athens, the Phonak team lost its appeal to be included in bicycle racing #39;s reorganized structure, officials announced | 1 |
Bush Defends Iraq Invasion, US Action on Threats (Update1) President George W. Bush, confronted by antiwar protesters in Canada, defended his decision to invade Iraq and said the US would always act against threats even if opposed by other nations. | 0 |
U-Conn. Accepts Bid Connecticut is headed to the Motor City Bowl, the Huskies' first postseason as a Division I-A team. The Huskies (7-4) will play the winner of Thursday night's MAC title game between Toledo (8-3) and Miami of Ohio (8-3). | 1 |
New York Pension Fund Sues Merck Over Vioxx The pension fund of New York State filed suit in federal court accusing Merck of misleading shareholders about the safety of its pain reliever, Vioxx. | 2 |
Giants bring All-Star closer Benitez to Bay Area The San Francisco Giants have found the closer they were looking for after agreeing to terms with Armando Benitez on a three-year, \$21 million deal, sources told SportsLine. | 1 |
TENNIS NOTEBOOK US team hopes to be more than clay pigeon in Spain The last time the United States entered a Davis Cup tie as a bigger underdog than it is this week was, come to think of it, the last time the Yanks were made to go to Spain. | 1 |
Warner Moving Again? Veteran quarterback Kurt Warner continues to feel like he has good football left to play, but his next chance may have to come outside of the Giants organization. | 1 |
2004 Adelaide Test and Taste Experience At the conclusion of the Second Trans-Tasman Test, New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming talked of his teams inability to withstand the best ever Test attack. | 1 |
Telstra chief quits TELSTRA chief executive Ziggy Switkowski will step down in 2005, two years short of the end of his contract. The announcement was made by Telstra chairman Donald McGauchie and was backed by the board. | 2 |
Crude Oil Little Changed After Falling on Mild Weather Forecast Crude oil in New York was little changed after falling yesterday for the first time in four sessions as forecast mild weather and rising inventories eased concern that demand would outpace supplies of heating oil in winter. | 2 |
The Record Labels Attack Kazaa In Australia, That Is The seemingly endless battle over mp3s and filesharing wages on as the largest copyright infringement case in Australian history began yesterday (November 29) in Sydney. | 3 |
Marshall Accepts Invitation to the PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall University Director of Athletics Bob Marcum announced Tuesday that Marshall University has accepted an invitation to play the University of Cincinnati in the PlainsCapital Fort | 1 |
Thumbs Up From Brunei For Largest Free Trade In World The high note which ended the the 10th Asean Summit at the Laotian capital of Vientiane were joined by leaders of Japan, South Korea, India, China, New Zealand and Australia as partners in free trade talks. | 0 |
Merck execs protected in case of takeover NEW YORK - Merck amp; Co. Inc. has adopted a severance benefits plan aimed at protecting key managers in the event the company is taken over - a growing possibility since the withdrawal of arthritis drug Vioxx sent shares tumbling. | 2 |
Phones into Flowers Mobile telephones are one of the most quickly discarded items of consumer electronics. Rapid changes in technology and taste means customers constantly upgrade their phones leaving behind more and more discarded phones. | 3 |
iPaqs turn up the security Security continues to hold steady over software as the third top IT priority, with organizations busy coping with cyber threats, keeping up with software | 3 |
Rowing: Pinsent looks beyond fifth gold towards bright future With characteristic eloquence and humour, the 34-year-old quadruple Olympic rowing champion yesterday announced his widely-predicted decision to retire, thus laying to rest the question that | 1 |
Lobos accept bid to the Emerald Bowl Senior offensive tackle Claude Terrell was the voice of dissent Tuesday in New Mexico #39;s decision to accept a bid to the Emerald Bowl, where the Lobos will try to win a bowl game for the first time in 43 years. | 1 |
Yankees #39; Sheffield has surgery CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Gary Sheffield of the New York Yankees underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder Tuesday. | 1 |
Weather blamed for whale beachings Cyclical weather patterns have driven more than 150 whales and dolphins to become stranded on Australian and New Zealand beaches since the weekend, scientists say. | 0 |
Update 1: Telstra Announces CEO Departure Australia #39;s largest listed company, telecommunications giant Telstra Corp., announced Wednesday that its chief executive will stand down by July 2005 - two years before his contract ends. | 2 |
UPDATE 1-US Air creditors back plan to dump labor contracts Major creditors holding billions in claims on Tuesday supported plans by US Airways (UAIRQ.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) to void labor contracts covering thousands | 2 |
D.C. Council OKs Park for Incoming Expos (AP) AP - The District of Columbia Council approved financing a ballpark for the Washington-bound Expos after voting Tuesday to cap funding at #36;630 million. | 1 |
Cingular to Offer Faster Wireless Service (AP) AP - Cingular Wireless LLC will begin deploying a speedier wireless Internet service next year, a move made possible by the network capacity gained with the recent acquisition of AT amp;T Wireless as Cingular tries to catch up with to catch up with rivals led by Verizon Wireless. | 3 |
NBA to Set New Arena Security Guidelines (AP) AP - The NBA will set new security guidelines for its arenas, exerting more authority over a matter previously left to individual teams, commissioner David Stern said Tuesday. | 1 |
HP Touts Software to Slow Computer Worms (AP) AP - Engineers at Hewlett-Packard Co. are working on "virus-throttling" software that they say could slow the spread of Internet-borne viruses and worms. | 3 |
Allawi to Promote Iraq Election in Jordan (AP) AP - Iraq's interim prime minister went to Jordan on Tuesday for meetings with tribal figures and other influential Iraqis in a bid to encourage Sunni Muslims to participate in the Jan. 30 elections, but he ruled out contacts with insurgent leaders and former members of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime. | 0 |
Bucs Cut Veteran Kicker Martin Gramatica (AP) AP - When the telephone rang, Martin Gramatica was prepared for the news. | 1 |
Lucent, Cingular Ink Wireless Deal (AP) AP - Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a four-year agreement to supply equipment for Cingular Wireless' rollout of its nationwide 3G high-speed wireless data system. | 3 |
Benitez, Giants Agree to Three-Year Deal (AP) AP - Free agent Armando Benitez and the San Francisco Giants agreed Tuesday to a three-year contract worth about #36;21 million, a move that stabilizes the club's closer role that's been in flux since Robb Nen got injured two years ago. | 1 |
Musharraf Remains President, Army Chief (AP) AP - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will keep his dual role as army chief and head of state under legislation enacted Tuesday, despite opposition criticism that he is reneging on an agreement to give up his powerful military role. | 0 |
Ex-McAfee Exec Settles Insider-Trade Case (AP) AP - Criminal charges were filed Tuesday against a former executive at Network Associates Inc., alleging he illegally profited from advance knowledge of a massive sales shortfall in 2000. | 3 |
Boston Headed for Continental Tire Bowl (AP) AP - Boston College missed out on a Bowl Championship Series game thanks to a lopsided loss to Syracuse, so it must settle for the Continental Tire Bowl instead. | 1 |
Chief executive of Australian communications giant to step down (AFP) AFP - Australia's biggest company, the part state-owned telecom Telstra Corp Ltd., announced its chief executive Ziggy Switkowski would step down in 2005, two years short of the end of his contract. | 0 |
Bush Defends Iraq Decisions in Canada (AP) AP - President Bush tried on Tuesday to repair U.S.-Canada relations strained by years of bickering over trade and Iraq, although he stood by policies that have irritated Canadians. | 0 |
Spain Plays Down Canary I. Locust Threat (AP) AP - An estimated 100 million locusts swarmed one of the Canary Islands Tuesday, but the crop-ravaging insects #151; many with only a week to live #151; posed little threat, arriving with missing wings and broken legs after their 60-mile flight from the African mainland. | 3 |
UN Releases Major Report on Reform, Global Threats UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A blue ribbon panel released on Tuesday a landmark report on global threats that insisted the U.N. Security Council approve any "preventive" war, which was not the case when the U.S. invaded Iraq. | 0 |
Why AIDS keeps spreading in Africa A new UN report, marking Wednesday's World AIDS day, estimates that 5 million people this year got HIV. | 0 |
Wireless IP with Sprint, USB, and Kernel 2.6 \\I've blogged before about how to setup your Sprint vision phone with their\mythware (which is a perfect word for 1/2 of Sprints product line) Vision IP\services.\\Most recent phones are capable of acting as a USB modem when connected to your\favorite laptop.\\There are a few tricks involved and its mostly a black art. To that end I'll\quickly review whats necessary to configure Linux 2.6.7 with a Nokia 3588i.\\* Hardware *\\The first step is to get the right hardware. First off don't start with Sprint.\They won't acknowledge that this is even possible. \\The only hardware required is a Sprint connected cell phone with support for\their Vision data service.\\An additional USB cable is req ...\\ | 3 |
Cingular to Upgrade Wireless Data Network WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cingular Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless telephone company, said on Tuesday it would upgrade its network next year to handle high-speed data transmissions. | 3 |
Philadelphia and Verizon Nearing Wireless Agreement Philadelphia and Verizon Communications Inc. were nearing an agreement Tuesday that would allow the city to provide wireless Internet access as a municipal service, even if Gov. Ed Rendell signs legislation to give Verizon the power to pre-empt the project. | 3 |
Siemens to Supply 3Q System to Cingular Siemens Communications Inc. reported Tuesday that it signed a multiyear agreement with Cingular Wireless to develop a third-generation, or 3G, universal mobile telecommunications system. | 3 |
Portugal leader calls early poll Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio is to dissolve parliament and call early elections over a cabinet crisis. | 0 |
Ancestor's DNA code reconstructed Scientists reconstruct part of the genetic code of a 75-million-year-old mammal ancestor. | 3 |
Blunkett faces new visa questions Reports of Home Office letters raise new questions on whether David Blunkett "fast-tracked" a visa for his ex-lover's nanny. | 0 |
Cuban bets on vice Billionaire Mark Cuban isn't content with owning the Dallas Mavericks and running a high-definition TV broadcasting company... | 3 |
Crude oil prices fall on optimism about heating oil supplies Crude oil prices fell Tuesday as traders expected that an upcoming government report would show rising inventories of heating oil. | 2 |
Continental announces succession plans Continental Airlines Tuesday said Jeff Smisek, executive vice president and president-elect, has been elected to its board of directors. | 2 |
DC Council OKs Park for Incoming Expos Washington Mayor Anthony Williams attends the DC Council baseball debate, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta). | 1 |
New Netscape browser supports Internet Explorer America Online today released a preview of a new Netscape browser that is based on the Firefox browser, but also supports Microsoft's Internet Explorer engine. | 3 |
Report: Online shopping sites struggle to keep up with demand Online retail sites struggle to keep up with consumer demand during the first week of the holiday shopping season, according to Internet performance management vendor Keynote Systems Inc. | 3 |
Universities grapple with SSL-busting spyware IT departments at a several universities issued warnings about problems caused by the Marketscore software which promises to speed up Web browsing. | 3 |
Xserve shipments soar 119; trend likely to continue Shipments of Apple Computer's Xserve soared in the third quarter of 2004 by 119 over the same period last year, according to market research firm Gartner Dataquest. | 3 |
HP to release Virus Throttler for Windows in 2005 Hewlett-Packard(HP) is planning to build virus throttling technology into ProLiant servers and ProCurve switches starting in early 2005, an HP executive said Tuesday. | 3 |
Cisco switches add 10GigE features Cisco Systems on Tuesday beefed up its switching portfolio with several new and upgraded switches and systems designed to make 10GigE more affordable, increase availability, boost security, and add power over Ethernet features. | 3 |
New Netscape browser supports Internet Explorer America Online Inc. (AOL) on Tuesday released a preview version of a new Netscape Web browser that is based on the open-source Firefox Web browser, but also supports Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer (IE) browser engine. | 3 |
Gates: Software tycoon to ambassador? PARIS - Is Bill Gates preparing to switch careers, from software architect to ambassador? | 3 |
IBM to market Sybase Linux database IBMand Sybasehave teamed to add support for Sybase's database software on IBM's eServer OpenPower Linux servers. The two companies said they will jointly sell and market their products.<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p><p><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.ifw.general/solaris;sz=1x1;ord=200301151450?" width="1" height="1" border="0"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;12204780;10550054;n?http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;12165994;10522295;g?http://www.sun.com/solaris10">Solaris 10(TM) OS: Position your business ten moves ahead.</a><br/>Solaris 10 OS has arrived and provides even more\reasons for the world's most demanding businesses\to operate on this, the leading UNIX platform.\Like the fact you can run Linux and Solaris applications\side-by-side and run the same OS on SPARC(R),\AMD Opteron(TM), and Intel processor-based systems.\Discover more reasons and how Solaris 10 OS can move\your business ahead today.</p> | 3 |
China Hurries to Animate Its Film Industry With "Thru the Moebius Strip," China is serving notice to the Disneys and Pixars of the world that its day is arriving in the lucrative business of 3-D computer animation. | 3 |
The Guitarist Is Metal. No, Not Heavy Metal. Tuesday's "Robo Recital" at the Juilliard School continues the age-old interaction between composition and technology. | 3 |
India signs prosperity deal with ASEAN VIENTIANE: India and 10 Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday signed a prosperity blueprint focused on plans for a full free-trade area by 2016 and political and security cooperation to combat terrorism. | 0 |
Syria Denies Dropping 'Rabin' Condition for Peace DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria on Tuesday insisted that it had not dropped a demand that Israel stick to a promise said to have been made by late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin to abandon all Syrian land under any peace treaty. | 0 |
Update 2: Telstra Announces Departure of CEO Australia #39;s largest listed company, telecommunications giant Telstra Corp., announced Wednesday that its chief executive will stand down by July 2005 - two years before his contract ends. | 2 |
Rentokil at four-month low after profits warning Rentokil warned yesterday that its profits would fall next year, sending shares in the rat-catching to security firm down by more than 5 per cent to a four-month low. | 2 |
MmO2 links with Japan entertainment service British mobile users will get a chance from next year to access i-mode, the runaway success Japanese entertainment service, after MmO2 yesterday agreed to adopt the technology pioneered by NTT DoCoMo. | 3 |
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