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Researchers warn laptop users of infertility risk A combination of the heat generated by a laptop and the position of the thighs needed to balance it leads to higher temperatures that can be dangerous to a man's reproductive health. | 3 |
Oracle boosts content management in the enterprise Oracle yesterday launched its Files 10g content management software, which is part of the Oracle Collaboration Suite product line. | 3 |
Q A Part 1: Cisco's John Chambers at company's 20-year mark Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of Cisco Systems, and the company's CEO, John Chambers, took the time this week to talk about where his company has been, mistakes it has made and where it's going now. | 3 |
Mobile phone users double since 2000 Mobile phone subscribers around the globe totaled nearly 1.5 billion by the middle of this year, about one quarter of the world's population, according to the International Telecommunication Union. | 3 |
French government to cut stake in Air France-KLM The French government entrusted Thursday two banks, Dutch bank ABN Amro and Societe Generale of France, to place shares on the market for best offers to cut state stake in | 2 |
IBM Halts Pension Plan for New Hires IBM (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) will offer future employees a 401(k) pension plan instead of a fixed pension, the company said on Thursday, backing away from | 2 |
Harley Boss To Retire According to CBS Marketwatch, Harley-Davidson Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Bleustein said today that he will hand over chief-executive duties to CFO James Ziemer on April 30, 2005. | 2 |
Vulnerability allows scammers to hijack pop-ups Security researchers warned today of a vulnerability in most Web browsers that could allow scammers to launch phishing attacks from pop-up windows on trusted Web sites. | 3 |
IBM looks to keep customers after PC division sale After agreeing to sell its PC division to China's Lenovo Group, IBM now faces the task of keeping its corporate and government customers from abandoning its standard-setting brand. | 3 |
More DS Units for Japan Nintendo will ship 400,000 More DS units for Japan, bringing the total to an impressive 2.8 million by the year #39;s end. Also included is a potentially disturbing but familiar quote from Iwata! | 3 |
Lycos pulls anti-spam screensaver after virus scare Lycos Europe has axed the distribution of a controversial screensaver designed to target websites that profit from spam, claiming that the company has made its point. | 3 |
EU wants to make Internet safe for children The European Union has launched a 45 million euro (\$60 million) plan to protect children from pornography and racist sites when they surf the Internet. | 3 |
Gerrard strikes mighty blow Steven Gerrard #39;s glorious strike against Olympiakos on Wednesday night was so good that Sven-Goran Eriksson watched countless reruns of it in his Soho Square office yesterday. | 1 |
Cheetham shadows Els Bruce McDonald, a little-known Zimbabwean, took the first-round lead on 66 in the European Tour #39;s Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club. | 1 |
Don #39;t count out Tiger just yet And now for a shipment direct from the Department of Inevitable Results: Tiger Woods, the reinvention. Oh, not the marriage, which some would take to redefine Woods as a man on the grow for | 1 |
Wasghington to be criticized at UN climate change summit in Buenos <b>...</b> Over 1500 experts and politicians from 189 countries discuss global warming scenario after Russia ratified the Kyoto Protocol. Bush is the main target of delegates for his anti-ecological policy. | 0 |
Microsoft readies Windows Server 2003 R2 beta SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. has started recruiting testers for the first beta of Windows Server 2003 R2, an update to Windows Server that the vendor plans to ship in October next year. | 3 |
China's Huawei deploys its first U.S. mobile network Chinese network equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies is beginning to make inroads into the U.S. mobile telecommunications market about three years after establishing a subsidiary here. | 3 |
Sprint: No comment on reported Nextel merger talks WASHINGTON - Rumored merger talks between Sprint and Nextel Communications Thursday were met with a "no comment" from Sprint.<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 |
Microsoft to court: Eolas didn't invent patented tech WASHINGTON - An appeals court should throw out a half-billion-dollar patent infringement judgment against Microsoft Corp. because a lower court failed to recognize that the Web browsing patent was based on a technology that was not invented by the company awarded the money, a Microsoft lawyer argued Thursday. | 3 |
Fraud, Feds top concerns as CSOs meet in New York NEW YORK - The explosive growth in online fraud and the impact of tough new federal regulations were on the minds of information security executives who gathered in New York Tuesday for the second annual CSO Interchange, a gathering of chief security officers (CSOs). | 3 |
Researcher Warns Male Laptop Users of Infertility Risk Heat generated by notebook use may harm reproductive health, study says. | 3 |
Search Engine Inclusion Techniques on Google Search Engine Inclusion Techniques on Google \\Over the years of its existence Google gained a well-deserved reputation as the top choice for internet users. Providing a comprehensive coverage of the web and returning searched queries with great relevancy in less than a second, Google certainly is the internet rsquo;s ... | 3 |
Google Making Nearly \$.10 on Every Search Query Google Making Nearly \$.10 on Every Search Query\\John Battelle's Search Blog picked this up the other day from a blogger who dissected Google's public revenue records to come to the conclusion that Google earns about \$.09 per every search query - a hefty return. With the average cost per click ... | 3 |
How Web Design Can Affect Search Engine Rankings How Web Design Can Affect Search Engine Rankings\\Uniquely built web sites can create unique issues when being promoted on the search engines. From a basic 3 page brochure site to a corporate site with hundreds of dynamically generated pages, every web site needs to have certain design aspects in order ... | 3 |
First US commercial flight to Vietnam since fall of Saigon takes <b>...</b> SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A United Airlines jumbo jet took off from San Francisco at the start of the historic first US commercial flight to Vietnam since the fall of Saigon nearly 30 years ago. | 2 |
Jobless Claims Up, Import Prices Gain US jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week in more worrying news for the labor market, government data showed on Thursday, while other indicators offered more positive signals for the economy. | 2 |
Oracle #39;s Ellison taunts 49ers owners Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison aimed his famously barbed tongue outside the technology industry Wednesday, taunting the owners of the San Francisco 49ers for refusing to sell the quot;worst team in football. | 2 |
Wireless Internet Siemens Sets Wireless Data Speed Record In order to achieve the speed of one gigabit per second, Siemens combined an quot;intelligent antenna system quot; consisting of three transmitting and four receiving antennas with Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing. | 3 |
EU Wants to Make Internet Safe for Children The European Union has launched a 45 million euro (\$60 million) plan to protect children from pornography and racist sites when they surf the Internet. | 3 |
Charges Have Been Filed In NBA Brawl It #39;s official, the notorious brawl last month between the Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons and some fans has resulted in criminal charges. | 1 |
Buckeyes screwed over by postseason ban Members of the new Ohio State basketball staff have worked on fixing their current team for nearly six months. From the outside, it hasn #39;t seemed that long, but it probably felt like a year or more to the | 1 |
Asian Stocks Fall in US, Led by Technology Shares; HDFC Drops Asian stocks fell in US trading after Xilinx Inc. and Altera Corp., the largest makers of programmable computer chips, cut their sales forecasts. | 2 |
US airline launches first commerical flight to Vietnam since war America #39;s United Airlines has launched the first daily flight service to Vietnam from the United States since 1975. The flight represents the first such service by an American air carrier since the end of | 2 |
Eagles' Westbrook Turning Into Elite Back (AP) AP - No matter how Brian Westbrook gets the ball, he's a threat to score every time he touches it. | 1 |
Space Diet: Space Station Crew Ordered To Cut Calories CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The crew of the international space station has been ordered to cut calories because the food supply is running low. | 3 |
Denver's Rodney White Suspended by NBA (AP) AP - Denver Nuggets forward Rodney White was suspended without pay for one game by the NBA on Thursday for pleading guilty to unlawful possession of a weapon. | 1 |
Wizards go up for sale Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - Lamar Hunt appears ready to get out of Major League Soccer and sever ties with the Kansas City Wizards. | 1 |
Moral clarity blurs in Darfur crisis Talks between Sudan #39;s government and two rebel groups to resolve the nearly two-year battle resume Friday. By Abraham McLaughlin Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. | 0 |
Same-sex couples across Canada rejoice at Supreme Court ruling (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Rev. Barbara McDowall and her wife, Gail Donnelly, say all they ever wanted was the right to walk down the aisle just like any other couple in love. | 0 |
Jobless Claims Up, Import Prices Gain WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week in more worrying news for the labor market, government data showed on Thursday, while other indicators offered more positive signals for the economy. | 2 |
US Air Needs Cuts to Entice Investors ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - US Airways Group Inc. probably will need more cost cuts or a boost in revenue to attract the \$250 million in equity it says it needs to leave bankruptcy next year, the company said on Thursday. | 2 |
Stocks Up Amid Talk of Sprint/Nextel Deal NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Thursday as investors bet on a year-end rally, while talk of a possible merger by telecommunications companies Sprint Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=FON.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">FON.N</A> and Nextel Communications Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NXTL.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">NXTL.O</A> fueled buying. | 2 |
Vanguard Closes \$5.3 Billion Energy Fund NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Vanguard Group said on Thursday it has implemented a temporary "cooling-off" closure period for its \$5.3 billion Energy Fund, effective immediately. | 2 |
IBM Halts Pension Plan for New Hires SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - IBM <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=IBM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">IBM.N</A> will offer future employees a 401(k) pension plan instead of a fixed pension, the company said on Thursday, backing away from a controversial policy that reduced retirement payouts and stirred employee ire. | 2 |
US Air Needs Cuts to Entice Investors (Reuters) Reuters - US Airways Group Inc. probably\will need more cost cuts or a boost in revenue to attract the\ #36;250 million in equity it says it needs to leave bankruptcy\next year, the company said on Thursday. | 2 |
When Picky Analysts Pick (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - Back and forth. Back. And forth. No, this isn't baseline tennis. It's the Dow Jones industrial average, which has generally been stuck in a trading range--9000 to 10,500--for the past five years. "While the Fed is as accommodative as it's been since the late 1970s," says Brian Wesbury, chief economist at Griffin, Kubik, Stephens amp; Thompson, "potential inflation could really knock earnings growth down to single digits." The market might get stuck in a trading range for a few years more. | 2 |
DreamWorks Animation turns around in 3rd quarter LOS ANGELES: Animated film studio DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc reported on Wednesday a profit from a year-earlier loss in its first earnings period since the company went public in October. | 2 |
STOCKS amp; BONDS Rising Dollar Helps Shares Gain Despite Higher Oil <b>...</b> By The Associated Press. Investors resumed their December rally yesterday, looking past higher oil prices and focusing instead on building up their portfolios before the end of the year. | 2 |
US Stocks, Dollar, Oil Rise, Bonds Slip US stocks rose on investors #39; hopes for a year-end rally, while the dollar eked out gains and oil advanced again on Thursday as OPEC ministers supported supply cuts by applying official output quotas. | 2 |
AmWest passes up bid to buy bankrupt ATA assets PHOENIX America West Airlines has backed away from a potential bidding war for bankrupt ATA Airlines, paving the way for AirTran to take over ATA operations. | 2 |
Oracle CEO: Data Hubs Would Have Prevented 9/11 (12/09/04)Oracle CEO Larry Ellison feels strongly about unified data hubs. In fact, he thinks the biggest terrorist attack in the United States could have been prevented if intelligence officials | 2 |
Canada needs more efficient financial system: Bank of Canada <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - There is a perception in international financial circles that Canadian markets are the quot;Wild West quot; and it hurts Canadian companies when they try to raise money abroad, Bank of Canada governor David Dodge said Thursday. | 2 |
EU competition chief charges into the fray BRUSSELS Neelie Kroes came out swinging Thursday in her first public appearance as Europe #39;s new competition commissioner, blocking a merger in the energy industry and slapping fines on three chemical companies for running a cartel. | 2 |
#39;Best #39; ratings a response to rising costs, safety concerns SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The magazine known for evaluating cars and electronics is setting its sights on finding the best value and quality of prescription drugs on the market. | 2 |
US Air Needs Cuts to Entice Investors US Airways Group Inc. probably will need more cost cuts or a boost in revenue to attract the \$250 million in equity it says it needs to leave bankruptcy next year, the company said on Thursday. | 2 |
PalmSource To Release Linux Version Of Palm OS After completing their purchase of mobile phone company China MobileSoft, PalmSource indicated a Linux version of their software would soon be available. | 3 |
Worldwide Technology Nintendo Triples Shipment Forecast Previous forecasts projected that shipments of Nintendo #39;s new DS handheld would reach 1 million by year end. However, during Thanksgiving week, the company sold half a million of the devices | 3 |
Universal browser hole a gift for scammers Security have warned about a new Web browser security hole which could allow scammers to launch phishing attacks from pop-up windows on trusted websites. | 3 |
Major Vendors Explore Grid Frontiers While grid computing vendors Sun and IBM are taking the reins of the utility computing market, the competition is collaborating to provide proof-of-concept projects to improve and showcase their services and offerings. | 3 |
Hughes moves into lead after completing first round Two-time champion Bradley Hughes of Australia shot an 8-under 64 to take a two-stroke lead at the Australian Masters on Friday, one day after the opening round was suspended by rain. | 1 |
Carter out at least two games with Achilles #39; injury) TORONTO Toronto Raptors guard Vince Carter will miss at least two games because of a strained left Achilles #39; tendon. Carter was injured in the second half in last night #39;s 90-to-86 overtime loss at Detroit. | 1 |
Govt okays Chittagong matches The government has advised the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to go ahead with the matches in Chittagong on the basis of its security teams report, Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Navtej Sarna announced today. | 1 |
UPDATE 1-Van der Vaart stripped of Ajax captaincy Dutch international Rafael van der Vaart was stripped of the Ajax Amsterdam captaincy on Thursday after he refused to play out of position in the Champions League game against Bayern Munich. | 1 |
Wizards Suspend Kwame Brown Washington, DC -- Former No. 1 overall pick Kwame Brown has been suspended by the Washington Wizards for conduct detrimental to the team. | 1 |
White House expresses confidence in embattled Annan UNITED NATIONS, New York: The Bush administration on Thursday eased the pressure it had been putting on Secretary General Kofi Annan since American calls for his resignation, saying for the first time that it had faith in him and did not want to see him | 0 |
Despite 6 refusals, NATO will increase Iraq training staff BRUSSELS The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed on Thursday to enlarge from 60 to 300 the number of personnel stationed in Baghdad to train Iraqi soldiers, but not before there was a contentious discussion with the foreign ministers of six | 0 |
Indian sensitivities in mind: Rumsfeld NEW DELHI: Manmohan said India would address all issues with Pakistan, provided General Pervez Musharraf stuck to his commitment to stop terrorism against India. | 0 |
IRA Will Disarm Under One Condition In the final talks of negotiations between the Anglo-Irish drive for a peaceful Northern Ireland the IRA guerrillas said on Thursday that they would never be humiliated by photographing their actual disarmaments. | 0 |
Explosions Rattle Italian Embassy in Iraq A number of mortar shells have exploded near the Italian embassy in Baghdad, Defence Minister Antonio Martino said. quot;Several mortar shells fell about 50 metres from the embassy but there were no Italian victims, quot; he said in Rome on Thursday. | 0 |
PeopleSoft Stock Nears Peak on Reports (Reuters) Reuters - Shares of PeopleSoft Inc.\ traded near a one-year high on Thursday after analysts\raised their earnings outlooks for the business software maker,\which continues to fight a #36;9.2 billion hostile takeover bid by\Oracle Corp. . | 3 |
Burress Out for Sunday Showdown with Jets PITTSBURGH (Sports Network) - Steelers wide receiver Plaxico Burress' injured hamstring will keep him out for a third straight game when Pittsburgh welcomes the New York Jets to town Sunday. | 1 |
Democrats Must Do More for Hispanic Votes (AP) AP - The Democratic Party has neglected Hispanic voters for a decade and risks severe election losses unless it changes course, Hispanic lawmakers wrote party leaders Thursday. | 0 |
Heath Miller Wins Mackey Award as Top Tight End ORLANDO, Fla. (Sports Network) - Heath Miller of Virginia was named the winner of the John Mackey Award as the nation's top tight end. | 1 |
Shrimp Imports Tightened to Save Turtles (AP) AP - Sea turtles stand to gain protection from accidental killings through a new federal policy announced Thursday to require stricter documentation on imports of shrimp and shrimp products. | 3 |
A new weapon against 'cell yell' Ever want to growl "shhhhhh!" to someone who's talking way too loudly on a cell phone? Rather than cause a scene, why not express your sentiments in a card? Missing Links | 3 |
Mexico's Fox on Warpath Against Congress, City MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Vicente Fox, often criticized as a paper cowboy for a tame performance in four years as Mexican president, is now in a showdown with Congress and Mexico City's popular mayor and at odds with Washington. | 0 |
Court Orders Record Payout for Guatemala Massacre GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - An international court has ordered Guatemala to pay a record sum of almost \$8 million in compensation to survivors of a 1982 army-led massacre of hundreds of civilians in the country's Maya Indian heartland. | 0 |
Stocks: Shares rise on National Semiconductor profit NEW YORK US stocks were little changed Thursday, recovering earlier losses after an upbeat earnings report from the chip maker National Semiconductor sparked some buying. | 2 |
America West won #39;t bid for ATA ATA Airlines Inc. #39;s future will fall to one of three bidders Friday while a fourth contender, America West Airlines canceled its buyout interest Thursday. | 2 |
Sun Capital, TDR Buy HHG Units for 1.03 Bln Pounds (Update3) Sun Capital Partners Inc. and TDR Capital LLP, private equity buyout firms, agreed to pay 1.03 billion pounds (\$1.98 billion) for HHG Plc #39;s UK-based life insurance units, their first investment in the industry. | 2 |
Premier splashes out 70m on custard bid Bird #39;s Custard and Angel Delight have been sold for 70m to Premier Foods, the group which owns Ambrosia rice pudding and Rowntree #39;s jelly. | 2 |
Nintendo DS Soars Sales of Nintendos new and controversial, handheld gaming system Nintendo DS are above analysts - and Nintendos -xpectations. | 3 |
Food supply running low for space station crew CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Food is running so low aboard the international space station the two crewmen have been instructed to cut back on calories, at least until a Russian supply ship arrives in a little over two weeks, NASA said Thursday. | 3 |
Space Telescopes Spy Dusty Debris of Planets Planet-building is dusty work, and now two space telescopes have captured images of cosmic construction materials: disks of dust circling stars about the same size as our sun. | 3 |
Novell tightens Netline partnership Novell has extended a partnership to sell software for e-mail and other server functions from Netline Internet Service, the companies said Thursday. | 3 |
iPod buzz reaches fever pitch The buzz over Apple Computer #39;s next iPod music player has reached a fevered pitch after one web site posted details and a mock up drawing of the new device, which stores | 3 |
EU Telecoms Council Promotes Safer Internet Use Safer Internet Plus, the four-year program proposed by the European Commission in March, will have a budget of \$60 million to combat illegal and harmful Web content. | 3 |
Chelsea refuse to abandon pursuit of 35m Gerrard STEVEN GERRARD appeared to nail his colours to the Liverpool mast when he inspired his team to reach the knockout phase of the Champions League, but Roman Abramovich is steady in his belief that | 1 |
Williams vs Klitschko: When A Comet Crashes Into A Tower 09.12.04 - By Janne Romppainen: Unlike many perhaps expected beforehand, in the year 2004 the heavyweight division has given the fans plenty of interesting fights. | 1 |
Montgomerie, Woods, Furyk in three-way tie Colin Montgomerie was thrilled to get an invitation from Tiger Woods to play in his year-end tournament with 15 of the best players in golf. | 1 |
Kent joins Dodgers for two years CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Los Angeles Dodgers landed a dandy Thursday in free-agent infielder Jeff Kent. Kent, 36, agreed to a two-year contract, but financial terms were not disclosed. | 1 |
English league sets standard for European elite HAVING produced only one European Cup finalist in the last 19 seasons, England can suddenly claim pre-eminence in the games elite club competition with four teams through to the first knock-out round. | 1 |
NHLPA #39;s proposal a small step in right direction Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman acknowledged Thursday that one segment of the latest proposal from the players #39; union was significant, but stressed that much more lies ahead in solving the league #39;s fiscal problems. | 1 |
NBA skips arbitration hearing on brawl suspensions (AFP) AFP - National Basketball Association players union leaders met with an arbitrator to have suspensions from a brawl between players and fans reduced but league officials did not participate. | 1 |
Likud Panel Backs Sharon #39;s Plan for Coalition Government Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won an important victory within his party today that greatly improves the likelihood his faltering government will survive and proceed with a plan | 0 |
At risk: 1,000,000,000 of the world #39;s children They are a billion strong. Diseased, malnourished, uneducated, they are a people on the run from wars that take the lives of their brothers and sisters. | 0 |
Palestinian nonviolence may bring more than weapons did This would appear to be an appropriate time to discuss the potential for Palestinian nonviolence and its ramifications for Israel. | 0 |
Sportsview: Soccer Stars Will Be Missed (AP) AP - Hers was the game that launched a thousand kicks, then tens of thousands, then millions, a rare blend of brains, beauty and hard-nosed grace that redefined what it meant to play like a girl. | 1 |
Making Over Motorola (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - Edward Zander always wanted to be in charge. After 25 years in high technology, including five years as a prominent second banana at Sun Microsystems, Zander got his wish. In January he became chief executive at Motorola, a fallen angel of mobile communications. It used to own the business. It doesn't anymore. | 2 |
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