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No time to rest for 49ers #39; Quinn Quinn, the San Francisco 49ers #39; defensive line coach,helps devise the game plan, fine-tunes the starters, teaches the never-ending stream of new linemen the scheme, sneaks in a workout of his own, keeps his pate freshly shaved, checks in with his wife | 1 |
Kenyan to collect Nobel prize Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai is to be presented with the Nobel Peace Prize for 2004 at a ceremony in Oslo. Professor Maathai, also Kenya #39;s deputy environment minister, is the first African woman | 0 |
Space Station Crew May Have to Return Home (AP) AP - Echoing what NASA officials said a day earlier, a Russian space official on Friday said the two-man crew on the international space station could be forced to return to Earth if a planned resupply flight cannot reach them with food supplies later this month. | 3 |
Spam e-mails tempt net shoppers \Computer users continue to ignore warnings about spam and are being lured into buying goods, a report suggests. | 0 |
Spam e-mails tempt net shoppers People continue to ignore warnings about spam and are being lured into buying goods, a report suggests. | 3 |
IBM Product to Challenge Data Storage Leader EMC SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - IBM <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=IBM.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">IBM.N</A> on Friday will take aim at the heart of data storage equipment leader EMC Corp.'s <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=EMC.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">EMC.N</A> market with a product that will allow EMC buyers to switch to IBM. | 3 |
HP Rolls Out Ultra-Low Priced PC in China HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=HPQ.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">HPQ.N</A>, the world's number-two PC maker, said on Friday it has launched a 3,999 yuan (\$483) computer in China, turning up the heat in the intensely competitive market. | 3 |
Yahoo to Begin Testing Desktop Search in January SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. said on Thursday it will begin testing a free desktop search service in early January, following rivals hoping to extend the reach of wildly profitable search-related advertising. | 3 |
Atkins Gets Tech-Savvy to Reach More Dieters LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. dieters will soon be able to count their carbs on mobile phones, the company behind the Atkins Diet said on Thursday. | 3 |
Bomb Blast Kills Six in Pakistan' Quetta -- Police (Reuters) Reuters - At least six people were\killed and nine wounded when a powerful bomb exploded near an\army truck in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta on Friday,\police said. | 0 |
Opec 'ready to agree output cut' Opec looks set to agree a cut in the rampant quota-busting, which its members say has caused oil prices to fall in recent months. | 2 |
Six die in Pakistan bomb blast At least six people die and a number of others are hurt in a bomb explosion in the Pakistani city of Quetta. | 0 |
China #39;s Jet Fuel Supplier Gets Extension SINGAPORE - China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp., the company that supplies most of China #39;s jet fuel, was granted a six-week extension Friday for a restructuring plan following massive trading losses, a company lawyer said. | 2 |
Home loans healthy The share of California homeowners behind on their mortgages in the third quarter slid to the lowest level in 25 years, according to a mortgage industry report. | 2 |
Space crew cuts down food, awaits resupply Astronaut Leroy Chiao is instructed to return by the flight controllers because of a food shortage on the international space station. | 3 |
Desktop search avalanche looming Microsoft, Yahoo and Ask Jeeves are all set to jump into the desktop search space, two months after internet search leader Google offered a test version | 3 |
Most browser pop-ups open to hijack Security researchers have warned of a vulnerability in most web browsers that could let scammers launch phishing attacks from pop-up windows on trusted websites. | 3 |
Edwards, Nugent earn awards LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Michigan #39;s Braylon Edwards took the Biletnikoff Award for best wide receiver, and Ohio State #39;s Mike Nugent won the Lou Groza Award for best kicker when college football #39;s top awards were announced last night. | 1 |
Teenager Answers Charges in Turkey-Throwing Case Striding purposefully but with his head down, Ryan Cushing, the Huntington teenager accused of throwing a turkey that severely injured a passing driver last month, was | 1 |
Planet under Attack, Says Nobel Peace Winner Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai was today set to warn that the planet is under attack from a litany of threats, ranging from disease, deforestation and war, and urge a shift in human thinking to save the earth. | 0 |
SF accused of giving DUP veto over nationalist ministers The SDLP has accused Sinn Fin of giving the Democratic Unionist Party a veto over the decisions of nationalist ministers as part of the deal to restore power-sharing. | 0 |
OPEC Agrees to Stamp Out Excess Supply <p>\</p><p> By Edmund Blair and Barbara Lewis</p><p> CAIRO (Reuters) - OPEC oil producers on Friday agreed to\stamp out excess supply that has lowered world prices from\record highs.</p> | 2 |
OECD Index Dips for U.S., Japan (Reuters) Reuters - The economic outlook for the United\States and Japan weakened slightly in October, but prospects\for the Eurozone improved slightly, according to an early\warning indicator issued by OECD on Friday. | 2 |
Wall St. Expected to Open Slightly Lower LONDON (Reuters) - Wall Street was expected to open slightly lower on Friday but United Technologies Corp. may climb after its chief executive gave an upbeat outlook. | 2 |
OPEC Agrees to Stamp Out Excess Supply CAIRO (Reuters) - OPEC oil producers on Friday agreed to stamp out excess supply that has lowered world prices from record highs. | 2 |
Stocks to Watch on Friday, December 10 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=UTX.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">UTX.N</A>: | 2 |
OECD Index Dips for U.S., Japan PARIS (Reuters) - The economic outlook for the United States and Japan weakened slightly in October, but prospects for the Eurozone improved slightly, according to an early warning indicator issued by OECD on Friday. | 2 |
Pizza chief wants slice of insurance market The businessman, who has made his fortune through investing in pizzas and pubs, is at the head of a consortium buying four closed life insurance businesses, including Pearl Life, for 1 billion from HHG. | 2 |
US wants Dodge SUV, pickup recall Federal safety regulators have told DaimlerChrysler to recall 600,000 of the most popular vehicles on the road -- the Dodge Durango SUV and the Dodge Dakota pickup truck -- due to problems with front-end ball joints. | 2 |
Philips Raises EU550 Mln Selling Atos Origin Shares (Update3) Royal Philips Electronics NV, Europe #39;s largest maker of televisions, raised 550 million euros (\$729 million) by selling more than half of its stake in Atos Origin SA, France #39;s No. | 2 |
Microsoft contests patent infringement decision An appeals court should throw out a \$500m (260m) patent infringement judgement against Microsoft because a lower court failed to recognise that the patent was not invented by the company awarded the money, a Microsoft lawyer claimed yesterday. | 3 |
Sharon moves to form new coalition after crushing opponents of <b>...</b> JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon moved swiftly to forge a national unity government after winning approval to reshape his coalition and crushing internal opposition to his Gaza pullout plan. | 0 |
Torture at Guantanamo Bay Described An Australian detainee held at the American base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has provided a detailed account of torture in a sworn statement. | 0 |
First US commercial flight in 30 years lands in Vietnam HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - The first US passenger jet to fly to Vietnam since the war ended almost 30 years ago landed in Ho Chi Minh City Friday. | 2 |
Sprint, Nextel Shares Up on Merger Talk Shares of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. jumped again on Friday as the telephone companies continued negotiations on a merger that would combine the No. | 2 |
Ford President and Vice-Chairman to retire in February NEW YORK, December 10 (newratings.com) - Ford Motor Company (FMC1.FSE) announced yesterday the resignation of its president, Sir Nicholas V Scheele, and Vice-Chairman, Allan Gilmour, early next year. | 2 |
US Consumer Sentiment Up in December US consumer sentiment rose in early December, according to a survey released on Friday, as consumers reacted positively to lower prices at the gas pump. | 2 |
Mobile Phone Users Double Since 2000 Worldwide mobile phone subscribers totalled nearly 1.5 billion by the middle of this year (about one quarter of the world #39;s population), according to the International Telecommunication Union. | 2 |
No sequel to Shrek 2 until 2007 Ogre-sized fans of Shrek 3 will have to wait a bit longer as it #39;s been delayed for six months until 2007. The change of release was ordered by film bosses at the Dreamworks studio. | 2 |
Winn-Dixie forces out president In a surprise shake-up, struggling supermarket chain Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. of Jacksonville forced out president and chief executive Frank Lazaran and named Peter L. Lynch, a former Albertsons Inc. | 2 |
General Motors Europe to axe 12,000 jobs General Motors (GM) is following through with plans to axe 12,000 jobs in the loss-making European division as the car giant bids to trim operating costs by 350 million-a-year. | 2 |
Southwest Air Outlines Bid Southwest Airlines (LUV:NYSE - news - research) Friday said it will offer more than \$100 for certain assets of ATA Holdings #39; (ATAHQ:Nasdaq - news - research)ATA Airlines in a forthcoming bankruptcy court auction. | 2 |
Airbus to sell A350 as rival to Boeing Dreamliner Airbus has been given the go-ahead by its shareholders EADS and BAE Systems to market the A350, a new wide-body aircraft that will be a direct rival to Boeings 7E7 Dreamliner. | 2 |
Ameritrade customer trading up 26 pct in Nov. Online brokerage Ameritrade Holding Corp. (AMTD.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday that customer stock trading activity surged 26 percent during November, and has risen | 2 |
Agency seeks recall of 600,000 Dodge trucks WASHINGTON - Federal safety regulators want 600,000 Dodge Durangos and Dakota trucks recalled because their wheels could fall off, but the auto maker doesnt believe the defect is dangerous, a company spokesman said. | 2 |
Introgen Sells Additional Shares Introgen Therapeutics Inc. reported Friday that it raised an additional \$7.8 million from the same European institutional investors with whom it placed shares Wednesday. | 2 |
Disease risk stops Falluja return Sewage and rabid animals are hindering the return of refugees to the battered Iraqi city, the US military says. | 0 |
Thomson to Back Both Blu-ray and HD-DVD Company, one of the core backers of Blu-ray, will also support its rival format. Thomson, one of the core backers of the Blu-ray Disc format for high-definition video discs, plans to offer players supporting | 3 |
Napster and Dwango Sign Deal for Mobile Ringtones The Napster Mobile service will launch in the US and Canada in 2005 and will utilize a special Napster interface. Users will be able to download ringtones and earn credits redeemable on Napster PC-based service at the same time. | 3 |
ISS Crew Counts Calories as Food Supply Runs Low With food stores running low, the two astronauts living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are cutting back their meal intake and awaiting a critical cargo delivery expected to arrive on Dec. 25. | 3 |
Yahoo! Enters Desktop Search Realm December 10, 2004. Making clear its intention to stay a player in the search wars, Yahoo! announced plans this morning to introduce a free, high-speed desktop search tool after the first of the year. | 3 |
NASA telescopes finds dust rings around planet-bearing stars For the first time, scientists have found rings of dust around planet-bearing stars an important confirmation of theories about how planets form, NASA has announced. | 3 |
UC researchers discover deep tremors under San Andreas Fault BERKELEY, Calif. Scientists at UC Berkeley say tremors deep under the San Andreas Fault may help them predict future earthquakes. The head of the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory says the tremors were detected | 3 |
Sony Says All Systems Go for PSP Launch Handheld gaming device debuts in Japan this weekend, but won #39;t be available in US until next year. Sony Computer Entertainment is ready for the long-awaited launch of its PSP (PlayStation Portable) device | 3 |
Monkeys stock their tool-kit MONKEYS use tools to dig up roots, crack seeds and dig insects from holes in trees, scientists have found, contradicting the traditional idea that humans are nature #39;s only tool-makers. | 3 |
Cisco turns 20 When Cisco Systems unveiled its latest and greatest network router in May, it trumpeted the event as a watershed. Having grown from start-up to industry behemoth over the past two decades, the company claimed | 3 |
-Posted by dan.farber 7:29 am (PDT) Ross Mayfield has an interesting take on the Lenovo/IBM deal and bringing open source to the desktop in his blog... I believe their commoditization strategy is more than hardware. | 3 |
British GP: Good news for Silverstone, bad news for Goodwood In his infinite wisdom, Bernie Ecclestone has rescheduled the 2005 British Grand Prix in order that it does not clash with the Men #39;s Final at Wimbledon. | 1 |
Els suffers home course humbling Tournament favourite Ernie Els endured a nightmare run on the back nine on Friday to slide down the leaderboard at the Dunhill Championship. | 1 |
Wenger keeps Arsenals keepers, unsure about Ljungberg on Sunday Arsenals manager Arsene Wenger assured of his faith in both keepers Jens Lehmann and Manuel Almunia two days before Sunday #39;s match against Chelsea at Highbury. | 1 |
Hughes still has master #39;s touch BRADLEY HUGHES returned to Huntingdale after a six-year hiatus to remind everyone why he was once considered the next big thing of Australian golf. | 1 |
Battle for supremacy A coherent argument can usually be made in support of the view that the World Cup doesn #39;t really begin until the knock-out stages get going. | 1 |
Major salary rollback offered by players union One professional hockey player says the NHL players #39; association offer to end a lockout is a lot of money out of a guy #39;s pocket to be giving up. | 1 |
Pacer-turned-spinner Kumble betters Kapil #39;s 434-wkt tally (PROFILE <b>...</b> Sports India, Cricket: New Delhi, Dec 10 : For a person, who bowled fast before switching to leg-spin, Anil Kumble has travelled a long way to become India #39;s top wicket taker in Tests Friday taking his 435th scalp against Bangladesh. | 1 |
Moyes insists nothing changed despite Everton revolution Few would have believed that Everton would enter Saturday #39;s 200th Merseyside derby with Liverpool seeking second place in the premier league. | 1 |
O #39;Rourke more then stats and hairstyles Soccer is a sport with a field 80 yards wide by 120 yards long, and 22 players running for 90 minutes. Often times the only players that stand out are the ones that put up #39;big #39; numbers, scoring goals and setting up others. | 1 |
Taiwan poll to shape China ties Taiwan votes on Saturday to choose a new parliament in a ballot that could shape its future relations with China. | 0 |
NATO will enlarge Iraq training mission BRUSSELS The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed 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 countries that | 0 |
Pakistan bomb kills at least 10 At least 10 people have been killed and at least 18 others wounded after a bomb exploded near an army truck in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, police and hospital sources say. | 0 |
US changes course to back Annan THE US has switched direction on the future of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, announcing yesterday it supported his tenure and was not calling for his resignation. | 0 |
Darfur talks to seek political deal amid fighting Sudanese officials and Darfur rebels arrived in Nigeria on Friday for talks on a political deal to end two years of conflict in the vast desert region which observers say is slipping deeper into chaos. | 0 |
Erdogan Rebuffs EU Plea for Gesture on Cyprus Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan rebuffed a European Commission plea on Friday to make a gesture toward recognition of Cyprus before EU leaders decide next week on opening membership talks with Ankara. | 0 |
Taking the peace #39;should #39;. This year they seem to have foundered on a photograph. In 2003, Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams said the Provisional | 0 |
Iraqi kidnappers release South Asian hostages Kidnappers have released two truck drivers, one from Bangladesh and the other from Sri Lanka, after holding them hostage in Iraq for more than a month. | 0 |
Israeli fire 'kills girl' in Gaza A Palestinian girl is reported killed by Israeli fire, hours after mortars aimed at a Jewish enclave hurt four. | 0 |
Wholesale Prices Rise in November Wholesale prices climbed by 0.5 percent in November -- an improvement compared with the previous month's surge, but still fresh evidence that inflation is picking up as the economy gains momentum. | 2 |
Agency Seeks Recalls of Durango, Dakota Federal safety regulators want 600,000 Dodge Durangos and Dakota trucks recalled because their wheels could fall off, but the auto maker doesn't believe the defect is dangerous, a company spokesman said. | 2 |
Delphi to Cut 8,500 Jobs Delphi Corp., the world's largest automotive supplier, said Friday it would cut 8,500 jobs next year. | 2 |
BT board rejig follows Danon exit BT finance chief Ian Livingston will replace former retail head Paul Danon at the UK telecoms giant, the company announces. | 2 |
France to launch global TV news The French prime minister says a French-language satellite TV news channel will be launched next year. | 2 |
2D Metal Slug offers retro fun Like some drill sergeant from the past, Metal Slug 3 is a wake-up call to today's gamers molly-coddled with slick visuals and fancy trimmings. | 3 |
The Three Kings of Wireless One way or the other, the U.S. wireless phone industry is headed for further consolidation. Reports yesterday that Nextel and Sprint are in merger talks had Wall Street swooning and consumer advocates worrying. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT> | 3 |
Illicit Cameraphone Clicks Could Mean Jail Camera phones may make great Christmas gifts, but people better not use them for peeping-Tom photos on federal property. | 3 |
Microsoft Helps in Bogus Degrees Case Some sleuthing by software giant Microsoft Corp. helped track down two brothers who authorities say sold bogus college degrees over the Internet, including an MBA that was issued to a housecat. | 3 |
Terrorists Explore Lasers as Weapons, U.S. Warns Federal officials are concerned that terrorists could try to down aircraft by blinding pilots with laser beams during landing approaches. | 3 |
Kit Automates Holiday Lights It's a chore that can quickly chill the warmth of the holiday season: Trudging outside each winter night to unplug the lights, deflate the blowup snowman and shut off the rest of the outdoor extravaganza. | 3 |
Plight of India's tribal peoples India's drive to adopt a western economic model is threatening those who make their living from the jungle. | 3 |
Hockey labour talks to continue next week Toronto - Thursday #39;s meeting between the NHL and the NHL Players #39; Association wrapped up after nearly four hours with the two sides agreeing to meet again. | 1 |
Philip Morris Hikes Cigarette Prices (Reuters) Reuters - Philip Morris USA cut wholesale\discounts on its best-selling Marlboro cigarettes and three\other brands, a spokeswoman said on Friday, effectively raising\prices for the first time in more than two-and-a-half years. | 2 |
Blast kills 10 in southwestern Pakistan At least 10 people were killed and 21 others wounded in a powerful bomb blast Friday in Quetta, capital of Pakistan #39;s southwestern Baluchistan province, state-run Pakistan TV reported. | 0 |
Legal Fight Menaces Aircraft Debt Ratings (Reuters) Reuters - Standard Poor's on Friday said\ratings on about #36;30 billion of aircraft-backed debt could be\threatened if creditors lost a legal dispute with bankrupt UAL\Corp. unit United Airlines over the right to\repossess aircraft. | 2 |
Southwest to enter bidding for bankrupt ATA DALLAS - Southwest Airlines Co. says it is bidding at least \$100 million for gates at Chicago #39;s Midway Airport and other assets of ATA Airlines Inc. | 2 |
Thomson Hedges Bets, Supports HD-DVD and Blu-ray Media giant Thomson announced today that it is supporting both next-generation DVD formats, and will manufacture both HD DVD and Blu-ray DVD disks through its Camarillo-based Technicolor business. | 3 |
Three firms to bid for Yukos unit Two little-known firms will join Russia gas monopoly Gazprom in the auction for the key unit of stricken oil giant Yukos, federal authorities say. | 2 |
Sun executive reveals NAS strategy Sun Microsystems plans to beef up its NAS (network-attached storage) product line with support for utility computing and its new zettabyte file system (ZFS), according to an executive of the company's network storage products group. | 3 |
In Brief: Cisco acquires startup BCN Systems Cisco Systems has finalized an agreement to purchase privately held BCN Systems, a provider of networking software design. Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay approximately \$34 million in cash for BCN. The price could increase by as much as \$122 million if BCN meets certain development and product milestones. BCN's architecture will be incorporated across Cisco's broad routing portfolio and will support Cisco's delivery of next-generation data, voice, and video services over a converged network. | 3 |
Vodafone to link with Boeing in-flight Internet Vodafone Group will start Internet roaming trials this month with Connexion by Boeing, The Boeing Co.'s in-flight broadband Internet service, the companies said Thursday. | 3 |
2005 to be the busiest season ever The FIA have confirmed an unprecedented 19-race schedule for the 2005 Formula One season. All of the 2004 races have been retained, with Turkey joining the calendar for the first time. | 1 |
Kumble delight over record feat Anil Kumble was thrilled after becoming the leading Indian Test wicket-taker on the first day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka. | 1 |
Indiana soccer coach tries to extend Yeagley #39;s legacy CARSON, Calif. Indiana University #39;s men #39;s soccer team goes up against third-seeded Maryland in a semifinal of the NCAA Men #39;s College Cup tonight in Carson, California. | 1 |
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