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Next step towards military #39;normality #39; APART from the decision to relax the 1976 military exports embargo, Japan #39;s National Defence Program Outline is not a revolutionary document. | 0 |
PayPal and Apple iTunes link-up Payment system Paypal announces a tie-up with Apple's iTunes as it continues to secure new business with online retailers. | 2 |
Safety Regulators Want Recall of Durango, Dakota Trucks Federal safety regulators and DaimlerChrysler are sparring over a problem with Dodge Durango and Dakota trucks. The government believes the defect could lead to wheels falling off and wants a recall, but the company says the problem isn't that serious. | 2 |
Vodafone faces US lockout if Sprint merges VODAFONE faces losing its last opportunity to gain an independent foothold in the US as the bidding war for Sprint, Americas top US mobile operator, heats up. | 2 |
First US flight in 30 years is good morning for Vietnam THE first commercial flight between the United States and Vietnam since their war 30 years ago landed yesterday to open a new chapter of cultural and economic exchange between the former foes. | 2 |
US and EU trade war to flare up again as Airbus takes on Boeing ROBERT ZOELLICK, the United States Trade representative, suggested last night that talks to settle the EU-US trade dispute surrounding subsidies paid to Boeing and | 2 |
So who ate all the pies in space? IN SPACE no one can hear you raid the fridge. So the astronauts on the International Space Station orbiting the Earth have found that, despite careful calorie counting, they are running out of food. | 3 |
Diamondbacks stay active by signing Ortiz The Arizona Diamondbacks kept busy Friday, signing free-agent pitcher Russ Ortiz to a four-year deal a day after agreeing to terms with third baseman Troy Glaus. | 1 |
Landmark eight-year ban for US sprinter MICHELLE COLLINS, of the United States, the former world indoor 200 metres champion, was suspended for eight years yesterday for drug abuse in a landmark ruling in the fight against doping. | 1 |
New York bid for Olympic gold tarnished by battle of the titans NEW YORKS rush to build an Olympic stadium has provoked a clash between the citys billionaire mayor and a multimillionaire cable television tycoon that has thrown the Big Apples bid for the 2012 Games into jeopardy. | 1 |
McGrady puts on finish for the ages against Spurs Tracy McGrady needed only 35 seconds to turn a sure loss into an improbable win and a listless 20-point night into one of the league #39;s most memorable clutch performances. | 1 |
You know the Bears got jobbed when Pac-10 rivals come to their <b>...</b> quot;Looks like you were right on about Cal getting passed over for the Rose Bowl bid. I don #39;t think it would have made a bit of difference if Cal had won by 110 points instead of just 10. | 1 |
Britain welcomes Kufuor victory in Ghana (AFP) AFP - Britain congratulated Ghanaian President John Kufuor on his election victory, and praised the west African state for holding free, fair and transparent elections. | 0 |
Berlusconi cleared of corruption A TRIUMPHANT Silvio Berlusconi hailed his acquittal on corruption charges by a Milan court yesterday, saying he had never doubted he would be cleared. | 0 |
Bush to Focus on Tort Reform at Forum (AP) AP - President Bush's main focus during a White House economic conference next week will be big damage awards in lawsuits and the federal deficit, the White House said Friday. | 0 |
Colombian rebels hand over guns More than 1,400 Colombian paramilitaries hand over their weapons to the country's government. | 0 |
Two Small SUVs Earn Good Rating In Crash Tests The Insurance Institute For Highway Safety has released new side-impact crash test results for small sport utility vehicles. The 2005 Honda CRV earned a good rating along with the 2005 Ford Escape. | 2 |
Muglia Updates Windows Server Roadmap In a press tour on Friday, Microsoft senior vice president for Windows Server Bob Muglia updated the Windows Server release schedule for next year. | 3 |
Hoyer Applauds Decision to Save Hubble WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny Hoyer released the following statement today applauding the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council recommendation to launch a space shuttle mission to save the Hubble Space Telescope. | 3 |
Some of baseball #39;s biggest names available Christmas time in southern California is strange. Charlie Brown #39;s tree here is a palm. And as the Baseball Winter Meetings opened | 1 |
Linfield College QB Nears NCAA TD Mark (AP) AP - Brett Elliott started eight games for Utah before breaking his wrist early last season. | 1 |
US ex-financier jailed for fraud Martin Frankel, who defrauded insurance companies out of more than \$200m is jailed for 16 years | 2 |
Stocks Dip as Dollar Rises and Oil Drops (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. stocks inched lower on Friday but\fresh economic data drove the dollar and bonds higher, while\profit-taking pushed oil prices down after OPEC'S widely\expected decision to curb production. | 2 |
Sprinter Suspended Sprinter Michelle Collins is suspended for eight years for a doping violation linked to the BALCO scandal. | 1 |
Rangers Sign Hidalgo Wanting another bat to support their young players, the Rangers agree to a \$5 million, one-year contract with Richard Hidalgo. | 1 |
Business News for Technology Leaders Delphi #39;s global production volumes and commodity price increases are expected to translate to Q4 revenue of \$6.9-\$7 billion, about \$200 million below the company #39;s previously stated expectations. | 2 |
Oracle Moves Earnings Forward to Monday Business software maker Oracle Corp. on Friday said it will release its second-quarter earnings before US markets open on Monday, instead of Thursday, due to issues related to its takeover bid for PeopleSoft Inc. | 2 |
Salvation Army bell ringers hushed Maybe you #39;ve noticed already this holiday season - Salvation Army bell ringers are not standing in front of as many stores as they did last year. | 2 |
Windows Server #39;R2 #39; Goes to 1,000 Beta Testers Microsoft quietly delivered a first private beta release of Windows Server quot;R2 quot; to the first of about 1,000 testers Wednesday, company officials confirmed Friday. | 3 |
Users Still Snookered By Spam falling repeatedly for spam scams that promise software at fire sale prices. In fact, one in five consumers surveyed bought software | 3 |
Tremors Under San Andreas Studied The faint tremors, which were detected beneath the town of Cholame, are similar to those discovered in the past two years in Japan and the Pacific Northwest. | 3 |
Tiger and Monty in the lead Colin Montgomerie walked off the 18th green in a tie for the lead with Tiger Woods at the Target World Challenge, and someone told him the tournament was in his hands. | 1 |
Wenger refuses to go on lookout for replacement ALTHOUGH the world and his wife might be telling him otherwise, Arsne Wenger prefers to back his own judgment, thank you very much. | 1 |
Pacers players, fans charged in Detroit NBA fight This is not original reporting. All facts have been gathered from ESPN, the Associated Press, Fox Sports Net, The Indianapolis Star, and The Washington Post. | 1 |
Diamondbacks add free-agent Ortiz CBC SPORTS ONLINE - After adding slugging third baseman Troy Glaus at baseball #39;s winter meetings, the Arizona Diamondbacks have turned their attention to pitching. | 1 |
Hidalgo agrees to \$5 million, one-year contract with Texas ANAHEIM, Calif. The Texas Rangers today reached a one-year, five (M) million dollar contract with right fielder Richard Hidalgo. Hidalgo split last season between the Houston Astros and the New York Mets. | 1 |
Search for Thai Tsunami Dead Narrows to Hard Hit Areas (Reuters) Reuters - Teams searching for bodies in\tsunami-devastated Thailand zeroed in on the hardest hit areas\on Monday, as Thai and Japanese navy ships scoured the seas for\more dead. | 0 |
Dodge Durango, Dakota Trucks Recalled Bowing to pressure from federal safety regulators, DaimlerChrysler AG is recalling 600,000 Dodge Durango SUVs Dakota pickup trucks because of a defect that can cause their wheels to fall off. | 2 |
Defense policy overhauled to meet new global threats The government announced Friday plans to conduct a sweeping overhaul of its defense policy, adjusting Japan #39;s armed forces to better handle new threats such as terrorism and giving them a greater global role. | 0 |
US soldier pleads guilty to killing A US soldier pleaded guilty at a court martial yesterday to killing a severely wounded 16-year-old Iraqi boy during fighting in Baghdad #39;s Sadr City district. | 0 |
Britains HHG sells life services arm for 1bil MELBOURNE: Britains HHG Plc has agreed to sell its life insurance business for 1.025bil to Life Company Investor Group, and plans to return 875mil of the proceeds to shareholders. | 2 |
Disney to support Blu-Ray Disney announced yesterday that it will support Blu-Ray as its choice for the next generation optical format, instead of the HD-DVD. | 3 |
Yahoo Plans Desktop Search To Compete With Google, Microsoft Yahoo Inc. plans to release in January the beta version of a desktop search application, as the giant web portal looks to catch Google Inc. | 3 |
Manchester City vs. Tottenham Nicolas Anelka is fit for Manchester City #39;s Premiership encounter against Tottenham at Eastlands, but the 13million striker will have to be content with a place on the bench. | 1 |
Militants Claim Responsibility for Bomb Blast in Pakistan Militant nationalists have claimed responsibility for a bomb blast in southwestern Pakistan that killed at least 11 people Friday. | 0 |
The joys of traveling with a heavy suitcase NEW YORK The holiday season is an especially busy time for global travelers intent on delivering gifts to friends and relatives from faraway places. | 2 |
How the Airbus A350 and the Boeing 7E7 stack up Seating: The two versions of the A350 would seat between 245 and 285 passengers in a typical three-class configuration. Boeing #39;s 7E7 Dreamliner #39;s three models will accommodate between 217 and 289 passengers. | 2 |
Xstrata threatens to pull offer Xstrata yesterday threatened to withdraw its hostile 2.9 billion takeover offer for WMC if the Australian miner indicated it would dilute value by paying out up to A\$1 billion in cash to shareholders. | 2 |
'BitTorrent' Gives Hollywood a Headache (AP) AP - Bram Cohen didn't set out to upset Hollywood movie studios. But his innovative online file-sharing software, BitTorrent, has grown into a piracy problem the film industry is struggling to handle. | 3 |
Mobile Gadgets Measure Meals on the Go (AP) AP - The most popular dieting brands are now weighing in with calorie counters and nutritional guides designed for personal digital assistants and combination PDA-mobile phones. Just in time for the season of bountiful temptation. | 3 |
Time for Williams to check his ego into a penthouse suite In a hotel suite in Las Vegas a couple of days ago a fighter unpacked the bags he had carried down from the drab suburban bungalow that had been his rented home. | 1 |
F1 #39;s plans for London race gather pace Bernie Ecclestone remains in the grip of Christmas spirit. A day after the gift of the British Grand Prix, given a July 10 date at yesterday #39;s FIA world council meeting, Formula One #39;s commercial | 1 |
Carter placed on injured list with strained Achilles tendon TORONTO (CP) - The Raptors placed Vince Carter on the injured list Friday with a strained left Achilles tendon. The guard/forward injured his Achilles in the first minute of the second half of Toronto #39;s loss at Detroit on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Union bosses owe players an apology Tough steroid testing is on the way, apparently. It #39;s too bad that it took ugly BALCO testimony and Senate threats to force Don Fehr and Gene Orza, the leaders of the union, to pull their heads out of the sand. | 1 |
Brazelton wins Tony Conigliaro Award Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Tampa Bay Devil Rays pitcher Dewon Brazelton captured the Tony Conigliaro Award. The honor is presented annually to the player who overcomes adversity through the attributes of spirit, determination and courage. | 1 |
With Holiday Season Half Over, Web Sales on Track (Reuters) Reuters - Online holiday spending,\excluding travel and auctions, was #36;8.41 billion between Nov. 1\through Dec. 5, up 23 percent from the year-ago period and on\track to meet estimates, comScore Networks said Friday. | 3 |
Thomson To Support Both HD DVD and Blu-ray (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Thomson, owner of the Technicolor brand and maker of Thomson and RCA DVD players, has announced that it will support both contending next-generation DVD formats. It will manufacture both HD DVD and Blu-ray disks through Technicolor, but manufacture only HD DVD players. | 3 |
Sprint, Nextel Stocks Up on Merger Reports (AP) AP - Wall Street was abuzz Friday over a potential merger between Sprint and Nextel, though the companies declined to comment on a slew of news reports that they are negotiating to combine to create a celluar provider that would almost rival Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless in size. | 3 |
Oracle Moves Earnings Forward to Monday (Reuters) Reuters - Business software maker Oracle\Corp. on Friday said it will release its\second-quarter earnings before U.S. markets open on Monday,\instead of Thursday, due to issues related to its takeover bid\for PeopleSoft Inc. that may come up in court later on Monday. | 3 |
Search heads toward enterprise desktops (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Desktop search has its sights set on corporate PCs, leaving enterprise IT wary of potential security issues associated with the highly anticipated tools. | 3 |
Apple: ITunes Music Store Accepts PayPal (Reuters) Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. on\Friday said customers of its iTunes online music store can now\use eBay Inc.'s online payment service PayPal to buy\songs and audio books, becoming the second major online music\store to do so. | 3 |
Ice-Age Ivory Flute Found in German Cave (Reuters) Reuters - A 35,000-year-old flute made from a\woolly mammoth's ivory tusk has been unearthed in a German cave\by archaeologists, the University of Tuebingen said on Friday. | 3 |
Ancient Gold Mask to Be Returned to Peru (Reuters) Reuters - A gold mask dating back more than\1,000 years to a pre-Inca civilization in northern Peru will be\returned home next year after being turned in to police by a\collector in Italy, a museum official said on Friday. | 3 |
'After Kyoto' Takes Center Stage at Climate Talks (Reuters) Reuters - The Kyoto agreement to\reduce greenhouse gas emissions doesn't take effect for two\months, but climate change negotiators are already fixated on\what happens when it expires in 2012. | 3 |
Strong Meteor Shower Peaks Monday Night (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - If you were disappointed \ with the meager showing put on by this year's Leonid meteor shower, don't fret. \ What could be the best meteor display of the year is scheduled to reach its \ peak on Monday night, Dec. 13. | 3 |
ISS Crew Counts Calories as Food Supply Runs Low (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - With nbsp;food stores nbsp;running low, the two \astronauts living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are cutting back \their meal intake and awaiting a critical cargo nbsp;delivery expected to arrive \on Dec. 25. | 3 |
Development May Endanger Protected Species (AP) AP - The Bush administration said Friday it will allow developers to complete construction and other projects even after belated discoveries that the work could endanger protected species. | 3 |
What mistakes do Techno Utopians make? <strong>Votes, Bits Bytes</strong> Boston bound? Speak your brains at our Andrew | 3 |
In net politics, it's God vs Dog <strong>Votes, Bits Bytes</strong> Meetup founder puts Pugs against Repubs | 3 |
US missile defence test delayed Bad weather forces the US to cancel the first full flight test of its national missile defence system in nearly two years. | 3 |
Paypal and Apple iTunes link-up Payment system Paypal announces a tie-up with Apple's iTunes as it continues to secure new business with online retailers. | 3 |
Peoplesoft announces meeting date Peoplesoft nominates its four current directors to retain their seats on the company board as it bids to see off a takeover by Oracle. | 3 |
U.S. Video Games Sales Up 11 Pct in Nov.-Analysts LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sales of video games rose about 11 percent in the United States in November, analysts said on Friday, with two key titles responsible for almost 30 percent of all games sold in the month. | 3 |
Supreme Court to Look At File Sharing The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider whether two Internet file-sharing services may be held responsible for their customers' online swapping of copyrighted songs and movies.\<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-AP</B></FONT> | 3 |
U.S. Said Showing New Flexibility in N.Korea Talks (Reuters) Reuters - The United States showed some new\flexibility in recent talks with North Korea on the nuclear\issue but Pyongyang was unimpressed and is resisting\participation in a new round of formal six-party negotiations,\U.S. officials and experts said on Friday. | 0 |
Why do Workouts Work? Most machines don't improve with use. Old pickup trucks don't gradually become Ferraris just by driving them fast, and a pocket calculator won't change into a supercomputer by crunching lots of numbers. The human body is different... | 3 |
Crows as Clever as Great Apes, Study Says While crows have a reputation for being clever birds, research now suggests they could be as intelligent as great apes. | 3 |
Guatemala to Create Mayan University (AP) AP - Guatemalan academics will create a university dedicated to rescuing and developing the ancient knowledge of the country's majority Mayan cultures, the nation's president said Friday. | 0 |
Deep Tremors Detected Along San Andreas Fault Seismologists have detected deep, non-volcanic tremors lasting up to 20 minutes along the San Andreas Fault in central California. The discovery suggests earthquakes may have deeper origins than previously thought. | 3 |
"Hotel Rwanda" Portrays Hero Who Fought Genocide When Rwanda plummeted into genocide ten years ago, the event transformed a genial hotelier into an unlikely hero. A new film, <I>Hotel Rwanda,</I> recounts his story. | 3 |
Rwandan, Kenyan Named Winners of 2004 Conservation Award Two wildlife champions, Michel Masozera, Rwanda country director for the Wildlife Conservation Society, and Ali Kaka, executive director of Kenya's East African Wild Life Society, are this year's winners of the National Geographic Society/Buffett Award for Leadership in African Conservation. | 3 |
U.S. Jet Flight to Vietnam Makes History (AP) AP - United Airlines became the first U.S. carrier to fly to Vietnam since the war ended nearly 30 years ago, marking a new milestone in relations between the former enemies as VIPs on board were greeted at the airport with lotus blossoms and silk lanterns. | 0 |
ISPs fear losing broadband rights Small ISPs worry that a FCC decison could take away their ability to offer DSL. | 3 |
Offshoring observers square off A Webcast lets you hear directly from major commentators on shipping work abroad. | 3 |
Oracle Moves Earnings Forward to Monday SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Business software maker Oracle Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ORCL.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ORCL.O</A> on Friday said it will release its second-quarter earnings before U.S. markets open on Monday, instead of Thursday, due to issues related to its takeover bid for PeopleSoft Inc. that may come up in court later on Monday. | 2 |
U.S. Said Showing New Flexibility in N.Korea Talks WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States showed some new flexibility in recent talks with North Korea on the nuclear issue but Pyongyang was unimpressed and is resisting participation in a new round of formal six-party negotiations, U.S. officials and experts said on Friday. | 0 |
U.S. Demands Cambodia Action in Sex Trafficking Case WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. diplomat in charge of combating trafficking in people demanded on Friday that Cambodia free 91 women and children abducted from a shelter a day after police had rescued them from a brothel. | 0 |
US ex-financier jailed for fraud Martin Frankel, who defrauded insurance companies out of more than \$200m is sentenced to more than 16 years in jail. | 0 |
Finger test 'spots heart disease' A fingertip test could detect patients in the earliest stages of heart disease, US scientists have claimed. | 0 |
Life in the IT fun house For IT professionals, working in IT during the past few years has been a frightening whiplash tour through a carnival fun house. In the foyer of this (not so fun) fun house -- known as the 2001 Room -- the gag is simple: A rug is pulled out from under those fortunate enough to be standing, while others tumble down a dark chute, passing flashing neon signs that read layoffs and consolidation. In the background, the cacophony of late-night conference calls to Bangalore blares over loudspeakers.<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p><p><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.ifw.general/sbcspotrssfeed;sz=1x1;ord=200301151450?" width="1" height="1" border="0"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;11714255;9651165;g?http://infoworld.com/spotlights/sbc/main.html?lpid0101035400730403idlp">SBC Datacomm White Paper</a><br/>Find out how Crate Barrel expects to save \$180,000 by moving to VoIP, compared to a traditional PBX.</p> | 2 |
Grokster case set for Supreme Court WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a case focusing on whether peer-to-peer (P-to-P) software vendors should be penalized for unauthorized file trading when their software is used. | 2 |
Sun executive talks up NAS strategy Sun Microsystems is planning to beef up its network-attached storage product line with support for utility computing and its new zettabyte file system, according to Balint Fleischer, vice president and CTO of the network storage products group | 3 |
JBoss aims high with Enterprise Middleware System JBoss Inc. on Monday plans to announce its JBoss Enterprise Middleware System, which includes a number of open-source projects the company plans to integrate into a single software offering. | 3 |
Data center virtualization, systems management coming from Cisco Cisco executives told analysts this week that the company plans to take data center virtualization into areas such as application-aware switching and will partner to provide systems management software. | 3 |
Cisco users see some pricing relief Although many IT managers have accepted paying premium prices for Cisco's networking devices, some users and analysts said Cisco products aren't quite as pricey as they used to be. | 3 |
IBM claims virtualization victory over EMC IBM is claiming a storage management victory over EMC, saying it can now control its leading competitor's entire line of storage arrays with the latest version its SAN Volume Controller appliance. | 3 |
Q A Part 2: Cisco's John Chambers on the '01 downturn, recovery Today marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of Cisco Systems, and the company's CEO, John Chambers, took time this week to talk about where his company has been, mistakes it's made and where it's going now. | 3 |
Sprint: No comment on reported Nextel merger talks Sprint declined to comment on rumored merger talks with Nextel Communications, first reported yesterday. | 3 |
CSOs see viruses, worms as top security challenge for '05 Worms, viruses and Trojan horses will remain a top security concern in 2005, according to executives at this week's CSO Interchange forum in New York. | 3 |
Desktop search avalanche set to hit Two months after Internet search leader Google offered a test version of a desktop search tool, Microsoft, Yahoo and Ask Jeeves are all set to follow suit. | 3 |
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