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IBM, AMD claim 24 per cent chip speed gains IBM and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have jointly developed a new method for implementing strained silicon technology on both positive and negative transistors, the companies are expected to announce today. | 3 |
NASA Chief Is Resigning After 3 Years, Officials Say NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe is said to be pursuing a job as chancellor of Louisiana State University. | 3 |
Second Delay for Rocket Engineers sought to determine what caused a temperature control system to malfunction after an aborted launch Saturday. | 3 |
Court Case Pits Google and Geico A trademark infringement suit against Google may alter how the search industry makes a profit. | 3 |
N.Korea Says Reconsidering Place at Nuclear Talks (Reuters) Reuters - North Korea is seriously reconsidering\its role in talks on its nuclear plans because of what it sees\as a concerted campaign to topple the North's ruling system,\the North Korean Foreign Ministry said on Monday. | 0 |
UAE Urges Radical Arab Reform from Within (Reuters) Reuters - The United Arab Emirates urged fellow\Arabs Monday to implement radical political and economic\reform, saying history and their people would not forgive them\if they failed to do so. | 0 |
Iraqi Leader Criticizes U.S.-Led Coalition (AP) AP - Iraq's interim President Ghazi al-Yawer said in an interview broadcast Monday that the U.S.-led coalition was wrong to dismantle the Iraqi security forces. | 0 |
Manning Comes Up Short of Marino's Mark (AP) AP - No. 45 was a simple 3-yard floater to his favorite target. No. 46 was vintage Peyton Manning, a 12-yard bullet between two defenders. | 1 |
Spain PM Testifies at Bombing Inquiry (AP) AP - Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, testifying Monday before a parliamentary commission investigating Spain's worst terrorist attack, dismissed any link between his surprise election victory last March and the Madrid train bombings three days earlier. | 0 |
Abandoned Africa HIV Orphans Struggle with Stigma (Reuters) Reuters - Monica is 12, likes ice cream, thinks\boys are rough and dirty, and wants to grow up to be a flight\attendant "because they work hard and play hard." | 0 |
Tiger Woods Wins Target World Challenge (AP) AP - At this rate, Tiger Woods probably can't wait for the 2005 season to start. Woods turned in his most complete round of a difficult year Sunday, missing only two fairways and one green in closing with a 5-under 66 for a two-shot victory over Padraig Harrington in the Target World Challenge. | 1 |
Giuliani Said Apologized to Bush Over Kerik (AP) AP - Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, at a preplanned dinner with President Bush, offered apologies for the abortive nomination of close associate Bernard Kerik as homeland security secretary, a Giuliani spokeswoman said. | 0 |
Mobile multimedia slow to catch on Mobile phone firms face a series of hurdles if they want to get their customers using their funky new handsets. | 0 |
Hong Kong Shares Close Little Changed The Hang Seng Index slipped 15.65 points, or 0.1 percent, to 13,886.16. On Friday, the index had slumped 107.01 points, or 0.8 percent. | 2 |
Singapore #39;s Jetstar Asia becomes 5th budget airline to operate <b>...</b> The Singapore #39;s budget airline, Jetstar Asia, will launch its daily service between Hong Kong and Singapore from Monday. Jetstar Asia will become the fifth budget airline | 2 |
Sharon: Peace Depends on Palestinians GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Dec 13, 2004 - The new Palestinian leadership is not doing enough to restrain militants, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday, after attackers blew up an Israeli army outpost in Gaza and killed five soldiers. | 0 |
Lawyer Urges Red Cross to Examine Saddam A French lawyer representing Saddam Hussein asked Monday for the International Red Cross to look into reports that the jailed former Iraqi leader has begun a hunger strike. | 0 |
China to Impose Tariffs on Some Textiles BEIJING (Reuters) - China will impose tariffs on some textile exports in a move that may ease frictions with the United States and others over an expected flood of Chinese products on world markets after a global quota system expires at year's end. | 2 |
China textile exports develop BEIJING, Dec. 13 -- Three years after China #39;s entry into the World Trade Organization and the country #39;s quality of textile exports continues to improve. | 2 |
UPDATE: Telekom Malaysia Spreads Its Wings KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Telekom Malaysia Bhd. (4863.KU) has begun to spread its wings overseas, but it will be awhile before its Indian and Indonesian investments begin to pay off in substantially stronger earnings. | 2 |
Hong Kong #39;s Record \$2.7 Bln Property Trust IPO May Be Delayed The trading debut of Hong Kong #39;s record \$2.7 billion property trust may be delayed because of a legal challenge, a government lawyer said. | 2 |
IBM #39;s PC saga was two decades in the unmaking until then the ruler of a still-nascent industry -an a cheeky advertisement greeting its new rival. The ad said: quot;Welcome, IBM. | 2 |
Oil giant makes peace in Myanmar US oil giant Unocal Corp has agreed in principle to settle a lawsuit brought by Myanmar villagers who accused it of complicity in human rights abuses, including slave labour, during the building of a pipeline, a company spokesman said today. | 2 |
Turning a setback into an opportunity Minneapolis-based Target Corp. #39;s decision this fall to stop allowing Salvation Army bell ringers at its stores has turned out to be a blessing in disguise for the Lake County Salvation Army. | 2 |
AMD e IBM introducono un nuovo processo produttivo AMD e IBM hanno rilasciato congiuntamente un comunicato stampa, con il quale annunciano lo sviluppo di nuove tecniche di produzione per transistor strained silicon, che beneficia di una migliore gestione del consumo a parit di frequenza di clock. | 3 |
Coral reefs may grow with global warming Rising levels of greenhouse gases may not be quite as bad for coral reefs as was previously thought. A team of Australian scientists say that the damage done by increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the | 3 |
Toshiba rejects Sony Truce in HD-DVD - Blu-Ray War UK daily, The Guardian, is reporting that Sony executives have approached Toshiba in the last few weeks in an attempt to stave off the brewing next-gen format war. | 3 |
Mforma makes Marvel-ous deal Rather than tell you, Dan Kranzler chooses instead to show you how he turned Mforma into a worldwide publisher of video games, ringtones and other hot downloads for mobile phones. | 3 |
Current Mozilla Foundation Projects Well, for those of you who are interested, here #39;s my take on the Mozilla Foundation #39;s current, major projects. The Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit and open-source organization that develops Mozilla and all of its related apps. | 3 |
Google Suggests the way to search Google has launched a new feature that tries to guess what people are looking for as they type queries into a search box. Google Suggest quietly debuted this week on the company #39;s Labs site, which showcases | 3 |
AOL Creates Its Own Browsing Software As part of its reincarnation, America Online Inc. is creating its own software for browsing the Web and playing movies and songs. It #39;s a question of staying relevant in an increasingly broadband world. | 3 |
Decoding Dusty Disks The Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes each have found dusty disks around sun-like stars. Finding such rings of dusty debris around stars the size of the sun is difficult, because they are fainter and harder | 3 |
After Williams, Klitschko to fight Lewis? LAS VEGAS - KIEV, Dec.12-13 -mmediately after defending his WBC heavyweight title in the fight against Danny Williams in Las Vegas Saturday night, Vitali Klitschko headed to his native Ukraine to joint another battle - fight for freedom in the | 1 |
GOLF: NEIL STILL STANDING DESPITE PLAY-OFF DESPAIR Briton Neil Cheetham came agonisingly close to claiming the Dunhill Championship in South Africa, before losing in a sudden-death play-off. | 1 |
Chad pins picks, loss on himself Chad Pennington took full blame for the Jets #39; loss yesterday and the numbers back him up. It was the second-worst performance of his outstanding young career. | 1 |
Eagles 17, Redskins 14 With some of the focus on coach Andy Reid #39;s possible future spandex practice attire, the Philadelphia Eagles got an unexpectedly stiff challenge from the Washington Redskins on Sunday night in a 17-14 victory. | 1 |
Twins lose Koskie to Jays Anaheim, Calif. - There is a decidedly right lean to the three-time champions of the American League Central. In a span of 26 days, the Minnesota Twins lost the left side of their infield to free agency. | 1 |
Weis signs a six-year contract at Notre Dame Patriots offensive coordinator Charlie Weis touched down in South Bend, Ind., last night and met with his new team, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. | 1 |
Bears toe the playoff line Chad Hutchinson #39;s linemen were like hotel doormen. quot;Right this way, sirs, quot; they repeatedly said, welcoming Jacksonville defenders into the Bears #39; backfield. | 1 |
NFL Wrap-Manning Near Record as Colts Beat Texans (Reuters) Reuters - Peyton Manning continued to close in\on the NFL record for single season touchdown passes on Sunday,\firing two TD strikes as the Indianapolis Colts eased past the\Houston Texans 23-14 to clinch the division title. | 1 |
Spanish Leader Faces Grilling on Train Bombings Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will become the first Spanish prime minister to be questioned by a parliamentary commission on Monday when he gives his version of events surrounding the Madrid train bombings. | 0 |
NFL Wrap-Manning Near Record as Colts Beat Texans NEW YORK (Reuters) - Peyton Manning continued to close in on the NFL record for single season touchdown passes on Sunday, firing two TD strikes as the Indianapolis Colts eased past the Houston Texans 23-14 to clinch the division title. | 1 |
Willingham Headed to Washington SEATTLE (Sports Network) - The University of Washington has named Tyrone Willingham its new head football coach. The school will have a press conference at 2 p.m. (et) Monday to introduce him. | 1 |
Giants Still Need Big Bat Behind Bonds ANAHEIM, Calif., (Sports Network) - San Francisco Giants manager Felipe Alou answered several questions on Sunday at the baseball winter meetings about the steroids issue and his super slugger, Barry Bonds. | 1 |
Notre Dame Makes Weis Decision SOUTH BEND, Ind., (Sports Network) - The University of Notre Dame has named New England Patriots assistant Charlie Weis its 28th football coach. Weis, who will the fired Tyrone Willingham, will be introduced at a press conference Monday at 11 a.m. (et). | 1 |
China to Impose Tariffs on Some Textiles (Reuters) Reuters - China will impose tariffs on some\textile exports in a move that may ease frictions with the\United States and others over an expected flood of Chinese\products on world markets after a global quota system expires\at year's end. | 2 |
Bruce hails Heskey after derby win (AFP) AFP - Steve Bruce paid tribute to the influence of England striker Emile Heskey after Birmingham moved away from the Premiership relegation zone with a 2-1 win away to arch-rivals Aston Villa. | 0 |
Central Banks Short-Circuit U.S. Savings? (Reuters) Reuters - Have Asia's central banks lulled\Americans into a false sense of security? | 2 |
Darfur Peace Talks Overshadowed by Fighting (Reuters) Reuters - Peace talks on Sudan's war-torn Darfur\region got under way Monday in Nigeria's capital, overshadowed\by fighting between rebels and government forces in the vast\desert area. | 0 |
N.Korea Says Reconsidering Place at Nuclear Talks SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is seriously reconsidering its role in talks on its nuclear plans because of what it sees as a concerted campaign to topple the North's ruling system, the North Korean Foreign Ministry said on Monday. | 0 |
Spain Defends Its Iraq Troop Withdrawal MADRID (Reuters) - Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Monday strongly defended Spain's withdrawal of troops from Iraq after the March 11 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people. | 0 |
Romanian Opposition Head Scores Upset Victory BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's centrist opposition leader Traian Basescu scored an upset victory in a presidential race against leftist Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, partial official results showed Monday. | 0 |
Malaysia, Singapore Jumpstart Stalled Relations PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysia and Singapore agreed Monday to work on resolving long-standing disputes in what could be a milestone in relations between the two quarrelsome Southeast Asian neighbors. | 0 |
Dutch watch Van Gogh's last film The last film by slain director Theo van Gogh - whose death convulsed the Netherlands - is premiered. | 0 |
China to Tax Textile Exports to Ease US, EU Concern (Update2) China said it will tax some textile exports and curtail investment in its domestic industry after the US and European Union threatened restrictions on an expected flood of Chinese clothing when quotas expire Jan. 1. | 2 |
Honeywell to Buy Novar to Expand in Building Products (Update6) Honeywell International Inc., the world #39;s largest supplier of building controls and thermostats, agreed to buy Novar Plc of the UK for 798 million pounds (\$1.53 billion) to expand in security, fire and ventilation systems. | 2 |
A Whole Lot to Swallow Squeezed at home, China #39;s biggest computer maker, Lenovo, is buying IBM #39;s money-losing PC business. But venturing abroad is fraught with risk. | 2 |
Building surge forecast to transform Indy area By 2030, 4 in 10 homes will be under 30 years old, study says. By Matthew Tully. The Indianapolis metropolitan area will be reshaped dramatically in the coming decades as new residential, industrial and commercial | 2 |
Microsoft desktop-search announcement due Microsoft #39;s MSN division is expected to announce a test version of its long-awaited desktop-search software this morning in a conference call with reporters. | 3 |
Firefox hits 10-million mark Firefox, the open-source challenger to market heavyweight Internet Explorer, has surpassed 10 million downloads in a little more than a month since the browser was released in November. | 3 |
AOL to let nonsubscribers in In a move both risky and essential, AOL is abandoning its strategy of exclusivity and will free much of its music, sports and other programming to nonsubscribers in hopes of increasing ad sales. | 3 |
TARGET CHALLANGE GOLF LATEST BETTING ODDS NEWS The golf season finally enters its winter break this week, and there will be no more action on either the US PGA Tour or the European Tour until January. | 1 |
Isiah Thomas Speaks, and Declares Support for Houston Isiah Thomas emerged from the Madison Square Garden shadows yesterday morning, gushed about his team #39;s break-even pace and swatted away the trade rumors that have chased the Knicks through the first quarter of the season. | 1 |
Spain Defends Its Iraq Troop Withdrawal Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Monday strongly defended Spain #39;s withdrawal of troops from Iraq after the March 11 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people. | 0 |
Twenty-one die as #39;petrol bus #39; explodes after collision Twenty-one Iraqis were killed when a bus carrying petrol exploded in a fireball after colliding with a car north-east of Baghdad, a hospital official said today. | 0 |
Progress on Bilateral Talks between Singapore and Malaysia Leaders from Singapore and Malaysia said talks have been successful after they agreed to move forward on outstanding bilateral issues. | 0 |
Target made rational choice about Salvation Army Just because Target has changed policy on allowing the Salvation Army bell-ringers this year doesn #39;t mean they don #39;t deserve our patronage quot;Target doesn #39;t care about us, I don #39;t care about it, quot; Dec. 7. | 2 |
US university tells 80,000 to #39;ditch IE #39; US university Penn State has advised its 80,000 students to ditch Internet Explorer, citing that browser #39;s well-reported security vulnerabilities. | 3 |
KING #39;S IDEA: A TOURNAMENT The ballroom at Mandalay Bay was decorated late Saturday night for an elaborate post-fight conference where Vitali Klitschko was to celebrate his eighth-round technical knockout over Danny Williams. | 1 |
Tiger wins - and charity scores \$1m Tiger Woods shot a bogey-free five-under-par 66 to overtake a fading Colin Montgomerie and win the \$5,25-million Target World Golf Challenge in California. | 1 |
Quick free angers Mourinho CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho said he was quot;more than unhappy quot; after Arsenal striker Thierry Henry #39;s second goal was allowed to stand at Highbury today. | 1 |
Schwartzel delights the home supporters with maiden victory IF YOURE South African, young and very promising, with an eye on a long and successful career around the world, you would be delighted to win your maiden event in your home country as near as possible to where you were born, which is exactly what Charl | 1 |
Niners blow lead, survive scare from Cards in OT Dennis Erickson may not have much time left as San Francisco #39;s coach. If this was his last game, though, he will go out a winner, thanks to an unlikely pair of stars -- Ken Dorsey and Maurice Hicks. | 1 |
Denver returns to old habits In the third quarter of an interactive Sunday matinee at Madison Square Garden, a fan sitting behind the Denver basket shouted a question to Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony. | 1 |
Eli building trust In Eli Manning #39;s eyes, it has become a trust issue between him and his teammates. In a four-game string of declining performances, lowlighted by yesterday #39;s 4-for-18, 27-yard | 1 |
Eight US marines killed in western Iraq Fierce fighting in Fallujah forces US marines to call in both tanks, fighter jets for back up. By Pierre Celerier - FALLUJAH, Iraq. | 0 |
Saddam #39;s Cause Remains Strong Without Him Even though a year has passed since former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was arrested, terrorism continues to escalate. Saddam was assumed to be organizer of the resistance in Iraq and was arrested on December 13 of last year on his farm in Tigrit. | 0 |
Oracle Posts Higher Second-Quarter Profit (Reuters) Reuters - Business software maker Oracle Corp.\ on Monday posted a higher quarterly profit on firm\demand for its market-leading database software. | 2 |
Fiber Pact: China Textile Dominance Spooks Asian Rivals BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China #39;s likely emergence as the world #39;s textile and garment superpower after 30 years of global quotas end Dec. 31 has spooked rival producers across | 2 |
Novar Agrees on 798M Takeover Building supplies-to-cheque printing group Novar today agreed to be taken over by US giant Honeywell for 798 million. The deal sent shares in Novar up more than 14 and is | 2 |
Singapore Shares End Flat, But Chinese Stocks Volatile SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Singapore shares ended flat Monday, although many Chinese stocks fell on renewed fears about corporate governance sparked by a newspaper report containing unconfirmed allegations about a businessman linked to Singapore-listed United | 2 |
Nippon Steel to pay double for coal next year Nippon Steel, Japans leading steelmaker, has agreed to pay a record price of more than \$120 per tonne for coking coal from next spring to Australias BHP Billiton Mitsubishi | 2 |
Qantas Not Lifting Fuel Surcharge On Tickets - CEO SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Qantas Airways Ltd. (QAN.AU) isn #39;t ready to lower the fuel surcharge on its tickets although oil prices have retreated from highs, the Australian airline #39;s chief executive Geoff Dixon said Monday. | 2 |
Legislation expected today to set up do-not-call registry OTTAWA -- Tired of rushing to a ringing phone only to hear telemarketers pitching insurance products, exciting new job opportunities or cable TV packages? | 2 |
AOL abandons exclusivity in favor of ad-supported model In a move both risky and essential, AOL is abandoning its strategy of exclusivity and will free much of its music, sports and other programming to non-subscribers in hopes of boosting ad sales. | 3 |
Klitschko defends WBC heavyweight title Vitali Klitschko will defend his WBC heavyweight title tonight against Danny Williams in Las Vegas. Klitschko is 34-and-2 with 33 knockouts heading into his first title defense. | 1 |
Report: Jays front-runners to sign Koskie The Toronto Blue Jays are close to signing Canadian third-baseman Corey Koskie and hope to have a deal done by Monday. quot;We #39;re still talking, and hopefully we #39;ll know something soon, quot; Blue Jays general manager JP Ricciardi told TSN on Sunday night. | 1 |
The Best in The Business Charlie Weis will be named the next head football coach at Notre Dame tomorrow during a Monday morning press conference. The New England Patriots offensive coordinator is known as one of the rising stars in | 1 |
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Reed #39;s 23 leads WMU to 5-2 CHARLESTON, SC -- Ben Reed scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Western Michigan beat the College of Charleston, 69-56, on Sunday. | 1 |
China's Hu Moves to Further Consolidate Power (Reuters) Reuters - China's Communist Party chief, Hu\Jintao, pulled a close political ally out of a problem-plagued\province Monday in an apparent further consolidation of power\after assuming the top job in the military in September. | 0 |
Suicide attack kills 13 in Baghdad A suicide car bomber killed 13 people today next to the heavily fortified area in central Baghdad housing the interim government and US embassy, and eight US Marines died in combat in western Iraq. | 0 |
EU Ministers Prepare Disputed Turkey Decision EU foreign ministers met on Monday to make final preparations for a landmark decision later this week to open entry talks with Turkey amid renewed evidence of strong | 0 |
N Korea warns US to stop smear campaign In a long statement in its trademark colourful language, the Korean Central News Agency issued its clearest indication since the US elections in November on the prospects for the stalled multilateral negotiations. | 0 |
Arabs sent home from Afghan hunt US troops expel a group of Arab businessmen visiting Afghanistan to hunt a rare species of bustard. | 0 |
Cingular to sell 33 stake in Idea to ST Telemedia and Telekom <b>...</b> NEW YORK, December 13 (newratings.com) - Cingular Wireless, a joint venture between SBC Communications (SBC.NYS) and BellSouth Corporation (BLS), has agreed to sell its 33 stake in Indias fifth-largest mobile operator, Idea Cellular, to Singapore | 2 |
UK annual house price growth down The monthly figures may provide some relief however, that the UK housing market is not showing signs of a sustained downward trend after last month #39;s figures showed a drop in prices of 0.1pc from August. | 2 |
Rumblings far beneath Earths crust may predict quakes Deep rumblings many kilometers (miles) below the San Andreas fault in California could offer a way to predict earthquakes, according to US scientists. | 3 |
Pennington still needs a big game As a team, the Jets have an awful lot to prove. And as a quarterback, Chad Pennington is still trying to cement his reputation as a big-game performer. | 1 |
Knicks best with Houston Allan Houston started the game on the bench, and finished it on the bench. In between he was so-so, with more than a couple of shots that rattled around inside the rim before | 1 |
Another Giant Disaster In the time it took the ball to tumble from kick returner Derrick Ward #39;s arms, the New York Giants #39; chances of beating the Baltimore Ravens evaporated Sunday. | 1 |
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