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Google under pressure over desktop search Analyst firm Gartner has put out a statement warning businesses to steer clear of Google #39;s desktop search tool until a more robust, enterprise-ready version is released. | 3 |
PSP Japanese Launch Impressions Last week #39;s Japanese launch of the Nintendo DS was a fairly low-key affair, with short lines, piles of available stock, and boringly high salesover 500,000 units in Japan to date, with | 3 |
Samsung Introduces Tiny Flash-Memory Cards com. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced a line of flash-memory cards that are smaller than a thumbnail, as the firm said it had defeated the nagging problem of high power consumption. | 3 |
Symantec near \$13bn deal to buy Veritas Symantec is close to sealing a deal worth about \$13bn to acquire Veritas in one of the largest ever mergers between two software companies. | 2 |
Tentative Contract for United Pilots Reached Negotiators for United Airlines and its pilots' union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, the union said Tuesday. Details were not disclosed | 2 |
Symantec may buy Veritas for over \$13 billion Security software company Symantecis negotiating to buy storage software vendor Veritas Softwarefor more than \$13 billion, according to a report published Tuesday by The New York Times. | 3 |
Edify gets VoiceXML certification Edify on Tuesday is announcing that its Edify Voice Interaction Platform (EVIP) 9.0 system for deploying speech activation applications has received VoiceXML 2.0 Certification from the VoiceXML Forum. | 3 |
ICANN enters negotiations on .mobi, .jobs domains Two new top-level domain names moved closer to approval this week, as the body charged with overseeing the Internet's technical matters moved into negotiations with the companies applying to set up and run the ".mobi" and ".jobs" domains. | 3 |
IBM, AMD detail new use of strained silicon IBMand Advanced Micro Devices(AMD) have jointly developed a new method for implementing strained silicon technology on both positive and negative transistors, the companies said Monday. | 3 |
PARC signs multiyear research deal with Fujitsu Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), the legendary Xeroxinstitution that pioneered graphical user interfaces, Ethernet and laser printing, is set to announce on Tuesday a multiyear research and development agreement with Fujitsu. | 3 |
Report: Symantec May Buy Veritas Antivirus vendor may pay \$13 billion for the storage software company. | 3 |
Toshiba Boosts Hard Drive Capacity New perpendicular recording technology could lead to thinner, lighter, 80GB IPods. | 3 |
Google Works with Libraries to Search Book Collections Google Works with Libraries to Search Book Collections\\Google is taking its searchers away from the bookstore, and back to the library. Google today announced that it is working with the libraries of Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan, and the University of Oxford as well as The New York Public ... | 3 |
Microsoft MSN Desktop Search Is Out In Beta Microsoft MSN Desktop Search Is Out In Beta\\As expected, Microsoft has finally released a beta of their Desktop Search software. It is integrated with their Browser Toolbar set and is now labeled MSN Toolbar Suite Beta.\\The download size is huge compared to Google Desktop Search at 4.8megs and you would ... | 3 |
News: Gait advances in emerging biometrics Retinal scans, finger printing or facial recognition get most of the publicity but researchers across the world are quietly labouring away at alternative types of biometrics. | 3 |
News: Tunable surfaces prevent Wi-Fi leaks Last year a man in Canada was arrested for downloading child pornography onto his laptop, but he used someone else's wireless access point to access the illegal material. | 3 |
How to Pay for College Richard Gibbons offers a simple strategy to ensure that your child can go to college. | 2 |
Merck Cuts More Jobs as Earnings Decline Merck amp; Co. Inc. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , whose earnings are being hurt by the withdrawal of its arthritis drug Vioxx, said on Tuesday it has increased the number of jobs to be cut by year-end to 5,100 from 4,400. | 2 |
Google Puts Library Collections Online including out of print volumes -- soon will become part of the vast Google database. Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan, the University of Oxford, and the New | 3 |
Beware! Sand in This Physics Lab May Eat You Alive Scientists have shown that it is possible to vanish into a pile of completely dry sand just as easily as traditional quicksand. | 3 |
Iran says US could join nuclear program talks TEHRAN, Iran - Iran is willing to talk with the United States about a nuclear program that Washington alleges is aimed at secretly acquiring the bomb, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Monday. | 0 |
Google To Scan, Index Four Great Libraries MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google is trying to create an online reading room for five major libraries by scanning stacks of hard-to-find books into its Internet search engine. | 3 |
FireFox Up 34 Use of FireFox climbed a staggering 34 percent in November, reports WebSideStory, a web analytics company. The report comes just hours after FireFox 1.0, the browser #39;s first official version release, reached its 10 millionth download. | 3 |
Toshiba launches 80 GByte 1.8-inch harddrive Perpendicular recording technology allowed Toshiba to reach a new record level of 133 Gbit per square inch storage density for its new pocket-sized harddrives. | 3 |
#39;Madden NFL #39; maker scores exclusive football deal Video game publisher Electronic Arts on Monday said it had signed an exclusive agreement with the National Football League and the marketing arm of its players #39; union, giving EA the sole rights to put NFL players, stadiums and teams in its games. | 1 |
PLO chief urges end to armed intifada West Bank: New PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas called for an end to the armed uprising, as Israeli tanks Tuesday rolled into Gaza in the aftermath of the most lethal Palestinian attack since Yasser Arafat #39;s death. | 0 |
Blockbuster killing late fees on videos, games TORONTO - Blockbuster Inc., the world #39;s biggest video rental company, plans to eliminate late fees on movies and games in the new year. | 2 |
Symantec, Veritas Reportedly In Talks Oracle #39;s (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ) \$10.3 billion blockbuster acquisition of PeopleSoft (nasdaq: PSFT - news - people ) is already yesterday #39;s news. | 2 |
Challenges await next NASA chief The abrupt resignation of Sean O #39;Keefe will saddle NASA #39;s next admnistrator with unfinished business: struggling to return | 3 |
Hornets Guard Garcia Out for Season New Orleans Hornets forward PJ Brown practices at the Charlotte Bobcats Training Facility in Fort Mill, SC, Monday, Dec. 13, 2004. | 1 |
Cycling champion sues former assistant Lance Armstrong is suing a former personal assistant who claims the six-time defending Tour de France champion owes him \$500,000. In a lawsuit filed Monday, Armstrong and his personal service company, Luke | 1 |
U.S.: One-Child Abuses Rampant in China (AP) AP - Despite some changes, China's one-child family planning program remains a source of coercion, forced abortions, infanticide and perilously imbalanced boy-girl ratios, State Department officials said Tuesday. | 0 |
Democrats Say They'll Assume Watchdog Role Complaining about G.O.P. oversight of taxpayer money, Senate Democrats said they would hold hearings of their own. | 0 |
Samsung, Sony ink licensing pact Samsung Electronics Co. and Sony Corp. have signed a licensing agreement to share 24,000 basic standard patents necessary for product development, Samsung officials said yesterday. | 3 |
Eagles #39; Thomas out 3-to-6 weeks; Owens sore Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Hollis Thomas is expected to miss 3-to-6 weeks with a dislocated left elbow. | 1 |
Armstrong sues former personal assistant Lance Armstrong is suing a former personal assistant who claims the six-time defending Tour de France champion owes him \$500,000. In a lawsuit filed Monday, Armstrong and his personal | 1 |
Chirac inaugurates world #39;s tallest bridge in France MILLAU, France (AFP) - As air force jets screamed overhead, French President Jacques Chirac inaugurated the world #39;s tallest bridge, a stunning masterpiece of engineering that will carry drivers 270 metres (885 feet) above ground. | 0 |
Falcons RB Duckett Sidelined with Knee Injury (Reuters) Reuters - Atlanta Falcons\running back T.J. Duckett is expected to undergo minor\arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Tuesday and will miss\this Saturday's home game against Carolina. | 1 |
Gucci Group Unveils Sales Growth Plan (AP) AP - Luxury goods retailer Gucci Group NV said Tuesday that it plans to increase sales by 10 percent a year by doubling the size of its core brand and turning around unprofitable units. | 2 |
Nasdaq planning \$100m-share sale The owner of the Nasdaq index, an icon of the internet boom, is planning to sell \$100m of shares to the public and list itself on the market it operates. | 2 |
Hollywood Wants BitTorrent Dead The lobbying arm of the film studios files lawsuits against the operators of sites and servers that help users of file-sharing networks locate movies and songs. By Xeni Jardin. | 2 |
Business News for Technology Leaders DaimlerChrysler, GM Team Up <b>...</b> DaimlerChrysler plans to offer hybrids in many of its vehicles but says the technology initially will be used in its Dodge Durango, following implementation in General Motors #39; SUVs. | 2 |
Federal Reserve opens meeting, tipped to raise rates WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Federal Reserve policymakers met, poised to raise key interest rates to remove some of the cheap-money stimulus washing through the economy. | 2 |
You can keep it late -- but if you keep it too late, you own it DALLAS Blockbuster is eliminating late fees on games and movies, but there #39;s a catch: If you keep it too long, you #39;ve bought it. | 2 |
Humana to Acquire CarePlus Health Plans Health-care insurer Humana Inc. on Monday said it agreed to acquire CarePlus Health Plans of Florida for about \$408 million in a transaction expected to give a solid boost to 2005 earnings. | 2 |
ProQuest to buy Voyager Expanded Learning ANN ARBOR, Mich. ProQuest in Ann Arbor has agreed to buy Voyager Expanded Learning in a 360 (m) million dollar cash and stock deal. | 2 |
Eagles Defensive Tackle Thomas Injured (AP) AP - Philadelphia defensive tackle Hollis Thomas could miss the playoffs for the fourth straight season, this time with a dislocated elbow. | 1 |
Barkley Visits With Justice Thomas (AP) AP - The Supreme Court's solemn atmosphere was broken Tuesday as usually subdued workers snapped to attention, riveted by a guest in the cafeteria. | 1 |
Firefox Grows Browser Share 34 Percent in One Month Microsoft #39;s Internet Explorer #39;s usage share continues to fall in the United States. Between November 5 and December 3, Internet Explorer #39;s share dropped 1.09 percentage points to 91.80 percent, according to WebSideStory. | 3 |
Toshiba #39;s iPod-Class Drive To Hit 80 GB In 2005 Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday that it plans to offer an 80-Gbyte version of its 1.8-inch hard drive, a storage platform that could be used in a next-generation Apple iPod. | 3 |
Arrests of writers raise fears of crackdown against dissident <b>...</b> (WiPC/IFEX) - On the afternoon of 13 December 2004, three prominent dissident intellectuals - literary critic Liu Xiaobo, writer Yu Jie and political theorist Zhang Zuhua - were arrested in Beijing and held for 12 hours, before being freed on the morning | 0 |
Blockbuster move: biggest video and game renter eliminating late <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - Blockbuster Inc., the world #39;s biggest video rental company, has presented a promise to eliminate late fees on movies and games in the new year. | 2 |
Merck looks to cut jobs, trim spending Drug giant Merck, stung by its handling of the recall of the arthritis drug Vioxx, says it will cut about 51-hundred jobs by the end of the year. | 2 |
Fiat, GM struggle to settle row over Fiat Auto sale option MILAN (AFP) - Top officials from Fiat of Italy and General Motors were conferring in a bid to settle differences on Fiat #39;s option to sell its loss-making car operation to the US auto giant, a dispute that threatens their four-year-old collaboration. | 2 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer A rectangular box, embedded in a preview version of MSN Messenger 7.0, is a search field. Users will be able to launch Internet searches from that field, automatically opening a Web browser to display results on an Internet search site. | 3 |
Stanford and Google to Make Library Books Available Online STANFORD, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Dec. 14, 2004 -- Stanford University today announced an ambitious plan to cooperate with Google Inc. | 3 |
Hollywood Wants BitTorrent Dead Hollywood movie studios on Tuesday launched new legal action against operators of sites that help connect people to movies on two major peer-to-peer filesharing networks. | 3 |
Samsung, Sony cross-license their patents com December 14, 2004, 10:45 AM PT. Samsung and Sony have entered into an extensive cross-licensing agreement that will help them fill gaps in their patent portfolios and potentially stem off lawsuits. | 3 |
Yahoo announces mobile deal with Nextel Yahoo on Tuesday said it will provide mobile Internet services to Nextel Communications, a deal that gives Yahoo relationships with all five leading mobile carriers in the United States. | 3 |
Golden Ball for Shevchenko AC Milan striker Ukrainian Andriy Shevchenko won the Golden Ball awardas as the best European footballer in a poll of journalists from 52 countries. | 1 |
Gordon Strachan touted as Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp made the jump from Portsmouth to Southampton. Is Gordon Strachan about to move in the opposite direction? Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric said Tuesday he plans | 1 |
Egypt, Israel Ink Trade Deal with US Israel, Egypt, and the United States signed a trade agreement that a senior US official called the most significant trade pact between Egypt and Israel in the past 20 years. | 0 |
Trains collide in India: 38 killed At least 38 people died Tuesday when two trains collided in northern India, officials said, revising downwards a previous death toll of 50. | 0 |
Anti-Terror Chief Encourages Fans (AP) AP - The possibility of terrorist attacks at sports events should not stop fans from going to stadiums, Europe's anti-terror chief said Tuesday. | 1 |
Googling Libraries Google is trying to create an online reading room for five major libraries by scanning stacks of hard-to-find books into its Internet search engine. | 3 |
Justice Dept. Seeks #36;2.5 Bln from Rigas (Reuters) Reuters - The Justice Department has asked a\judge to enter a #36;2.53 billion judgment against two Rigas\family members, citing the amount it claims the Adelphia\Communications Corp. founders obtained illegally, court\documents released on Tuesday show. | 2 |
Google to scan books from big libraries Taking a trip to the library may take little more than a computer #39;s Web browser. Working with major libraries, Google is hoping to scan millions of books and periodicals into its popular | 3 |
Next step for iPod: 80GB? com December 14, 2004, 11:07 AM PT. Toshiba, whose tiny hard drives power Apple Computer #39;s hit iPod music players, announced that it has produced an 80GB model. | 3 |
Samsung Debuts Thumbnail Mobile Phone Memory Card At just 12 x 14 x 1.1mm, Samsung #39;s MMCmicro device is one-third the size of reduced-size multimedia cards currently in use. The MMCmicro can read at 10 Mbps and write at 7 Mbps. | 3 |
Green reports shun supply chain A growing number of companies are reporting on their social and environmental impact but many neglect the environment footprint of their supply chain. | 2 |
General Mills' Latest Trix The packaged food outfit is taking some important steps that should contribute to improved results down the road. | 2 |
RedEnvelope's Early Gift Great expectations have lifted the company's shares -- but is it time to cash out? | 2 |
Revenge of the Nerds Desktop search tools from Microsoft and Ask Jeeves show just how shallow Google's moat really is. | 2 |
Holiday Shopping Season: Retailers Have One Last Chance To Get It Right (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - The holiday shopping season is entering the home stretch. And with some retailers depending on seasonal spending for half or more of their sales, the stakes are high. | 2 |
Source: Hollywood to Sue Server Operators LOS ANGELES Dec 14, 2004 - The US film industry is preparing to sue computer server operators in the United States and Europe who help relay digitized movie files across online file-sharing networks, a source familiar with the movie studios #39; plans said | 3 |
Soccer: The season to forget teams and reward stars There are probably turkeys with a shrewder idea about the meaning of Christmas than there are ex-professional soccer players who truly know their game. | 1 |
Olmert: Egyptian QIZ agreement will weather political storms The Israeli-Egyptian-US qualifying industrial zone agreement creates a basis for stable relations between Israel and Egypt. It will weather diplomatically difficult periods, Minister of Industry, Trade | 0 |
Top Sunni Party Among 79 Blocs to Contest Iraq Poll (Reuters) Reuters - Iraq's main Sunni Muslim party, which\had threatened to boycott Iraq's first free election on Jan.\30, is among 79 parties and blocs that have registered lists\for the poll, election officials said. | 0 |
US raises interest rates to 2.25 The US Federal Reserve raises interest rates to 2.25, the fifth increase this year. | 0 |
Fed Raises Interest Rates for 5th Time This Year While making the expected move, the Federal Reserve suggested that more rate increases are in order in the months ahead. | 0 |
Blockbuster to eliminate late fees TORONTO (CP) -- Blockbuster Inc., the world #39;s biggest video rental company, has presented a promise to eliminate late fees on movies and games in the new year. | 2 |
Desktop Search Is the New Search Engine Battlefield Yesterday, in a teleconference planned for the same day as the Chicago Search Engine Strategies conference, Microsoft announced their new Toolbar Suite, a Desktop Search tool which is loosely based on the Look Out technology purchased by Microsoft last | 3 |
Mateschitz wants Coulthard Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz has thrown his support behind David Coulthard gaining a seat in his team in 2005. The former McLaren driver has impressed in testing and while Mateschitz, the man behind | 1 |
Marshall Linebacker Wilson Suspended (AP) AP - Marshall linebacker Dionte Wilson has been suspended for the Fort Worth Bowl for an unspecified violation of team rules. | 1 |
Oracle-PeopleSoft Buyout May Push Middleware Vendors Into A Corner The combination of PeopleSoft applications with Oracle #39;s database and middleware products could lead to a closer relationship between IBM and SAP. | 3 |
Fed Raises US Rates for Fifth Time This Year The Federal Reserve raised US interest rates on December 14, 2004 by a quarter-percentage point for the fifth time this year and said it will keep gradually lifting them from rock-bottom levels as the economy grows. | 2 |
World Airline Losses Near \$5 Billion in 2004 The global airlines body IATA said on Tuesday the industry was heading for a near \$5 billion deficit on international operations this year, pushing its total losses since 2001 to a massive \$35 billion. | 2 |
Brin: Google Turns Libraries Into Latest Weapon Vs. Search Rivals Such electronic instant-gratification devices as television and videogames are cited for boosting obesity among America #39;s youth. | 3 |
MPAA targets core BitTorrent, eDonkey users com December 14, 2004, 11:46 AM PT. The Motion Picture Association of America launched a new legal campaign Tuesday targeting the BitTorrent and eDonkey file-swapping networks, two technologies widely used to trade movies online. | 3 |
Zafi Worm Hides Behind Christmas Cheer A new version of the Zafi e-mail worm is spreading Christmas wishes along with its malicious code, according to antivirus software companies. | 3 |
Falcons RB Duckett Sidelined with Knee Injury FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (Sports Network) - Atlanta Falcons running back T.J. Duckett is expected to undergo minor arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Tuesday and will miss this Saturday's home game against Carolina. | 1 |
Afghan Forces Catch Mullah Omar's Security Chief KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan security forces have captured Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar's personal security chief as he traveled in a van to the southern city of Kandahar, provincial officials told Reuters on Tuesday. | 0 |
Abbas Calls on Palestinians to Drop Armed Struggle GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said his people should drop their weapons in the struggle for a state, marking out a clear change of strategy for peace with Israel after Yasser Arafat's death last month. | 0 |
Miller Grows Up to Become the Hero Skiing Needs SESTRIERE, Italy (Reuters) - With six victories already this season, including a record-equalling triumph in every discipline, Bode Miller is dominating the World Cup circuit and rival Kalle Palander believes the American's emergence at the top is just what the sport needs. | 1 |
Gunmen Kill 4, Seize Weapons in Russia's Caucasus MOSCOW (Reuters) - Islamic militants killed four anti-drugs unit members and seized more than 170 submachine guns and pistols on Tuesday in an attack on the unit's offices in Russia's volatile Caucasus region. | 0 |
Mercosur Leaders Meet, Assess Trade Bloc A decade after Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay sealed a trade deal amid grandiose visions of transforming South America into a single economic bloc, officials representing the Mercosur nations are returning amid mounting criticism to the same colonial Brazilian town where the historic agreement was signed. | 0 |
Trade Gap Widens, White House Blames Oil WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. trade gap widened nearly 9 percent in October to a record \$55.5 billion as sky-high oil prices helped propel imports into new territory, while industrial output rose as expected in November. | 2 |
Maxwell House Price Perks Up 14 Percent NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coffee lovers are digging deeper into their pockets for their daily fix of the black brew. | 2 |
Verizon: No Imminent Plan for Sprint Bid PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc. has eyed a potential acquisition of Sprint Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=FON.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">FON.N</A>, but has no imminent plans to make a bid, people familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. | 2 |
Stocks Rise After Fed Hikes Rates NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks extended their gains slightly before stabilizing on Tuesday, after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by an expected quarter-point, while technology stocks were sparked by a report that Veritas Software Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=VRTS.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">VRTS.O</A> would be taken over. | 2 |
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