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Computer Maker in an Alien World A company that makes odd-looking computers for gamers wants to expand its market. But Alienware execs wonder how many customers will appreciate the glowing alien eyes and other flourishes that have become its signature. By Michelle Delio. | 3 |
When Viruses Attack A bacteria-eating virus is the star of a new video that could help researchers learn the secrets of viral infection and thereby develop better gene therapies. By Kristen Philipkoski. | 3 |
A Celebration of Cell-Phone Film Filmmakers who who make tiny movies now have a festival. An independent studio is collecting entries of films made for the small screen -- the cell phone. By Daniel Terdiman. | 3 |
Mozilla Launching Second Act with E-Mail Client (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Fresh from its Web browser buzz, the open-source group takes on Microsoft with an e-mail application release. Can it repeat its Firefox success? | 3 |
Homemade Sat Radio Software Bump A Canadian programmer who subscribes to satellite radio writes a little piece of software allowing him to record shows directly onto his PC. Then he sells the program to others. Now the RIAA and XM Radio are busy figuring out how to bust him for it. | 3 |
Duke Enrollment Package: New iPod Instead of the usual Blue Devils T-shirt and ball cap, Duke University freshmen receive a free iPod engraved with the school's crest. The school hopes the devices will be used for recording lectures and capturing scientific data. | 3 |
Florida Judge: Recount Votes A state rule barring Florida counties with touch-screen voting from conducting manual recounts is at odds with state law, according to an administrative law judge ruling in a lawsuit against the state. | 3 |
Phone Home and Find the Way Route finders, once limited to executive autos, have become part of advanced handsets and are now being designed into mobile phones. New smartphones can load computer-like applications, adding mapping to their bag of tricks. | 3 |
Next Windows Version: 2006 Target Microsoft announces Longhorn, its next version of Windows, will meet its 2006 release date. But to deliver on time for corporate client contracts, a key component -- the underlying file system for the software -- will be missing. | 3 |
LNR Property Shares May Rise on Cerberus Purchase Agreement Shares in LNR Property Corp., the real estate development company spun off from Lennar Corp., may rise after the company agreed to be bought by a group led by Cerberus Capital Management LP for \$3. | 2 |
ONGC acquires West Australian co, signs MOU with Karnataka Bangalore: The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) acquired a Canadian off-shore oilfield in West Australia yesterday, its Chairman and Managing Director, Mr Subir Raha, announced today. | 2 |
Marathon result disputed The Brazilian Olympic Committee will lodge an appeal against the result of Sunday #39;s Athens marathon, after it was disrupted by a spectator. | 1 |
UPDATE 1-Newcastle sack Robson as manager Newcastle United have sacked their manager Bobby Robson, the English Premier League club said on Monday. quot;After a disappointing start to the Premier League season, the directors | 1 |
Cheek at top level Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster Tom Cheek became the seventh member of the club #39;s Level of Excellence in a ceremony held before yesterday #39;s game against the New York Yankees at the SkyDome. | 1 |
OPEC to Do All It Can to Stabilize Prices The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is doing its best to restore order and stability to the market with reasonable prices that are acceptable to producers and consumers alike, the group #39;s president said Monday. | 2 |
Angst Over Anglers In a study published Friday, a team of marine biologists finds that sport fishing accounts for nearly one-fourth of the total catch for the commercially valuable species the federal government most worries about conserving. | 3 |
China launches satellite FLEDGLING space power China today launched a satellite from a remote desert region for a short-term scientific mission, state media reported. | 3 |
Plan to let soldiers vote by e-mail is questioned JEFFERSON CITY - An election security expert has raised questions about Missouri Secretary of State Matt Blunt #39;s plan to let soldiers at remote duty stations or in combat areas cast their ballots with the help of e-mail. | 3 |
Bobby Robson #39;relieved of duties #39; at Newcastle Newcastle manager Bobby Robson has been quot;relieved of his duties quot; at the lagging soccer club, Newcastle announced Monday. | 1 |
No gold but Khan shows his mettle IT HAD always threatened to be a fight too far for Amir Khan, and so it proved. Up against the vastly experienced Cuban Mario Kindelan, the 17-year-old from Bolton fought gamely, but in the end lost out by | 1 |
France: Headscarf law will be applied French government refuses to yield to Iraqi kidnappers of two French reporters on law banning headscarves. By Hugh Schofield - PARIS. | 0 |
US Warns Its Citizens in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 30, 2004 - The US government warned its citizens to keep a low profile Monday after a car bomb hit a private American security firm, killing up to 11 people in the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital in two years. | 0 |
UN deadline on Darfur approaches A United Nations deadline is set to expire on Monday for the Sudanese authorities to improve security in the troubled Darfur region. | 0 |
Pollsters refuse to write off Australian PM despite lag in polls SYDNEY : Opinion polls give Australia #39;s opposition Labor Party a big lead over Prime Minister John Howard #39;s conservative government as campaigning begins for October 9 elections, but analysts say the real race is still too close to call. | 0 |
Inter-Korean Economic Talks Cancelled The 10 th round of the inter-Korean economic talks planned to start today for a four-day run in Seoul has been cancelled as Pyongyang refused to contact Seoul to coordinate meeting schedule the day prior, a government official said Monday. | 0 |
Sony Shows Off New Low-End Digicam (PC World) PC World - #36;300 Cyber-shot squeezes high-end performance into its small package. | 3 |
Japan's Supreme Court clears way for MTFG and UFJ merger (AFP) AFP - Japan's Supreme Court cleared the way for UFJ Holdings and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group to merge by rejecting a bid to halt the deal by Sumitomo Trust and Banking, a court spokeswoman said. | 0 |
NI deal to be decided The DUP leader will continue talks today with the British Government after Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams gave his backing for an Advent agreement to revive power sharing and remove the gun forever from Northern Ireland politics. | 0 |
CIA, Pentagon Officials Fight Merge Plan WASHINGTON - Opening a rare window into a secret world, the CIA and the Pentagon are publicly fighting a proposal to centralize under Defense Department control the U.S. covert paramilitary operations used increasingly in recent years in Afghanistan and elsewhere... | 0 |
Athens Games: Best of Greek Past, Present ATHENS, Greece - Little things meant a lot in Athens: a tear from Mia Hamm's eye, or a smile across Jennie Finch's mouth, was as good as gold. A pair of abandoned wrestling shoes, size 13, signaled goodbye for Rulon Gardner... | 0 |
Kremlin Choice Wins in Chechnya Election GROZNY, Russia - The Russian government's candidate to lead warring Chechnya easily won a presidential election held in the wake of last week's terrorist destruction of two airliners, election officials said Monday. The opposition charged voting was tainted by fraud... | 0 |
UPDATE 1-Oil steadies above \$43 on Iraq exports woes US oil prices rose slightly on Monday as Iraq #39;s oil exports continued at more than 30 percent below normal after sabotage attacks on pipelines. | 2 |
Marathon intruder Horan held in Athens The Irishman who was arrested after obstructing Brazilian athlete Vanderlei de Lima in the men #39;s Olympic marathon will be brought to the general district attorney #39;s office in Athens today. | 1 |
Managers #39; Chief Slams #39;Ridiculous #39; Sacking Former Newcastle defender Frank Clark blasted the ridiculous scenario which led to the Magpies dismissal of boss Sir Bobby Robson today. | 1 |
Rooney war nears endgame Manchester United and Newcastle have until 1200 BST on Tuesday to secure a deal with Everton over Wayne Rooney. Everton, who play at Old Trafford in a lunchtime game on Monday, are sitting on a reputed 25m offer from the former Premiership champions. | 1 |
Final flag falls at speedway By the time Dan Wheldon took the checkered flag Sunday at the Firestone Indy 225, thousands in the crowd had already begun marching toward the exits. | 1 |
PM warns of ALP economic disaster Prime Minister John Howard has warned of economic disaster under a Latham Labor government - while admitting interest rates were high during his term as federal treasurer. | 0 |
Bangladesh opposition unites to oust Zia government Opposition parties in Bangladesh have reportedly reached a consensus on ousting the government of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, which it termed as being quot;fanatic, terrorist and autocratic. | 0 |
MRPL to invest Rs 1,300 crore The Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) proposed to invest Rs 1,300 crore over a period of time in improving plant and upgrading products, Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd (ONGC) Chairman Subir Raha said today. | 2 |
Italian steals victory In an Olympic marathon marred by a bizarre intrusion, Italy #39;s Stefano Baldini surged ahead with more than three kilometres to win the gold yesterday. | 1 |
Schumi admits Spa #39;s very #39;special #39; Michael Schumacher admits there couldn #39;t have been a better place for him to wrap-up his seventh World title than at Spa, a circuit that have instrumental throughout his F1 career. | 1 |
Tigers glad to leave Boston after one-sided sweep More than gladly, the Tigers left the excitement of Fenway Park and headed for the quiet of Kansas City. The nation may not be pining for yet another Tigers-Royals series, but the Tigers sure are. | 1 |
WHELDON WINS INDY RACE Englishman Dan Wheldon claimed an historic Indy Racing League victory in the Indy 225 at Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Wheldon, from Emberton, got his title challenge back on track with his win in the 100th IRL race, his third victory of a superb season. | 1 |
Security Chief: Iran Will Help Bring Iraqi Stability 30 August 2004 -- Iran #39;s security chief, Hasan Rowhani, has assured visiting Iraqi officials that his country is committed to cooperating on establishing security in Iraq. | 0 |
African Union Urges Sudan, Rebels Overcome Impasse (Reuters) Reuters - The African Union urged\Sudan's government and Darfur rebels to remain engaged in peace\talks Monday, after negotiations foundered over what the U.N.\has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis. | 0 |
Tech workers stay put as economy perks up (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Tech workers are holding on to their jobs tighter than they have in more than 20 years. | 2 |
Ex-Veritas CTO loads up on shares (SiliconValley.com) SiliconValley.com - Recently departed Veritas Software Chief Technology Officer Fred van den Bosch has added to his holdings in the Mountain View company's stock, at least for now. | 3 |
Olympics Chief Says Zeus Smiled on Athens ATHENS (Reuters) - Zeus and the other gods of ancient Greece smiled on the Athens Olympic Games, whose spectacular success surprised the world, the head of the organizing committee said Monday. | 1 |
African Union Urges Sudan, Rebels Overcome Impasse ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - The African Union urged Sudan's government and Darfur rebels to remain engaged in peace talks Monday, after negotiations foundered over what the U.N. has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis. | 0 |
Cerberus to Buy LNR Property for Cash Riley Property Holdings LLC, a new company majority owned by affiliates of New York-based investment firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, agreed to purchase LNR Property Corp. | 2 |
Japan #39;s Supreme Court clears way for MTFG and UFJ merger TOKYO : Japan #39;s Supreme Court cleared the way for UFJ Holdings and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group to merge by rejecting a bid to halt the deal by Sumitomo Trust and Banking, a court spokeswoman said. | 2 |
China needs to invest \$120 bn in power generation China needs to invest \$120 billion in the next five years to generate enough electricity to meet its huge demand for power and reduce crippling power shortages, state media said on Monday. | 2 |
Italian Consumer Prices Rose in August as Oil Prices Surged Italian consumer prices rose the most in two months in August as record crude oil prices lifted transportation costs, data from Italy #39;s 13 biggest cities showed. | 2 |
Audio Company Crafts New Computerized Suspension System The Framingham, Mass., company best known for audio systems and speakers, has developed a revolutionary computer-controlled suspension system that replaces the traditional shocks and springs with electronic actuators. | 3 |
Danger comes in unpredictable forms ATHENS, Greece -- I could see Vanderlei de Lima of Brazil running almost straight toward me. The 5-5, 119-pound marathon competitor had started with the rest of the men in the hill town of Marathon, the place where it all began 2,494 years ago. | 1 |
Schumacher Rewrites the History Books Again It was not quite business as usual for Michael Schumacher on Sunday. He was on the podium at the end of the Belgian Grand Prix but in second place. | 1 |
FACTBOX-Bobby Robson factbox Following is a factbox on Bobby Robson who was sacked as Newcastle United manager on Monday. 1948: Signed as an apprentice with Middlesbrough, at the same time working at the local coal mine. | 1 |
Juninho in flying start Former Boro fans #39; hero Juninho paid tribute to the Parkhead atmosphere after playing a starring role in the 1-0 Old Firm derby win over Rangers on his debut. | 1 |
Halilhodzic struggling to restore PSG fortunes Vahid Halilhodzic has established a reputation as a soccer guru over the years but his coaching skills have failed to end Paris St Germain #39;s win drought this season. | 1 |
Iraq oil pipeline attacks cease exports Oil exports from southern Iraq have grounded to a complete halt because of a spate of attacks on pipelines. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a senior Iraqi official from South Oil Company said oil flows | 0 |
Wall Street Plays Party Host The Republican National Convention, which opens Monday at Madison Square Garden in midtown Manhattan, is being bankrolled and feted to an extraordinary degree by the financial services behemoths that are concentrated at the island's southern tip. | 2 |
Yukos faces tax payment deadline Beleaguered Russian oil giant Yukos on Monday faces a court-imposed deadline to pay a multi-billion dollar tax bill. | 2 |
Peace ' key' to lower oil prices Oil prices will only fall if global conflicts are resolved, the boss of oil producers' organisation Opec says. | 2 |
Peace #39; key #39; to lower oil prices Oil prices will only fall if global conflicts are resolved, the boss of oil prducers #39; organisation Opec has warned. Opec president Purnomo Yusgiantoro said its members were increasing production to meet high | 2 |
Crude oil price may continue downward slide Crude oil #39;s five-day plunge last week after failing to reach US\$50 a barrel convinced more traders and analysts that the price will continue to fall, according to a Bloomberg News survey. | 2 |
Fires at homes in Waterford Township, Detroit leave 5 dead A house fire Sunday morning in this Detroit suburb left three family members dead about the same time that a blaze in Detroit killed two young children, police and fire officials said. | 2 |
Stocks Set to Open Lower on Quiet Earnings US stock futures were moving into negative territory early Monday at the start of a quiet earnings and a noisy political week. Dow Jones futures were down 28 points recently, while Nasdaq futures declined 8 points and S amp;P futures were down 3.4 points. | 2 |
MSN Music: It #39;s really about Windows Microsoft is expected to enter the online song store market this week, which should put the software giant head-to-head with Apple Computer in the music business at last. | 3 |
Internet cartoon can use Guthrie song That #39;s the agreement reached between the publishers of Woody Guthrie #39;s classic This Land Is Your Land and JibJab Media, creators of an animated Internet short that uses the tune in a comic send-up of President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry #39;s | 3 |
NBC finishes Summer Games like a champ After a disastrous performance in Sydney, NBC proved its Olympic mettle with multi-network, vastly expanded coverage that both did better and was better. | 1 |
Americans in Kabul Warned after Bombing The US embassy in Kabul is advising Americans in the Afghan capital to restrict their movements after a deadly car bomb late Sunday killed about a dozen people outside the offices of a US security company. | 0 |
Fact Imitates Dogs of War Fiction Frederick Forsyth wrote it up as The Dogs of War, and set it in Equatorial Guinea here: A rag-tag band of mercenaries, recruited by a British elite, tries to seize control of a mineral-rich, African backwater. | 0 |
Palestinian girl wounded by Israeli missile as mother of prisoner <b>...</b> An Israeli gunship helicopter on Monday fired a missile toward a car carrying four Palestinian activists, but missed and hit a nearby home instead. | 0 |
Ex-treasurer of Japan party faction arrested A former treasurer of the Japanese ruling party #39;s largest faction was arrested yesterday, media reports said, in a widening political donations scandal that forced ex-Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to quit as the faction #39;s head last month. | 0 |
Negroponte Wants More Funds for Iraqi Security --WSJ NEW YORK (Reuters) - The new U.S. ambassador to Iraq wants to shift \$3.37 billion in aid earmarked for water, sewage and electricity projects in the country to efforts to improve Iraq's security and oil output and create more jobs, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. | 0 |
OutKast triumph at MTV Awards Hip-hop duo OutKast and rapper Jay-Z are among the main winners at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards. | 0 |
Video's Virtual Wonderland (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Again this year, we offer the video-game shopper a cheat sheet identifying some of the top titles of the holiday season. Keep in mind that weird tastes abound and some are reflected on this list, which is culled from hundreds of games released in time for the holidays. | 3 |
Shell, Sinopec in China Retail Venture (Reuters) Reuters - Royal Dutch/Shell Group (RD.AS)\(SHEL.L) said it would jointly operate 180 gas stations in\China by the end of 2004, the second foreign oil major after BP\to enter the country's huge but tightly controlled retail\market. | 2 |
We Owe Much to DES (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - DES did yeoman security service for thousands of applications, says Counterpane Internet Security CEO Bruce Schneier. | 3 |
Berlusconi knocked out by left in tackle by Blair (AFP) AFP - Prime Minister Tony Blair kicked his Italian host Silvio Berlusconi so hard on the left knee during a game of soccer earlier this month that the Italian premier had to have the injury scanned at a hospital near his vacation villa in Sardinia. | 0 |
Israel Plan to Use Settlement As Hospital (AP) AP - Israel has proposed leaving a Gaza settlement intact to be used as a hospital after an Israeli pullout, and wants to sell an industrial zone on the edge of the coastal strip to international bodies, Israeli officials said. | 0 |
IBM Provides Developers with Free Cloudscape Resources (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - IBM announces a set of free tools and support for developers using its Java relational database, also now known as Derby. | 3 |
TISCALI ANNOUNCES SELLS OFF SWEDISH SUBSIDIARY FOR 13 MLN (AGI) - Rome, Aug. 30 - Tiscali has reached an agreement to sell off its Swedish subsidiary, Tiscali AB to Spray Network AB, a company controlled by Lycos Europe. | 2 |
Stocks Seen Sliding as Oil Moves Higher NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks are set to open lower on Monday with oil prices pushing higher and Wall Street on edge as the Republican National Convention gets underway in New York amid heightened security concerns. | 2 |
European Shares Drift Down in Thin Trade LONDON (Reuters) - European stocks were slightly lower by mid-day in holiday-hit trading on Monday, with crude oil rises weighing on shares, though Sanofi-Aventis gained on the result of trials of an anti-obesity drug. | 2 |
'Great Escape' from Athens Runs Smoothly ATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Olympic athletes and visitors began what Greek media termed the "Great Escape" from Athens Monday, an exodus that has so far run as smoothly as the Games themselves. | 1 |
Flexitronics acquires India #39;s Future Software CHENNAI - Singapore-based electronics contract maker Flexitronics has acquired telecom software solutions firm Future Software Ltd for an undisclosed amount. | 3 |
WestLB to sell travel firm stake German bank WestLB is to sell its stake in Europe's largest travel group TUI, owners of the Thomson and Lunn Poly brands. | 2 |
Stocks Set to Open Lower on Quiet Earnings NEW YORK - U.S stock futures were moving into negative territory early Monday at the start of a quiet earnings and a noisy political week. Dow Jones futures were down 28 points recently, while Nasdaq futures declined 8 points and S P futures were down 3.4 points... | 0 |
Schwab said to sell capital markets business to UBS LONDON (CBS.MW) - US stock futures were tracking lower on Monday, indicating expectations for a weaker start despite a couple of anticipated deals. | 2 |
Income Tax to Be Cut by 1 point to Boost Economy The ruling Uri Party on Monday proposed an income tax cut by one percentage point and additional government spending of 5.5 trillion won next year in a policy bid to stimulate the economy. | 2 |
Orion hopes super PCs are stars If you need a supercomputer on your desktop, Orion Multisystems has a machine for you. Aiming at scientists and engineers who need to do serious data crunching, the Santa Clara start-up will | 3 |
Silver finale for USA In the last event of the 2004 Olympic Games, the United States track team produced one last surprise. Meb Keflezighi, a native of Eritrea who moved to the United States as | 1 |
Allardyce makes most of meagre resources Sam Allardyce is continuing to prove you do not have to spend millions to feast at the top table. The Bolton manager #39;s ethic is simple. | 1 |
Air Force Awards Tablet PC Project If you've ever had a portable computer shut down because the battery went dead, you should know the Air Force shares your problem. And it's trying to solve it, too. | 3 |
Hong Kong Economy Grows 12 Percent in 2nd Quarter Hong Kong is celebrating better than expected economic figures while China has started its first financial bailout of a private company. | 0 |
JackBe's Technology Cuts to the Quick Several years ago, two Mexican brothers took out credit card loans to start JackBe Corp., providing software that helps companies perform business over the Web more efficiently and securely. | 3 |
In Dorms, a Method to The Matches Computer-based matching system helps students to find the most compatible roommates. | 3 |
Don't regulate RFID--yet Industry deserves a chance to act responsibly, CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh says, before ill-informed legislators step in. | 3 |
Intel: Half-billion on a chip Intel Corp. is on track to introduce the world #39;s most advanced chip production technology in its products next year, the largest semiconductor maker said. | 2 |
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