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12 Nepalese Reportedly Executed in Iraq A video purporting to show the killings of Nepalese kidnapped in Iraq was posted on a Web site linked to militants. | 0 |
GOP Delegates Boo Moore at Convention NEW YORK - Already a box office sensation, filmmaker Michael Moore got another loud reception Monday at the Republican National Convention. This time, it was boos... | 0 |
Double win for DiGrassi! Brazilian Lucas di Grassi scored his first two wins yesterday in Thruxton in the British F3 championship. | 1 |
3 Killed As Gaston Lashes Va. With Rain RICHMOND, Va. - An area of about 20 blocks of downtown Richmond was roped off and was being condemned Tuesday after the remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston flooded the city and other parts of central Virginia with a foot or more of rain... | 0 |
Stocks Mixed on Consumer Confidence Drop NEW YORK - Stocks were narrowly mixed in light trading Tuesday as disappointing consumer confidence figures overshadowed another slide in oil prices. The plunge in the Conference Board's consumer confidence index, which fell to 98.2 in August from 105.7 in July, raised concerns on Wall Street that oil prices, while now falling, have already damaged the economic recovery... | 0 |
Cal was robbed The University of California should be playing the University of Michigan in the Rose Bowl on New Year #39;s Day, reveling in Cal #39;s first return to Pasadena #39;s sacred turf since 1959. | 1 |
Republicans Assail Kerry at Convention NEW YORK - Republicans belittled Democratic Sen. John Kerry as a shift-in-the-wind campaigner unworthy of the White House on Monday, opening their national convention four miles from Ground Zero of America's worst terrorist attack... | 0 |
Ex-Yugoslav Head Milosevic Begins Defense THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic opened his long-delayed defense at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Tuesday, describing the battles of his Serbian people as self defense against internal rebellions and external attacks by Islamic warriors. Milosevic, charged with genocide and crimes against humanity in the Balkans, portrayed the Serbs as victims rather than aggressors: victims of a plan supported by the United States and Europe to break up Yugoslavia, of an attempt to wipe out Croatia's Serb minority, and of a Saudi-financed plot to create an Islamic state in Bosnia... | 0 |
Twin Bus Blasts in Southern Israel Kill 12 JERUSALEM - Two buses exploded almost simultaneously in southern Israel on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 44, rescue officials said, in the first major Palestinian attack inside Israel in nearly six months. Israel's Channel Two television said the blasts were carried out by Palestinian suicide bombers, but the report could not immediately be confirmed... | 0 |
Gaston's Rain Sparks Emergency in Virginia RICHMOND, Va. - A state of emergency was declared as Tropical Storm Gaston poured nearly a foot of rain on central Virginia, flooding streets with several feet of rushing water that floated cars and trucks and smashed them into buildings... | 0 |
It's SQL, but not as you know it <strong>Site Offer</strong> Save a whopping 50 on definitive MySQL guides | 3 |
12 Nepalese Reportedly Executed in Iraq DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A Web site linked to an Iraqi militant group showed a video of what was purported to be the killing of 12 Nepalese workers by militants who had kidnapped them. The Nepalese Foreign Ministry said it could not confirm the report of the hostages' deaths... | 0 |
Schwarzenegger, Laura Bush to Speak Today NEW YORK - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, first lady Laura Bush, Sen... | 0 |
Several Killed in Israeli Bus Bombings JERUSALEM - Two buses exploded in southern Israel on Tuesday, killing several people and wounding many others, Israeli rescue officials said, in what appeared to be the first suicide bombing inside Israel in nearly six months. Police reported a third blast, but no further details were immediately available... | 0 |
Consumer Confidence Plummets in August Consumer confidence, which had been on the rise since April, declined unexpectedly sharply in August, a private research group said today. | 2 |
12 Nepalese Reportedly Executed in Iraq DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A Web site linked to an Iraqi militant group showed a video of what is purported to be the killing of 12 Nepalese workers by militants who had kidnapped them. The Nepalese Foreign Ministry said it could not confirm the report of the hostages' deaths... | 0 |
W.T.O. Authorizes Anti-Dumping Sanctions on U.S. The W.T.O. decided today to authorize sanctions against the United States in response to illegal antidumping rules. | 2 |
Albertson's Second-Quarter Profits Drop The fall in earnings was due to the continuing impact of the company's California labor dispute and increased payments to health and welfare plans to fund deficits. | 2 |
Gambro Sells U.S. Kidney Clinics Unit STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish kidney-care company Gambro AB has signed an agreement to sell its U.S. clinics business to dialysis firm DaVita Inc. for \$3.05 billion in cash, Gambro said on Tuesday. | 2 |
Credit Dings = Insurance Woes A few problems on your credit report can boost your auto insurance premiums. | 2 |
Copernic Desktop Search Takes Aim at Microsoft SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Privately held Copernic Technologies on Tuesday released free desktop search software ahead of expected offerings from Microsoft Corp. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=MSFT.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">MSFT.O</A> and others in a move some see as a test of the product's market viability. | 3 |
Sharon Presents Gaza Pullout Timetable Description: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon presents a detailed timetable for Israel #39;s withdrawal from most of the Gaza Strip. | 0 |
Sadr #39;s men wait for call to fight NAJAF: Since his Shi #39;ite militia put down their weapons and ended their uprising in Najaf last week, Abdul Sahib has slept in a different house every night, hiding from revenge-seeking residents. | 0 |
Man Utd sign Rooney MANCHESTER United have finally got their hands on Wayne Rooney after nearly a week a tense negotiations concluded with the club agreeing a transfer fee with his current club Everton. | 1 |
Serena courts rebel image SERENA Williams showed she had learnt from the Andre Agassi school of fashion yesterday, donning denim in her first-round match. Teaming the pleated skirt with a midriff-baring studded black vest and matching | 1 |
West Brom acquires Inamoto Bromwich, England (Sports Network) - West Bromwich signed Japanese international Junichi Inamoto to a 2 1/2-year contract on Tuesday. | 1 |
Gutierrez named Michigan #39;s starting QB While it seemed likely during the preseason that Gutierrez would win the job, coach Lloyd Carr insisted two other quarterbacks - Clayton Richard and Chad Henne - had a shot. | 1 |
France #39;s AXA Faces Poll Delay In Australian Unit Buyout MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--France #39;s AXA SA (AXA) faces a six-week delay in its attempt to move to full ownership of its Australian insurance subsidiary, with the Australian | 0 |
Keep low profile, US citizens urged Afghan police officers stand guard as a firefighter fights a fire after an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004. | 0 |
New Apple Gets Shined Hoping to boost recently slackening sales of its flagship product, Apple Computer Inc. is using the dog days of summer to unveil the redesigned iMac, opening the curtain on its popular desktop computer at the Apple Expo in Paris. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT> | 3 |
Your Personal Data Is Often at Risk As Ken Solomon read the letter last month from a company whose software he had bought, one sentence set off alarms: "Your credit or debit card information may be at risk." | 3 |
Publication of Personal Information Probed The Secret Service is investigating the publication of personal information about GOP convention delegates on a Web site, prompting complaints from the American Civil Liberties Union that the government is infringing upon the free-speech rights of political dissidents. | 3 |
Convention Boasts State-of-Art Technology The Republican National Convention has more than 40,000 miles of cabling to operate high speed computer systems, telephone lines and live television broadcasts. | 3 |
Handheld Computers Aid Convention Security Submachine gun, check. Semiautomatic pistol, check. Personal digital assistant, check. In addition to their usual weaponry, some officers responsible for securing federal buildings at the Republican convention are armed with devices like handheld computers. | 3 |
Microsoft Taking on Apple's Music Store Microsoft Corp., hoping to take a bite out of Apple Computer Inc.'s highly popular online music service, is gearing up to launch its own Web site for selling songs over the Internet. | 3 |
Hitachi, Matsushita, Toshiba in LCD Venture Japan's Hitachi Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Toshiba Corp. struck a deal to jointly make displays for flat-screen televisions, starting as early as July 2006, the companies said Tuesday. | 3 |
Jet record marked by Guinness The Guinness Book of Records recognises the world speed record set by Nasa's X-43A hypersonic aircraft in March. | 3 |
'No evidence' for cloning claim Experts cast doubt on claims that a scientist has made embryos from dead people's tissue. | 3 |
Harrah #39;s, Caesars looking to sell four casinos LAS VEGAS Harrah #39;s Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment are in negotiations to sell four casinos, in a move that could help reduce merger antitrust concerns. | 2 |
Stocks Open Higher; Wall Street Cautious US stocks opened slightly higher on Tuesday as oil prices slipped with a lightly staffed Wall Street remaining cautious during the Republican party convention in New York amid heavy security and concerns of possible attacks. | 2 |
Ratan Tata, Kumarmangalam may head revamped Board of Trade New Delhi, Aug. 31 (PTI): The revamped Board of Trade could be headed by renowned industrialist Ratan Tata, or former CII Secretary General Tarun Das. | 2 |
Gateway Casinos controlling shareholders sell 25 of casino <b>...</b> BURNABY, BC (CP) - Major unitholders of the Gateway Casinos Income Fund are selling half their controlling stake in one of Western Canada #39;s biggest casino operators. | 2 |
Intel 65-nanometer chip to use less power Intel #39;s 65-nanometer process technology will not be very different from its 90-nanometer process technology, which should help make for a smoother transition between the two manufacturing techniques in 2005, according to an Intel manufacturing executive. | 3 |
VERITAS to Acquire E-mail Archiving Leader KVS; Accelerates <b>...</b> MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 31, 2004 -- VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire KVault Software Limited (KVS), the | 3 |
Hitachi, Toshiba, Matsushita Launch \$1B Joint LCD Venture Hitachi, Toshiba and Matsushita have reached a basic agreement to jointly establish a company they are currently calling the JV, to manufacture and sell LCD panels for flat-panel TVs, with operations to commence in January. | 3 |
Opera browser to come to Windows Mobile Norwegian browser specialists Opera Software announce a version of their browser for Microsoft #39;s Windows Mobile platform is forthcoming. | 3 |
TechBrief: Chip firms invest in nanotech Advanced Micro Devices and Infineon Technologies, which already have chip plants in Dresden, plan to invest E170 million over the next five years in a center for nanotechnology research there. | 3 |
Voeller: I #39;m Ready Rudi Voeller has arrived in Rome to sign a contract that will tie him to his former club, Roma. The German coach stated that he is ready for the new challenge and he will do his best in this new adventure. | 1 |
NASA to Announce Discovery of New Class of Planets By JOSEPH B. VERRENGIA (AP) -- Astronomers have discovered four new planets in a week's time, an exciting end-of-summer flurry that signals a sharper era in the hunt for new worlds... | 3 |
Life on Mars: A Definite Possibility This much is known: At some point in Mars's past, at least one region of the planet was drenched in water. Ancient Mars provided a habitat suitable for life as we know it. What kind of organism might have lived there? And is life lying dormant there still, just waiting for things to warm up a bit? | 3 |
US Consumer Confidence Tumbles in August US consumer confidence fell sharply in August, breaking four straight months of gains, as a slowdown in job growth creation and rising oil prices weighed on sentiment. | 2 |
Media Mogul Black #39;Lined his Pockets Every Day #39; Not once or twice, but on dozens of occasions Hollinger was victimised by its controlling shareholders as they transferred to themselves and their affiliates more than US dollars 400 million (22 M) in the last seven years, according to the report | 2 |
USA: Interstate Bakeries delays filing full-year report US food company Interstate Bakeries has said that it has had to delay filing its fiscal year report. The company had previously obtained an extension to last Friday for filing its Fiscal 2004 Form 10-K with | 2 |
Veritas to buy maker of e-mail storage tools Veritas Software announced Tuesday that it plans to acquire KVault Software in a move designed to expand its e-mail storage and archiving offerings. | 3 |
China Olympians return as heroes They were greeted at Beijing airport by a senior party leader, a brass band and a traditional drum and cymbal troop, as well as crowds of well-wishers. | 1 |
Voeller set to coach Roma Former Germany coach Rudi Voeller has revealed he is close to taking over as Roma coach, following the resignation of Cesare Prandelli. | 1 |
Rusty to retire after 2005. Former NASCAR Nextel (Winston) Cup Champion Rusty Wallace has confirmed that he will retire from the sport after the 2005 season during a much-awaited press conference in Daytona Beach on Monday. | 1 |
Suburbia's Just Another Name for Fat City By Randy Dotinga, HealthDay Reporter HealthDayNews -- Do sprawling communities translate into expanding waistlines? Absolutely, according to a new study that adds to a growing body of evidence that suburban living makes people fat. A Boston University researcher found that people who live in spread-out communities are heavier than their city-bound counterparts... | 3 |
Short Film Shows Virus Going in for the Kill By RICK CALLAHAN INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Using a creature as hideous as any big-screen sci-fi monster, scientists have produced a one-minute horror movie starring a menacing, spidery virus swooping in on a hapless blob of bacteria. While the shape-changing virus is clearly the villain, the bacterium is E... | 3 |
Raw, Unprocessed Food Trend Catching On in U.S. Lunch crush is coming and the deli crew is busy making burgers, lime tarts and pizza dough. Things are really cooking - at least figuratively. In fact, none of the food being prepared at In The Raw will touch a flame or a griddle. | 3 |
Veritas to buy maker of e-mail storage tools In KVault Software, Veritas is getting the No. 1 maker of e-mail retrieval tools, an analyst says. | 3 |
Lenovo, IBM May Soon Reveal PC Unit Deal HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's largest personal computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd., could announce as early as Tuesday that it is buying control of IBM's PC-making business for up to US\$2 billion, a source familiar with the situation said. | 2 |
Briefly: Charter signs 3 phone deals roundup Plus: Open-source rival to Exchange released...Verizon sets up home in Circuit City...3i's Gagen resigns...Unify updates Java tool. | 3 |
Chep changes pay off BRAMBLES #39; decision to overhaul its troubled Chep pallet business has paid off in spades by doubling second-half profit. Brambles posted an after-tax result of \$168 million for the June half, up from \$82 million for the same period last year. | 2 |
WTO Approves Sanctions Against US in #39;Byrd #39; Row The European Union and its allies got the go-ahead on Tuesday to slap potentially heavy sanctions on US goods in a row that could stir trade tensions ahead of the US elections. | 2 |
Energy giant #39;s 2bn windfall ENERGY group National Grid Transco is to give shareholders a 2bn windfall after announcing the sale of four of its gas distribution networks today. | 2 |
Harrah #39;s, Caesars looking to sell four casinos Harrah #39;s Entertainment (HET) and Caesars Entertainment (CZR) said Tuesday that they have begun negotiations to sell four casinos, in a move expected to reduce | 2 |
Alitalia Pressures Unions to Accept Plan Italy #39;s struggling state carrier Alitalia met with labor unions Tuesday, trying to persuade them to accept a sweeping restructuring plan after announcing a further worsening of the airline #39;s financial situation. | 2 |
Circuit City Hears Verizon #39;s Call Or it could be that double-digit declines in mobile phone sales in the first quarter suggested that they go with the country #39;s largest wireless service provider instead. | 2 |
Day 2 in Kobe Bryant jury selection Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the Kobe Bryant rape trial will quiz 41 new potential jurors behind closed doors Tuesday, after questioning the same number a day earlier. | 1 |
Don #39;t rule it out completely Incredulity and bewilderment greeted today #39;s suggestion that rugby #39;s World Cup winning coach Clive Woodward might be England #39;s next football saviour. | 1 |
Voeller moves to Roma Roma have appointed former German national coach Rudi Voeller as their new boss. Voeller, who resigned his post with Germany after Euro 2004, has spent the day in the Italian capital discussing the move and | 1 |
Not all QB questions answered Matt Gutierrez will start at quarterback for the University of Michigan on Saturday against Miami (Ohio). It #39;s right up there with quot;dog bites man quot; on the surprise scale. | 1 |
Moscow fears two more suicide bombers Russian security officials are concerned two female suicide bombers who downed two planes last week arrived in Moscow with two other women from Chechnya. | 0 |
AOL testing Net phone service The online giant is quietly calling on beta testers to try out its take on VoIP. | 3 |
Apple puts the squeeze on new iMac All of the new iMac G5 fits inside what the company calls an "enchanting" flat-screen display. | 3 |
Apple unwraps new iMac G5s at Paris show The new iMac's screen is suspended above the desk like that of its predecessor, but its processor, hard disk and DVD drive are concealed behind the screen rather than in the base. | 3 |
Opera to launch browser for Windows Mobile Norwegian browser developer Opera Software ASA has developed a product to run on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system, with plans to ship demonstration versions to mobile phone operators and manufacturers in the coming weeks. | 3 |
Sun readies app server upgrade Sun Microsystems is readying an upgrade to its enterprise-level application server and is touting new downloading figures as evidence of the companys growing presence in the application server market. | 3 |
Apple unwraps new iMac G5s PARIS -- Apple Computer Inc. will begin shipping its new iMac G5 desktop computer worldwide in mid-September, the company's top marketing executive said Tuesday. | 3 |
Samsung develops high-capacity smart card chip Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has begun producing a smart card IC (integrated circuit) chip that the company claims contains a larger amount of erasable and programmable memory than those of competitors, it said in a statement on Tuesday. | 3 |
Skype dials up beta software for Mac OS X Skype Technologies SA, of Luxembourg, Tuesday released a beta version of its free Internet telephony software for Apple Computer Inc.'s Mac OS X.<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p><p><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.ifw.general/ibmpseries;sz=1x1;ord=200301151450?" width="1" height="1" border="0"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;9824455;9690404;u?http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;9473681;9688522;d?http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/campaigns/boardroom/index.html?ca=pSeries met=boardroom me=E P_Creative=P_InfoW_RSS">Introducing IBM eServer p5 systems.</a><br/>Powered by IBMs most advanced 64-bit microprocessor (POWER5(tm)), p5 systems can run UNIX and Linux simultaneously. Learn more about eServer p5 systems.</p> | 3 |
AMD demos first dual-core processor Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has demonstrated the company's first dual-core microprocessors at its Austin, Texas, office, the company said Tuesday. | 3 |
Microsoft Taking on Apple's iTunes Music Store By ALLISON LINN SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), hoping to take a bite out of Apple Computer Inc... | 3 |
Handheld Computers Aid Republican Convention Security By HANNAH LOBEL NEW YORK (AP) -- Submachine gun, check. Semiautomatic pistol, check... | 3 |
Apple Unveils New IMac at Paris Expo Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) on Tuesday introduced its new iMac, the latest version of the consumer desktop computer that restored the company's fortunes as a force in personal computing. | 3 |
Fujitsu Limited Ad-hoc-Mitteilung verarbeitet und bermittelt durch die DGAP. Fr den Inhalt der Mitteilung ist der Emittent verantwortlich. SAN JOSE, Calif. | 3 |
Apple Unveils iMac G5 The new iMac G5, which begins shipping worldwide mid-September, features the high-performance G5 processor and a stunning new design that integrates the entire computer right into its 17- or 20-inch flat panel display. The iMac G5 packs a complete computer system into a mere two inches of depth #151; the world #146;s thinnest desktop computer, with a G5 processor running up to 1.8 GHz. Aug 31 | 3 |
Apple Support Site Among Top 10 The Association of Support Professionals announced the winners of its seventh annual "Ten Best Web Support Sites" competition, showcasing excellence in online service and support. Apple was included in the 2004 list of winners, chosen by evaluating overall usability, design and navigation; knowledge base and search implementation; interactive features; and personalization. Aug 31 | 3 |
WTO authorizes sanctions against US for anti-dumping law (AFP) AFP - The World Trade Organisation authorized the European Union and seven countries to impose millions of dollars' worth of sanctions in retaliation for a US anti-dumping law, a diplomat said. | 0 |
US Consumers Anxious About Lack of Hiring NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence retreated in August while Chicago-area business activity slowed, according to reports on Tuesday that added to worries the economy's patch of slow growth may last beyond the summer. | 2 |
Dollar Slumps After Weak U.S. Data NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar sagged on Tuesday as softer U.S. data on Tuesday re-ignited worries that the world's largest economy has yet to recover from its recent soft patch. | 2 |
Iraqi Militants Kill 12 Nepali Hostages - Web Site BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A militant Iraqi group said it had killed 12 Nepali hostages and showed pictures of one being beheaded and others being shot dead, the worst mass killing of captives since a wave of kidnappings erupted in April. | 0 |
Zimbabwe tobacco crop falls again Zimbabwe's tobacco crop, one of the country's main exportable commodities, falls for the fourth year running. | 2 |
India plans to help boost exports India unveils a package of trade incentives, aimed at helping the country grow its exports by 20 a year for the next five years. | 2 |
Plato Gets Top Grade The company gets a boost from its Lightspan acquisition, but will future growth be slow? | 2 |
Radio 4 revives Hitchhiker's game A Douglas Adams game is revived to mark a new Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy radio series. | 3 |
India plans to help boost exports India has unveiled a package of trade incentives, aimed at helping the country grow its exports by 20 a year for the next five years. | 2 |
Avalon, WinFS decoupled for Windows Shorthorn As we suggested on Friday, two mainstays of Windows Longhorn will be #39;decoupled #39; from the 2006 release, with Microsoft dropping the WinFS storage and query system. | 3 |
Apple Announces New iMac That Breaks Design Barriers Just like the iPod redefined portable digital music players, the new iMac G5 redefines what users expect from a consumer desktop, Schiller told the audience. | 3 |
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