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Astronomers Spot Smallest Planets Yet American astronomers say they have discovered the two smallest planets yet orbiting nearby stars, trumping a small planet discovery by European scientists five days ago and capping the latest round in a frenzied hunt for other worlds like Earth. All three of these smaller planets belong to a new class of "exoplanets" - those that orbit stars other than our sun, the scientists said in a briefing Tuesday... | 0 |
Media Brass Bullish on #39;05 Entertainment industry executives got to strut their stuff Monday as two big traditional winter investor conferences kicked off here with a star-studded lineup. | 2 |
Stocks Up Despite Consumer Confidence News NEW YORK - A late-session buying spurt gave stocks a moderate lift Tuesday as investors managed to overcome their disappointment over troubling readings on consumer confidence and manufacturing. But with volume extremely light, analysts said it was difficult to place any real significance on the upturn... | 0 |
Soledad O'Brien Gives Birth to Twin Boys NEW YORK - Soledad O'Brien's American mornings will be getting a lot more bleary-eyed. The CNN anchor, co-host of "American Morning" with Bill Hemmer, gave birth to twin boys Monday... | 0 |
Microsoft Takes On ITunes Microsoft plans to launch an online music store. Also: Copernic Technologies releases free desktop search software hellip;. Hitachi, Matsushita Electric Industrial and Toshiba team up to make displays for flat-screen TVs hellip;. and more. | 2 |
Guinness recognises jet record The Guinness Book of Records officially recognises the speed record set by Nasa's X-43A hypersonic aircraft. | 3 |
HDTV 'Starter' Kit for PC Comes with Some Kinks SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - High-definition television can show the sweat beading on an athlete's brow, but the cost of all the necessary electronic equipment can get a shopper's own pulse racing. | 3 |
Video Game Sales Seen Pausing After Record 2003 LONDON (Reuters) - Video game sales soared to a record \$18.2 billion last year, but the days of strong growth are on pause as players await a new generation of consoles in 2005 and 2006, a new study showed on Wednesday. | 3 |
Small planets seen by astronomers US astronomers find the smallest worlds detected circling other stars and say it is a breakthrough in the search for life in space. | 3 |
Great Portugal Quake May Have a Sequel, Study Says Scientists studying the Great Lisbon Quake, which killed 60,000 people 250 years ago, say that the forces that caused it are slowly building up for another violent temblor near Portugal. | 3 |
Jury: WTC attack was two events Attaching victory to a string of defeats, a jury yesterday agreed with World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein #39;s claim that the planes that struck the Twin Towers represented two separate, insurable events. | 2 |
Climber Who Cut Off Hand Looks Back Aron Ralston, the climber who spent five days pinned beneath a boulder in a Utah canyon last year, reflects on his lifesaving self-amputation. | 3 |
How Blood Pressure Pill Prevents Heart Attacks By EMMA ROSS MUNICH, Germany (AP) -- Scientists have unraveled one of the mysteries of precisely how a popular type of blood pressure pill protects against heart attacks, showing it not only lowers blood pressure but also directly improves the health of the artery walls. Doctors had suspected that blood pressure reduction alone could not explain the whole benefit of the pills, called angiotensin converting enzyme, or ACE, inhibitors, because studies have shown they prevented heart attacks and deaths even in patients with normal blood pressure or those whose high blood pressure did not budge... | 3 |
For CEOs, offshoring pays U.S. companies that send the most jobs overseas handsomely reward their CEOs, a new study says. | 3 |
Briefly: LinkedIn links a million roundup Plus: AOL gives exclusive sneak peek for fall TV...Copernic debuts desktop search tool...Charter signs 3 phone deals. | 3 |
Sun drafts open-source blog developer The principal author of Roller Weblogger will gather support for the online journals inside and outside Sun. | 3 |
Sun readies Java app servers Company is testing Java System Application Server 8--and hoping that it'll boost the company's share of the Java server software market. | 3 |
Microsoft pens e-commerce deal The software giant will make its Plus Digital Media Edition available for download through 200 online retailers. | 3 |
Smiths pays 476m for Medex AEROSPACE and defence group Smiths is dipping into its 1.4bn acquisition war chest to buy medical equipment firm Medex for 476m. | 2 |
Update 1: China Aviation Execs Surrender Passports China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp. on Tuesday said four key company officials have surrendered their passports to prosecutors amid a probe into a massive trading loss by the Beijing-backed jet fuel trader. | 2 |
Skype takes VoIP software to the Mac The Net phone-calling provider is testing a version of its software and service for Apple fans. | 3 |
Blu-ray group gets behind Microsoft tech The VC-1 codec is made an integral part of a Blu-ray spec, giving Microsoft a foot in the rival camps battling over the successor to DVDs. | 3 |
Commentary: Apple's missed opportunity Forrester Research says the new iMac's minimalist design means that Apple Computer misses tricks that Windows Media Center PCs can do. | 3 |
IBM, LG winding down joint venture Sources say the two companies will likely dissolve their 8-year-old subsidiary sometime this year. | 3 |
iMac G5 in pictures The new iMac, as seen in these photos taken at the San Francisco Apple Store, places the computer's innards behind a 17-inch or 20-inch flat-panel monitor. | 3 |
Oil prices hover above US\$43 in Asia but market calm after Saudi <b>...</b> SINGAPORE : Oil prices pushed past 43 dollars in Asian trading but the market was quite calm as the focus shifted to OPEC following a bloody attack on the US consulate in the Saudi port city of Jeddah. | 2 |
New iMac tries to play it cool Hot G5 chip requires some serious effort to avoid overheating in all-in-one desktop design. | 3 |
Japanese makers forge \$1 billion LCD alliance Hitachi, Toshiba and Matsushita will pour \$1 billion into manufacturing large LCDs for flat-screen TVs. | 3 |
Editors' Picks: What do you think of the iMac's newest design? From the introduction of the first Macintosh computer through to the release of the iPod, Apple Computer has earned a reputation for cutting-edge industrial design. Does the newest iMac live up to that reputation? | 3 |
Computerworld names new editor in chief Don Tennant, who served most recently as the publication's news editor, was previously chief editor at Computerworld Hong Kong. | 3 |
Nortel CEO Bill Owens sees 'exciting future' Nortel CEO Bill Owens says the future is "pretty exciting' for his company, despite past financial reporting problems and a looming vendor consolidation that could create aggressive competitors. | 3 |
Report casts doubt on IRS hacking-detection system An Internal Revenue Service system designed to protect the agency's modernized systems from hacking isn't working properly, according to a report by the Treasury inspector general for tax administration. | 3 |
Police question report of India code theft Police probing the alleged theft of source code at Jolly Technologies' development center in Mumbai are questioning aspects of the security incursion and said the company's president hasn't cooperated with their investigation. | 3 |
Microsoft offers sneak peak of SQL Server 2005 Microsoft has announced the availability of Beta 2 of its SQL Server 2005 database, which will include support for AMD's 64-bit Opteron CPU and Intel's 64-bit Itanium chip. | 3 |
Opera to launch browser for Windows Mobile Move signals a shift in strategy for company that competes against Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. | 3 |
Copernic desktop search takes aim at Microsoft The privately held company today released free desktop search software in a move some see as a test of the product's market viability in what is becoming a crowded field. | 3 |
Veritas buys KVault Software in \$225M deal Storage and backup application vendor Veritas Software Corp. said today that it is acquiring e-mail archiving vendor KVault Software Ltd. in a deal expected to wrap up next month. | 3 |
Aruba brings Wi-Fi down from the ceiling Instead of installing a handful of wireless access points in an office ceiling, Aruba Wireless Networks' new Wi-Fi Grid system will offer a larger number of tiny "grid points" in floor-level network outlets as part of the main network infrastructure. | 3 |
IBM, Sun join with Microsoft on Web services event specification IBM, Sun Microsystems, and Computer Associates have jumped aboard in support of the WS-Eventing specification for subscribing to Web services-based events, joining original developers Microsoft, BEA Systems, and Tibco Software. | 3 |
Spammers using sender authentication too, study says New technology for identifying the sender of e-mail messages has not been widely adopted despite backing from software giant Microsoft Corp. and may not be effective at stopping unsolicited commercial e-mail, otherwise known as spam, according to a survey by e-mail security company CipherTrust Inc. | 3 |
Police question details of India code theft report BANGALORE, INDIA -- Police officials investigating the alleged theft of source code at Jolly Technologies' Mumbai development center are questioning aspects of the security incursion reported by the company. | 3 |
AMD Shows First Dual-Core Processor Company remains on track to ship desktop and server chips in 2005. | 3 |
Apple Unwraps New IMac G5s Stylish desktops conceal the processor, hard drive, and optical drive behind the display. | 3 |
Dell Delivers Help to Small Businesses PC maker will offer 24-hour help desk services, on-site visits, and more. | 3 |
Flight attendants union calls for new United Airlines #39; management CHICAGO The union representing United Airlines #39; flight attendants is calling for new management at the Elk Grove Village-based company. | 2 |
Royal Mail fails to meet every target on postal deliveries Beleaguered Royal Mail chiefs came under fire yesterday for cutting too many jobs after fresh figures showed they had missed all their delivery targets between April and June. | 2 |
FDA Approves New Stent System to Help Prevent Stroke The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a stent for use in opening blocked arteries in the neck. The new stent is intended to prevent stroke by treating blockages in the carotid artery, the main blood vessel leading to the brain. | 2 |
SCO to cap legal expenses The SCO Group, committed to an expensive legal attack against Linux, said Tuesday it has removed some financial uncertainty from its future by working out an agreement to cap payments to its law firm. | 3 |
Blue Jackets re-sign C Moran A seventh-round pick of the Buffalo Sabres in 1998, Moran played in three games with the Blue Jackets last season, recording his first career points with a goal and an assist on January 27 against New Jersey. | 1 |
Blog Search Blabble.com Takes New Approach Blog Search Blabble.com Takes New Approach\\A new start-up joining the ranks of weblog tools, Blabble is aimed at the corporate market. According to an Internet Retailer article, the service will be fee-based when it officially launches in October. A beta is currently available free online. The article reads like Blabble ... | 3 |
Recall Toolbar: Searches your visited websites Recall Toolbar: Searches your Visited Websites\\I have seen and tried a lot of toolbars for Internet Explorer. Most of them have nothing new to offer on the basic functionality front. Only the value added services made them different from the other toolbars in the market. Viewpoint Toolbar was a good ... | 3 |
Is Google blocking third party GMail notifiers? Is Google blocking third party GMail notifiers?\\Slashdot has already reported it. And now users on some forums have started complaining about it. Google is apparently blocking access to its GMail service by third party applications like GMail notifiers and clients. Some of these free applications let user access GMail accounts ... | 3 |
Apple Expo 2004 Paris It was standing room only at Le Palais des Congr #232;s in Paris as Phil Schiller kicked off Apple Expo 2004 with a rousing keynote introducing the iMac G5. Read a report and view a photo gallery. Aug 31 | 3 |
Charles Woodson Ends Holdout With Raiders (AP) AP - Charles Woodson's monthlong holdout didn't yield the "boat load of money" he said he was looking for, so it was time to show up at Oakland Raiders' training camp. | 1 |
Goal For Qualcomm: Repeat Performance (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - When it comes to making CDMA chips for cell phones, Qualcomm is king. But as a new generation of phones hits the market, the company may struggle to keep its reign. | 3 |
You Control: iTunes puts control in OS X menu bar (MacCentral) MacCentral - You Software Inc. announced on Tuesday the availability of You Control: iTunes, a free\download that places iTunes controls in the Mac OS X menu bar. Without\leaving the current application, you can pause, play, rewind or skip songs,\as well as control iTunes' volume and even browse your entire music library\by album, artist or genre. Each time a new song plays, You Control: iTunes\also pops up a window that displays the artist and song name and the album\artwork, if it's in the library. System requirements call for Mac OS X\v10.2.6 and 10MB free hard drive space. ... | 3 |
Psychotic Mice May Aid Study of Disease - Report (Reuters) Reuters - Psychotic mice that flee their\littermates may offer insights into diseases such as\schizophrenia, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. | 3 |
Muslim cleric Hamza de-arrested Muslim cleric Abu Hamza, held last week on suspicion of being involved in\terror offences, has been de-arrested, Scotland Yard says. | 0 |
Fresh effort to break NI impasse A fresh round of talks is due to begin in NI in an effort to unblock the political impasse and restore devolution. | 0 |
Corporate kleptocracy that mirrors Maxwell #39;s world From its opening paragraphs, through scores of scornful sub-headings and on to its bitter conclusion, the Breeden report is a breathtaking assault on Lord Black #39;s activities. | 2 |
Telemarketer allegedly made more than 300,000 illegal calls Federal prosecutors are charging a Las Vegas company with making more than 300,000 telemarketing calls to consumers on the national do-not-call list. | 2 |
Scientists discover two new extra-solar planets Astronomers scouring nearby stars have found two planets that mirror Neptune in size, making them by far the smallest found outside the solar system. | 3 |
Trial of coup #39;plotters #39; suspended A court trying alleged coup plotters in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea suspended proceedings yesterday, saying it wanted more information on the alleged roles of Sir Mark Thatcher, son of the British former prime minister, and other international financiers. | 0 |
SCO to cap legal expenses Lawyers to get bigger share of any settlement in Linux suits in exchange for billing less up front. | 3 |
A booster shot for Brand India Recognising the key role of the services sector in the economy, the foreign trade policy has unveiled the Served from India scheme to accelerate growth in service exports. | 2 |
Attendants want #39;reckless #39; UAL managers out Another United Airlines union is seeking to oust senior management at the troubled airline, saying its strategies are reckless and incompetent. | 2 |
Fred Whipple Fred Whipple, the American astronomer who died on Monday aged 97, revolutionised the study of comets when, in 1950, he proposed that they were small bodies of rock, dust and ice, and not quot;sand banks quot; held together by gravity, as had been believed. | 3 |
Iran says it has arrested nuclear spies Iran #39;s Intelligence Minister Ali Yunessi said Tuesday quot;several people quot; have been arrested for spying on the country #39;s nuclear programme, the official news agency IRNA reported. | 0 |
Gaddafi to Compensate Libyan Jews for Lost Homes TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, easing his country's way back into the international fold, on Tuesday became the first Arab leader to promise compensation for Jews who were forced from their homes due to religious tension. | 0 |
Suicide Bomber Kills 10 at Moscow Subway MOSCOW - A woman strapped with explosives blew herself up outside a busy Moscow subway station Tuesday night, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 50 in the second terrorist attack to hit Russia in a week, officials said. Seven days earlier, almost to the hour, two Russian jetliners crashed within minutes of each other in what officials determined were terrorist bombings... | 0 |
U.S. Seeks to Throw Out Terror Convictions WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has asked a judge to throw out the convictions of a suspected terror cell in Detroit because of prosecutorial misconduct, reversing course in a case the Bush administration once hailed as a major victory in the war on terrorism, legal sources said Tuesday. The department told U.S... | 0 |
'Star Trek' Actor Doohan Receives Star LOS ANGELES - "Star Trek" actor James Doohan - famed for his portrayal of "Beam Me Up" Scotty, the intrepid engineer who kept the starship Enterprise warping across galaxies - grinned and waved to fans Tuesday as he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was expected to be the last public appearance of the 84-year-old performer, who was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and also suffers from Parkinson's disease, diabetes and lung fibrosis... | 0 |
WTO okays sanctions against US GENEVA - The European Union (EU) and its allies got the go-ahead from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday to slap potentially heavy sanctions on US goods in response to the latter #39;s illegal anti-dumping rules. | 2 |
Hollinger Panel Says Black Looted Company Conrad Black, the former CEO of Hollinger International Inc., looted the newspaper publisher of hundreds of millions of dollars to indulge his appetite for | 2 |
Regulator suspends China IPOs SHANGHAI: China #39;s securities regulator suspended approval of initial public offerings pending rule changes that will allow the market to set the price of new shares, bringing the country #39;s stock exchanges more into line with international standards. | 2 |
Carotid stent gets FDA approval A new era in stroke prevention gained momentum Tuesday with government approval of a new treatment that clears blocked arteries supplying the brain without major surgery. | 2 |
Report Predicts Near Doubling of IP PBX Sales Worldwide spending on enterprise IP PBXes should grow by 45 percent over the next year, according to an upbeat report released Monday by Boston-based Infonetics Research. | 2 |
Serena in denim puts the boot into tradition Serena Williams strode on to court for her first match at the US Open in an outfit that would have sent shockwaves through the All England Club. | 1 |
Henman fights on after five-set slog His back was obviously sore, the windy conditions were not easy and his opponent was awkward in the extreme, but Tim Henman survived to fight another day. | 1 |
Sweden #39;s four-goal avalanche buries Germany STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Ticker) -- Toronto Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin made sure Sweden did not have a relapse. Sundin scored a goal and set up two others and Tomas Holmstrom of the Detroit Red Wings added | 1 |
Porto adds quick-tempered, quick-footed Fabiano to roster European champion Porto has signed Brazil striker Luis Fabiano from Sao Paulo, the Portuguese club said on its Web site on Tuesday. | 1 |
16 killed in bus blasts as Hamas reignites conflict A lull in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was shattered yesterday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up on buses in the southern Israeli town of Beersheva. | 0 |
Laser mouse conquers new surfaces Logitech's new mouse is as comfortable on opaque glass as it is four-wheeling over rough desk surfaces. | 3 |
Astronomers Spot Smallest Planets Yet The roll call of planets beyond the solar system swelled significantly with the announcement of a trio of newly discovered worlds much smaller than any previously discovered around other stars. | 3 |
Is it a rock star? No, just Apple #39;s third generation iMac computer All that was missing was the dry ice. The shiny white plastic and anodized aluminium box rose slowly on a pedestal from a stage as if from the bowels of the earth to ecstatic whooping and applause at 10. | 3 |
Samsung Taps Philips For NFC Technology Looking to turn its mobile phones into an electronic wallet, Samsung has inked a deal to use Philips Electronics #39; Near Field Communication (NFC) contactless chip solutions in future devices. | 3 |
First day of Open ends with a retirement announcement <b>...</b> NEW YORK -- Todd Martin retired from professional tennis on Monday night at the US Open after falling to the 31st-seed, Fabrice Santoro 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5. | 1 |
Russia Says No to UN Sanctions Against Sudan Russia has ruled out UN Security Council sanctions against Sudan for its failure to control Arab militias in the Darfur region. The senior UN envoy to Sudan will brief the Council Thursday on his just-completed | 0 |
Safin Makes Early Exit at U.S. Open (AP) AP - Just like at Wimbledon two months ago, Marat Safin exited at the earliest stage of the U.S. Open on Tuesday, bowing meekly to Thomas Enqvist 7-6 (5), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. | 1 |
Deion Sanders Returns to NFL With Ravens (AP) AP - After three seasons away from the NFL, Deion Sanders signed with the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday. | 1 |
Arizona Gets RB Hambrick and DE Zellner from Raiders (Reuters) Reuters - The Arizona Cardinals\Tuesday acquired running back Troy Hambrick and defensive end\Peppi Zellner from the Oakland Raiders for an undisclosed 2005\draft pick. | 1 |
Ankiel May Be With Cardinals in Postseason (AP) AP - Rick Ankiel's return to the major leagues might not be just a September cameo. | 1 |
Suicide Bomber Kills 10 at Moscow Subway (AP) AP - A woman strapped with explosives blew herself up outside a busy Moscow subway station Tuesday night, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 50 in the second terrorist attack to hit Russia in a week, officials said. | 0 |
First Lady to Hail Bush on His Leadership (AP) AP - Republican National Convention co-stars Laura Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger commended President Bush to the country Tuesday for four more years in office, praising him for unflinching leadership in a time of national testing. "I am so proud of the way George has led our country with strength and conviction" in the war on terror, the first lady planned to say. | 0 |
Astronomers Spot Smallest Planets Yet (AP) AP - American astronomers say they have discovered the two smallest planets yet orbiting nearby stars, trumping a small planet discovery by European scientists five days ago and capping the latest round in a frenzied hunt for other worlds like Earth. | 3 |
Warren the do-it-yourself type Defensive end Ty Warren , who played behind veteran Bobby Hamilton as a rookie last year and had 33 tackles, has eclipsed that total with 48 stops this season in 12 starts. Throw in a pass deflection, a couple of forced fumbles, and 4 1/2 sacks, and it's been a promising turnaround for the 13th overall pick in ... | 1 |
Shareholders the losers, report charges When Hollinger International bosses Conrad Black and David Radler were selling the company #39;s Canadian newspapers - including the National Post -our years ago, they put more effort into lining their own pockets than getting a good price for the papers | 2 |
US Loses Trade Cases and Faces Penalties The World Trade Organization on Tuesday authorized the European Union and seven other leading American trading partners to impose more than \$150 million | 2 |
UBS Buying Schwab Unit Swiss banking giant UBS AG announced yesterday that it would buy the capital markets division of discount brokerage Charles Schwab Corp. | 2 |
Alitalia axe hangs over 7,000 staff as bankruptcy looms Alitalia may have to slash up to 7,000 jobs, it emerged yesterday, as executives scrambled to rescue Italy #39;s national carrier from possible bankruptcy later this month. | 2 |
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