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Software maker targets remote access market Among new products from 3am Labs is a free tool for accessing a PC via any device with a browser. | 3 |
Organizers shun wireless for GOP convention network NEW YORK -- The IT planners began working 18 months ago, evaluating the buildings that would contain 4,800 delegates and twice as many journalists at this week's Republican National Convention in New York. From the start, they agreed on one major infrastructure issue: No wireless. | 3 |
Veritas buys KVault Software in \$225M deal Storage and backup application vendor Veritas Software Corp. is acquiring e-mail archiving vendor KVault Software Ltd. (KVS) to bolster its offerings to customers. | 3 |
Dell to introduce its first color laser printers Dell Inc. is expected to add a splash of color to its laser printer lineup Wednesday with three new models for businesses and home-office users. | 3 |
Logitech launches laser-tracking mouse SAN FRANCISCO - Logitech Inc. was set Wednesday to introduce a new mouse that uses a laser beam to track the movements of the device. The mouse, which Logitech claims will be the first such laser-tracking device, provides end users with better click-and-point capabilities than traditional LED- (light-emitting diode) based optical mice, according to company officials. | 3 |
Building a Global Phone If a technology currently in development pans out, one handset could work on multiple cellular networks. | 3 |
Tech.gov: Can Anything Stem the Spyware Tide? Spyware problems continue to rise. Congress is stepping up to the plate--but will its efforts be more effective than CAN-SPAM? | 3 |
New Tech Front: Recording of Digital Broadcasts Technologies that let people record satellite and Internet radio broadcasts digitally are opening a new front in the recording industry's war on music piracy. This has given the music industry a new problem to worry about. | 3 |
Republican Convention Wiring a Mix of Technologies By ANICK JESDANUN NEW YORK (AP) -- The wiring at the Republican National Convention is rich enough to download the entire Encyclopedia Britannica in roughly 30 seconds. More noteworthy, though, is what the gathering lacks: Wi-Fi wireless networks for Internet access... | 3 |
New Computer Mouse to Use Sensor Based on Laser By MAY WONG SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Forget about a better mousetrap... | 3 |
Nintendo Cuts Price on Game Boy Advance System By MATT SLAGLE DALLAS (AP) -- Nintendo Co. has permanently slashed prices on its Game Boy Advance SP portable video game system as the company tries to entrench its No... | 3 |
Philadelphia Considers Wireless Internet for All By DAVID B. CARUSO PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- For about \$10 million, city officials believe they can turn all 135 square miles of Philadelphia into the world's largest wireless Internet hot spot... | 3 |
UPDATE 1-Before the Bell-Boston Scientific falls Shares of Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) slid more than 3 percent in premarket trading on Wednesday after reporting that sales of its Taxus stent slowed | 2 |
Albertsons #39; profit falls 36 percent Albertsons Inc., the No. 2 US supermarket chain, said second-quarter profit dropped 36 percent after the Boise, Idaho-based company slashed prices to attract shoppers lost during a strike in Southern California. | 2 |
Hain Celestial #39;s Earnings Meet Estimates MELVILLE, NY - The Hain Celestial Group #39;s earnings matched analysts #39; estimates for the latest quarter, and the natural food company said it expects improved earnings because of price increases and recent acquisitions. | 2 |
Nintendo cuts price on Game Boy Advance Nintendo Co. has permanently slashed prices on its Game Boy Advance SP portable video game system as the company tries to entrench its No. | 2 |
UPDATE 1-England win toss, elect to field v India England won the toss and elected to field in the first one-day international against India at Trent Bridge on Wednesday. The home side handed a debut to all rounder Alex Wharf, who | 1 |
Milosevic Calls his Trial #39;A Farce #39; Slobodan Milosevic attacked a prosecution theory that he sought to carve out an ethnically pure greater Serbia in the broken Yugoslav federation, and branded the war crimes indictments against him a sheer mutilation of justice. | 0 |
Thatcher agrees to pay bail for son in S. Africa: report Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher agreed to pay the 165,000-pound bail (about 297,000 US dollars) required to release her son Mark Thatcher from house arrest in | 0 |
Darfur rebels release aid workers held hostages, no word on 22 <b>...</b> NAIROBI : Rebels in Darfur released six aid workers taken hostage over the weekend, aid agencies said, but there was still no word on the fate of 22 other health workers missing in the war-ravaged western Sudanese region. | 0 |
Have 25 Years of Progress Helped? At this year's Ars Electronica, the largest annual festival of technology and art, organizers are focusing on a simple question: Have the technological advancements of the last quarter century helped or hurt us? By Michelle Delio. | 3 |
Site Tracks Political Zeitgeist With 24-hour-a-day talk on all things political, the web is the ultimate gauge of public thinking. A new site seeks to capture up-to-the-minute buzz with an index of the most authoritative political bloggers. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. | 3 |
Segwaying Across the Country Bidding his desk job goodbye, a web designer is taking his Segway scooter on a cross-country trek from Seattle to Boston. Friends are documenting the 10-mile-per-hour trip along the way. By Rachel Metz. | 3 |
Scientific Method Man Gordon Rugg cracked the 400-year-old mystery of the Voynich manuscript. Next up: everything from Alzheimer's to the origins of the universe. By Joseph D'Agnese from Wired magazine. | 3 |
Astronomers: More Earths Likely Two separate teams of astronomers find Neptune-size planets beyond our solar system. Earth-like planets are just around the corner, they say. By Amit Asaravala. | 3 |
Florida Says E-Vote Primary A-OK The touch-screen voting machines used in 15 Florida counties appear to work smoothly during the state's primary election Tuesday. | 3 |
Paris Says Bonjour to New IMac Apple introduces a new flat-screen iMac in Paris that looks more like an iPod than a Luxo-lamp. Starting at \$1,300, the new model has Parisian Mac nuts saying 'oui.' | 3 |
3 Planets Are Found Close in Size to Earth, Making Scientists Think 'Life' A trio of newly discovered worlds are much smaller than any other planets previously discovered outside of the solar system. | 3 |
New iMac Makes Debut a Bit Later Than Apple Hoped Apple Computer introduced an updated version of its iMac home computer with a minimalist all-in-one system that hides the computer's internal components inside a flat-panel L.C.D. display. | 3 |
Recording of Digital Broadcasts Is New Frontier Technologies that let people record satellite and Internet radio broadcasts digitally are opening a new front in the recording industry's war on music piracy. | 3 |
Video Game Sales Seen Pausing After Record 2003 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. | 3 |
First Look: Rio's Hot New Carbon MP3 Player (PC World) PC World - Supersleek 5GB digital audio player is set to challenge Apple's IPod Mini. | 3 |
Brazil slashes Mozambique's debt Brazilian president Lula da Silva says his government will cancel 95 - or \$332m - of the debt owed to it by Mozambique. | 2 |
Dow Average Futures Fall; Forest Labs Declines, Guidant Rises Dow Jones Industrial Average futures declined amid concern an upcoming report on manufacturing may point to slowing economic growth. | 2 |
Nintendo cuts Game Boy Advance price Japanese videogame maker Nintendo Co Ltd said on Wednesday it would cut the price of its handheld videogame console Game Boy Advance SP by 21. | 2 |
House Prices Stall The Bank of England has applied the brakes, and the UK housing juggernaut is finally juddering to a halt... The latest house price report from the Nationwide confirms that the housing market has pulled out | 2 |
Man Utd in Rooney admission Manchester United have revealed they had no plans to sign Wayne Rooney until Newcastle made a bid for the striker. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said he had held talks with Everton boss David Moyes about signing | 1 |
Cubs Get Grieve From Brewers, Backup Catcher From Tigers The Cubs made a pair of trades yesterday, getting OF Ben Grieve from the Brewers and acquiring backup C Mike DiFelice from the Tigers. | 1 |
Oh No! A Bob Knight Sitcom? The life and times of former Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight could soon be coming to television. The fiery Knight, who now coaches at Texas Tech, met with television officials last month in | 1 |
Hostage takers at Russian school refuse talks with Islamic leader Hostage takers holding up to 240 people at a school in southern Russia have refused to talk with a top Islamic leader and demanded to meet with regional leaders instead, ITAR-TASS reported on Wednesday. | 0 |
Software maker launches remote-access tools Among new products from 3am Labs is a free tool for accessing a PC via any device with a browser. | 3 |
European Shares Start Little Changed (Reuters) Reuters - European shares started little changed\on Tuesday, weighed by the dollar's fall to a new record low\against the euro, and a rise in oil prices, while French\insurer Scor fell on worries over a WTC jury decision. | 0 |
Boston Scientific sinks on forecast Boston Scientific Corp. said Wednesday it expects overall third-quarter sales will miss analyst expectations as preliminary August sales of its Taxus heart device, which was involved in | 2 |
Little sign of new jobs created in Europe BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The euro zone continues to experience a jobless recovery, with no indication that new jobs are being created after more than a year of generally sluggish economic growth. | 2 |
Singapore economy may grow by 8 despite high oil prices Despite higher oil prices, the Singapore government on Wednesday keeps its economic growth forecast of 8 percent to 9 percent for this year, and growth of 3 percent to 5 percent for next year. | 2 |
SCO Posts Q3 Loss as Legal Costs Mount Unix vendor SCO Group (Quote, Chart), in the midst of copyright infringement lawsuits over parts of Linux, reported a net loss of \$7. | 3 |
Will internet cafs survive 10 more years? As the internet caf celebrates its 10th birthday, what future does it face as net access at home becomes an everyday reality for more and more people? | 3 |
Israel bombs Palestinian areas, targets Hamas Jerusalem, Sept 1. (PTI): Vowing to fight terrorism with quot;all the might quot;, Israel today launched a military offensive against the Palestinian Hamas militant group destroying the house of a man involved in yesterday #39;s suicide attacks that left 16 dead. | 0 |
Keyword Trademark Infringements Search Engine Keyword Trademark Infringements\\On May 19, 2004, auto insurance company Geico sued Google and Overture for allegedly violating its trademarks in search-related advertisements, in the latest legal salvo against the Internet companies.\\The insurer charged the two companies with infringing on its trademarks when they sold them as keywords to ... | 3 |
Iran Poses Vexing Problems for U.S. (AP) AP - Suspected of seeking nuclear weapons and sponsoring terrorism, Iran could prove to be the biggest foreign policy challenge for the winner of the presidential election. | 0 |
eBay Bids for the Rest of S.Korean Arm (Reuters) Reuters - eBay Inc. offered about #36;530\million to buy the remainder of South Korean affiliate Internet\Auction Co. Ltd. as it pushes deeper into Asia, saying key\shareholders had accepted a 79 percent increase to an earlier\offer. | 2 |
eBay Bids for the Rest of S.Korean Arm SEOUL (Reuters) - eBay Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=EBAY.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">EBAY.O</A> offered about \$530 million to buy the remainder of South Korean affiliate Internet Auction Co. Ltd. as it pushes deeper into Asia, saying key shareholders had accepted a 79 percent increase to an earlier offer. | 2 |
Omnicare Extends Offer for NeighborCare NEW YORK (Reuters) - Omnicare Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=OCR.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">OCR.N</A> said on Wednesday it extended its \$30 a share all cash offer for all the outstanding shares of NeighborCare Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NCRX.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">NCRX.O</A>. | 2 |
Pakistan Says It Arrests 'Important' Al Qaeda Men ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces have arrested two important al Qaeda operatives, including an Egyptian and a Saudi national, officials said Wednesday. | 0 |
Need for carbon sink technologies Climate scientists tell a Stockholm conference that greater efforts should be made to pull CO2 from the atmosphere. | 0 |
Holy DVD! <i>The Passion of the Christ</i> is a hot DVD, even if the film studios were cast as doubting Thomas' understudies. | 2 |
Hurricane Creeps Toward Southeastern U.S. MIAMI - A menacing Hurricane Frances, packing 140 mph wind, crept closer Wednesday to the southeastern United States, and forecasters said Florida - still cleaning up after Charley - was at risk for another hurricane strike as soon as Friday. As Frances closed on the Bahamas, it was expected to fluctuate in intensity and could become a Category 5 storm with winds of 156 mph or higher, said Jamie Rhome, a meteorologist with the National Hurricane Center in Miami... | 0 |
Cheney to Lash Into Kerry in N.Y. Speech NEW YORK - Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday was stepping up to denounce Democrat John Kerry's "confusion of conviction" after President Bush formally won the Republican nomination for a second term in a carefully choreographed GOP convention roll call. Tuesday night, before a roaring audience of delegates, Bush was lauded by his wife, Laura, and California Gov... | 0 |
Government launches sale of 9.6 per cent stake in France Telecom France launched the sale of at least 9.6 per cent of France Telecom, a move that could raise up to \$7.1 billion US that will be used to help the French government reduce its national debt. | 2 |
Hitachi, Matsushita, Toshiba in Venture Japan #39;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 |
Race-fixing probe nets 16 SIXTEEN people, including champion jockey Kieren Fallon, were arrested today in a major investigation into alleged fixing of horse races in Britain, police and news reports said. | 1 |
No reason to jump for joy It was another head-scratching turn in a Giants season in which no good deed seems to go unpunished. Brett Tomko got his eighth win Tuesday night, a 9-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies that lifted the Giants | 1 |
Seven Hostages Freed In Iraq 1 September 2004 -- Seven employees of a Kuwaiti firm taken hostage in Iraq on 21 July were freed today. Spokeswoman Rana Abu-Zaineh of the Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport Company confirmed that the three Kenyans | 0 |
Nepal shocked by hostage murders The news that 12 Nepalese hostages in Iraq have been killed has shocked everyone in the country. Ever since the first images of the hostages pleading for their lives was aired on television | 0 |
UK expertise 'at risk from cuts' Gordon Brown's Whitehall cuts risk damaging the UK's ability to deal with key scientific problems, a trade union says. | 3 |
Boston Scientific Outlook Trails Views Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , whose Taxus heart device has been involved in a major recall, said on Wednesday preliminary August sales of the device slowed | 2 |
Mitsubishi Pleads Not Guilty to Cover-Up TOKYO Sept. 1, 2004 - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and three former executives pleaded not guilty Wednesday to falsifying data on a vehicle defect that caused a wheel to fly off a truck and kill a pedestrian, the company said. | 2 |
eBay Opens Wallet in Korea That #39;s a lesson leveraged for tens of millions of dollars by minority investors in Internet Auction Co., the South Korean Internet site that eBay controls and tried to take private last year. | 3 |
Friends site #39;helps swell divorce rate #39; The popularity of Friends Reunited and other internet websites was today blamed for helping to fuel a rise in divorces. Leading counselling group Relate said the growing number of cases in which people met | 3 |
Top jockey Kieren Fallon arrested Champion jockey Kieren Fallon is among 16 people arrested in an investigation into corruption within horse racing, sources said. Two other jockeys and a trainer were also held in the probe into alleged race fixing. | 1 |
Boston Red Sox Team Report - September 1 (Sports Network) - The red-hot Boston Red Sox hope to continue rolling as they continue their three-game set with the Anaheim Angels this evening at Fenway Park. | 1 |
Treasuries Up; Economy's Strength Doubted (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. Treasury debt prices rose on\Wednesday, building on the previous two sessions' gains as\doubts about the economic outlook and how much the Federal\Reserve will be able to raise interest rates persisted. | 2 |
U.N.: No Clear Arms Evidence on Iran Nuclear Program (Reuters) Reuters - United Nations inspectors have found\no clear evidence of a nuclear arms program in Iran, according\to an upcoming report by the International Atomic Energy Agency\cited on Wednesday in The Washington Post. | 0 |
Kidnappers in Iraq Free Seven Truckers (AP) AP - A militant group in Iraq on Wednesday released seven foreign truck drivers they had held hostage for six weeks after dropping nearly all their demands, while Muslims united behind calls for the release of two French journalists captured by a separate group demanding that France revoke a controversial head scarf law. | 0 |
India rocked by Harmison and Wharf (AFP) AFP - Stephen Harmison took a hat-trick as India were bowled out for a meagre 170 in the first one-day international of a three-game series at Trent Bridge here. | 0 |
L'Oreal Profits Paint Pretty Picture PARIS (Reuters) - L'Oreal, the world's biggest cosmetic group, reported a 6.3 percent rise in first-half earnings on Wednesday helped by a contribution from drugmaker Sanofi, and confirmed it was aiming for a 20th straight year of double-digit profit growth. | 2 |
Stocks Open Lower as Oil Climbs NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened lower on Wednesday with oil prices rebounding on fresh supply disruptions and investors cautious before Friday's jobs figures amid concerns of possible attacks and disruptions to the Republican party's convention in New York. | 2 |
Update 1: Ford Reports Sales Drop, Cuts Production General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. reported disappointing US sales Wednesday, prompting the nation #39;s two largest automakers to cut planned vehicle production in the fourth quarter, which could hurt profits. | 2 |
IMF Chief Urges Argentina to Finish Debt Restructuring Plan The head of the International Monetary Fund has urged Argentina to agree soon to pay private lenders at least part of the \$100 billion in debt the country stopped paying in January 2002. | 2 |
Boston Scientific #39;s Taxus Sales Rebounded in August (Update2) Boston Scientific Corp., the world #39;s largest maker of heart stents, said US sales of its top-selling Taxus device recovered in August after three recalls led some doctors to stop using the product. | 2 |
Bill Gates to Upgrade Fun In a revelation that should give late-night comedians two or three days #39; worth of snark fodder, the headlines this morning startled us with the news that the world #39;s | 2 |
Update 1: Carrefour #39;s Profit Up on Robust Operations Carrefour, the world #39;s No. 2 retailer said Wednesday that its profit increased 5.3 percent in the first half of the year, as robust international operations and lower finance costs helped it ride out tough conditions at its core French superstores. | 2 |
Pace of US Factory Growth Slows Growth in US factory activity slowed in August as new orders shrank and manufactures were forced to pay higher prices for supplies, a report on Wednesday showed. | 2 |
Coke is it: BHP coal to double BHP Billiton plans an aggressive \$US1.5-2 billion (\$2.1-2.8 billion) near-doubling of its coking coal production over the next five years to meet the China-inspired surge in demand for carbon steel-making materials through mine expansions and developments | 2 |
MGM shares jump 7.5 pct; report suggests deal near Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) shares jumped more than 7 percent on Wednesday on a report that a deal to acquire the company for up to \$5 billion could be announced as early as next week. | 2 |
TransCanada, Petro-Canada to Develop Gas Terminal (Update2) TransCanada Corp., Canada #39;s largest pipeline operator, and oil company Petro-Canada plan to jointly develop aC\$660 million (\$504 million) terminal in Quebec to import liquefied natural gas amid growing demand for the fuel. | 2 |
Omnicare Extends Offer for NeighborCare Omnicare Inc. (OCR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it extended its \$30 a share all cash offer for all the outstanding shares of NeighborCare Inc. | 2 |
United Says More Job Cuts Necessary CHICAGO -- United Airlines said Wednesday that it needs to cut more jobs as it works on climbing out of bankruptcy. But the nation #39;s No. | 2 |
Small planets breathe life into old quest The universe looked a little more familiar and friendlier. 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 |
New iMac Packs Computer into Flat Screen The new iMac, whose basic model is priced at \$1,299 in the United States, is set to ship worldwide in mid-September, Schiller said. | 3 |
EBay To Take Over Korean Affiliate EBay, the world #39;s largest Internet auction house, is making a purchase of its own, increasing its stake in South Korean affiliate Internet Auction. | 3 |
SCO Slides Again Picking on SCO Group (Nasdaq: SCOX) is really too easy. Unfortunately, it #39;s also necessary, if only as an ongoing cautionary tale for Foolish investors. | 3 |
Acer reshuffles execs amid growth Taiwanese PC maker Acer on Wednesday laid out its new executive structure, appointing a European executive as president as it prepares for the retirement of founder Stan Shih. | 3 |
Microsoft to offer Windows XP security pack at post offices TOKYO - Microsoft Corp said Wednesday it will exploit a network of 25,000 post offices in Japan to provide a free CD-ROM version of Windows XP Service Pack 2 with added security features from Oct 1. The update will help computer users protect their | 3 |
Veritas Buys KVault for \$225 Million September 1, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Storage software company Veritas (veritas.com) announced on Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire email backup company Kvault Software for \$225 million in cash, according to a report by | 3 |
Cybercafe nets nomination for style A funky Melbourne cybercafe in an Elizabeth Street basement has been named one of the best internet cafes in the world in a survey by search engine company Yahoo. | 3 |
Nintendo trims Game Boy Advance price Nintendo trimmed the price of its Game Boy Advance player on Wednesday as the company prepared for one of the most serious challenges yet to its dominance of the portable game market. | 3 |
Final Atlas 2 rocket launches on fifth try A top-secret National Reconnaissance Office spacecraft circles Earth today after rocketing off from Cape Canaveral and away from Hurricane Frances. | 3 |
Game publisher Acclaim on verge of bankruptcy? Financially troubled game publisher Acclaim Entertainment was expected to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection this week, after laying off more than 600 employees, according to sources closes to the company #39;s management. | 3 |
AMD Debuts Dual-Core Opteron Processor AMD #39;s new dual-core Opteron chip is designed mainly for corporate computing applications, including databases, Web services, and financial transactions. | 3 |
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