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China Reports Births of Two Giant Pandas BEIJING - For pandas, it's practically a baby boom. Two giant pandas were born this week, and mothers and cubs were doing fine, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday... | 0 |
Hundreds Held in Russian School; 8 Killed BELSAN, Russia - More than a dozen militants wearing suicide-bomb belts seized a southern Russian school in a region bordering Chechnya on Wednesday, taking hostage about 400 people - half of them children - and threatening to blow up the building if police storm it. As many as eight people have been reported killed, one of them a school parent... | 0 |
Moore Not Bothered by GOP Jeers NEW YORK - Filmmaker Michael Moore isn't bothered at all by the jeers he received from Republicans at the convention when his anti-Bush film "Fahrenheit 9/11" was mentioned by Arizona Sen. John McCain... | 0 |
Israel Blames Syria for Suicide Bombings JERUSALEM - Israel holds Syria responsible for a double suicide bombing that killed 16 people because it allows the group that staged the attack to operate there, a senior Israeli official said Wednesday in a warning that implied possible retaliation. The militant Islamic group Hamas claimed the attack Tuesday in the desert city of Beersheba, when two bombers from the West Bank city of Hebron blew themselves up seconds apart in two buses... | 0 |
Hurricane Frances Inches Toward SE U.S. MIAMI - A menacing Hurricane Frances crept closer to the southeastern United States on Wednesday, with forecasters calling Florida - still cleaning up after Charley - a "prime candidate" to be hit as early as Friday. It would be the worst double hurricane strike on one state in at least a century... | 0 |
Stocks Climb Despite Rising Oil Prices NEW YORK - Stocks edged higher Wednesday despite a lower reading on manufacturing activity and a spike in oil prices. Technology shares were unaffected by brokerage downgrades of two semiconductor companies... | 0 |
BT may face anti-competition fine BT may be fined if found to have broken competition rules, Ofcom says, but BT says it has been cleared. | 3 |
Verizon Starts Selling World Phone to Consumers NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Wednesday its stores have begun selling a phone from Samsung Electronics <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=005930.KS qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">005930.KS</A> that was designed to work on mobile networks around the world. | 3 |
Hot or Cold? General Motors No. 1 automaker has outpaced its domestic rivals, but will GM stock keep spinning its wheels? By Chris Isidore, CNN/Money senior writer. | 2 |
Shoppers deal with mixed signals Economy: With consumer confidence down and spending up, shoppers wrestle with #39;stop-and-go #39; mixed signals. By Andrea K. Walker. | 2 |
UPDATE 2-Guidant says it wins appeal in patent case Medical device maker Guidant Corp. (GDT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said it won an appeal of a patent lawsuit against St. | 2 |
Lawmakers Denounce Bank of America Layoffs Description: Legislators from Massachusetts accuse top executives at Bank of America of breaking their word and improperly laying off hundreds of employees in the state and surrounding region. | 2 |
LNG plant proposed TransCanada Corp. and Petro-Canada will spend \$660-million to build a liquefied natural gas plant on an island in Quebec, the two Calgary-based companies said Thursday. | 2 |
Omnicare makes another play for NeighborCare Covington-based Omnicare said Wednesday that it has extended its tender offer (a takeover bid publicly inviting shareholders to sell their stock) for all outstanding shares of NeighborCare through Sept. | 2 |
Two New Neptune-Sized Planets Discovered or about the size of the planet Neptune, say astronomers from the University of Texas and two other institutions. | 3 |
EBay increases stake in South Korea #39;s Internet Auction SAN FRANCISCO : EBay announced late it has agreed to buy three million shares of South Korea #39;s Internet Auction for 325 million dollars in cash. | 3 |
Game Boy Advance SP Price Drop! In a press release today, Nintendo of America announced that the Game Boy Advance SP will drop in price tomorrow. Currently priced at \$99. | 3 |
Hitachi Drives Consumer Storage Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is launching a new line of 1.8-inch Travelstar C4K60 hard drives. The new drives will feature high-density 30GB platters and ZIF (zero insertion force) connectors for use | 3 |
Special X-rays unmask mummy #39;s face, virtually Washington - The face of a man who died and was mummified in Egypt 3 000 years ago has been modelled, using special CAT scans and without unwrapping his bandages, Italian researchers said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Neon Deion #39;Excited, Can #39;t Wait #39; To Play OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- After signing a one-year contract Tuesday with the Baltimore Ravens, seven-time Pro Bowl cornerback Deion Sanders said he #39;s ready to play. | 1 |
France Telecom unions call for strike to protest privatization <b>...</b> PARIS : French trade unions called on workers at France Telecom to stage a 24-hour strike September 7 to protest government plans to privatize the public telecommunications operator, union sources said. | 0 |
Bloggers Blanket Republican Convention While the GOP doled out credentials for about 15 bloggers to officially cover its convention in New York, it seems every Tom, Dick and Jane is writing from the convention floor, the streets of New York or home computers in basements across America.<BR><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT> | 3 |
Personal Tech: HDTV Mark Cuban, co-founder and president of HDNet, discusses the world of digital television. | 3 |
EBay To Acquire South Korean Auction Firm EBay Inc., which has been aggressively expanding in Asia, plans to increase its stake in South Korea's largest online auction company. | 3 |
'Astro Boy' Makes Video Game Debut Tetsum Atom is a butt-kicking, pint-sized hero that wants nothing more than peace between humans and robots. More than a half-century after debuting in Japanese comic books, "Astro Boy" - as he's known outside of Japan - is starring in two new video games from Sega of America Inc. | 3 |
Alien probe 'best way to find ET' We should be using probes to look for life in space instead of radio signals, say scientists. | 3 |
UBS Aquires Schwab Capital Markets Business The research operation will be shuttered, sources close to the company said, since UBS already has coverage in the areas where Schwab #39;s Soundview is strong. | 2 |
UPDATE 3-Boston Scientific regains market share, stock up Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it already recovered market share for its popular heart device after a recent recall | 2 |
Energy giants pair to pursue liquefied gas plant Two of Canada #39;s biggest energy companies, TransCanada Corp. and Petro-Canada Inc., want to build a \$660 million liquefied natural gas plant in northeastern Quebec to meet North Americans #39; insatiable demand for the fuel. | 2 |
Acclaim shutters offices, staffers ushered off premises Glen Cove staff laid off on Friday, Texas staff locked out of their offices; games library in jeopardy. According to numerous sources, including some former Acclaim staffers, Acclaim Entertainment #39;s home office | 3 |
WOODWARD: #39;I #39;M STILL IN CHARGE #39; Mystery surrounded Sir Clive Woodward #39;s future as England coach tonight after he left Twickenham following a four-hour meeting with senior Rugby Football Union figures. | 1 |
Birding Column: Enigma of the Band-Tailed Pigeon Once hunted by the thousands, the band-tailed pigeon is in decline. Mathew Tekulsky writes of the joy of seeing five or six of these big birds on his backyard feeder. | 3 |
Grass Grows 13-Foot Roots of "Steel" Vetiver, a grass native to India that grows 13-foot (4-meter) roots, is increasingly used as a low-cost tool to solve problems from soil erosion to pollution. | 3 |
Neptune-Class Extrasolar Worlds Found While striving to find ever smaller, more rocky worlds, planet hunters have moved from discovering not just Jupiter-class planets outside our solar system. Now astronomers have found two new Neptune-class planets on their road to pinpointing a new Earth-like system. | 3 |
Searching for Scarce Life with Interplanetary Rovers Chile's Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth. So dry that, in some regions, not even bacteria can survive. That makes it a perfect place to test out Zo, a prototype rover designed to detect life's faintest traces. | 3 |
Briefly: Verizon opens global phone to consumers roundup Plus: IBM, Honda team on voice-driven car navigation...Linux seller completes name change...SAP names new VP...Amazon opens floor to political pundits. | 3 |
Apple: Open-source pedigree will protect Tiger The Mac OS X update will be spared the security woes that have hit Microsoft because it's based on Unix, executives say. | 3 |
Linux seller completes name change The Linux specialist formerly known as Lindows announces that it has completed its name change to Linspire. | 3 |
SAP names new VP Software maker names Tom Byrne as its national vice president for state and local sales, marketing, and partnership initiatives. | 3 |
Acer reshuffles execs amid growth The appointment of an Italian executive to Acer's presidency is a symbol of the Taiwanese firm's increasingly global view. | 3 |
Nanotubes race toward bike parts Easton Sports plans to produce bicycle components made out of carbon nanotubes, a step forward for the tiny technology. | 3 |
Sun dangles discounts for Microsoft techs Microsoft technology specialists can get up to 35 percent off Windows-certified Opteron servers and workstations. | 3 |
Another Bagle variant tries to spread New version turns off security, attempts to download malicious programs from Net--but it's not likely to get far. | 3 |
MessageLabs, Symantec team on antispam service Symantec technology will help MessageLabs offer better e-mail filtering, the companies say. | 3 |
Time Warner broadband suit advances Appeals court breathes new life into challenge of city law requiring homes, offices connect to municipal network. | 3 |
Study: Half of U.S. hotel rooms have broadband Broadband growth doubles in hotels, as chains try to tap into demand for speedy Internet access. | 3 |
Adelphia to sell AT T Net phone service The move follows a string of similar deals between Ma Bell and cable operators, as it looks to aggressively market VoIP. | 3 |
Game publisher Acclaim on verge of bankruptcy? Insiders says the company will file for Chapter 7 protection after laying off hundreds. | 3 |
Grid computing applied to IT automation Year-old start-up Cassatt has launched a new service for automating IT operations using grid technology. Cassatt will aid the management and aggregation of a large number of machines | 3 |
Apple builds on its core Source code is source of strength in forthcoming Tiger operating system, company says. Also: Commissions for iTunes sales, and iPods on the open road. | 3 |
IBM, Honda team on voice-driven car navigation Companies, along with Zagat Survey, to offer oral directions based on voice commands to U.S. addresses, restaurants. | 3 |
Nintendo trims Game Boy Advance price Lowering sticker on handheld game player to \$80 is early move in expected battle for portable gaming market. | 3 |
Microsoft Pads 64-bit Support in SQL Server Microsoft (Quote, Chart) has released its second Community Technology Preview (CTP) for SQL Server 2005, adding greater performance and 64-bit support for SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services and SQL Server 2005 Integration Services. | 3 |
Dell unveils hat trick of products The PC maker is gearing up for the fall with new printers, TVs and a spiced-up desktop. | 3 |
BMW puts iPod in driver's seat You won't even have to take your hands off the steering wheel to use Apple's music player. | 3 |
IBM revamps ISV partnerships IBM Corp has revamped its partnership arrangements with independent software vendors (ISVs) into a unified approach called PartnerWorld. | 3 |
Whiz kids earn \$100,000 prize DURHAM -- Two NC School of Science and Mathematics seniors won \$100,000 in scholarships Monday after earning top team honors in a national science competition. | 3 |
Trend Micro Extends Anti-Virus Software to Mobile Market Trend Micro announced today that they are extending their anti-virus product line into the mobile and portable space with the launch of Trend Micro Mobile Security. | 3 |
AMD demos first dual-core processor Advanced Micro Devices demonstrated its first dual-core microprocessors today using an HP ProLiant DL585 server running four dual-core Opteron chips. | 3 |
Sun gets Microsoft-friendly with promotion Sun Microsystems Inc. has found one more way to cozy up to users of Microsoft Corp. products without actually shipping the Windows operating system on its computers. | 3 |
Iomega REVs backup and recovery Iomega this week unveiled a SCSI version of its REV drive aimed at server backup and disaster recovery applications. | 3 |
Kerberos critical hole allows system access The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has warned of security vulnerabilities in its implementation of Kerberos that could allow attackers free access to protected systems. Users of MIT Kerberos 5 are urged to apply patches immediately. | 3 |
Hitachi Drives Consumer Storage New 1.8-inch hard drives may boost battery life in portable devices. | 3 |
Woodward Can Make Switch - Hogg Scotland back row forward Allister Hogg sees no reason why England coach Sir Clive Woodward cannot make the switch from rugby to football. | 1 |
Motion to Dismiss Kobe Bryant #39;s defense team has asked the judge presiding over his rape trial to dismiss the sexual assault charge, even as prospective jurors are being questioned, ABC News has learned. | 1 |
Mountaineers prepared to lead the new-look Big East The Mountaineers open the season in The Associated Press top 10 for the first time in school history. There are great expectations in Morgantown these days. | 1 |
Russia in shock as school hostage drama looms Iran condemns Moscow <b>...</b> MOSCOW, Russia (Agencies) -- Seven people were killed as armed attackers stormed a school in southern Russia and took at least 100 people hostage on Wednesday, Russian media reported. | 0 |
Talks to end fighting in Baghdad stall on disagreement over <b>...</b> Talks to end bitter fighting between US forces and Shiite militants in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City have stalled, with the government refusing | 0 |
EBay Acquiring South Korean Auction Affiliate EBay Acquiring South Korean Auction Affiliate\\EBay Inc., according to news wire reports, has offered a price near \$530 million to purchase the remainder of eBay South Korean affiliate - Internet Auction Co. Ltd. The move is seen as an expansion of the eBay strategy to push deeper into Asia. EBay ... | 3 |
Behavioral Targeting and Contextual Advertising Behavioral Targeting and Contextual Advertising\\Is online advertising undergoing a "rebirth"? Some might argue it is, first spurred on by paid search advertising then by contextual and adware placements. Now there is another "new" game in town, if the buzz-o-meter is any indication. While not altogether new, behavioral advertising is getting ... | 3 |
How to Research Keywords for Search Engine Marketing How to Research Keywords for Search Engine Marketing\\The core element of any type of marketing utilizing the search engines is the keyword. Why is it so important? In terms of general marketing principles keyword search is equivalent to targeting a niche. It can help you focus your advertisements on certain ... | 3 |
News: Appeals court slams garage door DMCA claim In refusing to outlaw a universal garage door opener, judges rule that a device has to facilitate copyright infringement to fall under the ambit of the DMCA. \ | 3 |
News: New Bagle worm drops in and downloads A new Bagle dropper and downloader, Bagle-AQ, was bulk mailed to numerous internet users yesterday. | 3 |
News: PDA security still dismal Worker apathy about PDA security is putting corporate data in jeopardy. The storage of the names and addresses of corporate customers on PDAs is now common - but security practices are struggling to keep up with technology usage.\ | 3 |
iTunes Affiliate Program iTunes is the first download music store to offer direct links to a la carte singles and albums that generate paid commissions to affiliate websites. The iTunes Affiliate Program will complement successful iTunes programs including iTunes on Campus, offering free site licenses to colleges and universities, and the iTunes Volume Discount Program, providing bulk song downloads at a discount. Sep 1 | 3 |
Chief of Advanced Micro Targets Market Share Gains Hector Ruiz, the chief executive of Advanced Micro Devices, today laid out a plan to break what he called the monopolistic grip on the microprocessor industry by Intel. | 3 |
Chargers Quarterback Situation Unsettled (AP) AP - While most teams will rest their starting quarterback as much as possible in the final exhibition game this week, the San Diego Chargers are still trying to figure out who theirs is. | 1 |
Angels Activate Andres Galarraga (AP) AP - The Big Cat is back in the big leagues. The Anaheim Angels purchased the contract of 43-year-old Andres Galarraga from Triple-A Salt Lake of the Pacific Coast League on Wednesday. They had signed him to a minor league contract Aug. 4. | 1 |
Florida readies for hurricane Frances, ordering large-scale evacutions (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - MIAMI (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of people were told Wednesday to get ready to evacuate as powerful hurricane Frances crept closer to Florida just weeks after hurricane Charley's rampage. | 0 |
Utah Enjoying New Atmosphere and Ranking (AP) AP - Utah opens the season with a chance to show it belongs in the Top 25. With a No. 20 ranking in their first ever preseason poll appearance, the Utes play host to Texas A amp;M on Thursday. A win solidifies their status as an emerging program; a loss relegates them to just another mediocre team from the West. | 1 |
Samsung, Philips Partner for Cell-Phone Payments (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Samsung Electronics and \Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG) have formed an alliance to put near-field communication (NFC) technology in future \cell phone models from Samsung, giving users the ability to use their \mobile phones to make credit-card or debit-card payments. The companies said that Samsung plans to incorporate NFC in other devices as well. | 3 |
Kobe Bryant's Defense Wants Rape Charge Dismissed EAGLE, Colo. (Reuters) - Attorneys for basketball star Kobe Bryant asked a judge to dismiss a rape charge against their client, arguing prosecutors did not disclose that one of their expert witnesses had information that could help Bryant. | 1 |
Oil Hits \$44 as U.S. Crude Stocks Slide NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices soared to \$44 a barrel on Wednesday, ending a streak of heavy losses, as a U.S. government report showed crude oil stocks falling to the lowest level in five months. | 2 |
With Hurricane Approaching, Florida Calls for Evacuations About 300,000 residents in coastal areas of Palm Beach County were told to evacuate starting 2 p.m. Thursday. | 0 |
Monsanto unveils VISTIVE soybeans A new, conventionally bred low-linolenic soybean that will reduce or eliminate trans fatty acids in processed soybean oil is ready to roll, Monsanto announced at a press conference this morning at the Farm Progress Show in Alleman, Iowa. | 2 |
Sports: Date set for Bertuzzi #39;s trial VANCOUVER, British Columbia Todd Bertuzzi (bur-TOO #39;-zee) of the Vancouver Canucks goes on trial January 17th on an assault charge. | 1 |
IAEA report positive step: Iran TEHRAN (AFP) -- Iran said the UN nuclear watchdog #39;s report Wednesday on Tehran #39;s atomic energy program was a positive step toward clearing up the country #39;s file and demonstrating the peaceful character of the program. | 0 |
Talks Resume In Bid For N. Ireland Gov #39;t Ten years after the Irish Republican Army #39;s momentous cease-fire, negotiations resumed Wednesday in hope of reviving a Catholic-Protestant administration | 0 |
Senior Sadr aide assassinated in Iraq BAGHDAD (AFP) -- A senior aide to radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr was assassinated on the road between the holy city of Najaf and Baghdad, an official from the movement said Wednesday. | 0 |
GOP platform: Broadband and R D tax credits Widely available broadband, electronic health records and increased government spending on research and development (R D) are among the technology-related goals in the U.S. Republican Party's 2004 platform, released this week. | 3 |
Ballmer bullish on future, bearish on Linux BOSTON -- MicrosoftChief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer addressed a gathering of software industry leaders here on Wednesday, touting his company's vision for a bright future, while casting doubt on alternatives to his company's Windows operating system, in particular Linux. | 3 |
General Motors, Ford Say Aug. US Auto Sales Fell (Update5) Automakers including General Motors Corp. said US sales fell in August as gasoline prices near records hurt demand. General Motors and Ford Motor Co. | 2 |
Airbus snags Asian order The Boeing Co. #39;s major rival, Airbus, announced Wednesday it has received an order from Cebu Air Inc., the Philippines #39; second-largest airline, for 12 new A319 jets. | 2 |
Monsanto launches new quot;heart-healthy quot; soybean seed Monsanto Company said it has begun marketing a new low-linolenic soybean crop that, once processed, will yield an enhanced oil that is low in trans fats. | 2 |
SCO #39;s Finances Reverse As Legal Fees Mount SCO Group has a plan to keep itself fit enough to continue its legal battles against Linux and to develop its Unix-on-Intel operating systems. | 3 |
Yahoo! awards world #39;s best cybercafes London, September 1: A San Francisco laundromat may be the one of the world #39;s most unusual places to surf the Internet but a sleek club on Moscow #39;s Red Square is definitely the sleekest, according to a Yahoo! | 3 |
Special X-Rays Unmask Mummy #39;s Face, Virtually The face of a man who died and was mummified in Egypt 3,000 years ago has been modeled, using special CAT scans and without unwrapping his bandages, Italian researchers said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Ballmer Beats Security Drum BOSTON -- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer believes the software industry will create more positive change in the next 10 years than it did in the previous 10 -- provided that security threats are effectively handled. | 3 |
Caller ID Spoofing Service Debuts Star38 #39;s service disguises who is making the call but will only be sold to collection agencies, private investigators, and law-enforcement personnel. | 3 |
IAEA Has Questions about Iran #39;s Nuclear Program The International Atomic Energy Agency says there are many open questions on the nature and aims of Iran #39;s nuclear program, which could soon include uranium conversion suitable for the building of atomic bombs. | 0 |
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