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Earnings alert: SCO to cap legal expenses Plus: Novell sees weakness in IT spending...Salesforce reports rise in profit...Nortel to lay off 3,500...Intuit posts loss while revenue rises. | 3 |
SEC May Delay Reviews A Securities and Exchange Commission official yesterday signaled that the agency may grant foreign companies whose stock trades on U.S. exchanges a brief delay to comply with a controversial accounting reform. | 2 |
Teenager admits eBay domain hijack A 19-year-old school pupil has reportedly confessed to taking ownership of the domain of the eBay Germany Web site. | 3 |
Mobile-game market to boom, study says By 2009, games will account for about 4 percent of all wireless-data revenue in the United States, In-Stat/MDR predicts. | 3 |
Sony readies high-definition camcorder The electronics giant is betting that consumers are ready to spend a couple grand to up the quality of their home movies. | 3 |
Microsoft under your thumb New keyboard and mouse from the company's hardware division include fingerprint readers. | 3 |
Five tech firms at a crossroads Netflix, PalmSource, Research In Motion, TiVo and Vonage have great products and were first to market, but can they hold their leads? | 3 |
EarthLink to offer voice, data Blackberry device Internet Service Provider (ISP) EarthLink Inc. Wednesday announced it is extending its reach as a communications company by offering Research in Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry 7750, which is both a wireless phone and a data device. | 3 |
Independence Continues to Struggle The Dulles-based low-fare carrier filled only 52 percent of its seats in November, compared with 52.8 percent in October, the airline's parent, Flyi Inc., reported Monday. | 2 |
Siemens releases patch for series 65 phones DSSELDORF, GERMANY - Siemens AG has received the green light from operators to offer a patch for a software defect in some of its 65 series mobile phones that could cause hearing damage, the Munich-based manufacturer said Tuesday in a statement. | 3 |
Nokia plans new, lighter version of Communicator Trying to regain some of its lost market share, Nokia Corp. is hoping to woo both enterprise and consumer customers with a lighter, sleeker version of its high-end Communicator handset that will be released worldwide at the beginning of next year, the company announced Wednesday. | 3 |
Intel Silent on Jayhawk Replacement Chip maker offers few details about its plans for dual-core server processors. | 3 |
Intel Outlines WiMax Plans Upcoming chips will lead to relatively inexpensive hardware, company says. | 3 |
Molson boss says Molson-Coors mer Canadian brewer Molson Inc. #39;s proposed merger with Adolph Coors Co. may lack sufficient shareholder support because there soon may be another offer to consider, Molson #39;s chief | 2 |
Mylan chief assails Icahn #39;s plan to stall King acquisition The head of Mylan Laboratories Inc. lashed out at Wall Street financier Carl Icahn for trying to stop the company #39;s acquisition of brand-name drug maker King Pharmaceuticals | 2 |
Cash America Sells 2 European Units Cash America International Inc., the world #39;s largest pawnshop operator, reported Wednesday that it sold the company #39;s two European units in a single transaction and agreed to purchase a 41-store pawnshop chain based in Las Vegas. | 2 |
Smart Phone Market Growing Rapidly The smart phone market will grow more crowded Wednesday with the debut of two devices directed at opposite ends of the customer spectrum: a BlackBerry for consumers with a newfangled keyboard and a Nokia phone-organizer for mobile business professionals. | 3 |
Sony Developing TVs That Zoom in on Screen Image TOKYO (AP) -- Sony Corp. (SNE) has developed a computer chip that allows viewers to zoom in on any part of a TV image, such as a favorite soccer player or an intruder on security-camera footage, while keeping the image sharp... | 3 |
Solar wind space capsule crashes A space capsule containing solar wind ions, due to be captured in mid-air by helicopter, crashed into the Utah desert without deploying either of its two parachutes at 1158 EDT (1658 BST) on Wednesday. | 3 |
California sues Diebold over voting systems Secretary of State Kevin Shelley has alleged that Diebold deceived California with aggressive marketing that led to the installation of touch-screen voting systems that were not tested or approved nationally or in California. | 3 |
T-Mobile trials Flash-OFDM in the Netherlands MAIDENHEAD, United KingdomT-Mobile International said it has deployed a trial of Flarion Technologies FLASH-OFDM system for its mobile broadband services in The Hague, the Netherlands. | 3 |
New Technology Estimates Fast-Food Demand at Restaurants By CHARLES SHEEHAN PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Do you want fries with that? Never mind, we already know. A Pittsburgh startup, HyperActive Technologies Inc., is testing technology at area fast-food restaurants designed to give kitchen workers a good indication of what customers want before the hungry souls even get close enough to place an order... | 3 |
Tennis: Game, set, errors: Serena pays price NEW YORK In a memorable match that featured quality tennis and controversy, Jennifer Capriati outlasted Serena Williams, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, in a US Open quarterfinal. | 1 |
RAIN DELAYS START IN NEW YORK Top seed Roger Federer and two-time champion Andre Agassi hope to meet in the showpiece match at the US Open on Wednesday, but only if Mother Nature co-operates. | 1 |
Robinson pitches for top England job BAGSHOT - Andy Robinson made his pitch to become England #39;s next fulltime head coach by insisting the champions could do what no side has done before and successfully defend the World Cup in France in 2007. | 1 |
Reid gets four-year extension through 2010 Reid, entering his sixth season in Philadelphia, has led the Eagles to three consecutive losses in the NFC championship game. He is in the third year of | 1 |
Japan thrashes India to win fourth qualifier Asian champion Japan overcame a lethargic first half display to outplay India 4-0 in an Asian zone World Cup qualifier on Wednesday. | 1 |
Los Angeles Dodgers Team Report - September 8 (Sports Network) - Odalis Perez threw five innings last Thursday against the Diamondbacks before leaving the game with tightness in his biceps. | 1 |
New GuruNet Beta includes Desktop Search New GuruNet Beta includes Desktop Search\\Bob Rosenschein and his team are online with the beta release of a new Gurunet client (ver. 5.2, Windows only). Their useful GuruNet answer/reference tool now includes a desktop search app. We haven't has a chance to try it out yet (we will) but we ... | 3 |
Yahoo Testing Travel Search Engine Yahoo Testing Travel Search Engine\\Yahoo is launching its public beta test of a travel search engine based on its recent acquisition of online travel company FareChase. In a statement to the Search Engine Journal, Yahoo made the test site available to the public Tuesday evening for testing the searching of ... | 3 |
News: McAfee AV ate my application An Australian software developer has been left fuming after the latest virus definition update from McAfee caused his package to be wrongly identified as a Trojan horse programme. | 3 |
Motorola Aims to Sharpen Design Edge CHICAGO (Reuters) - In a 26th-floor office suite overlooking Lake Michigan, some 40 industrial designers, mechanical engineers and specialists in fields ranging from anthropology to musicology converge for their daily dance: developing mobile phones for Motorola Inc. | 3 |
Dell builds business service center in China More round-the-clock centers to provide service and support for business customers are planned for Europe and Japan. | 3 |
Debit Cards Give Plastic Edge Over Paper 2003 was the first time plastic and other electronic payment methods beat out paper, according to a survey released yesterday by the Federal Reserve. | 2 |
EarthLink Takes a Bite of BlackBerry ISP's customers have a new option for obtaining their e-mail on the go. | 3 |
WTO confirms big trade powers EU, US must dismantle cotton, sugar <b>...</b> The World Trade Organisation confirmed two separate rulings Wednesday outlawing farm subsidies paid by the United States to cotton farmers and by the European Union to its sugar producers. | 2 |
Firms to post drug data Faced with a growing clamor for better disclosure, drug manufacturers said yesterday that they will begin a voluntary system of publicly posting the | 2 |
Capsule from Genesis Space Probe Crashes in Utah Desert A capsule carrying solar material from the Genesis space probe has made a crash landing at a US Air Force training facility in the US state of Utah. | 3 |
Intel unveils plans for multitasking chip Chip maker Intel Corp. has announced plans to improve its flagship products in ways that could redefine the role of a microprocessor in a computer and help the company stay ahead of its competitors. | 3 |
Hyundai To Set Up Commercial Vehicle Joint Venture in China quot;Hyundai Motor must tap China #39;s commercial vehicle market to produce one million vehicles there in 2008, quot; Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Mong-koo said at the signing ceremony held at Hyundai #39;s main office in southern Seoul. | 3 |
3G gets jittery with new super fast rival The latest contender, Flash OFDM technology carries data 10 times faster and is cheaper than 3G phone networks. AMSTERDAM: Europe #39;s second largest mobile carrier T-Mobile said it had started the continent #39;s | 3 |
Vijay #39;s officially The Man Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus had Vijay Singh in mind recently when he talked about why some players endured and others did not. quot;There are some guys who play as a means to an end, quot; Nicklaus said. | 1 |
Motorola Aims to Sharpen Design Edge (Reuters) Reuters - In a 26th-floor office suite\overlooking Lake Michigan, some 40 industrial designers,\mechanical engineers and specialists in fields ranging from\anthropology to musicology converge for their daily dance:\developing mobile phones for Motorola Inc. | 3 |
Missouri's Visit a Major Coup for Troy (AP) AP - Alfred Malone isn't just interested in letting people outside the state know Troy football exists or proving the Trojans can hang in there against a major conference team. | 1 |
US drafts new UN resolution on Sudan over Darfur (AFP) AFP - The United States presented a draft UN resolution that steps up the pressure on Sudan over the crisis in Darfur, including possible international sanctions against its oil sector. | 0 |
Miller Lifts Nuggets Andre Miller scores 29 points as the Nuggets sprint to a 115-102 victory over the Orlando Magic on Monday night. | 1 |
Nineteen dead, 17 injured in Turkish mine tunnel fire (AFP) AFP - A huge fire swept through a copper mine in northern Turkey, killing at least 19 workers and injuring a further 17, a local official there said. | 0 |
Economy in Many Regions Slowed in Summer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy in many areas of the United States grew at a slower pace in late July and August as household spending softened, the Federal Reserve said in a report on Wednesday. | 2 |
Stocks Slip, Profit Warnings Weigh NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were slightly lower on Wednesday as a number of companies warned over earnings, while Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's relatively upbeat remarks on the economy gave investors no major surprises. | 2 |
Illinois Proves Rank Sporting their brand-new No. 1 ranking, Illinois reigns 14 three-pointers on Chicago State as the Illini cruise to a 78-59 triumph on Monday night. | 1 |
Mortgage Delinquencies Up NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage delinquencies rose in the second quarter of 2004 from the first quarter, but an improving U.S. economy and strong home price appreciation should keep the downward trend in delinquencies intact, a U.S. mortgage industry group said on Wednesday. | 2 |
Kidd Returns in Win Jason Kidd is credited with an assist on Richard Jefferson's jumper that gave the Nets an 88-86 victory over the Raptors on Monday. | 1 |
Space Shuttle Repairs Could Top #36;2.2B (AP) AP - NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe said Wednesday the cost of fixing all that ails the space shuttle fleet could top #36;2.2 billion #151; double the estimated price tag given to Congress a year ago. | 3 |
Italy unites behind Iraq hostages Italian politicians agree to work together to try to secure the release of two women kidnapped in Iraq. | 0 |
Arabs Want Reform, But Cool to U.S. Help - Poll WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arabs rate improving quality of life issues as more important than political reform in their countries and are mostly cool to U.S. involvement in their internal affairs, according to a new poll released on Monday. | 0 |
Bush Backs Budget Authority for New Intelligence Post President Bush shifted his stance today on how much power a new national intelligence director should have. | 0 |
Space Capsule Crashes in Utah DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah, Sept. 8 #0151; A NASA capsule bearing precious atomic specimens that Hollywood stunt pilots were prepared to catch as it came into earth's atmosphere crashed into the desert this morning after a parachute that was to slow its fall failed to deploy. | 0 |
Delta to eliminate D/FW hub, cut jobs to save \$5 billion Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) is eliminating its Dallas/Fort Worth Airport connecting hub, dropping some daily flights from the airport, and cutting between 6,000 and 7,000 jobs throughout its system over | 2 |
UPDATE 1-US mortgage delinquencies up, foreclosures down US mortgage delinquencies rose in the second quarter of 2004 from the first quarter, but an improving US economy and strong home price appreciation should keep the downward trend in delinquencies intact, a US mortgage industry | 2 |
Demands over mobile radiation It should be easier for mobile users to discover the amount of radiation generated by their handsets, a leading expert says. | 3 |
Land of Potatoes Aims to Be High-Tech Hot NAMPA, Idaho (Reuters) - Jeffrey Moeser and his company are aiming to change the future of home entertainment. | 3 |
Genesis Crash a Disappointment, But Was a Better Simulation Some science may have been lost as the Genesis space capsule landed in the Utah desert with a thud. But there might be a glimmer of good news in the failed NASA mission. | 3 |
Intel Pushes Dual-Core Tech to Mainstream Intel is on track to introduce work-sharing dual-core processors across all its product lines by the end of next year. The technology is part of a strategy shift at Intel away from processor speed and toward performance. | 3 |
Nokia to launch all-in-one phone Mobile handset maker Nokia today announced the Nokia 9300, a new high-end smartphone. Dubbed by the company its smartest smartphone, with voice and data capabilities, the Nokia 9300 is meant to be an all-in-one device for users. | 3 |
EMC quot;buy quot; NEW YORK, September 8 (New Ratings) - Analysts at First Albany maintain their quot;buy quot; rating on EMC (EMC.NYS). The target price is set to \$13. | 3 |
Microsoft extends life of XP SP2 download blocker Microsoft is giving customers a little more time to test Windows XP Service Pack 2 by extending the time that a download-blocking mechanism will be in effect. | 3 |
Mobile Gaming Ongoing Revenue Booster Mobile gaming users already play games an average 5.1 hours per week on various devices in the home, including PCs, game consoles and handhelds, versus 2.9 hours per week for all wireless users. | 3 |
T-Mobile starts first European test of a Flarion network AMSTERDAM T-Mobile, Europe #39;s second largest mobile carrier, said on Wednesday that it had started the Continent #39;s first trial of a high-speed wireless Internet service that uses Flash OFDM technology. | 3 |
Sybase Offers Database to Linux Community Although Forrester analyst Noel Yuhanna believes Sybase has a firm foothold in its market, the company faces competition from some large players. | 3 |
Should Star Trek Die? securitas writes quot;The New York Times Television reporter William S. Kowinski writes about questions of the Star Trek franchise #39;s viability due to overexposure, audience fatigue and creative exhaustion. | 3 |
Eagles ink Reid through 2010 PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - Andy Reid will get a few more chances to lead the Philadelphia Eagles to the Super Bowl. The Eagles on Wednesday signed Reid to a four-year contract extension through the 2010 season. | 1 |
Astros outfielder Beltran day-to-day Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Houston Astros center fielder Carlos Beltran is listed as day-to-day with a bone bruise on his right elbow. | 1 |
Putin #39;s response Will the Beslan massacre unify - or divide - the West in the global war on terrorism? The massacre of school children by Islamic terrorists in the North Osettian town of Beslan horrified the civilized world. | 0 |
Abduction planned to the second Armed to the teeth, the kidnappers beat up a hapless guard, dragged a screaming Iraqi hostage by her hair and took off in broad daylight. | 0 |
Continental to begin ticket surcharges NEW YORK - Continental Airlines joined a growing number of airlines that plan to charge service fees when tickets are sold through traditional outlets. | 2 |
Coca-Cola Enterprises Cuts 2004 Outlook ATLANTA - Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., the largest bottler of Coca-Cola products, lowered its full-year earnings outlook and put its third-quarter forecast below analysts #39; expectations due to softer-than-expected volume trends. | 2 |
270K Fewer Workers Will Have Been Hired In 2004--ITAA Staffing trends--including offshore outsourcing--continue to strip IT workers from their jobs, according to the trade association. | 2 |
Lexmark recalls 39,400 US printers Printer manufacturer Lexmark is recalling 39,400 laser printers following fears over potential electric shocks. The printers could potentially short-circuit and present a danger of injury to users although there have been no reports of any incidents. | 3 |
Hitachi upgrades storage line Hitachi Data Systems has announced a new enterprise storage lineup to include features such as a virtualisation which allows customers to manage up to 32Petabytes of internal and external storage. | 3 |
Microsoft Doubles Blocking Time For SP2 Sep. 08, 2004. Microsoft on Tuesday doubled the time that businesses can block Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) from downloading automatically, giving them until mid-April, 2005, to test the update. | 3 |
Cycling: Menchov wins fifth stage in Spain MORELLA, Spain : Russia #39;s Denis Menchov won the fifth stage of the Tour of Spain, a 186.5km run between Zaragoza and here. The overall race lead was claimed by Spaniard Manuel Beltran from his US Postal teammate Benoit Joachim. | 1 |
Russian hostage town mourners vent anger at Putin Hundreds of people took to the streets of Beslan on Wednesday to vent anger at Russian President Vladmimir Putin and demand the resignation of regional | 0 |
Nineteen Dead, 17 Injured In Turkish Mine Tunnel Fire ANKARA, Sept 8 (AFP) - A huge fire swept through a copper mine in northern Turkey on Wednesday, killing at least 19 workers and injuring a further 17, a local official there said. | 0 |
Brunei Prepares for Asia #39;s Lavish Wedding of the Year Dignitaries and blue bloods from around the world began arriving today for the lavish nuptials of the crown prince of the tiny, oil-rich sultanate of Brunei, in what is expected to be Asias wedding of the year. | 0 |
Tension-Filled Nights Loom for Europe's Big Guns LONDON (Reuters) - The remaining seven vacancies in the first knockout stage of the Champions League will be decided this week with some of Europe's biggest clubs anxiously considering their fates. | 1 |
German teen indicted over Sasser computer worm (AFP) AFP - German prosecutors indicted an 18-year-old student on suspicion of creating the Sasser computer worm that paralyzed millions of computers around the world last spring. | 3 |
Eagles Reward Reid with Four-Year Extension PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Eagles locked up their most successful head coach in franchise history Wednesday, signing Andy Reid to a four-year contract extension. | 1 |
Lawmakers call on White House to back renewal of ban on assault weapons (AFP) AFP - Lawmakers in the Senate warned that the likely demise next week of a 10-year-old federal ban on semi-automatic assault guns will lead to a flood of such weapons on the streets of cities across the United States. | 0 |
New probe opened into death of US football star-turned-soldier (AFP) AFP - The US Army has launched a new investigation into the tragic death of a former US football star, who turned down a lucrative sport career to fight the war on terror as a special forces soldier, a military official disclosed. | 0 |
Iran faces 'nuclear ultimatum' Iran is likely to be given an ultimatum to suspend all uranium enrichment activities, top UK officials say. | 0 |
Study: meager recovery for IT job market The number of US information technology workers rose 2 percent to 10.5 million in the first quarter of this year, but demand for them is dropping, according to a new report. | 2 |
Dow Jones Sees Shortfall on Weak Ads Dow Jones amp; Co. (DJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday cut its earnings forecast for the current quarter, citing weakness this month in key advertising categories | 2 |
Brussels approves GM oilseed rape The European Commission said on Wednesday it favoured allowing US biotech giant Monsanto to sell a genetically-modified oilseed rape known as GT73 in the 25-nation European Union. | 2 |
InBev #39;s Labatt to Cut 180 Jobs, Close Canada Brewery (Update1) InBev #39;s Labatt Breweries, which makes Blue, Bud and Bud Light beers, said it will close its New Westminster, British Columbia, brewery on April 21, eliminating 180 jobs. | 2 |
NASA Capsule Containing Solar Wind Particles Crashes (Update1) A space capsule containing NASA #39;s first sample from space in more than 30 years crashed into the Utah desert today after its parachutes failed to open. | 3 |
Nokia Announces 9300 Smartphone Nokia today announced the Nokia 9300, a new high-end smartphone with integrated full keyboard, that replaces its 9290 Communicator. | 3 |
Hitachi Ups High-End Storage Ante The new HDS storage platform and software enables extensive virtualization, heterogeneous management and universal storage-agnostic replication, Hitachi said. | 3 |
Honey, I Shrunk the Price AFC shareholders must be praying it won #39;t drop any further, as this is a deal that, when Tellabs initially proposed an all-stock purchase, was worth as much as \$2. | 3 |
Apple security hole fixes p2pnet.net News:- Apple Computer has issued a patch for 15 Mac OS X security flaws. But, quot;It ain #39;t us - it #39;s them! quot; - it #39;s saying of some of the problems, #39;them #39; being certain open source components. | 3 |
Menchov wins fifth stage; Manuel Beltran takes lead at the Spanish <b>...</b> Denis Menchov of Russia won the fifth stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Wednesday, while Manuel Beltran of the US Postal Service took the overall lead from teammate Benoit Joachim. | 1 |
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