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Digital cinema moves closer to local multiplex A movie studio coalition says it has worked out standards for films without film. | 3 |
Oracle v. DOJ: A shadow over Oracle special coverage Hostile bid for PeopleSoft hurts Oracle's image among IT professionals. | 3 |
EU pledges \$63 million for grid computing Grants aim to accelerate European research into business applications of shared computing. | 3 |
Nokia to offer phones with 'old-world' styling One of the new handsets invokes Garbo, according to the Finnish phone giant. Another is described as "sleek and sexy." | 3 |
Nets Get Solid Return From Kidd While They Can Jason Kidd is back. The question now is for how long. The 34-year-old Kidd, who underwent off-season knee surgery, made his long-awaited season debut for the Nets | 1 |
Future portables go much faster all day, says Intel Beefier batteries and multicore chips aim to make Intel's future mobiles more like desktops. | 3 |
Iraq Kidnappings Unite Italians Description: The kidnapping of two Italian aid workers in Iraq has united their home country. The women were both known as opponents of the Iraq war. | 0 |
US broadband users triple in less than three years WASHINGTON - The number of broadband users in the U.S. nearly tripled in the past two and a half years to more than 48 million subscribers, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). | 3 |
File-trading penalties legislation moves forward WASHINGTON - Legislation that would expand the definition of criminal file-trading over the Internet was approved Wednesday by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. | 3 |
IDF - Intel seeks role in development of the next Internet SAN FRANCISCO - To handle the demands of the next-generation Internet, a new layer of intelligent nodes and services needs to grow over the existing Internet structure, said Intel Corp. Chief Technology Officer Pat Gelsinger, during his concluding address at the Intel Developer Forum Thursday. | 3 |
EU court to review MCI ruling BRUSSELS -- The European Union's (E.U.'s) Court of First Instance will rule on Sept. 28 whether the European Commission had the right to block the aborted merger between U.S. telecommunications giant MCI Inc. (formerly WorldCom Inc.) and Sprint Corp. | 3 |
BusinessWeek Chooses Outsider as Editor in Chief BusinessWeek, reaching outside its own ranks, announced yesterday that it had selected Stephen J. Adler, a senior editor of The Wall Street Journal, as its next editor in chief. | 2 |
NFL 2004: Garcia a Good Fit for Browns (AP) AP - Check out any sporting goods store around town and you'll find them cluttering the clearance racks: brown, white and orange No. 2 jerseys #151; in any size. | 1 |
Mexico, U.S. Unveil Border Clean-Up Plan (AP) AP - With 5 million discarded tires littering the background, the United States and Mexico announced an accord Thursday to clean up the mountains of rusty cars, smashed school buses and rotting rubber that are a blight on the border. | 0 |
Davenport, Capriati Headline Open Semis (AP) AP - No. 1 is gone. So is No. 2. The French Open champion and the Wimbledon champion left days ago and the Williams sisters were done soon after that. | 1 |
Jury rules 9/11 counts as two attacks for insurance purposes A federal jury Monday ruled in favor of World Trade Center (WTC) leaseholder Larry Silverstein inthe second phase of his insurance trial, deciding that the two hijacked planes | 2 |
Arar says in-laws interrogated in Tunisia, blames Canadian authorities (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Maher Arar says two of his in-laws were interrogated by Tunisian secret police and he suspects it was done on behalf of Canadian authorities. | 0 |
Federer Survives Agassi Comeback to Reach Semifinals NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed Roger Federer survived a stirring comeback from twice champion Andre Agassi to reach the semifinals of the U.S. Open for the first time on Thursday, squeezing through 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. | 1 |
Henman Sinks Hrbaty to Reach Semifinal NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tim Henman shrugged off an early setback to reach the U.S. Open semifinals for the first time by completing a 6-1, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 win over Dominik Hrbaty on Thursday. | 1 |
Kerry: Bush Is No Good Samaritan (AP) AP - Sen. John Kerry accused President Bush Thursday of failing the Biblical test set by the Good Samaritan, saying, "He's seen people in need, but he's crossed over to the other side of the street." | 0 |
Turmeric May Protect Against Leukemia -Scientist (Reuters) Reuters - Turmeric, a spice used extensively in\Asia as a key ingredient of curry, may be protecting children\against leukemia, a scientist said on Thursday. | 3 |
Dollar Supported by Dip in Jobless Claims CHICAGO (Reuters) - The dollar posted mild gains against most major currencies on Thursday after a U.S. jobless claims report suggested stable job creation, although analysts said Hurricane Charley likely skewed the weekly data. | 2 |
Federer Beats Agassi to Reach Open Semis NEW YORK - Roger Federer posted a huge win in the howling wind, beating two-time champion Andre Agassi 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 Thursday in a U.S. Open quarterfinal match suspended the previous night because of rain... | 0 |
Problems Plague Bank of America #39;s Fleet Merger Nearly a year after agreeing to buy FleetBoston Financial Corp., Bank of America Corp. has found it still has a lot of explaining to do in New England. | 2 |
Potential \$340M Teflon settlement The DuPont Co. agreed to a settlement potentially worth more than \$340 million Thursday to resolve allegations the chemical giant contaminated drinking water in West Virginia | 2 |
New Moon, Ring Found Around Saturn Sept. 9, 2004 - Images sent back to Earth by the Cassini spacecraft reveal aspects of Saturn scientists have never seen: another moon -ossibly two - a ring of material. | 3 |
RealNetworks Sells 3 Mln Songs, Ends Download Promo RealNetworks Inc. RNWK.O is ending its 49 cent-per-song music download service but will keep the promotional prices in place for top 10 songs, the Internet media and software company said on Thursday. | 3 |
Fresh BlackBerrys In the annals of consumer electronics, certain devices have proven so compelling they #39;ve created consumer cults. You know, Mac heads. | 3 |
#39;Canes have been magic against #39;Noles So, I was thinking, maybe the University of Miami would want to change its nickname, and soon. I know, I know, this is not funny to anyone in the state of Florida. | 1 |
Game of the Week Why to watch: With fireworks during and after the game, who doesn #39;t want to watch Texas Tech football? The Red Raiders are at it again as Sonnie Cumbie had a big game against SMU before head coach Mike Leach | 1 |
Afghan President Condemns Violence Against Aid Workers Afghan President Hamid Karzai has expressed concern about violence against aid agencies in the country. The president #39;s office said Thursday non-governmental organizations have provided invaluable services | 0 |
OpenGL updates graphics code The graphics library, an alternative to Microsoft's DirectX, gets new features designed to add razzle-dazzle to PC games. | 3 |
Why Greenspan Is Staying the Course When Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan kicked off his credit-tightening campaign on June 30, there was no question why he was raising interest rates. | 2 |
Cracker Barrel announces \$8.7M bias settlement Cracker Barrel (CBRL) has agreed to an \$8.7 million settlement to resolve all lawsuits brought or supported by the NAACP that accused the restaurant chain of segregating blacks in the smoking section and denying them service. | 2 |
Real sells 3m tracks at a loss Media software firm RealNetworks says it sold more than three million tracks thanks to an aggressive three-week price promotion in the US. | 3 |
Mainstream Companies Seek Charming Programmers Are you a charmer with strong programming skills? Can you find happiness toiling in the IT department of a manufacturer or transportation company? | 3 |
File-trading penalties legislation moves forward Legislation that would expand the definition of criminal file-trading over the Internet was approved Wednesday by the US House Judiciary Committee. | 3 |
Sasser author indicted p2pnet.net News:- Sasser worm author Sven Jaschan has been indicted in Germany with computer espionage. Sasser was written as a kind of anti-virus virus unleashed against the likes of Mydoom #39; and Bagle, Jaschan said. | 3 |
In the News European Ryder Cup player Padraig Harrington broke out of his form slump Thursday to take a one-stroke lead at the German Masters with a 6-under-par 66. | 1 |
Germany gets aggressive Brazil, Berlin, my first home game. It doesn #39;t get any better than that, Jrgen Klinsmann said in preparation for the showdown between the German soccer team and the 2002 world-champion Brazilians. | 1 |
Swedes Czech out early The scattered tickets outside the Globe Arena told the story. There were no souvenirs from this one. In yet another important game that demanded the team be at its best, Sweden was at its worst. | 1 |
Browns #39; Suggs Doubtful Against Ravens Cleveland Browns running back Lee Suggs did not practice today and is listed as doubtful for Sunday #39;s season opener against the Baltimore Ravens. | 1 |
Sudan rejects Darfur #39;genocide #39; label Sudan has rejected a declaration by the US that the alleged atrocities in the country #39;s troubled Darfur region was genocide. quot;This is just another sort of pressure brought against the government of Sudan by | 0 |
Jamaicans told to pray as storm looms ST. GEORGE #39;S, GRENADA - Jamaica #39;s Prime Minister urged his country to pray Thursday as the Category 5 hurricane Ivan headed toward the island nation after killing 20 people elsewhere in the Caribbean. | 0 |
Foreign aid workers in Iraq plan pull out: World News Baghdad, Sep 9 : Foreign aid workers in Iraq are planning to leave the war-torn country since the kidnapping of two Italian women aid workers, Xinhua reports Thursday. | 0 |
Arab Commentators Examine Terrorism, Islam Link The violent hostage-taking at a school in Russia last week blamed on Chechen terrorists has sparked condemnation from the Arab media in the Middle East. | 0 |
Nokia Raises Outlook on Global Phone Sales By MATTI HUUHTANEN HELSINKI, Finland (AP) -- Nokia said Thursday its third-quarter revenue and profits would be better than expected, citing an increase in mobile phone sales. The news pushed its shares up nearly 6.5 percent in trading... | 3 |
New Lubricant Could Improve Hard Drive Performance By MATTHEW FORDAHL SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A newly developed lubricant could improve the performance, capacity and longevity of hard drives used widely in computers, music players, video recorders and other devices, researchers say... | 3 |
News: McAfee app raids Mac users' inboxes Apple has stopped offering the latest version of McAfee's anti-virus package to Mac users following reports of widespread problems with the software. | 3 |
Hurricane Ivan Reschedules Titans and Dolphins Game (Reuters) Reuters - Due to the possible threat of\Hurricane Ivan, the NFL has rescheduled the Titans/Dolphins\game up a day to Saturday at 1:00 p.m. EDT. | 1 |
Harrington Chooses Country Over Cousin (AP) AP - It took Joey Harrington about one second to choose between red, white and blue #151; and blood. | 1 |
Boone Powers UConn Josh Boone assumes the mantle left with the exit of Emeka Okafor with a double-double to muscle the No. 7 Huskies to a 97-60 romp over Northeastern on Monday. | 1 |
House Votes to Block New Overtime Rules (AP) AP - In a sharp rebuke of a new administration policy, the House moved Thursday to block the Labor Department from carrying out overtime rules that critics argued could deprive millions of workers of their overtime pay. | 0 |
Applebee's Sees Room for More Outlets LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Restaurant chain Applebee's International Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=APPB.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">APPB.O</A> on Thursday said there was room for at least 3,000 of its namesake restaurants in the United States, nearly double the existing number. | 2 |
Samsung Cell Phones to Get Tiny Hard Drive Samsung's new SPH-V5400 mobile phone sports a built-in 1-inch, 1.5-gigabyte hard disk that can store about 15 times more data than conventional handsets, Samsung said. | 3 |
Report: Islamic Group Says Behind Jakarta Bomb DUBAI (Reuters) - The Jemaah Islamiah group said in a purported Internet statement it carried out Thursday's attack on the Australian embassy in Jakarta, and warned of more unless Australia withdraws forces from Iraq. | 0 |
Keeping an Eye on Movado Movado is worth watching because its acquisition of Ebel should boost international sales. | 2 |
OpenGL galvanizes game graphics The graphics library, an alternative to Microsoft's DirectX, gets new features designed to add razzle-dazzle to PC games. | 3 |
Frank Quattrone Is a Bad Man Former Credit Suisse First Boston (NYSE: CSR) investment banker Frank Quattrone #39;s gamble on a jury trial came to a close yesterday when he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for obstruction of justice. | 2 |
Update 3: DuPont Agrees to Settle in Teflon Suit DuPont agreed on Thursday to pay as much as \$343 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the chemical giant contaminated drinking water supplies in West Virginia and Ohio with a key ingredient of its Teflon product. | 2 |
Stocks close mixed... The Dow Jones industrial average fell 24 to ten-thousand-289. But gainers on the New York Stock Exchange outnumbered losers by a better than three-to-two margin. | 2 |
FDA Questions AstraZeneca #39;s Stroke Pill An FDA review of AstraZeneca Plc #39;s (AZN.L: Quote, Profile, Research) (AZN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Exanta questioned the experimental drug #39;s | 2 |
US Labor Groups File China Currency Complaint, Urge Sanctions A coalition of US labor unions said China #39;s policy of setting the value of the yuan is hurting American businesses and asked the Bush administration to file a lawsuit at the World Trade Organization on their behalf. | 2 |
Genesis Capsule a #39;Mangled Mess #39; Yesterdays crash of the Genesis sample return canister forced scientists to look for slivers of hope in the busted up remains of fragile collection arrays. | 3 |
Qualcomm Has Eyes For Displays NEW YORK - Why would wireless chip company Qualcomm want to get into the display business? To do what it does best: license technology to mobile phone manufacturers everywhere. | 3 |
Extinct Species Take Others Along, Study Finds More than 6,000 species of butterflies and other insects, as well as mites, fungi and assorted unloved but important species, will also be wiped out when listed endangered species go extinct, scientists said on Thursday. | 3 |
Unisys wins DOD health system contract The Defense Department awarded a \$31 million contract for implementation and training services to Unisys Corp. The contract pertains to DOD #39;s electronic medical records system, called the Composite Health Care System (CHCS) II. | 3 |
Allchin #39;s last stand? COMMENTARY -- Jim Allchin has a thing about video. The Windows chief is a brilliant engineer, keeper of Redmond #39;s crown jewels, and easily the most powerful person at Microsoft after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. | 3 |
Federer knocks out Agassi at US Open Gusting winds and a gutsy Andre Agassi were not enough to blow Roger Federer away. Federer moved into his first US Open semifinal on Thursday, completing a five-set thriller over Agassi and | 1 |
Investors see Eagles, Pats in Super Bowl Futures market lets investors buy and sell right to see teams if they make it to the big game. By Chris Isidore, CNN/Money senior writer. | 1 |
NFL 2004: Garcia a good fit for Browns Check out any sporting goods store around town and you #39;ll find them cluttering the clearance racks: brown, white and orange No. | 1 |
Kansas City Royals News There #39;s something very strange about the Royals and Tigers on Thursday afternoons. Baseball scores start looking more like football scores. | 1 |
Yukos Stock Gains on Comments From Putin (AP) AP - Despite reports that the beleaguered oil giant Yukos could receive yet another back tax bill in addition to the #36;7.5 billion in claims it already faces, the company's stock rallied slightly Thursday on a new statement by President Vladimir Putin that he is not seeking the company's bankruptcy. | 0 |
Federer Squeezes Past Agassi Into Semifinals NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed Roger Federer survived a stirring comeback from twice champion Andre Agassi to reach the semi-finals of the U.S. Open for the first time Thursday, squeezing through 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. | 1 |
EDS: 20,000 Job Cuts Over Next 2 Years SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Electronic Data Systems Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=EDS.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">EDS.N</A>, one of the world's biggest computer services company, is likely to cut up to 20,000 jobs over the next two years, the company's chief executive said on Thursday. | 2 |
Edwards Criticizes Cheney on Issues (AP) AP - Sen. John Edwards, who hopes to be vice president come January, went after the current holder of the office Thursday, criticizing Dick Cheney on terrorism, campaign rhetoric and health care. | 0 |
U.S. Health Insurance Costs Soar, Workers Hit CHICAGO (Reuters) - Health insurance premiums rose five times faster than U.S. workers' salaries this year, according to a survey released on Thursday that also showed slippage in the percentage of American workers covered by employer health plans. | 2 |
Timeline of Bush Service in National Guard (AP) AP - Major events in President Bush's Vietnam-era military service with the Air National Guard: | 0 |
Italy, France Agonize Over Iraq Hostage Crises PARIS (Reuters) - France's government and opposition showed rare unity in appealing for the release of two Frenchmen held in Iraq as an Italian envoy flew to the Middle East on Thursday to urge freedom for two female Italian aid workers. | 0 |
Health Premiums Rose 5 Times Faster Than Income in 2004 The figures from a survey released today are likely to throw more people into the ranks of the uninsured, analysts said. | 2 |
Storms, late holiday contributed to largest drop in 3 years WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - The number of workers filing for state unemployment benefits plunged by 44,000 in the week ending Sept. 4 to 319,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. | 2 |
Court: Calif entitled to new hearing on energy refunds SAN FRANCISCO - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission improperly calculated how much money energy companies should be required to refund California consumers for allegedly excessive electricity costs, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. | 2 |
Serbia reverses ban on Darwin The Serbian government has reversed an order to ban Charles Darwin #39;s theory of evolution from schools, following widespread criticism from scientists. | 3 |
Super Bowl 39: Patriots -- again It is an accepted axiom in the NFL: Every team has problems. Coaches and team executives commiserate about them like old folks complaining about aches and pains. | 1 |
Kansas City Royals Team Report - September 8 (Sports Network) - Two of the worst teams in the American League square off this evening when the Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers continue their four-game set at Comerica Park. | 1 |
Israel to shut Gaza, West Bank ISRAELI Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz today ordered a closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the upcoming Jewish holidays, a ministry spokeswoman said. | 0 |
Oracle ruling expected Friday A source close to the case says a ruling in Justice Dept.'s antitrust suit to stop Oracle from acquiring PeopleSoft may come this week. | 3 |
FERC faulted for failing to order refunds for California power <b>...</b> The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which has refused to approve California #39;s demand for \$2.8 billion in refunds from power companies found to have gouged the state during the 2000-2001 energy crisis, has been ordered to rethink its position and | 2 |
Some businesses boom after Fla. hurricanes Every time Paul Mehok of National Nail Co. sees a hurricane coming toward the Southeast, he feels quot;this little guilt twinge. quot;. | 2 |
Ivan Forces Titans, Dolphins To Play Saturday MIAMI -- Because of the threat of Hurricane Ivan, the NFL has rescheduled the Tennessee Titans/Miami Dolphins game. The game will now be played at Pro Player Stadium at 1 pm Saturday. | 1 |
Report: Islamic Group Says Behind Jakarta Bomb The Jemaah Islamiah group said in a purported Internet statement it carried out Thursday #39;s attack on the Australian embassy in Jakarta, and warned of more unless Australia withdraws forces from Iraq. | 0 |
The Populist Approach Ever since the start of the second Chechen war, the Russian leadership, and President Vladimir Putin in particular, have been terribly fond of saying that we are waging war against international terrorism in Chechnya. | 0 |
Hardliners Appeal to Israeli Soldiers JERUSALEM Sept. 9, 2004 - A group of prominent Israeli hardliners urged soldiers Thursday to disobey orders to dismantle Jewish settlements, widening the bitter divisions over Prime Minister Ariel Sharon #39;s | 0 |
India, Nepal discuss Maoist threat India today assured the visiting Prime Minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba that it would render all possible assistance to Kathmandu in tackling the Maoist insurgency. | 0 |
OAUG pushes on collaboration with Oracle, other users groups With a focus on educating members about Oracle's 10g database and 11i.10 E-Business Suite, the Oracle Application User Group plans to holds its Connection Point 2004 annual user conference next week in Orlando. | 3 |
Dell counts on new support hubs to improve service delivery Dell Inc. plans to open several Enterprise Command Centers during the next few months in a bid to improve its service delivery to customers worldwide. | 3 |
Fla. IT shops suffer minimal disruptions from Frances Data centers in Florida weathered the brunt of Hurricane Frances, suffering only minor disruptions from the Labor Day weekend storm. | 3 |
Fla. IT managers balance hurricane-related staffing needs With plenty of experience in disaster preparations, IT managers in Florida were ready to handle IT staffing issues during -- and after -- Hurricane Frances. | 3 |
IBM pushes out new Stinger database IBM next week will ship the latest version of its DB2 Universal Database, which offers new self-tuning capabilities designed to reduce management overhead even as databases grow bigger and harder to maintain. | 3 |
Online fraud: We got law, but no enforcement Because of the open nature of the Internet, there seems to be no immediate prospects that technology or law enforcement can stem the flood of online fraud. | 3 |
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