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AMD providing update for Opteron processor AMD uses a technology called PowerNow to control power supply to the processor depending upon how much of the processing power is being used. | 3 |
IBM triples transistor performance with germanium IBM has successfully demonstrated a new technique for improving transistor performance that will help the company build smaller, more powerful chips in the next decade, company researchers said Monday. | 3 |
Gaps in Intel Itanium, Xeon Road Maps During its bi-annual Developers Forum in San Francisco this week, the chipmaker focused on promoting its next-generation Itanium and Xeon processors. | 3 |
Gamble paid off - Barrichello Ferrari #39;s Rubens Barrichello admitted he was relieved after his race strategy earned him his first victory of the season at the Italian Grand Prix. | 1 |
Holmes second in Berlin Double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes finished second on her return to action in the 1500m at the final Golden League meeting of 2004 in Berlin on Sunday. | 1 |
Honours Even At White Hart Lane Norwich City climbed out of the bottom three and Tottenham maintained their unbeaten start to the start to the season in a 0-0 draw notable for some fine goalkeeping and defending. | 1 |
Powell: North Korean Explosion Probably Not Nuclear Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States believes a recent explosion in North Korea was, in his words, not a nuclear event. | 0 |
US enter Samarrah during new push against insurgents American forces with their Iraqi allies penetrated the northern city of Samarrah for the first time in a month yesterday in an attempt to recapture territory that has slipped out of coalition control in recent weeks. | 0 |
Polish ambassador: government considers question of WWII <b>...</b> BERLIN Poland #39;s ambassador to Germany says Poland considers the question of World War Two reparations closed. Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939 to start World War Two, and last week, the Polish parliament | 0 |
Medicare Costs Are New Focus for Candidates Democrats are vowing to roll back a sharp increase in premiums announced this month, and the Bush campaign is seeking to blame lawmakers for the rise. | 0 |
Hurricane Ivan Closes In on Grand Cayman; Cuba Braces Hurricane Ivan lost some strength as it hit the Cayman Islands and Cuba but was still capable of causing tremendous damage. | 0 |
Fire in Ohio Apartment Building Kills 8 COLUMBUS, Ohio - A suspected arson fire engulfed an apartment complex in suburban Columbus Sunday, killing eight people and forcing others to jump from third-story windows to escape, firefighters said. The fire in Prairie Township came just six weeks after three fires were set in the same building in an empty apartment and hallway, said Fire Chief Steve Feustel... | 0 |
Zhang Readies Another Martial-Arts Saga TORONTO - A few years back, Zhang Yimou was a bit miffed that fellow filmmaker Ang Lee was faster on the draw in elevating the martial-arts epic to serious cinema. But now that Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has broken the genre into the mainstream among Western audiences, Zhang is happy to follow his lead... | 0 |
Televangelist Said Tried to Hush Charges LOS ANGELES - The founder of the world's largest Christian broadcasting network has sought repeatedly to prevent a former male employee from going public with allegations of a sexual encounter between them eight years ago, a newspaper reported Sunday. Paul Crouch, 70, president of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, reached a \$425,000 settlement in 1998 with the former worker who threatened to sue over claims he had been unjustly fired from the network, the Los Angeles Times said... | 0 |
At Least 25 Killed in Baghdad Violence BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militants pounded central Baghdad on Sunday with one of their most intense mortar barrages ever, targeting the Green Zone and destroying a U.S. vehicle along a major street... | 0 |
Protesters Attack Soldiers in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan - Demonstrators stormed U.N. compounds and stoned U.S... | 0 |
Trend Micro Offers New Mobile Security for Mobile Phones and PDAs Trend Micro has announced the up coming availability of Trend Micro Mobile Security for UIQ in January 2005, with a free trial to June. | 3 |
Johnson #39;s crash calls attention to flaw in the Chase system RICHMOND, Va. NASCAR hasn #39;t even unveiled its Chase for the Championship and already there #39;s a problem. When it came up with the idea of a 10-race playoff, NASCAR correctly realized there would | 1 |
Explosions caused mushroom cloud over N. Korea: source SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - A mushroom-shaped cloud was seen in North Korea last Thursday following a large explosion, a South Korean news agency reported Sunday. | 0 |
Mayfield Races Into NASCAR Playoffs (AP) AP - It was win and in for Jeremy Mayfield, who couldn't hide his excitement when NASCAR chairman Brian France stopped to congratulate him on racing his way into the playoffs. | 1 |
Investors on Alert for Earnings Warnings (Reuters) Reuters - Investors are expected to focus on oil\prices and corporate earnings outlooks this week, and the\slightest warning about company revenues could weigh on stocks. | 2 |
Array of Innovations at Mobile Tech Show (AP) AP - As co-stars of an elite, wireless-oriented tech show they were improbable indeed: A weed whacker, a blender and a boombox. Their decibel assault at this year's 6th annual DEMOmobile show was the perfect foil for its most celebrated product, a noise-canceling cell phone headset called Jawbone. | 3 |
Ruano Pascual, Suarez Win Women's Doubles (AP) AP - Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez won their third straight U.S. Open women's doubles title by beating singles champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Likhovtseva 6-4, 7-5 Sunday. | 1 |
US in bid to jumpstart NKorea talks amid nuclear bomb warning (AFP) AFP - A US special envoy left for China, South Korea and Japan in a bid to jump start North Korean nuclear talks, the State Department said, as the UN nuclear watchdog chief warned Pyongyang could develop up to six atomic bombs. | 0 |
Kirsten Dunst Pretends to Be a Jock Grunting tennis pro. Evil brat. Marie Antoinette. What kind of roles are these for a young, blond Hollywood ingnue? | 0 |
Thousands Protest Gaza Evacuation Plan JERUSALEM - Tens of thousands of Jewish settlers and their backers demonstrated in Jerusalem on Sunday against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to evacuate all settlements from Gaza and four West Bank enclaves in a rally held against a backdrop of assassination threats and warnings of civil war. The withdrawal plan has upset the Israeli political scene since it was announced last year, turning Sharon's backers into opponents and detractors into supporters... | 0 |
Federer Tries for Third Major Title of '04 NEW YORK - In heat or wind, before a crowd for or against him, facing Andre Agassi's baseline bashing or Tim Henman's get-to-the-net style: When Roger Federer is on his game, it doesn't seem to matter what he has to deal with. Now Lleyton Hewitt will try to disrupt him... | 0 |
Nations: N. Korea Cloud Isn't Nuke Blast SEOUL, South Korea - A huge mushroom cloud that reportedly billowed up from North Korea was not caused by a nuclear explosion, South Korean and U.S. officials said Sunday, but they said the cause was a mystery... | 0 |
Skipper wants a final fling MICHAEL Vaughan last night dreamed of capping a spectacularly successful summer for England with an appearance in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy. | 1 |
J. Lopez, SS SEATTLE (Ticker) -- The surging Boston Red Sox attempt to win their seventh straight series when they conclude a four-game set against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. | 1 |
Nations: N. Korea Cloud Isn #39;t Nuke Blast SEOUL, South Korea Sept. 12, 2004 - A huge mushroom cloud that reportedly billowed up from North Korea was not caused by a nuclear explosion, South Korean and US officials said Sunday, but they said the cause was a mystery. | 0 |
Insurgents hammer central Baghdad, 25 dead in surge of violence in <b>...</b> Insurgents hammered central Baghdad on Sunday with one of their most intense mortar and rocket barrages ever in the heart of the capital | 0 |
Mystics Remain Alive Alana Beard scored 21 points to help the Washington Mystics keep their playoff hopes alive with a 75-63 victory over the Houston Comets on Sunday. The Mystics, winners of three straight, closed on a 6-0 run, capped by Beard's layup with 34 seconds remaining. | 1 |
Companies move to anti piracy chips NDS, STMicroelectronics and Thomson announced on Friday that they will begin implementing new anti piracy technology to weed out video piracy. | 3 |
Feeley gets nod over Fiedler Davie, FL (Sports Network) - Miami Dolphins head coach Dave Wannstedt named AJ Feeley as his starting quarterback for next Sunday #39;s game against the Cincinnati Bengals. | 1 |
South Africa thump Tigers Bangladesh were thrashed by nine wickets in their Champions Trophy match against South Africa at Edgbaston on Sunday. Bizarrely electing to bat first, the Tigers mustered just 93 runs before being bowled out in the 32nd over. | 1 |
Turner confident Illini can rebound from 35-17 loss Poor tackling, missed opportunities and turnovers plagued Illinois through a 1-11 season last year and all were factors again in Saturday #39;s 35-17 loss to UCLA. | 1 |
Coach Willingham Never Doubted Notre Dame (AP) AP - Tyrone Willingham never showed a trace of doubt. Not following last season's 5-7 finish by Notre Dame. Not after a deflating season-opening loss to Brigham Young. Not when the Fighting Irish trailed 9-0 at halftime to Michigan on Saturday. | 1 |
Mexico's President Fires Mexico City Chief (AP) AP - President Vicente Fox fired Mexico City's police chief Monday for allegedly bungling the response to a mob attack that killed two federal police officers. Fox's action sharply increases a political clash with leaders of the opposition-led capital ahead of the 2006 presidential race. | 0 |
Investors Weighing Consumer Spending (AP) AP - Investors will be looking to consumer spending in the coming week on Wall Street, as the government releases figures on consumer prices and retail sales and major retailers release earnings reports. | 2 |
Groups Work on Ways to Stop Hurricanes (AP) AP - Amateur hurricane-busters have come up with any number of crackpot ideas to spare Florida from ferocious storms. Among them: blowing hurricanes away with giant fans or blowing them up with nuclear warheads. | 3 |
UES Loses Utility Bid in Slovakia BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- Enel, Italy #39;s biggest power company, put in the highest bid for the Slovak government #39;s stake in Slovenske Elektrarne, the country #39;s top power generator. | 2 |
EPA could reject appeal, order Wednesday that Metro Detroit cars <b>...</b> The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to decide by Wednesday whether automobile emissions tests could be mandatory for communities in the metropolitan area. | 2 |
A new handshake for mini hard drives? A consortium of companies wants to build on the progress of the Serial ATA hard drive interface in PCs by creating a similar offering for consumer electronics devices. | 3 |
Great matchup to end US Open Roger Federer -- and the summer #39;s best performer -- Lleyton Hewitt -- play off for the year #39;s final Grand Slam. It #39;s difficult to imagine a better matchup than Federer and Hewitt. | 1 |
It definitely wasn #39;t easy Berlin, Germany - Soon after claiming athletics #39; biggest single financial award this year, Christian Olsson offered perhaps the understatement of the year. | 1 |
Thousands March over Gaza Pull-Out Plans Crowds filled downtown Jerusalem to protest at the proposed pullout, most of them Orthodox Jews. A huge banner behind the stage set the theme: Disengagement tears the people apart. | 0 |
Mercosur, EU Hope to Meet Trade Deadline (AP) AP - The South American trade bloc Mercosur and the European Union said after a ministerial meeting Sunday they hope to conclude stalled talks about free-trade agreement on time. | 0 |
Female Baseball Pioneer Gacioch Dies (AP) AP - Rosie Gacioch, whose baseball experiences during the World War II era helped inspire the 1992 movie "A League of Their Own," died at 89. | 1 |
Purdue on a Roll Heading Into Bye Week (AP) AP - With as well as No. 18 Purdue is playing right now, it appears there is only one thing that can slow down these Boilermakers #151; the bye. | 1 |
Question of medicare reform has become test of Martin's political credibility (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - There was a moment before the last federal election when medicare reform became more than just a campaign promise for Prime Minister Paul Martin. | 0 |
Up to 7 Die in Clashes Over Ousted Afghan Governor HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Up to seven supporters of an ousted Afghan governor were killed and 20 wounded on Sunday in clashes with police and U.S. troops in the western city of Herat, which was placed under night curfew. | 0 |
British Firm Wins Bidding for Grey Advertising The British advertising agency WPP Group said today that it had won the bidding for Grey Global Group, the world #39;s last large independent advertising | 2 |
Three Years Since I left work on September 10th at 9:00 PM. An hour before, my coworker was getting nervous. She was leaving on a trip to Italy on the 12th and wanted to meet me at 8:30 AM on the 11th to go over what projects of hers I needed to steer in her absence. I rolled my eyes and complained that no one schedules meetings at 8:30 in the morning, and convinced her to postpone the meeting to 10:00 AM. | 3 |
New Object in Saturn #39;s F Ring A small newly found object, temporarily designated S/2004 S 3, has been seen orbiting Saturn #39;s outer F ring. The tiny object, seen in this movie centered in a green box, orbits the planet at a distance of | 3 |
Tottenham held by promoted Norwich London, England (Sports Network) - Tottenham remained unbeaten by drawing with Norwich Sunday, 0-0, in the only Premiership fixture of the day. | 1 |
Russia #39;s grim return to reality Children were arriving at the school on Bakhrushina Street in central Moscow: small girls with oversize ribbons festooning their hair, small boys, fidgety and chattering, dwarfed by large satchels. | 0 |
Italian FM to Middle East to seek release of aid workers in Iraq ROME : Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini was to leave for the Middle East, as Rome pressed on with efforts to win the release of two Italian aid workers kidnapped in Iraq, his ministry said. | 0 |
quot;Beware of the End of the World (Wide Web), quot; Says Intel Sep 10, 2004 (financialwire.net via COMTEX) -- (FinancialWire) Remember those quot;End of the World quot; signs? Well, Intel Corp. | 3 |
RealNetworks Ends Download 49-Cent Promo RealNetworks Inc. 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 |
Dementyeva Looks to Future After Loss NEW YORK -- When Yelena Dementyeva lost to fellow Russian Anastasia Myskina in the French Open final in June, she could barely hold back the tears. | 1 |
Osasuna rallies at Deportivo Coruna MADRID -- Osasuna fought back from a goal down and a sending-off to claim their first win of the season with a resounding 3-1 victory at Deportivo Coruna in the Primera Liga on Sunday. | 1 |
Seven dead after Afghan governor ousted Up to seven supporters of an ousted Afghan governor have been killed and 20 wounded in clashes with police and US troops in the western city | 0 |
Phillies Sweep Woeful Mets With 4-2 Win (AP) AP - Vicente Padilla pitched 6 2-3 shutout innings in his best start since coming off the disabled list and led the Philadelphia Phillies over the New York Mets 4-2 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. | 1 |
Georgia Overcomes First SEC Road Test (AP) AP - Georgia's depth and defense kept the Bulldogs unbeaten. | 1 |
Eisner #39;s Exit Plan Good for Disney -Analysts While fans of Michael Eisner argue that his 20-year legacy of continued financial and stock growth at the Walt Disney Co. is a strong achievement, Wall Street observers say his record is more mixed. | 2 |
Mercosur, EU hope to meet trade deadline The South American trade bloc Mercosur and the European Union said after a ministerial meeting Sunday they hope to conclude stalled talks about free-trade agreement on time. | 2 |
Japanese bank battle a break from the past In the old days in Japan, a merger between two banks would have been quietly brokered behind closed doors. But the current clash between two major Japanese banks over competing | 2 |
Sun may rise, after all, on faulty space probe Scientists are hopeful they can retrieve particles of solar wind from a capsule that crashed in the desert last week. By Peter N. Spotts Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. | 3 |
Longhorn locked against theft by iPod MICROSOFT is working on technology that will give companies more control over whether to prohibit devices that can easily be used to transfer data to and from personal computers. | 3 |
Big Five Set Their Sights On Mobile TV TV broadcasts to the mobile phone moved a step nearer reality today when the big five handset vendors announced a co-operation deal to investigate mobile broadcast services. | 3 |
Microsoft #39;s new mice get touchy Microsoft is introducing a new line of keyboards and mice, including some with fingerprint readers that lets users scan a finger instead of having to enter a log-in name and password when accessing online services or logging on to the PC. | 3 |
Cisco to acquire network-monitoring firm NetSolve Cisco Systems announced it is acquiring NetSolve, which provides real-time monitoring of the performance of corporate data networks. | 3 |
Real sells 3m tracks at a loss RealNetworks says it sold more than three million tracks thanks to an aggressive three-week price promotion in the US. The company halved the cost of tracks to 49 cents in mid-August to try to tempt consumers away from Apple #39;s iTunes music store. | 3 |
FCC says US getting its broadband act together US communications regulators insisted on Thursday that the United States was making progress in rolling out high-speed Internet service, despite falling further behind other countries. | 3 |
Extinction #39;s ripple effects WASHINGTON - Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that depend on the threatened ones. | 3 |
Dead sea turtles wash up on beaches Nearly two dozen dead sea turtles have washed up on Maryland and Delaware beaches in the past 10 days. At least nine of the animals, which are among six endangered | 3 |
Harrington bags timely triumph Padraig Harrington of Ireland exceeded his and Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer #39;s expectations yesterday when he claimed the German Masters title with an 11th-hour return to form. | 1 |
Tottenham Misses Chance to Climb to Third With 0-0 Norwich Draw Tottenham Hotspur missed the chance to climb to third in English soccer #39;s Premiership after a 0-0 draw at home against newly promoted Norwich. | 1 |
Arsenal stretches unbeaten run in England Arsenal stretched its unbeaten run in the English Premier League to 45 games, while Real Madrid and FC Barcelona stayed perfect in the Spanish league. | 1 |
Willingham never doubted Irish could beat Michigan Not following last season #39;s 5-to-7 finish by Notre Dame. Not after a deflating season-opening loss to Brigham Young. Not when the Irish trailed 9-to-zero at halftime to Michigan. | 1 |
GAME DAY PREVIEW Game time: 4:00 PM LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- The Los Angeles Sparks aim for their seventh straight win at home when they host the Sacramento Monarchs on Sunday at the Staples Center. | 1 |
McLeish #39;hopeful #39; Yesterday #39;s 0-0 draw at Hearts left Rangers fourth behind Aberdeen and Kilmarnock and without an away goal in three league games. | 1 |
NFL Wrap: Gibbs Returns to NFL as Redskins Edge Buccaneers Clinton Portis ran 64 yards for a touchdown and had 164 yards rushing and the Washington Redskins used a stifling defense to edge the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16-10 in Joe Gibbs #39;s return to the National Football League Sunday in Landover | 1 |
Teixeira hits pair of home runs to lead Rangers to 7-6 win over <b>...</b> Chan Ho Park couldn #39;t hold the lead after Mark Teixeira #39;s first home run. Francisco Cordero made sure Teixeira #39;s second one held up for the Texas Rangers. | 1 |
Hurricane Ivan slams Grand Cayman Hurricane Ivan has battered the Cayman Islands with ferocious 240kph winds, flooding homes, ripping off roofs and toppling trees three stories tall as its powerful eye thundered past just offshore. | 0 |
Strong turnout marked in HK election HONG KONG - Hong Kong voters made a strong turnout Sunday in a hard-fought legislative election being closely watched by Beijing. As of 5:30 pm, turnout was 35. | 0 |
Indonesian police reenact Jakarta embassy blast JAKARTA - Indonesian police on Sunday reenacted Thursday #39;s car bomb attack in front of the Australian Embassy that killed nine people and injured 182 others. | 0 |
Greek air force chief sacked after Orthodox leader dies in chopper <b>...</b> Greece #39;s air force chief of staff was sacked Sunday over delays in launching a rescue operation after a weekend helicopter crash that killed the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, the church #39;s number two. | 0 |
Putin #39;s outdated illusions are dangerous Before the tragedy of Beslan, Vladimir Putin lived in a vibrant young democracy. Voters gave a Kremlin-backed party an overwhelming mandate in parliamentary elections in December, and | 0 |
US eyes Syria #39;s aid in Iraq security A US envoy on a Middle East tour said Sunday that America has suggested having its military experts work alongside Syrians to stop militants from crossing the Syrian-Iraqi border | 0 |
Thousands demonstrate in Jerusalem against plan to evacuate Gaza <b>...</b> JERUSALEM Tens of thousands of Jewish settlers and their backers essentially shut down much of Jerusalem today. They took to the streets to protest a plan to evacuate settlements in Gaza and the West Bank. | 0 |
Italy #39;s Two Hostages Dedicated to Helping Iraqis Simona Torretta and Simona Pari share the same first name, the same age, the same job and the same dedication to the Iraqi people. | 0 |
Nearly 800 refugees in 3 boats swamp Italy Palermo, Sicily Almost 800 illegal immigrants arrived in southern Italy aboard only three boats Sunday in one of the largest influxes of refugees that Italy has seen in a single day. | 0 |
HK Democrats Demand Partial Election Recount HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's main pro-democracy party demanded on Monday a partial recount of the vote in the city's legislative elections, after officials had failed to announce a single result eight hours after polls closed. | 0 |
Italy's Two Hostages Dedicated to Helping Iraqis ROME (Reuters) - Simona Torretta and Simona Pari share the same first name, the same age, the same job and the same dedication to the Iraqi people. | 0 |
Unprecedented turnout in Hong Kong vote Democracy candidates picked up at least one more seat in parliament, according to exit polls. | 0 |
Afghan rebels plan for elections Presidential campaigning in Afghanistan is shadowed by a new insurgent group plan for disruptions. | 0 |
US Airways Files for Bankruptcy Protection; 2nd Time in 2 Years S Airways filed for Chapter 11 protection this afternoon, its second round in bankruptcy in two years, after workers refused the airline #39;s push for \$800 million in wage and benefit cuts so that it could lower its costs. | 2 |
Japanese Stocks May Gain, Led by Toyota, After Oil Price Drops Japanese stocks may rise after oil prices fell by the most in three months, allaying concern higher fuel costs will slow global economic growth. | 2 |
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