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Yahoo! plays catch-up as it buys music download service LONDON - Yahoo! is joining the music-download arena with the \$160m acquistion of Musicmatch, which sees it playing catch-up with established competitors such as Apple #39;s iTunes, Coca-Cola #39;s MyCokeMusic and MSN Music. | 3 |
Microsoft warns of poisoned picture peril The old bromide that promises you can #39;t get a computer virus by looking at an image file crumbled a bit further Tuesday when Microsoft announced a critical vulnerability in its software #39;s handling of the ubiquitous JPEG graphics format. | 3 |
Software Tackles Digital Photo Proliferation Now that digital cameras have overtaken film cameras in sales, users are beginning to encounter a familiar problem -- what to do with the bulging image files and folders filling up computer hard drives? | 3 |
Langer, Sutton adjust to new Ryder Cup roles Their personalities couldn #39;t be more different but when it comes to their approach to the game of golf, Ryder Cup captains Hal Sutton and Bernhard Langer are two halves of the same ball marker. | 1 |
Bielsa quits Argentine coaching post Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa has made a surprising decision of resigning on Tuesday after he steered his country to their first Olympic soccer gold medal in Athens. | 1 |
Wild re-sign D Schultz ----- ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Ticker) - The Minnesota Wild on Tuesday re-signed defenseman Nick Schultz to a new contract. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. | 1 |
Blue Jackets re-signs G Denis, RW Vyborny ----- COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ticker) -- The Columbus Blue Jackets retained a pair of players Tuesday, re-signing goaltender Marc Denis and right wing David Vyborny to multi-year contracts. | 1 |
North Korea May Delay Nuclear Talks, US, UK Officials Say North Korea may delay discussions to prepare a fourth round of six-nation talks aimed at dismantling the communist nation #39;s nuclear programs, US and UK government officials said. | 0 |
Anderson Going Back to the Titans NASHVILLE, Tenn., (Sports Network) - The Tennessee Titans, who lost kicker Joe Nedney for the season due to a hamstring injury, have announced that they will bring Gary Anderson out of retirement for the second time. | 1 |
49ers Give Donahue Contract Extension SANTA CLARA, Calif., (Sports Network) - The San Francisco 49ers Tuesday re-signed general manager Terry Donahue to a multi-year contract. As per team policy, financial terms were not released, but the deal is a four-year extension and will run through 2009. | 1 |
Vikings Add Depth in Secondary; Ink Shaw and Brown EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., (Sports Network) - The Minnesota Vikings added some much- needed depth to its secondary on Tuesday by signing veterans Terrance Shaw and Ralph Brown. | 1 |
Crude prices rise as Ivan halts production in Gulf of Mexico Opec is under pressure to lift official production levels at a critical meeting today as global crude prices rose again on the back of pipeline attacks in Iraq and hurricanes heading for the Gulf of Mexico. | 2 |
Vivendi Universal #39;s losses treble France #39;s largest media group, Vivendi Universal, yesterday revealed that first-half net losses had nearly trebled to 1.86bn (1. | 2 |
EC takes on carmakers over parts The European commission yesterday lambasted European carmakers for an unprecedented campaign to overturn its plans to throw open the 10bn (6. | 2 |
McDonald #39;s raises dividend 38pc, shares climb LOS ANGELES: McDonald #39;s Corp yesterday raised its annual dividend 38 per cent, a move the world #39;s largest restaurant chain said is another sign of its revitalisation. | 2 |
850 jobs hit as chiropody and dentistry are axed Boots is to shut down its lossmaking dentistry and chiropody services as part of its drive to focus on its high street retail chain. | 2 |
Yahoo! expands in online music Yahoo! yesterday became the latest big name to make its presence felt in the burgeoning market for online music. The internet portal agreed a \$160m (89m) deal to acquire Musicmatch, a San Diego-based firm | 3 |
Napier man in Caribbean as violent storms hit When Napier man Matthew White moved to the Caribbean to work seven months ago, he expected an idyllic paradise with plenty of sun, palm trees, beautiful lagoons, and white sand beaches, however he never planned for one of the storms of the century. | 0 |
US eases Sudan sanctions threat The United States has toned down its threat of UN sanctions against Sudan, but said oil sanctions should be considered if the African nation does not stop the violence in the troubled Darfur region. | 0 |
Yahoo Buys Online Jukebox Musicmatch (AP) AP - Yahoo Inc. is buying online jukebox provider Musicmatch Inc. for #36;160 million in a deal designed to broaden the Internet giant's appeal with the growing audience of consumers who buy songs off the Web. | 3 |
Canada Nips Finland 3-2 in World Cup Final (AP) AP - The World Cup returned to Canada after 13 long years. How long hockey will be gone is anyone's guess. | 1 |
Belkin Designs PC-Less Video Extender (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Belkin on Tuesday announced a wireless remote technology that would beam live video to a remote monitor. | 3 |
Founder's Son Resigns from Robert Mondavi NEW YORK (Reuters) - Winemaker Robert Mondavi Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MOND.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MOND.O</A>, in the process of recapitalizing by eliminating the controlling voting rights of the Mondavi family, said on Tuesday that Michael Mondavi had resigned as an officer and vice chairman. | 2 |
Snow Says China Trade Gap Too Big NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Tuesday the U.S. trade deficit with China was too large, less than a week after the government reported that the overall U.S. trade gap hit its second-highest monthly level ever in July. | 2 |
Marchers demand James Hardie funds Union delegates, asbestos victims and workers are marching from Melbourne #39;s Trades Hall to the Stock Exchange, calling on James Hardie to provide sufficient funds for asbestos victims. | 2 |
Novell announces Open Enterprise Server The new product incorporates commercial and open source networking platforms with integrated management tools and identity-based services. | 3 |
Handset big five work together to drive mobile broadcast services Mobile handset manufacturers Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson have announced their co-operation in the Mobile Broadcast Services work, launched under the auspices of the sector trade association, the Open Mobile Alliance. | 3 |
Doan Goal Lifts Canada to World Cup Glory Shane Doan scored 34 seconds into the third period to break a 2-2 tie and give Canada a 3-2 win over Finland in the championship game of the World Cup of Hockey on Tuesday. | 1 |
Marlins belt three homers en route to 8-6 victory over Expos Bringing an appropriate end to their odd stay, Jeff Conine drove in the go-ahead run with a walk and the Marlins beat the Montreal Expos 8-6 Tuesday for a sweep of their miniseries at US Cellular Field. | 1 |
Europe sets deadline for Iran to respond to nuclear concern Germany, France and Britain formally submitted a draft resolution Tuesday to the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency (IAEA), setting a deadline for Iran to respond to concern about its nuclear program. | 0 |
This is a job for Batman! p2pnet.net OT News:- It was #39;unbelievably easy #39; to breech security quot; and, quot;.. it #39;s easier to get onto the Queen #39;s balcony than see my own children quot;. | 0 |
Sharon death threats investigated Israeli authorities have launched an investigation into death threats against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and other officials supporting his disengagement plan from Gaza and parts of the West Bank, Jerusalem police said Tuesday. | 0 |
The boob tube on your smartphone Handset manufacturers unite to develop TV-enabled mobile phones, but dont expect to tune in on your cell phone anytime soon. In an attempt to make cell phones smarter and more expensive, the top five mobile | 3 |
Anderson going back to the Titans Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - The Tennessee Titans, who lost kicker Joe Nedney for the season due to a hamstring injury, have announced that they will bring Gary Anderson out of retirement for the second time. | 1 |
Japan executes child killer A man convicted of murdering eight children in a frenzied knife attack at a primary school three years ago was hanged in Osaka yesterday, in Japan #39;s first execution for a year. | 0 |
Devil Rays Cool Off Red Sox 5-2 (AP) AP - Rookie Scott Kazmir outpitched Pedro Martinez to lead the Tampa Bay Devil Rays over Boston 5-2 Tuesday night and sent the Red Sox to consecutive losses for the first time in more than five weeks. | 1 |
Koizumi Visits Brazil's Expatriate Haven (AP) AP - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi arrived in Brazil on Tuesday on the first leg of a three-country trip that will also include Mexico and the United States. | 0 |
Australia sends rescue team to Iraq amid confusion over hostage claims (AFP) AFP - Australia sent a special hostage rescue team to Iraq as it tried to unravel the mystery surrounding claims that Islamic militants had kidnapped two Australian security guards, officials said. | 0 |
Blair Fears Climate Change Disaster, Challenges U.S. (Reuters) Reuters - Britain's Tony Blair pledged on Tuesday\to force international action on global warming, despite the\reluctance of big powers like the United States. | 3 |
Nikkei Eases by Midday; Techs Wilt TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei stock average fell 0.29 percent by midday on Wednesday as investors took a breather from the market's recent rises and sold shares of gainers such as Sharp Corp. and other technology issues. | 2 |
Studio Mogul Kerkorian And MGM, Off Again On Monday, billionaire Kirk Kerkorian sold Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. for the third time. As a Hollywood reconciliation story, that means Kerkorian has bought and sold the venerable movie studio more times than Elizabeth Taylor married Richard Burton. | 2 |
Federal Pension Agency Seeks More Power The government's pension insurer said Tuesday that it wants the authority to place liens on the assets of companies in bankruptcy such as US Airways when those companies do not make required payments to their pension plans. | 2 |
Regulation of Credit Rating Examined Expressing impatience with the Securities and Exchange Commission, lawmakers said in a hearing yesterday that they will act to force stronger oversight of the influential credit rating business if the agency doesn't soon move on its own. | 2 |
Privacy Complaint Against Airline Dismissed Northwest Airlines did not violate its own privacy policy and did not mislead customers when it shared passenger records with the government as part of a secret airline security project after the terrorist attacks in 2001, the Department of Transportation has ruled. | 2 |
U.S. Plans to Divert Iraq Money The Bush administration asked Congress on Tuesday for permission to transfer nearly \$3.5 billion from Iraqi water, sewer and electricity projects to pressing security, economic and electoral programs, acknowledging that increasing violence has forced a sharp shift in its rebuilding effort. | 2 |
Hotel Talks Show Mixed Progress The hotel business in Washington has largely bounced back since Sept. 11, 2001, argue some of the 3,800 hotel workers threatening a strike, but not for them. | 2 |
Claim Against AmeriDebt Advances IRS Crackdown The Internal Revenue Service has filed a \$15 million claim against AmeriDebt Inc. of Germantown in anticipation that the controversial credit-counseling firm's tax-exempt status will be overturned, according to documents filed in federal bankruptcy court. | 2 |
Stores' Closure Jilts Brides Ski buff Ashleigh Strobel envisioned an early winter wonderland for her wedding next month: royal-blue and white snow globes as centerpieces at each table, snowflake-shaped cookie cutters as favors and, glimmering over everything, eight crystal chandeliers lighting the reception hall behind the Walkersville Fire House. | 2 |
Pierce Is Rare Mix Redskins linebacker Antonio Pierce was impressive during Sunday's 16-10 win. But just as significant was the leadership and intelligence he exhibited leading up to the game. | 1 |
Canada Beats Finland in World Cup TORONTO, Sept. 14 -- The World Cup returned to Canada after 13 long years. | 1 |
Cup of Civility on Menu Once the Ryder Cup matches begin Friday at Oakland Hills Country Club, the ideals of sportsmanship and civility will be more difficult to achieve than they are to talk about. | 1 |
Preparing for Ivan Virginia Tech officials have been in contact with their counterparts at Duke as well as the ACC over concern about the impact Hurricane Ivan might have on Saturday's game. | 1 |
Plenty of Tickets Remain Howard's 0-2 start and the threat of rain from Hurricane Ivan have slowed ticket sales for Saturday's Prince George's Classic at FedEx Field, organizers said Tuesday. | 1 |
Yahoo to Buy Online Music Seller for \$160 Million In a move to expand its role in the online music business, Yahoo will buy Musicmatch, a company that sells music online, for \$160 million. | 2 |
Record Deficit for a Crucial Trade Figure The United States hit a record deficit of \$166.2 billion last quarter in trade and capital flows with the rest of the world. | 2 |
OPEC to Put Formal Lifting of Output on the Table Oil ministers are meeting to consider raising the formal output ceiling as crude prices remain stubbornly high despite OPEC's persistent efforts to lower them. | 2 |
Senate Wants Intel Chief With Budget Say WASHINGTON - Senate leaders want to create a strong national intelligence director with budgetary authority but would leave the Pentagon in charge of some military spy agencies, The Associated Press learned Tuesday. Sen... | 0 |
New Scrutiny for Airline Bailout Plan Three Years After Sept. 11 The federal loan board that was created in 2001 to help assure the survival of the floundering airline industry may ultimately face the opposite task. | 2 |
Opec resists raising output quota VIENNA: Opec is keeping its foot to the pedal on production in a bid to drag down oil prices but may be reluctant to rubber-stamp extra supplies by lifting official output limits, Saudi Arabia said yesterday. | 2 |
Deal key to opening energy sector to foreign investment SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a plan Tuesday to merge state oil company Rosneft into Gazprom, a move that would end restrictions on foreign ownership in the giant gas company, according to published reports. | 2 |
Linux Standard Base Takes on Industry Fragmentation Following the release Tuesday of a new interoperable version of Linux, analysts said the standard should go along way towards preventing a serious roadblock to widespread acceptance of Linux | 3 |
Yahoo to Buy Online Music Seller for \$160 Million na move to expand its role in the online music business, Yahoo announced yesterday that it would buy Musicmatch, a company that sells music online, for \$160 million. | 3 |
It May Not Be Red Sox-Yankees, but Ryder Cup Rivalry Is Real The Ryder Cup is always emotional, which ensures that it will be compelling. No other event in golf stirs up similar passions, and nobody involved seems immune to it. | 1 |
#39;Gates of hell #39; in Iraq as 75 die BAGHDAD: At least 75 people were killed yesterday in a Baghdad car bombing and in an ambush on police in Baquba as fighting flared between US troops and insurgents in Ramadi. | 0 |
Database Success Helps Oracle Increase Profit The Oracle Corporation reported Tuesday that first-quarter earnings had risen 16 percent on strong demand for its flagship database programs, enabling the company | 2 |
No Systematic #39;Late Trading #39; Found Brokerage giant Charles Schwab Corp. agreed yesterday to pay \$350,000 to end a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into allegations that its brokers improperly allowed some | 2 |
BASEBALL ROUNDUP Marlins Make Most Of Playing In Chicago Bringing an appropriate end to his team #39;s odd stay, Jeff Conine drove in the go-ahead run with a walk in the seventh inning yesterday and the Marlins beat the Montreal Expos, 8-6, for | 1 |
Bonds Blast Would Make Milwaukee Famous Wherever Barry Bonds turned Tuesday night, he was confronted with another symbol of his conflicting legacy. Hanging over his head in left field was Hank Aaron #39;s retired No. | 1 |
World Briefings BRITAIN: BLAIR WARNS OF CLIMATE THREAT Prime Minister Tony Blair urged the international community to consider global warming a dire threat and agree on a plan of action to curb the quot;alarming quot; growth of greenhouse gases. | 0 |
Amazon to Take Searches on Web to a New Depth Amazon.com, the e-commerce giant, plans to take aim at the Internet search king Google with a new advanced technology. | 3 |
Database Demand Gives Oracle 16 Profit Rise Just as lawyers are preparing to defend Oracle's hostile bid to acquire PeopleSoft, Oracle reduced its all-cash offer for the company from \$26 to \$21 per share. | 3 |
Reds Hold on to Beat Phillies 7-6 (AP) AP - Felipe Lopez hit a tiebreaking two-run triple in the sixth inning and the Cincinnati Reds held on to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 Tuesday night. | 1 |
House Backs Bush on Mexican ID Cards (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on\Tuesday voted to support a Bush administration plan to allow\the use of Mexican identification cards to open U.S. bank\accounts. | 0 |
It May Not Be Red Sox-Yankees, but Ryder Cup Rivalry Is Real The 35th Ryder Cup begins Friday, when the United States faces Europe at Oakland Hills Country Club. | 1 |
China Party Chief Rules Out Multi-Party Democracy BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao ruled out multi-party democracy on Wednesday on the eve of a key meeting aimed at tightening the party's grip on power. | 0 |
Film on cat killers draws protest Animal-rights activists demand a boycott of a Toronto screening of a flim about killing a cat. | 0 |
Death Rates in Darfur Rising, WHO Says Between 6,000 and 10,000 people are dying from disease and violence each month in Sudan's Darfur region as heavy rains and a marauding militia hinder U.N. efforts to respond to one of Africa's worst humanitarian crises, according to a survey of mortality rates by the United Nations' World Health Organization. | 0 |
Oracle Won't Predict PeopleSoft Acquisition Oracle Corp. may have won a major antitrust fight with the Justice Department last week over its proposed acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc., but that doesn't mean the company is on the verge of closing the deal. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT> | 3 |
Privacy Complaint Dismissed Northwest Airlines did not violate its own privacy policy and did not mislead customers when it shared passenger records with the government, the Department of Transportation has ruled. <BR><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT> | 3 |
Md. Voting Machine Custody Debated A volunteer Maryland election worker touched off a frenzied legal effort in Montgomery County yesterday after he refused to return a touch-screen voting machine, telling state election officials he intended to let an expert hired by CBS News examine it. | 3 |
Yanks Widen Lead Over BoSox to Four Games (AP) AP - Mike Mussina pitched three-hit ball for eight innings and struck out a season-high 11, leading the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 4-0 Tuesday night. | 1 |
China's communist elite to mull "party building" at plenary session (AFP) AFP - China's ruling party opens its annual plenary session Thursday, with the communist elite battling to bolster its waning image amid an apparent power struggle between President Hu Jintao and military leader Jiang Zemin. | 0 |
Oracle Won't Predict PeopleSoft Acquisition (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Oracle Corp. may have won a major antitrust fight with the Justice Department last week over its proposed acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc., but that doesn't mean the company is on the verge of closing the deal. | 3 |
Hurricane Pushes U.S. Oil Toward \$45 SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Wednesday as Hurricane Ivan -- one of the fiercest storms on record -- churned toward the southeastern United States, while the dollar struggled with worrying economic data. | 2 |
Nikkei Falls by Midday, Techs Down TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei stock average fell 0.29 percent by midday on Wednesday as investors took a breather from the market's recent rises and sold shares of gainers such as Sharp Corp. and other technology issues. | 2 |
Doan Goal Lifts Canada to World Cup Glory TORONTO (Reuters) - Shane Doan scored 34 seconds into the third period to lift Canada to a 3-2 win over Finland in the World Cup of Hockey championship game on Tuesday. | 1 |
Canada's Cup Victory May End Up Half Empty In what might have been the last high-level hockey game for a long time in North America, Canada won the World Cup of Hockey. | 1 |
Oracle Won #39;t Predict PeopleSoft Acquisition Oracle Corp. may have won a major antitrust fight with the Justice Department last week over its proposed acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc. | 2 |
Judge Won #39;t Dismiss Myanmar Suit Against Unocal A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday refused to throw out a lawsuit against Unocal Corp. over human rights abuses during the building of a pipeline in Myanmar. | 2 |
Barcelona, Milan lead Group F with first round victories Scottish champions Celtic saw their three-year unbeaten home record in Europe broken Tuesday as they lost 3-1 to Barcelona in the Champions League Group F opener. | 1 |
Royals rip Yankees for 17-8 win Rookie Brad Halsey was taking the injured Kevin Brown #39;s turn on Monday night, and the Yankees #39; worst-case scenario was about to be realized at Kauffman Stadium. | 1 |
Devil Rays 5, Red Sox 2 Rookie Scott Kazmir outpitched Pedro Martinez to lead the Tampa Bay Devil Rays over Boston 5-2 Tuesday night and sent the Red Sox to consecutive losses for the first time in more than five weeks. | 1 |
Critics Say Putin Must Address Security Corruption President Vladimir Putin #39;s move to enhance his power in response to a wave of terrorism does not take on the real problem: the corrupt and unreformed security services that | 0 |
Shell opens door to links with Gazprom Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Royal Dutch/ Shell, has opened the door to future deals with Gazprom, the Russian gas group, by welcoming its rapid expansion into the oil sector. | 2 |
CCB picks founding shareholders ahead of IPO State-run China Construction Bank, the countrys top property lender, has chosen five founding shareholders for its listing vehicle in an initial step towards an estimated \$10 billion IPO, a shareholder said on Wednesday. | 2 |
METS 7, BRAVES 0 Benson Gets 4-Hit Shutout ris Benson, whose quot;tired shoulder quot; briefly symbolized the Mets #39; season-long troubles, pitched a four-hit shutout last night as the Mets beat the Atlanta Braves, 7-0, at Shea Stadium. | 1 |
Bonds Still Shy of 700 Barry Bonds goes 0-for-2 and draws two walks, one of them intentional, in San Francisco's 3-2 victory over Milwaukee, keeping the Giants in the wild-card lead. | 1 |
Mussina Stymies Royals Mike Mussina pitches three-hit ball for eight innings and strikes out a season-high 11 as the Yankees blank Kansas City, 4-0, Tuesday night and boost the margin over second-place Boston to four games. | 1 |
Sniffing worm snoops network PCs The latest variant of the SDbot worm contain network-sniffing software that enables it to retrieve passwords from other computers connected to the target PC. | 3 |
Mourinho praise for Chelsea Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has praised his team following the 3-0 Group H UEFA Champions League victory over Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes. | 1 |
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