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Intel dual-core chips are cool Doubled-up processors were the big news at this year?s Intel Developer Forum. They boost performance without frying your chips ? and are coming your way soon. | 3 |
Hitachi to release 100GB hard drives for notebooks Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Inc. (HGST) announced the availability of 2.5-inch hard drives with capacities up to 100GB for notebook computers by the end of 2004, the company said on Tuesday. | 3 |
Sudanese rebel movement says peace talks have collapsed (AFP) AFP - One of two rebel movements engaged in peace talks with Sudan's government mediated by the African Union (AU) said the negotiations had collapsed and could be suspended for weeks. | 0 |
Americans Accused of Torture Sentenced (AP) AP - Three Americans accused of torturing Afghans in a private jail were found guilty Wednesday by a three-judge panel, after a trial criticized by the defense as failing to meet international standards of fairness. | 0 |
Belarus Names Mirnyi to Davis Cup Team (AP) AP - Two-time U.S. Open doubles champion Max Mirnyi will lead the Belarus team that faces the United States in the Davis Cup semifinals in Charleston later this month. | 1 |
Stocks to Watch Wednesday COCA-COLA CO. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=KO.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">KO.N</A>: | 2 |
Russia Rejects U.S. Criticism; EU Joins Fray ASTANA, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Russia curtly told the United States to stay out of its business Wednesday after U.S. criticism, echoed by the European Union, of President Vladimir Putin's plans for radical change that will boost Kremlin power. | 0 |
Lightning Strike Injures 40 on Texas Field (AP) AP - About 40 players and coaches with the Grapeland High School football team in East Texas were injured, two of them critically, when lightning struck near their practice field Tuesday evening, authorities said. | 3 |
Coca-Cola issues profit warning Coca-Cola, the world's largest maker of soft drinks, issues a profit warning blaming "challenging operating conditions in key markets". | 2 |
US jails author who promoted off-shore tax havens A US federal judge sentenced an author who wrote a series of books about avoiding taxes in off-shore locations to six months in prison on Monday. | 2 |
Florida 'to list Nader on ballot' Ralph Nader can be listed on Florida ballots in the US presidential election, the state's electoral chief says. | 0 |
Keith Henson Needs Help For those who don't know him, Keith Henson co-founded the L5 Society, was President of Xanadu Corporation and was a featured character in The Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over the Edge. He's about to be deported from Canada to the United States where he faces time in the infamous California prison system. | 3 |
Oracle exceeds August quarter earnings forecasts NEW YORK, September 15 (New Ratings) - Oracle Corporation (ORCL.NAS) reported its 1Q FY05 earnings ahead of expectations, despite a 36 year-over-year decline in the company #39;s enterprise application software sales during the quarter. | 2 |
British unemployment hits new 29-year low LONDON : British unemployment fell for the 15th month in a row in August to reach the lowest level for 29 years, official figures showed. | 2 |
Raising the Linux Standard The Free Standards Group and the Open Source Development Labs(OSDL) hope that improved standards for Linux will help accelerate its adoption by enterprise and large business customers. | 3 |
Novell intensifies government talk Johannesburg, 15 September 2004 - Microsoft has suffered well-publicised losses to Novell SUSE Linux in the Norwegian city of Bergen and other local governments dotted across the globe, in what Novell staffers hope is the start of sales momentum for its | 3 |
HP Tapped for \$290 Million Defense Logistics Agency Contract PALO ALTO, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Sept. 15, 2004 -- HP (NYSE:HPQ)(Nasdaq:HPQ) today announced that it has been awarded a 10-year contract worth \$290 million by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), an agency of the US Department of Defense. | 3 |
100GB notebook drives arrive Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) will ship new 2.5-inch hard drives with capacities up to 100GB for notebooks by the end of 2004, the company said today. | 3 |
Microsoft Releases Patch to Fix Flaws Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday it has found a new security flaw with its Windows XP operating system and warned that an attacker could infiltrate other computers by persuading their owners to open a specialized graphics file. | 3 |
Intelligent Telescopes Survey the Violent Skies PPARC -- British astronomers are celebrating a world first that could revolutionise the future of astronomy. They have just begun a project to operate a global network of the world's biggest robotic telescopes, dubbed 'RoboNet-1.0' which will be controlled by intelligent software to provide rapid observations of sudden changes in astronomical objects, such as violent Gamma Ray Bursts, or 24-hour surveillance of interesting phenomena... | 3 |
Beer in Moderation Could Be Good for You TORONTO (AP) -- Beer, a health food? That's what some Canadian researchers report. A study from the University of Western Ontario finds a brew could be good for you... | 3 |
Cardiac Researchers Make Surprising Heart Find PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Newlywed Marc Schlotthauer had just returned from his honeymoon in California and fallen asleep in his Stayton bedroom, when his heart stopped cold... | 3 |
Pacifiers Could Help Teach Babies to Eat KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- Researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center are testing a high-tech pacifier that could help premature babies learn to eat... | 3 |
HP girds for grid storage campaign com September 14, 2004, 3:25 PM PT. With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority. | 3 |
Lawsuit May Be In Works After Fan #39;s Nose Broken In Oakland OAKLAND, Calif. -- A lawsuit could be in the works after some Texas players were involved in a brawl with taunting fans in Oakland -- that led to the arrest of Rangers reliever Frank Francisco. | 1 |
At least five Palestinian fugitives killed in standoff with <b>...</b> NABLUS, West Bank - Five Palestinian fugitives, including a militant leader, were killed on Wednesday during a fierce gun battle with Israeli soldiers in this West Bank city, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. | 0 |
Thailand Decides Against Bird Flu Vaccine BANGKOK, Thailand Sept. 15, 2004 - Thailand, faced with a second outbreak of bird flu, said Wednesday its poultry would not be inoculated against the disease because vaccines offer no guarantee of safety. | 0 |
Microsoft to detail Media Center updates on Oct. 12 Microsoft Corp. plans to introduce several new consumer products on Oct. 12 at an event in Los Angeles. The announcements are expected to include an update to Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 and the first devices using Media Center Extender technology. | 3 |
India's cellphone market set to grow 20 percent each year: official (AFP) AFP - India's booming cellphone market is adding 1.7 million customers every month and will grow between 15 percent and 20 percent annually, a senior industry official said. | 3 |
Best Buy Posts Quarterly Profit Increase (Reuters) Reuters - Top U.S. electronics chain Best Buy\Co. Inc. on Wednesday reported higher quarterly profit\due to expense control and higher gross margins, offsetting\sluggish sales growth. | 2 |
Laptop full of new tunes stolen from Natasha Bedingfield (AFP) AFP - Chart-topping pop singer Natasha Bedingfield's laptop computer -- with a hard disk full of new songs and lyrics -- has been stolen at Heathrow airport. | 0 |
Best Buy 2Q Earnings Rise on Cost Controls (AP) AP - Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co. said Wednesday that second-quarter earnings rose on cost controls and improved margins to beat Wall Street expectations. | 2 |
Three Decapitated Corpses Found North of Baghdad BAIJI, Iraq (Reuters) - The decapitated bodies of three men, their heads strapped to their backs, were found dumped in nylon bags by a roadside north of Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraqi police and U.S. officials said. | 0 |
Singapore Releases Two Jemaah Islamiah Militants SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore released from jail Wednesday two men linked to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, including one trained in Afghanistan, but said 17 others arrested in 2002 would be held for two more years without trial. | 0 |
UN warns of population explosion Failure to honour funding pledges to the UN means a world population explosion within decades, a report says. | 0 |
Panel Wants Intel Chief With Budget Say WASHINGTON - The committee writing the Senate's intelligence reorganization plan is recommending creation of a strong national intelligence director with spending power, while leaving the Pentagon in charge of some military spy agencies. Sen... | 0 |
Student Collects Fake Parking Fines MADISON, Wis. - A fraternity member has been busted for apparently finding a unique way to supplement his college income - fake parking tickets... | 0 |
Kazmir Bests Martinez and Red Sox Scott Kazmir already is coming through with flashy wins against famous foes. The 20-year-old rookie struck out a career-high nine in his fourth major league start, leading the Tampa Bay Devil Rays over the Boston Red Sox and Pedro Martinez 5-2 Tuesday night... | 0 |
1.2 Million Warned to Leave New Orleans NEW ORLEANS - More than 1.2 million people in metropolitan New Orleans were warned to get out as 140-mph Hurricane Ivan churned toward the Gulf Coast, threatening to submerge this below-sea-level city in what could be the most disastrous storm to hit in nearly 40 years. Residents streamed inland in bumper-to-bumper traffic in an agonizingly slow exodus Tuesday amid dire warnings that Ivan could overwhelm New Orleans with up to 20 feet of filthy, chemical-polluted water... | 0 |
Three Beheaded Bodies Found in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three beheaded bodies were found Wednesday or a road north of Baghdad and a car bomb exploded in a town south of the capital, killing two people and injuring 10. The attacks were the latest in an upsurge of violence that has killed more than 200 people in the country in the last four days... | 0 |
Sharon Abandons Mideast Peace 'Road Map' Israel will not follow the U.S.-backed "road map" peace plan and could remain in much of the West Bank for an extended period after it withdraws from the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in a newspaper interview published Wednesday. | 0 |
OPEC likely to raise output quota by 1 mn bpd NEW YORK, September 15 (New Ratings) - The core Gulf members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have reportedly recommended that the cartel #39;s official output quota be boosted by 4, or one million barrels per day. | 2 |
Coca-Cola warns on profits Coca-Cola says earnings for the rest of 2004 will lag current Wall Street expectations because of weakness in key markets, further highlighting the divergent fortunes of the world #39;s largest soft drink maker and its top rival PepsiCo. | 2 |
HBoS pulls out of Abbey race quot;These things tend to be decided by egos as much as by financial logic, but HBoS has shown its ability with a level head to walk away from a deal. | 2 |
Delta pilots wary of retirements Union says pilots may retire en masse to get payments rather than ride out possible bankruptcy. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc. | 2 |
WSJ: Gap to test new stores that target boomer women UNDATED Gap may be looking at opening its first new retail chain in a decade. A published report says the San Francisco-based retailer is preparing to test specialty clothing stores aimed at women over 35. | 2 |
DAILY DIGEST New York -- A federal appeals court agreed Tuesday to temporarily seal letters pertaining to the health of former Silicon Valley investment banker Frank Quattrone #39;s wife and teenage daughter after his lawyers protested that a judge was about to make them | 2 |
Britons hit by music download #39;rip-off #39; The competition watchdog has called for an investigation into whether Apple #39;s new iTunes music download service is quot;ripping off quot; British consumers. | 3 |
T-Mobile to battle iPod with music smart phone T-Mobile is pitching its against the likes of Apple and Creative with a new smart phone specifically (nominally) designed for digital music playback. | 3 |
HP to bring grid computing to storage Grid computing links computers to harness their collective resources. HP said its grid approach to storage is designed to let customers focus more on how they use data, not how they store it. | 3 |
Team Canada captures World Cup over Finland CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Canada remains on top of the hockey world after defeating Finland 3-2 in the World Cup of Hockey final on Tuesday. | 1 |
CHELSEA DUO PAY CREDIT TO PSG Chelsea striker Didier Drogba and coach Jose Mourinho are convinced that Paris St Germain can bounce back from their crushing home defeat to the London side. | 1 |
Speed backs Hughes #39; next move WALES captain Gary Speed today insisted Mark Hughes will join Blackburn with the blessing of the players - if his move to the Premiership is rubber-stamped. | 1 |
Schalke coach Heynckes sacked Schalke 04 coach Jupp Heynckes became the first casualty of the Bundesliga season as he was sacked by the German first division soccer club on Wednesday after leading his team to a dismal start for the new season. | 1 |
Seattle edges Anaheim quot;Im happy we won, but I was kind of mad I got out there and I just didnt do the job in the last inning, quot; he said. quot;Thats what Im upset about. | 1 |
Putin shakeup won #39;t foster a safer Russia Moscow -- President Vladimir Putin #39;s moves to scrap regional elections and reform parliament in the name of fighting terrorism will move Russia closer to authoritarianism without making the country any safer, analysts and liberal politicians say. | 0 |
West Bank raids leave 10 dead Israeli raids in the West Bank have left at least 10 Palestinians dead, including an 11-year-old girl and a number of wanted militants. | 0 |
Business Inventories Grew in July (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. business inventories grew by\more than expected in July and the previous month was revised\higher, government data showed on Wednesday, delivering the\strongest two-month performance in nearly five years. | 2 |
Treasuries Slip as NY Industry Rebounds (Reuters) Reuters - Treasuries prices slipped on Wednesday\after a survey of regional U.S. manufacturing showed a sharp\recovery in early September, countering signs of softness\elsewhere in the economy. | 2 |
Consumer Group Calls for Probe of 'Rip-Off' ITunes (Reuters) Reuters - Apple Computer Corp. is charging its\British iTunes customers 17 percent more per download than its\European customers, a consumer watchdog group said on\Wednesday. | 3 |
Coca-Cola: Second Half to Lag Street View CHICAGO (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=KO.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">KO.N</A> on Wednesday said earnings for the rest of 2004 would lag current Wall Street expectations because of weakness in key markets, further highlighting the divergent fortunes of the world's largest soft drink maker and its top rival, PepsiCo Inc. | 2 |
Oil Steady as Ivan Balances OPEC Hike LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices were steady on Wednesday as Hurricane Ivan's effect on crude output and refineries in the Gulf of Mexico balanced OPEC's attempts to reassure traders with a four percent output ceiling hike. | 2 |
Colorado River Habitat Gains Protection (AP) AP - Interior Secretary Gale Norton has signed an agreement with representatives of Arizona, Nevada and California to protect wildlife habitat on the Colorado River and aid native species. | 3 |
Flashlight Takes Batteries of Any Size (AP) AP - Anyone who has cursed when their flashlight goes dead may have something new to beam about #151; a flashlight that accepts batteries of different sizes. | 3 |
Best Buy Profit Up, Backs Year Outlook NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top U.S. electronics chain Best Buy Co. Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BBY.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">BBY.N</A> on Wednesday posted an 8 percent rise in second-quarter net earnings on strong sales of higher-priced digital products and curbs on expenses. | 2 |
Panel Says Pollution Plagues Great Lakes (AP) AP - Despite improvements in recent decades, the Great Lakes remain a dumping ground for pollution ranging from livestock waste to mercury emissions, a U.S.-Canadian panel said Monday. | 3 |
Stocks Set to Open Lower; Coke, Oil Weigh NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks looked to open lower on Wednesday as concerns about Hurricane Ivan weighed on sentiment and Coca-Cola Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=KO.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">KO.N</A> warned that earnings for the rest of the year would lag expectations. | 2 |
QB McCown to Start Sunday for Cardinals TEMPE, Ariz. (Sports Network) - Josh McCown has re-claimed his role as the Arizona Cardinals' starting quarterback, at least temporarily. | 1 |
Air Pollution Hits Record Levels in Hong Kong (Reuters) Reuters - Air pollution in Hong Kong has hit\record levels, the government said on Wednesday, and it warned\people with heart or respiratory problems to stay indoors. | 3 |
OPEC to Increase Oil Production OPEC members were expected to increase the cartel's production during a meeting Wednesday by 1 million barrels a day to meet the global demand for oil. But analysts contended that any decision by the group would likely have little effect on high oil prices. | 2 |
Sudan Rejects Revised U.N. Darfur Resolution CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's foreign minister rejected Wednesday a revised U.N. Security Council draft resolution threatening to consider sanctions on Sudan and said it had complicated talks on Darfur between rebels and Khartoum. | 0 |
Businesses' Inventories, Sales Rise in July Businesses saw inventories rise in July as sales picked up, the government reported Wednesday. | 2 |
Radio Outage Grounds West Coast Flights Airport operations were back to normal early Wednesday following a radio failure at a Federal Aviation Administration control facility that tied up travelers for hours. | 2 |
Study: Starvation Caused Moose Decline (AP) AP - Malnutrition and starvation have drastically reduced moose numbers in northwest Wyoming, according to the author of a new study that debunks the belief among some that wolves are a leading cause of the decline. | 3 |
Crews Fail to Find Tree-Killing Beetle (AP) AP - Survey crews searching through woods and neighborhoods in northeast Indiana have not found any new signs of the beetle blamed for killing millions of ash trees in Michigan and Ohio, a state official said. | 3 |
Businesses' Inventories Rise; July Sales Up The Commerce Department said that stocks of unsold goods increased by 0.9 percent in July, down from a 1.1 percent rise in June. | 2 |
Bush Says Iraqi Vote Must Proceed Jan. 30 (AP) AP - President Bush acknowledged Monday that American military forces "can never guarantee 100 percent security" for Iraq's elections Jan. 30, but said the voting must proceed on schedule to let people choose democracy over terrorism. | 0 |
Exercise May Beat Cancer in the Long Run A daily walk around the block, a few laps in the pool, a vigorous game of soccer: studies suggest exercise is extending the lives of women who've survived breast cancer, even as it lifts their spirits. | 3 |
US Stock Futures Fall; Coca-Cola, Tribune Drop on Forecasts US stock-index futures dropped after Coca-Cola Co., Xilinx Inc., and Tribune Co. said sales or earnings will miss forecasts. Profits and outlooks are falling short and that will disappoint | 2 |
Russia #39;s Gazprom rallies anew Russian gas company Gazprom rallied again Wednesday as investors said the upcoming easing of share ownership rules would make it a must-have stock in emerging markets portfolios. | 2 |
Alitalia pursues rescue talks with unions MILAN - Alitalia headed into eleventh-hour talks with unions today, a putative deadline for clinching plans to avoid bankruptcy, after winning a key deal with pilots. | 2 |
Businesses #39; Inventories, July Sales Up The Commerce Department said that stocks of unsold goods increased by 0.9 percent in July, down from a 1.1 percent rise in June. Sales, meanwhile, rose by 0.6 percent in July - three times the 0.2 percent increase registered in the previous month. | 2 |
Unemployment falls as earnings rise The number of people claiming unemployment benefit last month fell by 6,100 to 830,200, according to the Office for National Statistics. | 2 |
That Picture Could be a Virus Microsoft, the software giant has issued a patch so that users can view pictures in the JPEG format without the risk of getting their computers infected. | 3 |
Bush Requests NASA Storm Aid President Bush on Tuesday asked Congress for \$126 million to help NASA repair the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which was damaged by recent hurricanes. | 3 |
Radcliffe was carrying leg injury LONDON, England -- Paula Radcliffe has revealed that a leg muscle injury affected her preparations for the Athens Olympics where she was forced to drop out of the marathon and 10,000 meters after starting as hot favorite. | 1 |
South Korea Says Blast in North May Have Been Dam Project Intelligence officials in South Korea say the mysterious blast in North Korea may have been from a hydro-electric dam project, as Pyongyang claims. | 0 |
Politicians debate Hong Kong poll results Chinese officials lauded the comfortable majority of the Beijing camp in Hong Kong #39;s election as a vote for prosperity, but the city #39;s leading liberal said yesterday China should not doubt the popular desire for democracy. | 0 |
Government warns of net dangers A more joined-up approach to net safety is needed if government is to get the message home to citizens. | 3 |
Amazon releases A9 search engine Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. officially moved into the search engine market with the unveiling late Tuesday of its Internet search engine, A9.com. | 3 |
July business inventories up more than expected Businesses saw inventories rise in July and sales picked up, the government reported Wednesday. The Commerce Department said that stocks of unsold goods increased 0.9 in July, down from a 1.1 rise in June. | 2 |
Hurricane Ivan Threatens NASA Facilities Workers evacuated Tuesday from the low-lying New Orleans plant where they have been scrambling to prepare external fuel tanks for the shuttles. | 3 |
Drogba faces UEFA punishment Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has urged European football #39;s governing body, UEFA, not to punish star striker Didier Drogba for taunting Paris Saint-Germain fans on Tuesday. | 1 |
Yankees bounce back After ending a career-worst five-game losing skid last week, the right-hander held the Kansas City Royals to three hits in eight innings Tuesday night, pitching the New York Yankees to a 4-0 victory. | 1 |
High-Tech Industry Has Lost 400,000 Jobs By ALLISON LINN SEATTLE (AP) -- The U.S. information tech sector lost 403,300 jobs between March 2001 and this past April, and the market for tech workers remains bleak, according to a new report... | 3 |
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British Airways cancels 966 flights in next three months (AFP) AFP - British Airways said it planned to cancel almost 1,000 flights in the next three months. | 0 |
Sudanese rebel movement says peace talks have collapsed (AFP) AFP - One of two rebel movements engaged in peace talks with Sudan's government mediated by the African Union (AU) said the negotiations over the Darfur region had collapsed and could be suspended for weeks. | 0 |
Industrial Production Nearly Stalls WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. industrial output barely edged up, gaining a less-than-expected 0.1 percent in August, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday. | 2 |
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