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Blair reveals some games 'unsuitable' for kids That's why the law already bans their sale to minors, Tony... | 3 |
LogicLibrary buys bug catcher Software company plans to acquire BugScan, which makes software to automatically check for program errors. | 3 |
HP grabs defense deal The deal with the Defense Logistics Agency could be worth as much as \$290 million for the computing giant.\ | 3 |
Tuning up for HDTV Future of television is coming into focus, revealing new vistas for the industry--but also some zits. | 3 |
McCain Demands Accountability for Tanker Scandal Sen. John McCain on Monday demanded that the Pentagon turn over the e-mails of more than two dozen officials relating to a \$23.5 billion US Air Force tanker deal with Boeing Co. | 2 |
Abbey exit leaves UK banks with smaller targets HBOS #39;s decision not to bid for rival Abbey Nationalleaves just smaller targets for large British banks to buy in the UK, bankers and analysts say. | 2 |
Russian mishap threatens launch schedule The explosion of a small separation bolt aboard the Soyuz spaceship now being prepared for a trip to the international space station may delay that launch for five or 10 days, Russian | 3 |
Follow the PSV Eindhoven way Now, it #39;s up to the rest to follow PSV Eindhoven #39;s example of halting Arsene Wenger #39;s lean, mean and well-oiled footballing machine. | 1 |
Sugiyama dumped out by tour debutante Asian number one Ai Sugiyama and last year #39;s runner-up Chanda Rubin slumped to first round defeats at the Wismilak International on Wednesday. | 1 |
Ankle injury rules McNamara out for month However, he twisted it badly when trying to prevent Barca from scoring their second goal at Celtic Park. Celtic said on Wednesday the defender would be out for between four and six weeks. | 1 |
Children Return to Classes in Russia Children returned to classes in this grief-stricken southern Russian town Wednesday for the first time since heavily armed militants seized more than 1,200 hostages at | 0 |
Amazon, Netflix Hit With Patent Suit British company claims four online retailers are using its patented technology. | 3 |
Japan Girl Sentenced for Classmate's Death (AP) AP - A family court has sentenced an 11-year-old girl to a state-run juvenile correctional facility in eastern Japan for killing her classmate with a box-cutter, an official said Wednesday. | 0 |
Poll: Kerry Holds Lead Over Bush in Minn. (AP) AP - Democratic candidate John Kerry leads President Bush, 50 percent to 41 percent, in a presidential poll of likely voters in Minnesota, according to results released Wednesday. | 0 |
Stocks Lower on Coke, Oil, Goldman Survey NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday after a profit warning from Coca-Cola Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=KO.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">KO.N</A> fueled concern about corporate profits and a Goldman Sachs survey showed softening corporate spending on technology. | 2 |
Silverstein: WTC Leaseholder May Collect Up To \$4.6B A page, if not a chapter, has come to closure in the long dark saga of Sept. 11, 2001. A federal jury on Monday ruled that the assault on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center was in fact two occurrences for insurance purposes. | 2 |
Briefly: LogicLibrary buys bug catcher roundup Plus: Think local, act Google...SanDisk to supply Samsung with miniSD...Hitachi unleashes 100GB notebook drives. | 3 |
JPMorgan Chase cancels IBM outsourcing contract The termination of the \$5 billion deal stands in opposition to a trend toward more IT outsourcing. | 3 |
Oracle Edges Past Estimates Analysts were expecting Oracle earnings of 9 cents per share with revenue of \$2.23 billion, according to Thomson First Call. New software license revenue came in at \$563 billion, meeting | 2 |
UPDATE 3-PacifiCare to buy American Medical for \$502 mln PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. (PHS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it agreed to buy American Medical Security Group Inc. | 2 |
HP grabs defense deal Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday said it has won a contract worth \$290 million from an agency of the US Department of Defense. Under the deal, the company will work to build a single IT infrastructure for the Defense Logistics Agency. | 2 |
Borland Adds Project-Management Features To CaliberRM Borland Software Corp. announced CaliberRM 2005 this week, a product designed to help software project managers take some of the guesswork out of software development. | 3 |
The 35th Ryder Cup Matches, golf #39;s premier spectacle, finally <b>...</b> BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Seventy-eight years ago, and a week before the 1926 British Open Championship, Samuel Ryder offered a quot;little garden tea party, quot; featuring champagne and chicken sandwiches for | 1 |
Mourinho is back where he left off JOSE Mourinho has started his latest Champions League campaign the same way he finished the last one - as a winner -s his new club Chelsea thrashed French struggler Paris Saint | 1 |
Bonds gets another crack at 700 Barry Bonds will take another shot at hitting his 700th home run as the San Francisco Giants play the middle game of their set with the Milwaukee Brewers. | 1 |
UN war crimes tribunal delays Miloevic trial by nearly a month 15 September 2004 - The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today adjourned the already long-running genocide trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Miloevic again, this time for almost a month, to allow his recently | 0 |
Beslan children return to school Schools in the Russian town of Beslan reopened on Wednesday, two weeks after more than 1,000 people were taken hostage on the first day of term. | 0 |
Microsoft Readies Media Center Updates Updated OS, new consumer products expected to be introduced next month. | 3 |
Dogpile Search Engine Changes Name to Avoid Stink Dogpile Search Engine Changes Name to Avoid Stink\\Dogpile has changed its name to WebFetch in the UK and Europe to differentiate itself from the image of doggie doo, which the name Dogpile conjures up in the heads of more British and Europeans than it does in the US. PC Pro ... | 3 |
U.K. Group Complains of Higher ITunes Cost (AP) AP - A consumer's group said Wednesday it has complained to government regulators about the cost of downloading music from Apple's iTunes system. | 3 |
Microsoft Patch to Fix Security Flaws (AP) AP - 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 |
Martha Stewart to Judge: Jail Me Now NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart said on Wednesday she wants to start serving her prison sentence for lying about a suspicious stock sale as soon as possible, so she can put her "nightmare" behind her. | 2 |
Officials: Tahoe Cleaner After Engine Ban (AP) AP - Lake Tahoe has seen a dramatic reduction in levels of burned and unburned gasoline products in its water since two-stroke, carburetor engines were banned in 1999, water quality officials said. | 3 |
Bush and Kerry battle over science The US presidential candidates address major scientific questions put to them by the journal Nature. | 0 |
Human genome hits halfway mark Four years after publishing a daft human genetic sequence, researchers reach the halfway point in producing the "gold standard" version. | 0 |
A Computer With the IPod's Bloodlines Apple's new iMac G5 desktop computer was clearly designed to send a message to the world's iPod fans: "If you think our music player is great, you should check out our computers." | 3 |
Survey Confirms It: Women Outjuggle Men Working women spend about twice as much time as working men on household chores and the care of children, a Labor Department study showed. | 0 |
Martha Stewart to Judge: Jail Me Now Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart said on Wednesday she wants to serve her prison sentence for lying over a suspicious stock sale as soon as possible, so she can put her quot;nightmare quot; behind her. | 2 |
JPMorgan Chase cancels IBM outsourcing contract JPMorgan Chase announced on Wednesday that it will cancel its multiyear, \$5 billion outsourcing contract with IBM, bucking an industry trend that has seen IT outsourcing grow by dramatic proportions. | 2 |
UPDATE 1-IMF says markets resilient, calm after rate rises The global financial system is at its most resilient since the equity bubble burst in 2001, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, despite rising | 2 |
Critical Flaws in Mozilla, Thunderbird The Mozilla Project has issued a warning for a series of quot;highly critical quot; security holes in three of its core projects, including its flagship Firefox Web browser and the Thunderbird e-mail client. | 3 |
Linux Standard gets upgrade Looking to avoid the costly fragmentation that stifled the Unix market, members of the Free Standards Group have announced a new version of a critical Linux standard that many of its proponents hope will cement the future for the open-source operating | 3 |
Adobe announces Photoshop Elements 3.0 SEPTEMBER 15, 2004 (MACCENTRAL) - Adobe Systems Inc. today introduced Photoshop Elements 3.0, a major upgrade to its consumer-level photo editing application. | 3 |
Hitachi #39;s Travelstar notebook harddrive upgraded to 100 GByte Hitachi increased the capacity of its Travelstar notebook harddrives. The consumer-targeted 5K100 and E5K100 for enterprise applications offer up to 100 GByte | 3 |
UPDATE 1-Bangladesh win toss and field against Windies Bangladesh captain Rajin Saleh won the toss and chose to field in their Champions Trophy Pool B match against West Indies at The Rosebowl in Southampton on Wednesday. | 1 |
Chelsea: #39;No fear #39; factor in Europe IF a football team could be entered in that famous television programme Fear Factor, then Jose Mourinho would register Chelsea. Because if Chelsea are going to reach the final of the Champions League for the | 1 |
Celtic captain McNamara ruled out by injury Celtic captain Jackie McNamara will be ruled out for at least a month due to an ankle ligament damage sustained in the Scottish champions #39; 3-1 Champions League defeat to Barcelona on Tuesd ay. | 1 |
Madeira trio cleared to play PORTUGUESE first division soccer side Nacional Madeira has lifted a suspension order against three of its South American players for allegedly assaulting police officers, allowing them to play in Thursday #39;s UEFA Cup match against Spanish side Sevilla. | 1 |
Analysis: Turkey, adultery, and the EU For weeks Turkey has been talking frenziedly about adultery. It #39;s nothing to do with the country #39;s sexual habits. There #39;s been nothing to indicate an upsurge in infidelity. | 0 |
Two killed in bomb blast south of Baghdad A car bomb has exploded in the Iraqi town of Suwayra, south of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding 10, the Interior Ministry says. | 0 |
UN input into Iraqi elections threatened by #39;lack of security #39; Following on from yesterday #39;s horrific car bombing in Baghdad which claimed the lives of 47 people, the UN has warned that a quot;lack of security quot; is undermining the world body #39;s efforts to assist in elections set for January. | 0 |
Human genome hits halfway mark Four years after publishing a draft human genetic sequence, researchers reach the halfway point in producing the "gold standard" version. | 3 |
UPDATE 4-PacifiCare to buy American Medical for \$502 mln PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. (PHS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it agreed to buy American Medical Security Group Inc. | 2 |
Nation/world briefs NEW YORK - Hurricane Ivan held its grip on oil markets Tuesday as shutdowns of production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and fears of storm damage drove crude prices higher. | 2 |
Nokia licenses SD memory card technology, to join SDCA ESPOO, FinlandNokia Corp. has applied for membership in the SD Card Association and has signed a licensing agreement that enables the use of SD memory cards in its devices. | 3 |
Dennis Semrau: Still at 699, Bonds draws mixed crowd He is a fantasy baseball general manager #39;s dream and an opposing pitcher #39;s worst nightmare. Arguably the finest player of his generation, Barry Bonds is a sure-fire Hall of Famer | 1 |
Finucane inquiry would help secure closure, says Sinn Fein Sinn Fein are prepared to quot;face up to the challenges quot; of tomorrow #39;s talks but the creation of an independent inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane would have gone a long way to preparing the way for final quot;closure quot;, the party #39;s chairman has said. | 0 |
Beslan rogue's gallery published A Russian newspaper shows photos of 30 corpses it says are militants responsible for the school siege in Beslan. | 0 |
Ryanair may face Belgian courts Budget airline Ryanair is obliged to be taken to court under EU law if it fails to pay back illegal state aid for flying to Belgium's Charleroi airport. | 2 |
Stewart wishes to serve term now Martha Stewart, the lifestyle guru convicted of lying about the sale of shares she owned, wants to begin her five month jail sentence as soon as possible. | 2 |
Five eye Sicilian bridge contract Five groups will compete for a contract to build a long-awaited bridge linking Sicily with mainland Italy, reports from Italy say. | 2 |
Pet mummies given VIP treatment The recipes used by ancient Egyptians for mummifying animals were just as complicated as the ones they employed for dead people, new research suggests. | 3 |
JP Morgan cancels \$5 bn outsourcing deal with IBM NEW YORK, September 15 (New Ratings) - JP Morgan Chase amp; Company (JPM.NYS) has decided to cancel a \$5 billion IT infrastructure outsourcing agreement with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), and plans to rehire about 4,000 employees | 2 |
EU, US brace for turbulence at Boeing-Airbus talks BRUSSELS : The United States wants Europe to end all future government support for Boeing #39;s arch-rival in commercial plane-making, Airbus Industrie, or face legal action, a senior official said. | 2 |
Wall St. Journal sets Saturday edition The Wall Street Journal said it will begin publishing a long-discussed Saturday edition, beginning in September of next year. The Journal said its Weekend Edition will be delivered at no additional charge | 2 |
Gap Aims at Women Over 35 for New Store Gap Inc. (GPS) on Wednesday said it would test a new store concept next year aimed at women over age 35, and named Gap brand President Gary Muto to oversee the development. | 2 |
Internet Group Shelves Microsoft Sender ID The Internet Engineering Task Force has raised concerns about Microsoft #39;s Sender ID anti-spam technolgy as an industry standard. | 3 |
WRAPUP 1-Windies, Pakistan hammer home class gap The ICC Champions trophy ended its own version of the quot;phony war quot; on Wednesday with comfortable victories for Pakistan and West Indies. | 1 |
Rolyal Blues Cut Heynckes Loose With but three points from their first four league matches, Schalke 04 have axed coach Jupp Heynckes on the eve of their Uefa Cup opener against Metalurgs Donetsk. | 1 |
Lighting Strikes High School Football Team, 40 Injured GRAPELAND, Texas -- At least one player is badly injured and others are hospitalized after lightning struck an East Texas high school football team. | 1 |
Arab-Israeli team seeking to break through boundaries In the violent and volatile world of Israeli-Palestinian relations, a football club Bnei Sakhnin has become a beacon of some hope. | 1 |
Quotes From Stewart #39;s News Conference quot;I have decided to serve my sentence now to put this behind me, and get on with my life and living as soon as possible. quot; -Stewart. | 2 |
Update 1: EU Clears Banco Santander Acquisition The European Union on Wednesday cleared Banco Santander Central Hispano SA #39;s acquisition of British bank Abbey National PLC for about \$14. | 2 |
Lion gets premium for China venture MELBOURNE - Lion Nathan will pursue growth in its domestic market after selling its loss-making China business. Lion Nathan incoming chief executive Rob Murray, who takes over on October 1, said the company | 2 |
JP Morgan Cancels IBM Pact JP Morgan Chase (JPM:NYSE - news - research) and IBM (IBM:NYSE - news - research) are getting a divorce, ending a \$5 billion computer outsourcing deal just two years after it began. | 2 |
Dow Jones to Publish Weekend Wall Street Journal Dow Jones amp; Co. Inc. on Wednesday said it would start publishing a weekend version of its Wall Street Journal business newspaper, and that the move would be modestly dilutive to its 2005 earnings. | 2 |
Volkswagen, Union Make No Progress in First Wage Negotiation Volkswagen AG, Europe #39;s largest carmaker, and the IG Metall union said they made no progress in their first negotiating session on a new contract and it will be difficult to reach an accord. | 2 |
UK Group Complains of Higher ITunes Cost A consumer #39;s group said Wednesday it has complained to government regulators about the cost of downloading music from Apple #39;s iTunes system. | 3 |
Siemens SF65 to turn heads The German handset maker joins the ranks of swivel-inducing manufacturers with its new SF65, a megapixel-toting mobile phone with a clamshell design. | 3 |
Collaboration platform extends to Web services Cordys, Inc. of Scotland, an integration and collaboration software vendor, announced today the availability of a new Web services platform. | 3 |
Adriano Knows Inter Can Improve Inter Milan brace ace Adriano says that, despite a 2-0 victory over Bundesliga holders Werder Bremen on Tuesday, the San Siro side have yet to reach optimum form. | 1 |
McKenzie returns to Green Bay quot;Mike McKenzie is back here to play for the Packers, and that is where we are right now. We will take it one day at a time, quot; coach and general manager Mike Sherman said Wednesday. | 1 |
Tennis: 3 Seeded Players Knocked Out of Wismilak Tournament Three seeded players have been knocked out of the first round of the Wismilak International tennis tournament in Nusa Dua, Indonesia, with third seed Ai Sugiyama leading the way. | 1 |
Milwaukee Brewers Team Report - September 15 (Sports Network) - The Milwaukee Brewers continue a three-game series against Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants tonight at Miller Park. | 1 |
Foreign National Shot Dead in Saudi Capital The Saudi Interior Ministry identified the foreigner as a Briton, and said he was killed Wednesday in a parking lot at a shopping center in eastern Riyadh. | 0 |
Milosevic trial postponed The war crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic is being put on hold for a month -- to give the former Yugoslav president #39;s court-assigned lawyers time to prepare a defense. | 0 |
Stewart Asks to Serve Sentence Soon artha Stewart, saying that she wanted to quot;reclaim her life, quot; announced today that she would surrender to prison authorities to begin her jail term as soon as possible instead of waiting for the outcome of an appeal of her case. | 2 |
JP Morgan KOs \$5 Bln IBM Outsourcing Deal JP Morgan Chase amp; Co. (JPM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , said on Wednesday it was scrapping a \$5 billion outsourcing deal with IBM Corp. | 2 |
PIMCO Adviser in \$20 Mln SEC Settlement The PIMCO mutual fund group #39;s adviser and two affiliates will pay more than \$20 million to settle charges involving failure to disclose payments made to brokers for | 2 |
Mozilla #39;s Firefox, the Next Big Browser? Gartner analyst David Smith told LinuxInsider that many of those who switch from dominant browser Internet Explorer do so because of security concerns. | 3 |
Chechen envoy urges Putin to hold peace talks Chechen envoy Akhmed Zakaev on Tuesday urged Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, to hold peace talks or risk provoking further atrocities following the Beslan massacre. | 0 |
NHL to Lock Out Players Thursday (AP) AP - The NHL will lock out its players Thursday, starting a work stoppage that threatens to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season. | 1 |
Amazon Launches A9 Web Search Service (Reuters) Reuters - Amazon.com Inc. unit\A9.com on Wednesday unveiled the new version of its Web search\service, the latest salvo in the cut-throat sector dominated by\Amazon partner -- and rival -- Google Inc. . | 3 |
Report: China Firm Plans 3,000 Net Cafes (AP) AP - China's second-largest mobile phone company plans to open 3,000 Internet cafes by the end of the year, exerting stronger state control over a sector once dominated by private enterprise, state-run radio reported Tuesday. | 3 |
Nets waive veteran guard Harris (AFP) AFP - The National Basketball Association's New Jersey Nets waived 33-year-old guard Lucious Harris, whose 54 playoff games with the team tied the most in club history. | 1 |
Russia Combines Oil and Gas (The Motley Fool) The Motley Fool - The invention of the American depositary receipt (ADR) was both a boon and a curse to U.S. investors. On the one hand, when foreign companies list their shares on U.S. exchanges, they make it a heck of a lot easier for the average investor to buy a piece of Nokia (NYSE: NOK - News), Cable amp; Wireless (NYSE: CWP - News), or SAP AG (NYSE: SAP - News) than it would have been if she had to figure out how to buy shares on the Helsinki, London, or Munich stock exchanges. But on the other hand, there are the -- to put it politely -- "inefficiencies" of buying ADRs. | 3 |
US vows to push Sudan resolution despite opposition (AFP) AFP - The United States said it will push for a vote on its UN resolution on the bloodshed in Sudan's Darfur region, and offered strong words in the face of a possible veto from China. | 0 |
Marshall Coach Apologizes for Remark (AP) AP - Marshall coach Bob Pruett will not be reprimanded for calling the Ohio State football team "a bunch of Mandingos," a comment some thought could be offensive to blacks. | 1 |
JP Morgan KOs #36;5 Bln IBM Outsourcing Deal (Reuters) Reuters - J.P. Morgan Chase Co. , said\on Wednesday it was scrapping a #36;5 billion outsourcing deal\with IBM Corp., amid an overall plan to manage more of\its own technology services. | 3 |
Industrial Output Growth Nearly Stalls WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. industrial output growth nearly stalled last month as production cuts at mines and utilities nearly swamped a strong performance at factories, a report from the Federal Reserve showed on Wednesday. | 2 |
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