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Rivals end phoney contest A cricket match is expected to break out this morning at the Oval, ending a week of tediously phoney contests and sparking the ICC Champions Trophy into belated life. | 1 |
Steelers #39; Roethlisberger injures knee PITTSBURGH (Sept. 15, 2004) -- Ben Roethlisberger injured his right knee during a passing drill at the Pittsburgh Steelers #39; practice field. | 1 |
Pre-emption not on cards: Sharon JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Iran and its nuclear ambitions represent a very great danger to the Jewish state but played down the prospect of a pre-emptive strike on its atomic facilities. | 0 |
Heat Sign Laettner to Help Shaq (AP) AP - Christian Laettner wanted to play close to his home and for a winning team. The Miami Heat was an obvious choice, even before they traded for Shaquille O'Neal. | 1 |
Wired Introduces MediaPress LE realtime MPEG Encoder for \$2199 BIRCHWOOD, Minn. --(Business Wire)-- Dec. 6, 2004 -- Wired today announced the immediate availability of its new MediaPress LE(TM) realtime MPEG encoding card for Macintosh. | 3 |
Microsoft Extends Olive Branch to Corporate NT 4 Users Though the oft-delayed end of support for Windows NT 4.0 will arrive December 31, Microsoft this week detailed the steps its corporate customers can take to continue receiving support for the OS. | 3 |
Briefly: Microsoft connects with SAP roundup Plus: Autodesk updates hobbyist tool...LogicLibrary buys bug catcher...Think local, act Google. | 3 |
Microsoft connects with SAP A new add-on for Office Project Server 2003 includes tools for connecting to HR software from SAP. | 3 |
Autodesk updates hobbyist tool The software maker has released AutoSketch 9, an update of its drafting application. | 3 |
Infineon to pay \$160 million fine for DRAM price-fixing WASHINGTON - Infineon Technologies AG, a German manufacturer of DRAM (dynamic RAM) has agreed to plead guilty and pay a \$160 million fine for attempting to fix prices in the DRAM market, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday. | 3 |
Columnists: Academia Headaches Academic institutions who have to add, manage, and secure thousands of new users within a period of just a few days face political and social issues on top of the immense technical ones. | 3 |
They're Robots? Those Beasts! Researchers developing robotic lobsters, flies, dogs cockroaches believe that machines inspired by biology will be able to operate in places where today's robots cannot go. | 3 |
Software Tutors Offer Help and Customized Hints Broadly defined, an intelligent tutoring system is educational software containing an artificial intelligence component. | 3 |
It's Available in Sleek, but It's Going to Cost You An \$1,100 cordless phone is just one sign that fashion has gained a toehold in the digital realm. | 3 |
HBOS walks away from Abbey HBOS walked away from a possible bid for Abbey National yesterday, shortening the odds sharply on a 8.7 billion recommended offer from Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano being successful. | 2 |
Sony #39;s no blockbuster EVERYONE from Rupert Murdoch to Christopher Skase kicked the tires at MGM at some point during the 30 years the fabled studio was on and off the block. | 2 |
Just let me go to jail now, says Martha Martha Stewart yesterday gave up the battle to stay out of prison, asking instead to begin her sentence as soon as possible so she could put quot;this nightmare quot; behind her. | 2 |
Update 2: JP Morgan Chase Plans to Rehire 4,000 JP Morgan Chase amp; Co. says it will rehire 4,000 workers whose jobs it had outsourced to IBM, bucking a corporate trend in information technology. | 2 |
AOL Dumps Sender ID AOL (Quote, Chart) has withdrawn its support for Microsoft #39;s controversial Sender ID technology and falling back on Sender Policy Framework (SPF), internetnews. | 3 |
Focused Tiger has fireworks up his sleeve HAL Sutton was hardly rationing compliments yesterday when he identified Tiger Woods as one of the greatest putters who ever lived. | 1 |
Blackburn get their man as Hughes agrees Ewood deal WALES coach Mark Hughes was last night installed as the new manager of Blackburn, filling the gap left by the departure of Graeme Souness to Newcastle. | 1 |
Kenyan collapse frustrates Moles Pakistan #39;s seven-wicket win left Kenya #39;s coach Andy Moles feeling crushed and disappointed on his return to Edgbaston yesterday. | 1 |
Briton is shot dead in Saudi Arabia A Briton was shot dead by suspected Muslim militants in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, yesterday in what appears to be the latest anti-Western killing by supporters of al-Qa #39;ida. | 0 |
Dozens Slain During Bloody Day In Iraq RAMADI, Iraq -- Medical officials say fighting between US troops and Iraqi insurgents in the western city of Ramadi has killed at least eight civilians and wounded nearly 20 others. | 0 |
Alou Hopes 700th Can Change Bonds' Image (AP) AP - San Francisco Giants manager Felipe Alou hopes Barry Bonds' 700th home run #151; whenever it comes #151; will change the public's perception of the surly slugger. | 1 |
USS Cole Prosecution Seeks Death Penalty (AP) AP - A trial into the almost four-year-old bombing of a U.S. warship in Aden Harbor that killed 17 Navy sailors concluded Wednesday with prosecutors seeking the death penalty for six defendants. | 0 |
Ryder Cup Will Be All Over Television (AP) AP - TV viewers who became accustomed to the around-the-clock coverage of the Olympics should like this starting Friday: All Ryder Cup, all the time. | 1 |
Gayle scatters flock of seagulls Another day, another duff game. At least it had a semblance of meaning, featuring a once mighty side lurching from one nightmare to another against an embryonic team who are marginally improving. | 1 |
OPEC pushes up oil output OPEC responded to recent high oil prices yesterday by raising its output quotas by 1 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude, effective from 1 November, a move analysts said was largely cosmetic in light of its current overproduction. | 2 |
Is Search About To Be Amazoned? Amazon.com has entered the search-engine wars with the debut of A9.com. The site, which relies on Google search technology, includes personalization features like a running log of sites visited | 2 |
Alitalia Gets Crucial Deal With Pilots Alitalia reached a vital deal with its pilots on productivity improvements on Tuesday, a day ahead of a deadline to seal a rescue plan or face bankruptcy, union sources said. | 2 |
XM Radio Plans Online Music Service Grump writes quot;Diving into the already crowded online music business, XM Radio Online, will launch sometime in early October and operate commercial-free, just as its satellite programming does. | 3 |
Gates spreads wealth to CMU The Bill amp; Melinda Gates Foundation has given Carnegie Mellon University \$20 million toward construction of a new computer science building. | 3 |
Darfur peace talks struggle for survival Peace talks between Sudan #39;s government and Darfur rebels struggled for survival after one of the two rebel groups said on Wednesday the negotiations had collapsed but left open the chance of resumption. | 0 |
New Satellite Photos May Show New Iran Nuclear Site (Reuters) Reuters - New satellite images show Iran's\Parchin military complex, southeast of Tehran, may be a site\for research, testing and production of nuclear weapons, a\nuclear expert said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Blessing or Curse? Top Newspaper Editors Examine Blogs' Role in the '60 Minutes' Uproar (Editor and Publisher) Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK The current controversy over the validity of documents pushed in large part by bloggers and purporting to prove that President Bush received special treatment in the National Guard shows that partisan Internet pundits are having a growing impact on mainstream press, for better or worse, according to several newspaper editors. | 3 |
Current Woes Aside, Cisco Getting Ready For New Growth Run (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - Networking giant Cisco Systems may be in short-term pain. But it's looking past that to long-term gain. | 3 |
Dolphins Have Minor Injury Problems DAVIE, Fla., (Sports Network) - The Miami Dolphins will be without running back Travis Minor for Sunday's game against Cincinnati because of an ankle injury. | 1 |
Japan Stocks Open Lower, Tech Shares Fall TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei share average opened down 0.59 percent on Thursday with technology shares leading the way following a drop in their U.S. peers after Goldman Sachs downgraded its view on the sector. | 2 |
OPEC nations agree to boost daily oil quota OPEC nations agreed to revise their oil production quota, boosting it by 1 million barrels per day in an effort to talk down crude oil prices. | 2 |
Rupert buys back the farm, the art and harbourside house RUPERT Murdoch is literally buying back the farm - and the art and other myriad investments worth more than \$50 million. As part of the proposed move of The News Corporation Ltd to the US, Mr Murdoch and his | 2 |
Infineon Reaches Settlement with DoJ on Industry Wide DRAM <b>...</b> Infineon Technologies AG (FSE/NYSE: IFX) announced today that it has reached an agreement with the United States Department of Justice - Antitrust Division - (DoJ) to plead guilty to a single and limited charge related to the violation of US antitrust | 2 |
Alitalia Talks Stretch Past Deadline Racing to avoid bankruptcy, Alitalia (AZPIa.MI: Quote, Profile, Research) struggled into the early hours of Thursday for a last-minute deal with its powerful unions to roll | 2 |
British consumer group: iTunes UK overpriced British consumer group Consumers #39; Association has raised its voice over the iTunes #39; pricing in the United Kingdom. Most notably, its anger is aimed towards the different pricing model Apple uses for its online music store in European countries. | 3 |
Microsoft Releases Systems Management Server 2003 SP1 Microsoft released its first service pack for Systems Management Server 2003 with support for Windows XP SP2 and Virtual Server 2005. | 3 |
Adobe Announces Photoshop Elements 3.0 Adobe #39;s update of Photoshop Elements adds several new features and enhancements that allow users to edit photos with a few mouse clicks. | 3 |
Sun, Microsoft to detail interoperability next month SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Sun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. next month plan to provide more details on the work they are doing to make their products interoperable, a Sun executive said yesterday. | 3 |
Fresh sign of the times THE Manpower Ministry (MOM) has scored a first among government agencies by awarding an outsourcing contract to a private firm that includes the transfer of staff. | 3 |
Labor pains April 1980 -- Players strike the last eight days of spring training. Ninety-two exhibition games are canceled. June 1981 -- Players stage first midseason strike in history. | 1 |
Ponting says Kiwis aren #39;ta bogy side RICKY Ponting says cricket watchers have fallen for the quot;myth quot; that New Zealand knows the secret to rattling Australia. Speaking before tonight #39;s Champions Trophy clash at The Oval, Ponting insisted the world | 1 |
Howe to be dismissed, but stays with team New York Mets Manager Art Howe has been told he will be dismissed at the end of the season, but he has agreed to remain with the team until then. | 1 |
Police issue sketches of top 10 suspects in Jakarta blast JAKARTA - Police yesterday issued sketches of the 10 most-wanted suspects linked to last week #39;s Australian Embassy bombing. The sketches, issued by Inspector-General Paiman, included those of Malaysian bomb | 0 |
Oracle hire signals focus on subscription services Software maker snags Hewlett-Packard veteran to lead fast-growing division, report to CEO Larry Ellison.\ | 3 |
Mac-to-BlackBerry synchronization app launched In what may someday may be nicknamed the MacBerry, Information Appliance Associates (IAA) announced this week a product called PocketMac BlackBerry, a synchronization application that will give RIM BlackBerry users the ability to do two-way synching of Mac and RIM data. | 3 |
News Corp shareholders to vote on move SYDNEY: News Corp Ltd said it plans to hold a shareholder vote on its proposed reincorporation to the US at its annual general meeting in Adelaide on Oct 26, after obtaining approval from Australia #39;s Federal Court earlier yesterday. | 2 |
Martha to judge: Send me to jail ASAP Speaking in a light-bathed room where her media company holds meetings and photo shoots, Martha Stewart announced Wednesday she would voluntarily begin serving her five-month prison term | 2 |
Infineon Admits to Price Fixing Infineon Technologies AG has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a \$160 million fine for participating in an international conspiracy to fix prices in the DRAM market, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said today. | 2 |
Delta Auditor Concerned About Airline Delta Air Lines (DAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday its auditors have expressed doubt about the airline #39;s financial viability. | 2 |
Soyuz Damage May Delay Space Station Trip SeaDour writes quot;As if the failed oxygen generator on the International Space Station wasn #39;t bad enough, rumor has it that the planned launch of a Russian Soyuz capsule to change crews onboard the station may be delayed due to a mishap during ground testing | 3 |
Adobe enters home video editing fray Adding to its offerings for digital imaging and video hobbyists, Adobe Systems on Wednesday announced a new video-editing package and an update to its Photoshop Elements image-editing product. | 3 |
With new OS, Microsoft seeks couch potatoes #39; eyes com September 15, 2004, 5:40 PM PT. This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half. | 3 |
Sutton Cares About Winning, Not Appearances Hal Sutton has added spice to the 35th Ryder Cup by daring to be different. The leadership style of Sutton, the American captain, has been a focal point | 1 |
Chelsea off to a flyer LONDON: Coach Jose Mourinho began his quest for a second successive Champions League title in the best way possible when his Chelsea side beat Paris St Germain 3-0 in their opening Group H match on Tuesday. | 1 |
Suyigama, Rubin, Jankovic upset in first round It was a day of upsets at the Wismilak International yesterday as Ai Sugiyama, Chanda Rubin, and Jelena Jankovic all fell in the first round to unheralded opponents. | 1 |
Football: Real Madrid Beaten by Germany, 3-0 Four-time Champions League football winner Real Madrid of Spain was shocked by Bayer Leverkusen of Germany, 3-0, in Group-B of the tournament Wednesday. | 1 |
Protesters storm British parliament, but fox hunt ban proceeds (AFP) AFP - Supporters of fox hunting stormed Britain's parliament and clashed with police in the streets, but failed to stop lawmakers from voting by an overwhelming margin to ban the blood sport. | 0 |
Delta Auditor Concerned About Airline WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=DAL.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">DAL.N</A> said on Wednesday its auditors have expressed doubt about the airline's financial viability. | 2 |
CBS Insists Anti-Bush Memos Accurate (Reuters) Reuters - Slammed by all sides, from\high-ranking Republicans to rival networks, CBS News vowed on\Wednesday to answer questions about the authenticity of\documents it aired in a story challenging President Bush's\military service during the Vietnam War. | 0 |
Senate Panel Votes to Raise AIDS Funding (AP) AP - A Senate committee voted Wednesday to boost funds for battling AIDS and other diseases in poor nations but provided less than half what President Bush wanted for prodding countries to adopt democratic reforms. | 0 |
Dollar Firm After Upbeat U.S. Data TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held firm against the yen and the euro on Thursday on upbeat U.S. manufacturing data, but many traders expected range-bound trading ahead of next week's Federal Reserve meeting. | 2 |
Tokyo Stocks Fall as Tech Issues Sold TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei share average fell 0.44 percent by mid-morning on Thursday as technology shares such as Toshiba Corp. followed their U.S. peers lower after a major U.S. investment bank downgraded its view on the sector. | 2 |
Martha Stewart Asks to Begin Sentence as Soon as Possible Martha Stewart said that she has decided to surrender for prison as soon as possible, citing the need to "reclaim her life." | 2 |
Coke Says 2nd-Half Profit Will Miss Target Coca-Cola warned that its earnings will fall short of forecasts, pointing to competition in North America and poor weather in Europe. | 2 |
Carmakers Crank Up Their Image A product placement that cost General Motors more than \$7 million is indicative of new initiatives by agencies and automakers as competition intensifies. | 2 |
Hurricane Ivan Takes Aim at Mobile, Ala. MOBILE, Ala. - Hurricane Ivan and its 135-mph winds churned toward the Gulf Coast with frightening intensity Wednesday, spawning monster waves that toppled beach houses and spinning off tornadoes that killed at least two people... | 0 |
Dog Drives Off As Owner Watches Hockey WHITEHORSE, Yukon Territory - An exuberant dog left in a truck while the owner watched Canada win the World Cup of Hockey managed to throw the vehicle into gear and coast down a city hill. A man out for a walk called police after seeing the vehicle coast by with a black Labrador retriever behind the wheel... | 0 |
Martha Stewart asks for jail Domestic lifestyle guru Martha Stewart said yesterday she would go to jail as soon as possible following her recent conviction for lying about a share deal. | 2 |
Global financial system is shock-proof The world #39;s financial system is in better shape than at any time since the pricking of the dotcom bubble and the September 11 terrorist attacks threw global markets into turmoil, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday. | 2 |
Coca-Cola earnings dip 24 as sales lose fizz The Coca-Cola organisation yesterday blamed poor sales in the US and Europe, bad weather, new recycling laws and a lukewarm welcome for a new quot;mid-calorie quot; Coke as it issued a profit warning. | 2 |
Fight decline, don #39;t manage it, urges O #39;Reilly Jr The O #39;Reilly family, owners of the Independent and Independent on Sunday, rarely give press interviews. A solution to the sales decline at their UK newspapers has been equally elusive over the past decade, but | 2 |
XM Satellite Unveils Online Music Service XM Satellite Radio Holding Inc. on Wednesday said it would launch a commercial-free, Internet music service in early October. With XM Radio Online, subscribers will be able to listen to the | 3 |
Leverkusen hammer Real Madrid 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen, losing finalists to Real Madrid in 2002, hammered the Spaniards, 3-0, yesterday, the most stunning upset in the opening rotation of the Champions League. | 1 |
Liverpool boss quot;satisfied quot; after Monaco win Liverpool kicked off their Champions League campaign with an impressive 2-0 win over last season #39;s finalists, AS Monaco. Rafael Benitez #39;s side went ahead through a clever goal - Steven Gerrard and Luis Garcia | 1 |
NK account of blast may be true The United States said on Tuesday that last week #39;s blast in North Korea that stirred fears of a nuclear explosion might have been demolition work for a power project, as Pyongyang has asserted. | 0 |
Microsoft to take direct shots at Linux rivals Redmond won't just fight the "cooler" open-source operating system--it's looking at Red Hat, Novell and IBM. | 3 |
With new OS, Microsoft seeks couch potatoes' eyes New version of Media Center and accompanying "extenders" will make TV shows recorded on a PC available all over the house. | 3 |
Update 3: OPEC Boosts Production Target 1 Million In an attempt to prove it can still influence the global oil market, OPEC boosted its production target by 1 million barrels a day and began lobbying oil producers that aren #39;t part of the cartel to follow suit. | 2 |
Lion Nathan pours off brewery biz Lion Nathan Ltd, Australasia #39;s second-largest brewer, is to sell its China beer business to China Resources Snow Breweries (CRSB) for US\$154 million, the two companies announced yesterday. | 2 |
Coke Says 2nd-Half Profit Will Miss Target he Coca-Cola Company warned yesterday that its earnings for the second half of the year would fall short of forecasts, citing competitive pressures in North America and unseasonably cool and rainy weather in Europe. | 2 |
The Grapevine Is Whispering; It Says Mondavi he Mondavi family, who just a year ago gave up control of the corporation that bears its name, could be a long-shot bidder for its most famous winery. | 2 |
Mickelson Says Equipment Change Won #39;t Hurt Him Phil Mickelson reiterated Wednesday that his performance at the Ryder Cup would not suffer because of his recent switch to using some Callaway golf equipment. | 1 |
Stoutmire Out For Season With Knee Injury _ New York Giants free safety Omar Stoutmire is going to miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. Stoutmire, who started every game the last two years only to lose his job this | 1 |
Malik and Afridi have Kenyans in a spin This was another depressingly unedifying mismatch. Kenya were abject, sometimes comically naive, in surrendering nine wickets for 27 runs in only 63 balls as they were dismissed for 94, their third-lowest one-day international score. | 1 |
Sailors rescued after 8-day drift off England Five sailors, who were stranded in a life raft in the sea for 8 days after their yacht sank, were rescued off the coast of Cornwall in southwest England by British coast guards on Wednesday. | 0 |
Protestors disrupt fox hunting debate in British Parliament TONY EASTLEY: Hot on the heels of having Batman break into Buckingham Palace, protesters have run onto the floor of the British Parliament yelling at politicians as they debated a ban on fox hunting. | 0 |
Expos Beat Marlins 10-4 to Sweep Twinbill (AP) AP - Tony Batista and Val Pascucci hit three-run homers to lift the Montreal Expos to a 10-4 victory and a doubleheader sweep of the Florida Marlins on Wednesday. | 1 |
Infineon to Pay a Fine in the Fixing Of Chip Prices Federal prosecutors cracked a global cartel that had illegally fixed prices of memory chips in personal computers and servers for three years. | 3 |
Tokyo Stocks Open Lower (AP) AP - Tokyo stocks opened lower Thursday following Wall Street's weakness. The dollar was higher against the Japanese yen. | 0 |
Muslim Player Who Sought Exemption Quits (AP) AP - A University of South Florida women's basketball player who wanted to wear Islamic clothing on the court quit the team on Wednesday. | 1 |
Price Comparison for Drugs Is Put on Federal Web Site Over objections from some drug companies, the Bush administration unveiled a new feature on the Medicare Web site comparing prices for similar brand-name drugs. | 3 |
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