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National Semiconductor Unveils #39;Trusted #39; Chip for PCs Chip maker National Semiconductor Inc. is rolling out hardware devices designed to make desktop and laptop PCs more secure. The Santa Clara, Calif. | 3 |
Internet Explorer loses market share Microsoft #39;s Internet Explorer is continuing to lose some of its share of the browser market, as its much-smaller competitors slowly gain customers, according to US Internet periodical, eWeek. | 3 |
Vodafone Launches New 7100V BlackBerry Phone Vodafone today announced the launch of a new addition to its BlackBerry from Vodafone family -- the BlackBerry 7100v. Developed and manufactured by Research In Motion, the BlackBerry 7100v from Vodafone is | 3 |
Adobe launches Premiere #39;lite #39; First consumer version of video-editing product. And there #39;s a new version 3.0 of Photoshop Elements. Adobe has launched Premiere Elements, the first #39;lite #39; version of its Premier video-editing suite, plus | 3 |
The Security Industry: Where Objectivity Is a Lie It #39;s not that there aren #39;t Unix attacks that work. It #39;s that pretty much everything the security industry does misrepresents the actual balance between attacks on Microsoft #39;s products and attacks on Unix and open source. | 3 |
Microsoft Keeps Legal Options Against Office Alternative Microsoft #39;s settlement with Sun Microsystems includes a provision explicitly preserving Microsoft #39;s right to sue licensees of a free alternative to its dominant Microsoft Office software. | 3 |
Nokia bringing P2P to phones Nokia researchers have developed a new peer-to-peer (P2P) scheme tailored specifically for mobile phones. Still in a development and testing phase, the network | 3 |
Freegate is not Trojan horse, says Symantec Symantec is to stop classifying a software utility that enables Chinese surfers to view blocked websites as a Trojan horse. The reassessment follows stories earlier this week questioning the designation of | 3 |
Tired of Passwords? Replace Them With Your Fingerprint Microsoft has developed a convenient solution for replacing all those passwords with something you don #39;t have to worry about forgetting: your fingerprint. | 3 |
Cricket: Symonds leads Aussies into last four LONDON : Andrew Symonds blasted a quickfire 71 not out as Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the ICC Champions Trophy here at The Oval. | 1 |
Sutton pairs Tiger, Phil at Ryder Cup BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - The European team has enjoyed success at the Ryder Cup, but on Friday they must brace for a concerted American assault. | 1 |
Swimmer issues crowd plea Alexandros Taxildaros is hoping to have a large home crowd behind him when he begins his Paralympic campaign next week. One of 12 swimmers who will be representing the host nation, he certainly | 1 |
Kuznetsova, Petrova Advance at Wismilak BALI, Indonesia - Svetlana Kuznetsova, fresh off her championship at the US Open, defeated Australian qualifier Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-4 Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Wismilak International. | 1 |
Vince Carter wants out of Toronto TORONTO - Vince Carter says he wants out of Toronto if the Raptors don #39;t start winning soon. The Raptors star said, in a letter to fans posted on his official website on Sept. | 1 |
Yankees, Red Sox lock up on FOX com. With the American League East title hanging in the balance, the Yankees and Red Sox lock up on Saturday afternoon in the Bronx in one of the final five meetings of the season between | 1 |
Indonesian Editor Jailed Following Libel Conviction A court in Indonesia has sentenced the editor of a leading media group to a year in prison for libeling a controversial businessman. | 0 |
Europeans expect "wounded" Tiger to pounce at Ryder Cup (AFP) AFP - A Tiger Woods is never more dangerous than when he is wounded. | 0 |
N.Y. Firm Offers to Freeze Women's Eggs (AP) AP - Christy Jones says her idea for a business to freeze women's eggs came when her own biological clock alarm rang at age 32. | 3 |
U.S. Signs Colorado River Protection Pact (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 |
Cricket: Aussies ease past NZ Australia thump New Zealand by seven wickets to move into the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy. | 0 |
Deal Gets Clean Bill of Health Will Pacificare's deal with American Medical Security prove to be a lucrative link? | 2 |
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index Falls to 13.4 in September The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia #39;s index of regional manufacturing fell to 13.4 this month from 28.5 in August. The reading is lower than the median forecast of 25 in a Bloomberg News survey of 56 economists. | 2 |
Soros Hedge Fund Chief Resigns Jacob Goldfield has resigned as chief investment officer of George Soros #39; \$8.3 billion hedge fund to start his own investment management company. | 2 |
Six Flags To Open Water Park In Gurnee GURNEE (CBS 2) In light of everything that #39;s happening in Florida, and along the Gulf Coast, a hurricane-themed attraction is certainly timely for Great America. | 2 |
Murdoch #39;s Pay Rises 42 to \$17 Mln as Fox TV Gains (Update2) News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch #39;s pay rose 42 percent to \$17 million as television shows such as American Idol #39; #39; and viewer gains at the FX cable network lifted profit in fiscal 2004. | 2 |
#39;Skills Lost Forever If Jaguar Plant Shuts #39; - MP A Labour MP who used to work for luxury carmaker Jaguar said today that vital manufacturing skills will be lost forever if the firms owners close one of its three UK plants. | 2 |
Intel discloses WiMAX silicon plans SAN FRANCISCO - Intel Corporation recently disclosed key technical details of its upcoming wireless broadband chip for WiMAX products, which will enable long-distance, high-speed wireless Internet access for homes and businesses. | 3 |
Kuznetsova, Petrova advance at Wismilak Svetlana Kuznetsova, fresh off her championship at the US Open, defeated Australian qualifier Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-4 Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Wismilak International. | 1 |
Britain Defends Legality of Iraq Invasion Britain says it disagrees with the assessment of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the invasion of Iraq was illegal. Fresh controversy has erupted over the legality of the US-led invasion of Iraq last year | 0 |
Briton among three men seized by Iraq gunmen Gunmen have kidnapped a Briton and two Americans from a house in an affluent central Baghdad neighbourhood, the latest in a nearly six-month campaign of abductions of foreigners in Iraq. | 0 |
Indonesian magazine editor sentenced to year in prison in libel <b>...</b> JAKARTA, Indonesia: A court on Thursday sentenced the editor of Indonesia #39;s leading news magazine to a year in prison on libel charges, in what critics said was a setback for press freedom. | 0 |
DOT dismisses privacy complaint against Northwest The airline did nothing wrong when it shared passenger data related to the Sept. 11 attacks, the agency rules. | 3 |
Kiwi helping build browser Well someone #39;s forgotten to tell Ben Goodger and his team at the Mozilla Foundation because this Kiwi software engineer is taking market share from Internet Explorer (IE) with Firefox, the | 3 |
Vodafone launches second phone-form BlackBerry Research In Motion and Vodafone have released the BlackBerry 7100v, available exclusively for Vodafones subscribers. Like the 7100t launched earlier this month with T-Mobile USA Inc. | 3 |
Four years older, and wiser THE Sydney Paralympics brought record ticket sales, television ratings, a new batch of sporting heroes. And then, without warning, came the shame. | 1 |
Another GMail Notifier: GMNotifier Another GMail Notifier: GMNotifier\\Google already released their own version of GMail notifier. However, people find it to be pretty basic. So, the market of unofficial notifiers is still hot. And here is another one of those nifty utilities that makes GMail more fun than it already is! What is different ... | 3 |
Mass. Launches Computerized Medical Files (AP) AP - Doctors in Massachusetts would be able to access patients' records from any hospital or clinic in the state by computer under an initiative announced Monday. | 3 |
FindWhat and BizJournals Ink Search Advertising Deal FindWhat and BizJournals Ink Search Advertising Deal\\FindWhat.com today announced an exclusive search engine advertising relationship with Bizjournals, the nation's largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers and popular business news website publisher.\\Under the terms of the exclusive search advertising distribution agreement, FindWhat.com will supply Bizjournals.com and each of its 41 local ... | 3 |
Terror Incidents in Russia Since 1995 (AP) AP - A list of major terrorist incidents blamed mostly on Chechen militants since 1995: | 0 |
Seattle Tackle Jones Misses Training Camp (AP) AP - After opening week, the sharpest criticism Seattle coach Mike Holmgren had for tackle Walter Jones was that he sometimes let the pocket get too close to quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. | 1 |
Net Virus Turf War Resumes After Rival's Arrest (Reuters) Reuters - A new virus outbreak emerged on Thursday\that packs a baffling message: a photograph of accused German\virus author Sven Jaschan that security officials believe to be\a geeky taunt from a rival gang of computer programmers. | 3 |
U.S. groups accuse China of failing to stop intellectual property abuses (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - BEIJING (AP) - Adding to pressure for China to stop rampant product piracy, two major U.S. business groups complained Thursday that abuses are getting worse and warned that lack of patent and copyright protection is hurting high-tech investment. | 0 |
Aliant employees in Atlantic Canada vote to end lengthy strike (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - HALIFAX (CP) - Employees of Atlantic Canada's largest telecommunications company voted Thursday to return to work, ending a bitter labour battle that kept them on the picket lines for almost five months. | 0 |
Mickelson Again Missing for Final Ryder Practice BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - U.S. Ryder Cup fans were again denied the chance to see world number four Phil Mickelson in practice Thursday, 24 hours before golf's most intense team event gets under way at Oakland Hills. | 1 |
Hawks Ink Free Agents Kenny Anderson, Jon Barry ATLANTA (Sports Network) - The Atlanta Hawks signed free agent guards Kenny Anderson and Jon Barry on Thursday. Terms of the contracts were not disclosed. | 1 |
U.S. Philly Fed Reports Factories Slow NEW YORK (Reuters) - Factory activity in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region slumped in September to its lowest level in more than a year, a survey showed on Thursday, spurring fears the economy's summer soft patch could extend into the fall. | 2 |
Net Virus Turf War Resumes A new virus outbreak emerged on Thursday that packs a baffling message: a photograph of accused German virus author Sven Jaschan that security officials believe to be a geeky taunt from a rival gang of computer programmers. | 3 |
US, EU Haggle Over Subsidies to Aircraft Companies Trade officials from the United States and the European Union haggled over subsidies for aircraft companies on Thursday in Brussels, but came to no agreement on the issue. | 2 |
Can Kodak Click With IBM? Is Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK) getting close to being picture-perfect? It hasn #39;t been hard for anyone to get the fact that Kodak needs to do some pretty fancy footwork to survive | 2 |
Boeing Unit to Sell Hawaiian Air Claim Boeing Capital Corp., the finance unit of aircraft maker and aerospace defense systems provider Boeing Co., said Thursday that the recent agreements reached on its claims against insolvent Hawaiian Airlines will not affect the company #39;s earnings or cash | 2 |
Airespace wins IBM deal for Wi-Fi service Airespace, a Silicon Valley start-up that sells telecommunications gear, has won a partnership with IBM that #39;s intended to help the smaller company grab a piece of the growing market for Wi-Fi services, the two companies told Reuters Wednesday. | 3 |
Trulli makes quick switch to Toyota Italian driver Jarno Trulli got behind the wheel of a Toyota for the first time on Thursday just hours after being confirmed as one of the team #39;s new drivers for the 2005 Formula One season. | 1 |
ESPN.com news services MILWAUKEE -- Fans following Barry Bonds #39; quest for career home run No. 700 have been thinking ahead, as in of course he #39;s going to hit it, but when? | 1 |
Iraq war illegal, says Annan WASHINGTON: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan threw the diplomatic world into a tizzy on Wednesday by bluntly declaring that the US decision to invade Iraq in March 2003 was illegal. | 0 |
Hawks Ink Free Agents Kenny Anderson, Jon Barry (Reuters) Reuters - The Atlanta Hawks signed free\agent guards Kenny Anderson and Jon Barry on Thursday. Terms of\the contracts were not disclosed. | 1 |
Former Shell Chairman Appeals Censure (AP) AP - The former chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Sir Philip Watts, petitioned a British regulatory body for permission to challenge some of its findings on Shell's oil reserves scandal. | 0 |
Sudan's southern rebels deny involvement in crisis in Darfur region (AFP) AFP - The rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) strongly denied a Sudan government allegation that the group and its leader John Garang are involved in the conflict in the western Darfur region. | 0 |
Inflation Mild; Phila. Factories Sluggish WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices barely budged in August and activity at mid-Atlantic factories slumped this month, according to reports on Thursday seen as boosting chances of a pause later this year in the Federal Reserve's drive to raise interest rates. | 2 |
Only Great White Shark at Calif. Aquarium (AP) AP - The Monterey Bay Aquarium has an unusual visitor that experts are hoping will be a permanent houseguest: a great white shark. | 3 |
Stocks Rise on Mild Inflation NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as data showing inflation slowed last month boosted investors' hopes that the Federal Reserve will keep to its course of measured interest rate hikes. | 2 |
Havas Mulls Bollore Board Seats PARIS (Reuters) - Havas said it may give board seats to investor Vincent Bollore, who has been amassing shares in the French advertising firm amid growing speculation it might be sold. | 2 |
Why You Hate, and Like, Social Security Is Social Security an important part of civilized society, or just another form of welfare? | 2 |
The Tech Inventory Hair Ball When each company in a food chain has an inventory glut, look out below. | 2 |
Gottschalks Gets a Lift The California department store operator might look interesting to acquirers. | 2 |
Glimpse at Swollen Stars Presages Earth's Demise (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - Today's global warming nbsp;is nothing compared to what astronomers have just seen through the time machine nbsp;of a telescope. | 3 |
Oil companies assess Ivan damage DALLAS (CBS.MW) -- Oil and gas field operators in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore refiners said Thursday the weather is now calm enough to begin the arduous task of damage assessments after Hurricane Ivan steamrolled through the region. | 2 |
Consumer Prices Climb; Jobless Claims Up Consumer prices barely budged in August, suggesting that inflation isn #39;t currently a problem for the economy and Federal Reserve policy-makers can stick with a gradual approach to raising interest rates. | 2 |
United Airlines CEO Sees Job Losses The head of UAL Corp. #39;s United Airlines on Thursday said the airline #39;s restructuring plan would lead to a significant number of job losses, but it was not yet clear how many. | 2 |
UK Group Accuses Apple of Overpricing iTunes The price of music downloads has been a contentious issue among fans in the UK, who are quick to point out the pricing scheme often means that downloading a full album costs more than buying the CD. | 3 |
Amazons A9 Web search makes debut SAN FRANCISCO - Amazon.com Inc. unveiled the new version of its Web search service on Wednesday in a move that could portend a long-anticipated clash between online retailers and search providers like Google Inc. | 3 |
Research in Motion sets Vodafone BlackBerry pact Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said it will introduce the newest version of its popular BlackBerry wireless email device in Europe and | 3 |
Critical JPEG security flaw leaves Windows users vulnerable Microsoft issued a patch for what it says is a quot;critical quot; security flaw in the way Windows programs handle JPEG images. According to a security bulletin accompanying the patch, the flaw | 3 |
Nose-Driven #39;Nouse #39; Helps Disabled Surf Web called a quot;nouse quot; -- works by using tracking software linked to a webcam that identifies a group of 25 pixels which are the tip of the nose. | 3 |
Bush, Kerry Go Head to Head on Science Sept. 15, 2004 - The respected science journal Nature posed 15 questions to President George W. Bush and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry on key science issues. | 3 |
Hawks sign Anderson, Jon Barry ATLANTA - Less than a month before training camp, the Atlanta Hawks added some depth to a very shaky backcourt Thursday by signing veteran free agents Jon Barry and Kenny Anderson. | 1 |
Indonesian Magazine Editor Found Guilty of Libel A court on Thursday sentenced Tempo magazine editor Bambang Harymurti to one year in prison for defamation and quot;inciting unrest quot; in a case watched by press freedom advocates here and abroad. | 0 |
British man gunned down in Saudi Arabia RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi police are seeking two young men in the killing of a Briton in a Riyadh parking lot, the Interior Ministry said today, and the British ambassador called it a terrorist attack. | 0 |
Zidane sidelined for three weeks after dislocating shoulder Zinedine Zidane is expected to be out of action for three weeks after dislocating his right shoulder during Real Madrid #39;s 3-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen, the Spanish team said Thursday. | 1 |
Programs Column: Detective Drew Returns to Her Roots PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) - It's hard to make a best-selling story into a successful computer game. Unlike a book or even a movie, the narrative of a game can be halting and convoluted because the player, not the author, controls the action. | 3 |
Putin, at Odds with West, Rules Out Chechen Talks ASTANA (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ruled out negotiations with Chechen rebels after the Beslan school bloodbath, further straining ties with Western leaders who are pressing for a political solution to Chechnya. | 0 |
Column: Game Offers Peek at Presidential Politics PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) - Can't wait for the U.S. presidential election? Think you can run a campaign better than the handlers for George W. Bush or John F. Kerry? | 3 |
20,000 American Indians to March at National Museum Opening Across the Americas, Native Americans are preparing for Tuesday's opening powwow in Washington, D.C. #151;the largest such gathering in recent times. | 3 |
Pre-Inca Ruins Emerging From Peru's Cloud Forests In the Andes mountains, forests cloak the ruins of a pre-Inca civilization, the size and scope of which archaeologists are only now beginning to understand. | 3 |
Egyptian Animals Were Mummified Same Way as Humans A new study suggests the ancient Egyptians put as much care into mummifying some cats, birds, and other animals as they did into preserving human corpses. | 3 |
At New American Indian Museum, Artifacts Are "Alive" Many Native Americans believe exhibits at the soon-to-open Smithsonian museum in Washington are literally alive #151;some masks are even fed cornmeal. <i>Includes photo gallery.</i> | 3 |
Hurricane Ivan Blasts Alabama, Kills 11 GULF SHORES, Ala. - Hurricane Ivan slammed into the Gulf Coast early Thursday with 130 mph wind, launching tornadoes, washing out a major bridge and hurling metal signs through the night... | 0 |
Anwar Vows to Campaign for Reforms (AP) AP - Former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim says he will not give his opponents in Malaysia any excuse to put him behind bars again, but he vowed to keep campaigning for democratic reforms. | 0 |
Sun-Microsoft deal raises Open Office questions (MacCentral) MacCentral - Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said that it is looking for ways to work more closely with developers of the Open Office open source project, while at the same time, apparently reserving the right to sue them, according to a legal agreement between Microsoft and Open Office's major sponsor, Sun Microsystems Inc., made public this week. | 3 |
Unfinished Business Piles Up in Congress (AP) AP - For the fourth straight election year, people tired of all the politicking and politicians tired of all the campaigning face the prospect of Congress returning after Election Day for an unpopular lame-duck session. | 0 |
Hawaiian secures critical lease agreement with Boeing Hawaiian Airlines has wrestled a lease agreement from Boeing Capital Corp., after nearly two years of negotiations, adding a vital link in the chain of events as it attempts to get out of bankruptcy by the end of this year. | 2 |
Smithsonian To Add \$60-Million Ocean Hall The Smithsonian #39;s National Museum of Natural History announced plans to create a 28,000-square-foot Ocean Hall as part of a new Smithsonian Ocean Science Initiative. | 3 |
IBM Expands RFID offerings MARKHAM, Ont., Sept. 16 - IBM Canada has announced a suite of services to speed the benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems to industrial companies and mid-market businesses. | 3 |
Another day without practice for Phil BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- Phil Mickelson skipped a practice for the second straight day on Thursday, 24 hours before the Ryder Cup gets under way at Oakland Hills. | 1 |
Hughes delighted with Blackburn Rovers Football Club The former Rovers striker has signed a two-year contract at Ewood Park, with the option to extend the deal by twelve months should both parties agree. | 1 |
Afghan President Escapes Attack Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai was forced to cancel a trip to a provincial capital after a rocket hit near the landing site for his helicopter. | 0 |
'Monday Night Football' to Use Air Delay (AP) AP - "Monday Night Football" will be broadcast on a five-second delay for the rest of the season, a reaction to the furor caused by last season's Super Bowl halftime show. | 1 |
Chinese Web Search Site Baidu Acquires Hao123 (Reuters) Reuters - Baidu.com Inc., China's biggest\Internet search site, on Thursday said it had acquired\Hao123.com, a popular Chinese search directory, as Baidu seeks\to fend off global players now eyeing the Chinese market. | 0 |
United Airlines CEO Sees Significant Job Losses BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of United Airlines parent UAL Corp. said on Thursday the airline's restructuring plan would lead to a significant number of job losses, but it was not yet clear how many. | 2 |
Bush, Kerry on Issue of National Security (AP) AP - Three times a week, The Associated Press picks an issue and asks Republican President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry a question about it. Today's question and responses: | 0 |
The \$5.35 Software Bargain Those looking at Lawson Software's long-term potential will like what they see. | 2 |
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