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Politically Savvy IT Managers Key to Grid Project Success SEPTEMBER 20, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - PHILADELPHIA -- Information technology managers embarking on grid computing projects could get some tips from the candidates in this election season. | 3 |
Gordon apologizes for New Hampshire accident Robby Gordon apologized Monday for intentionally causing an accident at New Hampshire International Speedway that involved championship contenders Tony Stewart and Jeremy Mayfield. | 1 |
Fulham hit by FA charges after brawl at West Brom Fulham are facing FA charges regarding the conduct of their players in a Premier League match at West Bromwich Albion last Saturday that included a mass brawl and three dismissals. | 1 |
American Hostage #39;Beheaded #39; An American hostage being held in Iraq has been beheaded, according to a statement by the group holding three Westerners. The statement said: God protect him, has beheaded the first American. | 0 |
Yahoo's Overture Ad Unit to Open Five Intl. Offices (Reuters) Reuters - Overture Services, Yahoo Inc.'s\ Web-search advertising unit, on Monday said it plans\to enter five new international markets in the coming months as\the Internet media company continues to broaden its global\reach. | 3 |
Judde Orders Release of Kan. AD's Records (AP) AP - The University of Kansas must immediately release its athletic director's employment agreement and another compensation document under the state's open records act, a district judge ordered. | 1 |
Product Review: iPaq 6315 Smartphone (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - The iPaq H6315 from Hewlett-Packard is the first all-in-one wireless device to combine GPRS wireless data, Wi-Fi (802.11b) and Bluetooth functionality in a single package. | 3 |
Microsoft Opens Office to Governments (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is opening the door to its Office suite, offering governments a closer look inside key applications. | 3 |
PeopleSoft Aims To Reassure Customers as Connect Show Opens (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - No one can envy the position of PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) executives as they enter their annual Connect user conference this week. Last year's show was dominated by speculation over Oracle's (Nasdaq: ORCL) hostile takeover bid for the company -- a prospect they hoped would be squelched by this year. | 3 |
Browns' Winslow Suffers Broken Leg CLEVELAND, Ohio (Sports Network) - Cleveland Browns rookie tight end Kellen Winslow is expected to be sidelined six-to-eight weeks after suffering a broken right fibula during Sunday's 19-12 loss to Dallas. | 1 |
Hong Kong Emerge as Dominant Force in Fencing ATHENS (Reuters) - A third gold medal for Chui Yee Yu rounded off a rewarding day for Hong Kong at the Paralympics as they emerged as the dominant force in wheelchair fencing. | 1 |
Wright Recalls Hip Device, Shares Tumble CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wright Medical Group Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=WMGI.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">WMGI.O</A> on Monday said it recalled defective components used in its reconstructive hip implants and cut its earnings forecast, sending its shares tumbling 14 percent. | 2 |
Ex-general set for Indonesia win Early results from Indonesia's first direct presidential poll put ex-general Susilo Yudhoyono on course to win easily. | 0 |
Nymex Narrowly Mixed on Yukos, Gulf Restarts Prices were pushed higher by news on Sunday that Yukos had suspended delivery of 400,000 metric tons a month, or nearly 98,000 barrels a day, of rail-borne crude oil exports to China National Petroleum Co. | 2 |
Colgate Cuts 2nd-Half Profit Forecast as Costs Rise (Update9) Colgate-Palmolive Co., the world #39;s largest toothpaste maker, said second-half profit will fall because of higher marketing costs to fend off Procter amp; Gamble Co. | 2 |
Citigroup slides on Merrill downgrade NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Citigroup shares slid 95 cents, or 2 percent, to \$46.00 in pre-market trade Monday after Merrill Lynch sliced its recommendation on the stock to quot;neutral quot; from quot;buy. | 2 |
A New Clue to the Hypothesis of Life on Mars PFS observed that, at 10-15 kilometres above the surface, water vapour is well mixed and uniform in the atmosphere. However, it found that, close to the surface, water vapour is more concentrated in three | 3 |
OSASUNA FIRST UP FOR NEW MADRID BOSS New Real Madrid boss Marino Garcia Remon has very little time to turn things around if his out-of-sorts side are to halt their slide when they entertain Osasuna on Tuesday. | 1 |
Clough, former Nottingham Forest coach, dies aged 69 Brian Clough, the outspoken soccer manager who led Nottingham Forest to European Cup success in 1979 and 1980, died at Derby City General Hospital in central England. | 1 |
Don #39;t expect Rio miracle - O #39;Shea John OShea has warned Manchester United supporters not to expect miracles from returning hero Rio Ferdinand. Alex Ferguson is expected to waste little time in restoring his star defender to the Red Devils | 1 |
Fergie Hails Footballing #39;Eccentric #39; Clough Sir Alex Ferguson tonight hailed Brian Clough as a great footballing eccentric and a fantastic manager following the death of his old sparring partner. | 1 |
Toronto Maple Leafs hire former Flames GM Craig Button as pro <b>...</b> Button was the general manager of the Calgary Flames for parts of three seasons from 2000-01 to 2002-03 before joining The Score network as an NHL analyst. | 1 |
Briton #39;Next to Be Beheaded #39; Fears were growing tonight for the safety of Briton Kenneth Bigley as unconfirmed reports stated a fellow hostage in Iraq had been executed. | 0 |
Westbrook Wants to Prove He's a No. 1 Back (AP) AP - Brian Westbrook dismisses his critics the same way he shrugs off tacklers. | 1 |
ECB sees eurozone inflation falling below two pct in second quarter 2005 (AFP) AFP - The European Central Bank is unhappy with the current level of inflation in the eurozone but expects it to fall below the two percent in the second quarter of next year, its chief economist Otmar Issing said. | 2 |
Stocks Slip After Colgate Warns NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Monday as warnings of lower earnings from consumer goods giants Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever weighed on markets. | 2 |
Ethics Committee Ends DeLay Fact-Finding (AP) AP - The House ethics committee ended its initial information gathering Monday and now must decide whether to order a formal investigation of whether Majority Leader Tom DeLay has misused his office. | 0 |
Careful Planning and Teamwork Pays Off for Europe BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - In the end, Europe's crushing Ryder Cup victory over the U.S. was all about better teamwork, hungrier players, putts made when they mattered most and astute captaincy by Bernhard Langer. | 1 |
Annan to Urge World Leaders to Respect Human Life UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan intends to tell world leaders on Tuesday to respect human life, whether civilians or prisoners of war in Iraq, villagers in Sudan or children in northern Uganda or Russia. | 0 |
Earnings Manipulation Suggested at Fannie Mae Federal regulators have found evidence suggesting that mortgage giant Fannie Mae manipulated earnings to facilitate bigger bonuses to executives, according to a lawmaker familiar with the findings. | 2 |
Unilever and Colgate Warn of Slowdowns in Their Earnings The two companies do not operate in all the same markets, but Monday's warnings seemed to suggest that both were suffering from tougher competition in some areas. | 2 |
Allawi: Saddam Hussein Appealed for Mercy CAIRO, Egypt - Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said in an interview published Monday that a "depressed and broken in spirit" Saddam Hussein had appealed to him for mercy, saying his regime had meant no harm during the years it was in power. Allawi also told the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper that he's been the target of four assassination attempts since becoming leader of Iraq - the most recent just five days ago - but he insisted his homeland's chaos would be controlled... | 0 |
At Least One Person Shot at Ill. Capitol SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - At least one person was shot at the state Capitol on Monday afternoon, and the building was locked down, with employees ordered to stay in their offices... | 0 |
Web Site: American Hostage Killed in Iraq CAIRO, Egypt - A Web site posting Monday claimed that an American hostage has been "slaughtered" in Iraq and that two other captives would soon be killed. The claim could not be verified... | 0 |
From ruin to rebirth - what a difference two years makes the Air New Zealand of September 2004 is a vastly different company from the one that feared annihilation by Qantas just two years ago. | 2 |
Jarden Buying Mr. Coffee #39;s Maker Consumer products company Jarden Corp. (JAH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it would buy American Household Inc. for \$745. | 2 |
Broadcom buys into cell phone graphics com September 20, 2004, 12:05 PM PT. Most IT Managers won #39;t question the importance of security, but this priority has been sliding between the third and fourth most important focus for companies. | 2 |
Microsoft Opens Office for Governments Microsoft (Quote, Chart) has extended its Government Security Program (GSP) by offering government customers access to the source code of Microsoft Office 2003. | 3 |
WebEx Rolls out Sales Center Sales Center -- to its hosted Web conferencing service. The module will let a remote sales team pass notes behind the scenes, keep | 3 |
Hong Kong Emerge as Dominant Force in Fencing A third gold medal for Chui Yee Yu rounded off a rewarding day for Hong Kong at the Paralympics as they emerged as the dominant force in wheelchair fencing. | 1 |
Steelers #39; Roethlisberger gets baptism by fire Steelers head coach Bill Cowher was hoping to bring rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger along slowly, allowing him to learn from veteran Tommy Maddox in his initial campaign. | 1 |
Brazilian president calls for harnessing globalization Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva urged the international community on Monday to harness globalization and turn it into a positive force for all peoples of the world. | 0 |
Microsoft to enter backup market Analysts speculate that the software giant will focus on the low end of the market, at least initially. | 3 |
Sun's fighting chance Forrester CEO George Colony argues that if Sun goes down, it's going to go down taking very big swings. | 3 |
Net threats stir new responses bug text As worms proliferated through the first half of the year, attacks gained in sophistication. Also: A start-up fights zombies. | 3 |
Broadcom buys into cell phone graphics The chipmaker is back on a buying spree, having scooped up five other companies this year. | 3 |
Cubs Defeat Marlins, 5-1, in NL Showdown (AP) AP - Mark Prior allowed five hits in 7 2-3 innings to out-pitch Carl Pavano, and the Chicago Cubs moved one percentage point ahead of San Francisco atop the NL wild-card standings by beating the Florida Marlins 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader Monday. | 1 |
Cowboys' Jones Out With Broken Shoulder (AP) AP - Cowboys rookie running back Julius Jones broke his left shoulder and is expected to be out about two months. | 1 |
Colts' James Listed Doubtful Vs. Packers (AP) AP - Edgerrin James, the Indianapolis Colts' top running back, strained his hamstring in Sunday's victory against Tennessee and may miss this week's game against Green Bay. | 1 |
Cocaine fair cop for drugs dealer (AFP) AFP - Spanish police made the simplest of 'fair cops' in arresting a young French drug dealer who offered them cocaine before realising he was dealing with the long arm of the law. | 0 |
Bush Scraps U.S. Trade Embargo on Libya in WMD Reward (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush on Monday formally\ended the U.S. trade embargo on Libya to reward it for giving\up weapons of mass destruction but left in place some U.S.\terrorism-related sanctions. | 0 |
NHL Labor Dispute Chills Arenas Across U.S. MIAMI (Reuters) - The lockout of ice hockey players by the National Hockey League is sending a chill through U.S. arena operators who rely on professional hockey as a vital audience puller. | 1 |
YUKOS Cuts China Supplies, Oil Above \$46 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices broke above \$46 on Monday after Russian oil giant YUKOS said it would cut some oil shipments to China, the first toll on exports from the company's financial turmoil. | 2 |
Stocks Lower on Oil and Profit Warnings NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks declined on Monday as oil prices spiked higher and companies like consumer goods giant Colgate-Palmolive warned on earnings, stirring investor worry about corporate profits. | 2 |
Dollar Gains on Fed Rate Hike Outlook NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rose broadly on Monday as markets braced for a Federal Reserve policy meeting this week that is widely expected to raise the federal funds rate, making the dollar a more attractive currency. | 2 |
Colombian Far-Right Leader Gunned Down -Police BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - A far-right Colombian warlord participating in peace negotiations with the government has been killed by his own men, police said on Monday, in another bloody incident that could undermine the shaky talks. | 0 |
Judge in Baylor Player's Death Appoints Mental-Health Expert Judge in Baylor player's death appoints third mental-health expert to evaluate defendant. | 1 |
Your Kids Are Bleeding You Dry Families shell out a small fortune to send their kids back to school. | 2 |
Genta Shares Soar on Cancer Drug Data CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares of Genta Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GNTA.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">GNTA.O</A> soared nearly 50 percent on Monday after the biotechnology company presented promising data on an experimental treatment for blood cancers. | 2 |
Unilever and Colgate Warn of Slowdowns in Their Earnings Unilever, one of the world #39;s leading consumer-products companies with products from Dove soap to Hellman #39;s mayonnaise, surprised investors today by disclosing that its full | 2 |
Report: Eisner won #39;t be on Disney #39;s board Michael Eisner, chief executive officer of Walt Disney Co., said he plans to leave the company #39;s board when he steps down as CEO in 2006, Fortune magazine said it is reporting in its upcoming issue. | 2 |
China cuts back 3G spending The world #39;s top telecom equipment makers may have to settle for just a fraction of the multibillion-dollar orders they had expected when China builds its next-generation mobile phone networks. | 3 |
Cubs Defeat Marlins, 5-1, in NL Showdown MIAMI - Mark Prior allowed five hits in 7 2-3 innings to out-pitch Carl Pavano, and the Chicago Cubs moved one percentage point ahead of San Francisco atop the NL wild-card standings by beating the Florida Marlins 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader | 1 |
Montreal Expos Team Report - September 20 (Sports Network) - The Montreal Expos will get their chance to climb out of the cellar in the National League East this week, as they begin a three-game series against the New York Mets Tuesday at Olympic Stadium. | 1 |
Ex-general set for landslide victory Ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is on course for a landslide victory over incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri after Indonesia #39;s presidential election yesterday, according to an early forecast. | 0 |
Will Putin #39;s Power Play Make Russia Safer? Outwardly, Russia has not changed since the barrage of terrorist attacks that culminated in the school massacre in Beslan on Sept. | 0 |
Guerrillas kill US soldier north of Baghdad BAGHDAD - Guerrillas attacked a US patrol north of Baghdad on Monday, killing one 1st Infantry Division soldier, the US military said in a statement. | 0 |
Sharapova signs deal with fragrance company Ah, the sweet smell of success: Maria Sharapova #39;s Wimbledon title helped her land an endorsement deal for a perfume that will bear her name. | 2 |
AOL Makes AIMBots Available To Enterprise Users America Online has had quite a bit of success with its AIM Robot (AIMBot) technology, including one that feeds users news headlines or on-demand news from the Wall Street | 3 |
Fiddling while Madrid burns The extraordinary news that Jos Antonio Camacho offered up his resignation on the Sunday after the Espanyol defeat was a fitting end to a fascinating week in La Liga. | 1 |
Robby Gordon Apologizes For New Hampshire Accident WELCOME, NC -- Robby Gordon is apologizing for intentionally causing an accident in Sunday #39;s Nextel Cup race at New Hampshire International Speedway. | 1 |
Kanu Can Do for Megson Fists may have been flying at The Hawthorns... but it was Rob Earnshaw #39;s foot that left Gary Megson wondering what might have been. | 1 |
New attack on Afghan leadership There has been more violence in Afghanistan where one of the country #39;s vice presidents has narrowly avoided assassination. Attacks are escalating as Afghanistan prepares | 0 |
EU Cannot Start Entry Talks With Turkey Unless it Reforms Penal <b>...</b> The European Union has made clear to Turkey that it cannot start negotiations on joining the union, until Ankara reforms its penal code. | 0 |
Turkey Pushes Ahead With Improvements (AP) AP - Turkey will push to improve its democracy and human rights record regardless of whether European Union leaders decide in December to begin membership talks with Ankara, the government said Monday. | 0 |
AP: Militants Funding Terror With Heists (AP) AP - It started with a robbery, but the gang that burst into a branch of Al-Habib Bank in this teeming port city had no interest in striking it rich, and the university graduate driving the getaway car was just getting started on a master plan for terror. | 0 |
Merrill Cuts Citigroup, Shares Drop NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=C.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">C.N</A> shares fell as much as 2.75 percent on Monday after a prominent Wall Street analyst downgraded the world's largest financial services company, citing a string of recent ethics problems. | 2 |
Nike Profit Up 25 Pct. on Converse Boost SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nike Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NKE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">NKE.N</A> on Monday reported a 25 percent rise in quarterly profit, topping Wall Street estimates, on strong sales of Converse sneakers and high-priced athletic and basketball shoes such as the Air Zoom and Street Miler. | 2 |
UN team in S.Korea as N.Korea vows not to abandon nuclear ambitions (AFP) AFP - A United Nations inspection team arrived to further investigate South Korea's past unauthorized experiments with plutonium and uranium as North Korea vowed not to abandon its nuclear ambitions. | 0 |
First Enron criminal trial nears Two former Enron executives are set to appear in court in Houston in the first criminal trial involving Enron staff since the firm's collapse in 2001. | 2 |
Nike: Undervalued Powerhouse? Plus, Colgate-Palmolive's washed away, Microsoft opens up, and a stone-cold IPO. | 2 |
Cubs Defeat Marlins, 5-1, in NL Showdown MIAMI - Mark Prior allowed five hits in 7 2-3 innings to out-pitch Carl Pavano, and the Chicago Cubs moved one percentage point ahead of San Francisco atop the NL wild-card standings by beating the Florida Marlins 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader Monday. Corey Patterson's two-run double in the second inning put the Cubs ahead to stay... | 0 |
More Medical Devices Needed for Babies WASHINGTON - Frustrated doctors say they too often find themselves jury-rigging adult medical devices to fit children's tiny bodies and special needs. Now pediatric experts have begun a major push to fill the gap... | 0 |
Merrill Cuts Citigroup, Shares Drop Citigroup Inc. (CN: Quote, Profile, Research) shares fell as much as 2.75 percent on Monday after a prominent Wall Street analyst downgraded the world #39;s largest financial | 2 |
Boeing and IBM join forces to gain edge at DOD To nab network-centric work at the Defense Department, Boeing Co. and IBM Corp. today announced a 10-year alliance. The two companies estimate that DOD will spend \$200 billion for ground- and space-based systems for net-centric operations. | 2 |
Windows Attacks Skyrocket, Bot Networks Breed Like Minks Attacks on Windows machines in the first six months of 2004 jumped nearly four-and-a-half times over the same period last year, a security firm said Monday, leading to an explosion in the number of hacker-run bots. | 3 |
Microsoft, Intel Moves are Good News for IT Microsoft wants to get its next operating system in shipping shape by taking away one of the legs of the three-legged stool upon which the system would be built. | 3 |
Rookie suffers broken shoulder in debut IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys running back Julius Jones will miss about two months with a broken shoulder blade. Cowboys coach Bill Parcells confirmed the injury Monday during his weekly news conference. | 1 |
Macromedia taps into AIM AOL partner offers new version of Central kit that connects to online giant's instant messenger. | 3 |
Hewlett-Packard packages services for blades Blade servers are the future, HP says, rolling out new services targeted at users. | 3 |
Embarcadero enhances SQL Server backup Embarcadero Technologies on Monday is unveiling its DBArtisan Workbench 8.0 database administration tool, featuring enhanced backup capabilities for Microsoft SQL Server databases and support for performance metrics in the Oracle10g database. | 3 |
Arrest Made in Cisco Source Code Theft Suspect accused of stealing and distributing source code over the Internet. | 3 |
China Power set to float stock HONG KONG China Power International Development, a unit of China #39;s fifth-biggest electricity generator, is seeking as much as 2.57 billion Hong Kong dollars, or \$330 million, in an initial public offering of stock, bankers involved in the sale said Monday | 2 |
Regulators have found evidence of earnings manipulation at Fannie <b>...</b> Federal regulators have found evidence suggesting that mortgage giant Fannie Mae manipulated earnings to facilitate bigger bonuses to executives | 2 |
Judge tosses 15 of 19 new campaign finance rules WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- A federal judge found Monday that new rules from the Federal Election Commission did not follow the intent of lawmakers who wrote a sweeping new law designed to change the way politicians raise money, creating uncertainty for | 2 |
Windows besieged by hackers The number of new viruses and worms aimed at Microsoft Corp. #39;s ubiquitous Windows operating system rose 400 percent between January and June from the same year-earlier period, computer security company Symantec said Sunday. | 3 |
Loyalty study lists IT #39;s top household names New research indicates that many household names of the IT industry, including Dell and Microsoft, have been able to capture lasting feelings of customer loyalty. | 3 |
VMware Pioneers New Way to Deploy Software Environments Last week, I spoke with VMware Vice President of Marketing Michael Mullany about VMware ACE, a fascinating solution that simplifies and secures the deployment of software environments to mobile workers, contractors, and telecommuters. | 3 |
AOL launches program for AIM bots AOL Monday is launching a program to promote and facilitate the creation of what it calls AIM Robots for its AIM instant messaging system. | 3 |
China cuts back 3G spending The world #39;s top telecoms equipment makers may have to settle for just a fraction of the multi-billion-dollar orders they had expected when China builds its next-generation mobile phone networks. | 3 |
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