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Methane link strengthens life-on-Mars theory Paris - The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Monday that it had found concentrations of water vapour and the gas methane in the same places on Mars, a finding which strengthens speculation that the Red Planet could be a haven for microbial life. | 3 |
Big retailers embrace radio tagging When US retailing giant Wal-Mart announced last November its intention to introduce Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, it pushed the retail industry into action overnight. | 3 |
JBoss delivers aspect orientation with Version 4.0 Open source application servers vendor JBoss Inc will today release version 4.0 of its core JBoss AS product, which is claimed to be the first open source application server to support AOP (aspect oriented programming) for Java. | 3 |
Browns (1-0) at Cowboys (0-1) Last meeting It #39;s the first meeting since the Browns rejoined NFL as expansion team in 1999. Players to watch Jeff Garcia showed he still knows how to win, engineering an upset of the Ravens last week. | 1 |
Turkey Pushes Ahead With Improvements ISTANBUL, Turkey - 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 |
Bears Safety Mike Brown Out for Season (AP) AP - Chicago Bears safety Mike Brown will miss the rest of the season after tearing his right Achilles tendon in a victory over Green Bay, coach Lovie Smith said Monday. | 1 |
Arrest Made in Cisco Source Code Theft (PC World) PC World - Suspect accused of stealing and distributing source code over the Internet. | 3 |
Dolphins DT Larry Chester Out for Season (AP) AP - Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Larry Chester will miss the rest of the season because of a torn ligament in his right knee, his agent said Monday. | 1 |
PalmOne Posts Profit on Revenue Jump (Reuters) Reuters - PalmOne Inc. on Monday swung\to a quarterly profit from a year-earlier loss on a 62 percent\jump in revenue, spurred by solid sales of its Treo 600 mobile\phone and other handheld digital devices. | 3 |
Adobe Posts Sharp Rise in Profit (Reuters) Reuters - Adobe Systems Inc. on Monday\reported a sharp rise in quarterly profit, driven by robust\demand for its Photoshop and document-sharing software. | 3 |
How Safe Is a Roller Coaster in the Sky? (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - Last week's nbsp;announcement nbsp;by the Zero \Gravity Corporation that it would be offering weightless flights to paying \customers was good news for thrill seekers. nbsp; Those who sign up for the \experience will be treated to several stomach-rolling climbs and drops. nbsp; \Although the planes used are slightly modified commercial planes, tests have \shown that they can manage the demanding maneuvers. | 3 |
Governors Worry About Offshore Drilling (AP) AP - A presidential commission has modified its proposal for a trust fund that would use up to #36;4 billion in annual offshore oil and gas royalties to safeguard oceans and coastal areas. The change was to answer governors' fears the idea might spur more drilling off their coasts. | 3 |
Palestinian Militant Gets Vote, Israel Cries Foul JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian election officials have given voting rights to a jailed militant accused of ordering the killing of an Israeli minister, in a move Israel called a sign that Palestinian democracy was badly flawed. | 0 |
Iraqi Militants Behead American An Iraqi group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab Zarqawi beheaded American Eugene Armstrong and posted a video of the killing on the Internet on Monday. | 0 |
Tobacco companies to fight it out in court On the eve of a \$280bn racketeering trial of cigarette majors, political and legal uncertainties are still seen hanging over the US governments long-awaited case. | 2 |
Samsung: Global chip sales growth to decline in 2005 LONDON, September 20 (newratings.com) - Samsung Electronics (SSUN.FSE) expects its global semiconductor sales growth to decline below 10 next year, from the estimated 20 for 2004. | 2 |
Citigroup Falls on Downgrade Citigroup Inc. shares on Monday suffered their biggest one-day percentage decline in 18 months after a prominent Wall Street analyst downgraded the world #39;s largest | 2 |
Consumer bellwethers issue profit warnings NEW YORK - Two of the world #39;s biggest consumer products giants issued profit warnings today, sending shares in both companies downward. | 2 |
MCI Looks for Buyers, Seeks \$6 Billion Less than six months after emerging from the largest bankruptcy in history, MCI Inc. has begun to search for a buyer, sources familiar with the situation said on Monday. | 2 |
Thousands of zombie PCs created daily The rate at which personal computers are being hijacked by hackers rocketed in the first half of 2004, reveals a new report. An average of 30,000 computers per day were turned into enslaved zombies, compared with just 2000 per day in 2003. | 3 |
McNabb-Culpepper Other Big Match Up Tonight In the game hyped as a face off between elite wide receivers Terrell Owens and Randy Moss, the men throwing the ball their way tonight have a lot in common. | 1 |
Dolphins #39; DT Chester out for season with knee injury Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Larry Chester will miss the rest of the season because of a torn ligament in his right knee, his agent said Monday. | 1 |
Video Shows Beheading of Man Said to Be US Hostage in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq - One of the American hostages kidnapped last week in Iraq has been beheaded by the Al Qaeda-linked group of Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (search ), according to a Web site. | 0 |
Brazil #39;s Lula Plans to End World Hunger Brazilian president Luiz Incio Lula da Silva declared that it is not going to be easy to convince all the participants at the UN meeting, formally known as the Action Against Hunger and Poverty, that financial mechanisms must be created to end the | 0 |
Fears grow for British hostage in Iraq after execution of colleague (AFP) AFP - Fears were growing for the safety of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq after grisly footage of the execution of a US co-worker also held captive was posted on the Internet. | 0 |
Boeing, IBM Announce 10-Year Partnership (AP) AP - Boeing Co. and International Business Machines Corp. plan to develop advanced information technologies for the Defense Department and intelligence systems under a 10-year partnership the companies announced Monday. | 3 |
Indian firm bucks trend with jobs expansion in N Ireland (AFP) AFP - As British unions cry foul over an exodus of jobs to Asia, one Indian information technology firm is bucking the trend, hiring 250 more staff at a call centre in Northern Ireland. | 0 |
Adobe Posts Sharp Rise in Profit NEW YORK (Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ADBE.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ADBE.O</A> on Monday reported a sharp rise in quarterly profit, driven by robust demand for its Photoshop and document-sharing software. | 2 |
Extra is not responsible for the content of external Internet <b>...</b> The federal government is accusing six companies in the tobacco industry of a conspiracy to mislead the public, including the marketing of cigarettes to youth. | 2 |
Hutchison Telecom Sets IPO Terms Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd. plans to sell 69.3 million American Depositary Shares at \$12.67 to \$14.67 apiece in its initial public offering, the company said Monday in an amended regulatory filing. | 2 |
A Challenge to Software Vendors, From One of Their Own SEPTEMBER 20, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Earlier this year, The Yankee Group published the results of a customer satisfaction survey that showed that buyers of market-leading ERP software -- the integrated suites that companies use to run basic business | 3 |
Colts #39; James listed as doubtful for Sunday Edgerrin James of the Indianapolis Colts may miss Sunday #39;s game against Green Bay. James strained his hamstring in the Colts #39; 31-17 victory over Tennessee yesterday. | 1 |
SBY HEADS FOR LANDSLIDE WIN Former general Susilo Bambang is heading for a landslide win against incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia #39;s first direct presidential election. | 0 |
Iran angered but leaves door open for negotiations in nuclear <b>...</b> Since being slapped with yet more criticism and tough demands from the UN nuclear watchdog, Iran has reacted with noisy indignation while still signalling its willingness to negotiate. | 0 |
Adobe Posts Sharp Rise in Profit Adobe Systems Inc. on Monday reported a sharp rise in quarterly profit, driven by robust demand for its Photoshop and document-sharing software. | 2 |
US Internet advertising revenue sets record NEW YORK - US Internet ad revenue jumped to a record \$2.37 billion in the second quarter, surpassing the highest levels reached during the dot-com era, according to a study released Monday. | 2 |
Microsoft To Deliver New Windows System #39;Longhorn #39; in 2006 Microsoft #39;s announcements about Longhorn marked the first concrete launch dates for Longhorn that Microsoft has provided. Industry observers have been estimating a release at the end of 2005 or beginning of 2006. | 3 |
West Indies into semis At last, a contest to savour more than a week into this tournament of mis-matches and bad weather - the West Indies demolished South Africa by five wickets in thrilling fashion here yesterday. | 1 |
Maddox Sidelined at Least Six Weeks with Elbow Injury (Reuters) Reuters - Pittsburgh Steelers starting\quarterback Tommy Maddox will be sidelined at least six weeks\after suffering a right elbow injury during Sunday's 30-13 loss\to Baltimore. | 1 |
Sportsview: Attitude Change May Help U.S. (AP) AP - The Americans have run out of explanations, but not excuses. | 1 |
Mussels Found Near N.Pole in Global Warming Sign (Reuters) Reuters - Mussels have been found growing on the\seabed just 800 miles from the North Pole in a likely sign of\global warming, scientists said on Friday. | 3 |
Stocks Sag as Colgate Warns, Oil Jumps NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Monday as warnings of lower earnings from consumer goods giants Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever weighed on markets. | 2 |
Pfizer Shares Fall on Analyst Downgrade NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Pfizer Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PFE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">PFE.N</A> closed down more than 2 percent on Monday after an analyst lowered her investment rating on the world's largest pharmaceutical company's stock. | 2 |
Stocks Close Lower Amid Rising Oil Prices NEW YORK - A grim combination of higher oil prices and lowered outlooks from companies including Colgate-Palmolive Co., Unilever PLC and The New York Times Co. sent stocks sliding Monday... | 0 |
Air NZ, Qantas keep alliance dream alive Rival trans-Tasman airlines Air New Zealand and Qantas have far from abandoned their dreams of an alliance, despite it failing to clear yet another hurdle. | 2 |
PalmOne posts quarterly profit on handheld sales Handheld computer maker palmOne on Monday posted a quarterly profit, versus a loss a year earlier, on stronger revenue spurred by solid sales of its Treo 600 mobile phone and other digital devices. | 2 |
Sun sets sights on Linux vendors After years of battling Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. has set its sights on Linux vendors, seeking to jump into a low-end but high-volume market it #39;s been accused of ignoring. | 2 |
Colgate-Palmolive, Unilever issue warnings Colgate-Palmolive Co. and Unilever NV warned of profit shortfalls Monday, leading an overall decline for stocks in consumer goods makers, who face tougher competition and increased | 2 |
Higher oil prices and lowered corporate outlooks leave stock <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto stock market cruised to a flat close Monday as the latest rise in oil prices propelled energy stocks higher. | 2 |
Terror Attacks Spur Israel Road Deaths Spike-Study Fatal attacks in Israel cause a direct increase in the number of deadly traffic accidents -- but not until three days later, researchers said on Monday. | 3 |
Wind carries GM pollen record distances Pollen from a genetically modified grass has blown on the wind and pollinated other grasses up to 21 kilometres away, says a new study. | 3 |
Silvestre double defeats Liverpool MANCHESTER, England -- A rare double from French defender Mikael Silvestre handed Manchester United teammate Rio Ferdinand a victorious Premiership return in a 2-1 win over Liverpool on Monday. | 1 |
Williams to lead scholarship drive at Maryland The University of Maryland plans to raise \$200 million for scholarships, a campaign that basketball coach Gary Williams will head and seed with \$500,000 of his own. | 1 |
Currencies: Dollar gains on euro as traders await Fed NEW YORK The dollar rose against most European currencies on Monday on expectations that the Federal Reserve on Tuesday will lift its overnight lending rate and signal plans for more increases. | 2 |
Adobe Beats 3Q Estimates; Shares Rise Shares of Adobe Systems Inc. rose more than 3 percent in the extended session after the software company reported better-than-expected third-quarter profit. | 2 |
Internet Search Sites Win Bulk Of Online Ad Spending Spending on Internet search ads is approaching \$1 billon a quarter, representing \$4 of every \$10 spent on online advertisements, according to a report issued Monday by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. | 2 |
Sun #39;s fighting chance Its plan? Attack Red Hat, use control over the operating system and the platform to disrupt competitors #39; pricing and business models, out-engineer everybody in the x86 space and use an alliance with Microsoft to fight a common enemy: IBM. | 2 |
UPDATE 1-Judge approves settlement on CBOT ownership stakes An Illinois judge on Monday approved a deal on how to carve up ownership of the Chicago Board of Trade, the oldest US futures exchange. | 2 |
PMC-Sierra Cuts Q3 Outlook The high-speed broadband communications, storage, and MIPS processor chip maker said revenues are now expected to be between \$71 million and \$73 million. | 2 |
VMware creates PC software condom Not satisfied with its prominent position on servers and workstations, VMware charged the desktop with a new software package that creates quot;containers quot; of applications that can be centrally managed by an administrator. | 3 |
AMD adds mobile processor to Athlon 64 lineup SEPTEMBER 20, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Further pitting itself against Intel Corp. #39;s Pentium-M offerings, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | 3 |
Gas link on Mars offers clues in search for life PARIS - Water vapour and methane are concentrated in the same areas of the Martian atmosphere, a finding that hints at new ways to hunt for life on the planet, scientists say. | 3 |
The iMac G5: A first look at Apple #39;s new all-in-one SEPTEMBER 20, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - OK, let #39;s get the iMac aesthetics issue out of the way right from the start. Judging from comments on a variety of Mac-related Web sites, Apple fans around the world are | 3 |
European Ryder Cup team returns; Langer leans toward stepping down The European Ryder Cup captain said a week ago that he would bring the trophy back with him. On Monday, Langer stepped off a flight from Detroit with the 19-inch Ryder Cup in hand. | 1 |
Awesome Aussies have no worries Adam Gilchrist was standing by himself in one section of the indoor nets centre at Edgbaston on Monday. He contemplated the large area that had been cleared of any distractions, just the three stumps placed at one end. | 1 |
Eagles offense should prevail The Philadelphia Eagles offense should be more efficient because they aren #39;t facing a top-notch Vikings defense. I #39;m convinced the Eagles offense will be able to move the football after watching | 1 |
Jets go into bye week with sense of accomplishment So the New York Jets won their first two games. Big deal, right? For this franchise, it is huge. The Jets are 2-0 for just the eighth time since the team #39;s inception in 1960. | 1 |
Ex-Kentucky assistant sues school, NCAA, SEC A former assistant football coach at Kentucky has sued the university #39;s Athletic Association, the NCAA and the Southeastern Conference for \$50 million. | 1 |
Ravens #39; Heap to miss 2-4 weeks with ankle injury Tight end Todd Heap will miss two to four weeks with a sprained right ankle, the latest in a series of injuries that has forced coach Brian Billick to dig deep in the Baltimore Ravens #39; depth chart. | 1 |
Jeanne claims 250 lives in Haiti AT least 250 people died in massive floods across northern Haiti after Tropical Storm Jeanne hit the crushingly poor Caribbean nation over the weekend, a UN spokesman said today. | 0 |
Hu #39;s on First Even though he has been China #39;s president for two years, Hu Jintao wasn #39;t given the powerful position of military commander until Sunday. | 0 |
Video on Web Site Shows Beheading of Man A video posted Monday on a Web site showed the beheading of a man identified as American construction contractor Eugene Armstrong. | 0 |
Update 3: Court Rejects Planned Airline Alliance Citing anticompetitive concerns, New Zealand #39;s High Court rejected on Monday a proposed alliance between the country #39;s flagship carrier and Australian rival Qantas. | 2 |
US Internet ad revenues up 42.7 percent to record NEW YORK : Internet advertising revenues in the United States surged 42.7 percent in the second quarter compared with the same period a year ago to 2.37 billion US dollars, an industry group said Monday. | 2 |
UPDATE 2-Judge approves settlement on CBOT ownership stakes The Chicago Board of Trade took a leap forward on Monday on its goal to become a for-profit company when an Illinois judge approved a deal on how to carve up ownership of the oldest US futures exchange. | 2 |
Silvestre #39;s double outshines Ferdinand On a storm-tossed night at Old Trafford, lightning in the form of Mikael Silvestre struck twice for a reinvigorated Manchester United. | 1 |
Relatives plead for release of two Americans, Briton held hostage <b>...</b> Relatives pleaded on Monday for the release of two Americans and a Briton as a deadline loomed for their beheading. In Baghdad, two | 0 |
Woman Acquitted in Hockey Murder Plot (AP) AP - A young Missouri woman was acquitted Monday of charges she helped former NHL player Mike Danton hire a hit man in a failed plot to kill his agent. | 1 |
Jets Enjoy 2-0 Start Heading Into Bye Week (AP) AP - So the New York Jets won their first two games. Big deal, right? For this franchise, it is huge. | 1 |
Giants' Warner Says Best Is Yet to Come (AP) AP - The mention of Kurt Warner brought a gleam to the eyes of New York Giants receiver Tim Carter. | 1 |
AOL to Sell Secure ID Tags to Fight Hackers (Reuters) Reuters - America Online will begin offering to\sell members a security device and service that has been used\to safeguard business computer networks, the world's largest\Internet service provider said on Monday. | 3 |
Football legend Clough dies of stomach cancer (AFP) AFP - Legendary manager Brian Clough, who led unfashionable Nottingham Forest to two European Cup titles, has died of stomach cancer aged 69. | 0 |
Broadcasters Object to Planned Digital TV Bill (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. television broadcasters on\Monday labeled as inadequate planned legislation to ensure\millions of consumers can still watch television once\broadcasters begin airing only in digital. | 3 |
Adobe Systems Earnings Rise 62 Percent (AP) AP - Adobe Systems Inc.'s income rose 62 percent in its latest quarter on stronger-than-anticipated revenue growth. | 3 |
Bush lifts Libya sanctions, paves way for Pan Am 103 payments (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - WASHINGTON (AP) - President George W. Bush on Monday removed a ban on commercial air service to Libya and released #36;1.3 billion in frozen Libyan assets in recognition of "significant" steps to eliminate its deadliest weapons programs. | 0 |
Costa Rica Dropped From 'Willing' List (AP) AP - The White House has removed Costa Rica from an Internet list of nations in the so-called "coalition of the willing" in Iraq. | 0 |
Maddox Sidelined at Least Six Weeks with Elbow Injury PITTSBURGH (Sports Network) - Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback Tommy Maddox will be sidelined at least six weeks after suffering a right elbow injury during Sunday's 30-13 loss to Baltimore. | 1 |
Hockey Player's Girlfriend Acquitted in Murder Plot EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (Reuters) - The 19-year-old girlfriend of jailed former hockey player Mike Danton was acquitted by a jury on Monday of conspiring with him to murder his agent. | 1 |
Zarqawi Group Denies Report It Bought Italians -Web DUBAI (Reuters) - A militant group headed by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al Zarqawi denied on Monday it had bought two Italian women hostages from their Iraqi captors, an Internet statement said. | 0 |
Zarqawi Group Beheads U.S. Hostage Armstrong BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A militant group in Iraq led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi beheaded American Eugene Armstrong and posted a video of the killing on the Internet on Monday. | 0 |
Going after Iraq's most wanted man US airstrikes in Fallujah are targeting Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his followers. Is he the mastermind of the insurgency? | 0 |
Iraq losing its best and brightest Targeted attacks and a sluggish economy are pushing academics, Christians, and businessmen to move abroad. | 0 |
Football: Man Utd beat Liverpool Mikael Silvestre's headed brace gives Man Utd victory over Liverpool on Rio Ferdinand's return to first-team action. | 0 |
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Wen to lobby for oil pipeline from Siberia When Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visits Moscow on Thursday, all eyes will be on whether he can persuade his Russian counterpart Mikhail Fradkov to stick to an original agreement | 2 |
Qantas #39; proposed pact with Air NZ rejected SYDNEY: Australian flag-carrier Qantas said it was disappointed a proposed alliance with Air New Zealand (ANZ) had been rejected by New Zealand #39;s high court but ruled out appealing decision. | 2 |
Hynix may be fined for accounting breach SEOUL: Hynix Semiconductor may be fined for shoddy accounting between 1999-2003, South Korea #39;s financial regulator said. News of Hynix #39;s accounting violations comes after the CEO of Kookmin Bank, South Korea #39;s | 2 |
#39;); //-- gt; Eye On Stocks PalmOne (nasdaq: PLMO - news - people ) report fiscal first-quarter results well above analysts #39; estimates. The maker of handheld computers reported revenue of \$273 million and earnings of 43 cents per share | 2 |
Judge strikes down several FEC rules interpreting campaign finance <b>...</b> A judge has struck down several government rules on campaign fund raising, ordering tougher restrictions on big political money in the long term while creating uncertainty about how candidates, parties and interest groups should proceed in the current | 2 |
First Enron criminal trial nears The first criminal trial involving former Enron staff since the firm #39;s collapse is set to begin. Two employees of the failed US energy giant and four Merrill Lynch executives face criminal charges relating to an Enron transaction in Nigeria in 1999. | 2 |
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