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EPA Finds Problem With Airline Drinking Water Now there #39;s something else for airline passengers to worry about -- the safety of their drinking water. New tests show nearly one of out every eight passenger airliners flying in the United States has drinking | 3 |
Sasser Worm Creator, Hired by Security Firm The German teen who created the Sasser worm, has been hired by Securepoint, a computer security firm based in Lueneburg Germany. Eighteen year-old Sven Jaschan was responsible for infecting nearly 18 million | 3 |
First SMS love story will soon be broadcasted on cell phones The novel, Outside the Fortress Besieged, written by Mongolian businessman Qian Fuchang, is a steamy tale of illicit love among married people and is being short-messaged in instalments of 70 characters each, reports the Inquirer. | 3 |
MacCentral Week in Review Well, what do you know? Apple shipped a product on time. Actually, Apple ships plenty of equipment on time. It #39;s just that Apple #39;s stumbles often take center stage in media reports, so | 3 |
Camacho quits MADRID, SEPTEMBER 20: Jose Antonio Camacho resigned as Real Madrid coach on Monday, just four months after taking up the post. Camacho offered his resignation to club president Florentino Perez following the | 1 |
Forest legend Brian Clough dies at 69 LONDON - The controversial Brian Clough, who led Nottingham Forest to two European Cups, died aged 69 yesterday. A great motivator and tactician who managed Forest to the 1979 and 1980 wins, he was universally | 1 |
Han Wins in Portland Hee-Won Han of South Korea hit a beautiful second shot on the first playoff hole, then sank a 4-foot birdie putt to beat Lorie Kane of Canada and win the Safeway Classic. | 1 |
Cowboys RB Jones out with broken shoulder IRVING, Texas - The first NFL game for Dallas Cowboys rookie running back Julius Jones will also be his last for quite a while. Jones broke his left shoulder blade during a 19-12 victory over Cleveland on Sunday. | 1 |
Iraq #39;s Sunni holy #39;warlords #39; For Sheikh Mohammad Ali Mohammad al-Ghereri, a Sunni Muslim cleric, the question is no longer whether to tell his followers to fight the Americans, but how to wage war properly. | 0 |
Pardon for Russian officer would #39;spit in the soul of Chechens #39; The most senior Russian army officer to have been convicted of war crimes in Chechnya was put forward for a presidential pardon yesterday, less than 18 months after he was found guilty of strangling an 18-year-old Chechen woman. | 0 |
Howard to fight terror with teams based in Asia CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howard plans to base special #39;flying squads #39; of police in South-east Asia to fight terrorism at the source and stop it reaching Australia. | 0 |
Briton may have paid a fatal price for his passion for the Middle <b>...</b> When neighbours of Kenneth Bigley urged him to leave Baghdad amid growing fears for his safety, he would shrug off their concerns and say: quot;I #39;m not afraid. | 0 |
India #39;will offer to adjust Line of Control #39; NEW DELHI - India will offer to #39;adjust #39; the Line of Control, the de facto border dividing Kashmir, a senior Indian official has told Time magazine. | 0 |
Broadcasters Object to Planned Digital TV Bill WASHINGTON (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 |
Earnings alert: Linux demand lifts Red Hat profit Plus: Strong sales of phones, other gadgets boost PalmOne profit...Lawson expects quarterly loss...SCO to cap legal costs. | 3 |
Briefly: Macromedia taps into AIM roundup Plus: Hewlett-Packard packages services for blades...Corel updates Painter...Hyperion targets broader base...JBoss ships J2EE app server. | 3 |
Microsoft backs up disk-based backup plans With 20 partners already lined up, analysts speculate that the software giant will focus on the market's low end--at least initially. | 3 |
Security shifts roundup TruSecure, Betrusted to merge, focus on big customers. Also: A bump up in the bureaucracy? | 3 |
TruSecure, Betrusted to merge and rename Companies are expected to formally announce on Tuesday that they plan to create a new firm called Cybertrust. | 3 |
PalmOne posts profit, exceeds estimates Handheld maker's revenue buoyed by strong sales of phones, other devices; after-hours shares fluctuate wildly. | 3 |
Tech groups push for R D credit, Internet tax ban Technology lobbying groups are stepping up their push for lawmakers to pass several pieces of legislation. | 3 |
AMD adds mobile processor to Athlon 64 lineup 2GHz chip is the highest performing processor in AMD's family of low-power Mobile AMD Athlon 64 products. | 3 |
Kerry's plan on outsourcing faces mixed reviews Kerry advocates eliminating "special tax breaks" for U.S. companies with overseas subsidiaries. | 3 |
Sun set to announce new server, storage hardware Sun will unveil new servers, called Sun Fire V490 and V890, based on the company's dual-core UltraSparc IV processor. | 3 |
United Air Lines takes off with Enigma content management United Air Lines is revamping the way aircraft mechanics get maintenance information and parts illustrations using global content management software from Enigma Inc. | 3 |
Gartner analysts talk about the security companies don't need IT managers need to implement systems that work correctly in the first place, rather than spending time and money to fix problems after the fact, according to Victor Wheatman, vice president and research area director at Gartner Inc. | 3 |
Q A: Microsoft's Linux strategist Martin Taylor, Part 2 After a year as Microsoft Corp.'s chief Linux strategist, Martin Taylor has a lot to say about where he sees Linux going and how Microsoft plans to compete with the open-source operating system. | 3 |
Microsoft introduces Data Protection Server The data protection server is designed to simplify and reduce the backup and recovery process for businesses. | 3 |
The iMac G5: A first look at Apple's new all-in-one The latest incarnation of Apple's iMac all-in-one desktop computer sports a new look and a beefy G5 processor. Computerworld Online News Editor Ken Mingis snagged one and offers his first take on the latest Mac. | 3 |
Securing RFID information RFID data is vulnerable under certain circumstances, but tougher standards have been developed to protect information stored on RFID chips and to prevent hackers from using sensitive data stored there in malicious exploits. | 3 |
HP, others bolster future storage Storage vendors Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, EMC, and Microsoft are trumpeting new products this week that foreshadow the near future of storage. | 3 |
Study reveals decline in IT customer loyalty WalkerInformation, a 65-year-old company that focuses on surveying customer brand loyalty, released its 2004 study of IT vendors this week, entitled, Customer Loyalty Management for Information Technology. | 3 |
Microsoft adds disk backup support Microsoft jumped into the disk-based backup and recovery market Monday with the announcement of the Microsoft Data Protection Server (DPS), a low-cost, continuous, disk-based backup and recovery system. More than 20 storage industry partners announced support for the new software-based product, which is scheduled for release in the second quarter of next year. | 3 |
AMD adds mobile processor to Athlon 64 lineup SAN FRANCISCO - Further pitting itself against Intel Corp.'s Pentium-M offerings, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) on Monday expanded its lineup of mobile Athlon 64-bit processors. | 3 |
Interview: Borland CEO touts software process management Dale Fuller, president and CEO of Borland, has been with the company since 1999, when it had temporarily been renamed Inprise. Recently, the company has been touting its ALM (application lifecycle management) strategy and efforts to provide for a unified, manufacturing-like structure for software development projects. InfoWorld Editor-at-Large Paul Krill spoke with Fuller at the BorCon conference in San Jose, Calif., last week about Borland's tools and ALM strategies and issues such as Java vs. .Net, Web services, and outsourcing. | 3 |
Kerry's plan on outsourcing faces mixed reviews WASHINGTON - One of the central themes in U.S. Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign is ending tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas. But the IT community is split on whether Kerry's plan would actually keep jobs in the U.S. | 3 |
Congress Tackles Taxing Issues Lawmakers may vote on Internet tax ban, controversial copyright bills before the end of the year. | 3 |
Update 3: Enron Jury Selection Begins in Houston A judge overseeing the first criminal trial involving former Enron Corp. executives told prospective jurors Monday he didn #39;t expect them to have quot;come out of some hole somewhere quot; and not know of the former energy-trading giant. | 2 |
Customers flex bargaining muscles Sometimes you don #39;t have to dress up as a superhero to get what you want. While some are scaling London #39;s most famous landmarks to make their point on paternal access rights, IT buyers are taking a more practical approach to lobbying vendors. | 2 |
TELUS extends offers for Microcell VANCOUVER, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. ( quot;Rogers Wireless quot;), Rogers Communications Inc. | 2 |
Hewlett-Packard Repurchases Shares Hewlett-Packard Co., a maker of computers, printers and information technology systems for businesses, said Monday that it bought back about \$1. | 2 |
AMD introduces new chip for notebook computers US chipmaker AMD on Monday introduced a faster mobile chip, Athlon 64 processor 3000, for thin and light notebook computers. The new chip enables a powerful 32-bit computing | 3 |
German Security Firm Hires Hacker Awaiting Trial A German security firm has hired the teen accused of writing the Sasser and Netsky worms, a move that sends a dangerous message to hackers, anti-virus firms said Monday. | 3 |
Real-Time, Automated, Contextual Online Advertising com. At Interactive Advertising World in New York City on Monday, ContextWeb Inc. announced the launch of ContextAd, a fully automated, real-time contextual advertising solution. | 3 |
Real #39;s Camacho offers to resign Real Madrid coach Jose Antonio Camacho has offered to resign after the Spanish club #39;s poor start to the season, according to reports in Spain. | 1 |
James shares backfield workload While 2-time rushing champ remains 1st running option, Colts use Rhodes to keep star fresh. By Mike Chappell. There will come a time during Sunday #39;s AFC South game between the Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee | 1 |
Prior mows down Marlins in first of two Mark Prior allowed five hits in 7 2/3 innings to outpitch 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 | 1 |
Neo-Nazis and communists on the rise in Germany The dramatic surge in support for a neo-Nazi party and reformed communists in weekend state polls marks a voter drift to the extreme political fringes, an ominous trend just two weeks | 0 |
AOL Moves Beyond Passwords for Log-Ons (AP) AP - Passwords alone won't be enough to get onto America Online under a new, optional log-on service that makes AOL the first major U.S. online business to offer customers a second layer of security. | 3 |
Fortress to Acquire Stelmar Shipping NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Fortress Investment Group LLC agreed to buy Stelmar Shipping Ltd. for \$677 million only a few months after the oil tanker operator fended off a hostile bid from its rival, OMI Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=OMM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">OMM.N</A>, Stelmar said on Monday. | 2 |
Gates', Ballmer's pay holding around \$900,000 Paychecks stay the same for the top two, but compensation changes for other Microsoft workers as stock grants replace options.\ | 3 |
Briefly: ContextWeb nabs \$3 million roundup Plus: Macromedia taps into AIM...Hewlett-Packard packages services for blades...Corel updates Painter. | 3 |
Suing Big Tobacco Five years in the making, the enormous US Department of Justice lawsuit against the major tobacco companies finally goes to trial Tuesday in Washington. | 2 |
Delta Air Reaches Deal on Pilot Retirements ATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines (DAL) and its pilots union reached a tentative agreement that allows the struggling airline to temporarily bring back recently retired pilots to the cockpit to avert staffing shortages which the company has warned could force it | 2 |
ContextWeb nabs \$3 million com September 20, 2004, 3:00 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 |
Exposed Sender ID Patents Up Debate Now that Microsoft #39;s (Quote, Chart) two patent efforts regarding e-mail authentication are publicly available, anti-spam advocates are raising even more questions about how the patents might impact an industry-wide anti-spam protocol effort called Sender | 3 |
Pavano tagged for five runs, 12 hits in defeat com. The Cubs dealt the Marlins #39; playoff hopes a severe blow with a convincing 5-1 victory in the first game of a doubleheader Monday afternoon at Pro Player Stadium. | 1 |
Bush lifts economic sanctions on Libya (AFP) AFP - US President George W. Bush removed most economic sanctions on Libya, clearing the way for huge compensation payments to the families of victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. | 0 |
Customers Anxious at PeopleSoft Gathering (AP) AP - PeopleSoft Inc. is trying to create a party-like atmosphere at its annual customer conference, but this week's gathering may feel more like a wake with rival Oracle Corp.'s #36;7.7 billion takeover bid looming larger than ever. | 3 |
Shannon Keys Miami's Defensive Dominance (AP) AP - Defensive coordinator Randy Shannon understands the perception: He has more talent at Miami than any program in the country, which is why nine of his players have been drafted in the NFL's first round over the last three years. | 1 |
Over 550 Dead in Haiti After Hurricane Spawns Floods PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - More than 550 people are dead in Haiti from flooding and mudslides triggered by Tropical Storm Jeanne and aid workers said half of the northern coastal city of Gonaives was still underwater on Monday. | 0 |
Update 2: Adobe Beats 3Q Estimates; Shares Jump Shares of Adobe Systems Inc. shot up 4 percent in the extended session after the software company reported better-than-expected third-quarter profit and predicted similar results for the fourth quarter. | 2 |
Fatal Traffic Accidents Rise After Terrorism Sept. 20, 2004 -- Terrorism #39;s lethal ripple effects can last beyond an attack #39;s immediate devastation. In Israel, fatal car wrecks jump by 35 three days after a terror attack, according to a new study. | 3 |
VMWare reveals Ace in the hole Using its strengths in virtual machine technology, VMWare on Monday unwrapped new beta software for the desktop that allows administrators to more securely deploy and mange work environments outside the corporate network. | 3 |
Firefox beats million-download deadline With days to spare, the Mozilla Foundation beat its 10-day goal of 1 million Firefox downloads. Released six days ago, the first preview release of the Firefox 1.0 Web browser passed the million download mark | 3 |
WebEx Mixes Meetings With Sales Force Automation WebEx Communications is one of the pioneers of real-time collaboration applications. In fact, to many companies the name WebEx is synonymous with online meetings. | 3 |
Prior in command to make early lead stand up The Cubs continued their bid for a Wild Card spot Monday with an easy victory against the Marlins in the first game of a doubleheader which made up games washed out earlier by Hurricane Frances. | 1 |
Seahawks survive toothless Tampa Bay This is what happens when expansion teams meet. Eighteen punts. Nine sacks. One touchdown. Sixteen total points. A combined two first downs and 56 total yards in the third quarter. | 1 |
Brazilian president calls for global partnership to fight hunger <b>...</b> Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Monday called for a true global partnership against hunger and poverty, quot;the most cruel weapon of mass destruction. | 0 |
Rights activist blasts Putin A leading human rights activist has poured scorn over Russian President Vladimir Putin #39;s hardline policy in breakaway Chechnya and urged him to negotiate with Chechen leader Aslan Maskhadov. | 0 |
Priest accused in 1994 Rwanda genocide fails to front for trial A priest accused of ordering the slaughter of 2000 people who sought refuge in his church during Rwanda #39;s genocide refused to appear for the start of his trial at a UN tribunal yesterday. | 0 |
Suspect held at #39;mini-Guantanamo #39; for three years released by <b>...</b> David Blunkett #39;s emergency anti-terrorism laws came under fire last night after he ruled a suspect interned without trial for nearly three years no longer posed a national threat. | 0 |
Cricket - ICC Trophy / Awesome Australia bids to extend its 14 <b>...</b> England heads into today #39;s Champions Trophy semifinal against Australia at Edgbaston without a win over its old rivals in their last 14 one-day internationals. | 1 |
Militant groups set deadlines for killing hostages BAGHDAD - Several insurgent groups in Iraq have set deadlines for killing hostages, from a trio of American and British workers to an entire squad of 18 Iraqi soldiers, unless demands are met. | 0 |
Nigerian villagers shut down oil facilities, trap over 100 workers Angry villagers in Nigeria #39;s restive oil-producing south have stormed and shut down three oil flow stations, preventing at least 107 oil workers from leaving two of the facilities | 0 |
Top Microsoft Executives Get Raises (AP) AP - The world's richest man got a raise last year. Microsoft Corp.'s chairman and chief software architect, Bill Gates, earned #36;901,667 in Microsoft's 2004 fiscal year, up 4.4 percent from a year ago. | 3 |
Veterans Glance (AP) AP - Some highlights of the 1994 Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: | 0 |
World Leaders Back New UN Drive to Fight Hunger UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Dozens of world leaders on Monday embraced a campaign to raise an additional \$50 billion a year in development aid to combat hunger, but a U.S. official poured cold water on the initiative. | 0 |
Floods Kill at Least 241 in Haiti GONAIVES, Haiti - Rescuers pulled bodies from floodwaters that raged through parts of Haiti's third-largest city, sweeping people from their homes and forcing survivors to spend the night in trees, atop cars and on rooftops following Tropical Storm Jeanne. The death toll nearly doubled to 241 Monday evening after dozens more bodies were recovered... | 0 |
Marlins Beat Cubs 5-2 to Split Twinbill MIAMI - The Chicago Cubs' 24-hour visit to Miami included a brief stay atop the NL wild-card race. Then they lost their lead because they couldn't beat David Weathers... | 0 |
RPT - Crude closes at a one-month high above \$46 a barrel - Crude for October delivery closed at \$46.35 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, up 76 cents for the session. It hasn #39;t closed above \$46 since Aug. 20. | 2 |
Hutchinson Telecom Files Billion-Dollar IPO Hutchison Whampoa said it will offer 1.155 billion shares or 25 percent of the unit #39;s 4.5 billion shares. The price range of \$0. | 2 |
Citigroup Tumbles as Merrill Cuts Rating on Japan (Update2) Citigroup Inc. shares had their biggest one-day drop in 18 months after Merrill Lynch amp; Co. cut its rating on the stock because Japanese regulators shut the bank #39;s Tokyo-based private banking unit. | 2 |
Rogers Wireless Makes Bid for Microcell Canadian wireless operator Rogers Wireless Communications has launched a takeover of competitor Microcell. The combined company would have more than 5.1 million voice and data subscribers in Canada. | 2 |
AOL to Sell Secure ID Tags to Fight Hackers America Online will begin offering to sell members a security device and service that has been used to safeguard business computer networks, the world #39;s largest Internet service provider said on Monday. | 3 |
Study: Car accidents jump 35 after terror attacks There is a 35 percent rise in the number of people killed in road accidents three days after a terror attack, compared to an average day. | 3 |
AOL Builds AIM Robots America Online is launching a program this week to promote and facilitate the creation of what it calls AIM Robots for its AIM instant messaging system. | 3 |
Dust makes mesh of wireless sensors com September 20, 2004, 4:03 PM PT. Technology that can let walls, remote cameras or electricity meters relay information wirelessly to computers took a step forward with the first product release from Dust Networks. | 3 |
Charismatic Clough one of a kind Football lost a maverick soul yesterday, an extraordinary man whose unique style of management would give a modern-day club chairman apoplexy. | 1 |
Eriksson may be for Real Real Madrid #39;s month of turmoil took another serious turn last night when the club were forced into appointing low-ranking coach Mariano Garcia Remon to replace Jose Antonio | 1 |
Man. United, Boosted by Ferdinand, Defeats Liverpool (Update1) Mikael Silvestre headed two goals as Manchester United, boosted by the return of defender Rio Ferdinand, beat Liverpool 2-1 in English soccer #39;s Premiership. | 1 |
Ex-General Leads Megawati in Indonesia Election Description: Former Gen. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono leads incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri after polls close in Indonesia #39;s first direct presidential election. | 0 |
Tropical storm kills hundreds Hundreds of people are believed dead in Haiti following flooding in the wake of tropical storm Jeanne, rescuers and witnesses said Monday. | 0 |
Iran Says Resolution Undermines Credibility of IAEA The European Union and Russia joined the United States Monday in urging Iran to comply with a resolution passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency. | 0 |
Let it be a warning to you The IDF has recently introduced a system that can detect Qassam rockets and provide the residents of Sderot with a 15 to 20 second warning before the rocket falls. | 0 |
Genocide priest on trial at Rwanda court afrol News, 20 September - Roman Catholic priest Athanase Seromba is accused of the worst imaginable crimes during the 1994 Rwanda genocide. | 0 |
Microsoft Board Cut in Size as a Director Retires LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=MSFT.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">MSFT.O</A> said on Monday that William Reed, one of the company's longest-serving directors, had decided to retire and would not be replaced, reducing the size of the company's board from 10 members to nine. | 3 |
Dollar May Gain on Speculation Fed Will Raise Interest Rates The dollar may rise for a second day against the euro in Asia on speculation Federal Reserve policy makers will raise the key interest rate in a meeting today and signal more increases to come. | 2 |
US tobacco firms set for trial America #39;s largest tobacco companies go on trial on Tuesday as they face a \$280bn (156bn) government lawsuit. Opening arguments will be heard in the case, in which the Justice Department accuses the companies | 2 |
Adobe: Health strong overall, despite quarterly drop Publishing-software giant Adobe Systems reported on Monday a slight seasonal decline in sales and profit amid strong overall growth. | 2 |
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