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Spinach could power better solar cells An electronic device that uses spinach to convert light into electrical charge has been developed by US researchers. Shuguang Zhang at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, and research collaborators
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Voq Professional Phone now available in Europe Following availability in the United States, the Voq Professional Phone is now available across Europe. The phone is now available to purchase from A amp; C Systems
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Sun Changes Course, Releases First NAS Box SEPTEMBER 20, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Sun Microsystems Inc. tomorrow plans to announce several storage products, including its first network-attached storage (NAS) box and a midrange disk array that uses virtualization
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It was clear the Europeans wanted the Ryder Cup more than the US Before I was a professional golfer, I was a golf fan. And after the performance of the US Ryder Cup team this past weekend, I am a sad and angry golf fan.
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Bush defends Iraq invasion and says UN should offer more help UNITED NATIONS (CP) - President George W. Bush defended his Iraq invasion Tuesday in a speech to the United Nations as he called on the world body to do more to help the chaotic country and establish a fund to spread democracy elsewhere.
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Nations unite as boats collide Anyone gazing out to sea from the east Kent coast on Tuesday will have seen an unusual flurry of lifeboats and helicopters. Two miles off Deal a disaster was unfolding - two 100ft boats
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Bosnia refugee returns reach one million - UN One million Bosnians, about 45 percent of those who fled during the 1992-5 war, have returned to their homes, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.
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PeopleSoft keeps up the fight In the shadow of Oracle, PeopleSoft boss Craig Conway seeks to sooth customers during convention keynote.
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Microsoft banks on Money update The software maker has released a downloadable version of its financial package for consumers.
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SEC Probes Bisys Group Unit Over Payments Bisys Group Inc. said Monday that the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating its fund services unit over certain expense payments.
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Briefly: PeopleSoft-Oracle trial delayed roundup Plus: IBM, Boeing team up for defense work...TI touts combo chip with VoIP, Wi-Fi...ContextWeb nabs \$3 million.
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PeopleSoft-Oracle trial delayed The unfair business practices lawsuit was set to start in November but is pushed back to Jan. 10.
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Prosecutor: First Enron trial about #39;cheating and lying #39; The first criminal trial to emerge from Enron Corp. #39;s spectacular scandal quot;is a case about cheating and lying quot; with Wall Street #39;s help, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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SEC Considering AIG for Civil Charges over PNC Deal The quot;Wells notice quot; stems from an SEC probe into transactions that AIG Financial Products, the parent #39;s derivatives unit, structured for PNC Financial of Pittsburgh in 2001.
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AMD Tries To Compete With Intel By Releasing Athlon 64 3000 AMD has expanded its family of low-voltage mobile processors designed to offer high performance, security and mobility for thin and light notebooks.
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Microsoft CFO: Expect more acquisitions SEPTEMBER 21, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Microsoft Corp. may make more large acquisitions than it has done historically and become a more distributed company rather than moving key employees to its Redmond, Wash
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Senate Panel to Vote on Digital TV Bill A critical Senate committee plans to vote this week on legislation that would require broadcasters to abandon their current analog TV channels and switch solely to digital transmissions by 2009.
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Ryder failures show US must change course BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - When a team in the United States wins four championships in five years and seven in 10 years, it is labeled a dynasty.
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New York Yankees Team Report - September 21 (Sports Network) - The New York Yankees will try to strengthen their hold on first place in the American league East this evening when they continue their three- game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium.
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al-Qaida Claims Killing of British Man (AP) AP - An Internet periodical considered the voice of al-Qaida's operations in Saudi Arabia claimed the terror network was responsible for the shooting death of a British national in the Saudi capital of Riyadh a week ago.
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Vodafone plans worldwide 3G expansion (FT.com) FT.com - Vodafone is to kick-start a global push into 3G with an array of mobile phones that is likely to outstrip the range of handsets being sold by many of its rivals.
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AP: Kerry Fund-Raisers, S. Korean Spy Met (AP) AP - A South Korean embassy official who met with John Kerry fund-raisers to talk about creating a political group for Korean-Americans was in fact a spy for his country, raising concerns among U.S. officials that he or Seoul may have tried to influence the fall presidential election.
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General Mills Profit Down 19 Percent LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - General Mills Inc. on Tuesday reported a steeper-than-expected drop in quarterly net income due to higher food ingredient costs and stepped-up spending on promotions.
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Plastic finally surpasses paper checks as America #39;s favorite <b>...</b> For the first time, Americans #39; use of credit cards, debit cards and other electronic bill paying has eclipsed paper checks. The number of electronic payment transactions last year totaled
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Fed Pushes Up Interest Rates Again The Federal Reserve boosted a key short-term interest rate by one-quarter percentage point Tuesday, marking the third increase this year.
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Killer colonel drops pardon bid A Russian ex-colonel who was jailed for strangling a Chechen girl reportedly drops his request for a pardon.
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Families Urge Militants in Iraq to Spare Hostages Family members of American and British hostages appealed for their lives after militants vowed to kill one of them today.
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Airlines Told to Turn Over Passenger Data WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration announced on Tuesday that it will order domestic airlines to turn over personal information about passengers to test a system that will compare their names to those on terrorist watch lists. The system, called Secure Flight, replaces a previous plan that would have checked passenger names against commercial databases and assigned a risk level to each...
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Bush Vigorously Defends War in Iraq UNITED NATIONS - President Bush delivered an unapologetic defense of his decision to invade Iraq, telling the United Nations Tuesday that it "helped to deliver the Iraqi people from an outlaw dictator." Later, Bush condemned the beheading of a U.S. hostage by an Islamic militant...
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Fed Raises Interest Rates by 1/4 Point NEW YORK - In a widely expected move, the Federal Reserve (search) Tuesday raised its target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 1.75 percent, its third rate increase in a row.
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EMC aims to lower Exchange TCO This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half. EMC today announced Express Solution
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Silver wants to cut price for Gold Banc Gold Banc Corp. Inc. #39;s prospective buyer wants to reduce the sale price because of a quot;material adverse effect quot; on Gold Banc #39;s financial condition.
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Hardware PSTwo Confirmed It #39;s small, it #39;s cool and no doubt a stupid number of people will buy it on those virtues alone.... Whilst not Nintendo news, we do like to keep you informed of any significant news from the competition, and this counts as quite important.
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TruSecure, Betrusted to merge and rename CNet News.com: Security companies TruSecure and Betrusted are expected to formally announce on Tuesday that they plan to merge and create a newly formed company called Cybertrust.
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NASA picks Northrop Grumman Washington- NASA announced late Monday that it had picked Northrop Grumman Space Technology to help it develop a spacecraft that could explore three of Jupiter #39;s moons, a project potentially worth \$232 million to the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland
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MP3 players set for major growth: report An IDC report predicts that the market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20 percent to ship over 50 million units in 2008, up from just 12.
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England serve notice of intent Whether they care to admit it or not, this was the contest England had yearned for all summer. It was a measure of the team #39;s recent advance that they had become tired of pounding West Indies
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New Real coach confident of support New Real Madrid coach Mariano Garcia Remon is confident he will have the support of the players in his attempt to help the glittering soccer side recover from their disappointing start to the season.
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Notes: Oswalt to make next start The sore rib cage muscle that caused Roy Oswalt to leave Friday #39;s game in the eighth inning won #39;t keep him from making his next start Wednesday night at San Francisco.
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Interview: Meeting with Indian PM to aim at understand building <b>...</b> The basic issue for an upcoming bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to create understanding, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said here Tuesday.
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New Zealand a Noah's Ark for Conserving Bizarre Birds New Zealand has reached a major milestone in its 110-year effort to save many native birds from extinction and reintroduce them to their old mainland habitats.
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Shampooing to Stop Oil Spill Bird Deaths Oil spills cause more than half a million water birds to die each year, according to conservationists. Rescue workers offer some birds a chance at survival.
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PeopleSoft CEO vows to keep up the fight In the shadow of Oracle, an upbeat Craig Conway seeks to sooth customers at PeopleSoft's annual convention.
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Humble pie for Sun "We didn't listen" to customers, who turned to rivals, a top exec says. Can Sun turn things around?
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Toshiba unleashes slew of notebooks The wireless-enabled systems target all levels of businesses; at least one model is designed to handle intense graphic presentations. \
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Sun: We've turned over a new leaf The server giant failed to deliver what customers asked for, execs tell a confab crowd. But that's all changed, they promise.
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Cybertrust to open for business in 30 days The new company, the product of the merger between TruSecure and Betrusted, will operate in Europe, Asia and North America.
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Hip-hop rings put 'bling' in cell phones Sprint, others hope to hear more ka-ching with "bling tones," cellular ring tones created by hip-hop artists.
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Philly plans world's largest mesh Wi-Fi net VENICE -- The idea sounds good on paper: Build a mesh network of wireless Wi-Fi base stations and let users roam around an entire city instead of providing limited connectivity in a handful of hot spots. But will it work? The City of Philadelphia hopes so.
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Onex Corp. to buy US health services companies for \$980 million TORONTO (CP) - The Onex Corp. conglomerate has signed a \$980 million deal to buy two US health services companies owned by former Canadian transportation giant Laidlaw International Inc.
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Sun offers pay-as-you-go computing service Sun Microsystems Inc. will offer utility computing services priced at less than a dollar per node per hour, it announced Tuesday.
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Will WiMax Replace DSL? Despite Intel's support of the emerging wireless technology, some doubt its potential.
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Sony Shows Slim, Trim PlayStation 2 Company also says upcoming PlayStation 3 will support Blu-ray discs.
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Stocks Rise as Goldman, Lehman Earns Gain US stocks edged barely higher in early Tuesday afternoon trading as investors anticipated the Federal Reserve would stay on its course of only quot;measured quot; interest-rate increases.
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Coca-Cola exec to lead Starwood Hotels The former president of the Coca-Cola Co. was named Tuesday chief executive of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Inc., the world #39;s third-largest hotel group.
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Jarden #39;s Brandfest In July, the Fool #39;s James Early looked at stocks that combine the following: a small market cap, a boring industry, and a savvy Pac-Man-style acquisition strategy of adding a portfolio of brands.
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RadioShack, Sprint in Mall Kiosk Venture RadioShack Corp. (RSH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 3 US electronics chain, on Tuesday said it has signed a deal with Sprint Corp.
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Fortis Names Votron to Succeed Van Rossum as Chief (Update1) Fortis, Belgium #39;s biggest financial- services company, named Jean-Paul Votron, former head of Citigroup #39;s retail bank for Western Europe, to take over from Chief Executive Anton van Rossum.
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Ask Jeeves Shapes Up Ask Jeeves (Nasdaq: ASKJ) has gotten a face-lift this week, and in more ways than one. Not only did the search engine add some functionality but also someone over there decided to give the PG Wodehouse-inspired
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TruSecure, Betrusted Merge To Create Cybertrust In announcing the merger, the companies said Cybertrust would fold the specialties of each company -- risk management and compliance from TruSecure, identity management from Betrusted and intrusion detection and prevention from Ubizen.
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Emerson Pushes Boundaries Of IT You usually don #39;t hear executives at Oracle talk about taking outside advice. But the hard-charging company has solicited some feedback on a new round of products from an unlikely source--Emerson
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Mitsubishi to stop producing big LCD panels Mitsubishi has decided to stop production of LCD panels for televisions and computers. Instead the company will focus on the production of smaller LCD panels.
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Study: MP3 player market to explode With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority.
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UPDATE 1-Vaughan #39;s England stun Aussies with Trophy win Michael Vaughan found his one-day feet at last as England stunned world champions Australia to reach the Champions Trophy final on Tuesday.
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BCCI to decide its next move on TV rights soon: Dalmiya Kolkata, Sept 21 (UNI) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today said it would decide its next course of action soon following ESPN-Star Sports #39; withdrawal of the petition against it in the Bombay High Court today in response to the Indian
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Bush Defends US Policy on Iraq, Promotes Democracy in UN Speech President Bush defended the US decision to invade Iraq in a United Nations General Assembly address Tuesday in which he also urged the world community to fight terrorism and promote democracy.
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Indonesian former general heading for massive presidential <b>...</b> In Indonesia, former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is heading for a massive presidential election victory over incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri.
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Israeli Missile Strike Kills Two Gaza Militants An Israeli missile strike killed at least two Hamas gunmen in Gaza City Monday, a day after a top commander of the Islamic militant group was killed in a similar attack
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Google Toolbar Security Warning Google Toolbar Security Warning\\As many of the readers of Search Engine Journal (including myself) probably have the Google Toolbar installed on your machines, we thought that this warning is quite relevant. The Google Toolbar apparently has a security hole which has been posted on SecurityTracker.com. \\It is reported that the ...
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News: Merger creates world's biggest IT security services firm IT security firms TruSecure and Betrusted are to merge in order to create the "biggest security services company in the world".\
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Outfoxed Offered for Remix The maker of a documentary about Fox News offers raw footage of his film online for others to re-edit into new 'mixes.' With the spread of broadband and cheap filmmaking software, film may become remixers' favored medium. By Daniel Terdiman.
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Reaping From the Wild Wind If you are going to depend on a windmill, it's best to find a windy place to put it. Companies that can assess a location's wind potential are in demand, and they are pushing the technology to predict shifting breezes. By John Gartner.
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Mac Games: (Not) Big in Japan Mac gaming in Japan is in a slump: There are no Mac games. But a very unlikely savior has just stepped in to rescue gaming on the Mac. Nobuyuki Hayashi reports from Tokyo.
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Robot Telescopes Comb the Skies RoboNet-1.0, an automatically controlled series of telescopes, has two prime directives: search the heavens for the next big flash and spot an Earth-like planet that could hold intelligent life. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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All of a Sudden, the Neighborhood Looks a Lot Friendlier These are hopeful times for those who like to think the prospects of life elsewhere are good.
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Is Prozac Better? Is It Even Different? Through all the recent warnings about antidepressants and children, one of the drugs seemed somehow above the fray: Prozac. But is it really that different?
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For Women Worried About Fertility, Egg Bank Is a New Option For single women who want children, egg freezing may be a reproductive insurance policy.
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Linking Rivers, With Happy Results The Panama Canal linked more than the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: it also connected rivers that had been separated by the Continental Divide.
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Bryant's Request to Seal Evidence Opposed (AP) AP - The prosecutor who brought rape charges against Kobe Bryant has joined news organizations in opposing an attempt by the NBA star's attorney to permanently seal evidence and documents in the case.
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Web Site: 2nd U.S. Hostage Killed in Iraq (AP) AP - A posting on an Islamic Web site claimed Tuesday that the al-Qaida-linked group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has slain a second American hostage in Iraq. The claim could not be verified immediately.
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U.S. Probes Death of Afghan Detainee (AP) AP - The U.S. military is investigating whether American soldiers abused an Afghan detainee so badly that he died last year at a special forces base in southeastern Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday.
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Oil prices rise after Saudi attack, halting three-day plunge NEW YORK (AFP) - Global crude oil prices rose after gunmen stormed a US consulate in Saudi Arabia, arresting a three-day, 13-percent price slide.
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'I'm 100 Percent Innocent', Says Hamilton ZURICH (Reuters) - Olympic champion Tyler Hamilton said on Tuesday that he is "100 percent innocent" as the Phonak rider responded to media reports that he failed a drugs test.
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U.S. Stocks Rise After Fed Rate Hike NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates by a quarter point for the third time this year.
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PeopleSoft ties knot with IBM The business applications maker will integrate its technology more closely with infrastructure software from Big Blue.
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Software vendor may cash in on contact-center patents SAN FRANCISCO - CosmoCom Inc., a software vendor that holds a pair of U.S. patents on IP (Internet Protocol) contact center technology, is now considering moves to defend those patents, company officials said Monday.
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SBC strikes telephony agreement with Ford Automaker Ford Motor Co. has signed a new contract with San Antonio-based SBC Communications Inc. for the deployment of an advanced Internet protocol (IP) telephony network at Ford facilities in Michigan, the telecommunications firm said Tuesday.
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SEC won #39;t take action vs. Kraft in Fleming case NORTHFIELD, Ill. The SEC won #39;t recommend enforcement action against Kraft Foods for allegedly helping the Fleming Companies inflate revenue.
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European Stocks Advance As Tesco Boosts European stocks moved cautiously higher Tuesday, with the retail sector getting a leg up from some stellar first-half numbers from UK grocer Tesco.
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Franklin Can #39;t Come Clean Just when I thought it might be winding down, the mutual fund scandal is back to rear its ugly head. Yesterday, Franklin Resources (NYSE: BEN), parent of the Franklin Templeton
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TruSecure, Betrusted Merge To Form Cybertrust Cybertrust will combine identity management and PKI products from Betrusted, risk management and compliance services from TruSecure, and intrusion detection and prevention technology from Ubizen, a subsidiary of Betrusted.
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China grabs software research deals despite risks Global software makers are looking to China as a new center for research efforts, seeking to take advantage of cheap programming talent despite nagging intellectual property concerns.
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Mitsubishi Elec to stop producing TV LCDs, focus on smaller panels <b>...</b> Mitsubishi Electric plans to stop producing LCD panels for television sets and personal computers and shift to smaller panels for cellular phones and industrial equipment
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Red Flag Warning Issued For LA County LOS ANGELES -- A Red Flag Warning signifying a high risk of fire will be in effect Tuesday in the mountains and valleys of Los Angeles County because of a combination of Santa Ana winds and very low humidity.
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Floods and mud kill more than 600 in Haiti The death toll from Tropical Storm Jeanne has more than doubled in Haiti, and it is still climbing. More than 600 people have died since the vicious storm tore across the impoverished island.
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Five-Star Review of iMac G5 Awarding the iMac G5 five stars, PC Magazine writes, #147;Pros: Simple, stunning all-in-one design. Quiet. Just one cord (for power), thanks to optional Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. More compact than other all-in-one desktops. Gorgeous 20-inch screen and desktop-caliber hard drive make machine more usable than a desktop-replacement notebook, for the same money and space use #133; Bottom Line: Apple has another design coup on its hands with the Apple iMac G5. Its clean, simple look #151; imagine if an iPod grew into a full-size, self-contained PC #151; exclaims, #145;It #146;s about time they designed a computer like this. #146; #148; Sep 21
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Fed raises key interest rate quarter point to 1.75 percent (AFP) AFP - Federal Reserve policymakers lifted the federal funds rate a quarter point to 1.75 percent, saying the US economy has quot;regained some traction quot; and no longer needs as much stimulus.
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Dollar Off After Fed Hike, Inflation View NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar extended its losses against the euro on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates as expected but signaled that both inflation and inflation expectations were easing.
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Haiti Flood Death Toll Nears 700, Likely to Rise GONAIVES, Haiti (Reuters) - Survivors of devastating flooding in Haiti wandered mud-clogged streets in search of food on Tuesday and officials said the death toll could rise above 660.
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Zarqawi Group Says Kills U.S. Hostage in Iraq DUBAI (Reuters) - A militant group headed by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has killed an American captive in Iraq after the lapse of a 24-hour deadline Tuesday, a statement posted on the Internet and an Arabic channel said.
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