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How to get the most out of Microsoft #39;s SP2 Any release from Microsoft brings a lot of questions. But since Windows XP Service Pack 2 came out in August, it has been particularly active. | 3 |
Blocking JPEGs No Defense Against Windows Vulnerability One of the standard security tactics enterprises apply won #39;t work when defending PCs against threats posed by the image processing flaw found last week in Windows and numerous applications, security experts said Tuesday. | 3 |
Ireland blocks calls to rub out Internet scam Dublin - Ireland will block direct dial telephone calls to 13 countries, most of them South Pacific islands, in an effort to crack down on growing Internet scams, the country #39;s communications regulator said on Tuesday. | 3 |
Red Sox crack down on scalping Attention Red Sox season ticket holders: Those precious postseason tickets could be at risk -- and it has nothing to do with the current state of Tim Wakefield #39;s knuckleball. | 1 |
Ichiro notches 5 more hits ANAHEIM - Ichiro went 5-for-5 to break his own rookie mark with his 243rd hit this season as the Mariners overpowered the Angels 7-3 on Tuesday. | 1 |
Man United midfielder Roy Keane charged with assault Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane was on Wednesday charged with assault and criminal damage over an alleged confrontation with a 16-year-old boy, police said. | 1 |
AS Roma feels sting of UEFA sanctions, including a forfeit loss UEFA imposes sanctions against AS Roma: Dynamo Kiev was given a 3-0 forfeit victory over AS Roma yesterday by Europe #39;s governing body for the sport. | 1 |
Phillies #39; Florida futility is finally over After losing 14 straight in Miami, the Phils, led by Cory Lidle #39;s stellar pitching, triumphed over the Marlins. By Todd Zolecki. | 1 |
Giants gain on Dodgers SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds praised his teammates for their clutch play while he has been busy walking all season, then watched them go out and do most of the work Tuesday night. | 1 |
Bush defiant at UN President George W. Bush told skeptical foreign leaders and envoys Tuesday that Iraq was on its way to stability and democracy and called for quot;a new definition of security | 0 |
Hostage drama: Demand met Baghdad - Iraqi authorities together with United States forces have decided to free one of only two high-profile women prisoners currently in American custody, a ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Haiti swamped by tropical storm In this nation beset by violence, disease and environmental devastation, weary relief workers struggled yesterday to gauge the magnitude of the latest disaster | 0 |
UK rejects UN sanctions on Sudan Imposing UN sanctions against Sudan to force the government to protect the endangered civilians of the war torn Darfur region could backfire with the government withdrawing its cooperation, a British minister said on Monday. | 0 |
Masai, Whites and Wildlife: No Peaceable Kingdom Masai herders in Kenya have begun cutting fences and marching their livestock onto the private ranchland of white settlers, where wildlife thrives. | 3 |
CL Preview: Arsenal-Rosenborg With a league game against Chelsea on the horizon, Arsenal begin a tough couple of weeks with a vitally important clash against Rosenborg on Tuesday night. | 1 |
US House cracks down on Internet-age peeping Toms (AFP) AFP - The House of Representatives, worried by abuse of Internet-age technology, has moved to crack down on video voyeurism by adopting a bill that makes secret production and distribution of pictures of people caught in their quot;private moments quot; punishable by fines and up to a year in jail. | 3 |
AOL To Offer RSA Security's Password Protection (TechWeb) TechWeb - As password breaking mischief by hackers, phishers, and spoofers continues to grow in the consumer-PC space, AOL, this week, will offer RSA Security Inc.'s purportedly ironclad password-security service to its 23 million customers. | 3 |
Settlement May Be Near In Code-Theft Dispute (TechWeb) TechWeb - A mediator in the Mambo-Furthermore open-source fracas said Tuesay he is quot;cautiously optimistic quot; that the two sides can reach a settlement. | 3 |
The 'W' he gets for this is: Wow Curt Schilling lives for this stuff. He was deprived of a win by a bookkeeping necessity. But anyone who witnessed the 3-2 Red Sox triumph knows how superb the big righthander was in this extremely important game, and who was the true quot;winning quot; pitcher in this sensational contest. Losers of three straight, playing a team that has mystified them this ... | 1 |
A position of strength Who knows? Maybe a year from now when Ty Law is playing cornerback for the New York Jets, Miami Dolphins, or Dallas Cowboys, Eugene Wilson will slip into the starting spot the Patriots had in mind for him all along. But for now, Wilson is content to be part of a defense that has six former No. 1 ... | 1 |
Garciaparra on mend, expected to return tonight Chicago Cubs shortstop Nomar Garciaparra expects to return to the lineup tonight after being out since Sept. 11 with a strained groin. Manager Dusty Baker said the plan is to play Garciaparra tonight, rest him for tomorrow's afternoon game, and then start him again Friday in New York. quot;Hopefully, knock on wood, he can play every game after that, quot; Baker ... | 1 |
NL notables Dodger Adrian Beltre is the third third baseman to hit at least 47 homers. Mike Schmidt hit 48 in 1980, and Eddie Mathews had 47 in 1953. | 1 |
Giambi, Yankees prevail Jason Giambi homered to end the longest slump of his career and Esteban Loaiza finally earned his 100th career victory and first for the Yankees, leading host New York over the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-3, last night. | 1 |
Kim rejoins team; role uncertain He's been pretty much a forgotten man this season. He was sent to the minors, then went home to Korea, with some wondering whether he'd ever come back and others not caring a hoot if he did. | 1 |
Old teammate is a backer Drew Bledsoe's play may have fallen off since his New England days, but he will always get a mulligan with friends like Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson . | 1 |
Denver's Pryce out 4-6 weeks Trevor Pryce came into training camp in the best shape of his life. It didn't do him much good. | 1 |
Stepping right into it Ryan Ohliger could be forgiven if he erred on the side of caution during Boston College kickoffs. The freshman took over the placekicking duties after Mike Fassel injured a hamstring during the offseason. But instead of shying away from collisions, Ohliger has made two tackles in three games. | 1 |
Brown playing backup When Brown opens its Ivy League season Saturday against visiting Harvard, there will be more on the minds of the players and coaching staff than avenging last year's 52-14 loss to the Crimson or trying to end Harvard's four-game winning streak against the Bears. | 1 |
In old North End, new plans A Boston developer will break ground today on a North End condominium complex he is marketing as one of the first new residential construction projects in the historic neighborhood in more than a century. | 2 |
Time to play ball? Are the stars aligning for a grand deal in Kenmore Square? The Boston Red Sox, having sold out every ticket in lovely Fenway Park this season, will soon formally ask the city to approve expanding the occupancy of baseball's smallest park by about 3,500. While John Henry amp; Co. have been magnificent stewards of a Boston treasure, such an increase ... | 2 |
Contract flap cuts off Delta food service Delta Air Lines passengers are facing long, hungry hours in the skies after the airline's main food vendor cut off service yesterday because of a contract dispute. | 2 |
Mass. colleges awarded grant for nanotech The state's bid for leadership in the emerging field of nanotechnology got a boost yesterday when the National Science Foundation awarded a \$12.4 million five-year grant to a consortium, led by Northeastern University, to create an engineering center to develop tools and processes for building nanoscale devices. | 2 |
AIG says lawsuit pondered by SEC Accounting ploy at PNC is alleged American International Group Inc. , the world's largest insurer, said the Securities and Exchange Commission is considering accusing the company of helping PNC Financial Services Group Inc. improperly remove bad loans from its books. | 2 |
Home building surges Housing construction in August jumped to its highest level in five months, a dose of encouraging news for the economy's expansion. | 2 |
Verizon launches 'Iobi' service Verizon Communications Inc. yesterday launched a new \$7.95-a-month messaging and call-forwarding service that lets people get many of the benefits of advanced Internet phone systems, even if they have only conventional telephone lines and dial-up Net access -- or no computer at all. | 2 |
Supply worries lift oil prices Oil prices hit a one-month high of \$47 a barrel yesterday as traders worried that US petroleum inventories had drawn down heavily due to Hurricane Ivan. | 2 |
Judge grants Stewart's request to start serving term, urges Conn. or Fla. sites Martha Stewart must report to prison in less than three weeks, a federal judge ruled yesterday in granting the celebrity homemaker's request to begin serving her sentence for lying about a stock sale. Her company's stock surged 12 percent. | 2 |
Nintendo, Sony try to kindle demand ahead of holidays Nintendo Co. and Sony Corp. made separate product unveilings yesterday that the video game giants hope will attract more customers ahead of the highly competitive holiday shopping season. | 2 |
Two MFS funds to be terminated The board overseeing MFS Institutional Emerging Equities Fund and MFS Institutional Mid Cap Growth Fund has voted to terminate the funds about Oct. 28, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. It did not say why. Mid Cap Growth had about \$17.8 million in net assets June 30; Emerging Equities had \$56 million. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. is the ... | 2 |
6 ex-officials face fraud charges in 1st criminal trial over Enron The first criminal trial involving former Enron Corp. executives opened yesterday with prosecutors charging that the defendants conspired with Wall Street bankers to carry out a sham transaction. | 2 |
FDA's home county eyes Canadian drugs The county that is home to the Food and Drug Administration took a first step yesterday toward buying prescription drugs from Canada, despite FDA warnings that such a practice would be illegal. | 2 |
PeopleSoft sets initiatives despite Oracle bid PeopleSoft Inc. will push ahead with a marketing alliance and other initiatives in the face of a court ruling that raises the chance that Oracle Corp.'s \$7.7 billion hostile takeover bid could succeed, PeopleSoft's chief executive said yesterday. | 2 |
Theme park meets office Forget foosball. Just like the 40 designers and engineers at IDEO, the firm has to work. The black foam cubes hanging from the ceiling are playful, but they also muffle sound. Spandex eye screens, looking like kites floating above individual work spaces, shield works-in-progress from passersby. Lumasite panels set on wheels, not quite transparent, provide privacy when needed -- then ... | 2 |
Militants say 2d US hostage killed BAGHDAD -- An Iraqi extremist group linked to Al Qaeda said yesterday that it had killed a second American hostage, a day after a video recording showed the insurgents beheading another American captive. The group announced the slaying on an Islamist website in a statement laced with threats against the US presence in Iraq. | 0 |
At UN, Bush defends war UNITED NATIONS -- President Bush stood before an annual gathering of world leaders yesterday and forcefully defended his decision to invade Iraq, urging all nations to join the United States in rooting out terrorism and establishing democracy in place of oppressive regimes. | 0 |
At UN, Bush still finds his Iraq plan hard to sell UNITED NATIONS -- Despite an appearance at the United Nations that was friendlier and more optimistic than any of his previous speeches to the world body, President Bush still faces a skeptical crowd at the UN. | 0 |
Studies: Walking May Ward Off Alzheimer's CHICAGO - The health benefits of regular walking may include helping prevent mental decline and Alzheimer's disease, research in patients aged 70 and up has found, bolstering evidence that exercise needn't be strenuous to be good for you. There's plenty of evidence that mental exercise, such as crossword puzzles and reading, may reduce Alzheimer's risks, but previous studies on brain benefits from physical exercise had conflicting results... | 0 |
Tobacco Industry Defends Itself From Feds WASHINGTON - Tobacco industry lawyers say the government won't be able to prove cigarette makers schemed for decades to deceive the public about smoking hazards and that the industry intends to keep up such bad behavior. Industry lawyers plan to offer opening arguments in the \$280 billion civil racketeering case against them Wednesday... | 0 |
Philly Plans to Become One Big Hot Spot City will build the world's largest mesh Wi-Fi network to spread Internet access. | 3 |
Holiday sales: Jolly, not jubilant NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - It hasn #39;t exactly been a summer of fun for retailers this year -- but at least merchants can look forward to a little holiday cheer, an industry group said Wednesday. | 2 |
ADB sees stronger growth in Asia Asian economies are heading for robust economic growth in 2004, followed by a slight slowdown in 2005, the Asian Development Bank has said. | 2 |
Home building surges Housing construction in August jumped to its highest level in five months, a dose of encouraging news for the economy #39;s expansion. | 2 |
Cami to get \$100M boost Cami Automotive in Ingersoll will spend \$100 million next year to add production capacity, the first step in what workers hope will be an expansion of jobs. | 3 |
AT amp;T forms Net phone alliance com September 21, 2004, 3:39 PM PT. There #39;s no doubt the Internet will continue to make its mark in the world of business and technology. | 3 |
Upcoming Golf Last year: JL Lewis closed with a course-record 62 for a two-stroke victory over Frank Lickliter, Stuart Appleby and Tim Petrovic. | 1 |
Ichiro leads swingin #39; singles in M #39;s 7-3 win over Angels ANAHEIM, Calif. - A fellow who identified himself as Rick Sisler and claimed to be George Sisler #39;s grandson called the Mariners and said he would attend the game last night. | 1 |
No retreat on Iraq, Bush vows UNITED NATIONSThe United States will stick to its guns in Iraq, despite increasing violence, US President George W. Bush vowed yesterday. | 0 |
Tehran preparing uranium for enrichment Openly defying the United Nations nuclear watchdog, Iran announced yesterday that it has begun converting large quantities of raw uranium | 0 |
Jeanne #39;s floods kill 691 in Haiti Blood swirled in knee-deep flood waters as workers stacked bodies outside the hospital morgue yesterday. Carcasses of pigs, goats, and | 0 |
No LoC talks with Manmohan: Musharraf NEW YORK: Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has ruled out any talks regarding the re-adjustment of the Line of Control in Kashmir. | 0 |
Brits against warned against #39;iTrip #39; British authorities are warning fans of the Apple iPod music player using a companion device called the iTrip is illegal. Made by Griffin Technology and available on eBay for less than \$40, it lets users play | 3 |
Giants Beat Astros, Boost Playoff Hopes (AP) AP - Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants can reach the playoffs two ways. They certainly boosted both chances Tuesday night. Brett Tomko won his sixth consecutive decision and San Francisco beat the visiting Houston Astros 9-2 to maintain their wild-card lead and move within 1 1/2 games of first-place Los Angeles in the NL West. | 1 |
IT firm blazes trail in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir (AFP) AFP - A Kashmiri company with the motto quot;Dare to Dream quot; is seeking to tap into India's outsourcing boom and give work to jobless youth in the region, scene of one of the world's deadliest revolts. | 0 |
Terror mastermind obtained visa to visit Australia, government admits (AFP) AFP - Terror mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed used one of his many aliases to obtain a tourist visa to visit Australia a month before the September 11 attacks in the United States which he plotted, the government said. | 0 |
Sweeping View of Saturn #39;s Rings Summary - (Dec 6, 2004) This sweeping view of Saturn #39;s rings shows the incredible detail and grandeur of the system, from the outer F ring to the inner C ring. | 3 |
Nikkei Hits One-Month Closing Low TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell on Wednesday for a fifth straight day, hitting a one-month closing low as key exporters and techs such as Kyocera Corp. fell on renewed caution about the country's economic outlook. | 2 |
AMD Opteron Chills Out with Power Management PowerNow has been included in all Opteron chips that have been on the market since mid May, but the feature cannot be used until instructions are built into the operating system. | 3 |
Judge Strikes Down Campaign Finance Rules U.S. District Judge Kollar-Kotelly, the same judge who threw out the Microsoft break-up ruling, and backed the feds in the Gitmo case, issued a 157-page ruling today which rejects 15 of the 19 federal rules implementing the two year old US campaign finance law. While the ruling does not affect the law's key prohibition against large donations to political parties (known as "soft money") it does seem to create some uncertainty for political fund-raising, with only six weeks to go until the elections. | 3 |
A Cautious Reformer as Indonesia's Next President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is considered a steady, broadly educated man who supports the secular tradition of Indonesia. | 0 |
Infineon Executives Pay High Price One would think being part of a cartel that controls 75 of the dynamic random access memory market would be enough clout to help turn a profit. | 3 |
Oil prices continue to rise WASHINGTON -- Oil prices bounded higher for the fourth day in a row yesterday, with further declines in US supply expected as petroleum producers disrupted by hurricane Ivan continue to regroup. | 2 |
Nintendo, Sony devices to target holiday shoppers NEW YORK -- Nintendo Co. and Sony Corp. made separate product announcements yesterday that the video game giants hope will attract more customers ahead of the highly competitive holiday shopping season. | 2 |
Goldman, Lehman profits rise Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said fiscal third-quarter earnings rose more than expected, led by gains in bond and commodities trading and higher fees from mergers and acquisitions advice. | 2 |
BBVA to buy Texas bank Laredo National for \$850 million LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Spanish bank BBVA (BBV) on Tuesday said it has agreed to buy privately-held Laredo National Bancshares of Texas for \$850 million. | 2 |
Sony Computer To Launch Worldwide Sales of New PS2 Sony Computer Entertainment, the game unit of Sony, will roll out worldwide a new, smaller version of the PlayStation 2 game console from the start of November, company President Ken Kutaragi said. | 3 |
Sun foresees global pool of computing power com September 21, 2004, 5:30 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 |
Antarctic Glacier Flows Accelerating NASA, Canadian, and European satellites have observed worrying increases in the flow of glaciers into the open ocean, following the breakup of ice shelves in Antarctica. | 3 |
Microsoft JPEG Flaw Exploited September 20, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to a report published Friday by Internet research firm Netcraft (netcraft. | 3 |
Beckham boots Real to victory David Beckham scored a free-kick as Real Madrid beat Osasuna 1-0 in its first match under new coach Mariano Garcia Remon to go to the top of Spanish soccer #39;s Primera Liga. | 1 |
Never in doubt After taking a haymaker that deprived them of victory when they were one strike away, the Boston Red Sox refused to stay down. They bounced right back in the last of the ninth, pulling | 1 |
Ichiro hits stride - again ANAHEIM, Calif. - Ichiro Suzuki has had a great season, but it had to be said - the major league single-season hits record was sliding away. | 1 |
Bush gives hell to UN NEW YORK -- US President George W. Bush yesterday scolded the United Nations for failing to join his crackdown on quot;murderers. | 0 |
Tehran defiant Defying a key demand set by 35 countries, Iran announced yesterday it has started converting raw uranium into the gas needed for enrichment, a process that can be used to make nuclear bombs. | 0 |
US giving Israel 5,000 bombs JERUSALEMIsrael #39;s military arsenal is poised to receive a windfall of 5,000 quot;smart bombs quot; from the United States in a new package of military aid, according to Pentagon documents. | 0 |
Crude Steady Near 1-Month High on Concern About Russian Supply Crude oil futures were little changed close to a one-month high on concern Russian exports will be disrupted after utilities cut some power supplies to OAO Yukos Oil Co. | 2 |
Shell unveils \$4B in plans Shell Canada outlined \$4 billion worth of expansions and de-bottlenecking at its Athabasca Oil Sands Project yesterday. The work will eventually bring the project to 500,000 barrels per day in production. | 2 |
Ball Notes - Red Sox 3, Orioles 2: At Boston, Mark Bellhorn singled in two runs in the bottom of the ninth as the Red Sox snapped a three-game losing streak after nearly blowing the game in the top of the inning. | 1 |
Phillies end Florida frustration At Miami, Cory Lidle took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Ryan Madson escaped a jam, and the Philadelphia Phillies ended two years of frustration in Florida by beating the Marlins. | 1 |
Farewell Sir Brian Legends are everywhere these days if you believe the media. We journalists are so fond of hyperbole that we elevate everyone who is anyone up to the level of genius. | 1 |
Twins #39; formula is No. 1 CHICAGO -- Nothing fazes the Minnesota Twins. Threatened with contraction three years ago, they ran away with the AL Central title. | 1 |
Time magazines #39; report on J amp;K draws ire Officials in New Delhi are cross about a Time magazine story that says that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will offer territorial concessions on Kashmir to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf when they meet in New York Friday. | 0 |
Philly Plans to Become One Big Hot Spot (PC World) PC World - City will build the world's largest mesh Wi-Fi network to spread Internet access. | 3 |
U.S. Treasuries Drift Lower LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury prices drifted lower on Wednesday but trade was subdued as the market pondered the scale of interest rate hikes a day after the Federal Reserve delivered its third straight rate increase. | 2 |
Sharapova Eases Through in Beijing BEIJING (Reuters) - Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova demolished fellow Russian Tatiana Panova 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the quarter-finals of the China Open on Wednesday. | 1 |
U.S. Frees 11 Afghan Prisoners at Karzai's Request KABUL (Reuters) - The United States has released 11 Afghans held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on suspicion of Taliban links after a request from President Hamid Karzai, an Afghan official said on Wednesday. | 0 |
S.Korea's Roh Says No Need to Rush North Atom Talks MOSCOW (Reuters) - South Korea sees no need to rush into a further round of talks on the North's nuclear weapons ambitions, President Roh Moo-hyun said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Nigeria's 'Taleban' attack police The government in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state holds an emergency meeting after raids by the "Taleban" militia leave four dead. | 0 |
U.S. Seeks Cuts in Housing Aid to Urban Poor The Bush administration has proposed reducing the value of subsidized-housing vouchers in New York City and some urban areas of New England. | 0 |
Italy Detects Latest Case of Mad Cow (AP) AP - A cow in southern Italy has tested positive for mad cow disease, raising to 124 the number of cases detected in the country since testing began in 2001, the Health Ministry said Monday. | 0 |
Iran's protest blogger numbers grow The number of Iranian bloggers passes 10,000 as internet users seek to protest against media censorship. | 3 |
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