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Big Demand for Digital Music Players An anonymous reader writes quot;Market research company IDC is predicting a rosy future for MP3 player sales. They predict that by 2008 it will grow into a \$58 billion industry - four times bigger than the US record industry. | 3 |
Attacks disrupt some credit card transactions Online credit card processor Authorize.net on Wednesday acknowledged that large-scale data attacks have disrupted credit card processing for its Internet merchants over the last week. | 3 |
IBM, AMD Extend Alliance which had been due to expire next year -- will see AMD pay IBM fees from \$250 million to \$280 million through December 2008, while | 3 |
Are LCD screens a clear-cut choice? ATLANTA - There #39;s a lot to like about flat-panel screens. They are lighter than the conventional cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors, take up less desk space, look more attractive and tend to draw about half the power needed to run boxy monitors. | 3 |
Juventus Stays Top in Italian Soccer; Monaco Leads in France Juventus won 3-0 at Sampdoria in Italian soccer #39;s Serie A to record a third straight victory and maintain a two-point lead at the top of the 20-team standings. | 1 |
Philadelphia 76ers centre Todd MacCulloch of Winnipeg retires PHILADELPHIA (CP) - Todd MacCulloch always knew his career would end. The Winnipeg native just never expected it to come to such a sudden and mysterious stop. | 1 |
Bournemouth shock Blackburn in League Cup New Blackburn Rovers manager Mark Hughes got a foretaste of the task facing him after the Premier League strugglers went out on penalties to third division Bournemouth in the League Cup on Wednesday. | 1 |
Family Confirms Body Found Is Hostage MARIETTA, Ga. Sept. 22, 2004 - The family of hostage Jack Hensley received confirmation of his death Wednesday, on what would have been his 49th birthday, a family spokesman said. | 0 |
Arms embargo on Libya should be lifted, says EU Libya took another big step towards respectability yesterday when the European Union #39;s most senior diplomats agreed that an arms embargo against Tripoli should be lifted. | 0 |
Belgian PM hurt in crash as flights row divides country The Belgian Prime Minister, Guy Verhofstadt, was recovering yesterday after a road accident in which his car hit a concrete pillar and rolled over three times. | 0 |
Cambodia is 6th Asian nation to detect bird flu PHNOM PENH Cambodia has detected its first outbreak of bird flu in chickens in recent months to become the sixth Asian nation to report a resurgence of the potentially fatal virus, officials said Wednesday. | 0 |
African Union Ready to Send GIs to Darfur (AP) AP - A top African Union official said Wednesday the 53-nation group is ready to move thousands of troops to Sudan's western region of Darfur within days if it gets logistical support from Western nations and the United Nations "especially." | 0 |
Explosive device found in cargo hold of Australian jet: report (AFP) AFP - A potentially explosive device has been found in the cargo hold of a jet of Australian domestic airline Virgin Blue, a report said. | 0 |
Microsoft Speeds Up SP2 (PC World) PC World - With VPN bug resolved, distribution of Windows XP update will increase. | 3 |
U.S. Gets New Spy Chief as Senate Confirms Goss (Reuters) Reuters - The Senate confirmed Porter Goss as\the new CIA director on Wednesday amid growing momentum for\intelligence reform, terrorism threats and a persistent\insurgency in Iraq. | 0 |
Suicide Attack Kills 2 in Israel; 16 Hurt JERUSALEM - A Palestinian teenager blew herself up at a busy Jerusalem bus station Wednesday, killing two Israeli policemen who stopped her for a security check and wounding 16 bystanders in an attack that evaded Israel's clampdown on the West Bank for the Jewish holidays. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, meanwhile, dropped a plan to evacuate 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip simultaneously at the beginning of next year, reverting to an earlier formula - a staged pullout in the summer of 2005... | 0 |
Bush Mocks Kerry's Leadership Credentials KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. - President Bush mocked John Kerry's fitness to be commander in chief Wednesday, saying the way to bring U.S... | 0 |
Formula One stars arrive in Shanghai SHANGHAI (AP-CP) - World champion Michael Schumacher arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday, along with a host of other Formula One stars, saying he looked forward to evaluating the challenges of the city #39;s brand new circuit. | 1 |
Els faces goose chase in England WOBURN - Retief Goosen will have friend and rival Ernie Els firmly in his sights when he tees off in the E2 million Heritage tournament tomorrow. | 1 |
Windies crush Pakistan to reach Trophy final Inzamam-ul-Haq gambled and lost today as West Indies thrashed Pakistan by seven wickets to book their place in the Champions Trophy final today. | 1 |
Tiger out of tourney line-up Changes over the past 11 months should also force golfers to deal with a bear of a course. But to the sure lament of golf fans, a once-promised Tiger will no longer be part of the show. | 1 |
US won #39;t free Iraqi women prisoners BAGHDAD - American officials yesterday said they were not about to free Iraqi women prisoners as demanded by an Al Qaeda-linked group which has already beheaded two Americans and is threatening to kill a British man. | 0 |
Iraq, Middle East Troubles Overshadow UN Meeting UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (AFP) - Gloomy news about Iraq and the Middle East peace process on Wednesday overshadowed the second day of the UN #39;s annual gathering of world leaders. | 0 |
Golf: No Tiger lumbering in Singh #39;s path to third win in a row FARMINGTON, United States : World golf number one Vijay Singh, a seven-time winner this year, will not have second-ranked Tiger Woods to overcome here this weekend when he goes for his third PGA victory in a row. | 1 |
24 killed in Iraq violence BAGHDAD: Twenty-four people were killed and more than 100 wounded in a car bomb attack and other violence in Iraq on Wednesday. Naim al-Qaabi, an official from Moqtada Sadrs movement, said 15 people were | 0 |
High Energy Mystery lurks at the Galactic Center PPARC -- A mystery lurking at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy - an object radiating high-energy gamma rays - has been detected by a team of UK astronomers working with international partners. Their research, published today (September 22nd) in the Journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, was carried out using the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), an array of four telescopes, in Namibia, South-West Africa... | 3 |
What Genesis Solar Particles Can Tell Us UC Davis/AP -- The recent crash of NASA's Genesis space probe may have looked like bad news for scientists, but its cargo of particles captured from the sun should still yield useful information, according to Qing-Zhu Yin, a planetary scientist at UC Davis. Yin, who is not directly affiliated with the Genesis mission, studies the composition of meteorites to learn about the formation of the solar system... | 3 |
New Signs of Life Found at the Poles British Atlantic Survey -- Large colonies of micro-organisms living under rocks have been discovered in the most hostile and extreme regions of the Arctic and Antarctic giving new insights on survival of life on other planets. Reporting in this week's Nature, scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography reveal their surprise findings that rock-dwelling micro-organisms can photosynthesise and store carbon just as much as the plants, lichens and mosses that live above ground... | 3 |
Pay for Sun's Schwartz jumps 56 percent Sun Microsystems' new president pulls in \$677,000 in fiscal 2004, as the company tries to return to prosperity. | 3 |
Code to exploit Windows graphics flaw now public Program showing how to use flaw in Windows' handling of graphics files hits the Net--back up your family photos and beware. | 3 |
XP SP2 distribution accelerated, VPN problem fixed Microsoft will accelerate the rollout of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) over the next month and has released the first official update for SP2 to fix a problem some users had with VPNs (virtual private networks). | 3 |
Govt aims to raise FDI to GDP ratio to 22 in 3 years ISLAMABAD: Waseem Haqqie, chairman Board of Investment (BoI) said Wednesday that the government aims to enhance the ratio of foreign direct investment (FDI) to GDP from 18 percent to 22 percent in the next three years. | 2 |
Shell switch in strategy fails to win support of investors Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, warned yesterday that production is likely to remain flat for the next five years as it accelerates the disposal of unwanted assets and | 2 |
Update 1: US Airways Pilots Reopen Negotiations Pilots at US Airways Group Inc. resumed negotiations Wednesday with management on a new labor contract with the bankrupt airline, even as the company made clear that it will now be seeking greater concessions. | 2 |
Wrong move, Inzamam SOUTHAMPTON - Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq gambled and lost yesterday as the West Indies thrashed his team by seven wickets to book their place against England in the Champions Trophy final. | 1 |
Blackburn out of League Cup after 7-6 loss to Bournemouth on <b>...</b> Blackburn was dumped out of the Carling Cup on Wednesday, losing 7-6 on penalties to lowly Bournemouth in the second round. The two sides had tied 3-3 after extra time in English soccer #39;s second tier club knockout competition. | 1 |
We are no longer underdogs, says Montgomerie From the 18th green at Oakland Hills to an Irish bar in Detroit, where Padraig Harrington met up with his cousin, Joey, the quarterback of the Detroit Loins who also won on Sunday | 1 |
Europe adjust to life at top quot;We #39;ve always bowed to the US Tour. Now, after winning four times in five starts, the time has come for us to pat ourselves on the back. | 1 |
Verizon Expands Service Into New Wireless Markets By BRUCE MEYERSON NEW YORK (AP) -- Verizon Wireless plans next week to expand its high-speed mobile data service to 11 more markets, including New York and Los Angeles, as well as 19 more airports. The speedier laptop connections will be marketed only to businesses while the company adds coverage and readies services and devices for a consumer-oriented launch in 2005, Verizon Wireless said Wednesday... | 3 |
Immersion Wins Patent Case Against Sony (AP) AP - Immersion Corp., a small firm that develops and licenses touch-related technologies, has been awarded #36;82 million after winning a patent infringement lawsuit against PlayStation maker Sony Corp. | 3 |
Group claims execution of Italian hostages in Iraq: website (AFP) AFP - A group calling itself the quot;Jihad Organization quot; said it had quot;slaughtered quot; two Italian female hostages in Iraq, in a statement posted on an Islamist website. | 0 |
Pay Now, Learn Later (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - By now you probably know that earnings of Section 529 college savings accounts are free of federal tax if used for higher education. But taxes are only part of the problem. What if your investments tank? Just ask Laurence and Margo Williams of Alexandria, Va. In 2000 they put #36;45,000 into the Virginia Education Savings Trust to open accounts for daughters Lea, now 5, and Anne, now 3. Since then their investment has shrunk 5 while the average private college tuition has climbed 18 to #36;18,300. | 2 |
Man shot to death by Edmonton police had history of violence in Ontario (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - EDMONTON (CP) - A man shot to death by an Edmonton police officer three years ago hoped Ontario Provincial Police would shoot him during a violent encounter almost a decade earlier, a fatality inquiry heard Wednesday. | 0 |
Is AOL More Ad-User Friendly? (AdWeek.com) AdWeek.com - As an ad medium, America Online has struggled to compete with rivals Yahoo! and Microsoft's MSN. But nine-month AOL Me-dia Networks president Michael J. Kelly declares the Time Warner unit has turned the corner--and some advertisers and agencies agree. | 3 |
Sony Shifts Strategy to Support MP3 Files (AP) AP - In a major strategic reversal, Sony Corp. said Wednesday it plans to add support for MP3 music files to some of its portable music players. | 3 |
Air Force's Roche Eyed Over Boeing Deal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House officials have asked the Justice Department to determine whether Air Force Secretary James Roche engaged in possible misconduct over an initial proposal to lease 100 Boeing Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BA.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">BA.N</A> refueling tankers, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. | 2 |
Fannie Mae Used Improper Accounting-Probe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie Mae used improper accounting to manipulate its earnings reporting from quarter to quarter, federal regulators said in a highly critical report that sets the stage for the industry's second bookkeeping drama in less than 18 months. | 2 |
'Iraq-Style' U.N. Plan Not Sought for Iran (AP) AP - The Bush administration has no plans to seek an "Iraq-style" U.N. Security Council resolution on Iran if it succeeds in efforts to have the council address that country's nuclear activities. | 0 |
Presidential candidates look toward crucial debate (AFP) AFP - President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival John Kerry scouted votes in key battleground states but were already looking ahead to their crucial televised debates starting in a week. | 0 |
US Senate confirms Porter Goss as CIA head (AFP) AFP - The US Senate confirmed Representative Porter Goss, who led efforts in Congress to reform intelligence-gathering, as head of the Central Intelligence Agency for which he once worked as a spy. | 0 |
Vikings Place Kleinsasser and Rosenthal on IR EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., (Sports Network) - The Minnesota Vikings suffered a major blow on Wednesday when the club placed right tackle Mike Rosenthal and tight end Jim Kleinsasser on injured reserve, ending both players season. | 1 |
Colts' James Questionable for Sunday INDIANAPOLIS (Sports Network) - Indianapolis Colts running back Edgerrin James is questionable for Sunday's game against Green Bay. | 1 |
Low-Carb Diet Craze Hits Plateau There was a time when the low-carbohydrate Atkins and South Beach diets were sending tsunamis through the financial world. Riding swelling demand up was MGP Ingredients (Nasdaq: MGPI) -- formerly | 2 |
Unctad report: FDI in Malaysia at US\$2.47bil last year FOREIGN direct investment (FDI) in Malaysia dropped to US\$2.47bil last year from US\$3.20bil in 2002, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Developments (Unctad) World Investment Report 2004. | 2 |
Coles Myer second-half profit rises 26 SYDNEY: Coles Myer Ltd, Australias biggest retailer, increased second-half profit by 26 after opening fuel and convenience stores, selling more-profitable groceries and cutting costs. | 2 |
ICC approved Ameren #39;s acquisition of Illinois Power CHICAGO The Illinois Commerce Commission today unanimously approved Ameren Corporation #39;s two-point-three-(b)billion-dollar acquisition of Decatur-based Illinois Power. | 2 |
Boom times for mp3 players? p2pnet.net News:- Is digital music finally going mainstream? According to market research firm IDC, the MP3 portable market will boom over the next five years into a \$58 billion industry. | 3 |
Pay for Sun #39;s Schwartz jumps 56 percent com September 22, 2004, 4:33 PM PT. With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority. | 3 |
Button contract decision delayed Jenson Button will not know which Formula One team he will race for next season until next month after a hearing on the dispute was adjourned. | 1 |
Singh looks to build No. 1 ranking, push Woods #39; money record at 84 <b>...</b> Vijay Singh didn #39;t see the Mystic Rock course where the 84 Lumber Classic is played until a few weeks ago. Defending champion JL Lewis said the world #39;s top-ranked golfer would have gained no great advantage if he had seen it earlier. | 1 |
Weekdays at 4:45 PM on Radio 990 in Manitoba WINNIPEG - After more than 200 games, former Winnipegger Todd MacCulloch has decided to retire from the National Basketball Association. | 1 |
Researchers Study Real Viruses to Thwart Virtual (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. university researchers will\soon begin a #36;13 million study of the spread of Internet\viruses using methods pioneered in tracking the outbreak of\human epidemics, researchers said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Suicide bomber kills 11 as recruits join Iraqi police A suicide bomber struck for the second time in 24 hours yesterday near where National Guard recruits were waiting to sign on, killing at least 11 people in west Baghdad. | 0 |
Family of Briton held in Iraq issue final appeal for mercy (AFP) AFP - The family of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq made a final desperate appeal to his captors to quot;be merciful quot;, as hopes for his safe release started to fade. | 0 |
Pill-Popping Nation Americans are using more prescription drugs, but pharmaceutical companies can't take huge comfort in that. | 2 |
U.K. Hostage Pleads for Life on Videotape (AP) AP - A British hostage appeared on a video posted on an Islamic Web site Wednesday weeping and pleading for his life as Iraq's leader and U.S. officials crushed reports that a high-profile female Iraqi weapons scientist could be released from jail soon #151; as demanded by the kidnappers. | 0 |
Back to School (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - Over the past three decades the Federal Government has poured three-quarters of a trillion dollars into financial aid for college students. Back in 1971, the annual total for grants, loans, tax breaks and other aid was the equivalent, in today's dollars, of #36;18 billion. It's now running at a #36;65-billion-a-year clip. | 2 |
Senate Approves Goss As Head of CIA (AP) AP - The Republican-led Senate approved President Bush's choice to head the CIA, Rep. Porter Goss, over protests from some Democrats who said he has too many Republican ties for a job that requires independence. | 0 |
Kimberly-Clark seeks cut of 400-500 million dollars (AFP) AFP - Kimberly-Clark, maker of Kleenex tissues and other consumer goods, announced a cost-cutting plan aimed at saving 400 to 500 million dollars over three years, as well as a share buyback plan. | 2 |
U.S. Says Cat Stevens May Have Terror Ties WASHINGTON - The singer formerly known as Cat Stevens is forbidden from flying into the United States because of his alleged association with possible terrorists, U.S. officials said Wednesday in explaining why a London-to-Washington flight carrying the peace activist was diverted... | 0 |
Wheeling-Pitt raises \$100 million Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corp. closed \$100 million Wednesday from a public stock offering. The steelmaker offered 3.65 million shares of common stock at \$29 per share. | 2 |
Oprah car winners hit with hefty tax Like any prize, the value is counted as income; winners must pay up to \$7,000 or forfeit the car. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Leave it to Uncle Sam to spoil the party. | 2 |
IBM and AMD partnership extended through 2008 AMD and IBM have extended their CPU technology agreement through the end of 2008. Originally signed in December 2002, the alliance was originally slated to wind up at the end of 2005. | 3 |
Keane to Rooney: Beware the hangers-on and back-stabbers MANCHESTER - As Wayne Rooney steps closer to his Manchester United debut, club captain has Roy Keane warned the England striker not to trust anyone as he revealed a world of hangers-on and back-stabbers at Old Trafford. | 1 |
Buy and sell tickets to premium and sold out events The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday refused to reinstate a lawsuit against the Minnesota Vikings for the actions of its trainers before the Aug. 1, 2001, death of NFL lineman Korey Stringer. | 1 |
Middle East Quartet Laments Lack of Progress on Israeli <b>...</b> US Secretary of State Colin Powell convened Wednesday in New York with his counterparts from Russia, the European Union and the United Nations making up the informal Quartet on the Middle East. | 0 |
Researchers Study Real Viruses to Thwart Virtual SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. university researchers will soon begin a \$13 million study of the spread of Internet viruses using methods pioneered in tracking the outbreak of human epidemics, researchers said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Eurozone ministers accuse US as dollar sinks to new lows (AFP) AFP - European Union finance ministers pressed for action by the United States to prop up the dollar as eurozone nations expressed their deep disquiet at the parlous state of America's national finances. | 2 |
U.S. Cybersecurity Office May Relocate (AP) AP - The House will propose moving cybersecurity offices from the Department of Homeland Security to the White House as part of the intelligence reorganization, according to draft legislation obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. The bill, expected to be introduced Thursday, would place cybersecurity into the White House budget office. | 3 |
REVIEW: Star Wars Game Gives Battle Tour (AP) AP - Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader may get all the glory, but a new Star Wars video game finally gives credit to the everyday grunts who couldn't summon the Force for help. | 3 |
Korean Troops Deploy in Iraq, Meet Kurdish (Reuters) Reuters - South Korea's military completed\deployment of its 2,800-strong contingent in Iraq on Wednesday\and its commander said protecting his troops was at the top of\his agenda. | 0 |
Ex-Computer Associates CEO Kumar Indicted (AP) AP - Former Computer Associates International Inc. chief executive Sanjay Kumar has been charged with securities fraud conspiracy and obstruction of justice in connection with a multibillion dollar accounting scandal at the software company. | 3 |
Bush Mocks Kerry's Leadership Credentials (AP) AP - President Bush mocked John Kerry's fitness to be commander in chief Wednesday, saying the way to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq "is not to wilt or waver." Kerry suggested to a campaign crowd that Bush might bring back the military draft and said in an Associated Press interview that the president was "living in a make-believe world." | 0 |
Niners' Barlow Has MRI SANTA CLARA, Calif., (Sports Network) - Kevan Barlow of the San Francisco 49ers underwent a precautionary MRI on his sore right knee Wednesday, but the running back expects to play Sunday in Seattle. | 1 |
New Papers Emerge in Okla. Senate Fight (AP) AP - The woman accusing Republican Senate candidate Tom Coburn of sterilizing her without permission nearly 14 years ago has released documents she says bolster her contention that she never consented to the procedure. | 0 |
House Backs Looser Cuba Sanctions (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on\Wednesday defied the White House and voted to ease limits on\U.S. student travel and trade with Cuba, but defeated a measure\that would have lifted all economic sanctions. | 0 |
Kerry: Bush failed to level with the U.N. about Iraq (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Democrat John Kerry said Tuesday that President Bush "didn't talk reality at the United Nations" and pressed him to answer question about policies that Kerry said have made Iraq a violent mess. | 0 |
As Mets Look Ahead, They Keep Looking Back A handful of potential managers has emerged from the Mets' 1986 World Series-winning team. | 1 |
New Hockey League Plans to Go On A hockey league formed for locked-out N.H.L. players denies that it suspended play, saying a statement released with league letterhead was not legitimate. | 1 |
Crash Gordon Put on Probation Robby Gordon, who admitted he intentionally caused an accident last Sunday, has been placed on probation for the remainder of the 2004 Nascar Nextel Cup season. | 1 |
Powell, Libya Foreign Minister to Hold First Talks UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - In a sign of warming U.S.-Libyan ties, Secretary of State Colin Powell will meet Libya's foreign minister on Thursday in the highest level talks between the countries in decades, U.S. officials said. | 0 |
Kennedy looks forward to power Charles Kennedy will tell Lib Dems they are on the road to government when he wraps up their annual rally, writes Nick Assinder. | 0 |
Kolzig Head West Capitals goalie Olaf Kolzig will stay close to his home during the lockout, taking a position as goaltenders coach with his former junior team, the Tri-City Americans. | 1 |
A Whole New Look All 18 greens were replaced since last year at the Mystic Rock course where the 84 Lumber Classic is played, and the course was lengthened by 400 yards to 7,500. | 1 |
ACC Does QB Shuffle Tennessee, North Carolina State and Duke have no true quarterback starter. Maryland and Florida State are getting spotty play by their quarterbacks. And it's only September. | 1 |
Crude oil prices surge amid drop in US domestic supplies Crude futures climbed above 48 dollars a barrel Wednesday as US Energy Department reported that domestic supplies fell more than expected. | 2 |
UPDATE 3-US Airways seeking relief from union contracts Bankrupt US Airways (UAIRQ.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) sought consent from its big unions on Wednesday for temporary relief from contracts and threatened to | 2 |
Brussels clears 3.4bn nuclear bail-out for British Energy British Energy won approval from Brussels yesterday for its 3.4bn government-backed bail-out, under the condition that the cash is used exclusively for decommissioning nuclear power plants. | 2 |
Hackers Hit Credit Card Company Credit card processing firm Authorize.Net has been the target of a quot;large-scale quot; distributed denial-of-service attack that has resulted in periodic disruptions of service for some customers, says David Schwartz, the company #39;s marketing director. | 3 |
REVIEW: Star Wars Game Gives Battle Tour Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader may get all the glory, but a new Star Wars video game finally gives credit to the everyday grunts who couldn #39;t summon the Force for help. | 3 |
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