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Some Soldiers May Be Due Insurance Refund Many of the young soldiers at Fort Benning thought they were purchasing an investment product after they listened to the agent #39;s spiel, but they really bought term life insurance at less-than-bargain rates. | 2 |
Beacon Roofing Leads Day of IPO Gains Shares of Beacon Roofing Suppler Inc. shot up as much as 26 percent in its trading debut Thursday, edging out bank holding company Valley Bancorp as the biggest gainer among a handful of new stocks that went public this week. | 2 |
Nokia guns for PDA, home surveillance rivals Reviving its tradition of finally putting a sensible keyboard onto a phone - once all the alternatives have been exhausted - Nokia launched its 6670 model today. | 3 |
Immersion wins patent-infringement suit v. Sony Federal court finds that PlayStation hardware infringed on San Jose firm #39;s patents, awards \$84 million in damages. This week, a federal jury awarded San Jose-based Immersion \$82 million in a patent infringement suit that the firm had brought against Sony. | 3 |
Adobe Premiere Elements Excellent titling and chroma key features. Fine stepping-stone for learning Premiere Pro. Good integration with Photoshop Elements. | 3 |
Roddick and Fish lead US Davis Cup effort Charleston, SC (Sports Network) - Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish will play singles for the United States in this weekend #39;s Davis Cup semifinal matchup against Belarus. | 1 |
For better or worse, college football needs Fighting Irish to be <b>...</b> Those Domeheads hungering for further indication that their Notre Dame heroes are marching back toward prosperity needed only to check in on Fighting Irish head coach Tyrone Willingham #39;s weekly press conference to learn that things indeed are heading in | 1 |
Mayorga misses rape case hearing Former champion Ricardo Mayorga missed a rape case hearing because he is training for a bout in New York, and a new hearing was set for Oct. 6. Mayorga was to appear Wednesday for an initial hearing following a complaint by a 22-year-old woman. | 1 |
Public Exploit For Windows JPEG Bug Khoo writes quot;A sample program hit the Internet on Wednesday, showing by example how malicious coders could compromise Windows computers by using a flaw in the handling of a widespread graphics format by Microsoft #39;s software. | 3 |
MLB Meets on Expos A panel of baseball owners met in Commissioner Bud Selig's office Thursday to discuss the fate of the Montreal Expos and the franchise's possible move to Washington. | 1 |
Ky. Students Brace to Dissect Deer Hearts (AP) AP - Gene Snyder's eighth-grade science students are supplying their own specimens for a dissection project in the spring. | 3 |
Halliburton to Restructure KBR Unit NEW YORK (Reuters) - Halliburton Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HAL.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">HAL.N</A> on Thursday said it would restructure its embattled KBR unit and may shed the business if the oil services company's stock performance keeps lagging its peers. | 2 |
Cyberonics Gets FDA OK for Small Study CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. regulators, who rejected Cyberonics Inc.'s <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CYBX.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">CYBX.O</A> device to treat depression in August, cleared the therapy for use in a small study, the company said on Thursday. | 2 |
Groups Meet to Discuss Climate Change (AP) AP - The search for new strategies to confront global warming takes center stage in Buenos Aires on Monday as thousands of environmentalists and government policy-makers gather for an international conference on climate change. | 3 |
No Shine to Home Furnisher Bed Bath Beyond's stock looks ripe for a fall, even though the numbers are good. | 2 |
Study: Government data limited on offshoring New report from Congress reveals little on extent of shipping IT and other services work abroad, as debate on the trend heats up. | 3 |
Scientists to study termites for building tips Sub-Saharan bug builds huge, self-cooled nests. Research involves energy efficiency for skyscrapers. | 3 |
Cisco to invest more heavily in Asia The networking giant announces plans for its first research center in China and for a venture investment program in India. | 3 |
US leading economic index fall for third straight month in August The Conference Board reported Thursday that the Leading Economic Index fell for a third consecutive month in August, suggesting slower economic growth ahead amid rising oil prices. | 2 |
Hamilton Won #39;t Lose Gold in Doping Case, IOC Says (Update1) US cyclist Tyler Hamilton will keep his gold medal from the Athens Games even though a test found illegal blood doping, the International Olympic Committee said. | 1 |
Giants look to take lead in NL West The San Francisco Giants need Jason Schmidt to bounce back from his recent struggles as they try to catch the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West and hold off the Chicago Cubs in the wild-card race. | 1 |
Bettman stands ground Toronto Sun. Gary Bettman proved as elusive a target as Jean Chretien for Peter Mansbridge and a town hall crowd on The National last night during a segment devoted to hockey #39;s lockout. | 1 |
Microsoft files suits against 'bulletproof' Web hosts BOSTON - Microsoft Corp. filed nine lawsuits against individuals and companies alleged to be involved in the distribution of spam, the company said Wednesday. | 3 |
Microsoft taps European expertise in research BRUSSELS - European researchers lead the field in a number of key areas for the future development of computer science and play a crucial role in Microsoft Corp.'s research activities, according to senior company staff speaking at an innovation fair here on Thursday. | 3 |
Microsoft Files More Spam Suits New lawsuits include one against a Web hosting company that called itself "bulletproof." | 3 |
First Look: Apple's Slim New IMac G5 Beautiful display and plenty of power, but what's up with the nonadjustable base? | 3 |
'Autopsy' Showcases Scientists' Research (AP) AP - Two University of New Mexico doctoral students will star in the Discovery Channel's new show "Mummy Autopsy." | 3 |
Slower economy, high oil prices push stocks mostly lower Investors extended their blue chip selloff Thursday as oil prices neared their all-time highs, renewing Wall Street #39;s concerns that high energy costs would deflate third-quarter earnings. | 2 |
SEC says General Electric violated law over Welch perks General Electric Co. violated the law by failing to fully disclose to investors the many perks lavished on its retired chief executive Jack Welch, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday. | 2 |
Sony to support MP3 - shock <a href="http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2004/0409231157.asp?A=MAW S=Mobile20and20Wireless20Technology O=FPT">SA MP3 market ready to take off</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>ITWeb</nobr> | 3 |
Did Triassic monster use suction to feed? A newly discovered Triassic reptile that has a neck much longer than its body is reopening a question long thought settled: what good is a long neck? | 3 |
Sony fined \$82 million p2pnet.net News:- Sony Computer Entertainment and its US subsidiary may have to pay touch feedback technology firm Immersion Corp - which says it quot; brings feeling to Microsoft Windows and the Internet quot; - \$82 million for patent infringement. | 3 |
As More Exploits Emerge, Security Groups Prep for JPEG Attack The Internet security community is preparing for a working virus or worm attack based on the Microsoft JPEG exploit revealed last week. | 3 |
ISS crew to help search for Aids vaccine Moscow - The next crew of the International Space Station (ISS) is to contribute to the Russian search for a vaccine against Aids, Russian cosmonaut Salijan Sharipovthe said on Thursday. | 3 |
DoCoMo Looking for Cingular Deal? According to press reports in Japan, NTT DoCoMo is locked in talks with US mobile giant Cingular aimed at unifying the pair #39;s 3G mobile phone services. | 3 |
Ad campaign touts multimedia cards com September 22, 2004, 5:04 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 |
Faulk rejoins Pats after mother #39;s death Having returned to the New England Patriots on Tuesday after a three-week absence, running back Kevin Faulk acknowledged the obvious. | 1 |
Push and pull While expressing anger at calls to halt its uranium enrichment activities, Iran still found a way to keep the door open for dialogue. | 0 |
Sri Lanka #39;s Tamil Tigers Kill Renegade Leader Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka have killed four people, including a leader of a renegade guerilla faction, in growing factional violence that is threatening the country #39;s fragile cease-fire. | 0 |
Google Founders Honored By Marconi Foundation Google Founders Honored By Marconi Foundation\\Google's founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who as Stanford graduate students successfully created the Google search engine, have been named the 2004 Fellows of the Marconi Foundation at Columbia University. The two award winners will join a select cadre of 32 of the world's ... | 3 |
GE settles with SEC over Welch retirement package General Electric Co. on Thursday entered into a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve allegations the company failed to disclose to investors the scope of the retirement package of former President and CEO Jack Welch. | 2 |
Automakers Attack Proposal to Address Global Warming Automakers on Wednesday attacked a California plan to regulate automotive emissions of global warming gases. The state #39;s proposal quot;clearly goes far beyond what is reasonable | 2 |
Internet Ranks Ahead Of Other Media com. Among 18-54 years olds, 45.6 percent chose the Internet as their preferred media according to a new study released by the Online Publishers Association (OPA) comparing consumer attitudes toward different media. | 3 |
Smith also had marijuana in his system DENTON, Texas -- A University of North Texas quarterback who died in a head-on collision with an 18-wheeler last month was legally drunk and had traces of marijuana in his system, an autopsy report shows. | 1 |
Calif. Regulators Weigh Smog Restrictions (AP) AP - California air regulators on Thursday took up the world's most ambitious rules to reduce car emissions that contribute to global warming #151; an effort that could have a sweeping effect on how the country fights vehicle pollution. | 3 |
India's Kashmir Govt to Fight Ban on Shahtoosh Wool (Reuters) Reuters - India's Jammu and Kashmir state\plans to fight a global ban on the trade in super-fine\shahtoosh wool, which environmentalists say is produced by\killing a rare Tibetan antelope. | 3 |
Wal-Mart Sued for Racial Discrimination (Reuters) Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is being sued in\a federal court by a job applicant who says it discriminates\against black employees seeking work as truck drivers,\according to court documents filed on Wednesday. | 2 |
Wal-Mart Sued for Racial Discrimination NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is being sued in a federal court by a job applicant who says it discriminates against black employees seeking work as truck drivers, according to court documents filed on Wednesday. | 2 |
Stocks Drop on \$49 Oil, Slowing Economy NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue-chip stocks fell on Thursday to nearly a five-week low as crude oil touched \$49 a barrel, close to the record set last month, and a key gauge of future economic activity fell for a third straight month. | 2 |
The Cigarette Mafia The federal government seeks \$280 billion from the tobacco companies, using laws designed to combat the Mafia. | 2 |
Stock Markets Fall as Oil Nears \$50 a Barrel NEW YORK, Sept. 22 -- A surge in oil prices and a disappointing earnings report from Morgan Stanley were cited as factors in significant stock market losses Wednesday. | 2 |
Stamps.com Falls on Concern Over Product Test Shares of Stamps.com (STMP.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , which sells postage over the Internet, fell 11 percent on Thursday on concerns that its PhotoStamps service, which allows the creation of personalized stamps, might be | 2 |
Cisco invests \$32 million in china R amp;D center September 23, 2004 Beijing -- Cisco Systems #39; president and CEO John Chambers today announced the company #39;s intent to open a research and development center in Shanghai, China. | 2 |
Plenty At Stake - Wednesday 22, September-2004 SOUTHHAMPTON - West Indies want to redeem a disappointing summer with a place in the Champions Trophy final while Pakistan are equally as eager to continue its resurgence under new coach Bob Woolmer. | 1 |
Blair urged to act on Bigley Efforts to help save the life of Kenneth Bigley held captive in Iraq, intensified when Irish politicians made an appeal to Bigley #39;s captors. | 0 |
Cybersecurity overhaul legislation DOA in Congress A bill to transfer the nation's cybersecurity director from the Department of Homeland Security to the White House is "dead on arrival," according to sources. | 3 |
WiMax wings into the wild world of wireless WiMax is winning over lots of followers while quickly gaining momentum on the standards front -- despite high-profile skeptics such as Texas Instruments, according to experts at this week's Broadband World Forum in Venice. | 3 |
New, dangerous Microsoft JPEG exploit code released The new code is more dangerous than the exploit that appeared earlier this week, since it allows malicious hackers to run their own code on vulnerable machines, according to the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center. | 3 |
PeopleSoft pushes upgrade sweeteners PeopleSoft's NOW program, unveiled this week at Connect 2004, will allow World, Enterprise and EnterpriseOne customers a free technical upgrade, management services and training. | 3 |
BSA now pushing 700 software piracy probes in the U.S. The chief enforcement officer for the Business Software Alliance told attendees at a Gartner asset management conference yesterday that software audit raids with federal marshals and court orders against enterprise customers are rare. | 3 |
E-vote critics urge changes to system With less than six weeks to go before the Nov. 2 presidential election, voting activists said officials still have time to set up a paper trail as a counterweight to an e-voting system they portrayed as wide open to manipulation. | 3 |
XP SP2 distribution accelerated; VPN problem fixed Microsoft is accelerating the distribution of Windows XP Service Pack 2 to reach its goal of updating 100 million PCs through Automatic Updates by Oct. 18, and it has released an update to correct a VPN problem. | 3 |
French Defense Ministry commissions high-security Linux The French Ministry of Defense has awarded an \$8.6 million contract to a consortium of companies, including Linux vendor Mandrakesoft, to develop a highly secure version of Linux for business, defense and government uses. | 3 |
A Thorn in Halliburton #39;s Side The Kellogg Brown amp; Root unit is putting a big hurt the stock. Is a parting of the ways likely? Chief Executive David J. Lesar might be right when he describes Halliburton Co. | 2 |
Cisco to invest more heavily in Asia Networking giant Cisco Systems this week announced plans for increased investment in Asia, including a new research and development facility in China and a venture investment program in India. | 2 |
Cyberonics Sends More Data to FDA Medical device maker Cyberonics Inc. said Thursday that it filed additional data with the Food and Drug Administration for its VNS therapy system designed to treat depression. | 2 |
Sony #39;s Major Strategic Shift: MP3 Format Support Support for MP3 will first appear in solid state players based on flash memory Sony plans to release this year. Sony has long insisted its digital music players support only its proprietary ATRAC format, but | 3 |
LookSmart buys Furl.net com September 23, 2004, 9:53 AM PT. There #39;s no doubt the Internet will continue to make its mark in the world of business and technology. | 3 |
Irish talk of softening schedule a little which bows to no conference commissioner, has its own network and grazes from coast to coast for prestigious opponents -- could be changing its scheduling philosophy. | 1 |
Kyoto in Sight, U.N. Talks Begin in Better Climate (Reuters) Reuters - A U.N. conference on\climate change opened on Monday with delegates looking for any\change in U.S. opposition to the Kyoto protocol after President\Bush's re-election and Russian ratification of the agreement. | 3 |
Scientists Make Phone That Turns Into a Sunflower (Reuters) Reuters - Scientists said on Monday they have\come up with a cell phone cover that will grow into a sunflower\when thrown away. | 3 |
AOL Places Classified Listings in Search Engine Results AOL Places Classified Listings in Search Engine Results\\Although AOL has yet to launch their AOL InStore into their search engine results, according to AuctionBytes, AOL is now testing the inclusion of AOL Classified Ads into their normal Google powered search listings. The classified listings are now being tested in AOL ... | 3 |
Google Adwords And The Lost Art Of Copywriting Google Adwords And The Lost Art Of Copywriting\\Tens of thousands of businesses, large and small, use Google Adwords and Overture Match (from Yahoo!) to advertise their products and services on the Internet. An entire industry, loosely known as "Search Engine Marketing" (SEM for short) has grown up to support this ... | 3 |
MIT Works to Power Computers With Spinach (AP) AP - "Eat your spinach," Mom used to say. "It will make your muscles grow, power your laptop and recharge your cell phone... " | 3 |
Officials Say Iraq Elections on Track (AP) AP - Defense officials are not ruling out the possibility that they will need more U.S. troops to secure January's elections in increasingly violent Iraq, but believe Iraqi and perhaps international troops may be able to do the job instead, a top general said Wednesday. | 0 |
IBM in Voice Services Deal With Lloyds (AP) AP - International Business Machines Corp. said Monday it will provide voice and data services to British financial-services company Lloyds TSB Group PLC for seven years in a deal worth #36;971.6 million. | 3 |
Russian Ministries Start Agreeing to Kyoto Approval MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least one Russian ministry has signed letters agreeing to Moscow's approval of the Kyoto Protocol, a spokesman said Thursday, in what could be a final step in the lengthy tussle to bring the global pact into force. | 0 |
Musharraf Rebuffs Pleas for Pakistan Troops in Iraq UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday ruled out sending troops to help restore stability in Iraq, rebuffing pleas from the Iraqi interim government and the United States. | 0 |
N.Korea May Be Preparing Missile Launch -Sources TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States and Japan have detected signs North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic missile capable of reaching almost anywhere in Japan, Japanese and U.S. government sources said on Thursday. | 0 |
Edge Dynamics launches new breed of enterprise app (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Enterprise software takes an evolutionary step forward as Edge Dynamics and Tibco Software develop software that combines elements of both ERP and BI applications. | 3 |
Turkey's EU Bid Back on Course After Damaging Row BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkey's bid to join the European Union was back on course Thursday after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan backed down in a row with the bloc over attempts to ban adultery in his Muslim nation. | 0 |
Powell Appeals to Arafat to Step Aside NEW YORK (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell appealed to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Thursday to step aside for the sake of achieving his lifetime goal of a Palestinian state. | 0 |
Nazi holiday camp sold at auction A section of a 4.5km-long hotel complex built by the Nazis as a holiday camp is sold at auction. | 0 |
Missing Airport Uniforms Pose No Threat, Canada Says OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada reported Monday that its airport screening staff had lost more than 1,100 pieces of clothing and identification this year but insisted the missing items posed no threat to security. | 0 |
Sudan rebels hit outside Darfur Rebels launch an attack outside the western Sudanese region of Darfur, killing eight people, officials say. | 0 |
S African TV in beheading blunder Public broadcaster SABC apologises after news bulletin shows footage of American beheaded in Iraq. | 0 |
Gorbachev calls for terror talks The former Soviet leader tells BBC's Newsnight terrorism can only be tackled by political means, just weeks after the Beslan school seige tragedy. | 0 |
Ill Winds Improve the View There's an old truth about hurricanes: they take out the trees that gardeners don't have the heart to cut down. | 0 |
U.S. Worries Over Election Terror Threat WASHINGTON - As the election draws nearer, U.S. officials are increasingly concerned al-Qaida terrorists will mount a devastating attack to try to disrupt the political process... | 0 |
NHL Lockout's First Week Produces No Talks NEW YORK - It's been a week without progress in the NHL lockout. So far, there have been no overtures from the league or the players to resume talks to save a season that is already starting to slip away... | 0 |
Stations Get E-Mails to Oust Dan Rather NEW YORK - Station managers at several CBS affiliates said Thursday they appear to be a target of a national e-mail campaign placing pressure on the network to oust Dan Rather as anchorman of the "CBS Evening News." The anger stems from Rather's role in a "60 Minutes" report on President Bush's service in the National Guard. CBS has apologized for reporting on documents critical of Bush's service, widely assumed now as fakes, and appointed a panel to investigate what went wrong in the report... | 0 |
Slow Economy, Oil Prices Send Stocks Down NEW YORK - Investors extended their blue chip selloff Thursday as oil prices neared their all-time highs, renewing Wall Street's concerns that high energy costs would deflate third-quarter earnings. Only the Nasdaq composite index managed a minimal gain... | 0 |
Linux Camp Takes New Tack on Kernel (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - With a common goal of providing a more constant, smoother and faster development cycle, new technologies are being put directly into Linux kernel 2.6.x. | 3 |
PeopleSoft pushes customers to upgrade Under threat of hostile takeover, PeopleSoft offers freebies to customers that migrate to latest software release | 3 |
Ariz. Schools to Get Solar Energy Systems (AP) AP - Six local schools will have solar energy systems installed over the next year. The systems are expected to lower utility bills and teach students about renewable energy. | 3 |
Fraud charges rock CA US regulators yesterday levelled fraud charges against three former executives of Computer Associates (CA), including Sanjay Kumar, the US software companys former head. | 2 |
Interstate Bakeries gets OK for funding Bankrupt Interstate Bakeries Corp., maker of Hostess Twinkies and Wonder Bread, received court approval Thursday for financing that will allow it to keep paying employees and vendors while it seeks to reorganize. | 2 |
Halliburton, Seeking to Boost Value, May Shed KBR (Update2) Halliburton Co. said it may sell its KBR unit, which is being investigated for possible overcharges on a US Army contract in Iraq and alleged bribery at a Nigerian venture, to boost its share price. | 2 |
Stamp Co. Bars Images of Adults, Teens You can still get your baby, your dog, even your prized #39;65 Mustang on a sheet of postage stamps and immortalize them in letters to your friends. | 2 |
Trump end talks Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts, trying to restructure US\$1.8 billion in debt, has ended talks that would have resulted in the company receiving a US\$400 million lifeline. | 2 |
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