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Cybersecurity overhaul legislation DOA in Congress SEPTEMBER 23, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - WASHINGTON -- New legislation expected to be introduced in the House today that would move the nation #39;s director of cybersecurity from the Department of Homeland Security to the White House is apparently already dead | 3 |
PeopleSoft pushes upgrade sweeteners SEPTEMBER 23, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - SAN FRANCISCO -- Embattled PeopleSoft Inc. is offering a sweetener to customers to migrate to the latest versions of its products, hopefully allowing it to close more sales | 3 |
Website sued over illegal film downloads The Motion Picture Association of America says it has sued a company that sells Internet downloads of current movies like quot;I, Robot quot; and quot;Spider-Man 2 quot; without permission. | 3 |
Credit-Card Processor Hit by DDoS Attack Credit-card transaction processing firm Authorize.Net has been hit by a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks that have caused temporary disruptions in service to some of its customers. | 3 |
Long-necked dinosaur could have been first stealth hunter A newly discovered fossil may be the remains of one of the first stealth hunters, a swimming dinosaur that could use its long neck to sneak up on prey and strike without warning. | 3 |
Ireland cracks down on Internet fraud Ireland has become the first country on earth to cut off direct-dialed calls to entire nations in a bid to crack down on Internet-based fraud. | 3 |
Blocking JPEGs no defence 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, according to security experts. | 3 |
Payoffs alleged in school computer program Representatives of IBM Corp. and two other vendors offered to pay commissions to an educators group for any business that its members sent to them under a national program | 3 |
FIFA aims to help players prepare for 2006 World Cup FIFA is looking at ways to help players prepare better for major international tournaments starting with the 2006 World Cup. The Football Committee and Technical and Development | 1 |
Appeal from Family of Kidnapped Briton in Iraq The family of Ken Bigley, the Briton kidnapped in Iraq, have released a statement through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office appealing for his safe release. | 0 |
LEBANON NAILS ITS AL QAEDA RINGLEADER September 23, 2004 -- BEIRUT, Lebanon - The Lebanese government announced the arrest of the country #39;s top al Qaeda operative, and said yesterday he and another Lebanese suspect plotted homicide attacks on Western embassies and recruited insurgents to | 0 |
Iraqi group says it freed Canadian hostage; victim #39;s family says <b>...</b> FALLUJAH, Iraq (CP) - A group calling itself the Brigades of the Victorious Lion of God said Thursday it was responsible for the kidnapping of Canadian Fairuz Yamulky and claimed it set her free only after her company pledged to withdraw from Iraq. | 0 |
Montgomerie Has Strong Finish at Heritage (AP) AP - Ryder Cup star Colin Montgomerie had a birdie and eagle on the last two holes Thursday, shooting a 1-under-par 71 that left him four strokes behind the leaders after the first round of The Heritage. | 1 |
Paralympics: Angourakis Increases Greece's Medal Haul ATHENS (Reuters) - Christos Angourakis added his name to Greece's list of Paralympic medal winners when he claimed a bronze in the T53 shot put competition Thursday. | 1 |
Brazil Coach More Worried About Venezuela Than Germany RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira is more worried about playing rank outsiders Venezuela than the likes of Germany or Argentina. | 1 |
US to Provide Limited Oil to Refineries The Bush administration announced Thursday it would provide US refineries with limited quantities #39; #39; of crude oil from the nation #39;s emergency stockpile to help offset supply | 2 |
New Sony players modified to play MP3s Sony #39;s new generation of digital music players play both its Atrac format and MP3s, allowing Japan #39;s electronics giant to better compete with Apple #39;s iPod. | 3 |
MIT Works to Power Computers With Spinach quot;Eat your spinach, quot; Mom used to say. quot;It will make your muscles grow, power your laptop and recharge your cell phone... quot;. OK. So nobody #39;s Mom said those last two things. But researchers at the Massachusetts | 3 |
Mission extended for Mars robots NASA has announced that its Mars robots Spirit and Opportunity would work six months longer than expected. NASA made the decision after re-establishing radio contact with the twin rovers, which had spent 12 days behind the Sun. | 3 |
The West Indians were highly charged up On top one day and completely down in a matter of two days. That is the story of Pakistan cricket. What a show they put up against the Indians the other day, only to collapse in a heap against the West Indies. | 1 |
Brazil Coach More Worried About Venezuela Than Germany Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira is more worried about playing rank outsiders Venezuela than the likes of Germany or Argentina. | 1 |
British Hostage #39;s Mom Pleads for His Life LONDON Sept. 23, 2004 - The 86-year-old mother of a Briton held hostage in Iraq pleaded with his captors to free him Thursday, days after they beheaded two Americans kidnapped along with him. | 0 |
Indonesia as a Beacon In just six short years since the dictator Suharto was ousted, the world #39;s fifth most populous nation has seen three presidents, three major terrorist bombings by a group linked to Al Qaeda, three separatist uprisings, a 40 percent unemployment rate, and | 0 |
Rein in militias, UN tells Sudan THE top UN envoy to Sudan said today it #39;s the responsibility of the Sudanese government to rein in the Arab militias in Darfur and Khartoum should not hesitate in seeking foreign assistance in that effort. | 0 |
Nepali gov #39;t officially invites insurgents for talks The High-level Peace Committee (HPC) headed by Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, in its first meeting held in Kathmandu, has officially invited the anti-government insurgents for peace talks. | 0 |
Nokia Phone Adds Virus Protection (PC World) PC World - Upcoming smart phone will feature a mobile version of F-Secure's antivirus software. | 3 |
Microsoft Sues Web Hoster, Others Over Spam (Reuters) Reuters - Microsoft Corp. filed nine new lawsuits\against spammers who send unsolicited e-mail, including an\e-mail marketing Web hosting company, the world's largest\software maker said on Thursday | 3 |
Microsoft Sues Web Hoster, Others Over Spam SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. filed nine new lawsuits against spammers who send unsolicited e-mail, including an e-mail marketing Web hosting company, the world's largest software maker said on Thursday | 3 |
Trump Optimistic on Scuttled Casino Deal NEW YORK (Reuters) - A scuttled deal to rebuild Donald Trump's casino empire on Thursday left the star of "The Apprentice" optimistic he could forge a new agreement, but bond analysts were wary of the prospects for the money-losing gambling company. | 2 |
Take-Two Sees Higher Sports Prices for New Consoles (Reuters) Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.\ on Monday said that prices for its sports video games\will likely return to higher levels once new game consoles\arrive in late 2005 or 2006. | 3 |
Campbell's Chairman Retires in November LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Campbell Soup Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CPB.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">CPB.N</A>, the world's biggest soupmaker, on Thursday said its chairman, George Sherman, will retire in November. | 2 |
Bush Said to Be Ready to Open Oil Reserve Spigot The Energy Department is reviewing requests for oil loans from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve following the recent hurricanes, the government said today. | 2 |
Briefly: TiVo hires marketing chief roundup Plus: Jail time for California swappers?...Microsoft updates home PC package...LookSmart buys Furl.net. | 3 |
Gov #39;t Set to Make Oil Loans to Refiners With oil near \$50 a barrel, the Bush administration said on Thursday it will negotiate with refineries that want to borrow oil from the federal emergency stockpile to offset supplies disrupted by Hurricane Ivan. | 2 |
Oracle again extends tender offer for PeopleSoft Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world #39;s second-biggest software company, on Thursday said it again extended its \$7. | 2 |
Automakers rip Calif. emission rules The California Air Resources Board opened a two-day meeting Thursday to set a final plan to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by 30 percent before 2016. | 2 |
Nokia Breaks into Home Security Market The Nokia Remote Camera works by combining a digital camera, GSM transceiver and MMS technology. All it needs is a regular main power supply and access to a GSM network, so it does not require | 3 |
Microsoft Sues Web Hoster, Others Over Spam Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) filed nine new lawsuits against spammers who send unsolicited e-mail, including an e-mail marketing Web hosting company, the world #39;s largest software maker said on Thursday. | 3 |
TechLove With Mr. Roboto Q: I recently installed Service Pack 2 on my Windows XP machine, and now the system #39;s gone all screwy: Internet Explorer won #39;t display animations right, I can #39;t play WarCraft III, and Yahoo Instant Messenger is toast. | 3 |
UPDATE 1-Barca turn on style to join Valencia at summit Barcelona delighted their fans with a sparkling display at the Nou Camp to come from a goal down and seal a 4-1 win over Real Zaragoza in the Primera Liga on Thursday. | 1 |
Cardinals reach 100 victories Youth was served in a big way for the Cardinals at Miller Park on Thursday afternoon. Rookies Yadier Molina and Hector Luna combined for six hits and all four RBIs as St. | 1 |
Suzuki close to breaking one of baseball #39;s oldest records A few years ago, Ichiro Suzuki spent three days on his own wandering around the Hall of Fame, hoping to learn about the history of baseball in America. | 1 |
Hopkins wants piece of Roy Jones NEW YORK - One thing Bernard Hopkins knockout of Oscar De La Hoya hasnt changed for the middleweight champion: he still needs to beat Roy Jones to feel fulfilled. | 1 |
Apathy grows as lockout enters second week Peter Forsberg signs with MoDo of the Swedish Elite League while Rick Nash and Joe Thornton have an auspicious debut with HC Davos of the Swiss Elite League. | 1 |
Iraqi group says it freed Canadian hostage FALLUJAH, Iraq - A group calling itself the Brigades of the Victorious Lion of God said today it was responsible for the kidnapping of Canadian Fairuz Yamulky and claimed it set her free only after her company pledged to withdraw from Iraq. | 0 |
TiVo hires marketing chief Also: company announces it exceeded 2 million subscribers over Labor Day weekend. \ | 3 |
Healthy Forecast for 2005 Ad Spending (Reuters) Reuters - Advertising spending will climb\faster than the global economy in 2005, two leading forecasters\said on Monday, driven by marketing battles in competitive\sectors and increases in online and interactive ads. | 3 |
Ex-CA boss Kumar pleads not guilty Former Computer Associates (CA) CEO Sanjay Kumar pleaded not guilty on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, N.Y., to charges of securities fraud and obstruction of justice involving a multi-billion dollar accounting scandal. | 3 |
Nokia Phone Adds Virus Protection Upcoming smart phone will feature a mobile version of F-Secure's antivirus software. | 3 |
Afghanistan's Karzai to be sworn in with hardest challenges ahead (AFP) AFP - Hamid Karzai will seek to rebuild Afghanistan after his inauguration as the devastated country's first freely elected president by tackling the twin scourge of drugs and warlords, his spokesman said. | 0 |
PalmSource Falls After Weak Forecast (AP) AP - Shares of PalmSource Inc., the former software arm of organizer-maker Palm Inc., fell 10 percent in post-market trading Thursday after it provided a weak revenue forecast. | 3 |
Turkey's EU Bid Back on Course After Damaging Row (Reuters) 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, Libyan FM meet in sign of improved ties (AFP) AFP - US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Libyan Foreign Minister Abdelraham Shalgham met here in the highest-level contact between the two countries in decades amid a sharp improvement in ties between Washington and Tripoli. | 0 |
Democrat Edwards Courts Women Voters (AP) AP - Democrat John Edwards said Thursday that President Bush has done too little to make the nation safer, reaching out to women voters who have said in surveys they believe Bush would do a better job than the Democrats of protecting the country. | 0 |
Many setbacks on road to an effective Iraqi force Pressure is rising to establish an Iraqi military capable of securing the country by January elections. | 0 |
Musicians Sing Different Tune on File Sharing (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - We know what piracy debaters Lars Ulrich and Chuck D think of file sharing. But aside from the few who speak out publicly, musical artists typically sit out the rhetorical crossfire over copyright protection. This silent majority is the central focus of a new survey on Internet file-sharing, which discovered a significant sentiment: Most artists don't view unauthorized swapping of music and movies as a threat to their livelihood, even if many think it should be illegal. | 3 |
China's new wealth clashes with party-boss influence Quiet efforts are afoot in the southern city of Shenzhen to thwart corruption by professionalizing the civil service. | 0 |
Top Cleric Calls for On-Time Vote in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. warplanes blasted insurgent positions in Sadr City, and American ground troops pushed into the sprawling Baghdad slum Thursday in a new operation aimed at disarming the militia of a renegade anti-U.S... | 0 |
U.S. Worries Over Election Terror Threat WASHINGTON - As the election draws nearer, U.S. officials are increasingly concerned al-Qaida terrorists will attempt to mount a devastating attack to disrupt the political process... | 0 |
Kerry: Allawi's Take on Iraq Unrealistic COLUMBUS, Ohio - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Thursday that Iraq's Ayad Allawi was sent before Congress to put the "best face" on a Bush administration policy that has gone wrong. Shortly after Allawi, the interim government's prime minister, gave a rosy portrayal of progress toward peace in Iraq, Kerry said the assessment contradicted Allawi's own statements as well as the reality on the ground... | 0 |
Delta to sell planes, spare engines to FedEx Delta Air Lines (DAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said it reached a deal with FedEx Express to sell eight McDonnell Douglas MD11 aircraft and four spare engines for delivery in 2004. | 2 |
AT amp;T Decries California Rate Hikes AT amp;T Corp. said Thursday that California #39;s decision to raise wholesale telephone rates will decrease competition between local carriers. | 2 |
Yankees Clinch 10th Straight Playoff Spot (AP) AP - Derek Jeter hit a leadoff home run, Jon Lieber pitched into the eighth inning and the New York Yankees clinched their 10th consecutive trip to the postseason with a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Thursday. | 1 |
Sony to support MP3 in future players Sony #39;s apparently gotten the message: Some of its new MP3 player models will feature direct support for MP3 in addition to its proprietary ATRAC format. | 3 |
Exploit Threat Ratchets Up On Windows Vulnerability A recently detected exploit code foreshadows a likely worm-style attack on Windows machines plagued with the JPEG vulnerability made public last week, security experts said Thursday. | 3 |
Applied Micro Sees 2Q Revenue Below 1Q Applied Micro Circuits Corp., a communications chip maker, on Thursday said it expects lower second-quarter revenue compared to its first quarter, based on soft sales in Asia and lower orders. | 3 |
Senate committee approves wireless spectrum bill The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved a bill that sets a 2008 deadline for clearing broadcasters from wireless spectrum promised to public safety agencies. | 3 |
Qualcomm Opens a Window to Video Wireless giant Qualcomm (Quote, Chart) has inked a licensing deal with Microsoft (Quote, Chart) it claims will make it easier to play audio and video on its handsets. | 3 |
Report: CEOs Stagnant on Security CEOs aren #39;t doing enough to address the myriad IT security threats that loom large. At least that #39;s what Ernst amp; Young concluded from survey results it released today. | 3 |
Suzuki Near One of Baseball's Oldest Marks (AP) AP - A few years ago, Ichiro Suzuki spent three days on his own wandering around the Hall of Fame, hoping to learn about the history of baseball in America. | 1 |
Brown Has Chance for Rookie Run Record (AP) AP - Eddie George left Tennessee with a bunch of team rushing records. In just his third NFL start, Chris Brown now has an opportunity to do something George never could. | 1 |
Rockies Beat D-Backs 7-1 to Open Twinbill (AP) AP - Jeff Francis pitched six strong innings and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-1 Thursday in the first game of a doubleheader. | 1 |
South Carolina's 'Pops' Cleared to Play (AP) AP - "Pops" has gotten the green light from the NCAA to play football at South Carolina. | 1 |
Roddick to Lead U.S. Against Belarus (AP) AP - Andy Roddick and the rest of the U.S. Davis Cup team figure it's about time the country reclaimed the championship. | 1 |
Injured Arrington Out Linebacker LaVar Arrington is likely to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery, Joe Gibbs said, and would be sidelined two-to-four weeks. | 1 |
Storage Decisions show parades new products IT managers may need more storage to handle all the storage announcements that occurred at this week's Storage Decisions show in Chicago as well as several other independent announcements. | 3 |
Blue Chips Fall on #36;49 Oil, Economy Index (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. blue-chip stocks fell on\Thursday to nearly a five-week low as crude oil flirted with\last month's record high and a key gauge of future economic\activity fell for a third straight month. | 2 |
Blue Chips Fall on \$49 Oil, Economy Index NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue-chip stocks fell on Thursday to nearly a five-week low as crude oil flirted with last month's record high and a key gauge of future economic activity fell for a third straight month. | 2 |
Columnists: Online Theft Identity theft meets the global virus epidemic, enabling fraud that finally gets people's attention. | 3 |
Sven Doesn #39;t Rule Out Real Switch Sven-Goran Eriksson has insisted he hasn #39;t had any contract from Real Madrid, but crucially didn #39;t rule out the chance of him leaving England to take charge of the Spanish giants. | 1 |
Glen Johnson: More Than quot;The Other Guy quot; Fighting Roy Jones <b>...</b> In any aspect of life you would like to think that eventually - in some way, shape or form - that justice will be done, that the right thing would happen to the right people. | 1 |
Powell Appeals to Arafat to Step Aside 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 |
Britain backs UN Security Council seats for Brazil, Germany, India, Japan (AFP) AFP - Britain backs bids by Brazil, Germany, India and Japan for permanent seats on the UN Security Council, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said. | 0 |
Barclays takes look at Absa Barclays said Thursday that it was in quot;early stage quot; talks about buying control of South Africa #39;s Absa Group for at least \$3 billion in what would be its largest purchase outside Britain. | 2 |
Halliburton may shed KBR unit Halliburton, beset by controversy over its work in Iraq, said Thursday that it would sell its KBR engineering and construction unit if the oilfield services company #39;s share performance did not measure up to sector rivals. | 2 |
US Airways #39; pilots union to oppose wage cuts US Airways #39; pilots union said Thursday that the airline plans to file a motion in bankruptcy court on Friday seeking immediate cost reductions, including pay cuts, from US Airways #39; labor unions. | 2 |
GE settles with SEC over disclosure of Welch perks General Electric said Thursday that it had reached a settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations that the company failed to disclose perks like cars and an apartment for Jack Welch, its former chief executive. | 2 |
Insiders Weigh Prospect Of Wireless Spam A law banning spam delivered to wireless devices goes into effect next month. But is it necessary? By Thomas Claburn. In less than a month, it will be illegal to send commercial messages to any Internet domain | 3 |
Golf: Singh Hoping for 8th PGA Tour Win World number-one Vijay Singh of Fiji hopes to win his eighth PGA Tour event this year as he competes in the 84 Lumber Classic golf tournament beginning Thursday, in Pennsylvania. | 1 |
Montgomerie finds it tough after highs of Ryder Cup Famously, now, there was no scoreboard at the 18th green at Oakland Hills so Colin Montgomerie had no idea his putt was for the Ryder Cup. | 1 |
Los Angeles at San Diego, 10:05 PM SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- The San Diego Padres look to keep their slim playoff hopes alive Thursday by completing a sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers. | 1 |
Kings president fined by NHL Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Los Angeles Kings president Tim Leiweke was fined an undisclosed amount by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman for radio comments he made last week regarding the league #39;s labor situation. | 1 |
Jones sees Memphis fight as #39;getting back up #39; quot;It starts right here, quot; Jones said of Saturday #39;s fight, adding he has no thoughts of retirement at age 35. quot;I #39;m too good for that, quot; he said. | 1 |
Kutluay lit up US Olympic team Seattle SuperSonics: The Sonics signed Turkish shooting guard Ibrahim Kutluay, who lit up the United States Olympic team in a pair of exhibition games this summer. | 1 |
Redskins #39; Arrington Likely Out for Two-to-Four Weeks Linebacker LaVar Arrington is likely to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery, according to Coach Joe Gibbs, and would be sidelined two-to-four weeks. | 1 |
Islamic group says it has beheaded two Italians A shadowy Islamic organisation yesterday claimed it had decapitated two Italian women kidnapped in Baghdad a fortnight ago, promising to show the event on the internet. | 0 |
Yudhoyono confirmed as winner JAKARTA - Official results have confirmed former army general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the winner of Indonesia #39;s first direct presidential election, while incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri urged her nation Thursday to wait for the official announcement | 0 |
Germany, France back permanent seat for Japan on Security Council NEW YORK - Both Germany and France in their speeches before the 59th General Assembly session on Thursday supported Japan #39;s ongoing effort to secure a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. | 0 |
Odd attack damages art BERLIN A woman doing handsprings hurled herself into an art installation at the exhibition of a collection belonging to the billionaire heir of a Nazi-era arms supplier, damaging two pieces, organizers said Thursday. | 0 |
Koizumi says N Korea unlikely to test-fire missile TOKYO - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Thursday that North Korea is unlikely to test-fire another ballistic missile. quot;I think the possibility of launching one is low, quot; Koizumi told reporters. | 0 |
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