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No approach from Real - Eriksson Sven-Goran Eriksson insisted on Tuesday that he had not been approached by Real Madrid to take over as their new coach. Sven-Goran Eriksson insisted on Tuesday that he had not been approached by Real Madrid to take over as their new coach. | 1 |
Williams jealous of Lion record PORT Adelaide coach Mark Williams yesterday conceded he was wracked by jealousy watching the Brisbane Lions swoop from lower on the ladder to win the past two flags. | 1 |
Lieber isn #39;t perfect, but he #39;s a perfect fit Jon Lieber is not all the way back from his Tommy John surgery of August 2002. His return to full strength is still months away. quot;I still don #39;t feel 100, quot; Lieber said. | 1 |
One Israeli officers is among three killed Israelis in the <b>...</b> The Palestinian groups yesterday carried out a joint operation at a military position near Mouraj settlement to the north of Rafah to the south of Gaza that resulted in killing three Israeli soldiers, one of them is an officer and woundin... | 0 |
Oil Falls as US Stockpiles Expected to Recover From Hurricane Crude oil in New York fell for the first time in seven sessions on expectations that US stockpiles will rise in coming weeks as imports and production recover in the wake of Hurricane Ivan. | 2 |
An Analysis of Microsoft #39;s MARID Patent Applications The IETF MARID working group has been slogging away all summer trying to produce a draft standard about e-mail sender verification. | 3 |
LG Philips LCD starts mass production of 6th-generation TFT-LCD <b>...</b> SEOUL (AFX) - LG Philips LCD Co Ltd, one of the world #39;s leading manufacturers of thin-film-transistor liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCD), said its new sixth-generation TFT-LCD fabrication plant has started mass production of wide ... | 3 |
Netgear unveils 48-port Gigabit smart switch With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority. | 3 |
Human Stem Cells Show Potential for Eye Repair (Reuters) Reuters - Corporate researchers working\outside controversial federal restraints said on Thursday they\had engineered human stem cells that they believe could be used\to repair eyes. | 3 |
Staff fix needed at DIY website Screwfix.com, the internet home improvement service and part of the B Q chain, is freezing orders until more staff can be found. | 3 |
A Touchy Debate Over Voting With the presidential election less than six weeks away, activists and security experts are ratcheting up concern over the use of touch-screen machines to cast votes. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B>&l... | 3 |
Philips Warns on Sales, Sees 05 Slowdown AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Europe's top consumer electronics group Philips <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PHG.AS target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">PHG.AS</A> cut the sales forecast for its closely-watched chip unit on Friday and predic... | 2 |
Commerce One Announces Layoffs Internet software developer Commerce One Inc. on Friday said it laid off about 61 percent of its staff to conserve cash ahead of plans to close down its business, sending its stock plunging during morning trading. | 3 |
MIT Works to Power Computers With Spinach "Eat your spinach," Mom used to say. "It will make your muscles grow, power your laptop and recharge your cell phone... " OK. So nobody's Mom said those last two things. But researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have used spinach to harness a plant's... | 3 |
That's rich: Gates tops Forbes list once again Microsoft's leader brings home the gold medal for the 11th year running. Google's founders aren't doing too badly, either. | 3 |
ID Biomedical Shares Up on Vaccine Contract Shares of ID Biomedical jumped after the company reported Monday that it signed long-term agreements with the three largest flu vaccine wholesalers in the United States in light of the shortage of vaccine for the current flu season. | 2 |
Context Within Search and Optimization Context Within Search and Optimization\\A part of the problem in search engines relates to end users (you) expectations of what you will see in search results. I've run a few search query tests on the search engines recently. It's really an ongoing thing. I basically tested variou... | 3 |
U.N. Calls on N.Korea to Scrap Its Atomic Arsenal (Reuters) Reuters - The United Nations nuclear watchdog\Friday called on North Korea to give up any nuclear weapons it\may have and allow U.N. inspectors to return to verify that the\country's atomic program is peaceful. | 0 |
N.Y. Times' Beijing aide held in China (Chicago Tribune) Chicago Tribune - Chinese authorities have arrested a New York Times news assistant on charges of leaking state secrets, and the newspaper has appealed to the "highest levels" of the U.S. government to help secure his release, a senior editor at the paper said Th... | 0 |
U.N. Agency Demands N. Korea Scrap Nukes (AP) AP - A 137-nation meeting of the atomic watchdog agency demanded on Friday that North Korea scrap nuclear weapons ambitions and urged it to again allow agency inspectors to supervise its return to peaceful activities. | 0 |
Visit to Washington blunts Kerry tactic (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - 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. | 0 |
Congress delivers 146-billion-dollar tax cut (AFP) AFP - Congress overwhelmingly approved a 146-billion-dollar tax cut endorsed by both President George W. Bush and his rival John Kerry but criticized by some economists. | 0 |
France pours cold water on Bush's sunny vision of Iraq (AFP) AFP - France, one of the harshest critics of the war that brought down Saddam Hussein, stressed it would not commit troops for Iraq despite appeals from the United States and United Nations. | 0 |
Nigerian teacher flees Koran row A Christian teacher goes into hiding in the northern Nigerian city of Kano for offending her Muslim pupils, police say. | 0 |
Shock as SA vagrant left to die An probe is launched after paramedics allegedly leave a homeless man in South Africa to die because he was dirty. | 0 |
Eight More Seized in Iraq as Rash of Kidnappings Continues Besides hostage-takings by insurgent groups, many criminal gangs in Iraq have been kidnapping people for ransom. | 0 |
Kerry Faults Bush for Pursuing Saddam PHILADELPHIA - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry faulted President Bush on Friday for pursuing Saddam Hussein instead of Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, a part of a Bush strategy he contended had made defeating terrorism more difficult... | 0 |
'Sex and the City' Star Switches Roles NEW YORK - "Sex and the City" has taken on a whole new meaning for Cynthia Nixon. The actress, who just won an Emmy for her role as Miranda Hobbes in the hit HBO comedy, is in a relationship with another woman, a source who works with Nixon told The Associated Press on Friday... | 0 |
Durable Goods, Lower Oil Lift Stocks NEW YORK - Stocks edged higher Friday as a dip in oil prices and a satisfactory report on durable goods orders cheered investors at the end of a losing week. In late morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 27.14, or 0.3 percent, to 10,066.04... | 0 |
Report: US Manufacturing Regains Some Strength Friday #39;s Commerce Department report says orders for most durable goods jumped 2.3 percent in the month. These figures exclude a decline in orders for civilian aircraft. | 2 |
Middle class is richer because of these tax cuts A House-Senate conference committee Thursday agreed to legislation that will extend key components of the Bush tax cuts for up to six years. | 2 |
Long-Necked Sea Monster Snuck Up on Victims A long-necked sea reptile that lived millions of years ago in what is now China may have used its stiff neck to sneak up on unsuspecting prey and suck them in, scientists said on Friday. | 3 |
Two Linuxes for Newcomers This month I turn my attention back to Linux for newbies. Xandros Desktop and Lycoris Desktop/LX are two Linux distributions geared toward folks who aren #39;t gearheads. | 3 |
Crying wolf over predator attacks It is one of the oldest conflicts between man and beast: farmers killing marauders such as wolves, lynxes, lions and leopards to defend their livestock from the predators. | 3 |
Nicky Butt out for next three UEFA Cup games Newcastle midfielder Nicky Butt is ineligible for his club #39;s next three UEFA Cup matches because of a red card picked up in the 2-0 win over Israeli side Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin earlier this month. | 1 |
It #39;s a four-gone conclusion THIS time last year the nation was all atwitter at the prospect of the Brisbane Lions winning three AFL premierships in a row. Could they? | 1 |
Washington: Darfur peace is linked to peace in the south The American envoy to Sudan stressed that the political solution for the Darfur district crisis lies in Nivasha peace agreement with the southern rebels so as to end the central authority. | 0 |
Hurricane Forces Football Postponement (AP) AP - Hurricane Jeanne forced the postponement of Saturday's football game between Illinois State and Florida Atlantic. | 1 |
Economic Gauge Dips, Slowdown Continues (Reuters) Reuters - A leading index of the U.S. economy\dipped in the latest week, and a continued lack of growth in\the data shows no end in sight to the current slowdown, a\report showed on Friday. | 2 |
Durable Goods Fall, Aircraft Orders Slump WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orders for long-lasting U.S. durable goods slipped unexpectedly in August as civilian aircraft demand plunged, but beat forecasts once transportation was stripped out, government data showed on Friday. | 2 |
Stocks Inch Up After Durable Goods Report NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose modestly on Friday after data showed durable goods orders for August, excluding transportation orders, beat analysts' estimates, but oil prices worried investors. | 2 |
Lawyers Eat Into Freddie Mac's '03 Profit NEW YORK (Reuters) - Freddie Mac <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=FRE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">FRE.N</A>, the second-largest U.S. home financing company which has endured a barrage of intense public scrutiny in over the ... | 2 |
Firefox RSS Feature to Remain as Live Bookmarks Firefox RSS Feature to Remain as Live Bookmarks\\As per Ben Goodgers Blog, the RSS functionality introduced in the preview release version of Firefox is going to remain limited to what it is currently. It is not planned to replace any RSS extension or external feed reader... | 3 |
Cautious Fed lifts rates but hints at pause WHILE the US presidential candidates spent much of the week making the usual promises to brighten Americans #39; future, policymakers who will probably play a bigger role in determining the quality of most lives were quietly going about their usual business. | 2 |
EU to approve Oracle takeover - reports The European Union is set to approve Oracle #39;s hostile \$7.7bn takeover of enterprise apps vendor PeopleSoft, according to Reuters and the Financial Times , both of which cite unnamed sources. | 2 |
Freddie, Fannie shares feel fresh pressure WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Freddie Mac fell Friday as the market digested news about the mortgage company #39;s earnings, which were restated lower for 2003. | 2 |
Northland sells cranberry processing business to Ocean Spray <b>...</b> Wisconsin Rapids-based Northland Cranberries Inc. has agreed to sell its cranberry processing operations, including its Wisconsin Rapids plant and cranberry inventory, to rival Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. | 2 |
Code to exploit Windows graphics flaw now public com September 22, 2004, 4:17 PM PT. Most IT Managers won #39;t question the importance of security, but this priority has been sliding between the third and fourth most important focus for companies. | 3 |
Firms aim to tighten Linux security ElectricNews: Mandrakesoft and several other Linux backers are to work together to build a version of the operating system that will be far more secure than previously available. | 3 |
Golf: Monty brought down to earth with a bump WOBURN, England : Colin Montgomerie, the hero of Europe #39;s Ryder Cup slaying of the United States last weekend, came down to earth with a bump on Friday as he slumped out of The Heritage tournament. | 1 |
Star cyclist Richard Virenque retires French cycling star Richard Virenque retired Friday, ending a career marked by his fierce mountain climbs but tainted by his part in the Tour de France #39;s worst doping scandal. | 1 |
Blackhawks winningest head coach Billy Reay dead at the age of 86 CHICAGO (CP) - Billy Reay, who amassed more coaching wins than any other person in Chicago Blackhawks history, has died. He was 86. | 1 |
Three Barcelona players suffer by serious knee injuries Three FC Barcelona defensive players have suffered serious knee injuries in the opening rounds of the Spanish league season, leaving coach Frank Rijkaard with only four healthy fullbacks. | 1 |
San Francisco Giants Team Report - September 24 (Sports Network) - The two top teams in the National League West will begin a gigantic three-game series tonight, as the San Francisco Giants take on the Los Angeles Dodgers at SBC Park. | 1 |
UN Refugee Chief Backs Darfur Autonomy Sudan may have to grant autonomy to Darfur to bring peace to the vast region where 1.4 million people have been displaced by fighting and 50,000 have died, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said on Friday. | 0 |
Islamic rebel convicted MAKHACHKALA, Russia -- An ideological aide to Chechen rebel warlord Shamil Basayev was convicted yesterday of involvement in a 1999 raid in the southern Russian region of Dagestan. | 0 |
Future Indonesian leader calls for national unity Jakarta (VNA) - In his first public statement since the second round of the Indonesian presidential run-off election, presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called for national unity and warned of difficulties facing the country. | 0 |
Bill Gates remains atop list of richest: Forbes Washington, Sept. 24: Bill Gates kept his ranking atop the richest people in the United States, boosting his worth to 48 billion dollars, but investor Warren Buffett, edged closer, Forbes magazine said today. | 2 |
Morningstar Says SEC Is Investigating Data for Fund (Update2) Morningstar Inc., a US research firm used by 3 million investors to decide what mutual funds to buy, said the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the company for publishing incorrect performance data for a fund. | 2 |
Hackers Smell Blood In Common Windows Interface Since Wednesday, a rising tide of attacks which could precede the arrival of a new worm have been attempting to exploit the Windows GDI (graphic device interface) for JPEG files, according to the Internet Storm Center, Bethesda, MD. | 3 |
Now showing: The galactic storm HILO, Hawai #39;i - Scientists released images yesterday of a collision of two galaxy clusters as they crash into each other like immense storm systems, a process that releases more energy than anything but the Big Bang itself. | 3 |
E-Biz sites hit with targeted attacks, extortion threats SEPTEMBER 24, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - A distributed denial-of-service attack that disrupted Web-based systems at credit card payment processing firm Authorize. | 3 |
OPA Generational Media Study Yields Interesting Results This week the Online Publishers Association (OPA) announced the results of its latest Generational Media Study, designed to provide a detailed view of the 18 to 34 year-old media consumer. | 3 |
Cup hero Monty misses cut at The Heritage Ryder Cup hero Colin Montgomerie came down to earth with a bump on Friday when he missed the cut at The Heritage. There was better news, however, for forgotten | 1 |
Klinsmann #39;s style irritates German FA officials Juergen Klinsmann has made it clear since taking over as Germany coach that he wants to run the team his own way, and not everybody likes it. | 1 |
Pakistan, India leaders vow cooperation The leaders of India and Pakistan met Friday and promised measures to gradually ease tensions between their nations and explore a peaceful settlement for the disputed Kashmir region. | 0 |
Chechen Rebel Leader Blames Rival for School Massacre Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov has denied being involved in the Russian school hostage-taking and said another rebel chief, Shamil Basayev, should stand trial for staging it. | 0 |
Irans nuclear stubbornness by RN Security and Defence editor Hans de Vreij, 24 September 2004. Iran and the United Nations remain on collision course as Tehran sticks by its refusal to end its uranium enrichment programme. | 0 |
Shell evacuates staff from Nigerian delta conflict Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell has evacuated non-essential staff from two flow stations in the Niger delta, where government forces have been attacking rebel militia, a company spokesman said on Friday. | 0 |
British envoy again blasts Kenya on graft Britain #39;s ambassador to Kenya renewed criticism on Friday that Nairobi lacked the will to stamp out corruption, the latest salvo in a simmering diplomatic spat between Kenya and its international donors. | 0 |
Security Tight for Afghanistan #39;s Presidential Inauguration As Afghanistan prepares to swear in its first popularly elected president, Afghan and US forces are launching a winter operation to contain anti-government insurgents threatening the new government. | 0 |
Fingerprint ID Firm Cogent Soars in Debut NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Cogent Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=COGT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">COGT.O</A> soared 50 percent in their market debut on Friday after the fingerprint identification company's initia... | 2 |
Priceat Issue With PlayStation Portable (AP) AP - Sony Corp.'s PlayStation Portable, which goes on sale in Japan later this year and overseas next spring, boasts the superb image quality of its home-console counterpart. | 3 |
Japan Game Makers Count on Mobile Gear for Growth (Reuters) Reuters - Japanese game makers, faced\with a shrinking local market and increasing competition from\overseas rivals, are pinning hopes on mobile platforms such as\handheld machines and cellphones to stir up demand. | 3 |
Great White Shark Gets Satellite Tracker (AP) AP - Researchers put a satellite tracking device on a 15-foot shark that appeared to be lost in shallow water off Cape Cod, the first time a great white has been tagged that way in the Atlantic. | 3 |
Japan Game Makers Count on Mobile Gear for Growth MAKUHARI, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese game makers, faced with a shrinking local market and increasing competition from overseas rivals, are pinning hopes on mobile platforms such as handheld machines and cellphones to stir up demand. | 3 |
Bosnia Mass Grave Yields 182 Bodies, More Expected KEVLJANI, Bosnia (Reuters) - Forensic experts said Friday they had found remains of 182 people, believed to have been wartime prisoners killed by Bosnian Serb forces, in a mass grave in western Bosnia and that they expected to find more. | 0 |
Preaching beyond the Mac faithful In the past three weeks, shares of Apple Computer Inc. have flirted with all-time highs after a wave of reports from investment houses like Piper Jaffray, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan issued glowing projections about the Cupertino firm #39;s future. | 3 |
Singer Cat Stevens Demands Probe Into Deportation LONDON (Reuters) - Yusuf Islam, the singer-song writer formerly known as Cat Stevens, Friday demanded an inquiry into why the United States labeled him a security risk and deported him. | 0 |
Hurricane Jeanne Takes Aim at Florida WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Hurricane Jeanne trekked westward Friday on a path that could lead to Florida's east coast by Sunday, setting off another round of storm preparations in a state still reeling from three earlier strikes... | 0 |
6 Egyptians, 2 Iraqis Kidnapped in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen abducted six Egyptians and four Iraqis working for Iraq's mobile phone company, seizing two in a bold raid on the firm's Baghdad office and the others outside the capital, officials said Friday, the latest in a string of kidnappings that have underscored th... | 0 |
EU seeks decision on Oracle-PeopleSoft deal by next month LONDON, September 24 (newratings.com) - The European Commission has expressed its intention to reach a final decision on Oracle Corporation #39;s (ORCL. | 2 |
CONGRESS PASSES TAX CUT BILL Election year politics result in the passing of a multi-billion dollar tax cut package. The Senate overwhelmingly approved the measure 92-3 last night. | 2 |
Stocks Set to Open Mixed Stocks were set to start mixed on Friday, as traders absorb a small drop in durable goods orders and the higher price of oil. On Thursday, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 70. | 2 |
New Microsoft spam lawsuit takes different tack In addition to its recent failed attempts at making its Sender ID framework a standard, #39;Net-wide solution to the problem of spam, Microsoft has also filed over 100 lawsuits against the spammers themselves. | 3 |
Increase your breast measurements by this ringtone Some of the silly tunes Japanese pay to download to use as the ring tone for their mobile phones sure have their knockers, but it #39;s for precisely that reason that a well-known counselor is raking it in at the moment, according to Shukan Gendai (10/2). | 3 |
Bowden Bowl not fun for the Bowdens When Clemson finally beat Florida State in an Atlantic Coast Conference game last season, Tommy Bowden #39;s celebration was noticeably subdued. | 1 |
Tennis: Grand Slam showdown set as Sharapova faces Kuznetsova in <b>...</b> BEIJING : Maria Sharapova will have Russian pride as well as a small measure of revenge in mind when she faces fellow Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova Saturday in the semi-finals of the 585,000 US dollar China Open. | 1 |
March to glory A boisterous crowd of at least 50,000 was packed five-deep along Melbourne #39;s Flinders St to catch a glimpse of the Lions and arch rivals Port Adelaide ahead of today #39;s AFL grand final. | 1 |
SBY puts victory celebrations on ice FIVE days after Indonesia #39;s first presidential election, neither candidate has claimed victory or conceded defeat, even though it is now clear President Megawati Sukarnoputri cannot possibly win. | 0 |
Longtime Blackhawks Coach Billy Reay Dies (AP) AP - Billy Reay, who played on two Stanley Cup champions with Montreal and became the winningest coach in Chicago Blackhawks' history, died at 86. | 1 |
Former Knight Assistant Accepts #36;35,000 (AP) AP - Indiana University agreed to pay #36;35,000 to former basketball assistant Ron Felling, who was fired by Bob Knight after a postgame confrontation in 1999. | 1 |
Zaballa in Breakaway Stage Win COLLADO VILLALBA, Spain (Reuters) - Spain's Constantino Zaballa, riding for the Saunier Duval team, broke away early in the day for an easy win in Friday's 19th stage of the Tour of Spain over Avila and Collado Villalba. | 1 |
PC makers begin holiday desktop onslaught No, apparently it's not too early to think about holiday shopping. Gateway, HP and others are prepping new PCs for store shelves... | 3 |
USAir Looks for 23 Percent Union Pay Cut (Reuters) Reuters - US Airways Group Inc. will\ask a bankruptcy court on Friday to impose emergency pay cuts\of 23 percent on unionized workers if an agreement with the\workers is not reached during the day. | 2 |
Airbus drops out of Microsoft case Airbus has withdrawn its request to intervene in Microsoft #39;s antitrust appeal--a blow to the software giant #39;s efforts to show that the European Commission #39;s ruling will have effects far beyond the IT industry. | 2 |
Japan Game Makers Count on Mobile Gear for Growth Japanese game makers, faced with a shrinking local market and increasing competition from overseas rivals, are pinning hopes on mobile platforms such as handheld machines and cellphones to stir up demand. | 2 |
India, Pakistan Leaders Hail New Chapter in Ties The leaders of India and Pakistan on Friday hailed a new era in often fraught relations between the two south Asian nuclear rivals and agreed to study a joint pipeline project as part of closer economic ties. | 0 |
Congress delivers 146-billion-dollar tax cut WASHINGTON : Congress approved a 146-billion-dollar tax cut endorsed by both President George W. Bush and his rival John Kerry but criticized as a budget buster by some economists. | 2 |
Morningstar under SEC probe for incorrect data The SEC is looking into whether the financial-information provider failed to correct inaccurate data it published regarding a single mutual fund in a timely manner. | 2 |
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