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Microsoft Ready to Comply if Appeal Lost Microsoft Corp. said Monday it is ready to put a stripped-down version of Windows on the market if it fails this week to persuade a judge to suspend a landmark European Union antitrust decision. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666">&... | 3 |
Walgreen Boosts Profit, Plans More Stores NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walgreen Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=WAG.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">WAG.N</A>, the top U.S. drugstore chain, on Monday said quarterly profit rose 18.1 percent due to rising prescription demand... | 2 |
Soldiers' War Blogs Detail Life in Iraq Iraq war blogs are as varied as the soldiers who write them. Some sites feature practical news, war pictures and advice. Some are overtly political, with more slanting to the right than to the left. Some question the war, some cheer it. While some military bloggers (or milblogger... | 3 |
Fannie Mae in Deal to Up Capital WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Embattled mortgage finance company Fannie Mae <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=FNM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">FNM.N</A> agreed to keep billions of dollars more in cash on hand while it corrects accounting pro... | 2 |
JPMorgan Fleming Eyes Stake in Highbridge NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Fleming Asset Wealth Management on Monday said it plans to buy a majority interest in and enter into a partnership with Highbridge Capital Management, a hedge funds manager, to bolster its presence among hedge funds and attract a broader aud... | 2 |
Adobe Plans New Format for Digital Photos Adobe Systems Inc. plans to introduce a new format for digital photos on Monday in an attempt to create an industry public standard to make the archiving and editing process compatible across all types of cameras and photo software. | 3 |
Mars, Snickers Cut Down to Size LONDON (Reuters) - King-sized Mars and Snickers chocolate bars will be cut down to size in Britain next year as a leading food manufacturer responds to growing pressure about portion distortion and rising levels of obesity. | 2 |
Stem cells as heart "pacemakers" "Natural" heart pacemakers made from human stem cells have been successfully tested in pigs. | 3 |
Billionaire Branson Unveils Space Tourism Plans LONDON (AFP) -- British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a hugely ambitious plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying he would send "thousands" of fee-paying astronauts into orbit in the next five years. Branson, a flamboyant communicator ... | 3 |
Hurricane Jeanne Damages NASA Shuttle Building By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The third hurricane to hit NASA's spaceport in just over a month blew out more panels and left more gaping holes in the massive shuttle assembly building, but overall damage was not as severe as feared, a space agency official... | 3 |
NASA's 16-Foot Transonic Tunnel Leaves Powerful Legacy NASA -- When the massive fan blades stop turning for the last time on September 30, 2004, the steel walls of the 16-Foot Transonic Tunnel will continue to reverberate with an incredible history of aeronautical research spanning over six decades. The stone "NACA"... | 3 |
Opening the Lid on Genesis The Genesis desert crash has left scientists wondering about the delicate condition of its solar wind collection. The first release of samples to the community has begun, while new tests for oxygen-isotopes may help uncover which particles might have lunar, solar or terrestrial origins. | 3 |
Scientists Find Storehouse for Memory By Karen Pallarito, HealthDay Reporter HealthDayNews -- In a finding that could lead to better insights into how memories are formed, neuroscientists say they have identified the compartment within nerve cells that stows special receptors that can be deployed to intensify incomi... | 3 |
Alternative Medicine Slips Into the Mainstream By Holly VanScoy, HealthDay Reporter Doctors are combining time-honored therapies with conventional treatments HealthDayNews -- In medical circles, what was once considered either old-fashioned or "far out" is getting another look. And sometimes that new look can br... | 3 |
Seniors Take Up Tai Chi and Yoga Across the U.S. By AMBER McDOWELL NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Balanced on one leg like flamingos, a dozen people older than 60 concentrate on staying upright, as they master the basics of tai chi... | 3 |
Bitter Malpractice Fight Going to Voters By DAVID CRARY (AP) -- Rivaling Bush vs. Kerry for bitterness, doctors and trial lawyers are squaring off this fall in an unprecedented four-state struggle over limiting malpractice awards... | 3 |
Volcanic Unrest in Mount St. Helens Seismologists believe there's an increased likelihood of a hazardous event at Mount St. Helens due to a strengthening series of earthquakes at the volcano. Mount St. Helens is about 55 miles northeast of Portland, Ore. | 3 |
Russia gets budget version of Windows Microsoft effort is designed to wean people off pirated software and the open-source Linux OS. | 3 |
Vodafone eyes annual savings of 2.5bn Vodafone is to cut costs by 2.5bn per year by March 2008. It will do this a combination of 1.4bn through cost-saving measures and 1. | 2 |
Air Canada to Buy Bombardier Jets Air Canada has agreed to buy \$821 million of Canadair Regional Jets from Bombardier Inc. (BBDb.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) , the companies said on Monday. | 2 |
TCL Communication makes satisfactory debut in HKEX TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited (TCL Communication), one of the leading mobile handset manufacturers in the Chinese mainland made its debut on HKEX (Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearings Limited) Monday. | 2 |
UK #39;s Branson to Launch Space Tourism in 2007 Richard Branson, Britain #39;s best-known entrepreneur and part-time daredevil, plans to launch the world #39;s first passenger service to space in 2007, offering zero-gravity flights for 110,000 pounds (\$198,600). | 3 |
Space station oxygen supply safe for now The International Space Station will have enough oxygen on board to support its crew of two until the next Progress supply vehicle delivers more on Christmas Day, says NASA. | 3 |
Dubai: 8 airport workers killed in accident A wall collapsed at an airport construction site Monday, killing more than eight workers and injuring many more, a contractor said. | 0 |
Cisco unveils switches, software for SMBs Cisco Systems Inc. on Monday is set to take aim at small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) that have growing needs and sparse technical expertise, introducing a pair of LAN switches and a graphical management application. | 3 |
Microsoft steps up efforts to nab Unix migrations Hoping to throw some tacks in the road to slow Linux momentum, Microsoft during the next year will redouble its efforts to woo more corporate users migrating from Unix to the open source OS. | 3 |
China's first 300mm chip plant starts production Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), China's largest chip maker and also one of the world's biggest contract chip makers, Saturday formally began commercial production at a 300-millimeter semiconductor fabrication plant (fab) in Beijing called Fab 4, t... | 3 |
Microsoft is ready to remove media player for EU BRUSSELS -- Microsoft Corp. will be ready to comply with the European Commission's demands for changes to its Windows operating systems if a European court rejects its request for the measures to be suspended, a spokesman for the company said Monday. | 3 |
Microsoft Adds New Hotmail Fee To curb spam, users will be charged for accessing their e-mail via Outlook. | 3 |
HP Drops Itanium 2 Workstations Move is the latest setback for the chip Intel once billed as an industry standard. | 3 |
'Wikis' Offer Knowledge-Sharing on the Web By ANICK JESDANUN NEW YORK (AP) -- Taran Rampersad didn't complain when he failed to find anything on his hometown in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Instead, he simply wrote his own entry for San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago... | 3 |
Adobe Plans New Format Standard for Digital Photos By MAY WONG SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Adobe Systems Inc... | 3 |
Microsoft Ready to Comply if EU Appeal Lost By PAUL GEITNER BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said Monday it is ready to put a stripped-down version of Windows on the market if it fails this week to persuade a judge to suspend a landmark European Union antitrust decision... | 3 |
Spy Imagery Agency Watching Americans In the name of homeland security, America's spy imagery agency is keeping a close eye, close to home. It's watching America. Since the Sept. 11 attacks, about 100 employees of a little-known branch of the Defense Department called the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency have fo... | 3 |
No price cut as Virgin unveils US music download service LONDON - Virgin launches its rival to Apple #39;s iTunes and Roxio #39;s Napster in the US today, although consumers will get no break on price because the service charges the same 99 cents a song to download. | 3 |
Sweet emotion Bee Staff Writer. When that last knee-knocking 2-foot putt found the hole, Christina Kim dropped to her knees in tears, then got up to begin a celebration worthy of her flamboyant personality. | 1 |
Bucs discount revenge factor Bee Staff Writer. They knew, when the 2004 NFL schedule came out, there would be a revenge angle of sorts attached to the teams #39; first meeting since the Buccaneers #39; Super Bowl rout of Oakland two years ago. | 1 |
Nascar: Newman cruises at Dover It didn #39;t take Ryan Newman long to figure out he had an awesome race car Sunday - one that would be capable of winning the MBNA America 400 race at Dover International Speedway. | 1 |
Packers Lose Shootout with Colts It is well known that Brett Favre doesn #39;t have a good record in domes. But only looking at his performance at Indy on Sunday, one would think that the Packers would have won the game. | 1 |
HP drops Itanium workstations Citing market conditions for the move, HP has dropped the processor just two months after Intel started shipping the 64-bit architecture for x86 systems. | 3 |
German leaders avoid big losses in electoral test BERLIN - Germanys governing Social Democrats avoided major losses in local elections Sunday in the countrys most populous state, while the conservative opposition lost votes but stayed well ahead in a traditional stronghold for Chancellor Gerhard | 0 |
Second Thai woman has bird flu A 32-YEAR-OLD Thai woman was today confirmed to be suffering from bird flu, the second confirmed human case of the disease since the country #39;s latest outbreak started in July. | 0 |
Lubbers suggests Darfur autonomy The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, has suggested that the Sudanese government should grant more autonomy to the Darfur region in an effort to end the violence there. | 0 |
Referendum on Swiss Citizenship Takes Place Sunday Swiss voters go to the polls Sunday to vote in a referendum on making it easier for children and grandchildren of foreigners living in the country to gain citizenship. | 0 |
Israeli Troops Enter West Bank Hospital Israeli troops hunting militants raided a West Bank hospital Monday, searching rooms and calling on fugitives over loudspeakers to surrender, and in Gaza soliders | 0 |
Virgin Music Download Service Aims to Bite Apple, MSN, Yahoo Virgin Music Download Service Aims to Bite Apple, MSN, Yahoo\\On Monday Virgin launched a digital music download service which is expected to challenge Napster, iTunes, MSN Music Store, and Yahoo as the first digital music download service with two big brothe... | 3 |
The Broadband Market Rises in the UK (Reuters) Reuters - More than one of every five UK\households has a broadband connection, according to a new study\on Monday, indicating that falling prices have made Britain one\of the fastest growing markets for high-speed Internet access. | 3 |
Greek School Bus Crash Kills Seven, Injures 24 (Reuters) Reuters - A bus carrying school\students and teachers to the Athens Paralympic Games collided\with a truck in central Greece on Monday killing at least seven\people and injuring 24, officials said. | 0 |
Japanese Leader Reshuffles Cabinet (AP) AP - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi replaced key ministers and ruling party leaders in a shuffle Monday aimed at solidifying his power and building momentum for his troubled reforms program. | 0 |
Carter foresees unfair vote in Florida (AFP) AFP - A repetition of problems that plagued the 2000 US presidential election is likely, former US president and veteran elections monitor Jimmy Carter said, charging that quot;basic international requirements quot; for a fair vote are missing in Florida. | 0 |
Seven die in Greek bus crash At least seven school children die when their bus crashed as they were travelling to the Paralympics Games in Athens. | 0 |
US 'buys town for terror drills' The US Department of Homeland Security is buying an entire town for anti-terror training, reports say. | 0 |
Global box office rise forecast Global cinema takings will rise steadily to \$22.8bn (12.6bn) by the end of 2004, a research body predicts. | 0 |
Campaigns Aim to Lower Debate Expectations CRAWFORD, Texas - It's a classic pre-debate dance, maybe as important as the matchup itself: lower expectations for your candidate's performance and jab the other guy while you're at it. While President Bush and Democrat John Kerry remained secluded half a country apart on Sun... | 0 |
Stocks to Open Lower on Rising Oil Prices NEW YORK - U.S. stocks are seen slightly lower at the open as investors stay on guard with oil pushing near the \$50-a-barrel level... | 0 |
Building Collapses at Dubai Airport DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A large wall in a building under construction at Dubai airport collapsed Monday, killing more than eight people and injuring many more, a contractor said. Workers at the site said they saw up to 40 casualties being taking away, but there was no confir... | 0 |
108-Year-Old Man Starts Smoking Again GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A 108-year-old man has taken up smoking again, encouraged by gifts of cigars from as far away as London... | 0 |
Hurricane Jeanne Continues to Ravage Fla. MELBOURNE, Fla. - Hurricane Jeanne tore a fresh path of destruction and despair as it continued its march up storm-ravaged Florida, where the fourth major hurricane in six weeks shut down much of the state and prompted recovery plans on a scale never before seen in the nation..... | 0 |
Powell Says Situation in Iraq 'Getting Worse' Secretary of State Colin Powell sees the situation in Iraq "getting worse" as planned elections approach, and the top U.S. military commander for Iraq says he expects more violence ahead. | 0 |
Why are oil prices so high? US crude prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange have hit fresh record highs, hitting \$49.45 a barrel, up more than 50 percent from the start of the year. | 2 |
Bombardier Says Air Canada May Buy up to 90 Aircraft (Update1) Bombardier Inc., the world #39;s third- biggest maker of commercial aircraft, said Air Canada ordered 45 planes and may buy 45 more in an agreement with a potential value of \$2. | 2 |
Before the Bell - Fannie Mae down 2 pct Shares of Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) fell 2 percent in premarket trading on Monday, a day after reports said the embattled mortgage finance giant was close to a deal with regulators. | 2 |
AT amp; Wireless unveils messaging-only handheld AT amp;T Wireless on Monday seemed to be trying to turn back the clock on cell phone design trends when it introduced the Ogo, a messaging-only handheld. | 2 |
Adobe Systems to introduce new format for digital photos SAN JOSE, Calif. Adobe Systems is introducing a new format today for digital photos it hopes will create a standard in the industry. | 2 |
House Arrest Ends for Ex-Parmalat Chief With his period of house arrest over, former Parmalat boss Calisto Tanzi took a walk in the garden of his villa Monday, following nine months of detention and questioning over the fraud scandal that engulfed his company. | 2 |
A hit in Motown All guys he played with in San Francisco. All guys who made up one of the greatest offenses in NFL history. All guys who remind him of what he has now. | 1 |
USC Thrives in Adversity, Tops Stanford (AP) AP - Though Southern California went to halftime down 11 points, Matt Grootegoed knew the Trojans were going to win as soon as he stepped into the locker room. | 1 |
Dubai terminal construction collapse Officials can not estimate all casualties as some people still remain under the ruins. The wall of the new airports terminal collapsed in United Arab Emirates capital at 11 am. | 0 |
Fannie Mae in Deal to Hike Capital (Reuters) Reuters - Embattled mortgage finance company\Fannie Mae agreed to keep billions of dollars more cash\on hand while it corrects accounting problems, its government\regulator said on Monday. | 2 |
Cemex Buys 18.8 Percent Stake in RMC (Reuters) Reuters - Mexican cement company Cemex said on\Monday it had spent about 432 million pounds ( #36;780 million)\buying an 18.8 percent stake in RMC Group as part of\its planned takeover of its British rival. | 2 |
Citigroup's Thomson, Krawcheck Swap Posts (Reuters) Reuters - Citigroup Inc. on Monday said\Todd Thomson, its chief financial officer and head of strategy,\will swap posts with Sallie Krawcheck, Smith Barney's chairman\and chief executive officer. | 2 |
Cemex Buys 18.8 Percent Stake in RMC LONDON (Reuters) - Mexican cement company Cemex said on Monday it had spent about 432 million pounds (\$780 million) buying an 18.8 percent stake in RMC Group <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=RMC.L target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">RMC.L</... | 2 |
Citigroup's Thomson, Krawcheck Swap Posts NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=C.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">C.N</A> on Monday said Todd Thomson, its chief financial officer and head of strategy, will swap posts with Sallie Krawcheck... | 2 |
T-W, Comcast in Pact on Cable Unit Stake NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=TWX.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">TWX.N</A> and Comcast Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CMCSA.OQ target=/stocks/quic... | 2 |
The Dollar Hits a 6-Week High vs. the Yen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar climbed to six-week highs against the yen on concern over the impact of high crude prices on the oil-dependent Japanese economy. | 2 |
Man Utd warns of lower TV revenues Manchester United has warned that lower TV revenues will hit earnings this year, after posting a dip in annual profits. The world #39;s richest soccer club and the subject of | 2 |
AT amp;T Wireless Sells Dedicated Messaging Device AT amp;T Wireless Services Inc. (AWE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) launches a mobile e-mail and messaging device without voice service on Monday, aiming to use a low price to tempt young consumers. | 2 |
Mozilla Now Strong Challenger to Internet Explorer Clearly the hottest up-and-coming alternative to the Internet Explorer is Mozilla #39;s Firefox Web browser. Firefox, a free download, has tricks up its sleeve that Internet Explorer has not yet caught on to. | 3 |
VoIP, Inc. To Pursue Cable Companies for Virtual Service Provider <b>...</b> FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. --(Business Wire)-- Sept. 27, 2004 -- VoIP, Inc. (OTCBB:VOII) today announced that it plans to help cable companies capture a share of the Internet phone services business. | 3 |
Stealth dino 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 |
ROY JONES JUNIOR.. A LEGEND THAT TIME CAUGHT UP WITH.. In his prime, Roy Jones was the greatest pound for pound fighter in the world. He dazzled us with electrifying speed, unmatched lateral movement, boxing smarts, and mad slipping ability. | 1 |
NFL Wrap: McNabb Sparkles for Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles thumped the Detroit Lions 30-13 Sunday in a clash of two previously unbeaten teams. Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, the NFL #39;s top-rated passer, had a huge part | 1 |
Under the Gunners #39; spell Forty seven games and counting - that #39;s Arsenal #39;s unbeaten league record after the weekend victory at Manchester City. The Gunners are drowning in an avalanche of plaudits, the majority of them deserved, while | 1 |
Time Warner, Comcast enter cable pact Time Warner Inc. and Comcast Corp. agreed to a deal Monday giving Comcast an option to cut its stake in Time Warner #39;s cable unit, opening the door for Comcast to unwind the entire partnership. | 2 |
Counting the cost of Hurricane Ivan Hurricane Ivan has left a trail of destroyed homes and wrecked lives across the Caribbean and parts of the United States. Julia Botfield visited the island of Grenada for BBC Breakfast TV to see how the inhabitants | 2 |
Stocks Open Lower as Oil Nears \$50/barrel US stocks opened lower on Monday as investor concerns were fueled by oil prices hitting a fresh record high, marching closer to \$50 a barrel, on supply concerns emerging from Nigeria. | 2 |
Big, Beefy Billionaires I always get a kick out of the annual list published by Forbes singling out the richest people in the country. It #39;s almost as amusing as those on the list bickering over their placement. | 2 |
The next big thing for government In a discussion that lasted for more than an hour, experts batted around a multitude of ideas that included wireless technology and the reason it will be so big, information security and assurance, and how to deal with budget tightening. | 3 |
Intel: no WiFi in quot;grantsdale quot; chipset Intel Corporation has decided not to enable the wireless access-point function in its new Intel quot;Grantsdale quot; chip. A company spokesman confirmed that Intel has decided to phase | 3 |
Huge Asteroid to Fly Past Earth Wednesday The largest asteroid ever known to pass near Earth is making a close celestial brush with the planet this week in an event that professional and backyard astronomers are watching closely. | 3 |
Eight killed as Dubai airport wall collapses At least eight people were killed after a wall collapsed at a building site at Dubai airport today. Workers said they saw up to 40 casualties being taken from the scene of the collapse, with some people reported to be trapped under the debris. | 0 |
India to celebrate Taj Mahal #39;s 350th anniversary INDIA - 350-year-anniversary celebrations devoted to the jubilee of the famous mausoleum Taj Mahal will start tomorrow in India. The worldwide known historic architectural gem, the snow-white Taj Mahal, was | 0 |
Thailand confirms second case of bird flu Bangkok, Sept 27.(PTI): Thailand today announced that a 32-year-old woman is suffering from Avian Flu, the second confirmed human case of the disease since the latest outbreak started in July. | 0 |
Google Conforms to Chinese Censorship Google Inc.'s recently launched news service in China doesn't display results from Web sites blocked by that country's authorities, raising prickly questions for an online search engine that has famously promised to "do no evil." | 3 |
All I Wanted Was a Pepsi Pepsi is ready to post earnings; let's hope it doesn't follow in Coke's footsteps. | 2 |
AT Wireless unveils messaging-only handheld The company says the device, dubbed the Ogo, won't be bogged down by features that are "hardly used." | 3 |
Fannie Mae to Correct Accounting and Boost Capital (Update2) Fannie Mae, the biggest buyer of US mortgages, will correct its accounting and boost capital to a level 30 percent above the required minimum after its federal regulator found errors | 2 |
Nortel names chief marketing officer Nortel Networks Corp. named its first chief marketing officer on Monday in keeping with the new initiatives announced last month by CEO William Owens. | 2 |
Stocks in Retreat As Oil Nears \$50 Mark As crude oil futures head toward \$50 per barrel, stocks are in retreat. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 31 points in today #39;s early going. | 2 |
Multiplex secures Ronin bid MULTIPLEX Group has seen off a late challenge to its takeover of Ronin Property Group, yesterday securing a crucial stake that all but guarantees a successful bid and a re-rating of the developer #39;s shares. | 2 |
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