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Private rocket reaches space for second time Climbing to space like a winged corkscrew, SpaceShipOne successfully completed the first leg of its attempt for a \$10-million prize Wednesday in a flight marked by an unexpected series of rolls. | 3 |
Rockets Kill 2 Israeli Children, 9 Palestinians Die SDEROT, Israel (Reuters) - Palestinian militants eluding an army crackdown killed two Israeli children in a rocket attack from Gaza on Wednesday and troops killed nine Palestinians in raids in the coastal strip and the West Bank. | 0 |
Austrian Bishop Quits After Sex Scandal -- Newspaper VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian bishop Kurt Krenn has resigned, apparently at the Pope's request, after a sex and child pornography scandal in his diocese rocked the Roman Catholic church in the Alpine nation. | 0 |
Sex abuse trials open on Pitcairn The tiny UK Pacific colony of Pitcairn puts seven men on trial for sex abuse in a case splitting local opinion. | 0 |
US stocks: Stocks up, boosted by techs and cheaper oil US stocks ended higher on Wednesday as internet and semiconductor stocks led advances in technology shares and crude oil retreated from record high prices. | 2 |
AIG target of Justice probe NEW YORK -- American International Group Inc., one of the world #39;s largest insurance companies, is the target of a probe by the Department of Justice into possible securities violations. | 2 |
Profit warnings take shine off GWR/Capital merger Capital Radio and GWR saw 45m wiped off their combined stock market values yesterday as investors digested details of their proposed merger alongside trading updates published simultaneously by both companies. | 2 |
Mountain-sized Asteroid Zips Past Earth Wednesday The giant potato-shaped asteroid 4179 Toutatis zoomed past earth just after 8:30 am Wednesday afternoon in the closest approach of any known asteroid of comparable size this century. | 3 |
MS launches XP lite for Indian market NEW DELHI: Microsoft has announced its simplified and low-priced version of Windows XP for India and has tied up with leading PC vendors including HCL, HP, Wipro and Acer to bring PCs at significantly lower prices. | 3 |
Apple to expand European iTunes next month Speaking at the annual Popkomm conference in Berlin, Germany, Apple vice-president of applications Eddie Cue told music executives that the company will expand the online iTunes Music Store | 3 |
What #39;s in the Box? Radio Tags Know That, and More BM plans to announce today that it will invest \$250 million over the next five years and employ 1,000 people in a new business unit to support products and services related to sensor networks. | 3 |
Australian Rogers shines in Milan Milan - Australian Michael Rogers successfully defended his cycling world time trial title in Bardolino on Wednesday. Rogers, 24, completed the 46. | 1 |
Blind Japanese runner wins Paralympic marathon Japanese blind runner Yuichi Takahashi won the Paralympic marathon Sunday, unsure of his victory until well after he finished his race along the ancient course. | 1 |
Violence racks Palestinian territories Israeli helicopters have launched fresh missile strikes on the Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians and wounding four others. Witnesses said an Israeli helicopter fired a missile into the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza killing the two. | 0 |
Typhoon Meari Passing Through Japan #39;s Northern Tohoku Area Typhoon Meari, the eighth tropical cyclone to reach Japan this year, is passing through the northern Tohoku area at 60 kilometers (37 miles) an hour toward the Pacific Ocean with a maximum wind of 83 kilometers an hour. | 0 |
Canada considers fate of suspected NKorean refugees in China <b>...</b> Canada is facing a diplomatic headache after a group of suspected North Koreans broke into the Canadian Embassy in the Chinese capital, Beijing, on Wednesday. | 0 |
European iTMS Expansion Coming In October An Apple exec has told Reuters that the company will be expanding its European iTunes Music Store in October. Vice president Eddie Cue told the news service | 3 |
Clijsters makes winning return Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters has made a successful return from a long injury lay-off, overcoming dogged Czech Iveta Benesova 7-6, 6-2 in the second round of the Belgian Open. | 1 |
IBM settles pension suit, take charge International Business Machines (IBM) has settled portions of an ongoing lawsuit related to pensions, and will take a charge of \$320 million in the current quarter, the technology company said Wednesday. | 2 |
Unocal, Royal Dutch withdraw from project Unocal Corp. and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group are withdrawing from a natural gas exploration project in the East China Sea, the companies said Wednesday, citing quot;commercial reasons. | 2 |
WENGER LET DOWN BY GUNNERS DRAW Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger felt his side were too cautious after a disappointing 1-1 draw away to Norwegian side Rosenborg in the Champions League. | 1 |
Life ban for Chanu, Pratima Kumari Weightlifters Pratima Kumari, Sanamacha Chanu, S Sunaina and coach Pal Singh Sandhu have been banned for life, Indian Olympic Association President Suresh Kalmadi announced in New Delhi on Wednesday. | 1 |
Milan cause Celtic late heartbreak Andriy Shevchenko had put Milan ahead after just eight minutes and they dominated the first half of the match. But Celtic had several fine chances in the second half before Stanislav Varga equalised with a powerful header on 74 minutes. | 1 |
O #39;Neal calls Kobe #39;s comments #39;ridiculous #39; While being interviewed by Eagle County, Colo., police after his sexual encounter with a hotel employee, Lakers star Kobe Bryant said Shaquille O #39;Neal had paid up to \$1 million to women to keep them quiet about quot;situations like this, quot; the Los Ange... | 1 |
Tories mock PM for broadband pledge Tony Blair has pledged to end the quot;digital divide quot; by 2008 - if the Labour Party wins the next election. Speaking at his party #39;s conference in Brighton, the Prime Minister delivered ten things a quot;future Labour | 0 |
Teen kills 3 classmates. The rampage at the Islas Malvinas Middle School No. 2 in the south-eastern corner of Buenos Aires province touched off an intense nationwide debate about spiralling school violence in Argentina. | 0 |
Patriots Place Watson on Injured Reserve (AP) AP - Ben Watson's rookie year with the New England Patriots started late and ended early. | 1 |
Orioles Beat Blue Jays to Start Twinbill (AP) AP - David Newhan singled home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Baltimore Orioles a 7-6 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday. | 1 |
Yanks Come From Behind to Win Opener Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez rallied the Yankees past the Minnesota Twins in the first game of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium. | 1 |
IBM Settles Pension Claims SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - IBM on Wednesday said it will take a third-quarter charge of \$320 million to settle all but two claims of an ongoing lawsuit claiming its pension plan discriminated against older workers, in exchange for capping its potential liability at \$1.4 billion. | 2 |
San Francisco at San Diego, 10:05 PM SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- The San Francisco Giants resume their fight for a playoff spot in the second game of their series with the San Diego Padres, who are on the verge of being eliminated from the race. | 1 |
Suspect in Palme killing dies of head injuries STOCKHOLM Christer Pettersson, who was convicted in the 1986 killing of Prime Minister Olof Palme but acquitted on appeal, died Wednesday, hospital officials said. | 0 |
Israeli PM hosts cabinet session PRIME Minister Ariel Sharon was presiding today over the first ever cabinet meeting in Israeli history with ministers from just one party after he sacked his last remaining coalition partner. | 0 |
Zimbabwe #39;s first woman VP calls for unity A former guerrilla fighter elected as Zimbabwe #39;s first woman vice president called for unity in the ruling party after a divisive power struggle over her nomination for the | 0 |
Russia, India to join hands in IT New Delhi (VNA) - Russia and India have agreed to set up a joint working group to compile an inter-governmental agreement in information technology during a recent visit to India by President Vladimir Putin. | 0 |
Google Responds to Google News China Controversy Google Responds to Google News China Controversy\\Recently Google, in the own words, explained their position on operating in China and their censorship of certain news stories on the Chinese version of Google News. Google News has also been looked into in the United Sta... | 3 |
TV Humor With a Digital Punch Line Martin Sargent has mixed humor and technology into an unlikely hit on G4techTVs "Unscrewed." | 3 |
Outsourcing Finds Vietnam Vietnam is making a big push to turn itself into an outsourcing powerhouse. | 3 |
Headphones That Make the World Go Away Noise-reducing headphones, more svelte than they used to be, are not just for pilots any more. | 3 |
IBM Agrees to Settle Part of Federal Pension Lawsuit (Update3) International Business Machines Corp., the world #39;s largest computer maker, said it will pay at least \$300 million to settle part of a lawsuit that claimed the company #39;s pension plan discriminated against older workers. | 2 |
Micron Sales Rise 34 Pct Micron Technology Inc., the No. 3 computer memory chip maker, on Wednesday reported a quarterly profit on stronger pricing, reversing a year-earlier loss. | 2 |
Disney #39;s Iger Says Pixar Deal Unlikely Walt Disney Co. President Bob Iger said on Wednesday that a new deal with Pixar Animation Studios was unlikely and that the US media conglomerate | 2 |
CA to Lay Off 800 Workers Computer Associates on Wednesday announced a restructuring plan that will lay off 800 employees, or about 5 percent of its workforce, with 550 of the 800 reductions to take place in North America. | 2 |
Toxic algae bloom grows off Wash. coast SEATTLE -- A toxic algae bloom off the coast of Washington state has grown to about 30 miles wide, the largest and most potentially lethal algae yet found by scientists in the region. | 3 |
Mac Bumps Mail, iDisk Storage to 250MB Apple Computer increased the combined storage of its .Mac e-mail and iDisk services to 250 megabytes on Wednesday, following a trend by Yahoo and Google in | 3 |
Hubble photographs reach back to universe as toddler The Hubble Space Telescope has produced a vivid portrait of the early days of the universe, when baby galaxies were forming and stars were just beginning to shine. | 3 |
Diamondbacks sign LHP Jeff Fassero The Arizona Diamondbacks signed left-hander Jeff Fassero on Wednesday with four games left this season. The Colorado Rockies released Fassero on Friday. | 1 |
Trial date set for lawsuit that touched off Univ. of Colo. <b>...</b> A judge set a trial date Wednesday for a lawsuit against the University of Colorado that touched off a scandal in the football program over allegations that sex, drugs and alcohol were used to lure recruits. | 1 |
Diamondbacks add left-hander The Arizona Diamondbacks signed left-hander Jeff Fassero on Wednesday with four games left this season. The Colorado Rockies released Fassero on Friday. | 1 |
N. Korea may be called before UN WASHINGTON - The United States has warned that North Korea might have to be brought before the United Nations Security Council if it refuses to take part in six-party talks to end its nuclear weapons drive. | 0 |
Soaring Fuel Costs to Spur Airline Mergers -Qantas Record high oil prices are likely to trigger a rash of airline mergers and tie-ups, accelerating a wave of consolidation in the aviation sector, the head of Australian carrier Qantas said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Open-Source Startup SourceLabs Gets Venture Funding (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - A newcomer on the open source scene has received funding to expand operations and develop new product lines. | 3 |
Cendant Buys Orbitz for \$1.25 Billion Orbitz Inc.'s shares surged nearly 31 percent Wednesday on news that Cendant Corp., the owner of the CheapTickets, Days Inn, Avis and Budget brands, had agreed to pay \$1.25 billion to acquire the third-largest online travel agency. | 3 |
Microsoft boosts BI Microsoft is bolstering BI and reporting features in both the existing SQL Server 2000 database and the planned SQL Server 2005 release. | 2 |
Malaysian PM outlines vision for East Asian integration By Channel NewsAsia #39;s Malaysia Correspondent Melissa Goh. KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has urged his East Asian neighbours to step up efforts to safeguard regional security and create | 0 |
Universe a bit safer than we thought The Universe is not as violent a place as we thought, an Australian astronomer has found. quot;Galactically speaking, things seem to be a little bit safer out there, quot; said Graham, whose research supports the idea | 3 |
Linksys goes dual-band on Wi-Fi With its eyes on the future of home entertainment and a relatively uncluttered band of radio spectrum, Cisco Systems' Linksys division on Wednesday unveiled a line of IEEE 802.11g/a wireless LAN products. | 3 |
Gateway expands PC configuration options Gateway plans to overhaul its consumer PC lineup Thursday with new configurable models that will be sold exclusively through the company's Web site and call centers. | 3 |
Gartner: Piracy driving Linux PC shipments Although Linux may be shipping on a growing number of PCs sold in the emerging markets of Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, about 80 percent of PCs shipped with the open source operating system this year will eventually run pirated versions of Windows, industry research... | 3 |
Instant messaging worm exploits JPEG flaw Security experts have spotted the first attempts to create an Internet worm that propagates using instant messages and exploits a recently disclosed flaw in Microsoft software. | 3 |
First Look: Cobra's Imperfect Portable Automobile GPS New NavOne offers handy PDA and Pocket PC connectivity, but fails to impress on everything else. | 3 |
IMF finds fault with Chancellor over deficit Gordon Brown has not yet done enough to reduce the UK #39;s budget deficit, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday, before demanding that he explain whether | 2 |
Computer Associates To Cut 5 of Workforce Computer Associates (Quote, Chart) said it would cut 800 employees from its payroll in order to save \$70 million per year. The move is part of the Islandia, NY-based management software maker #39;s plan to streamline operations. | 2 |
SpaceShipOne lands MOJAVE, California: SpaceShipOne landed safely in the California desert yesterday after a wild corkscrew-like ascent into space, and is now a step closer to a \$10 million (BD3. | 3 |
IBM builds the fastest supercomputer International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. announced that it has created world #39;s fastest computer that performs better and consumes 28 times less energy than a two time first place holder Japanese supercomputer. | 3 |
HD-DVD Promotion Group Formed The HD-DVD Promotion Group will facilitate exchanges of information among hardware companies, device manufacturers and content firms, and organize joint promotion of HD-DVD to support early product launches and market expansion. | 3 |
Wenger disappointed with over-cautiousness quot;I feel we did not go forward enough and were a little bit within ourselves when we were 1-0 up, we were a little bit cautious. | 1 |
Cox records 2,000th win There were 1,999 previous wins for Bobby Cox as a major league manager, but in several respects the one on Wednesday - a 6-3 victory against the New York Mets on a gorgeous afternoon at Turner Field - was quintessential for the Braves skipper. | 1 |
Patriots lose rookie Watson for season Foxboro, MA (Sports Network) - The New England Patriots Wednesday announced that they placed first-round draft pick Benjamin Watson on injured reserve with a knee injury. | 1 |
Chained captive renews plea to Blair BAGHDAD: A chained British hostage in Iraq begged Tony Blair for help yesterday, cranking up the emotional pressure on the prime minister as Italians celebrated the release of two women aid workers after paying a ransom. | 0 |
Quickly Asia BEIJING - Forty-four suspected North Koreans climbed over a wall into the Canadian Embassy in Beijing yesterday, the latest in a rash of diplomatic mission break-ins by North Koreans seeking asylum. | 0 |
Gateway expands PC configuration options (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Gateway plans to overhaul its consumer PC lineup Thursday with new configurable models that will be sold exclusively through the company #39;s Web site and call centers. | 3 |
Gartner: Piracy driving Linux PC shipments (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Although Linux may be shipping on a growing number of PCs sold in the emerging markets of Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, about 80 percent of PCs shipped with the open source operating system this year will eventually run pirated versions of Wi... | 3 |
Linksys goes dual-band on Wi-Fi (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - With its eyes on the future of home entertainment and a relatively uncluttered band of radio spectrum, Cisco Systems #39; Linksys division on Wednesday unveiled a line of IEEE 802.11g/a wireless LAN products. | 3 |
Microsoft boosts BI (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Microsoft is bolstering BI and reporting features in both the existing SQL Server 2000 database and the planned SQL Server 2005 release. | 3 |
Group Warns of Mount St. Helens Eruption (AP) AP - Mount St. Helens began rumbling more intensely Wednesday, prompting scientists to warn that a small or moderate eruption could happen in the next few days. | 3 |
U.S. Says Syria Agreed to Seal Border with Iraq (Reuters) Reuters - Syria agreed in talks with U.S. and\Iraqi officials to take "specific steps" to seal off its border\with Iraq for anti-U.S. insurgents, a U.S. official said on\Wednesday. | 0 |
UNCTAD Urges Complete Africa Debt Write-Off (Reuters) Reuters - Africa's debt must be completely written\off if the continent is to have a chance of meeting\international goals on reducing poverty, a United Nations body\argued on Thursday. | 0 |
Tokyo Stocks Bounce Up at Opening (Reuters) Reuters - Tokyo's key Nikkei average opened up 0.78\percent on Thursday as gains on Wall Street encouraged\investors to scoop up bargains including key technology stocks\following the market's nine days of losses. | 0 |
Interior Ordered to Keep Indians Informed (AP) AP - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Interior Department to keep American Indians informed about a giant class-action lawsuit anytime they try to sell or exchange their lands or other assets. | 0 |
Feds Says Iraq Election in Jan. Feasible (AP) AP - Elections in January throughout Iraq are an achievable goal, the State Department said Monday, but it refused to predict the goal would be reached. | 0 |
Wal-Mart announces \$10 billion share repurchase Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is launching a new share repurchase plan in which it will buy back \$10 billion of company shares. The plan replaces a previous plan in which the company was buying back \$7 billion worth of shares. | 2 |
Update 1: Unocal, Royal Dutch Leave China Project Unocal Corp. and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group are withdrawing from a project to exploit oil and gas in the East China Sea, the companies said Wednesday, citing quot;commercial reasons. | 2 |
Tossed Golf Ball Delays Marlins-Expos Game (AP) AP - The Expos and Marlins were pulled off the field during Montreal's final home game Wednesday night after a fan threw a golf ball that landed near second base. | 1 |
Green Struggles to Mold Winner in Arizona (AP) AP - Taking the Minnesota Vikings to the playoffs is one thing. Turning the Arizona Cardinals into a winner is quite another. | 1 |
Celtics Expect Gary Payton to Report (AP) AP - Gary Payton's offseason was marked by a cross-country trade, a missed deadline for taking a physical and an arrest for investigation of driving under the influence. Now the people who run his new team, the Boston Celtics, are eager to see the point guard on a basketball co... | 1 |
Tokyo Stocks Bounce Up at Opening TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's key Nikkei average opened up 0.78 percent on Thursday as gains on Wall Street encouraged investors to scoop up bargains including key technology stocks following the market's nine days of losses. | 2 |
Congress to Hear Fannie Mae CEO, CFO WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executive and chief financial officer of mortgage finance company Fannie Mae <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=FNM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">FNM.N</A>, under fire for alleged accounting irregula... | 2 |
51job Inc listed on NASDAQ The Chinese online human resources provider 51job Inc made its debut on the NASDAQ stock market in New York with an initial offering (IPO) price of US\$14 per share yesterday, China Daily reported Thursday. | 2 |
Phishing Cost Consumers \$500 Million Online tricksters looking to dupe consumers out of credit card numbers and other personal information have netted about \$500 million from their hapless victims in the US, a national study released Wednesday showed. | 2 |
IBM creates fastest super model in the world International Business Machines Corp (IBM) said it created the world #39;s fastest supercomputer and is using it as the model for smaller, less costly systems due next year that can handle trillions of calculations a second. | 3 |
Big asteroid Toutatis passes (relatively) close to Earth At just past 6:30 am Pacific Time today, the mountain-size asteroid came within four times the distance of the moon to the Earth - a comparative measurement | 3 |
Silicon Image unveils low-cost storage appliance Semiconductor company Silicon Image Wednesday announced its SteelVine Storage Architecture and Appliance for the personal video recorder market and small to midsized businesses. | 3 |
Tougher File-Trading Bill Moves Forward The US House of Representatives passed a bill this week that could allow criminal charges to be brought against individuals who use file-swapping Web sites or networks. | 3 |
Chelsea defeat champs Porto 3-1 Jose Mourinho #39;s Chelsea put one foot in the second round of the Champions League yesterday with a 3-1 win over his former club, defending champions Porto. | 1 |
DC #39;s baseball win official Proclaiming it a great day in Washington, Mayor Tony Williams confirmed Wednesday afternoon that Major League Baseball is returning to Washington. | 1 |
Bradley suspended for remainder of season Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Milton Bradley was suspended for the remainder of the regular season by the league on Wednesday for his actions during Tuesday #39;s win against Colorado. | 1 |
Cox modest about milestone As the chants of quot;Bobby, Bobby, Bobby quot; sounded throughout Turner Field on Wednesday afternoon, the man who was the target of these cheers didn #39;t know how to react. | 1 |
Japan battered by Typhoon Meari At least two people have been killed and several are reported missing after a powerful tropical storm struck south-western Japan. Tens of thousands of others were forced to flee their homes as Typhoon Meari #39;s | 0 |
Stock Fund Inflow Shrinks To #36;1.09 Bil (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - Amid a shaky market, investors put just #36;1.09 billion into stock funds in August. The total reflects #36;1.21 billion that shareholders pulled from stock funds investing in just the U.S. | 2 |
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