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Government IT Tom Jarrett, the new president of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers will discuss challenges facing state government information technology officials. Filter columnist Cynthia L. Webb will moderate the discussion. | 3 |
Satan's little helper drinks Diet Coke Former MP3 impresario Michael Robertson tells CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos why "free" need not be a dirty word. | 3 |
A glimpse of SpaceShipOne's historic flight Despite a literally screwy launch, the spacecraft pulls off a successful flight, leaving one more between it and \$10 million. | 3 |
Global lessons in e-voting India reports success, while Venezuela fears fraud. What can the United States learn? | 3 |
Will historic flight launch space tourism? Regardless, space competitions are poised to become big business. | 3 |
Microsoft asks EU court to suspend remedies Microsoft Corp. asked a judge to suspend the European Commission's antitrust ruling against it on Thursday, arguing that secrets revealed now cannot be retracted. | 3 |
Update: 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 Inc.'s Linksys division on Wednesday unveiled a line of IEEE 802.11g/a wireless LAN products. | 3 |
Russian Oil Giant Hopes ConocoPhillips Deal Will Help Iraq Project Russia #39;s top oil company, Lukoil, hopes that a US oil company #39;s acquisition of a 7.6 percent stake could boost its chances to retain a Saddam-era production-sharing | 2 |
Stewart to serve time in West Virginia NEW YORKMartha Stewart will do her time for lying about a stock sale at a remote West Virginia prison camp where inmates sleep in bunk beds and rise at 6 am to do menial labour for pennies an hour. | 2 |
More cold cash for gas heating US demand for natural gas this winter is expected to increase 4.4 percent from last year, and prices should be higher even though inventories will be near record levels at the start of the heating season, a industry trade group said | 2 |
Boots feels the pinch from price cuts Bad weather hit sales at Boots in the first half, while margins felt the pressure from price cuts made to combat stiffening competition, Britain #39;s biggest health and beauty retailer says. | 2 |
Whole-grain Lucky Charms? They #39;re for real Early morning in Otsego, Minn., is quot;crunch time quot; at the Simonsons #39; house. Cereal starts the day for 49 percent of all Americans, and 7-year-olds Kyle and Kali Simonson and their 6-year-old sister, Kara, are no exception. | 2 |
HP, Hitachi Offer 300-Gbyte Storage Platform The Hitachi Ultrastar 10K300 Fibre Channel drive will be offered in the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA), and the Ultrastar 10K300 SCSI drive will go in HP #39;s ProLiant servers and StorageWorks Modular Smart Array (MSA) family, the vendors said | 3 |
Open Source gets veteran support A group of industry veterans are aiming to become the quot;Dell of the software industry quot; by creating a company dedicated to supporting Open Source software. | 3 |
Bon voyage: Expos take their leave The circle is complete. As the Expos prepare to face their uncertain future, as major league owners wrangle over the carcass, broadcaster Dave Van Horne is on hand to bear witness. | 1 |
Australia #39;s Ponting Will Miss First Two Tests of India Series Australia captain Ricky Ponting was ruled out of the first two cricket Tests against India next month because of a fractured left thumb. | 1 |
Cubs #39; wild-card hopes take a hit The Chicago Cubs were one strike from a key victory, but wound up with another agonizing defeat that damaged their drive to the playoffs. | 1 |
Botham: Zimbabwe tour should be scrapped Ian Botham has urged the Government to step in and instruct the England cricket team to stay away from Zimbabwe this winter. The former England skipper believes the oneday series arranged for late November and early December should be scrapped. | 1 |
HIPC has not lived up to expectation - UNCTAD The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 2004 report on economic development in Africa has criticised the eligibility and debt sustainability criteria of the HIPC initiative, saying they are arbitrary and lacks objectivity. | 0 |
Car Rams Entrance of Japanese Parliament A car rammed into the entrance gate of Japan #39;s lower house of Parliament on Thursday and burst into flames. There were no immediate reports of injuries. | 0 |
Save me, Mr. Blair Chained and shackled and caged like an animal, British hostage Ken Bigley sobbed into a terrorist #39;s camera and moved America #39;s staunchest ally to say he is willing to quot;respond quot; to the men who beheaded the captive #39;s two US colleagues. | 0 |
Ten Palestinians, 3 Israelis Killed in Gaza Violence (Reuters) Reuters - Ten Palestinians and three Israelis were\killed in Gaza on Thursday as Israeli forces thrust deep into\the largest Palestinian refugee camp after a rocket attack\killed two Israeli children in a border town. | 0 |
Chinese Premier Pledges Reunification with Taiwan (Reuters) Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to\reunify the mainland with the island of Taiwan, vowing to\contain forces intent on independence for the island to ensure\the sacred goal of national unity. | 0 |
Gurkha Soldiers Win Right to British Citizenship (Reuters) Reuters - Gurkhas, who have served with British\army for nearly 200 years, won a landmark battle on Thursday to\be able to settle in the UK and gain British citizenship. | 0 |
Israel Plans Large-Scale Gaza Operation (AP) AP - Israel's defense minister decided Thursday to launch a large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip to stop Palestinian rocket fire on Israeli border towns, an Israeli radio station reported. | 0 |
BCCI says Sony to telecast Australia test series (Reuters) Reuters - India's home test series against Australia next month will be telecast on Sony television, and live pictures produced by TEN Sports, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Thursday. | 0 |
Microsoft: Suspend Windows Penalties LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Microsoft asked a European Union judge Thursday to freeze a European Commission order forcing it to share technology with competitors, but a rival said the software giant used to provide such information freely. | 3 |
Al Qaeda Suspect Breaks Legs Fleeing in Pakistan PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected Arab member of al Qaeda was arrested by Pakistani security forces on Thursday after breaking his legs trying to escape a raid on his house near the northwestern city of Peshawar. | 0 |
'Tomato treatment' slows cancer An artificial version of the pigment that gives tomatoes their colouring could help treat prostate cancer, say researchers. | 0 |
Coming Soon: "Good" Jupiters Most of the extrasolar planets discovered to date are gas giants like Jupiter, but their orbits are either much closer to their parent stars or are highly eccentric. Planet hunters are on the verge of confirming the discovery of Jupiter-size planets with Jupiter-like orbits. Solar systems t... | 3 |
Tax benefit lifts Pepsi profit 35 percent PURCHASE, NY -- PepsiCo Inc. #39;s net income rose 35 percent in its latest quarter from a year ago, helped by growth in beverage and snack volume, as well as a tax benefit. | 2 |
H amp;M posts improved 3Q profits, sales Europe #39;s largest fashion retailer, Hennes amp; Mauritz AB, on Thursday posted better than expected third-quarter profits and said sales were up despite lowered prices and competition | 2 |
Stock market indicators turn positive as world oil prices retreat TORONTO (CP) - With oil prices receding, North American stock markets seem poised to advance Thursday, the last day of the financial third quarter for many corporations. | 2 |
Slight Rise in Prices House prices rose by 0.2 per cent in September but the market remains subdued, says the Nationwide... September #39;s rise follows August #39;s modest 0.1 per cent increase, but annual house price inflation over the | 2 |
Nigeria concerns support oil prices Oil prices held steady Thursday, with worries over the security of Nigerian supplies lending support despite an unexpected expansion in US crude inventories. | 2 |
KU grad #39;s team nears \$10 million rocket prize Mojave, Calif. - A team of pilots and aerospace engineers on Wednesday took the first step toward a \$10 million prize by sending its rocket plane 64 miles above the Mojave Desert. | 3 |
Integration champion enters open-source lists A new start-up offering certification, testing and distribution of existing open-source software could become the Dell of the software industry. | 3 |
Henin-Hardenne Pulls Out of Tournament (AP) AP - Olympic champion Justine Henin-Hardenne pulled out of next week's Porsche Grand Prix in Germany because she is still ill from a virus which sidelined her earlier this year. | 1 |
Indians Pitcher Shot _ A pitcher for the Cleveland Indians is hospitalized in Kansas City after being shot in the leg on the team bus after last night #39;s game. | 1 |
NL Wrap: Astros Take Lead in Wild Card Race NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mark Loretta hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th to lift the San Diego Padres a 4-3 win over the San Francisco Giants in National League action on Wednesday. | 1 |
Wounded Pilots Land Norway Plane After Axe Attack An Algerian-born man attacked two pilots and a passenger with an axe on a domestic Norwegian flight on Wednesday in an unexplained assault that police said could be linked to his asylum status. | 0 |
Typhoon Meari leaves 16 dead, 12 missing Typhoon Meari swept across Japan Thursday, leaving 16 people dead and 12 missing in the country #39;s worst storm of the year. Casualties were especially high in four prefectures | 0 |
EU welcomes Russian approval of Kyoto treaty The European Commission welcomed Thursday the approval by Russia #39;s cabinet of the Kyoto Protocol Thursday, saying it is confident that it will be ratifed quot;in the coming weeks. | 0 |
EDITORIAL: Military talks on Siachen The Indian defence minister, Pranab Mukherjee, has revealed that Indian and Pakistani military experts may soon discuss the Siachen issue. | 0 |
Consumption Flat, Durable Spending Sinks (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. consumer spending was\unexpectedly flat in August, government data showed on\Thursday, as shoppers exercised restraint after splashing out\even more than previously thought during the previous month. | 2 |
Merck Withdraws Arthritis Drug Vioxx (Reuters) Reuters - Merck Co. said on Thursday\withdrew its arthritis drug Vioxx globally after a colon cancer\trial confirmed long-standing concerns the drug raises the risk\of heart attack and stroke. | 2 |
Jobless Claims Rise on Hurricanes (Reuters) Reuters - The number of Americans seeking\initial jobless benefits jumped by 18,000 last week, the\government said on Thursday, but it attributed the entire rise\to the effects of hurricanes that have battered the southern\United States. | 2 |
Consumption Flat, Durable Spending Sinks WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending was unexpectedly flat in August, government data showed on Thursday, as shoppers exercised restraint after splashing out even more than previously thought during the previous month. | 2 |
Chargers on top Tucked away in the bottom left corner of the United States, the San Diego Chargers were easy to either forget or dismiss as the blueprint for NFL ineptitude. | 1 |
Jobless Claims Rise on Hurricanes WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans seeking initial jobless benefits jumped by 18,000 last week, the government said on Thursday, but it attributed the entire rise to the effects of hurricanes that have battered the southern United States. | 2 |
Ahold Settles with Dutch Prosecutors AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Retailer Ahold reached an 8 million euros (\$9.85 million) settlement with Dutch public prosecutors over charges of publishing false accounts. | 2 |
Network Must Take Shape The promise of a regional sports network that would televise Expos and Orioles games and funnel revenue to Peter Angelos enabled Washington to get the Expos. | 2 |
Iraq to get \$436m emergency loan The International Monetary Fund approves a \$436m emergency reconstruction loan for Iraq, the first loan from an international body. | 2 |
Tax Benefits Lift PepsiCo Profit PepsiCo, the world's No. 2 soft drink company, said quarterly profit rose due to tax benefits and a strong performance from its Frito-Lay snack business. | 2 |
Stock Futures Drop After Merck News US stocks futures tumbled on Thursday after drug company Merck amp; Co. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) announced it was recalling a key drug, indicating the market would open lower. | 2 |
Iraq to get \$436m emergency loan The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved an emergency loan of \$436m (232m) to Iraq, the first from an international organisation. | 2 |
PepsiCo Profit Up, Cuts Jobs, Shares Rise PepsiCo Inc. , the world #39;s No. 2 soft drink company, said on Thursday quarterly profit rose due to \$221 million in tax benefits and strong performances from its key Frito | 2 |
Tokyo, Hong Kong show gains Oil price easing helps Nikkei snap nine-session slide; Hang Seng advances in pre-holiday trade. TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo #39;s Nikkei average rose 0.4 percent Thursday, snapping a nine-day slide on a technical | 2 |
Cudicini on Wenger #39;s hit list Chelsea reserve keeper Carlo Cudicini has emerged as a possible transfer window target for Arsenal next month. The Italian has fallen behind Petr Cech in the pecking order at Stamford Bridge after the Czech stopper arrived at the club this summer. | 1 |
NASA Salutes SpaceShipOne Team quot;Burt Rutan and Paul Allen and the rest of the team are great examples of the kind of determination and creativity that is helping America achieve its exploration goals, quot; Administrator O #39;Keefe said. | 3 |
Cheap flash drives, cheapest 1GB CF IF YOU know of any good value IT sales (auctions, rebates, one-off, clearance, surplus, classified ads) going around in the United Kingdom, France, USA or Singapore, don #39;t hesitate to contact me, at least 24 hours before the sales end. | 3 |
DEL NERI KEEN TO LIFT CASSANO New Roma boss Luigi Del Neri is confident he can get the best out of temperamental striker Antonio Cassano. The ex-Chievo tactician is keen to open a successful chapter with the Roman club and expects the | 1 |
Expos Lose to Marlins 9-1 in Team #39;s Final Home Game in Montreal The Montreal Expos, the first Major League Baseball team based outside of the US, lost to the Florida Marlins 9-1 in the their final home game in Canada. | 1 |
Film shows 10 new Iraq hostages Video footage of 10 more hostages kidnapped in Iraq was today broadcast on the al-Jazeera television channel as the British government again said it would not negotiate to free Kenneth Bigley. | 0 |
Blair faces wrath of Labour Party faithful over Iraq BRIGHTON : Prime Minister Tony Blair was set to face the anger of rank and file members of his Labour Party over the Iraq war, as party officials tried to head off a motion calling for British troops to quit the country. | 0 |
Car Bombs in Iraq Kill at Least 42, Wound 140 Insurgents detonated three car bombs near a US military convoy in southern Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 35 people and wounding around 140, many of them children, officials and doctors said. | 0 |
Gurkha Soldiers Win Right to British Citizenship Gurkhas, who have served with British army for nearly 200 years, won a landmark battle on Thursday to be able to settle in the UK and gain British citizenship. | 0 |
Bills, Patriots have old, new scores to settle TORONTO -- He surely thought of it dozens of times and apparently said it at least once. Given the chance yesterday, though, Bill Belichick wasn #39;t going to repeat out loud his opinion of Drew Bledsoe. | 1 |
MCLEISH WILL STAMP OUT SLIP-UPS - HUGHES Rangers midfielder Stephen Hughes insists manager Alex McLeish will lose no time in stamping out his sides unfortunate new habit of conceding early goals. | 1 |
EUROPEAN TOUR GOLF LATEST BETTING ODDS UPDATE Retief Goosen showed great class to take the Nedbank Golf Challenge on Sunday, when a closing 69 gave him victory by six clear shots. | 1 |
Wealth in America In what has become an annual ritual, Forbes Magazine has released its "400 Richest in America", a list of the wealthiest in a land which is simultaneously revered and reviled for its wealth. Between the lines are some suprisingly revealing truths about what it takes to be rich in America. | 3 |
Merck withraws arthritis drug Vioxx Merck (MRK) said Thursday that it is withdrawing its arthritis drug Vioxx globally following indications that the drug raises the risk of heart attack and stroke. | 2 |
Tax Benefits Lift PepsiCo Profit PepsiCo Inc. (PEP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world #39;s No. 2 soft drink company, said on Thursday quarterly profit rose due to tax benefits and a strong performance from its key | 2 |
Forstmann to Buy IMG, Talent Agency for Kate Moss, James Brown Forstmann Little amp; Co., the New York buyout form led by Theodore Forstmann, agreed to buy IMG, the talent agency representing fashion model Kate Moss and soul singer James Brown among | 2 |
MS #39;s XPSE Due Here Next Year Microsoft announced that Windows XP Starter Edition would be made available here early next year and at the same time Gartner has sent out a warning about XPSE. | 3 |
How to reach space - on a pair of junkyard shocks WINSLOW, ARIZ. - By 6:45 on a chilly desert evening, a deep indigo sky has squeezed what remains of the day into thin lines of pink and turquoise twilight along the horizon. | 3 |
Sony begins sampling Blu-ray components With the next-generation DVD race hotting up, Sony says that it will begin sampling optical pick-ups featuring blue laser diodes in December this year. | 3 |
Digital music #39;niche #39; market for foreseeable future, won #39;t replace <b>...</b> While digital music revenues will grow to be eight per cent of the total European music market by 2009, the CD will remain the bedrock of music sales, according to a new report by market analysts Jupiter Research. | 3 |
Nortel Will Cut 3,250 Jobs, 250 Fewer Than Expected (Update1) Nortel Networks Corp., North America #39;s biggest maker of phone equipment, said it will pare 3,250 jobs, 250 fewer than it had predicted last month. | 3 |
Expos off to Washington WASHINGTON -- Canada #39;s loss is a capital gain. After three years of uncertainty, the Montreal Expos will have a new home in Washington. | 1 |
Israel Plans Large-Scale Gaza Operation Israel #39;s defense minister decided Thursday to launch a large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip to stop Palestinian rocket fire on Israeli border towns, an Israeli radio station reported. | 0 |
Blair faces anger of Labour Party delegates over Iraq Prime Minister Tony Blair faced calls on Thursday for British troops to quit Iraq as delegates to his Labour Party #39;s annual conference vented their anger over last year #39;s US-led war. | 0 |
British mobile phone firm mmO2 hikes revenue forecast (AFP) AFP - Mobile telephone operator mmO2 raised its forecasts for British revenue growth but would not be drawn on an exact date for the launch of third-generation services in its domestic market. | 3 |
Is Piracy Pushing Linux Sales? (PC World) PC World - More PCs run the alternative OS, but many will end up with a pirated version of Windows, report says. | 3 |
Merck Vioxx recall: analyst, investor reaction Merck amp; Co. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday withdrew its arthritis drug Vioxx globally after a colon cancer trial confirmed long-standing concerns the drug raises the risk of heart attack and stroke. | 2 |
Hennes amp; Mauritz Net Rises 18 on European Expansion (Update4) Hennes amp; Mauritz AB, Europe #39;s largest clothing retailer, said fiscal third-quarter profit rose 18 percent, the fastest rate in five quarters, as a cooler summer spurred demand for jackets | 2 |
Private rocket ship has wild ride in quest for \$10 million prize MOJAVE, Calif. The builders of SpaceShipOne are trying to decide whether to proceed with another flight into space next week to win the 10 (m) million dollar X Prize. | 3 |
Apple to launch Western Europe iTunes in October Apple has announced it is to open a multi-nation European iTunes shop sometime in October. The computer manufacturer #39;s vice-president of applications, Eddie Cue, made the announcement yesterday at the Popkomm conference in Berlin. | 3 |
HD-DVDs Closer to Mass Production The Forum also approved the format #39;s logotype, which will now read as #39;High Density #39; DVD rather than #39;High Definition #39;. | 3 |
AS Roma needs success against Inter after disastrous start to <b>...</b> After sliding out of contention in the Champions League and opening its Serie A campaign with two defeats in four games, AS Roma and its new coach, Luigi Del Neri, desperately need points against archrival Inter Milan at Stadio Olimpic... | 1 |
MLB: Angels Take One Game Lead in American West Division In Major League Baseball action Wednesday, the Anaheim Angels took a one-game lead in the American League West Division by beating the Texas Rangers, 8-7. | 1 |
For Yanks, sweeping beauty A division winner faced a division leader when the Twins played a doubleheader Wednesday in Yankee Stadium. However, it wasn #39;t exactly a playoff preview. | 1 |
Syria to tighten security on Iraq border Syria has agreed to tighten security along its borders with Iraq to block rebels from crossing into its neighbor country, a US Embassy official said Thursday. | 0 |
UN Report On African Economies Calls for Boost to Manufacturing <b>...</b> Africa is starting to enjoy economic growth again after years of dismal statistics, but to cut poverty and be more competitive its countries must invest more in manufacturing and improve their export performance, a major United Natio... | 0 |
Mars Express Sees Chaos in the Canyon The adage in space science is that one person's noise is another's signal. When the sun temporarily blocked Earth-Mars links, the orbital and surface science went into a deep sleep to protect from noise becoming a errant signal... | 3 |
Calculating the Precise Distance to Doomsday Today's close passage of the relatively large asteroid, Toutatis, has presented astronomers with a new ruler to measure solar system distances. By using two telescopes separated by hundreds of miles, the classic parallax method validates the asteroid's orbital path... | 3 |
CFHT Unveils Stunning Image of the Cosmos CFHT -- Twenty-five years ago, on September 28, 1979, the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) was inaugurated on top of Mauna-Kea, a 4,200-meter high dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii. From the photographic emulsion of the first light to today's 340 Mega-Pixel digit... | 3 |
Mars Drill Will Seek Knowledge and Resources Johnson Space Center -- It will be drilling for information first, then for resources, though oil is not likely to be among exploration targets. The futuristic drilling rig, under development at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, is designed for use on the moon ... | 3 |
Study Suggests Spaceflight May Decrease Human Immunity NASA -- A NASA-funded study has found the human body's ability to fight off disease may be decreased by spaceflight. The effect may even linger after an astronaut's return to Earth following long flights... | 3 |
New Implant Device Appears to Block Strokes By LAURAN NEERGAARD WASHINGTON (AP) -- A tiny tent-like device implanted into the heart appears to block strokes caused by a common irregular heartbeat, sealing off a spot where dangerous blood clots form, German and U.S. researchers reported Wednesday... | 3 |
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