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Troubled HP server group sees profit in Q4 Several key executives in that group were fired during the quarter following a botched order-processing system migration. HP CEO Carly Fiorina said the problems with the system have been resolved. | 3 |
Kmart, Sears agree to \$11B merger The companies, both of which have struggled in recent years, said the merger, expected to be finalized by March, is expected to generate significant cost savings, but could also trigger sales of "nonstrategic real estate assets. | 3 |
Seagate ships 400GB hard disk drive Seagate Technology has started shipping a 400GB hard disk drive for PCs that offers performance closer to that of a 10,000-rpm drive than that of a 7,200 rpm. | 3 |
'World Community Grid' seeks to harness unused computers IBM and officials from leading science, education and philanthropic organizations yesterday launched a global grid computing project aimed at helping solve a variety of health issues and other scientific problems. | 3 |
RIAA files 761 new file-trading lawsuits The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed new lawsuits against 761 people who allegedly use peer-to-peer (P-to-P) software to trade music files without permission, the trade group announced Thursday. | 3 |
Oracle readies integration splash Oracle at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco the week of Dec. 5 plans to unveil Oracle Integration, a product that combines the companys application server with several other technologies for integration and enablement of SOAs (service-oriented architectures). | 3 |
Ukraine MPs reject election bill Ukrainian MPs fail to adopt election law changes the opposition says are needed to avert fraud in a new run-off. | 0 |
PeopleSoft, Oracle fight is a canine affair The wrangling between PeopleSoft and Oraclehas once again gone to the dogs. | 3 |
W3C highlights Mobile Web Initiative at workshop The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is considering a new effort called the "W3C Mobile Web Initiative," that will seek to make Web access from mobile devices such as mobile phones and PDAs (personal digital assistants), as simple, easy and convenient as desktop Web access. | 3 |
New Google Scholar search service aimed at academics Google on Thursday formally launched a new search service aimed at scientists and academic researchers.<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p><p><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.ifw.general/solaris;sz=1x1;ord=200301151450?" width="1" height="1" border="0"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;12204780;10550054;n?http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;12165994;10522295;g?http://www.sun.com/solaris10">Solaris 10(TM) OS: Position your business ten moves ahead.</a><br/>Solaris 10 OS has arrived and provides even more\reasons for the world's most demanding businesses\to operate on this, the leading UNIX platform.\Like the fact you can run Linux and Solaris applications\side-by-side and run the same OS on SPARC(R),\AMD Opteron(TM), and Intel processor-based systems.\Discover more reasons and how Solaris 10 OS can move\your business ahead today.</p> | 3 |
Intel evaluating India for chip manufacturing BANGALORE, INDIA -- Intelis evaluating India as a possible location for a new chip manufacturing facility, the company's chief executive officer, Craig Barrett, told reporters Thursday in Delhi. | 3 |
Microsoft, Yahoo extend contract for Web ads Microsoft has extended its partnership with Yahoo to deliver sponsored search results on its U.S. and international MSN sites, despite the software maker's recent declarations that it intends to be a major force in the search market. | 3 |
3G: Anything in it for businesses? HONG KONG -- Consumers have been promised a lot from the high-speed 3G (third generation) cellular networks being rolled out around the world, but is there much in it for businesses? | 3 |
German Police Arrest Fourth Iraq Attack Suspect BERLIN (Reuters) - German authorities arrested a fourth man in connection with a suspected plan to attack Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi during a visit to Berlin earlier this week, the federal prosecutor's office said on Saturday. | 0 |
AMD-Fujitsu Venture Plans 'Mega' Japanese Chip Plant Spansion sinking nearly a billion dollars into flash memory production. | 3 |
New AOL Software Gives Added Security Service provider revamps spam and spyware defenses, offers account lock to members. | 3 |
Microsoft Talks Security, Seriously Efforts to ease patch management are just part of the process, exec says. | 3 |
Google Scholar Offers Access To Academic Information Google has launched a new Google Scholar search service, providing the ability to search for scholarly literature located from across the web.\ | 3 |
Mitsubishi Motors to buy preferred shares of Isuzu Motors LONDON, November 18 (newratings.com) - Mitsubishi Corp (7211.TSE), Japans largest trading company, has agreed to purchase 11.75 million preferred shares, worth 9.4 billion (US\$ 90 million), of Isuzu Motors (ISU). | 2 |
Calpers Tendered Its PeopleSoft Shares Calpers, the biggest US pension fund, said on Thursday that it had tendered its 1.5 million shares of PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT) to Oracle Corp. | 2 |
LA City Council OKs tax relief package LOS ANGELES -- The City Council unanimously passed a tax relief package aimed at keeping film companies and other businesses from leaving Los Angeles. | 2 |
Uh-Oh! SpaghettiOs switches brands quot;Uh-oh, SpaghettiOs! quot; The iconic kids pasta that has made mealtime easier for countless American families for four decades is getting a face-lift, and its once-popular Franco-American brand is being consigned to history. | 2 |
Delhomme Feels He May Play on Sunday (AP) AP - Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme said he's encouraged about his chances of playing against the Arizona Cardinals after throwing Thursday for the first time this week. | 1 |
MPAA Sues Movie Swappers Following in the footsteps of the RIAA, the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) announced that they have began filing lawsuits against people who use peer-to-peer software to download copyrighted movies off the Internet. | 3 |
More Security Holes Found In Internet Explorer 6.0 Three more vulnerabilities in Microsoft #39;s Internet Explorer 6.0 browser were disclosed Wednesday by Danish security vendor Secunia, bringing the total of IE bugs found by the firm in the last two months to an even dozen. | 3 |
Steve Spurrier Set to Take South Carolina Coaching Job One legendary coach will replace another at South Carolina next season. According to published reports, former University of Florida and Washington Redskins coach Steve Spurrier will take over the as head | 1 |
Asia-Pacific leaders to spur world trade, fight terror US President George W. Bush and other Asia-Pacific leaders muster in Chile this weekend to spur world trade and suppress terrorism, under the growing menace of nuclear proliferation. | 0 |
Prince Charles rebuked for #39;old fashioned #39; views Prince Charles #39; beliefs on class standing are about as ancient as his royal lineage, say his critics. Servants should not aim above their station, according to the heir to the throne. | 0 |
Chileans Take Advantage of Divorce Law (AP) AP - A 48-year-old woman became the first person in Chilean history to file for divorce Thursday, ushering in a new era for this heavily Roman Catholic country that had been the last in South America with no divorce law. | 0 |
Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Miracle Blesses eBay Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Miracle Blesses eBay\\A partially eaten piece of a grilled cheese sandwich has become the most talked about item on eBay over the past week, bringing in bids of almost \$19,000. Don't get me wrong, this is not ordinary grilled cheese sandwich. You see, it's a miracle. ... | 3 |
Organic Search Engine Optimization for Large Sites Organic Search Engine Optimization for Large Sites\\Commercial websites are getting larger. Driven by the rapid evolution of content management systems, shopping carts and e-biz facilitation, and by the increasing sophistication of Internet retailers, "small" business sites averaging 500 pages have become common.\\Some large sites are very well focused and present ... | 3 |
MSN and Yahoos Overture Extend Paid Search Relationship MSN and Yahoo's Overture Extend Paid Search Relationship\\Yahoo's Overture is going to continue to serve ads on MSN Search for the next 18 months. Overture today announced that they have extended its sponsored search distribution relationship with Microsoft Corp. in the United States and internationally through June 2006.\\Under the terms ... | 3 |
RocketNews Search Engine Adds Personalization RocketNews Search Engine Adds Personalization\\The RocketNews current news and weblog search engine has been enhanced with the addition of personalization features. RocketNews is a technology showcase operated by Rocketinfo Inc., a supplier of real-time news and competitive intelligence software to corporations, governments and professional service firms.\\Visitors to the new ... | 3 |
Search Engine Friendly Design and Coding (Especially Flash) Search Engine Friendly Design and Coding (Especially Flash)\\Its been almost a year since I attended a session of this nature. I was not too impressed last time, so I am hoping things have changed within the year. Brett introduces the panel, by saying its the first time WMW is doing ... | 3 |
History of Search Engine Optimization and Marketing Testing History of Search Engine Optimization and Marketing Testing\\Calum I. Mac Ceod was first up. He discussed how Google used to rank pages (title and pagerank). Now its a bit more complicated, with proximity and linkage data. He goes through the various on page factors and describes how most are not ... | 3 |
Paid Inclusion Topics and Issues Paid Inclusion Topics and Issue\\Greg Boser is the moderator and he introduced the panel. The first man up was Jim Stobb from PositionTech. He discusses what paid inclusion is: (1) new sites are usually indexed within 72 hours (2) existing pages are recrawled every 48 hours. Two programs (1) Direct ... | 3 |
Design and Coding for the Complete Package - WMW Conf 7 Design and Coding for the Complete Package - WMW Conf 7\\Roger Sooley from CompStar was up first, his forum name is "rogerd". He first goes into the question about building the software yourself or using a pre-built software application. The first question you need to ask is "is your business ... | 3 |
WebMasterWorld Conference Coverage WebMasterWorld Conference Coverage\\I just wanted to let everyone know that I will be attending the WebmasterWorld's Conference. I hope to be able to provide the conference coverage I have in the past for this conference, I actually plan on it, so stay tuned. The conference begins tomorrow morning and ends ... | 3 |
News: Petco settles with FTC over cyber security gaffe It's the fifth time regulators have taken action against a company for failing to protect consumer data -- and the second time the same California coder blew the whistle. | 3 |
News: Russian fined for virus-writing exploits A Russian member of well-known 29A virus writers group has been fined 3,000 roubles (approximately 57) after he admitted writing malicious code. | 3 |
News: IE in fresh security drama IE is subject to a trio of unpatched vulnerabilities, security firm Secunia warned yesterday. | 3 |
Infocus: Detecting Rootkits And Kernel-level Compromises In Linux This article outlines useful ways of detecting hidden modifications to a Linux kernel. Often known as rootkits, these stealthy types of malware are installed in the kernel and require special techniques by Incident handlers and Linux system administrators to be detected. | 3 |
Chirac urges fairer world order France's Jacques Chirac says global powers must recognise the new reality of an interdependent world. | 0 |
Mac OS X Tiger Features Derrick Story writes for the O #146;Reilly MacDevCenter, summarizing a Mac OS X Tiger preview recently presented to the O #146;Reilly Mac OS X Conference by Apple product manager Chris Bourdon. Nov 17 | 3 |
Mac OS X Tip of the Week: Clean Up That Clutter Tired of the clutter on your desktop? The latest Mac OS X killer tip shows you how you can use Expos #233;, one of the coolest features of Mac OS X, to clean it up #151; instantly. Nov 17 | 3 |
Intel evaluating India as manufacturing destination Dr Craig Barrett, CEO, Intel Corporation, with a young learner from Kerala during the launch of the Intel Learn Programme in the Capital on Thursday. | 2 |
AOL Beefs Up Security America Online Inc. on Thursday launched a version of its proprietary online service that includes additional security features. AOL 9.0 Security Edition is the first version of the service | 3 |
Alaska senator disagrees with climate study #39;s conclusion US Sen. Ted Stevens says he disagrees with a new scientific study #39;s conclusion that the burning of fossil fuels is a major factor in climate change. | 3 |
FDA to e-track popular drugs The Food and Drug Administration launched an effort this week to use radio frequency identification technology to track the nation #39;s drug supply from manufacturer to pharmacy to reduce counterfeiting. | 3 |
Spurrier Spurns Gators For Gamecocks A report states that Steve Spurrier would take over at the University of South Carolina if Coach Lou Holtz should retire. Spurrier decided to turn down the job at University of Florida after Coach Ron Zoock | 1 |
Purposeful negotiations possible with Pak: Singh JAMMU: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed his belief that purposeful and meaningful negotiations are possible with Pakistan within the limits set by him that redrawing of borders and second partition of the country are not feasible. | 0 |
Clarke says prince is old fashioned Education Secretary Charles Clarke accused the Prince of Wales of being quot;old-fashioned and out of time quot; after details emerged that the heir to the throne believes that the schools system offers pupils too much aspiration and refuses to admit failures. | 0 |
FDA, Drug Industry Under Fire on Safety US Food and Drug Administration officials defended their record on drug safety Thursday in the face of attacks from both inside and outside the agency. | 2 |
Europe gains no US aid to support dollar European officials, blaming US deficits for a surge in the euro, are unlikely to persuade Treasury Secretary John Snow to help support the dollar when the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers meet in Berlin. | 2 |
US production prices increase US industrial production jumped the most in three months in October, housing starts surged and consumer prices rose, suggesting the Federal Reserve may keep raising its benchmark interest rate. | 2 |
IMF #39;s Rato says action required on US deficits The large US current account deficit is a matter of concern, and policy changes are needed to address existing global imbalances, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato said. | 2 |
Nike Co-Founder Knight Steps Down as CEO Nike Inc. (NKE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) co-founder Philip Knight, who helped transform a small-start up business into the world #39;s biggest athletic shoe company | 2 |
CIO Business Briefing Disney #39;s Q4 Earnings Reach \$516 Million The Walt Disney Company reported \$516 million net income in the quarter ended September 30th, compared to \$415 million in the year-ago quarter. | 2 |
Calif. retirement fund tenders PeopleSoft shares Calpers, a large US pension fund, has joined a growing list of big investors supporting Oracle in its hostile buyout--at \$9.2 billion--of rival PeopleSoft. | 2 |
Foot Locker 3Q Profit Meets Estimates Athletic shoe retailer Foot Locker Inc. on Thursday said its third-quarter profit grew on higher sales, meeting Wall Street estimates. | 2 |
Marsh amp; McLennan Says Five Executives Leave Board (Update2) Marsh amp; McLennan Cos., the insurance broker sued by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer last month, said five company executives stepped down from the board. | 2 |
Continental to Seek Wage, Benefits Cuts Continental Airlines Inc. on Thursday said it will seek to cut \$500 million in annual wages and benefits on expectations of losing quot;hundreds of millions of dollars quot; this year. | 2 |
Leading Indicators Fall 0.3 Pct. in Oct. The economy could be headed for slower growth in the next several months, according to a report released Thursday by a private research group. | 2 |
UPDATE 2-Gold-backed security streetTRACKS debuts on NYSE A gold-backed security named streetTRACKS Gold Shares made a much-hyped debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, aimed at attracting the investment capital | 2 |
Human Species Born To Run, Scientists Say The evolution of a physique for long-distance running is what made humans look the way we do now. The crucial role of running in human evolution, overlooked in previous research, is being proposed in an article | 3 |
Bill Gates Dubbed Most Spammed Person In The World January 2006 can #39;t come too soon for Bill Gates because that is the date by which he believes the spam problem will be solved. | 3 |
Peninsula Grill serves up toasty grilled cheese sandwich, no <b>...</b> There #39;s a Florida woman who is auctioning off a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich on eBay this week that, she thinks, bears the image of the Virgin Mary. | 3 |
Ballmer attacks Linux on patent front Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer warned on Thursday that Linux may not really be free given the intellectual-property risks that could be posed by the open-source operating system. | 3 |
Microsoft, Yahoo Extend Contract for Web Ads Microsoft has extended its partnership with Yahoo to deliver sponsored search results on its US and international MSN sites, despite the software maker #39;s recent declarations that it intends to be a major force in the search market. | 3 |
Ancient Animal Could Be Human-Ape Ancestor The last probable common ancestor to humans and great apes had a body like an ape, fingers like a chimp and the upright posture of humans, according to researchers who unearthed a fossil of the animal in Spain. | 3 |
Gateway expands Media Center PC lineup NOVEMBER 18, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Gateway Inc. plans to release two additional Media Center PCs Thursday, hoping that consumer excitement over multimedia will boost what is forecast as a weak holiday season for consumer PCs. | 3 |
AOL Releases Version 9.0 with Security Software America Online today released AOL 9.0 Security Edition features a suite of safety and security features, marking the Internet service provider #39;s first version to focus specifically on safety and security. | 3 |
Novell Posts 4th-Quarter Profit of \$13M Novell Inc. on Thursday said it swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter profit after the computer networking provider saw strong growth from its enterprise server business during the period. | 3 |
Drugmaker Teams With Law Enforcement To Use RFID To Halt Thefts Pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma LP is working closely with law-enforcement agencies to use radio-frequency identification technology to protect shipments of OxyContin, Purdue #39;s painkiller drug that #39;s a frequent target for theft. | 3 |
Wanna buy an iPod, guv? Apple #39;s first British store will open this Saturday on London #39;s Regent Street--and Silicon.com got to take a peek before the doors open to shoppers. | 3 |
Californian Charged with eBay Sports Card Scam A man who purported to offer rare sports cards including that of baseball legend Mickey Mantle has been charged with defrauding eBay (EBAY. | 3 |
Richardson urges UC to partner up; submit bid During a speech to the UC board of regents on Wednesday Gov. Bill Richardson urged them to find an industrial partner and together bid on the Los Alamos National Laboratory management contract set to expire Sept. | 3 |
The IPod Economy NEW YORK - By year #39;s end a five-year-old company called PortalPlayer will begin selling its shares to the public. What #39;s notable is that this company owes its success--even its existence--to the popularity of Apple Computer #39;s iPod. | 3 |
Olympic bid suffers as Madrid #39;s image is tarnished THE Madrid Olympic bid has suffered a setback because of the racist chanting on Wednesday in the Bernabu stadium, one of the most famous arenas in the world and a proposed venue for the 2012 Games. | 1 |
Repentant Casey fears reaction on US return BARELY holding back the tears, Paul Casey began a damage limitation exercise in an attempt last night to win back the minds, if not the hearts, of the American public. | 1 |
Kenteris and Thanou charged over missed tests EKATERINI THANOU and Konstantinos Kenteris, the Greek sprinters, were charged yesterday with missing a mandatory drugs test on the eve of the Olympic Games and for making false statements about a motorbike accident. | 1 |
Woods leads Dunlop Phoenix MIYAZAKI - Tiger Woods, playing in Japan for the first time in two years, got off to a strong start Thursday as he shot a 5-under-par 65 to take a three-stroke lead at the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament. | 1 |
Ecuador upset Brazil NEW YORK, Nov. 18. - Defending World Cup football champions Brazil suffered the most shocking result of the day, but China were the biggest losers. | 1 |
Our #39;desperate #39; TV times Once again, my indifference to television paid off big time, because I wasn #39;t watching quot;Monday Night Football quot; on Nov. 15, and thus avoided direct involvement with a controversial | 1 |
Former NFL lineman going to jail Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - Luis Sharpe, a former offensive lineman for the Arizona Cardinals, has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in state prison. | 1 |
Annika seeking eighth win of season WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Annika Sorenstam is off to a good start in the final LPGA event of the season. Sorenstam, who already has won her seventh Player of the Year Award, shot a 6-under 66 in Thursday #39;s | 1 |
Fallujah Strike Breaking Insurgency, General Says (Update1) The US-led attack on insurgents in Fallujah, now in its second week, has broken the back of the insurgency, #39; #39; according to documents uncovered in house-to-house raids in the city, said Lt. | 0 |
UN Security Council discusses Darfur, shuns rebels NAIROBI, Nov 18 (AFP) -- The deteriorating situation in Sudan #39;s troubled Darfur region received secondary attention during a meeting Thursday of the United Nations Security Council in Nairobi as emphasis focused on the search for peace in southern Sudan. | 0 |
Afghan Opium Cultivation Reaches Record High, UN Says Afghanistan #39;s opium cultivation jumped 64 percent to a record 324,000 acres this year and drug exports now account for more than 60 percent of the economy, the United Nations drugs office said Thursday. | 0 |
Palestinians Ask for Election Monitors Palestinian officials appealed Thursday for international monitors to help with their presidential elections and urged Israel #39;s unilateral plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip | 0 |
Williams-Sonoma Warily Pessimistic The specialty retailer's uncertainty about the fourth quarter is unsettling. | 2 |
Brown Shoe Sings the Blues The company announces a disappointing quarter and reduces full-year guidance. | 2 |
Medtronic Down, Not Out Internal defibrillator maker's earnings growth rate is slowing down, but its future looks healthy. | 2 |
Brookstone Rolls On Brookstone met analyst estimates and has raised guidance for the all-important Christmas quarter. | 2 |
Sympathy for Pfizer The market acts like Vioxx, Bextra, and Celebrex are the same drugs. They're not. | 2 |
Brady's Signs Are Positive Most of the signs attached to Brady's most recent quarter say "Don't Exit." | 2 |
The Elusive Value of Goody's Despite an encouraging third quarter, the market still isn't sure what to make of Goody's. | 2 |
No verdict in Afghan 'torture' trial A jury in a torture trial of an alleged Afghan warlord is discharged after failing to decide a verdict. | 0 |
Walt Disney Quarterly Profit Rises 24 Pct LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co. quarterly profit rose 24 percent on Thursday as stronger cable television results and a tax benefit more than made up for a sharp slowdown at Disney's movie studio. | 2 |
Marsh McLennan: 5 Top Execs Leave Board NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marsh McLennan Cos. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MMC.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MMC.N</A>, the insurance broker accused by New York's Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of bid-rigging fraud, on Thursday said five senior executives stepped down from its board of directors. | 2 |
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