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Skulls Trojan keelhauls Symbian phones Users with Symbian-based mobile phones have been hit by malicious code that disables smartphone features. Skulls, a Trojan horse program that poses as gaming software, is one of the first examples of malicious code to successfully infect mobiles. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Mutombo says he #39;s being traded to Rockets; will back up, mentor <b>...</b> Dikembe Mutombo, 38, has agreed to a sign-and-trade deal that will send him from the Chicago Bulls to Houston in exchange for Eric Piatkowski, Adrian Griffin and Mike Wilks, the Houston Chronicle reports. | 1 | Sports |
Notebook: USC, Sooners in control of BCS USC vs. Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl appears to be three victories away - two by USC and one by the Sooners. USC and Oklahoma held the top two spots in the Bowl Championship | 1 | Sports |
Spurs Beat Magic 94-91 (AP) AP - Tim Duncan had 24 points and 14 rebounds to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 94-91 victory Wednesday night over the Orlando Magic. | 1 | Sports |
Cricket: Symonds leads Aussies into last four LONDON : Andrew Symonds blasted a quickfire 71 not out as Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the ICC Champions Trophy here at The Oval. | 1 | Sports |
Microsoft ready to launch search engine Microsoft on Thursday will launch its long-promised Internet search engine, which will compete directly with market leader Google, sources close to the company said Tuesday. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Chief of Halliburton unit wanted top spot John Gibson said Friday that he decided to resign as chief executive officer of Halliburton Energy Services when it became apparent he couldn #39;t become the CEO of the entire corporation, after getting a taste of the No. | 2 | Business |
Building a better English muffin WOBURN -- No sooner had David Vickers finished an on-air interview with West Coast radio host Gene Burns than the requests began pouring in. | 2 | Business |
Iraq's Allawi Imposes Falluja Curfew BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Monday he had given U.S. and Iraqi forces the go-ahead to clear the rebel-held city of Falluja of "terrorists." | 0 | World |
SAP launches security service SAP AG this week unveiled a service that evaluates security settings across a customer #39;s SAP enterprise system. SAP Security Optimization helps customers identify and fix vulnerabilities, and minimise the | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Free agents offered arbitration Players offered arbitration have until Dec. 19 to either accept or reject. Players who reject arbitration may sign with former club until Jan. 8 (or after May 1). | 1 | Sports |
Skype amp; Siemens Bring Wireless VoIP Siemens have announced the availability of a range of handsets that works with (Voice over IP) VoIP software, Skype. Simply by plugging the a USB adapter in to a computer running an updated version of Skype | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Hey mate, we're moving offshore too! Australia's IT News reports the findings of a recent survey in which more than 20 percent of company execs said they were considering or recommending offshore outsourcing. Outsourcing Blog | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Man hacks 8 kids to death Beijing - Police were on Friday hunting for a man who broke into a high school dormitory in central China and hacked eight pupils to death in the bloodiest of a series of knife attacks at Chinese schools in recent months. | 0 | World |
Yankees Re-Sign Catcher Flaherty NEW YORK (Sports Network) - The New York Yankees re-signed catcher John Flaherty to a one-year contract on Friday. | 1 | Sports |
ATI Delivers Chipset for AMD Platforms (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Computer graphics specialist ATI Technologies (Nasdaq: ATYT) has unveiled a new chipset for desktop systems running AMD's (NYSE: AMD) next-generation 64-bit Athlon and Sempron processors. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Israel urged to clear way for Palestinian vote Palestinians called crucial to the success of a ballot to choose a successor to the late Yasser Arafat. Middle East envoy William Burns told reporters on Sunday in the West Bank city of Ramallah. | 0 | World |
U. runs away with it Playing with an intensity born of embarrassment last season, the No. 14 Utes turned New Mexico into a threadbare red carpet at University Stadium on Friday night, running over the Lobos | 1 | Sports |
Tons of explosives gone missing: whose fault? In a story headlined quot;Bombshell for Bush, quot; The Independent calls news that nearly 380 tons of explosives went missing from an Iraqi weapons base after the war quot;a massive pre-election embarrassment for the Bush administration. | 0 | World |
Three high-profile coaches out of Ole Miss picture OXFORD, Miss. - Three high-profile coaches are no longer being considered to fill the football coaching vacancy at the University of Mississippi. | 1 | Sports |
EU takes over Bosnia peacekeeping from NATO (AFP) AFP - The European Union's biggest military operation began in Bosnia as the 25-nation-bloc takes over peacekeeping duties from NATO, nine years after the end of the bitter inter-ethnic war in the Balkan country. | 0 | World |
Microsoft prepares to ship new corporate IM server Microsoft plans to sell two different versions of the new Live Communications Server with the 2005 version release: a Standard Edition and an Enterprise Edition designed for large corporations. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Buckeyes have lots to replace but are brimming with optimism There are remarkable similarities between the 2004 Ohio State Buckeyes and those that won the national championship just two years ago. | 1 | Sports |
An Unknown Giant Flexes Its Muscles Although virtually unknown in the U.S., Lenovo - in talks to buy I.B.M.'s personal computer business - is China's largest PC maker and the world's fastest growing one. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
DVD Forum finalises HD DVD-RW disc spec The DVD Forum moved a step further toward the advent of HD DVD media and drives with the approval of key physical specifications at a meeting of the organisations steering committee last week. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Microsoft Sues Spammers Microsoft announced today that is filing 7 lawsuits against spammers for failing to label sexually explicit messages. The lawsuits were filed in Washington State Superior Court, alleging that defendants violated | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Online Holiday Shopping Sales Increase Sharply in 2004 Online Holiday Shopping Sales Increase Sharply in 2004\\The latest holiday online sales forecast numbers are up and running with predicitions all having online sales rise, anywhere from 19 to almost 30 over results from 2003. comScore Networks predicts that online consumer spending for November and December will total between \$15.1 ... | 3 | Sci/Tech |
U.S. Official Sees No N.Korea Talks Before U.S. Vote (Reuters) Reuters - North Korea has apparently decided\against holding six-party talks on dismantling its suspected\nuclear arms programs until after the Nov. 2 U.S. presidential\election, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday. | 0 | World |
Nextel Said to Be in Talks With Sprint The cellular telephone industry #39;s game of musical chairs has restarted again - and the music may soon stop with one less chair. | 2 | Business |
Ancira I-10 Chrysler Jeep Kia (Sports Network) - The suddenly struggling Los Angeles Clippers attempt to put an end to a three-game skid tonight, when they battle the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Target Center. | 1 | Sports |
Likely First Photo of Planet Beyond the Solar System (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - A group of European-led \ astronomers has made a photograph of what appears to be a planet orbiting another \ star. If so, it would be the first confirmed picture of a world beyond our solar \ system. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
The party rolls on As many as 3.6 million people are expected to flood the city tomorrow morning to celebrate the Red Sox' World Series victory with a confetti-filled parade that could break Boston crowd records. | 1 | Sports |
US soccer battling through qualifying Winning at home and tying on the road is the proven formula for success in World Cup qualifying, but the manner by which the US team has compiled two ties and a victory | 1 | Sports |
S amp;P changes its indices S amp;P has announced changes to its indices in the US and Australia in relation to News Corporation. After trading closes on Friday December 17, 2004 New Corp. | 2 | Business |
Veritas buys KVS, plugs archive hole Underlining the importance of message archiving software, Veritas Software Corp. has announced plans for a \$224 million cash acquisition of KVS Software Ltd. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
5 are killed as wall in Dubai falls At least five people were killed and a dozen were injured Monday after an unfinished wall collapsed during construction of a multi-billion-dollar expansion of the Dubai International Airport, airport authorities said. | 0 | World |
Martin #39;s Presence Drives the Jets Knowing he was too hurt to be effective, running back Curtis Martin still wanted to be in the huddle as the New York Jets attempted to rally in the fourth quarter against the Cleveland Browns. | 1 | Sports |
Murder victim 'missed her stop' A 22-year-old French woman was killed while walking home after missing her bus stop, police believe. | 0 | World |
Famous scofflaws hit Japan US chess legend Bobby Fischer is the latest in a string of problem migrants for Japan. | 0 | World |
Bangladesh to ask Interpol to probe into grenade attack case The Bangladeshi government Thursday decided to seek help from International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to investigate the Aug. 21 grenade attackon opposition | 0 | World |
Leaders of Spain, Portugal, Latin America urge Falklands dialogue (AFP) AFP - Leaders from Spain, Portugal and their former colonies in Latin America urged Britain and Argentina to renew their dialogue on the Falkland islands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas. | 0 | World |
Upstarts Try to Make Name in Online Travel (AP) AP - Like a lot of frequent travelers, Kevin Pollard relies on the Internet to save money on airfares, hotel rooms and rental cars. The quest generally took him to the Web's most popular travel sites #151; Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia #151; until he discovered a new breed of specialty search engines that promise to dig up even better bargains. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Oil prices rocket to new one-month highs after stocks plunge LONDON : World oil prices sprinted up to new one-month high points as traders showed alarm at a steep fall in US crude oil inventories in the wake of Hurricane Ivan. | 2 | Business |
Australia backs Annan against calls for his resignation as UN <b>...</b> Australia on Thursday backed UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan against calls for his resignation over the world body #39;s scandal-plagued oil-for-food program for Iraq. | 0 | World |
Tech Stocks at 7-Month High as Oil Drops NEW YORK (Reuters) - The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite stock index rose to a 7-month high on Thursday as crude oil prices tumbled, alleviating worry that high energy costs will erode corporate profits. | 2 | Business |
World Trade Organization holds off on sanctions over US anti <b>...</b> The World Trade Organization held off Wednesday on approving stiff sanctions on US exports - ranging from cod to mobile homes - intended to punish Washington until it repeals the so-called Byrd amendment. | 2 | Business |
Bush Calls for Full UN Oil-For-Food Probe The Bush administration made clear on Thursday it would not take a position on whether UN Secretary General Kofi Annan should resign as it awaited the results of an investigation into the UN oil-for-food scandal. | 0 | World |
Russia Sets Space Station Crew Launch for October 11 Russia #39;s space agency says it will send a three-man replacement crew to the International Space Station on October 11, two days later than originally planned. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Beltran's Bat Gives Cards, Owners Food for Thought HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Houston Astros' Carlos Beltran has the St Louis Cardinals shaking their heads in disbelief and baseball owners quaking in their boots. | 1 | Sports |
Racing: Formula One in turmoil as Ford pulls out LONDON : Formula One was thrown into turmoil after US auto giant Ford announced that it was pulling out of the sport from the end of this season. | 1 | Sports |
AMD turns to Chartered for help The Intel rival known for its Athlon PC and Opteron server processors announced on Tuesday plans to tap Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, a contract manufacturer, for extra chip-production capacity. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Baer set to lead Notre Dame Interim Notre Dame football coach Kent Baer completed his team #39;s third postseason practice Friday morning, and is only beginning to prepare for the Insight Bowl. | 1 | Sports |
Scientists Find Prehistoric Dwarf Skeleton (AP) AP - In a breathtaking discovery, scientists working on a remote Indonesian island say they have uncovered the bones of a human dwarf species marooned for eons while modern man rapidly colonized the rest of the planet. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Celetics Pound Knicks Paul Pierce scores 28 points, and the Celtics win for the first time this season in the Knicks' home opener. | 1 | Sports |
WTO Agrees Entry Talks with Iraq GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed Monday to begin accession talks with Iraq and Afghanistan, but the United States again blocked any such negotiations with Iran, diplomats said. | 2 | Business |
Strong quake hits western Japan An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 shakes western Japan, reportedly making tall buildings sway in Tokyo. | 0 | World |
Mexico #39;s firm says oil price to remain high Mexican consultancy firm Bursametrica said on Monday that international market oil prices will remain high in the short and long run. | 2 | Business |
Survey Shows Lack of Confidence at FDA WASHINGTON - About two-thirds of Food and Drug Administration scientists are less than fully confident in the agency #39;s monitoring of the safety of prescription drugs now being sold, according to an FDA internal survey. | 2 | Business |
Broncos Griffin reportedly out for season The Denver Broncos have lost tailback-turned-kickoff returner Quentin Griffin for the season, ESPN reported Tuesday, citing no sources. | 1 | Sports |
IPod faces competition as MP3 player sales boom Sales of MP3 players are rocketing, fuelled by falling unit prices, integration of MP3 support into a wider range of devices and the creation of legal music download websites. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Borland focuses on UML modeling Borland Software this week is breaking up its Together ControlCenter package for UML modeling into separate products for developing, designing, and architecting applications. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Spitzer sues insurance broker California insurance broker Universal Life Resources was sued by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for taking kickbacks from MetLife, Prudential and UnumProvident. | 2 | Business |
Spitzer Accuses Insurance Industry of Rigging Bids Brokers required to provide competing bids to customers have been taking payoffs from insurance companies resulting in widespread corruption in the industry, New York's Attorney General charged today. | 2 | Business |
Cox Parent to Buy Out Public Shareholders Cox Enterprises, the privately held parent of the cable giant Cox Communications, reached an agreement yesterday to buy out the public minority shareholders in its cable business for \$8. | 2 | Business |
Climate legacy of 'hockey stick' A chart of temperature variation over 1,000 years dubbed the "hockey stick" has entered into the folklore of climate scientists, but how accurate is it? | 3 | Sci/Tech |
QuickBooks 2005 makes Mac-PC transfer easier, more (MacCentral) MacCentral - Later this week Intuit Inc. will officially announce QuickBooks: Pro 2005 for Mac, the latest release of its small business accounting software -- although the company has already posted details of the new release to its Web site. Major changes in this new release include integrated iCal support, the ability to back up data files to .Mac, easier file sharing with the Windows version of QuickBooks and the ability to add PDF backgrounds to forms. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Nineteen dead, 17 injured in Turkish mine tunnel fire (AFP) AFP - A huge fire swept through a copper mine in northern Turkey, killing at least 19 workers and injuring a further 17, a local official there said. | 0 | World |
Steaua top after beating Besiktas BUCHAREST, Romania -- Rica Neaga and Cristian Ciocoiu scored in the first half as Steaua Bucharest held on to beat Besiktas 2-1 in a hard-fought UEFA Cup tie to go top of Group B on Thursday. | 1 | Sports |
No. 2 Oklahoma 38, No. 20 Oklahoma St. 35 Adrian Peterson rushed for 249 yards and Cowboys kicker Jason Ricks missed a 49-yard field goal with 11 seconds left, giving the second-ranked Sooners a 38-35 victory over their pesky instate rivals on Saturday. | 1 | Sports |
Conflicting stories on #39;danger #39; rankings HARTFORD -- Hartford is one of the smallest of the nation #39;s big cities, but when it comes to crime the Connecticut capital ranks as the 7th most dangerous city in the country. | 2 | Business |
Eight eBay sellers admit phony bids EBAY VENDORS were ordered to pay nearly \$90,000 in restitution and fines after admitting they bid up products online to inflate the prices. | 2 | Business |
England blanks Wales as European qualifying continues Manchester, England (Sports Network) - England beat Wales 2-0 Saturday in an intense World Cup qualifier at Old Trafford. The victory was bittersweet for England as captain David Beckham fractured a rib late in the win. | 1 | Sports |
Injuries piling up for thin Yellow Jackets Miamis Frank Gore (3) runs past Georgia Techs Dawan Landry (20) during Saturdays game at Georgia Tech. Gore rushed for 127 yards on 25 carries. | 1 | Sports |
Young Chinese spend 1,000 times as much as their parents on weddings (AFP) AFP - Modern Chinese couples spend 1,000 times more than their parents' generation on lavish weddings and other expenses linked to starting a family, state media reported. | 0 | World |
Scientists Fear Malaysian Sea Turtles Threatened Scientists warn that the Malaysian populations of several species of sea turtles are on the brink of collapse and could disappear without urgent action to eliminate poaching and other dangers. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Takers Line Up To Buy Hollywood Video Stores FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Movie Gallery video rental chain said Friday it #39;s offered to acquire video rental rival Hollywood Entertainment. | 2 | Business |
US urges Americans to avoid Grenada WASHINGTON -- The US government is urging its citizens to avoid travel to Grenada, Cuba, the Cayman Islands and Jamaica in light of Hurricane Ivan. | 0 | World |
Huskies line up to score One line did most of the work as the Northeastern men's hockey team defeated Merrimack, 5-1, in a Hockey East contest last night in North Andover. | 1 | Sports |
Light Jig tries to earn possible Breeders #39; Cup trip It #39;s time for racing #39;s fall season, so count on Bobby Frankel saddling a few strong contenders. The Hall of Fame trainer will try to win the \$500,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes for the fourth time with Light Jig, a 4-year-old bred in Britain. | 1 | Sports |
Who cares about Kerry? It's Bush we can't stand, say Vietnamese (AFP) AFP - The question of whether presidential candidate John Kerry was a coward or a leader during the Vietnam War might be raging in the United States, but on the streets of Hanoi people hope for just one result from the American election -- the exit of George W. Bush. | 0 | World |
Japan #39;s central bank downgrades its assessment of the economy Japan #39;s central bank offered a bleaker assessment of the country #39;s economy Friday for the first time in more than a year and a half, citing weaker industrial production and slowing export growth. | 2 | Business |
Rossi expects backlash from Honda Newly-crowned world champion Valentino Rossi is already looking forward to a bigger challenge next season. Rossi, who clinched his fourth straight world MotoGP title on Sunday, expects former team Honda to provide an even sterner challenge than this year. | 1 | Sports |
Israeli army chief stalls rabbis instigated mutiny JERUSALEM: Israeli military authorities have launched a fierce counter-attack to calls by right-wing rabbis who have urged soldiers to disobey any orders to uproot settlers from the Gaza Strip. | 0 | World |
U.S. Opposed Passport Privacy Protections (AP) AP - The Bush administration opposed security measures for new microchip-equipped passports that privacy advocates contended were needed to prevent identity theft, government snooping or a terror attack, according to State Department documents released Friday. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Hot Stove heats up with Pedro-Steinbrenner meeting com. The rumors that Pedro Martinez would be meeting with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in Tampa started rippling through Red Sox Nation around midday on Tuesday. | 1 | Sports |
Israel kills 3 Egyptian police by mistake An Israeli tank has opened fire and killed three Egyptian police along the Gaza-Egypt border after mistaking them for Palestinian militants planting explosives against Israeli forces, military officials say. | 0 | World |
Rice Shipped to Seahawks for Draft Pick (AP) AP - The Seattle Seahawks finally got Jerry Rice on Tuesday. The trade that sent the greatest receiver in NFL history from the Oakland Raiders to the Seahawks was formally announced after the league trade deadline passed in the afternoon. | 1 | Sports |
Lice may reveal early human interaction The story of modern humans final interactions with the extinct Homo erectus may have been revealed by research into the evolution of lice. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Stocks Rise; Siebel Boosts Tech Shares NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Monday as oil prices eased a little and Friday's start-of-quarter buying spree continued into the new week. | 2 | Business |
NFL Wrap: Gibbs Returns to NFL as Redskins Edge Buccaneers NEW YORK (Reuters) - Clinton Portis ran 64 yards for a touchdown and had 164 yards rushing and the Washington Redskins used a stifling defense to edge the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16-10 in Joe Gibbs's return to the National Football League Sunday in Landover, Maryland. | 1 | Sports |
Kimberly-Clark Outlines Cost Savings Kimberly-Clark Corp. said Monday it aims to cut costs by \$400 million to \$500 million over the next three years, and plans to boost its dividend by 12.5 percent and repurchase at least \$1 billion in stock during 2005. | 2 | Business |
FAA Must Improve Oversight of Hazardous Materials, Report Says The Federal Aviation Administration needs to improve its oversight of air carriers and passengers who bring hazardous materials onto airplanes, according to a report released yesterday | 2 | Business |
Lawsuits Besiege Fannie Mae on Accounting (Reuters) Reuters - Fannie Mae , under fire from\regulators, is facing a groundswell of lawsuits from\class-action specialists for billions of dollars in stock\losses stemming from the company's faulty accounting. | 2 | Business |
Wright says NI must win Northern Ireland must win in Wales to revive their World Cup hopes according to former goalkeeper Tommy Wright. Saturday #39;s 3-0 defeat at home to Poland was a disastrous start for Lawrie Sanchez #39;s side and | 1 | Sports |
Barrera outslugs Morales for title Somehow Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales duplicated, and perhaps even surpassed, the action and drama of their all-time great first battle, which took place four years ago at 122 pounds. | 1 | Sports |
Israel continues northern Gaza offensive; six killed in nighttime <b>...</b> Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip will be removed from their homes next summer, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged Thursday, and in the meantime he said Israel will broaden its military offensive there. | 0 | World |
Univision drops suit against Nielsen NEW YORK -- Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Communications Inc. on Monday said it has dropped its lawsuit against Nielsen Media Research over a new TV rating system Univision claimed miscounts its viewers. | 2 | Business |
Report: Chinese fighter jets interfere with The Taiwanese president #39;s flight to an outlying island several weeks ago was diverted because 28 Chinese fighter jets were spotted in the area, a major Taiwanese newspaper reported Thursday. | 0 | World |
Big East to be one 16-team division in 2005-06 The Big East basketball conference will merge into one 16-team division in 2005-20006, but only 12 schools will participate in the post-season basketball tournament. | 1 | Sports |
Pursuit team secure medal Britain's team pursuit quartet will race off for gold against Australia on Monday. | 1 | Sports |
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