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IBM Rounds Out EMC Support IBM Friday said it has filled out gaps in its virtualization portfolio, adding support for EMC #39;s remaining Clariion systems. The company added Clariion 300, 500 and 700 systems support for its SAN Volume Controller | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Shevchenko wins top Euro award PARIS: AC Milan #39;s Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko, right, was last night named European footballer of the year for 2004. The 28-year-old becomes the third Ukrainian to win the award after Oleg Blockhin | 1 | Sports |
Danske makes 1bn Irish acquisition Denmark #39;s biggest financial group, Danske Bank, has agreed to purchase Northern Bank in Northern Ireland and National Irish Bank in the Republic of Ireland from National Australia Bank for 967 million. | 2 | Business |
Proud France Inaugurates World's Highest Bridge (Reuters) Reuters - President Jacques Chirac\inaugurated the world's highest bridge Tuesday, a creation\taller than the Eiffel Tower, longer then the Champs Elysees\and designed to end a traffic bottleneck in southern France. | 0 | World |
Sean O #39;Keefe #39;s Watch This week, NASA has concerned itself with the fact that the astronauts aboard the international space station are running out of food. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Toshiba pushes iPod limits to 80GB with new drive Toshiba has announced an 80GB version of the 1.8in hard drives used in the iPod. The drive sets a new capacity record for its size and combines several developments including a new magnetic disk structured | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Google to digitize millions of books (SiliconValley.com) SiliconValley.com - Google is launching an ambitious effort to make digital copies of some of the world's largest university library collections and will incorporate the texts into its vast Web index, apparently the largest project of its kind ever attempted. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Microsoft, Ask Jeeves unveil desktop search tools (SiliconValley.com) SiliconValley.com - Microsoft and Ask Jeeves both announced tools Monday that allow users to search their desktop computers, adding their names to a crowded field of Internet search companies that are focused on helping people more effectively scan t... | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Oracle Reaches Takeover Deal With PeopleSoft (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13 -- Software maker PeopleSoft Inc. announced Monday that it had agreed to be acquired by Oracle Corp. in a #36;10.3 billion deal, ending one of the longest and nastiest takeover battles in recent corporate hist... | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Oracle victorious in quest for PeopleSoft (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Business software giant Oracle announced Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire rival PeopleSoft after sweetening its offer by 10 to approximately #36;10.3 billion. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Caucasus gunmen kill four in raid Suspected Islamists kill four and seize dozens of weapons from a drug control body in Russia's North Caucasus. | 0 | World |
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese It's that time of year when the K5 community shares its culinary secrets with each other by inundating the queue with a flood of recipes sectioned under culture. #160;However, many of them may seem too difficult for the beginning chef. #160;So I present to the novice cook a good starter proj... | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Microsoft takes on desktop search Microsoft has entered the desktop search fray, releasing an initial version of software to scour a PC hard drive. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Gamers snap up new Sony PSP Japanese gamers buy almost all of the first batch of Sony's new PlayStation Portable handheld console. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Go-ahead for new internet names The internet could soon have two new domain names, aimed at mobile services and the jobs market. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Europe Uses Grid to Create New Megacomputer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - European research institutes are linking together four supercomputers to create the world's fourth most powerful megacomputer, without having to spend the money it would normally cost to build such a monster. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Pakistan and India in talks to avert nuclear 'havoc' (AFP) AFP - Pakistan and India held talks to hammer out an agreement on giving advance warning of ballistic missile tests and other steps to avert any accidental launch of nuclear weapons. | 0 | World |
NASA Administrator Steps Down Sean O'Keefe quit Monday to pursue a job as chancellor of Louisiana State University Baton Rouge campus. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
The Year Shoppers Left the Mall Behind Online buying continues to snowball, according to the results of a recent America Online survey. This year, for the first time, Americans who regularly use the Internet for shopping -- researching or buying products at least once a month -- will do more shopping online than at sh... | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Fed to Boost Rate by a Quarter-Point With a fall in oil prices easing inflation concerns, the Federal Reserve is expected to continue its easy-does-it approach to raising interest rates, boosting a key rate by a moderate quarter-point today. | 2 | Business |
Memoir Takes Holy War Into Cyberspace A jailed Indonesian militant's autobiography urges fellow Muslim radicals to attack U.S. computers, with the particular aim of committing credit card fraud. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Choosing Babies' Sex Gives Birth to Debate More couples are selecting the sex of their children, using techniques developed to help couples who are infertile or at risk for having babies with genetic diseases. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Oracle to Pay \$10.3 Billion to Acquire PeopleSoft AccountingWEB.com - Dec-14-2004 - After an emotional and often bitter 18-month battle, PeopleSoft Inc. agreed to be acquired by Oracle Corp. | 2 | Business |
No. 15 Vanderbilt Beats Troy 78-50 (AP) AP - Ashley Earley scored 22 points #151; 12 straight in the second half #151; as No. 15 Vanderbilt defeated Troy 78-50 Sunday for its 48th straight nonconference homecourt victory. | 1 | Sports |
Pearson to Sell Stake in Spanish Publisher British publisher Pearson PLC said Tuesday it plans to sell its 79 percent stake in Spanish media group Recoletos in a deal worth euro743 million (US\$990 million). | 2 | Business |
Google pens agreement with libraries New York: Popular internet search engine Google has reached an agreement with four universities and one public library to scan their books and make them available the digitised contents of the same, aiming to challenge competitors Yahoo and Microsoft. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Rovers #39; findings confirm water was on Mars On one side of Mars, NASA #39;s Spirit rover has found a mineral that solidly points to water activity. Meanwhile, the Opportunity rover has found confirmation | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Firefox heats the browser market. Mozilla #39;s Firefox is gaining ground, and fast. In the beginning of this year, Microsoft Internet Explorer was almost fully controlling the market on its own. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Rain, Flooding Hinders Asia's Tsunami Relief (Reuters) Reuters - Heavy rains and fresh floods disrupted\aid to Asia's tsunami-hit villages on Sunday as the U.N.\refugee agency started a 400-ton airlift as part of a #36;2\billion relief operation to save millions struggling to\survive. | 0 | World |
Linux: Fewer Bugs Than Rivals An analysis of the 5.7 million lines of Linux source code shows that it contains fewer bugs per thousand lines of code than commercial counterparts. By Michelle Delio. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Lamprey May Offer Paralysis Cure Researchers are studying the spinal cord of the eel-like sea lamprey in hopes that a machine based on its structure could someday enable paralyzed people to regain control of their legs. By Karen Lurie. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Chess Conspiracy Unconvincing Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine, a film about the historic 1997 chess match between Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue, focuses on whether humans interceded on the computer's behalf but fails to convince. By Jason Silverman. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Oil Eaters Slurp Up Spills Advances in biotechnology are limiting the damage oil spills inflict, as scientists supercharge bacteria to devour petroleum. By John Gartner. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
NASA Chief Resigns The space agency's top administrator, Sean O'Keefe, says he wants to ensure that his children can go to college without incurring debt. His plan? Applying for a \$500,000-per-year job at Louisiana State University. By Amit Asaravala. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
A Patch for Broken Hearts Researchers at MIT are one step closer to creating patches for damaged hearts: They've used rat cells to construct a beating slice of cardiac tissue about the size of a dime. By Kristen Philipkoski. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Challengers Want Ohio Vote Review A coalition of groups that do not believe the Ohio presidential election was conducted accurately asks the Ohio Supreme Court to review the swing state's voting results. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
James Doesn't Practice, May Play Tomorrow (AP) AP - LeBron James was fitted with a mask to protect his broken left cheek and might play in the Cleveland Cavaliers' next game even though he only shot during practice Sunday. | 1 | Sports |
Microsoft enters desktop search fray Following the lead of Google and Yahoo!, Microsoft has announced a #39;beta #39; version of a desktop search tool, the #39;Toolbar Suite #39;. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Sony, Samsung agree to share toys Sony and Samsung have entered into a far-reaching technology licensing agreement that opens stacks of each company #39;s intellectual properties to the other. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Toshiba Sets Record With New HDD Recording Technology Perpendicular Recording has been promoted as the technology to carry us through the superparamagnetism limit. In conventional longitudinal recording, the magnetization in the bits on a disc is flipped between | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Red Bull target Coulthard Red Bull Racing say they want to sign David Coulthard so that they have an experienced driver for their first Formula One season next year. | 1 | Sports |
Wizards Edge Hawks 104-101 (AP) AP - Reserve guard Juan Dixon scored all 15 of his points in the fourth quarter Sunday to lead the Washington Wizards to a 104-101 victory over Atlanta for the Hawks' fourth straight loss. | 1 | Sports |
Egypt signs trade deal with Israel, US amid criticism and <b>...</b> Egypt wants jobs. Israel wants a meaningful peace. On Tuesday, they signed an agreement that they hope will fulfill both their goals and maintain the momentum for revitalized Mideast peace negotiations. | 0 | World |
Japanese snap up 200,000 PSP video-game consoles in two days (AFP) AFP - Japanese video game fans have bought nearly all 200,000 PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld video-game machines launched on Sunday by Sony, the company said. | 0 | World |
Fourteen 'Executed' Bodies Found in Iraq's Mosul MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - The bodies of six young men, all shot in the head as if executed, were discovered in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul Tuesday, bringing the total of such corpses found to 14 in two days. | 0 | World |
China Rounds Up Three Intellectuals in Crackdown BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese author who was briefly detained by police overnight along with two other intellectuals said Tuesday the authorities appeared to be trying to build a case against him as part of a crackdown on government critics. | 0 | World |
Indian Train Crash Kills 27, More Than 50 Injured MUKERIAN, India (Reuters) - Two passenger trains collided in northern India on Tuesday, killing at least 27 people and injuring more than 50, officials said. | 0 | World |
Update 1: US Dollar Down Slightly Against Euro The dollar was marginally down against the euro and slightly higher against the yen Tuesday as the market awaited new US trade data and a US Federal Reserve meeting at which the central bank was expected to raise interest rates a quarter point. | 2 | Business |
Zurich Financial gains on nursing home settlement LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Zurich Financial (ZZ:001107539) gained 2.6 percent in Swiss trade after agreeing to settle US nursing home litigation by paying \$47.5 million. | 2 | Business |
US interest rate rise expected US interest rates are expected to rise for the fifth time since June following the US Federal Reserve #39;s latest rate-setting meeting later on Tuesday. | 2 | Business |
MSN joins desktop search fray Microsoft #39;s MSN has unveiled desktop-search technology, entering a hotly contested race to dominate information access on the PC. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Global bird populations face dramatic decline in coming decades Ten percent of all bird species are likely to disappear by the year 2100, and another 15 percent could be on the brink of extinction, according to a new study by Stanford University biologists. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Google gets pally with Oxford and Harvard SEARCH ENGINE megagiant Google is to digitise a substantial number of volumes held in the libraries of Harvard and Oxford Universities. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Penguin Chicks Face Starvation as Iceberg Blocks Food Route Tens of thousands of Antarctic penguin chicks could starve to death in the next few weeks as a huge iceberg blocks access to coastal feeding grounds, a New Zealand official said today. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Stocks Seen Opening Lower; Fed Awaited NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures pointed to a lower market open on Tuesday ahead of an expected U.S. central bank interest rate hike, with investors pulling back from Monday's rally. | 2 | Business |
Oracle finally has its prize For the past 18 months, Oracle has been locked in a battle to acquire rival PeopleSoft involving courtroom drama, poison pills, personal enmity and, recently, the departure of PeopleSoft #39;s CEO Craig Conway. | 2 | Business |
Oil price in suspense about the impact of OPEC output cuts Crude oil futures begin to factor in colder weather in the US Northeast and OPEC decision to cut production to keep the prices high. | 2 | Business |
Blockbuster to Stop Charging Late Fees Blockbuster Inc., the world #39;s largest video rental chain, said Tuesday that as of Jan. 1, 2005, the company won #39;t charge late fees on any movie or game rental at its more than 4,500 company-operated and franchised stores in the United States. | 2 | Business |
Update 1: Airline Industry Could Break Even in 2005 The global airline industry, battered by record fuel costs, could break even in 2005 if oil prices drop to an average of US\$36 a barrel, the industry #39;s trade group said Tuesday. | 2 | Business |
Afghan Forces Catch Mullah Omar's Security Chief (Reuters) Reuters - Afghan security forces\have captured Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar's personal\security chief as he traveled in a van to the southern city of\Kandahar, provincial officials told Reuters on Tuesday. | 0 | World |
BNP leader detained on racism-linked charge (AFP) AFP - British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin was arrested on suspicion of incitement to commit racial hatred. | 0 | World |
Iraq War Crimes Trials to Begin Next Week (AP) AP - War crimes trials against Iraq's former Baath Party leaders will begin next week, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Tuesday. He didn't say whether Saddam Hussein would be among them. | 0 | World |
Japanese snap up 200,000 PSP video-game consoles in two days TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese video game fans have bought nearly all 200,000 PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld video-game machines launched on Sunday by Sony, the company said. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Google to digitize #39;U #39; libraries Soon anyone will be able to browse the University library, whether he is in Ann Arbor or Europe or anywhere in between. The University announced a partnership with Google | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Toshiba to make 80GB 1.8-inch drives Toshiba Corp. is close to commercializing a new data storage technology that could significantly increase the capacity of hard-disk drives, it said Tuesday. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Chiefs top Titans in shootout NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Kansas City scored two touchdowns in the game #39;s final 32 seconds to cap a wild 49-38 victory over Tennessee last night. | 1 | Sports |
Egypt raises Suez transit fees by three percent in 2005 (AFP) AFP - Egypt has decided to increase transit fees for ships using the Suez Canal by an average of three percent next year, the canal authority revealed. | 0 | World |
Jailed Palestinian Leader Drops Out of Race to Replace Arafat Marwan Barghouti, the leader of the Palestinian uprising now imprisoned in Israel, withdrew today from the Palestinian race for president. | 0 | World |
DR Congo 'fighting Rwanda troops' The DR Congo government says its troops are battling Rwandan soldiers and not Congolese rebels, as earlier reported. | 0 | World |
Israel coalition talks 'impasse' Israel's ruling Likud party and opposition Labour struggle to agree over the state budget, according to reports. | 0 | World |
Madonna 'tops tour takings chart' Madonna made more money from touring than any other star in 2004, with \$125m, Billboard magazine says. | 0 | World |
Chain Store Sales Rise in the Latest Week (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. chain store retail sales rose in\the latest week after sizable back-to-back declines, as\consumers took to the stores for holiday shopping, a retail\report said on Tuesday. | 2 | Business |
Vodafone Drops on Report It Supports Bid for Sprint (Update3) Shares in Vodafone Group Plc, the world #39;s largest mobile-phone operator, dropped after The Wall Street Journal said the company is considering bidding with US partner Verizon Communications Inc. | 2 | Business |
Fiat cash from GM for option would be modest-S amp;P Any cash that Italy #39;s Fiat (FIA.MI: Quote, Profile, Research) may gain from agreeing to scrap an option to sell its loss-making car unit Fiat Auto to General Motors Corp. | 2 | Business |
Microsoft launches desktop search Microsoft has launched a set of toolbars under the MSN brand. Plugging into Windows, Outlook and Internet Explorer, they index documents and email in the background and allow fast querying. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
World #39;s top libraries just a click away A global virtual library is one step nearer today after Google, the internet search group, announced it is working on a project to digitally scan the collections at seven libraries and make them available online. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Tiny memory card for mobiles launched Samsung has developed a cut-down version of the multimedia memory card (MMC) that it hopes to see deployed in future mobile phones. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Mateschitz: Coulthard will lead Red Bull. David Coulthard will lead the Red Bull Racing team next season, according to quotes attributed to new owner Dietrich Mateschitz. Although the team has yet to issue official confirmation of a deal with the | 1 | Sports |
FACTBOX-Australia v Pakistan factbox Head-to-heads: The two teams have met 49 times since 1956-57. Australia hold the advantage with 21 victories while Pakistan have won 11, with 17 draws. | 1 | Sports |
Tallest bridge in world spanning clouds across southern France MILLAU, France French citizens and officials are celebrating a roadway bridge considered to be the world #39;s tallest. One of the Millau bridge #39;s pillars reaches more than eleven-hundred feet into the air, making | 0 | World |
War Crime Trials Against Saddam to Start Next Week Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced that proceedings would begin against former Baath Party leaders. | 0 | World |
M.T.A. Spent \$15 Million on Officers' Overtime A third of the M.T.A.'s police officers were paid more than \$100,000 last year, and some officers doubled and even tripled their base salaries by working overtime. | 0 | World |
Army Reprimand Reported in Slaying One of four U.S. military officers in Afghanistan alleged to have murdered a local man they believed was following their movements was issued an official reprimand. | 0 | World |
OAS Reproaches U.S., EU Over Colombia The Organization of American States has reproached the United States and the European Union for refusing to participate in Colombia's peace process with right-wing paramilitary groups despite what it called impressive progress. | 0 | World |
Google to Digitize Some Library Collections Five prestigious university and public libraries have reached agreement with Google Inc. to digitize millions of volumes in their collections and make portions of the text available for free to computer users online, the search giant plans to announce today. <FONT face="ve... | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Danske pays \$1.86B for Irish banks No. 2 Nordic bank eyes stronger EPS in #39;06; shares fall 4.2 due to deal #39;s size, reduced buybacks. MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Denmark #39;s Danske Bank has bought two Irish banks from National Australia Bank (NAB) for | 2 | Business |
Zurich Financial Services, US Settle Insurance giant Zurich Financial Services said Tuesday it had reached a US\$47.5 million (euro35.8 million) settlement in the United States to end litigation over the bankruptcy of a nursing home chain. | 2 | Business |
Business cost of climate control As the UN climate conference meets in Argentina, a new report questions the economic sense in tackling greenhouse gases so vigorously now. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Stocks Seen Lower, Fed Meeting on Tap NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Tuesday as investors take profits following Monday's rally and before the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates. | 2 | Business |
Chain Store Sales Rise in the Latest Week NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. chain store retail sales rose in the latest week after sizable back-to-back declines, as consumers took to the stores for holiday shopping, a retail report said on Tuesday. | 2 | Business |
Before the Bell: Sprint, Veritas Rise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Sprint Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=FON.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">FON.N</A> rose 5.4 percent before the bell on Tuesday after the Wall Street Journal reported that Verizon Communicatio... | 2 | Business |
Delta to Slash Fares, Cut Restrictions (Reuters) Reuters - Delta Air Lines Inc., the No. 3 U.S.\carrier which has been restructuring in efforts to avoid a\bankruptcy filing, is expected to slash fares and remove\restrictive rules such as Saturday-night stays, Time magazine\reported in its online edition on Sunday. | 2 | Business |
Microsoft desktop search tool launched Microsoft Corp launched the beta version of its new MSN Toolbar Suite on Monday, with what it calls is #39;breakthrough desktop search functionality #39; that will help users quickly find virtually any type of document, media file or e-mail message on their | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Samsung and Sony sign patent agreement Samsung and Sony have signed a five-year cross-licensing agreement covering a wide range of patents for digital products. The agreement should reduce the potential for disputes | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Utah Says Goodbye to Meyer With Win (AP) AP - Urban Meyer paused a few times to collect himself. Saying goodbye was hard enough. Doing so after a 12-0 season was almost too much. The fifth-ranked Utes sent Meyer to his new job at Florida with one last nearly perfect performance, beating Pittsburgh 35-7 Saturday night i... | 1 | Sports |
Deadly Anniversary In Iraq (CBS/AP) The first anniversary of Saddam Hussein #39;s capture was marked by violence across Iraq, including a suicide car bombing that killed 13 people in Baghdad and a report that seven US Marines died in combat in western Iraq. | 0 | World |
Head-on train crash leaves 15 to 20 dead in India: minister JAMMU, India : Two trains collided head-on in the northern Indian state of Punjab Tuesday, killing 15 to 20 people, the railway minister said. | 0 | World |
Turkeys Parliament Approved Legislation Sought by the EU Turkey #39;s parliament approved on Monday a final piece of legislation sought by the European Union before a Dec. 16-17 summit at which EU leaders will decide whether Ankara is now ready to begin long-delayed entry talks. | 0 | World |
Syria, Hamas: Israel tried to assassinate a movement #39;s cadre in <b>...</b> In separate statements both Syria and the Islamic resistance movement Hamas accused Israel of being responsible for the booby trapped car explosion which took place Monday evening in Mezze in Damascus. | 0 | World |
Former Restaurant Inspector Loses Lawsuit (AP) AP - A former restaurant inspector for France's famed Michelin Red Guide #151; fired for revealing how it awards its coveted stars to the nation's best chefs #151; lost a lawsuit Tuesday alleging wrongful dismissal, a Michelin lawyer said. | 0 | World |