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MSN Desktop Search Beta tested WITH GOOGLE nipping at its heels, Microsoft has just released a beta edition of its new MSN Desktop Search application. Like Google #39;s very similar product, Desktop Search builds an index of documents and e | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Samsung, Sony in cross-license deal Two of the world #39;s consumer electronics giants, Samsung Electronics and Sony, have signed a cross-license agreement detailing mutual usage of patents across major product lines owned by the two companies. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Internet worm disguises itself as electronic Xmas card Making use of the current trend to send festive greetings via email, a new virus is making the rounds. A variant of the ZAFI worm, the WORM_Zafi. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
NASA Cassini Image: Titan #39;s Dark Terrain This view from Cassini #39;s second close flyby of Titan on Dec. 13, 2004 shows bright material within the large dark region west of Xanadu. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Nasa plan comet mission Nasa has announced that the launch of a pioneering mission to further understanding of the make-up of comets will take place in January next year. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Siemens and Ningbo Bird Deny They #39;re in Talks Over Mobile Unit Siemens AG, Germany #39;s biggest engineering company, denied it is in talks with potential venture partners for its troubled mobile-phone business, which sustained losses in the quarter through June. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
LuaLua hijacks Gerrard #39;s magic moment As Superman and Batman would no doubt reflect during their cigarette breaks, the really draining thing about being a hero was that you have to keep riding to the rescue. | 1 | Sports |
Crowd salutes changing of the garb Jason Williams strolled through the turnstile at Charlotte Coliseum on Tuesday night wearing a purple Hornets T-shirt from the teams 1999 opener against the Orlando Magic and | 1 | Sports |
Hijackers seize Athens bus Two armed hijackers are holding 26 people hostage on board a Greek bus after seizing it near the capital Athens. Police are surrounding the bus stopped between Marathon and the capital. | 0 | World |
Negligence blamed for train crash in India Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. MUKHERIYAN, India -- Railway authorities blamed negligence for the head-on collision of two packed trains that | 0 | World |
Middle East ; Abbas calls on Palestinians to end armed struggle Middle East News, GAZA, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called for his people to pursue negotiations instead of violence in the struggle for a state, marking out a change of strategy for peace with Israel after Yasser Arafat #39;s death. | 0 | World |
Australia alert on Indonesia attack The Australian government has warned that terrorists could be preparing to carry out an attack in Indonesia, possibly targeting a Hilton hotel. | 0 | World |
South Korea cautions Japan against sanctions on North Korea SEOUL: South Korea cautioned Japan against imposing sanctions on North Korea saying the step could complicate efforts to end the impasse over the communist country #39;s nuclear weapons drive. | 0 | World |
Body of Kidnapped Turk Found in Afghanistan The body of a kidnapped Turkish engineer was found in eastern Afghanistan today, less than 24 hours after he was snatched with his driver and interpreter by a band of armed men. | 0 | World |
Pakistan and India discuss missiles, hotlines Pakistan and India held a second day of talks on Wednesday to agree on steps to avert misunderstandings over their nuclear arsenals, a Pakistani official said. | 0 | World |
Fiat, GM to Start Mediation Over Option MILAN (Reuters) - The heads of Fiat SpA and General Motors Corp. will meet face to face in a last-ditch attempt to avoid litigation over whether the Italian group still has the right to sell its loss-mired carmaking arm to GM. | 2 | Business |
Yukos seeks US bankruptcy refuge Russian oil giant Yukos files for bankruptcy protection in the US in a last ditch effort to stop the Kremlin auctioning its main production unit. | 2 | Business |
Jobless level continues to fall The number of people out of work in the UK fell by 29,000 between August and October to 1.39 million, the latest official figures have shown. | 2 | Business |
Yukos Files in US for Bankruptcy Under Chapter 11 (Update1) OAO Yukos Oil Co., Russia #39;s second- largest oil producer, said it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US and asked for an emergency court hearing to stop the sale of its main unit in four days. | 2 | Business |
Hong Kong Shares Rise Slightly Hong Kong shares rose slightly on Wednesday, tracking gains on Wall Street as the US Federal Reserve announced a rate hike. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index climbed 35.02 points, or 0.25 percent, to 14,078.54. | 2 | Business |
Cassini gets altitude adjustment The Cassini-Huygens mission #39;s second (comparatively) close encounter Monday with Saturn #39;s moon Titan generated more atmospheric drag on the spacecraft than expected, NASA mission controllers say. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
EPA targets fine particle pollutants Fine particle pollution has been significantly reduced in recent years, but millions of people live in areas where concentrations remain high - and their health remains at risk, the | 3 | Sci/Tech |
NHL needs to think small Well, I still think he was a small-minded, wishy-washy puppet, but maybe, it turns out, he was right. Maybe he was right to treat the NHL as a mom-and-pop league, way down the ladder in | 1 | Sports |
Mets see only the headlines FPTOZDUMB This is an eye chart, reprinted as a public service to the New York Mets so they may see from what they suffer: myopia. Has ever a baseball franchise been so shortsighted for so long? | 1 | Sports |
North Korea Warns Japan Against Imposing Sanctions (Update7) North Korea would consider any decision by Japan to impose economic sanctions as a declaration of war, #39; #39; the communist nation #39;s Foreign Ministry said. | 0 | World |
Four killed as violence flares after UN troops storm Haitian <b>...</b> PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti At least four people have been killed in shootouts in a slum near Haiti #39;s capital following a show of force by UN troops. | 0 | World |
Fed hikes interest rates (12/15/04)-- Investors are not necessarily eager for higher interest rates, but at least the Federal Reserve #39;s quarter-percent boost brought no surprises. | 2 | Business |
Blockbuster ending late fees at company-owned stores Blockbuster Inc., the largest US video-store chain, will stop charging late fees at its company-owned stores to try to stem three consecutive quarters of declining sales and fend off a challenge for customers from Netflix Inc. | 2 | Business |
ATA Midway gates at center of battle The bidding war between AirTran Airways and Southwest Airlines over bankrupt ATA #39;s Midway business continued Tuesday, revealing a new, competitive world for low-cost carriers. | 2 | Business |
Arsenal need quot;silly money quot; to land Man City #39;s SWP Manchester City chairman John Wardle says they will only sell winger Shaun Wright-Phillips for quot;silly money quot;. He said: quot;I have no intention of selling Shaun Wright-Phillips. | 1 | Sports |
So What Happened in That Election, Anyhow? No consensus exists among Democrats about why John Kerry was defeated, and the party is locked in a battle of interpretation over just what went wrong. | 0 | World |
Cricket: S Africa make solid start Jacques Kallis hits 81 not out as South Africa reach 247-4 after day one of the third Test against England. | 0 | World |
YUKOS Files for U.S. Bankruptcy MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian oil major YUKOS said on Wednesday it had filed for bankruptcy protection in a U.S. court and would seek an order from the court to halt the Dec. 19 sale by the Russian state of its main oil unit. | 2 | Business |
Fed raises again Central bank boosts fed funds rate to 2.25 but after 5 hikes in this year what #39;s in store for #39;05? NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The Federal Reserve raised a critical short-term interest rate by a quarter of a percentage | 2 | Business |
Larson voices his opposition to OPECs decision On the same day the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to cut its daily oil output to 27 million barrels, US Rep. John Larson, D-1st District, sent | 2 | Business |
IBM #39;s PC deal seen as strategic withdrawal IBM #39;s decision this past week to sell a majority stake in its personal computer business to Lenovo Group, a vendor based in China, for \$1.75 billion in cash, stock, and debt assumption, is | 2 | Business |
Particle pollution falls 10 in 4 years The average level of a deadly form of air pollution dropped in the USA from 1999 to 2003 as new pollution controls made strides in battling the nation #39;s air quality | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Shevchenko voted Europe #39;s finest AC Milan and Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko has been named European Footballer of the Year. Barcelona #39;s Deco and Ronaldinho were second and third with Arsenal striker Thierry Henry fourth. | 1 | Sports |
FA TO CECH ON REF RANT CLAIM THE FA last night launched an inquiry over Chelsea keeper Petr Cech #39;s alleged criticism of referee Graham Poll for allowing Thierry Henry #39;s free-kick in Sunday #39;s 2-2 draw at Highbury. | 1 | Sports |
City making plans for Keegan #39;s departure Manchester City are actively seeking a replacement for manager Kevin Keegan who is leaving at the end of next season when his contract expires after five years at the Premier League club. | 1 | Sports |
Anger Rises as Does Toll in Remote Indian Islands PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - Tempers flared over the sluggish pace of aid efforts in India's remote and restricted Andamans and Nicobars on Sunday as hundreds of bodies lay scattered around the islands a week after the tsunami struck. | 0 | World |
Kidnapped Turkish engineer killed in Afghanistan Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. KABUL, Afghanistan -- A Turkish engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan was killed by kidnappers who had been | 0 | World |
BNP LEADER BAILED ON RACE HATE RAP BNP leader Nick Griffin was bailed last night by police questioning him over race-hate offences. Griffin, 45, had been arrested at his home in Wales in the wake of a BBC documentary showing him condemning Islam as #39;a vicious, wicked faith #39;. | 0 | World |
Asia to fuel air travel growth Global air travel is set to be boosted by an increase in travel between Europe and Asia, thanks to growth in both China and India. | 2 | Business |
Yukos files for bankruptcy Embattled Russian oil giant Yukos has launched bankruptcy proceedings in a Houston, Texas court, the company has said. Claire Davidson, a spokeswoman for the company in London, did | 2 | Business |
Trade Deficit Hits Record in October; November Output Up The trade deficit in October grew larger than analysts had expected despite the recent decline of the dollar against major currencies. | 2 | Business |
Former England star Gazza hit by pneumonia (AFP) AFP - Former England star Paul Gascoigne is recovering in hospital from pneumonia but his agent denied the 37-year-old was seriously ill. | 0 | World |
Pilots reach agreement with airline United Airlines has secured a tentative contract agreement with its pilots, clearing a critical early hurdle in its effort to make another round of painful | 2 | Business |
No End in Sight: There is no sliver of hope for season That #39;s what you can be assured of now following the NHL #39;s unflinching rejection of the NHLPA #39;s recent offer to end the current lockout and the union #39;s subsequent rejection Tuesday of a league counter-proposal. | 1 | Sports |
A deadly reversal I hope that newspapers do not represent public opinion. If they do, it means that we consider the Home Secretary #39;s love affair more important than the resumption of the most deadly conflict since the second world war. | 0 | World |
Australia to Boost Security Net Around Coastline (Reuters) Reuters - Australia plans to strengthen its\coastal security with a controversial surveillance footprint\that stretches south of New Zealand to north of Indonesia. | 0 | World |
India stocks hits new record highs; index above 6,400 points (AFP) AFP - Indian shares rose 1.21 percent to close at a new record high after aggressive foreign fund buying on prospects of strong economic growth and amid regional gains, dealers said. | 0 | World |
Australia Warns of Possible Indonesia Hotel Attack (Reuters) Reuters - Australia said on Wednesday a\terrorist attack could be carried out soon in Indonesia,\possibly targeting Western establishments such as a Hilton\hotel in the world's most populous Muslim nation. | 0 | World |
Australia alert on Indonesia attack Australia warns that terrorists could be preparing an attack in Indonesia, possibly targeting a Hilton hotel. | 0 | World |
China to lead recovey in air travel industry Geneva - China is expected to be the world #39;s fastest-growing market for air travel as the world #39;s airlines look for global growth in passenger traffic of 6 percent annually over the next four years, the top industry body said on Wednesday. | 2 | Business |
RIM loses patent case A federal appeals court affirmed that Research In Motion, which makes the popular Blackberry, has infringed on holding company NTP #39;s patents but can continue selling its products in the United States pending a district court #39;s decision. | 2 | Business |
Fathers of grid computing form start-up The researchers who spawned the idea of grid computing will launch a company Monday to commercialize what so far has been a very academic software project for sharing computing resources. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
ICANN enters negotiations on .mobi, .jobs domains DECEMBER 14, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Two new top-level domain names moved closer to approval this week, as the body charged with overseeing the Internet #39;s technical matters moved into negotiations with the companies applying to set up and run the quot;. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Mesic Seen Retaining Presidency as Croats Vote ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatians voted in a presidential election on Sunday, and liberal incumbent Stjepan Mesic was expected to win a second term and help take the former Yugoslav republic into the European Union in 2009. | 0 | World |
City Put 25m Price Tag On SWeeP Manchester City are reported to have hung a 25 million price tag on Shaun Wright-Phillips. It seems that City, whose debts have grown to 62 million, are willing to part company with their star player, but | 1 | Sports |
British death toll in tsunami disaster rises to 40 (AFP) AFP - At least 40 British nationals are now confirmed as having been killed in the Asian tsunami disaster, according to latest figures released by the Foreign Office. | 0 | World |
Greek Bus With 26 on Board Hijacked Police take cover as they surround a bus in eastern Athens early Wednesday Dec. 15, 2004. A Greek public bus with about 27 people aboard was hijacked and shots were fired at police. | 0 | World |
India ; Train services resume after accident site cleared of <b>...</b> quot;There was a collision between a train coming from Ahmedabad and a local train. Both trains were going at great speed, quot; said Kewal Krishna Sharma, one of the injured. | 0 | World |
ABBAS PEACE BID JERUSALEM - In a stunning declaration, the Palestinian leader virtually certain to succeed Yasser Arafat said yesterday that the 4-year-old armed uprising against Israel was a mistake and must end. | 0 | World |
Bush Called #39;Immoral #39; for Stance on Global Warming Treaty An environmental activist group has declared President George Bush quot;immoral quot; for his failure to support the Kyoto Protocol. | 0 | World |
NBA Today (AP) AP - Utah at Phoenix (10:30 p.m. EST). The Suns (18-3) have the NBA's best record and have won nine of their last 10 games. | 1 | Sports |
YUKOS Files for US Bankruptcy Russian oil major YUKOS said on Wednesday it had filed for bankruptcy protection in a US court and would seek an order from the court to halt the Dec. 19 sale by the Russian state of its main oil unit. | 2 | Business |
Asia to fuel air travel growth Global air traffic is set to be boosted in the next three years by a rise in travel between Europe and Asia, thanks to growth in both China and India. | 2 | Business |
Late fees end for some movie rentals Dallas-based Blockbuster Inc. announced Tuesday that its doing away with late fees starting Jan. 1. Watching a movie may now become the relaxed activity | 2 | Business |
World #39;s top libraries sign up with Google Google has announced a long-term project to put 15 million books from seven of the world #39;s top libraries online. The libraries of Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan, the New York Public Library | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Turkish hostage killed in Afghanistan Wednesday. He had been abducted by a militant gang on Tuesday on the road between the city of Jalalabad and Kunar province. Khan, told Reuters. | 0 | World |
Vodafone denies backing Verizon #39;s bid for Sprint NEW YORK, December 15 (newratings.com) - The worlds leading mobile-phone operator, Vodafone Group Plc, denied yesterday that it had approved a bid by its partner, Verizon Communications Inc, for Sprint (FON. | 2 | Business |
Yukos files for bankruptcy in US A representative of embattled Russian oil company Yukos said Wednesday the company has launched bankruptcy proceedings under US law in a Houston court. | 2 | Business |
ERIC J. SINROD The FCC) has just declared that DigitalVoice, an Internet telephony service provided by Vonage, is not subject to the patchwork of state regulations that govern telephone companies. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
BAR put up for sale. The BAR Formula One team has officially been put up for sale by administrators Simon Morris and Andrew Hosking - but only to aid the restructuring of the team that will see Honda take a 45 stake in the Brackley based outfit. | 1 | Sports |
Italy to Quit Kyoto Pact After 2012 -- Newspapers (Reuters) Reuters - Italy is likely to withdraw from the Kyoto\Protocol on climate change at the end of the treaty's initial\period in 2012, Italy's environment minister was reported as\saying by Italian newspapers on Wednesday. | 0 | World |
Majerus Expected to Be Named Head Coach at USC LOS ANGELES (Sports Network) - Rick Majerus has reportedly accepted an offer to be the new head basketball coach at Southern California. | 1 | Sports |
Greek Bus Hijackers Want to Go to Russia -- Hostage ATHENS (Reuters) - A hostage on a hijacked Greek bus said in a mobile phone call from the vehicle Wednesday that her captors wanted to fly to Russia and were armed with guns and explosives. | 0 | World |
Three Polish Soldiers Die in Iraq Helicopter Crash WARSAW (Reuters) - Three Polish soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq, where the country runs a multi-national division, the army said Wednesday. | 0 | World |
Australia Warns of Possible Indonesia Hotel Attack SYDNEY/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Australia said on Wednesday a terrorist attack could be carried out soon in Indonesia, possibly targeting Western establishments such as a Hilton hotel in the world's most populous Muslim nation. | 0 | World |
Chemical Ali 'first to be tried' The man known as "Chemical Ali" will be the first Saddam aide to go on trial, Iraq's defence minister says. | 0 | World |
Basilea in Talks with J J Over Antibiotic ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's Basilea is in talks with a subsidiary of healthcare and consumer products maker Johnson Johnson over a licensing agreement for the Swiss biotech firm's BAL5788 antibiotic. | 2 | Business |
Five important fixes in MS December patch batch Microsoft #39;s regular monthly patch delivery slipped into port yesterday carrying five new patches, each described by Redmond as quot;important quot;. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Fujitsu, Cisco form strategic alliance Johannesburg, 15 December 2004 - Fujitsu and Cisco Systems have reached a fundamental agreement to enter into a strategic alliance focusing on routers and switches that will enable service providers and enterprises to build advanced Internet Protocol (IP | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Game over: NHL, its players have accomplished nothing EDMONTON - This NHL season died from neglect ages ago and on Tuesday it became obvious. Two wrongs make for last rites. The NHL and its players have accomplished nothing through 90 days of this lockout other | 1 | Sports |
No place for the faint-hearted Assuming Australia bat first at the Waca ground against Pakistan, you can be sure the blood will be pumping through my heart and veins faster than on most occasions that I face the first ball in a Test match. | 1 | Sports |
Reds #39; first move of winter produces starting pitcher Since the day after the Reds fired Jim Bowden and Bob Boone nearly 17 months ago, virtually all of the club #39;s transactions have been geared toward raking in prospects and getting younger, especially on the pitcher #39;s mound. | 1 | Sports |
Thousands missing from Thai town In one tsunami-hit Thai town, more than half of the 5,000-strong population are missing, police say. | 0 | World |
Pyongyang Says Japanese Sanctions Would Amount to #39;War #39; North Korea has warned Japan that any sanctions against the communist state would be regarded as a declaration of war. Opinion polls show about two-thirds of the Japanese public supporting | 0 | World |
YUKOS Files for U.S. Bankruptcy (Reuters) Reuters - Russian oil major YUKOS said on\Wednesday it had filed for bankruptcy protection in a U.S.\court and would seek an order from the court to halt the Dec.\19 sale by the Russian state of its main oil unit. | 2 | Business |
Brazil corruption charges urged More than 90 people in Brazil face possible charges after a two-year inquiry into money laundering. | 2 | Business |
J amp;J-Guidant could help Boston Scientific The anticipated merger of Guidant Corp. and Johnson amp; Johnson could give an unintended boost to Boston Scientific Corp. if Guidant's drug-coated stent launch is delayed, said analysts looking at the implications of a potential deal. | 2 | Business |
Wall Street Set to Start Little Changed (Reuters) Reuters - Wall Street was set to start little\changed on Wednesday, a day after the Federal Reserve raised\rates by 25 basis points as widely expected, while Lehman\Brothers will be in focus ahead of its results. | 2 | Business |
3 Independent Yukos Directors Resign Over Pressure From Russian <b>...</b> Three independent directors of the Yukos Oil Company have resigned from their posts claiming they cannot work while the Russian authorities are pushing for the companys collapse, Yukos major shareholder Group Menatep said in a press ... | 2 | Business |
Toshiba Unveils 80 GB Hard Drive Toshiba has unveiled the world #39;s first hard disk drive (HDD) based on perpendicular recording, setting new benchmarks for data density by boosting the capacity of a single 1.8-inch hard-disk platter to 40 gigabytes. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
-- Innovative Launch Gets Major Music Label Support from Warner <b>...</b> Telefonica Moviles Espana, the leading operator in the Spanish market, today announced that it has licensed and launched a mobile music solution from Melodeo, a Seattle-based company, that allows Telefonica Moviles Espana to provide ... | 3 | Sci/Tech |
UPDATED: iPod firmware update breaks Real #39;hack Apple #39;s most recent firmware update for the iPod, released last month, breaks Real Network #39;s Harmony technology, which enable songs bought from Real #39;s online store to be played on the device. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Nokia to put holograms on batteries AP - Nokia, the world #39;s largest handset maker plans to mark its original batteries with a hologram as part of the fight against unsafe, counterfeit mobile phone batteries - some of which have exploded in users #39; hands. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Pedro agrees to join the Mets Speaking to a Dominican Republic television station, Martinez said he and the Mets are quot;happy with everything. quot;. The deal for the pitcher who helped Boston win the World Series will be worth more than \$50 million. | 1 | Sports |
Bobcats Beat The Hornets CHARLOTTE, NC -- The Charlotte Bobcats won their first meeting with the New Orleans Hornets last night! It was the Hornets first trip back to Charlotte since their bitter departure after the 2001-2002 season. | 1 | Sports |