Linear Technology charts CEO transition Integrated circuits maker Linear Technology Corp., of Milpitas, says Bob Swanson will give up the title of chief executive officer after 23 years, shifting to a new role as executive chairman.


Creditors Wrap Up Sale of Hynix Chip Unit to Citigroup  quot;All administrative work has been completed to sell Hynix #39;s non-memory chip unit to Citigroup Venture Equity Partners LP, quot; Hynix #39;s primary creditor bank said.


Nokia and Land Rover offfer advanced handsfree solution Nokia and Land Rover have jointly developed a Personal Telephone Integration (PTI) System, an integrated automotive communications solution for Land Rover vehicles such as the new Discovery 3 and Range Rover.


Sharapova, Hewitt struggle but win at Japan Open Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova and top-seeded Lleyton Hewitt both struggled to three-set victories at the Japan Open on Wednesday.


Yankees facing must-win situation This time, however, they hope to take a 2-0 lead back to Minnesota as they continue their best-of-five AL Division series with the New York Yankees.


Fernandes escapes jail time London - Southampton midfielder Fabrice Fernandes just managed to escape jail time on Wednesday after jumping a number of red lights while being chased by police.


Simms will make first pro start for Bucs Chris Simms will make his first pro start at quarterback for the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers this week, replacing Brad Johnson.  quot;I hope I can give us the spark we need, quot; Simms said Wednesday, when the Bucs


UPDATE 1-Fulham striker Cole gets extra three-match ban Fulham striker Andy Cole has been handed a further three-match ban for abusive language and violent conduct during last month #39;s stormy Premier League match at West Bromwich Albion.


Rugby-Two South Africans in IRB best-of-year nominations South Africans Schalk Burger and Marius Joubert are among five players shortlisted for the International Rugby Board #39;s player of the year.


Palestinian state shelved  #39;with US blessing #39; Ariel Sharon #39;s chief of staff has said the aim of Israel #39;s Gaza withdrawal plan is to rule out a Palestinian state indefinitely.


AT amp;T Peeks Out of the Box There are more signs that, at least in theory, the dominance of Microsoft #39;s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows operating system may be slightly less potent than, say, a year ago this time.


MTV, Gamers  Hope Video Clicks With Young Voters (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - It's not JoJo, not Britney, but Lara Croft in that hip-hugging outfit, who raps, "You've got to stand and choose."


Google Steals a Page from Amazon's Book Search (Reuters) Reuters - Google Inc. on Wednesday\introduced a new search technology to help publishers sell\books online, a fast-growing market dominated by Internet\retailer Amazon.com.


Scientists Create Genetic Map of Cattle (AP) AP - For the first time, scientists have created a genetic map of a cow, providing researchers a new tool to reduce animal disease and improve the nutrition of beef and dairy products, the Agriculture Department announced Wednesday.


Spirit Rover Disabled by Steering Problem (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - A steering problem disabled the Mars Rover Spirit Oct. 1, NASA officials said yesterday. The robot has not moved since.


Alitalia Signs Agreement With Government (AP) AP - Italian airline Alitalia signed an agreement Wednesday with the government and labor unions over layoffs at the carrier, the final hurdle in long negotiations for ensuring the company's immediate survival.


UN, Blair Issue Warnings Over Violence in Sudan (Reuters) Reuters - British Prime Minister Tony Blair\warned Sudan on Wednesday violence must end in Darfur and the\United Nations said it might not be able to cope if conditions\there fail to improve.


Google Steals a Page from Amazon's Book Search  FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Google Inc. on Wednesday  introduced a new search technology to help publishers sell  books online, a fast-growing market dominated by Internet  retailer Amazon.com.


House, Senate Agree on Corporate Tax Bill (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. Senate and House of\Representatives negotiators agreed on Wednesday on a huge\corporate tax bill that will repeal export subsidies that\violate global trade rules and give manufacturers a new tax\break.


U.S. Bomb-Grade Plutonium Shipment Arrives in France  CHERBOURG, France (Reuters) - A heavily guarded ship  carrying a large shipment of U.S. weapons-grade plutonium  docked in the French port of Cherbourg on Wednesday, defying  protesters who say the shipment is vulnerable to terrorist  attack.


Sharon plan 'blocked peace talks' A top Israeli official says the significance of withdrawing from Gaza is to stop a political settlement with Palestinians.


Obesity increases cancer threat \Breast cancer is more likely to kill obese women than those of normal weight, research suggests.


Stern moves to satellite network Shock jock Howard Stern is quitting his morning show to join a subscription satellite radio network.


Protein death process earns Nobel The scientists who discovered how cells mark proteins for destruction receive the 2004 Nobel Prize for chemistry.


EU to look into Oracle bid -- again Commission expected to resume probe over proposed deal after suspending it in April, source says. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is expected to resume its probe of software group Oracle Corp.


Knight Trading forecasts 3Q loss Major Nasdaq stock trader says it will miss Wall Street expectations due to low trading volumes. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Knight Trading Group Inc.


Update 2: Computer Associates to Acquire Netegrity Computer Associates International Inc. will acquire Netegrity Inc. in a \$430 million cash deal that will merge the computer security software makers, the companies said Wednesday.


UPDATE 3-Fannie Mae executives defend accounting decisions Fannie Mae #39;s regulator told Congress on Wednesday his office was considering management changes at the mortgage finance company after finding pervasive accounting irregularities.


Tweeter Posts Lower 4Q Sales Consumer electronics retailer Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc. said Wednesday that same-store sales declined 3.5 percent in the fourth quarter after the effects of recent hurricanes.


US Stocks Rise on Earnings Optimism; Shares of Alcoa Advance US stocks rose as optimism about third-quarter earnings reports overshadowed record oil prices. Alcoa Inc., which is scheduled to announce results tomorrow, led gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.


Viacom announces preliminary results of Blockbuster share exchange Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA) said Wednesday that, based on preliminary results, its exchange offer for the split-off of Blockbuster Inc.


Nobel laureate and DNA pioneer Maurice Wilkins dies LONDON One of the scientists involved in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA has died. Maurice Wilkins shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1962 for his role in what #39;s considered one of the most important discoveries in science.


Residents Wary Of Venting Volcano (CBS/AP) Cloudy weather obscured the top of Mount St. Helens on Wednesday morning, making it difficult for visitors to see the volcano #39;s crater after several days of steam and ash eruptions.


Tools wrap: Web services, e-commerce, XML touted OCTOBER 06, 2004 (INFOWORLD) - Systinet Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and Altova GmbH this week are announcing tools geared toward development of Web services, e-commerce, and XML applications, respectively.


Privacy #39;s the game for Woods #39; big day Tiger Woods will lose money but gain a greater prize in his latest trip to a golf course. Richard Alleyne reports from Barbados. If you are the world #39;s richest and most obsessive golfer, where better to get


Bengals ink veteran safety Mitchell Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - The Cincinnati Bengals signed veteran safety Anthony Mitchell on Wednesday to fill their depleted secondary.


Cole Ban Adds to Fulham Woes Fulhams season was plunged into further crisis today when the Football Association found Andrew Cole guilty of two charges of bringing the game into disrepute and doubled his suspension from three to six matches.


Giggs Prompts Neville Wishing Game Gary Neville joined Sven-Goran Eriksson in admitting his wish that Ryan Giggs was English as he faced up to the challenge of marking his Manchester United team-mate at Old Trafford this weekend.


England fall short at IRB awards Less than a year after walking away with the three top prizes, England have failed to receive a single nomination in any of the major categories for the annual International Rugby Board awards.


Iran rejects IAEA demand Tehran - Iranian officials said on Wednesday they will not cede to international demands for the Islamic republic to suspend its controversial uranium enrichment activities, saying they were ready for confrontation or negotiation.


US and Iraqi forces seal off insurgent stronghold south of Baghdad <b>...</b> US and Iraqi forces sealed off roads to an insurgent stronghold south of Baghdad on Wednesday and militants bombed two bridges in an


Alitalia to present finalized restructuring plan LONDON, October 6 (newratings.com) - Alitalia (ALI.FSE) has reached an agreement with its major labour unions and the Italian government, enabling the loss-making airline to access a 400 million (492.


Investor doesn #39;t see browser in Google #39;s future SAN FRANCISCO--Google board member and investor John Doerr said Tuesday that despite speculation, the search giant would not enter in the Web browser market, but he predicted others would.


Maurice Wilkins dies Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, joint winner of the Nobel Prize in 1962 for his role in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, died on Tuesday (October 5), Kings College London announced on Wednesday.


Enter your e-mail: Here #39;s my colleague Denny Arar #39;s report on PalmOne #39;s latest business-oriented PDA, the \$399 Tungsten T5. The T5 has a big screen (320 by 480), scads of memory (256MB), built-in Bluetooth, and other features.


Microsoft targets couch potatoes Personal computers have rapidly turned into storage vaults for digital music, photos and videos. Now, computer-industry companies are rolling out new ways to let that content roam through the house.


Woods on course to wed TIGER Woods went scuba diving yesterday while the world waited to hear if he was going to tie the knot. On a yacht, anchored off Barbados #39; most famous resort, Sandy Lane, was his Swedish fiancee Elin Nordegren and other guests.


LIVE! FROM SUNNY ANAHEIM Maybe it #39;s the memory of Curt Schilling sprinting off the mound during an 8-2 game, pulling down a high chopper, awkwardly throwing the ball into right field, then pulling up lame as my buddy Hench screamed  quot;He #39;s grabbing his ankle, I think he hurt his


Michael Owen fit for England game Michael Owen is expected to be fit for Saturday #39;s World Cup qualifier game against Wales. Owen, who has been suffering from a hamstring injury, managed to train successfully on Wednesday.


Gaza pullout a tactic ISRAEL #39;S plan to withdraw from Gaza was designed to put the peace process on hold and block the creation of a Palestinian state, a top aide to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview yesterday.


Contested US nuclear cargo arrives in France CHERBOURG, France, Oct 6 (AFP) - Police threw a heavy escort around a shipment of plutonium from US weapons arsenals as it was offloaded from a ship and taken by military convoy to a nuclear recycling plant in western France on Wednesday despite protests


Jo-Ann shares fall 10 on warnings Fabric and craft retailer lowers its profit outlook for both the third quarter and full year. ATLANTA (Reuters) - Shares of fabric and craft retailer Jo-Ann Stores Inc.


CITGO to spend \$320 million to clean air A new Clean Air Act settlement with CITGO in Texas will significantly reduce harmful emissions from oil refineries, the Justice Department said Wednesday.


Sun  #39;Panther #39; Chip Doubles Clock Speed SAN JOSE, Calif.Sun Microsystems Inc. officials disclosed Tuesday that the UltraSparc IV  quot;Panther quot; chip will offer twice the performance of the UltraSparc IV.


Extinct humans left louse legacy Some head lice infesting people today were probably spread to us thousands of years ago by an extinct species of early human, a genetics study reveals.


Sony raises the bar for personal video recorders Japan #39;s Sony Corp. will begin selling a computer and home-server system in Japan with 1,000 gigabytes of hard-drive storage - enough to record six TV channels for a week straight - the company said.


Oil's Rally Takes U.S. Crude Over \$52  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil's record-breaking rally took U.S.  crude over \$52 a barrel on Wednesday, a new all-time high,  fueled by the impact of Hurricane Ivan on U.S. winter  inventories.


Regulator Says Fannie Mae Flouted Rules Fannie Mae's prime regulator said today that the giant mortgage company deliberately flouted accounting rules to project an image of smooth and relatively low-risk-earnings growth.


SEC Charges Ex-Peregrine Execs with Fraud   WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission filed civil suits on Wednesday charging that six  former top executives at the technology company Peregrine  Systems committed massive accounting fraud.


T. rex descended from feathered ancestor Chinese palaeontologists have uncovered the most complete fossil yet of an ancestral tyrannosaur, and found that filamentary protofeathers covered its body.


Sony Launches Vaio with 1 Terabyte Hard Drive two dedicated for PC applications and two for program recording. In extended-play mode, the Vaio PC can store 19


CA CEO: IT is too complex Editor #39;s Summary: The new CEO at Computer Associates has spoken! He said in a speech this week that IT products are not being designed with the customers #39; needs in mind and that the products out there are too complex.


Green jacket required for Woods wedding? According to various professional snooping outlets, the world #39;s most popular golfer got hitched. The alleged venue was beach-adjacent in Barbados, which would seem to frame Tiger with an unbeatable sand trap.


Regulator Says Fannie Mae Deliberately Flouted Rules Fannie Mae #39;s prime regulator said today that the giant mortgage company deliberately flouted accounting rules to project an image of smooth and relatively low-risk-earnings growth.


Raytheon acquires San Diego engineering design firm Waltham-based defense giant Raytheon said it has acquired a privately held San Diego firm that provides physics modeling to government agencies and private companies, a purchase that will augment Raytheon #39;s efforts in the defense and homeland security


Communities prepare for ashfall Outside the Highway Junction Thrift Store, a thin film of gritty ash coated the bottom of a Mount St. Helens coffee mug. Price for the mug: \$5.


Australia prosper Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble rea-ched 400 Test wickets on the first day of the first Test against Australia on Wednesday, though the mi-lestone failed to stop Simon Ka-tich and debutant Michael Clarke hitting fighting half-centuries.


Justin Smith apologizes for DUI arrest Defensive end Justin Smith apologized to Cincinnati Bengals teammates and fans Wednesday for his drunken driving arrest. With a Bengals cap on his head and coach Marvin Lewis at his side, Smith sat at a table


Iran makes uranium breakthrough Iran has admitted processing several tonnes of raw  quot;yellowcake quot; uranium, a key stage in the development of weapons-grade nuclear material.


Cheney Slip Sends Surfers to Wrong Site (AP) AP - All he wanted were the facts. But Dick Cheney ended up generating confusion_ and lots of it.


Net Song-Swappers Face New Anti-Piracy Push (Reuters) Reuters - A new round of lawsuits aimed at\prolific Internet song-swappers could be announced as early as\Thursday as music officials meet in London to discuss the next\step in their global war on Internet piracy.


Winter Weather Outlook Mixed, El Nino Looms (Reuters) Reuters - Winter will be warmer than normal in\the U.S. Western and Plains states and colder than usual in the\Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, but the return of El Nino\is making it hard for forecasters to hazard a guess for much of\the country, meteorologists said on Wednesday.


Study: Smuggling of Tiger Skins Rife and Growing (Reuters) Reuters - The illicit trade in tiger and leopard\skins has reached alarming proportions, posing a serious threat\to the survival of the big cats, a conservation group said\Wednesday.


Bald Eagles Rebound, Other Birds of Prey in Trouble (Reuters) Reuters - The bald eagle is out of the woods but\other birds of prey are in trouble.


Head Lice Provide Clue to Prehistoric Lives, Loves (Reuters) Reuters - A study of an ancient human pest --\head lice -- suggests that the ancestors of today's American\Indians may have met and fought with pre-humans long extinct\elsewhere, scientists said on Tuesday.


Blair: Iraq Report Shows Sanction Problems (AP) AP - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday that a U.S. arms inspector's report on Iraq shows that Saddam Hussein was "doing his best" to get around United Nations' sanctions.


Hong Kong Swears in New Legislature (AP) AP - New Hong Kong lawmakers were sworn in Wednesday, and one of their newest members  #151; a longtime activist  #151; shattered the solemnity by shouting pro-democracy slogans as he joined the system he has spent years protesting.


Edwards Blasts Bush on Iraq, the Economy (AP) AP - Sen. John Edwards, answering President Bush's blistering criticism of Democrat John Kerry, contended Wednesday that the Republican was "completely out of touch with reality" about the Iraq war and the economy.


Karzai pledges new government style In a BBC interactive forum, Afghan interim President Hamid Karzai pledges a new form of inclusive government if elected.


Tiger Woods Marries Swede Model in Barbados SANDY LANE BEACH, Barbados - Tiger Woods married Swedish model Elin Nordegren at an exclusive resort in Barbados during a sunset ceremony that reportedly cost \$1.5 million.    Oprah Winfrey and former NBA stars Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley were among more than 120 guests seen by an Associated Press reporter perched on a hill overlooking the club house of the Sandy Lane resort and golf course, which went to extraordinary lengths to shield the ceremony from journalists...


Aide: Gaza Plan Aims to Block Statehood JERUSALEM - A top aide to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was quoted as saying Wednesday that Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is intended to block Palestinian statehood indefinitely and claimed the policy had U.S. backing...


Car Bomb Kills 12 Iraqis Near Baghdad BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide car bomber plowed into an Iraqi military checkpoint northwest of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 12 Iraqis and wounding about 25, as U.S. and Iraqi forces sealed off roads south of the capital in a campaign to curb the insurgency before January's national elections...


Conway: 'Genghis Khan' comparison was fair Larry Ellison even compares himself to the warlord, according to PeopleSoft's former CEO, defending previous remarks he made.


Oracle e-mails urge scare tactics Internal e-mail messages show Oracle aimed its takeover bid in part to sow doubt about PeopleSoft, CNET News.com has learned.


Briefly: Microsoft ships Virtual PC 7 roundup Plus: SGI warns of lower revenue, deeper loss...SAP taps search technology...Appeals court to rehear e-mail snoop case.


Microsoft ships Virtual PC 7 The emulation software works with Apple computers that use the G5 processor.


SGI warns: lower revenue, deeper loss The high-end computer maker says revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2005 will be lower than previously projected.


EU takes US to WTO over subsidies granted to Boeing The European Union (EU) on Wednesday said that it has decided to take the first legal steps against the US over its subsidies to Boeing.


US, EU move to WTO over subsidies to Airbus and Boeing NEW YORK, October 6 (newratings.com) - The US and European Union (EU) have filed counter-complaints with the World Trade Organization (WTO), alleging that government aids to the aircraft companies, Airbus and Boeing (BA.


Board Defeats Bid to Unionize Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Canada Corp. declared victory Wednesday in its defense against unionization at a store in British Columbia. The Canadian branch of the world #39;s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.


Simms Will Make First Pro Start for Bucs (AP) AP - Chris Simms will make his first pro start at quarterback for the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers this week, replacing Brad Johnson.


Bernie:  #39;I am not the guilty one #39; In the ongoing Silverstone-dispute, Bernie Ecclestone says Sir Jackie Stewart and the British Racing Drivers #39; Club is to blame for Silverstone #39;s axing, not him.


End Zone: Bucs Highlights Safety John Lynch, now with the Broncos after 11 seasons with the Bucs, got a standing ovation when he was introduced. Rookie Micheal Clayton caught four passes, including a 51-yard TD reception that sparked the Bucs.


Palestinians won #39;t bring anti-Israel draft to General Assembly The Palestinians have decided not to bring a draft resolution condemning Israel #39;s military operation in the northern Gaza


FIFA Fines Italy, Netherlands, France (AP) AP - Soccer's governing body Wednesday fined Italy, the Netherlands and France for being too lenient with doping offenders.


Snyder Just Can't Win Now that Joe Gibbs looks like less than an immediate savior, Dan Snyder has to be wondering what went wrong and what to do now.


Regulator Says Fannie Mae Execs May Need to Go  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie Mae's regulator told Congress  on Wednesday his office was considering seeking management  changes at the mortgage finance company after finding pervasive  accounting irregularities.


Is Google Page Rank Still Important? Is Google Page Rank Still Important?\\Since 1998 when Sergey Brin and Larry Page developed the Google search engine, it has relied (and continues to rely) on the Page Rank Algorithm. Googles reasoning behind this is, the higher the number of inbould links pointing to a website, the more valuable that ...


US, EU Spar Over Airbus, Boeing Aid The United States and the European Union faced off on Wednesday over billions of dollars in subsidies for top aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing, by filing competing cases at the World Trade Organization.


#39;Howard Stern Show #39; To Air  Uncensored  On Satellite Radio <b>...</b> Howard Stern #39;s risqu radio rhetoric will be broadcast to listeners across the country - uncensored -ia satellite radio beginning in January 2006.


Update 4: Ex-Fannie Mae Accountant Admits Concerns The former Fannie Mae accountant who raised questions about the mortgage giant #39;s accounting said Wednesday that he had taken his concerns directly to chief executive Franklin Raines and asked him to investigate.


Gazza reveals frustration The former England midfielder spent two months as a player-coach with the League Two side but left to embark on a Football Association coaching course.


Computer Associates To Acquire Security Company Netegrity Computer Associates has signed an agreement to purchase Netegrity, a provider of security software, in a deal valued at approximately \$430 million.


Russia #39;s Yukos oil giant still faces tax woes MOSCOW : Russia #39;s justice ministry said that Yukos had paid three-quarters of its 2000 tax bill but still had billions more in outstanding debts that analysts said would require sales of its assets.


Cal eager to prove itself -- again Berkeley is a philosophy class with John Searle, an economics seminar with George Akerlof or a protest march led by students with Noam Chomsky readers tucked in their hemp backpack.


NBA star excited about fatherhood LeBron James became a father Tuesday and promised to be a better dad than the one he had.  quot;That #39;s my main goal, to try to be a better father than the one I had, quot; the second-year Cleveland Cavalier told the Akron Beacon Journal.


Karzai #39;s Running Mate Survives Attack KABUL, Afghanistan Oct. 6, 2004 - Campaigning for Afghanistan #39;s first direct presidential election ended with a burst of violence Wednesday as attackers set off a bomb in a failed effort to kill interim


House Passes DNA Testing Bill (AP) AP - Rape victims and convicted felons would both have greater access to DNA testing under legislation the House passed Wednesday.


Oil Scales \$52 on Winter Fuel Fears  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil's record-breaking rally lifted U.S.  crude beyond \$52 a barrel on Wednesday, fueled by the impact of  Hurricane Ivan on U.S. winter inventories.


Howard Stern Jumps to Satellite Radio  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Howard Stern, the ribald radio host  who has become a poster boy for bad behavior on U.S. airwaves,  will jump to Sirius Satellite Radio SIRI.O in January 2006,  freeing him from the grips of regulators and giving the nascent  satellite radio sector a big boost.


Stocks Near Flat as Oil Tops \$52  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks barely moved above the  unchanged mark on Wednesday as crude oil prices touched a  record over \$52 per barrel, boosting oil stocks.


Unions-Alitalia OK Deal, Turnaround Plan  ROME (Reuters) - Clearing the way for a make-or-break  restructuring, unions at Italian airline Alitalia AZPIa.MI on  Wednesday agreed to unemployment packages for around 3,700  employees which would be largely paid for by the state.


In "Shark Tale" and Real Seas, Life Is Hard In the animated movie <i>Shark Tale,</i> a tiny cleaner fish dreams of climbing the social ladder on a reef terrorized by sharks. The story may not be that far-fetched.


Bee Decline May Spell End of Some Fruits, Vegetables Bees, via pollination, are responsible for 15 to 30 percent of the U.S. food supply. But in the last 50 years the domesticated honeybee population has halved, scientists say.


Ex-Accountant for Fannie Mae Admits Concerns Roger Barnes, who left Fannie Mae last November, said today that he had taken his concerns directly to Franklin Raines, the company's chief executive.


Chiron Sneezes, Investors Catch Cold British authorities shut down the pharmaceutical's only U.S. flu vaccine manufacturing facility.


UPDATE 2-United to cut US flights, focus on international United Airlines said on Wednesday it would reduce US flights and increase capacity on more lucrative international routes as part of its aggressive cost-cutting campaign to emerge from bankruptcy.


Alberta economy leading other provinces as Canada to lead G7 in <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - Led by oil-rich Alberta and the other western provinces, Canada #39;s economy is forecast to grow by 3.1 per cent this year and 3.6 per cent in 2005, Royal Bank says in its latest economic forecast.


IBM announces new  #39;self-healing #39; WebSphere The first major release of IBM WebSphere in two years offers self-healing capabilities to provide failover for business transactions conducted via the Internet.


Sox #39;s hopes pinned on Martinez CBC SPORTS ONLINE - A nervous Red Sox Nation, desperate for a World Series title, will be keenly focused on pitcher Pedro Martinez on Wednesday.


Soccer: Neville confident of keeping tabs on Giggs MANCHESTER, England : If practice really does make perfect, Gary Neville should have no problem keeping tabs on Manchester United team-mate Ryan Giggs when England take on Wales in their World Cup qualifier on Saturday.


FIFA join fight against player burnout FIFA is set to impose a three-and-a-half-week break for players ahead of the next World Cup finals in 2006 as it attempts to come to terms with the issue of  quot;player burnout.


New Aibo is a dancing fool Latest incarnation of Sony's robot hound is a four-legged MP3 player. It'll also fetch pictures while you're away.


Powell pledges help for Grenada The US secretary of state tours hurricane-hit Grenada and pledges millions of dollars in aid.


Packer QBs: Favre Probable; Pederson Out  GREEN BAY, Wis. (Sports Network) - Green Bay Packers  quarterback Brett Favre is listed as probable for Monday's game  against Tennessee after the three-time MVP missed most of the  second half of last week's game because of a concussion.


Davenport Powers Past Molik, Dementieva Falls  FILDERSTADT, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsay Davenport powered  past Australian Alicia Molik 6-1, 6-0 in her opening match at  the Filderstadt Grand Prix Wednesday.


Bush Follows Debate With Attack on Kerry CLEVELAND - President Bush offered a sharp if familiar critique of his rivals on Wednesday, picking up where Dick Cheney left off in the vice presidential debate while defending the war in Iraq and their economic policies. Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards responded by calling the president "completely out of touch with reality."   Bush assailed Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry as he usually does in campaign appearances, accusing the Massachusetts senator of wavering in his support of the war on terrorism, favoring scores of tax increases, and sending mixed signals to allies and enemies...


U.S. Report Finds No Evidence of Iraq WMD WASHINGTON - Contradicting the main argument for a war that has cost more than 1,000 American lives, the top U.S. arms inspector reported Wednesday that he found no evidence that Iraq produced any weapons of mass destruction after 1991...


Fannie Mae Execs, Regulator Square Off  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie Mae executives and their  regulator squared off on Wednesday, with executives denying any  accounting irregularity and the regulator saying the housing  finance company's management may need to go.


Colombia Eyes Banks in Drug Money Hunt  BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombia will require banks  and money changers to report all international transfers of  more than \$200 starting next year to help combat drug money  laundering and "narco terrorists" and control the strength of  the peso.


8-Year-Old Basic Law May Be Outdated Already Lawmakers are talking about rewriting the eight-year-old landmark law governing the nation's telephone, cable and media businesses.


RealNetworks signs up Red Flag Linux Digital media company signs up a new Linux partner to distribute its audio and video player.


Oil soars to new record over \$US52 LONDON: Oil #39;s record-breaking rally has taken US crude over \$US52 a barrel, fuelled by the impact of Hurricane Ivan on US winter inventories.


Boeing-Airbus dispute revives spectre of previous WTO dogfight The United States and European Union locked themselves Wednesday into a battle at the World Trade Organisation over Boeing and Airbus, reviving memories of a seven-year dispute between Brazil and Canada that also involved aircraft makers.


ALITALIA: YES TO PROVISION AGREEMENT, CTWU DOES NOT SIGN (AGI) - Rome, Oct. 6 - The agreement on the provisions for more than 3 thousand workers, which closes the Alitalia dispute, was reached during the night at the Prime Minister #39;s Office after a marathon no-stop.


Removing Fannie and Freddie government perks Mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae receive special government perks that yield few benefits for society at large, but create significant potential social costs, according to a new report by the Cato Institute.


Computer Associates to buy Netegrity Computer Associates in Islandia, NY, said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire Netegrity Inc., in Waltham, Mass. Netegrity is a provider of enterprise security software for managing user identities and access.


House, Senate Agree to Cut Taxes, End Export Break (Update1) US House and Senate negotiators agreed to replace a \$50 billion tax break for US exporters ruled illegal by the World Trade Organization with a \$76.


Russia Reportedly Collects Most of Yukos 2000 Tax Bill Russian officials are reported to have collected most of the tax debt that the troubled oil firm Yukos owes for the year 2000. A Justice Ministry official was quoted Wednesday as saying bailiffs have collected \$2.


EADS buys Racal Instruments for \$105M EADS North America has bought Racal Instruments Inc., a designer, manufacturer and marketer of electronic tests and measurement equipment based in Irvine, for \$105 million.


Extinct Giant Deer Survived Ice Age, Study Says Now a new study, published tomorrow in the science journal Nature, suggests that another striking mammal, the Irish elk, likewise lived way beyond the last ice age.


Can Skype Cash In On Free? NEW YORK - Skype Technologies made a name for itself providing a free Internet telephone program to users around the world. Now it #39;s time to cash in.


Microsoft debuts Windows CE based MSN TV2 STB Microsoft #39;s MSN TV division has revealed details of its  quot;MSN TV 2 Internet  amp; Media Player, quot; the broadband-oriented successor to its earlier modem-interfaced WebTV Internet receiver.


Sony drops Copy-Control The message against illegally copying CDs for uses such as in file-sharing over the Internet has widely sunk in, said the company in it #39;s recent announcement to drop the Copy-Control program.


Microsoft to Muscle Deeper into VOIP? While Microsoft #39;s Live Communications Server (LCS) is first and foremost an enterprise instant-messaging server, Microsoft is expected to position its 2005 version as its entre into the telephony market.


Stewart holds out hope for British GP Jackie Stewart believes there #39;s still hope that the British Grand Prix can be included on next year #39;s Formula One schedule.


Cavaliers #39; LeBron James becomes a father LeBron James had a good reason for missing practice Wednesday. He became a father. The Cavaliers star guard and his longtime girlfriend, a 19-year-old Akron woman, had a baby boy Wednesday.


Giants to keep Christie despite misses Despite missing all three field goal attempts last week, veteran Steve Christie apparently is going to remain the Giants place-kicker this week against Dallas.


To prevent more dirty words, NASCAR needs to clean up its post <b>...</b> It #39;s not often that the lead item in the blog is NASCAR-related, but we try to be versatile. So let #39;s talk about Dale Earnhardt Jr.


Nothing taken in suspected burglary Police said Wednesday a woman who lives at the home found the intruder Sept. 27 and called police. A police dog tried to track the intruder but the person got away.


Straw  #39;ready to listen to #39; Bigley captors The government is ready to listen to a message from the kidnappers of Kenneth Bigley but will not enter into negotiations with them, the foreign secretary, Jack Straw, said today.


Afghan elections - hoping for the best On the verge of historic presidential elections in Afghanistan, everybody is braced for the worst. Yet, on the last day of campaigning Wednesday, the threats from the Taliban


Thai leader replaces 2 Cabinet officials BANGKOK, Thailand -- Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra replaced his agriculture and defense ministers in a Cabinet reshuffle Wednesday, apparently because they failed to resolve Thailand #39;s bird flu crisis and continuing violence in the country #39;s Muslim


United looks to realign its system Officials at the nation #39;s No. 2 air carrier, United Airlines, say their are rapidly moving ahead with restructuring their system, which includes building their hubs while cutting back on other domestic service.


IBM Overhauls WebSphere App Server IBM Wednesday introduced a significant overhaul to its WebSphere J2EE application server, with new support for standards-based messaging protocols, better management features and enhancements to improve availability of applications, according to an IBM


AMD Gives Details on Dual-Core Opteron Advanced Micro Devices has given out more details on its fortcoming dual-core microprocessor chip. The Opteron-based design is said to be 30-55 percent faster than AMD #39;s single-core chips, but it will fit in existing server designs.


Nokia, Land Rover Create Phone System for SUVs The Personal Telephone Integration package works with Land Rover vehicles #39; audio system to provide users access to mobile phone functions such as viewing and selecting phone book entries, initiating


Novell Releases Updated SuSE Linux (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - The company unveils SuSE Linux Professional 9.2, which features wireless networking support, at LinuxWorld Expo in London, and says it will deliver its desktop Linux software by the end of the year. Also, HP's head of Linux says advances in security and high-performance computing are pushing Linux into new realms.


SAP the Loser in PeopleSoft Maneuvers (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - While all eyes are focused on PeopleSoft's (Nasdaq: PSFT) firing of Craig Conway, the ground may be shifting under other enterprise-software vendors. The recently announced PeopleSoft-IBM partnership will spell bad news for SAP (NYSE: SAP), the Yankee Group predicts.


WebSphere Gets Makeover from IBM (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - IBM (NYSE: IBM) has launched a major upgrade of its WebSphere flagship middleware\product, adding autonomic troubleshooting capabilities and other new\features designed to improve performance in the application-server\platform.


Report: Other Drugs May Raise Heart Risks (AP) AP - Scientists and European regulators are now questioning the safety of other pain relievers like Vioxx, saying these medications also might raise the risk of heart attack and stroke.


Fannie Mae Execs, Regulator Square Off (Reuters) Reuters - Fannie Mae executives and their\regulator squared off on Wednesday, with executives denying any\accounting irregularity and the regulator saying the housing\finance company's management may need to go.


Colombia Eyes Banks in Drug Money Hunt (Reuters) Reuters - Colombia will require banks\and money changers to report all international transfers of\more than  #36;200 starting next year to help combat drug money\laundering and "narco terrorists" and control the strength of\the peso.


Making Cents (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - I am a shareholder in many small companies who has benefited tremendously from the class action process, notwithstanding abuses of the system described in "Dirty Money" (Sept. 20, p. 150). Despite Sarbanes-Oxley, managers of small companies continue to commit securities fraud, sell company assets to themselves below market prices, issue themselves below-market options and take companies private at ridiculous valuations. The class action process allows small shareholders to fight for their rights, aggregate their claims and be heard. New York, N.Y.


Stocks End Up as Oil Hits Record Over \$52  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks advanced on Wednesday as  record crude oil prices above \$52 a barrel boosted energy  stocks like Exxon Mobil Corp.XOM.N.


Conway Admits 'Vilifying' Oracle Bid The former chief executive of PeopleSoft admitted today that he responded to a hostile takeover bid from Oracle with a campaign of "vilification."


Lone Star Stays Strong The steakhouse operator posts a 23 rise in net income, despite high beef costs.


Innovation and Disruption Still Going Hand in Hand The technology-driven dislocation that has transformed one typesetter's business is spreading throughout the economy.


HP thinks big about small businesses Computer giant Hewlett-Packard wants to make it easier to sell to small and medium-size companies.


In court, Ellison gets 'Genghis Khan' hearing PeopleSoft's former chief says he called Larry Ellison "every name in the book," but Ellison himself invoked the Mongol leader.


Oil Prices Rise Toward \$52 a Barrel, Set Another Record High Oil prices hit record highs again Wednesday, amid continuing concerns about the supply of crude oil. In New York, crude oil for future delivery hit an all-time high of \$51.


PeopleSoft Warming To Oracle #39;s Offer? What Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has longed to hear from PeopleSoft behind closed doors instead floated to the surface in a Delaware courthouse.


McDonald #39;s Taps Pop #39;s Destiny #39;s Child for Campaign McDonald #39;s Corp. on Wednesday named female pop trio Destiny #39;s Child as the new face of its  quot;I #39;m Lovin #39; It quot; marketing campaign in a bid to expand its appeal among children and, importantly, their moms.


News Corp. Poised to Change Constitution News Corp. said Wednesday it may change its constitution to appease Australian investors still undecided about its proposed move to the United States.


Foreign investment welcome in banking: PM Mumbai, Oct. 6 (PTI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, today said the foreign direct and portfolio investments are welcome in various sectors of the economy, including the banking sector.


IBM Focuses On A Better WebSphere App Server IBM on Wednesday unveiled the next major upgrade of its WebSphere application server, which focuses on better performance and ease of use, instead of dramatically new functionality.


John, Paul, George, Ringo...and Steve? Steven P. Jobs loves the Beatles. He plays the Liverpool quartet #39;s songs at Apple expositions, and the CEO of Apple Computer (AAPL ) has even compared his own management team to the Fab Four.


Early T. Rex relative had feathers LONDON - The earliest known relative of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex had primitive feathers, probably to help it keep warm. Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing found the remains of the


Music industry ditches hardcore copyright for  #39;free love #39; tunes Stranglehold copyright could be going the way of the dinosaur, it seems, with both the big names and independent organisations moving towards a more open copyright structure.


Davenport eases into Filderstadt quarters World number 2 Lindsay Davenport has set herself the target of taking over top spot from France #39;s Amelie Mauresmo, less than 200 points ahead in the WTA rankings, by the turn of the year and showed no mercy against Molik to reach the last eight.


Rugby: No All Blacks in IRB player of year list New Zealand names were absent from the list of five nominees for the International Rugby Board #39;s player of the year announced on Wednesday.


Aussie debutant, India #39;s smiling assassin shine on first day BANGALORE: Anil Kumble hardly shows his emotions on the field. The day offered an exception. Kumble allowed himself the luxury of an extravagant display of his jubilation.


Houston at Atlanta 4:00 pm EDT National League Division Series <b>...</b> ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Roger Clemens and the Houston Astros hope to buck a couple of trends when they face the Atlanta Braves in the opener of their National League Division Series.


Cubs pay penalty for making repairs at Wrigley Field without city <b>...</b> CHICAGO The Chicago Cubs have forked over more than 67-hundred dollars in penalties for renovating Wrigley Field without the necessary city permits.


Opposition blasts  #39;obviously inferior #39; subs OTTAWA - As HCMS Chicoutimi #39;s 57 crew members continued to brave inclement North Atlantic weather aboard a powerless, damaged submarine, the search began in Ottawa for someone to blame over Canada #39;s latest embarrassing naval mishap.


Kim Polese returns as head of SpikeSource SAN FRANCISCO - Kim Polese, the woman who coined the term "Java," has found a new job. At the Web 2.0 conference hereThursday, she will unveil a startup called SpikeSource that will provide enterprise support services for open-source software.


Trying to Reach Customers in an Era of E-Mail Suspicion Internet executives and analysts are closely tracking the rise of identity theft over the Internet.


The Yank Caught In Yukos #39; Nightmare By a curious twist of fate, the job of rescuing Russian oil giant Yukos has fallen to an American who arrived in Moscow just over a year ago -- and who still needs a translator #39;s help.


India #39;s Kumble claims 400th test scalp against Aussies BANGALORE: India #39;s Anil Kumble became the third spin bowler to take 400 wickets on the opening day of the first cricket test against Australia last night.


Iran readies uranium for enrichment, UN watching TEHRAN (Agencies) -- Iran began processing uranium just more than a week ago to prepare it for enrichment, a diplomat said on Wednesday.


Open-source IP Telephony slashes costs LinuxWorld: Linux guru predicts 'next big thing'


British Ship Reaches Stranded Canadian Submarine (Reuters) Reuters - A British Royal Navy frigate reached a\crippled Canadian submarine on Wednesday and put a doctor on\board the vessel, which was left drifting in heavy seas off the\Irish coast after its engines were knocked out by a serious\fire, officials said.


Pew File-Sharing Survey Gives a Voice to Artists A survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project provides the first large-scale snapshot of what artists think about the Internet and file-sharing.


Cheney Echoes Bush's Criticism of Kerry (AP) AP - Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday echoed President Bush's latest sharp challenge of Sen. John Kerry's fitness to serve as commander in chief as the Republican No. 2 basked in approval from GOP supporters cheered by his debate performance.


Guinea-Bissau Soldiers Stage Mutiny Over Pay  BISSAU (Reuters) - Hundreds of mutinous soldiers demanding  pay for peacekeeping duty abroad seized key buildings in the  capital of Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday and patrolled the  potholed streets in trucks with mounted machineguns.


Woods Marries Swedish Model in Barbados SANDY LANE BEACH, Barbados - Tiger Woods married Swedish model Elin Nordegren at an exclusive resort in Barbados during a sunset ceremony that reportedly cost \$1.5 million.    Oprah Winfrey and former NBA stars Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley were among more than 120 guests seen by an Associated Press reporter perched on a hill overlooking the club house of the Sandy Lane resort and golf course, which went to extraordinary lengths to shield the ceremony from journalists...


Progress Is Made in Resolving Antitrust Issues The software industry enters 2005 with several antitrust issues behind it, a result of a handful of court decisions and out-of-court settlements this year.


Google launches Amazon-style book search business FRANKFURT: Google Inc has quietly launched a new search technology to help publishers sell books online, a fast-growing market dominated by online retailer Amazon.


Update 1: Knight Trading Expects Operating Loss Knight Trading Group Inc., a leading stock dealer, Wednesday said it expects to report an operating loss for the third quarter due to  quot;persistent lackluster market conditions quot; in its core businesses.


Yum Brands: Chinese Takeout Yum Brands (YUM) reported third-quarter earnings Tuesday that beat Wall Street expectations by a penny. The fast-food mogul also upped its full-year profit forecast by two cents, citing robust results from its KFC chain in China.


Google steals a page from Amazon #39;s book search Google Inc. has quietly introduced a new search technology to help publishers sell books online, a fast-growing market dominated by Internet retailer Amazon.


Media Centre on the march THE arrival of Microsoft #39;s Windows XP Media Centre on October 13 will be not so much a launch as a co-ordinated assault. A brigade of vendors, including Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, Acer, Creative Labs, iRiver


Antepo further secures Enterprise IM This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half. OPN System 4.5, the latest version


Reds' Vander Wal Becomes Free Agent (AP) AP - Pinch-hitter John Vander Wal chose free agency Wednesday instead of a demotion off the Reds' 40-man roster.


Tiger Woods Gets Married World number three golfer Tiger Woods of the United States and his new Swedish bride Elin Nordegren have come ashore in Barbados after spending their wedding night aboard a yacht following an elaborate wedding at a private club.


Utah Expansion Team Taps Ellinger As Coach (AP) AP - John Ellinger, the U.S. under-17 national team coach for the past seven years, was hired Wednesday as the coach of Major League Soccer's expansion team in Utah.


Turkey gets conditional OK for EU talks In a historic move that could extend Europe #39;s borders to the edge of the volatile Middle East, the European Union recommended Wednesday setting mostly Muslim Turkey


Iraqi head paints dark picture for assembly BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In his first speech before the interim national assembly, Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on Tuesday gave a sobering account of the threat posed by the insurgency, saying Iraq #39;s instability is a  quot;source of worry for many people quot; and that the


Rosie Jones Ready to Defend LPGA Title (AP) AP - Rosie Jones has the perfect plan to ease into retirement  #151; a second straight victory in this tournament.


FIFA Fines Italy, Netherlands, France Soccer's governing body Wednesday fined Italy, the Netherlands and France for being too lenient with doping offenders.


Cavaliers' LeBron James Becomes a Father LeBron James had a good reason for missing practice Wednesday. He became a father.


Genentech Quarterly Profit Up (Reuters) Reuters - Genentech Inc.  on Wednesday\said third-quarter earnings rose 50 percent, spurred by growth\in new colon cancer treatment Avastin and strong sales of its\older drugs, and raised its full-year profit forecast.


Exit Blog, Enter Legg A high-profile departure and a higher-profile purchase mean nothing ever gets boring at Google.


BBC wants help developing open source video codec LinuxWorld Dirac attack


Beijing Loves the Web Until the Web Talks Back China's government has strategically deployed the Internet to economic advantage, while clamping down on undesirable content and use.


Yum! Tastes Good I have seen the three-headed monster Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) likes to call its  quot;multibrand strategy. quot; By grouping together Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and KFC restaurants in one location, Yum!


Consumers to See Notices on Check Changes In the next few weeks, consumers will start receiving notices from banks and other financial institutions about changes to their checking accounts.


Search Wars: Google, Snap, Amazon Arm for Battle The Google book-search move may contain the most intrigue, both because of the company #39;s place at the top of the search hierarchy and because it appears to be targeting the core business of


Take 2: Microsoft tries interactive TV, again Microsoft yesterday took the wraps off a new set-top box aimed at tying together the living room, the PC, and the company #39;s MSN network and content.


Exit Blog, Enter Legg Now that hundreds of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) employees hit the jackpot following the company #39;s initial public offering and subsequent run-up in share price, what #39;s to keep them from coming to work and plugging away with the same vigor as before the millions


Dementieva latest upset victim at Filderstadt; Davenport wins Two-time major finalist Elena Dementieva joined the parade of seeded players upset at the Porsche Grand Prix, losing 6-0, 7-5 to American qualifier Lisa Raymond on Wednesday.


Tackle signs six-year extension, team makes other moves Left tackle Matt Light signed a six-year contract extension with the Patriots that will keep him in New England through 2010, giving him and the quarterback he protects long-term security.


Yankee Group Weighs In On Conway Firing The research firm says the new CEO, PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield, could rally the forces. By Laurie Sullivan. There #39;s plenty of speculation about PeopleSoft Inc.


Crude closes above \$52 Crude futures have surged above 52 dollars a barrel, reaching a new high in New York. Traders were reacting to a strike threat by Nigerian oil workers and to word that petroleum output in


Senate fate uncertain amid tobacco buyout dispute WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- House and Senate lawmakers reached a deal Wednesday on a massive corporate tax bill that would repeal a portion of the tax code that has spurred mounting retaliatory sanctions by the European Union.


Eight former Peregrine Systems execs indicted OCTOBER 06, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Eight former executives of asset management and service management vendor Peregrine Systems Inc.


Google Tests Book Search The new search tool from Google matches queries with the content inside a book. If there is a match, Google will show links to that particular book in the search-results page.


AmerisourceBergen Cites Lowers Outlook Drug-distributor AmerisourceBergen Corp., following in a rival #39;s footsteps, warned that lower-than-expected increases in drug prices will hit earnings for the quarter and fiscal year ended Sept.


IBM updates WebSphere Application Server software OCTOBER 06, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - IBM today unveiled a new version of its WebSphere Application Server software, which is designed to protect applications from server downtime and boost enterprise efforts to build a service-oriented architecture (SOA).


Iced Java? Java as we have known it could be in for a chill thanks to a ruling by a federal jury in upstate New York that says the programming language infringes on several patents Kodak acquired from Wang Laboratories.


Scottie Pippen promised not to return In a game against the Knicks in the 1994 NBA Eastern Conference semifinals, Scottie Pippen refused to take the floor with 1.8 seconds remaining after Phil Jackson designed a potential game-winning play for Toni Kukoc rather than Pippen.


Barber #39;s reinvention helps lift Giants (Oct. 6, 2004) -- The New York Giants easily qualify as one of the biggest surprise teams of the first quarter of the NFL season. And Tiki Barber easily qualifies as one of their biggest surprise players.


Shining Light: New England inks tackle to extension Foxboro, MA (Sports Network) - The New England Patriots Wednesday signed left tackle Matt Light to a six-year contract extension. As per team policy, financial terms were not released.


Brazil #39;s Mantle of Leadership In case anyone was really worried, Secretary of State Colin Powell offered this reassurance during a trip to Brazil this week: The giant of South America has no intent to build nuclear weapons.


Blair says Iraq report shows sanctions weren #39;t working LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair says it #39;s just more proof that Saddam Hussein was trying to pull a fast one on the United Nations.


Researcher Pulls His Name From Paper on Prayer and Fertility A prominent researcher at Columbia University has pulled his name from a controversial study of prayer's effect on fertility, the university says.


Google Offers New Book-Search Feature (AP) AP - Online search leader Google Inc. is becoming more bookish.


Qwest adds to VOIP service (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Qwest Communications on Wednesday announced a continued expansion of its VoIP service portfolio with IP Centrex Prime, an IP-enabled interface that helps enterprise business customers with multiple locations and mobile workforces migrate from traditional PBX connections to VoIP.


Predicting an Eruption Involves Guesswork (AP) AP - Mount St. Helens' convulsions over the past week have demonstrated all too clearly that the inner workings of a seething volcano, hidden under miles of rock, remain one of nature's stubborn secrets.


Genentech Posts Sharply Higher 3Q Profit Biotechnology firm Genentech Inc. said Wednesday that its third-quarter profit topped Wall Street expectations on a sharp rise in drug sales, and raised its yearly forecast to meet current targets.


Four former El Paso natural gas traders charged HOUSTON - Four former El Paso Corp. natural gas traders have been charged with making false reports used to calculate the index price of natural gas, US Attorney Michael Shelby said Wednesday.


Foreign investment welcome in banking: PM MUMBAI, OCTOBER 6 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said the foreign direct and portfolio investments were welcome in various sectors of economy, including the banking sector.


Novell Unwraps SUSE Linux 9.2 Right on schedule, Novell (Quote, Chart) today announced the November availability of SUSE Linux 9.2 Professional. The SUSE Linux Professional product line is on a six-month release cycle.


Danger of Mount St. Helens Eruption Passes MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. Oct. 6, 2004 - Government scientists said Wednesday that the danger of a strong Mount St. Helens eruption at any moment has passed, but warned the mountain could continue venting steam and volcanic rock for several weeks.


AT amp;T Considering Mac OS X, Linux AT amp;T #39;s chief information officer Hossein Eslambolchi has set up a team to assess Windows operating system alternatives and will make a final decision by 2006.


Lessons from a quake that came 16 years late Most earthquakes make history for the damage they inflict. But last week #39;s quake at Parkfield, Calif., is likely to be remembered for insights that could improve earthquake-hazard assessments, quake-resistant


Smaller, Cuter Isn #39;t Always Better NEW YORK - Now that digital music players have evolved beyond the ability to store 20 gigabytes worth of music, storage capacity memory is no longer the only factor to consider before buying.


Water for Tiger, cash on Shaq We read where Tiger Woods not only hasn #39;t broken up with Swedish bombshell Elin Nordegren but that he is ready to marry her any day now in Barbados.


Davenport rolls; Dementieva ousted in Filderstadt Filderstadt, Germany (Sports Network) - Former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport easily won her second-round match on Wednesday, but last week #39;s Hasselt champion Elena Dementieva was among the first-round losers at the \$650,000 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.


Els climb could be first of several changes in 2005 Ernie Els isnt sure that being No. 2 in the World Golf rankings is much different just because the player at No. 1 has changed.


D #39;Arcy, Heaslip in running for world Gordon D #39;Arcy and Jamie Heaslip have both been short-listed for the IRB World Players of the Year awards at London #39;s Royal Lancaster Hotel on November 28.


Clarke on track for debut ton Test debutant Michael Clarke has made a big impression as Australia heads into day two of the first cricket Test against India. Australia will resume on 5 for 316 at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore.


Hamas Fires Rockets, Gaza Attack Goes On (Reuters) Reuters - Palestinians in Gaza fired two more\makeshift rockets at Israel on Wednesday and Israeli Prime\Minister Ariel Sharon ordered his army to press on with a\week-old offensive that has killed 75 Palestinians.


Three injured Canadian submariners airlifted to Ireland (AFP) AFP - Three of the nine Canadian sailors injured when their newly-delivered, British-built submarine caught fire in the North Atlantic were airlifted Wednesday to hospital in northwest Ireland, officials said.


UN nuclear chief: patience wearing thin over lack of progress on North Korea (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The international community is losing patience over the slow-moving six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, and the UN Security Council should act on the matter, the UN nuclear chief said Wednesday.


Catholics Resist Wooing by Kerry and Bush (AP) AP - Sen. John Kerry is having trouble wooing fellow Roman Catholics in Iowa and Wisconsin. President Bush is short of his expected Catholic count in Michigan and Minnesota. Once reliably Democratic, Catholics have become one of the most complicated and coveted swing voting blocs.


DNA Crime Bill Passed in House (Reuters) Reuters - A bill to expand the use of DNA\testing to protect the innocent and detect the guilty easily\passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, but the\outlook remained uncertain in the Senate.


African Force for Darfur Not Yet Ready (AP) AP - The United Nations and the United States expressed concern that it could take until early next year to deploy a 4,000-strong African Union force to Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region and called for much speedier action.


Emissions pact goes forward But the tougher work of cutting greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol remains.


Israel takes U-turn on road map Gaza withdrawal is part of Israel's effort to thwart Palestinian statehood, a Sharon adviser says.


Party tries to put 'Tory' back into victory At Britain's Conservative Party's conference this week, leaders planned how to regain power.


Broad Study Suggests a Lower Tolerance for Exposure to Benzene The first study of a large group of workers breathing air with very low levels of benzene suggests that the chemical may harm the bone marrow.


U.S. Report Finds No Evidence of Iraq WMD WASHINGTON - Contradicting the main argument for a war that has cost more than 1,000 American lives, the top U.S. arms inspector said Wednesday he found no evidence that Iraq produced any weapons of mass destruction after 1991...


Stocks Turn Higher As Oil Hits Record High NEW YORK - Stocks enjoyed a late-day rally Wednesday to finish higher despite a new record price for oil and gloomy third-quarter outlooks from several companies. Volume was relatively light as investors awaited the government's jobs creation report at the end of the week...


Colombia Eyes Banks in Drug Money Hunt

 By Hugh Bronstein

 BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombia will require banksand money changers to report all international transfers ofmore than \$200 starting next year to help combat drug moneylaundering and "narco terrorists" and control the strength ofthe peso.


Start-up looks to help firms hang out their e-shingles Demandware service designed to help midsize firms open shop online as fast as with a hosted service, but with more customization.


Novell spiffs up its desktop Linux software Software maker has its eye on consumers who might be ready to make the switch from Windows.


Will Quicksilver shine for BEA? Despite internal tumult, the firm is forging ahead with an upgrade its flagship server software.


Changes May Be Needed in Superfund, Chief Says Changes in the program may be necessary to continue cleanups as more contaminated sites demand attention and federal resources remain flat.


Patriots streak toward new record By Erik Spanberg  Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor. On Sunday in Foxboro, Mass., the New England Patriots will battle for their 19th straight win, a streak spanning much of last season and the first three games of 2004.


USF-Pittsburgh Rescheduled for Dec. 4 (AP) AP - South Florida and Pittsburgh have rescheduled their hurricane-delayed game for Dec. 4.


Eight former Peregrine Systems execs indicted Eight former officials of Peregrine Systems Inc. have been indicted by a federal grand jury for what prosecutors say was a massive conspiracy to commit a multibillion-dollar securities fraud over three years.


IBM updates WebSphere Application Server software IBM has announced Version 6 of its WebSphere Application Server software, which is designed to protect applications from server downtime and aid enterprise efforts to build a service-oriented architecture.


New Trojan program squashes adware Downloader.Lunii, a new Trojan horse program that attacks and removes troublesome advertising software, also modifies the configuration of Windows machines and attempts to download files from a remote location, according to Symantec Corp.


Homeland Security agency faulted for terrorist watch list woes Three years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Department of Homeland Security still isn't doing enough to consolidate terrorist watch lists to help law enforcement authorities monitor and apprehend known terrorists, according to a new government report.


CA to acquire Netegrity for \$430M The acquisition will allow CA to consolidate its position in the market for user authentication, access control and administration products, CEO Kenneth Cron said this morning.


Ballmer strikes big rivals from Microsoft shopping list Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company isn't interested in buying PeopleSoft, Oracle or SAP, but he wouldn't rule out smaller deals.


Google lays out lofty plans for Search Appliance A Google executive said yesterday that the search tool could at some point be extended to tap enterprise databases, desktop PCs, content management systems and CRM applications.


TXU outsourcer to cut 200 Jobs Capgemini Energy, the services entity formed in July when it won a 10-year, \$3.5 billion deal to manage back-office operations for TXU, plans to eliminate 200 to 230 former TXU positions.


Tools wrap: Web services, e-commerce, XML touted New products to build Web services with Eclipse, e-commerce apps with Amazon's technology, and more.


Qwest adds to VOIP service Qwest Communications on Wednesday announced a continued expansion of its VoIP service portfolio with IP Centrex Prime, an IP-enabled interface that helps enterprise business customers with multiple locations and mobile workforces migrate from traditional PBX connections to VoIP.


A Matter of Trust (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - There is more to corporate performance than what you see in the earnings reports. Could an investor have anticipated the trouble at companies like Enron, Adelphia, WorldCom and Tyco by looking more closely at how they were governed and how they kept their books? Their problems, to be sure, are far more visible in hindsight, but nonetheless each left telltale signs that all was not well. Robust reported earnings growth at both Enron and WorldCom was not supported by hard cash. The Adelphia board was stacked with company insiders who turned a blind eye to self-dealing by company executives. ...


Genentech Posts 50 Percent Rise in Profit  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Genentech Inc. DNA.N on Wednesday  posted a 50 percent rise in quarterly profit and raised its  full-year earnings forecast on strong sales of its new colon  cancer drug, sending its shares higher in after-hours trading.


The Search Engine Report - Number 95 Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan recap of top search engine stories from September and early October 2004.


Interior Official and Federal Biologists Clash on Danger to Bird The issue of political overseers modifying information from federal scientists that conflicts with policy goals has arisen periodically in recent years.


U.S. Treasury Debt Prices Take a Hit  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury debt prices took a hit  on Wednesday as lackluster interest in new five-year notes left  investors skittish just two days before the crucial September  jobs report.


Clush Offers Option for Meaning-Based Search Clush Offers Option for Meaning-Based Search\\It's sorta clustering, but it looks more to me like the old "concept" or meaning-based searches for the late 90s, ala Oingo and Simpli. The engine is called Clush and the location is http://www.clush.com .\\What color there is on the front page is red, ruining ...


Oil Hits \$51 a Barrel in Hurricane #39;s Wake Oil prices held firm around \$51 per barrel on Wednesday, hovering near record highs amid the sluggish recovery in US Gulf oil production and an anticipated decline in key winter fuel stocks, dealers said.


After the Bell-Magma sinks, Starbucks off and Hot Topic jumps Shares of software maker Magma Design Automation (LAVA.O: Quote, Profile, Research) slid over 10 percent in after-hours trade after warning that second-quarter orders would fall short of expectations.


McDonald #39;s taps Destiny #39;s Child Company names female pop trio new face of marketing campaign to expand appeal among kids, moms. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - McDonald #39;s Corp.


Former El Paso traders to enter guilty plea Reuters reported on Wednesday that four former El Paso Corp. natural gas traders will plead guilty to criminal charges for reporting bogus trade prices to an industry publication.


Stocks Turn Higher As Oil Hits Record High Stocks clung to a modest advance Wednesday despite a new record high for oil and gloomy third-quarter outlooks from several companies as investors awaited the government #39;s jobs creation report at the end of the week.


Furcal available for postseason Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal #39;s legal woes will not affect his availability for the postseason. State Court Judge David Darden ruled on Wednesday morning that Furcal will


Karzai Campaigns Amid Spiraling Violence GHAZNI, Afghanistan, 6 October 2004 - Wartime security was rolled out for Afghanistans interim President Hamid Karzai as he addressed his first election campaign rally outside the capital yesterday amid spiraling violence.


Life after Howard Loss of marquee name and ad slowdown show big hurdles face Infinity and other radio broadcasters. By Krysten Crawford, CNN/Money staff writer.


DOJ, SEC charge Ex-Peregrine execs over accounting Eight former executives of software company Peregrine Systems Inc. face criminal charges involving what US prosecutors Wednesday called a multi-billion dollar securities fraud.


Bioscrypt shares soar on hopes for new ID product Shares of Bioscrypt Inc. (BYT.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) jumped 18 percent on Wednesday after it said it had teamed up with IBM (IBM.


Soros rejigs business, more power to sons George Soros, billionaire financier, is handing more control of his money management firm to two of his sons as he scales back the focus of his investment firm.


On-Demand Video Game Services Vary (AP) AP - Internet downloads are nothing new when it comes to buying music and software online. So why does video game shopping still mostly involve either shlepping to a store or waiting for the delivery truck after you order online?


Firm Develops All-Purpose Memory Cards (AP) AP - A leading Japanese electronics company is developing memory cards that can be used to make cashless payments, open locks and read identification with a simple flick.


IBM Upgrades WebSphere Middleware Product IBM has issued an upgrade of its WebSphere middleware product, adding autonomic troubleshooting capabilities that autmatically detects system problems and recovers Web-based business transactions that would take days to fix manually.


Sony to Release PC with TV Tuners, Huge Hard Drive Sony said yesterday that it has built a desktop computer with 1 TB of data storage and seven analog television tuners. The PC will be able to record a week #39;s worth of programming on six channels at the same time.


Satire Sequel Parodies U.S. Newsmakers (AP) AP - From the creators of the political satire sensation "This Land" comes a sequel set to the tune of "Dixie."


England to field full-strength team against Canada in rugby Test <b>...</b> (CP) - After losing four straight - and five of the last six - world rugby champion England is in a snarly mood. The English have dropped to third in the world rankings.


The Turkish Question Yesterday, in one of its boldest moves, the European Commission agreed to begin talks on admitting Turkey to the EU. But fears run deep of a country of 70 million straddling Europe and Asia.


Iran Improving Missile Range TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran said Wednesday that it would keep improving its missile capability after announcing that the latest version of its medium-range Shahab-3 could now hit targets up to 2,000 kilometers away.


Robertson Stevens Settles Timing Case (AP) AP - RS Investment Management agreed to pay  #36;30 million to settled allegations it allowed "excessive" market timing in its mutual funds, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday.


Fannie Mae Execs, Regulator Square Off  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie Mae executives and their  regulator squared off on Wednesday, with executives denying any  accounting irregularity and the regulator saying the housing  finance company's management may have to go.


Howard Stern moving to satellite NEW YORK In a deal estimated to be worth \$100 million a year for five years, Howard Stern, one of the most popular personalities in American radio, said Wednesday he had signed a contract with Sirius Satellite Radio and would leave his longtime job at


Funds in Brief: San Francisco firm pays \$30 million in settlement RS Investments, a \$6.7 billion money manager based in San Francisco, said Wednesday it had settled US and state allegations of improper trading by agreeing to pay \$30 million in fines and reduced management fees.


Trade Squabble Between Boeing and Airbus Heads for WTO A trade fight is heating up between the United States and Europe over commercial aircraft sales. Wednesday, Washington filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization alleging that EU countries unfairly


Delta taps Ogilvy for ad campaign Delta Air Lines Inc. has hired New York-based Ogilvy  amp; Mather Worldwide and their media agency partner, Group M/MindShare, to develop a strategic brand campaign for the struggling airline.


Evolution, as told by the louse NEW YORK A spectator with an especially intimate view of human evolution is beginning to tell its story and has so far divulged two quite unexpected findings.


Mount St Helens throws up ash The Mount St Helens volcano in the US state of Washington has erupted its largest steam and ash cloud since its resurgence in activity last month.


Google #39;s challenge is to keep its wealthy workers SAN FRANCISCO - As Google nears the end of its first quarter as a public company, industry watchers say one of its emerging challenges is how to keep soon-to-be wealthy workers from cashing out and moving on.


Gazza Ready for Managerial Rollercoaster Paul Gascoigne finds himself out of work today but with an abundance of focus and drive as he prepares for a career in management.


Rugby: Captain Jonny spells out England ambitions LONDON : Committed, thorough and excited - three of the qualities Jonny Wilkinson said he wanted to see in the England team he takes charge of for three Tests next month.


Brown to start Game 3 for Yankees Kevin Brown was picked over Orlando Hernandez to start for the New York Yankees in Friday #39;s Game 3 of their first-round AL playoff series against Minnesota.


Sun unveils UltraSparc IV It will be Sun's first chip to be built with a 90-nanometer process technology and it will have a higher clock speed and larger and more flexible memory caches than the current generation of UltraSparc IV processors.


Google Steals a Page from Amazon's Book Search Users will see book excerpts alongside ordinary Google Web page search results.


Is XP's Fix Safe? Windows XP Service Pack 2 seems a smooth upgrade for most, but many are putting off installing Microsoft's big security patch anyway.


News in Brief Coming soon: the first sub-\$1000 color laser MFP, a Wi-Fi card for handhelds, a small external TV-tuner box for PCs, and new long-lasting printer inks.


Three Minutes With Craig Newmark The Craig behind Craigslist speaks about his Web community's popularity and touches on the site's future.


US and EU escalate Boeing-Airbus battle PARIS The battle between Boeing and Airbus escalated Wednesday when the United States and Europe filed competing unfair trade cases over government aid to the world #39;s two largest aircraft manufacturers.


Freedom Of Speech On Satellite Radio LOS ANGELES - Howard Stern #39;s move to Sirius Satellite Radio will unlock the one key regulatory advantage possessed by the satellite radio industry: Stern can finally say exactly what he wants on the air.


Update 6: Robertson Stevens Settles Timing Case RS Investment Management agreed to pay \$30 million to settled allegations it allowed  quot;excessive quot; market timing in its mutual funds, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday.


US stocks advance on oil jump In NEW YORK, US stocks advanced on Wednesday as record crude oil prices above \$52 a barrel boosted energy stocks like Exxon Mobil Corp.


Google gets last laugh In August, in the days leading up to the Google public offering, David Menlow was among those warning investors that they should steer clear of the stock, which the company had declared worth \$108 to \$135 a share.


Tiger Woods marries Swedish fiance in Barbados resort SANDY LANE BEACH, Barbados - Tiger Woods is back ashore in Barbados, with the Swedish model who is apparently his new wife. Witnesses say the golf star married Elin Nordegren in a spectacular sunset ceremony


British Grand Prix still in jeopardy CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The British Grand Prix, one of Formula One #39;s most storied races, is close to running out of gas. The British GP has been staged annually for the past 54 years, but is in jeopardy of being


Malik, Youhana guide Pakistan home KARACHI, Oct. 6. - Yousuf Youhana notched his 10th one-day hundred and Shoaib Malik scored an equally impressive unbeaten 86 today to guide Pakistan to an eight-wicket win against Sri Lanka and into the triangular series final.


Gaza Enters 7th Day of Bloodshed GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Three Palestinian gunmen killed a Thai guest worker on Wednesday after infiltrating a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip before being shot dead in an attack claimed by Hamas as retaliation for a massive Israeli offensive.


US Congress agrees huge tax bill A corporate tax bill offering huge tax breaks to US manufacturers in return for removing export subsidies is approved by Congress.


Bush Hits Kerry in Debate Rebound Bid WASHINGTON - President Bush blistered Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday as an apostle of "retreat in Iraq" and tax-and-spend liberalism at home...


Stocks Turn Higher As Oil Hits Record High NEW YORK - Stocks enjoyed a late-day rally Wednesday, finishing higher despite a new record price for oil and gloomy third-quarter outlooks from several companies. Volume was relatively light as investors awaited the government's jobs creation report at the end of the week...


Stern to Join Sirius Satellite Radio NEW YORK - Howard Stern has long had two words for the Federal Communications Commission - and in 15 months, he can finally utter them on the air. The self-proclaimed "King of All Media," perhaps the most influential radio voice of the last 20 years, is shifting his salacious act to satellite radio and freeing himself from the increasingly harsh glare of federal regulators...


Intel puts its weight behind Symbian Intel is building a Symbian-based mobile phone, based on Nokia #39;s Series 60 user interface. The company has not announced a delivery date, but a reference platform should arrive sometime in 2005, intended to


Astros Lead Braves 7-1 Midway Through 5 ATLANTA - The Houston Astros got a break when illness prevented Roger Clemens from pitching as scheduled in the team's NL wild-card berth clincher. Because Clemens missed Sunday's game, the Rocket started against the Atlanta Braves in the NL division series opener Wednesday...


SpaceShipOne Wins X Prize By Reaching Space a Second Time A private rocket ship shot into space on Monday morning and won a coveted \$10 million aviation prize for its creators. SpaceShipOne, the sleek combination of rocket and glider designed by


Google offers book search service Google is launching a new service to make books and other printed materials searchable online, the Internet search engine company said Wednesday.


Kodak Java Suit Moves To Penalty Phase Kodak #39;s claim that Sun #39;s use of Java violates three patents it holds could cast a cloud over Java #39;s future direction. By Charles Babcock.


Step carefully in the memento minefield When Robert Hudson stepped off a flight from Banjul in Gambia and was stopped by customs officers in the  quot;Nothing to Declare quot; channel at Gatwick airport, they found three baboon skulls, four


Is XP #39;s Fix Safe? Windows XP Service Pack 2 seems a smooth upgrade for most, but many are putting off installing Microsoft #39;s big security patch anyway.


Sony, Matsushita to launch Blu-ray disc camcorders in 2005 TOKYO - Proponents of the Blu-ray disc standard for next-generation DVD players plan to release camcorders that will record on smaller versions of the discs as early as 2005, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported Thursday.


Three Minutes With Craig Newmark The Craig behind Craigslist speaks about his Web community #39;s popularity and touches on the site #39;s future. Craig Newmark, 51, is founder and caretaker of Craigslist, a Web site where nearly 6 million unique


Fifteen problems Robinson has to tackle to make England great <b>...</b> A year after their finest triumph, the world champions #39; new coach has plenty to sort out to restore their dominance. By Chris Hewett.


Suzuki into Japan Open quarterfinals TOKYO - Takao Suzuki kept Japanese hopes alive in the men #39;s draw at the Japan Open on Wednesday after producing a hard-fought win over 15th-seeded Czech Jan Hernych to reach the third round of the \$860,000 event for the fourth year running.


Arsenal still trail in shirt value Arsenal, who are taking on debts of 360 million to build a stadium that will help them match Manchester United, will be still be earning less than United from shirt sponsorship


Woods must adapt swing says Singh World No. 1 Vijay Singh believes Tiger Woods is paying a heavy price for failing to adapt his swing to the changes in his body.  quot;I think his body and his swing do not match like


Australia in control after Clarke makes daring debut An engrossing opening day, played on a pitch as slow as a bank queue, ended in favour of an Australian side rescued from its own excesses by an intrepid partnership between a


Phelps targets six golds Michael Phelps will bid to repeat his feat of six Olympic gold medals when he competes in the Fina swimming short course world championships.


Saddam  #39;destroyed #39; WMD after 1991 The group hunting for Saddam #39;s arsenal said it found no evidence the dictator had chemical, biological of nuclear weapons when US-led forces invaded Iraq last year.


A River That Follows Two Paths The Lower Delaware, site of a recent oil spill, seems as if it has been mistakenly stuck at the end of the pristine Upper Delaware.


Private venture flies into history Judging by the thousands of spectators who made the trek to Mojave to watch SpaceShipOne fly early Monday morning, a lot of people are still interested in space flight.


El Paso gas traders have date with judge today Three or four former El Paso natural gas traders who had been told they #39;re targets of a criminal investgation are expected to make an appearance before a US magistrate judge at 2 pm today.


Spaceports compete in race for business Even before the dust had settled from the \$10 million Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, the sand was being kicked up for another, potentially more lucrative space race: the


Google Print: Google #39;s Answer to A9.com? Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have unveiled Google Print, a tech service that will let users view book excerpts in the standard Google Web-page search results.


Save the trees, save the apes, expert says A UN meeting on endangered species could help secure the survival one of humanity #39;s closest living relatives, the orang-utan, by saving its forest home from loggers, a leading expert said on Tuesday.


John, Paul, George, Ringo...and Steve? A close reading of the California filing, which is similar to the British one, reveals an extremely complex case -- one that a London judge has already criticized for a lack of clarity.


HP unveils inkjet and laser printers (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - At TechXNY this week, Hewlett-Packard reminded business users that it is still an active innovator in printers and imaging devices.


Alltel Seeks Shop To Help Battle The Big Boys (AdWeek.com) AdWeek.com - The business is growing, and the numbers are strong. So why is wireless-telecommunications provider Alltel talking to shops after just 18 months with Omnicom Group's DDB in Chicago?


Netline Refreshes Linux Groupware (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - The German company prepares to release its third version of Open-Xchange Server, which it open-sourced under the GPL in August. A supported product will be available at a price.


IRB Awards nominees named AUSTRALIA #39;S Matt Giteau is one of five players vying for this year #39;s IRB Player of the Year award. The nominees for all categories of this year #39;s IRB Awards have been named, with the winners to be announced


BRDC says no to more cash for FOM The British Racing Drivers #39; Club has refused to increased its bid for the British Grand Prix and the ping-pong game of who gets the blame for the demise of the event with the latest statement having lobbed the blame back into Bernie Ecclestone #39;s side of


Cardinals activate Bryant TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Arizona Cardinals activated defensive tackle Wendell Bryant off the suspended list Wednesday. The move, which had been expected, followed a four-game suspension for violating the NFL #39;s substance abuse policy.


Is XP's Fix Safe? (PC World) PC World - Windows XP Service Pack 2 seems a smooth upgrade for most, but many are\  putting off installing Microsoft's big security patch anyway.


Turkey defines EC recommendation as historic Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gulon Wednesday defined the recommendation of the European Commission(EC) to open negotiations with Turkey as a historic step


Iran Says it has Converted Some  #39;Yellowcake #39; Uranium Iran says it has converted several tons of raw uranium - also known as  quot;yellowcake quot; - into a gas that can be used in making enriched uranium.


UK #39;s Blair Says Weapons Report Shows Iraq Breached UN Rules UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said a US report on Iraqi arms programs shows Saddam Hussein was working to acquire banned weapons in breach of United Nations resolutions, justifying the 2003 war to depose him.


Aristide supporters threaten continued violence in Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE - UN peacekeepers and Haitian police have arrested dozens of enraged supporters of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.


U.S., EU Spar Over Airbus, Boeing Aid  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and the European  Union took their fight over billions of dollars in subsidies  for Airbus and Boeing to the World Trade Organization on  Wednesday.


House, Senate Agree on Corporate Tax Bill  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate and House of  Representatives negotiators agreed on Wednesday on a huge  corporate tax bill that will repeal export subsidies that  violate global trade rules and give manufacturers a new tax  break.


Nothing fishy about sweet smell of Nobel success Scientists nab prize for work on sense of smell just days after a spoof "Ig Nobel" recognizes breakthroughs in fish flatulence.


Carriers, handset makers vie for interface control A Macromedia executive says wireless carriers are demanding specific menus, buttons and functions. Could Flash be the answer?


Sprint thinks print with Fujifilm partnership Carrier looks to goose wireless data business by letting subscribers print photos at various retailers, directly from their camera phones.


HP unveils inkjet and laser printers At TechXNY this week, Hewlett-Packard reminded business users that it is still an active innovator in printers and imaging devices.


Spat over Airbus, Boeing Escalates to WTO Description: The United States and the European Union take their fight over corporate subsidies to the World Trade Organization. An initial US complaint targeted EU subsidies to aircraft manufacturer Airbus.


CA to buy Netegrity for \$430 million Computer Associates Wednesday announced that it plans to buy identity and access management software maker Netegrity of Waltham, Mass.


Blair makes quick visit to Sudan KHARTOUM - British Prime Minister Tony Blair left Sudan Wednesday after securing promises from Khartoum to heed a list of demands to alleviate what he said was the  quot;terrible quot; situation in the war-torn region of Darfur.


Guinea-Bissau #39;s army chief of staff killed in military revolt Guinea-Bissau #39;s army chief of staff and former interim president, General Verissimo Correia Seabra, was killed Wednesday during unrest by mutinous soldiers in the former Portuguese


Murch Using Final Cut Pro HD for  #147;Jarhead #148; For Hollywood Reporter, Sheigh Crabtree writes that Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch  #147;will reteam his key editing crew from  #145;Cold Mountain #146; and again use Apple #146;s Final Cut Pro system, but in high definition #148; for the editing of Universal Pictures #146; upcoming Gulf War drama  #147;Jarhead. #148; Oct 06


Taiwan Says U.S. Ties to Suffer if Arms Deal Fails (Reuters) Reuters - Taiwan's Foreign Minister warned\lawmakers on Wednesday that ties with Washington would be hurt\if parliament failed to approve an  #36;18 billion budget to buy\advanced U.S. weapons.


Bush Hits Kerry in Debate Rebound Bid (AP) AP - President Bush blistered Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday as an apostle of "retreat in Iraq" and tax-and-spend liberalism at home. The administration is "out of touch with reality" Democratic running mate John Edwards countered in a campaign growing more caustic by the day.


White House: Patients Save With Medicare (AP) AP - The Bush administration said Wednesday that extra money it is paying Medicare managed care plans is leading to lower costs and better services for patients.


Cheney-Edwards Debate Draws 43.6 Million Viewers (Reuters) Reuters - Nearly 44 million Americans tuned\in to see Vice President Dick Cheney square off against Sen.\John Edwards in the most watched debate between nominees for\the No. 2 spot on the presidential ticket since 1992, ratings\showed on Wednesday.


House Passes DNA Testing Bill (AP) AP - Rape victims and convicted felons would have greater access to DNA testing under legislation the House passed Wednesday.


With Cold Winter Ahead, Higher Fuel Costs (AP) AP - Residential heating costs are projected to soar this winter to more than  #36;1,000 on average because of higher fuel costs and expected colder weather, the government said Wednesday.


UN Challenges Israel on UNRWA Terror Link Claims  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel is holding 25 U.N.  employees in the Palestinian West Bank or Gaza but has not  charged any with a crime or even told the United Nations of  their detention, U.N. officials said on Wednesday.


U.S. Court Dismisses Suit Against Zimbabwe Rulers  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday  threw out a human rights abuse lawsuit filed against Zimbabwe's  ruling political party because it had not been properly  notified of the case.


Report: Other Drugs May Raise Heart Risks The safety of Celebrex and other pain relievers was questioned Wednesday as scientists in the United States and regulatory agencies in Europe said they feared such drugs might raise the same risk of heart problems as those blamed on the arthritis medicine Vioxx.    One key researcher charged the U.S...


Saddam Told Interrogators of Iran Fixation WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein was obsessed with his status in the Arab world, dreaming of weapons of mass destruction to pump up his prestige. And even as the United States fixated on him, he was fixated on his neighboring enemy, Iran...


Astros Lead Braves 8-3 After 8 Innings ATLANTA - Recovering from a stomach illness, Roger Clemens battled through seven innings as the Houston Astros faced the Atlanta Braves in the NL division series opener Wednesday.    Clemens (18-4) got into trouble early with walks, racking up six and loading the bases twice in three innings...


Corporate tax deal moves ahead - The compromise package, known as a conference report, resolves differences between House and Senate versions of the legislation, must now pass both chambers.


Wall Street shrugs off new oil record, swings higher NEW YORK : A late rally lifted US stocks Wednesday after a sluggish start, as investors brushed off a new record high crude oil price above 52 dollars and bet on improving economic data.


Judge: Bryant Accuser Must Be Identified (AP) AP - A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a request from the woman accusing Kobe Bryant of rape to remain anonymous in her civil lawsuit against the NBA star, saying the public's interest in open court proceedings outweighs her desire to shield her identity.


Injuries, Inexperience Plaguing Niners (AP) AP - Only a truly dismal defensive effort could distract a coach from an offense that went seven quarters without a score in the last two games.


Forgotten man of DNA dies at 88 Scientists yesterday mourned Maurice Wilkins, sometimes called the forgotten man of DNA, who died in hospital on Tuesday aged 88. Wilkins, a professor at King #39;s College London, shared the 1962 Nobel prize


IBM Debuts Upgraded WebSphere App Server Placing greater emphasis on availability than in any previous release of its software, IBM (Quote, Chart) released detailed enhancements to its core WebSphere Application Server (WAS).


Dinosaur #39;s fluffy coat of feathers This conclusion comes from US and Chinese scientists who today announce the discovery of a 130m-year-old forerunner of the lumbering Cretaceous predator.


Andreessen: IE faces one-two punch com October 6, 2004, 3:40 PM PT. There #39;s no doubt the Internet will continue to make its mark in the world of business and technology.


Six-Time NBA Champion Calls It Quits After 17 Seasons  quot;I don #39;t really have any regrets. I think I learned a lot from a lot of experiences that I dealt with over my career. There #39;s nothing for me to look back and regret.


NASCAR hands out 12 more penalties A day after hitting Dale Earnhardt Jr. with a \$10,000 fine and the loss of 25 points for cursing during a postrace TV interview, NASCAR handed down 12 more penalties for rule violations at Talladega Superspeedway.


USC turns halftime into a science Halftime lockerrooms are sacrosanct. Only the privileged few are allowed entry. Theyre like the situation room at the White House, only with tighter security.


Arazi Upsets Schuettler in Lyon Open (AP) AP - Hicham Arazi of Morocco upset defending champion and second-seeded Rainer Schuettler 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 Wednesday in the first round of the  #36;980,000 Lyon Open.


Seaman dies after sub blaze A CANADIAN seaman aboard the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi has died one day after being injured when the vessel caught fire, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin announced today.


Sudan accepts Blair #39;s five-point peace plan Sudan bowed to a five-point plan tabled by Tony Blair during talks in Khartoum yesterday, which included accepting the free movement of 3,500 African Union troops as ceasefire monitors in Darfur province.


Woods Marries Swedish Model in Barbados Tiger Woods married Swedish model Elin Nordegren at an exclusive resort in Barbados during a sunset ceremony that reportedly cost \$1.5 million.


Astros Take Game 1 Roger Clemens wins his ninth postseason game and Houston sets a team playoff record with four home runs in a 9-3 win over the Atlanta Braves in Game 1 of their NL playoff series.


PeopleSoft's future hard to predict The tea leaves on Oracle's takeover plans for PeopleSoft have never been harder to read than they are right now.


Jones #39; big day was in the cards Kevin Jones decided to stop rushing things a few weeks ago, and it helped him turn in the second-best rushing performance for a Lions rookie running back.


Japan Stocks Expected to Rise  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese shares are expected to open  higher on Thursday, encouraged by solid gains in U.S. stocks  even as crude oil prices touched a record at over \$52 per  barrel.


Conference committee accepts sales tax deductibility WASHINGTON -- A provision that would allow residents of seven states, including Washington, to deduct sales taxes on their federal tax returns made it out of conference committee Wednesday and moved to the House and Senate.


Singh tells Tiger to get back in swing SINCE only the late Sam Snead won more golf tournaments after he turned 40 - the American won 17 times while the Fijian has already claimed 11 victories in 16 months since he reached the same age - its fair to speculate Vijay Singh knows more about how


Indians #39; Hafner has elbow surgery CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Cleveland Indians first baseman Travis Hafner had successful surgery on his right elbow. Hafner, 27, underwent the procedure, performed Wednesday by Dr.


Suicide bomb kills 16 at guard centre Iraq #39;s insurgency spread to a relatively calm area near the Syrian border yesterday when a suicide car bomber killed at least 16 people at an Iraqi National Guard centre.


Honeywell sues Apple, 33 others over LCD patent (MacCentral) MacCentral - Honeywell on Wednesday announced that it has filed suit against Apple and 33 other companies for alleged patent infringement over a technology that "increases the brightness of images and that reduces the appearance of certain interference effects on a liquid crystal display (LCD)," according to a statement released today.


Venture Firms Warm Up To Open Source, But Questions Remain (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - When Matrix Partners gave  #36;10 million to open-source software maker JBoss Group last February, some wondered whether the venture capital investors had lost their minds.


Report: Other Drugs May Raise Heart Risks (AP) AP - The safety of Celebrex and other pain relievers was questioned Wednesday as scientists in the United States and regulatory agencies in Europe said they feared such drugs might raise the same risk of heart problems as those blamed on the arthritis medicine Vioxx.


America and EU declare trade war on airline aid A bitter row between America and the European Union over alleged subsidies to rival aircraft makers Boeing and Airbus intensified yesterday.


New Smartphone Triumvirate The epic rivalry between Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) is legendary. The original point of debate centered on which company was more integral to making PCs.


Tobacco regulation deleted from corporate tax bill WASHINGTON - A major rewrite of corporate tax law that would end a nasty trade dispute with Europe won approval Wednesday from congressional negotiators after House Republicans beat back efforts to increase regulation of tobacco.


French FM holds talks with Kadhafi to pave way for Chirac visit to Libya (AFP) AFP - French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier left Tripoli overnight following talks with Moamer Kadhafi to pave the way for a visit here by French President Jacques Chirac, in another sign of the rapid reintegration of former pariah state Libya into the international fold.


U.S. Report Finds No Evidence of Iraq WMD (AP) AP - Contradicting the main argument for a war that has cost more than 1,000 American lives, the top U.S. arms inspector said Wednesday he found no evidence that Iraq produced any weapons of mass destruction after 1991. He also concluded that Saddam Hussein's capabilities to develop such weapon had dimmed  #151; not grown  #151; during a dozen years of sanctions before last year's U.S. invasion.


Google goes up against Amazon with book search facility LONDON - With little fanfare Google has launched a new book search service at the Frankfurt Book Fair, which will allow surfers to find book extracts displayed alongside their normal searches.