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- A UK teen, accused of launching a DDoS attack, was acquitted as a jury apparently believed his explanation that a hacker had exploited his computer with a Trojan Horse. |
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- Three days after announcing that Windows Service Pack 2 would be released this year, Microsoft says it really meant that a beta would be released in 2003. |
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- Surging demand for laptops, TVs and PC monitors are creating a shortage of the most popular sizes of LCD panels. Expect price increases on popular items, an analyst says. |
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- Federal prosecutors ask an appeals court to reverse a computer-crime conviction that punished a California man for notifying a company's customers of a flaw in its e-mail service. |
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- The vast majority of scientifically trained women in the UK are opting out of science and technology-related careers, according to new research. |
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- The Network Solutions business fetches roughly $100 million but VeriSign plans to retain control over the database that directs people to .com and .net addresses. And it will resume its controversial Site Finder service. A ZDNet News Focus. |
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Ring boom (Oct 17 2003 14:20 GMT) - Kyocera continues shipping their exploding cell phone. |
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- The move is expected to boost sales of iPods and downloadable songs. The company also confirms a Pepsi deal. |
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- Sun Microsystems Inc., battered by the popularity of lower-cost computers from rivals, on Thursday said sales declined for the tenth consecutive quarter and that it lost $286 million, or 9 cents a share, in the three months through September. |
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- Fearing a potential slowdown after years of torrid growth, investors on Thursday pushed down shares of EBay Inc. after the online auctioneer projected that next year's profit would be lower than Wall Street expected. |
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- Computer chip makers Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Broadcom Corp. posted narrower third-quarter losses Thursday, helped by stronger demand. |
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- Wall Street finished mixed Thursday as disappointing results from Dow components IBM and Caterpillar, and solid but not exceptional earnings at other companies, gave investors an excuse to shrug off a series of positive reports on the economy. |
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- FirstGov en Español aims to improve access to federal agencies by offering translations. |
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- U.S. regulators adopted rules to license swaths of airwaves that would use new wireless technology to send large amounts of data over devices being developed by communications equipment makers. |
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- VeriSign Inc., three years after acquiring Network Solutions for $15.3 billion in the Internet-stock boom, agreed to sell the Web address sales unit of the business to an investment firm to boost revenue. |
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- this plain layne archive should make the rest of us turn our heads. i always liked layne and am never... |
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- The move is expected to boost sales of iPods and downloadable songs. The company also confirms a Pepsi deal. |
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- Representatives of seven major studios left in place their ban on the circulation of awards-season DVDs and videos after a Thursday conference call with Motion Picture Assn. of America chief Jack Valenti. |
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- Atty. Gen. Ashcroft is pulling out all the stops to prosecute protesters. |
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- Marriage is meant to be between one man and one woman. Period. |
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- We shouldn't celebrate John Paul II's demeaning view of women and obsession with 'pelvic orthodoxy.' |
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- With broad grins and matching gray suits, President Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger embraced one another physically and politically on Thursday, with the governor-elect putting off a promise to appeal for White House help with California's economic and budget troubles. |
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- The city says the Cahuenga Pass ad for DVD and video release of a movie starring the governor-elect violates billboard law. |
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- A marketing proposal being considered by CIF might force the 541-school section to forfeit deals with its biggest sponsors. |
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- With broad grins and matching gray suits, President Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger embraced one another physically and politically on Thursday, with the governor-elect putting off a promise to appeal for White House help with California's economic and budget troubles. |
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- The commission says the philanthropist did not publicly reveal contributions to support state bond measures for parkland. |
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- Federal regulators Thursday asked News Corp., controlled by billionaire Rupert Murdoch, and Hughes Electronics Corp. to provide more documents related to Murdoch's planned $6.6-billion purchase of the DirecTV satellite service from Hughes. |
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- Riot police break up demonstrations after the president's son is declared the winner. Foreign observers say the election was flawed. |
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- A survey finds electorate in key primary states is divided on tax cuts, Iraq war and how a nominee should challenge the president's agenda. |
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- The Democratic White House hopeful proposes giving states $100 billion to ease unemployment. |
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- U.S. regulators adopted rules to license swaths of airwaves that would use new wireless technology to send large amounts of data over devices being developed by communications equipment makers. |
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- The vial of bacteria found in Iraq probably was bought legally and its type has never been turned into a weapon, scientists say. |
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- The Security Council unanimously approves a resolution calling for a multinational force to help rebuild. But power stays with Washington. |
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- The deadly attack on a convoy comes as many Palestinians, who have viewed Americans as friends, grow frustrated over support for Israel. |
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- Archbishops rebuff conservatives' wishes to eject the U.S. church from the world body. |
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- Major nations still reject sending troops to Iraq, but U.N. backing makes it easier for others to help. And Bush is likely to benefit at home. |
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- BAGHDAD — The debate over whether Iraq has weapons of mass destruction remains unresolved, but U.S. forces said Thursday that the stockpile of conventional weapons from Saddam Hussein's regime was far greater than previously believed and that efforts to destroy them had been stepped up, partly to keep the arms out of enemy hands. |
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- WASHINGTON — Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard B. Myers expressed concern Thursday over a survey suggesting major morale problems among U.S. |
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- WASHINGTON — In an embarrassing rebuff to President Bush, the Senate on Thursday approved a measure that could force Iraq to repay half the $20 billion the administration is seeking for reconstruction of the war-torn country. |
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- Riot police break up demonstrations after the president's son is declared the winner. Foreign observers say the election was flawed. |
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- VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul II, the third-longest-serving pontiff in modern times, marked his 25th anniversary in power Thursday with an open-air Mass before the full hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church and tens of thousands of pilgrims from all over the world. |
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- JAKARTA, Indonesia — When President Bush arrives in Southeast Asia for the first time Saturday, he will get a warm welcome from a handful of world leaders who are among his strongest backers. But he will also travel through a region where opposition to the Iraq war is widespread and the public is wary of a U.S. leader who is seen as making decisions with scant regard for the opinions of other nations. |
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- WASHINGTON — Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a Pentagon news conference Thursday that the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, with about 2,200 Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship Peleliu, went ashore in southern Iraq to assist a campaign to halt the smuggling of oil and fuel. |
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- Seventy-four boys ranging in age from 4 to 15 were rescued from Nigerian granite quarries where they had been forced to work, officials said. Their torsos scarred from beatings, they were receiving medical treatment in the Beninese city of Cotonou. |
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- An Afghan-trained Indonesian militant who tearfully apologized to victims' relatives during his trial was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for helping plan and finance the Bali nightclub bombings in which 202 people were killed. |
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- Tens of thousands of Bolivians rallied in La Paz to demand the resignation of President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada after protest leaders rejected a compromise offer on a gas export plan that has triggered weeks of deadly street clashes. |
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