Friday, January 18, 2002

categories: War US Fears Interference in Afghanistan. The United States raised the specter of renewed foreign meddling in Afghanistan on Friday and said Iran may be sending pro-Iranian Afghan fighters to destabilize the newly installed U.S.-backed government. [AP World News]   8:35:04 PM    comment

categories: War Israelis strike Palestinian headquarters. Response to 6 killed, 30 injured at bat mitzvah. Nation [USA Today : Front Page]   8:32:07 PM    comment

categories: Sportz Loria: Marlins stay. Expos owner closing in on deal to buy South Florida team, says he's committed to not move team. [USA Today : Front Page]   8:30:31 PM    comment

categories: Medical/Health Panel: Ban human cloning. Procedure unsafe for mother, child. [USA Today : Front Page]   8:28:20 PM    comment

categories: Sportz Monster Super Bowl Ad Features "America's Mayor". The Maynard, Mass., online job board gives ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani 30 seconds to thank the country for its support and donates $350K to the Twin Towers Fund. [internetnews.com: Top News]   4:41:22 PM    comment

categories: Legal LAW - Secure products. An influential body of researchers is calling on the US Government to draft laws that would punish software firms that do not do enough to make their products secure. [Lockergnome Bytes]   4:38:39 PM    comment

categories: SciTech ENRON - Finding deleted e-mails. The job of recovering the missing Enron Corp. accounting documents is falling to computer sleuths. [Lockergnome Bytes]   4:04:01 PM    comment

categories: SciTech Videophone Gets a Booster Shot. When CNBC's Jim Bruton transmitted a 256-kbps video signal last week from the jungles of the Philippines on an Inmarsat phone, it represented a 100 percent increase over the previous standard. By David Spark. [Wired News]   3:54:13 PM    comment

categories: Biz Technology: 3M Plans to Cut 1,000 More Jobs. 12:28 ET - AP [NewsBlip.com]   3:48:27 PM    comment

categories: Biz Miss Sun posts loss; McNealy throws jabs. The server maker loses $431 million, but execs talk of progress. Meanwhile, CEO Scott McNealy speaks of bayonets and developers, and even mocks Bill Gates. [CNET News.com]   2:23:28 PM    comment

categories: Biz Hit Dell says sales will top earlier forecast. The company says earnings in its fourth quarter will also be stronger thanks to increased demand for its computers and growth in its consumer business. [CNET News.com]   2:18:02 PM    comment

categories: Culture "i was a 20-something dethroned dotcom ceo that went to work the counter at mcdonald's" [Daypop Top 40]   9:22:01 AM    comment

categories: Politics FTC, DOJ call off oversight announcement. A member of the Federal Trade Commission sharply criticizes a deal between the agency and the Justice Department to reshuffle the merger-review process. [CNET News.com]   9:18:55 AM    comment

categories: Medical/Health Technology: New scan sees brain's nerve pathways. 03:32 ET - Ananova [NewsBlip.com]   9:14:14 AM    comment

categories: Legal Court approves cloning challenge. The Court of Appeal allows a government challenge to a High Court decision that wrecked legislation designed to regulate cloning. [BBC News: sci/tech]   8:43:34 AM    comment

categories: Politics Afghan Leader to Meet Bush in D.C.. Prime Minister Hamid Karzai, already buoyed by a visit from the U.S. Secretary of State, is preparing to meet President Bush in a trip aimed at reintegrating his country into the world community. [AP World News]   8:37:00 AM    comment

categories: Culture Wallace and Gromit hit the Web. Nick Park, creator of the feature film "Chicken Run," is reviving his original characters in 12 short films to be released online later this year. [CNET News.com]   8:33:11 AM    comment

categories: Medical/Health Games 'could stop travel sickness'. Virtual reality computer games may help people overcome travel sickness, say scientists. [BBC News: sci/tech]   8:30:14 AM    comment

categories: Biz Akamai adds EarthLink as customer. Analysts say the deal is a boon for both companies, boosting their positions at a time when the market for Web services continues to prove challenging. [CNET News.com]   8:27:08 AM    comment