April 26, 2005

Is the Windows Market Saturated? Microsoft Says No. Microsoft has a number of ideas, which it is sharing with its hardware and software partners, as to how to ratchet up Windows desktop revenues by billions per year. [Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley] 3:41:07 PM

A report of suspicious material on a United Airlines flight from New York to San Francisco prompted the pilot to make an emergency landing Tuesday at O'Hare International Airport, an airline spokesman said. A passenger aboard the flight had told a flight attendant he saw another passenger with suspicious material, Green said. He said the flight attendant and flight crew examined the material and recommended landing immediately. UPDATE: "The suspicious material turned out to be a passenger with a couple of vials with an herbal liquid. They spoke to the passenger. There are no arrests," police spokeswoman Laura Kubiak said.  12:29:49 PM

China Stops Criticism of Jihad in the Sudan Sudan's oil wealth and soaring energy prices have given President Omar Bashir a powerful ally on the U.N. Security Council -- China -- as the East African nation battles demands for economic sanctions over atrocities in Darfur. No blood for oil! 10:01:06 AM