14. september 2005

TV to become web-like. Internet TV set to take-off [The Register] 10:36:15 PM    comment [] Trump Delivers Lecture to Online Students (AP). Yahoo! News: Technology News] 10:32:29 PM    comment [] Gates spotlights Windows, Office upgrades (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Tuesday kicked off what is expected to be the software giant's biggest push to persuade corporations and consumers to buy upgrades of Windows and Office. Gates showed off new features in Windows Vista and Office 12, due late next year. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 3:02:04 PM    comment [] Bang & Olufsen and Samsung to sell top-end phones (Reuters). Reuters - Danish up-market electronics firm Bang & Olufsen (BOb.CO) and Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) will launch a jointly made mobile phone this year, with typical B&O design and high-quality sound, the firms said on Wednesday. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 3:01:08 PM    comment [] Microsoft: Office 12 to Anticipate Needs (AP). AP - The next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Office software will feature simpler graphics and try to anticipate users' tasks as the company hopes to make the product easier to use, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 3:00:15 PM    comment [] U.S. Lacks Unified Emergency Radio System (AP). AP - After surviving Hurricane Katrina's initial blow, the radio communications system for the New Orleans police and fire departments dissolved as its radio towers lost their backup power generators in the ensuing flood. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 2:59:14 PM    comment [] Videogame Tourneys Draw Big-Time Sponsors (AP). AP - Is "frags per round" going to be the batting average of the 21st century? Professional computer gamers certainly hope so. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 2:58:01 PM    comment [] Microsoft Offers to Settle Suit Vs. Google (AP). AP - Hours after a state judge ruled that a former Microsoft Corp. executive may begin doing limited work for rival Google Inc., a top Microsoft lawyer said the software giant was prepared to settle its lawsuit if the restrictions on Kai-Fu Lee remain in effect until next summer. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 2:57:12 PM    comment [] Two charged over Katrina deaths. The owners of a New Orleans nursing home are charged over the deaths of 34 people during the hurricane flood. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 2:56:03 PM    comment [] N Carolina braced for hurricane. North Carolina's coastal residents are urged to head inland as Hurricane Ophelia approaches the shore. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 2:54:50 PM    comment [] Pakistan 'destroys al-Qaeda base'. Pakistan says it has destroyed an al-Qaeda base and found a Chinese-made spy plane in an operation in Waziristan. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 2:53:31 PM    comment [] Slow start to fuel price protests. Three days of fuel price protests get off to a slow start, with small numbers of demonstrators at refineries. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 2:52:19 PM    comment [] Sprint Nextel sees cost from Katrina (Reuters). Reuters - Sprint Nextel on Wednesday said Hurricane Katrina will cost it between $150 million and $200 million after insurance payments. It also said portions of its wireless network in the U.S. Gulf Coast remain out of service. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 2:50:26 PM    comment [] Intel chips cost only $40 to make, says In-Stat (MacCentral). MacCentral - Although Intel sells a variety of chips, including lower-cost NOR flash memory chips and computer chipsets, its lowest-priced desktop CPU (central processing unit), one of the Celeron D series, fetches US$69 while its top PC chip, the Pentium Extreme Edition 3.73GHz, sells for US$999, according to Intel’s latest price list, released on Sunday. The most expensive chip on the list is its premium server chip, the Xeon 3.33GHz, at US$3,692 each. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 2:49:22 PM    comment [] Delta, Northwest on Verge of Bankruptcy . -- Two of the nation's biggest carriers, Delta and Northwest, could head to bankruptcy court the same day after years of losses and fuel costs that have wrecked their weak finances even further after Hurricane Katrina. By The Associated Press. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 2:48:26 PM    comment [] Pakistan 'controls terror flow'. India says Pakistan must end Kashmir "terror", ahead of talks in New York aimed at pushing forward peace moves. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 2:47:32 PM    comment [] Baghdad Bombs Kill at Least 100; Qaeda Loyalists Claim Retaliation. The attacks began when a suicide bomber blew up a minivan just before 7 a.m., killing at least 80 people and wounding 160 in Kadhimiya, a Shiite neighborhood. By ROBERT F. WORTH. [NYT > Home Page] 2:46:39 PM    comment []

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