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Systems exist to find liquid explosives
Aug 11 2006 8:01PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - While the process isn't perfect, scanning machines do exist to detect liquid explosives like the ones purportedly at the heart of the terrorist plot broken up this week.
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Feds to continue BetOnSports prosecution
Aug 11 2006 4:56PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Federal prosecutors said Friday they will continue prosecuting BetOnSports PLC even though the online gambling company is shutting down its operations that take bets from U.S. customers.
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U.S. to begin rollout of e-passports
Aug 11 2006 4:24PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite ongoing privacy concerns and legal disputes involving companies bidding on the project, the U.S. State Department plans to begin issuing smart chip-embedded passports to Americans as planned Monday.
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U.S. to begin rollout of e-passports
Aug 11 2006 4:24PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite ongoing privacy concerns and legal disputes involving companies bidding on the project, the U.S. State Department plans to begin issuing smart chip-embedded passports to Americans as planned Monday.
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Google to keep storing search requests
Aug 11 2006 12:28PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Although he was alarmed by AOL's haphazard release of its subscribers' online search requests, Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt said Wednesday the privacy concerns raised by that breach won't change his company's practice of storing the inquiries made by its users.
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Apple repeats required filing to be late
Aug 11 2006 12:16PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Apple Computer Inc. on Friday reiterated that its mishandling of past employee stock options will cause it to miss a regulatory deadline for filing its latest quarterly results as the iconic maker of iPod music players and Macintosh computers digs into its accounting troubles.
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Sanyo and Quanta in TV parts alliance
Aug 11 2006 6:57AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese electronics maker Sanyo Electric Co. said Friday it's starting a global TV alliance with Taiwan's Quanta Computer Inc. to work together to purchase parts to be better ready for the year-end shopping season.
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Southern schools form computer grid
Aug 11 2006 6:13AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - It traces the shape of star systems millions of miles away, magnifies the inner workings of the tiny molecules in prescription drugs, and can perform billions of calculations per second. It's a high-speed supercomputer grid that's being assembled by a group of Southern universities _ starting with Georgia State University in Atlanta and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Texas A&M will join the list by the fall, and eventually, 24 colleges in 15 states will be connected th
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BetOnSports shutting down U.S. service
Aug 11 2006 3:29AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Internet gambling company BetOnSports PLC announced Friday it is shutting down its United States-focused operations because of a U.S. federal indictment restraining its operations, but pledged to refund customers' deposits.
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