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Security software maker Symantec Corp. said Thursday it plans to buy WholeSecurity Inc., a privately held firm that specializes in identifying viruses, worms and other ...5.2

A direct hit to Galveston by Hurricane Rita could cause extensive flooding and damage to Johnson Space Center and the homes of thousands of NASA and contractor workers, ...4.5

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Alameda County officials voted Thursday to force Altamont Pass windmill operators to take action to reduce bird fatalities in one of the nation's ...4.2

Michael Bebel has been named president and CEO of Mashboxx, one of the best known companies readying to launch a legal peer-to-peer file sharing service.2.7

The KDE Project quietly released the beta of its popular desktop interface, KDE 3.5, aka "Kanzler," on Wednesday.2.7

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Friday, September 23, 2005; Page D04 Human Genome Sciences Inc. executives yesterday unveiled the company's new $230 million biotechnology manufacturing plant -- a ...2.9

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More than 100 biotech patent applications -- part of a land rush to protect bits of identifiable genetic markers -- will most likely be thrown out as inventions lacking ...2.7

Alex Nichol, MS-MVP, writes: One new feature in Windows XP that has caused great concern is Windows Product Activation .2.7

What? Isn't this an RPG column? It sure is. But copying data from the iSeries to CSV format for reading in MS Excel is extremely widespread throughout the iSeries community.2.7

Blog : Blog , posted 23-SEP-2005 12:21 , by M Freitas I am looking for a solution that would allow access to RSS feeds through Microsoft Outlook from my Microsot Exchange ...2.7

Sales grew 25 percent to $2.77 billion compared to the year-earlier period. The company's stock fell more than 4 percent to $12.95 a share in after-hours trading following ...3.2

JOHN BOWKER DEPUTY CITY EDITOR ENTERPRISE minister Nicol Stephen has bowed to pressure to top up a fund for household renewable energy initiatives - a cash-pile aimed at ...2.7

Demofall One of the amazing things about the Demofall show, which ended on Wednesday in Huntington Beach, Calif., was just how many compelling technologies were showcased.2.7

TechWeb News Two new customers have signed on for IBM's eServer p5 systems. IBM announced Thursday that Bryant University and Intercontinental Exchange have chosen the ...2.7

German electronics giant Siemens said it had agreed with unions on a reduction of working hours, part-time early-retirement schemes and voluntary redundancies in order to ...2.9

AtomFilms, one of the largest video-on-demand Web sites, has inked deals with AOL and Blinkx, among others, to promote its digital videos.2.7

"If Google does offer free wireless Internet access, it could change the political, social and economic fabric of the country.2.7

"This is obviously hard for P2P developers," said Fred von Lohmann, who represented StreamCast before the Supreme Court as part of the Grokster case.2.9

One day, actor/director Robert Redford came by on his bike to see the Ferraris. Early the next morning, former 49ers quarterback Joe Montana stopped by to admire the cars.2.7

IT giant IBM and global logistics company Maersk Logistics have jointly developed a system for tracking shipping containers around the world.2.7

The Buck Institute hired a noted stem-cell researcher with expertise in potential treatment for Parkinson's disease, the Institute announced today.2.7

Bud Spangler's first musical love is the trap set, but he's such an essential part of the Bay Area jazz scene -- as an innovative radio programmer and a producer -- that ...2.7

Virus writers have come up with a way to make their malicious software jump from a mobile phone to a PC.3.2

Bern Elliot Jay Lassman Jeff Snyder Avaya's acquisition of a small provider of peer-to-peer technologies lends credibility to an emerging, and potentially disruptive, ...2.7

Handheld computer maker Palm Inc. said Thursday its profit fell 7.1 percent in the first quarter due to higher costs and one-time charges, but the company also saw 25 ...2.7

A proposal to use private donations to supplement top pay at the University of California sparked lively discussion on the wisdom of paying public salaries with private money.3.4

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Technology "laureates" from points around the world have been awarded cash and praise in Silicon Valley for using innovation to combat "humanity's most pressing problems," ...2.9

Gov. Matt Blunt said Thursday that Missouri's new anti-abortion law -- already blocked by a federal judge -- should ultimately be upheld by the courts.3.7

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin Thursday announced the appointment of Woodrow Whitlow Jr.5.1

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