SOURCE: NYTIMES.com ID Chip May Not Be a Money Maker By BARNABY J. FEDER Published: November 1, 2004 THE recent news that the Food and Drug Administration had approved an implantable microchip for humans has garnered a lot of attention. But that does not mean that the idea of chips as personal identity tags will ever generate profits. The device, called the VeriChip and marketed by Applied Digital Solutions, horrified privacy advocates, who were concerned less with its F.D.A....

SOURCE: NEWS.com Reheated Bagle smokes out antivirus defenses Published: October 29, 2004, 8:21 AM PDT By Dawn Kawamoto Staff Writer, CNET News.com A new version of the fast-spreading Bagle mass-mailing worm was discovered Friday, with its threat level quickly rising to a moderate level, according to security experts. Bagle.BB, also known as W32/Bagle.bb@MM, was raised to a medium risk assessment by security company McAfee. The virus had triggered more than 100 rep...

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SOURCE: CNET NEWS.com AOL prepares its own browser Published: October 8, 2004, 11:32 AM PDT By Jim Hu Staff Writer, CNET News.com America Online is planning to release its own stand-alone Web browser based on Microsoft's Internet Explorer technology, according to sources familiar with the company's plans. AOL Browser, as it's called, will be available as a separate download for Web users. The software will be based on a stripped-down version of IE and will be brand...

SOURCE: FORBES 2004 E-Gang Shifting Places Elizabeth Corcoran, 09.06.04 Sitting in a Starbucks in San Mateo, Calif., Blake Krikorian performs an Internet magic trick. He fires up an iPAQ handheld and, with a few clicks on a menu, pulls up live television. The screen is small, but the Fox channel's Judge Hatchett is smooth; no delays, no frozen frames. Krikorian switches to his laptop, and moments later Clifford the Big Red Dog is nosing around at a birthday party, courtesy of PBS. He...

This is a major deal to me because my first love and field of study was Architecture. Why did I leave it? Personal reasons made me make the hard decision to leave it alone for a while. A unscheduled break, if you will, for about 20 - 25 years. So I do plan to come back, but I will have the knowledge of business, technology and organizational behavior behind me to use in the Architecture field. I think those things will make me stand out from the rest of the field. Plus, I plan to do more ...

SOURCE: CNET NEWS.com AT&T looks into closing its Windows Published: October 5, 2004, 2:09 PM PDT By Martin LaMonica Staff Writer, CNET News.com Network services giant AT&T is evaluating different operating systems, including Linux and Mac OS X, as alternatives to Windows for internal use. The company's chief information officer, Hossein Eslambolchi, has set up a team in AT&T's research labs to assess the appropriateness of desktop operating systems for the company...

SOURCE: CNET NEWS.com Can IM morph into 'instant music'? Published: September 22, 2004, 4:00 AM PDT By Jim Hu Staff Writer, CNET News.com As Internet giants step into the crowded online music arena, some are banking on a new weapon to help attack market leader Apple Computer: instant messaging. Yahoo last week acquired digital music service Musicmatch for $160 million in cash in a move that adds a multimedia player, a digital music store and a subscription service ...

SOURCE: CNET NEWS.com Real carves out new business unit Published: September 23, 2004, 11:01 AM PDT By Dinesh C. Sharma Special to CNET News.com RealNetworks is combining its RealPlayer software business with its music services business to create a single division, led by Vice President Robert Acker. The new division will look after music and video products and services, including RealPlayer software, the RealPlayer Music Store, RadioPass and the Rhapsody music subscription ...

SOURCE: CNET NEWS.com PassAlong jump-starts eBay music effort Published: September 23, 2004, 3:41 PM PDT By Matt Hines Staff Writer, CNET News.com Online auction giant eBay is entering the music download business with a service that will market content from major record labels. The digital music service, which is powered by start-up PassAlong Networks, officially debuted Thursday. PassAlong, which also launched Thursday, is the first company to peddle songs from ma...

SOURCE: CNN MONEY Changing gears at the Fed? Three speeches by Fed heads this week may be a signal that the central bank is changing its stance. October 8, 2004: 9:40 AM EDT NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - So you thought rising interest rates were inevitable? You were convinced Alan Greenspan would hike rates no matter what because short-term rates were too low? Well, think again. In the last two days, three important Federal Reserve officials have given speeches that look like they ...

SOURCE: CNN MONEY Debates whack TV networks Every four years, top broadcasters brace for a big revenue hit. The pain only gets worse. October 8, 2004: 11:45 AM EDT By Krysten Crawford, CNN/Money staff writer NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - When George Bush and John Kerry square off for the second time Friday night, top network executives will be listening to a giant sucking sound. It happens every four years. Presidential contenders verbally joust on primetime television and the netwo...

SOURCE: FOOL.com When Models Explode By Rick Aristotle Munarriz (TMF Edible) October 1, 2004 How many times have you underestimated a company's potential? You have probably done so a lot more than you realize. Too many times it's easy to thumbtack a company against the corkboard of stagnancy based on where the entity has been rather than where it may eventually be. Let's consider XM Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: XMSR). When it was facing another massive quarterly loss last year, I...

SOURCE: FOOL.com The Motley Fool Take on Friday, October 8, 2004 Can AMD Unseat Intel? September jobs growth was weaker than Wall Street anticipated. The Labor Department today said the U.S. economy added 96,000 jobs last month. Economists polled by CBSMarketWatch had anticipated payrolls to grow by some 138,000. The unemployment rate remained at 5.4%.... Can AMD Unseat Intel? By Bill Mann (TMF Otter) Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) continues to plug away at microproces...