Pummels (Internet advertising) Mississippi's Gulf Coast; Weakens Over Land Bloomberg - 1 hour

Pummels (Internet advertising) Mississippi's Gulf Coast; Weakens Over Land Bloomberg - 1 hour

Katrina Pummels Mississippi's Gulf Coast; Weakens Over Land
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Katrina pummeled the Mississippi Gulf Coast with winds as high as 140 mph before weakening as it moved across the state and toward Tennessee. New Orleans was spared a direct hit.

KPMG gains reprieve but must pay for bad practice
Financial Times - 30 minutes ago By Andrew Parker and David Wighton in New York and Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington. The US Department of Justice said on Monday that its settlement with KPMG would ensure the big accounting firm made

Zotob worm writer caught by FBI
Techworld.com - 12 hours ago By Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service. Local police have arrested two people in Turkey and Morocco under suspicion of involvement in the Zotob, Rbot and Mytob computer Windows 2000 worms, according to Microsoft.

Universal's `Virgin' Is Top Weekend Film for 2nd Time (Update1)
Bloomberg - 11 hours ago Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Universal Pictures' comedy ``The 40 Year-Old Virgin'' was the No. 1 movie at US and Canadian theaters for a second weekend with an estimated $16.4 million in ticket sales, topping two new releases.

US Accepts Delay in Korea Nuclear Talks
Voice of America - 2 hours ago By David Gollust. The United States said Monday it did not object to North Korea's decision to put back, by two weeks, the resumption of the six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program. However, the State

Microsoft Releases Windows File System Beta
PC World - 56 minutes ago Microsoft today released a test version of its next-generation file system, WinFS, well ahead of schedule. The software giant made the first beta of the new file system available to Microsoft Developer Network

'Prison' has the makings of a great escape
Boston Globe - 17 hours ago By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff | August 29, 2005. Like ''24," ''Prison Break" is preposterous. Which is exactly what makes it a good time. The events in Fox's new prison drama aren't likely to occur in any jail in any country on any planet nearby.