The Seattle Times: Business & Technology

Dow dives 508 points despite Fed moves
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:43:12 -0700
Wall Street sank further today, as concerns about financial companies overcame enthusiasm about the Fed's credit moves.
Bernanke: We could face prolonged economic pain
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:25:29 -0700
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Tuesday that the financial crisis has not only darkened the country's current economic performance but also could prolong the pain.
Boeing exec warns about state becoming known as a "strike zone"
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:50:41 -0700
Boeing VP, Gov. Christine Gregoire address aerospace industry gathering in Everett.
Drug firms open vaults in search for TB treatment
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:04:53 -0700
In an unusual step, two major pharmaceuticals are allowing a Seattle lab to delve into their "molecular libraries" to find a new treatment for tuberculosis.
Microsoft's Mundie gives campuses peek at tech's future
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:49:57 -0700
On a tour of five U.S. universities this week, Microsoft's top strategist, Craig Mundie, is doing what he does best: demonstrating the future.
Dendreon's latest test results won't speed FDA decision on prostate-cancer drug
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:50:28 -0700
Dendreon said Monday that Provenge, its prostate-cancer drug, improved patient survival rates — but not quite enough for the interim results it unveiled to justify an accelerated bid for Food and Drug Administration approval.

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Ask revamps for faster Web search, more relevance
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:09:44 -0700
Ask.com is overhauling its Web search engine to deliver faster results and improved relevance as it bids to win share from market leader Google. NEW YORK--IAC Corp's Ask.com is overhauling its Web search engine to deliver faster results and improved relevance as it bids to win share from market...
Large Hadron Collider computing grid launched
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:58:12 -0700
The Worldwide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid, which can draw on the computing power of more than 100,000 processors, was officially launched on Friday. One of the world's largest computing grids, capable of streaming the equivalent of three million DVDs a year, was officially launched on Friday....
Two Europeans indicted for US cyberattacks
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:50:45 -0700
The indictments are part of the FBI's Operation Cyberslam, said to be the US's first successful investigation into a large-scale, commercially motivated denial-of-service attack Two Europeans, one of whom is English, have been indicted by a US federal grand jury in connection with a 2003 distributed denial-of-service attack that...

 

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